Officers of the Police Department and such officers as are assigned by the Police Chief are authorized to direct all traffic by sign, signal, hand, voice, or other audible signal in conformance with traffic laws, except that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the Police Department, or members of the Fire Department, or flagmen within all construction and/or maintenance project areas may direct traffic as conditions may require.
(Prior code § 3107; 2804 § 1, 2011)
No person other than a police officer, or members of the Fire Department, or a person authorized by the Police Chief, or a person authorized by law shall direct or attempt to direct traffic.
(Prior code § 3108; 1181 § 1, 1971; 2804 § 1, 2011)
No person shall fail or refuse to comply with or to perform any act forbidden by any lawful order, signal, or direction of a police officer, or a member of the Fire Department, or a person authorized by the Police Chief, or by law.
(Prior code § 3109; 2804 § 1, 2011)
It is a misdemeanor for any person driving any vehicle, or other conveyance upon any street, or any pedestrian to do any act forbidden, or fail to perform any act required as applicable to any such person under this title.
(Prior code § 3110; 2804 § 1, 2011)
Every person riding a bicycle, or riding, or driving an animal upon a highway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this title, except those provisions that by their very nature can have no application.
(Prior code § 3111; 2804 § 1, 2011)
No person shall interfere with or obstruct in any way any police officer or other officer or employee of the City in the enforcement of the provisions of this title. The removal, obliteration, or concealment of any chalk mark or other distinguishing mark used by any police officer or other employee or officer of the City in connection with the enforcement of the parking regulations of this title shall, if done for the purpose of evading the provisions of this title, constitute such interference or obstruction.
(Prior code § 3112; 2804 § 1, 2011)
The provisions of this title shall apply to the operator of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Government, this state, any county, or city, and no operator shall violate any of the provisions of this title except as otherwise permitted in this title or by the Vehicle Code.
(Prior code § 3113; 2804 § 1, 2011)
A. 
The provisions of this title regulating the operation, parking, and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles operated by the Police or Fire Department, or highway maintenance vehicles while actually performing work upon the surface of the roadway, any public ambulance or any public utility vehicle or any private ambulance, which public utility vehicle or private ambulance has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle, when any vehicle mentioned in this section is operated in the manner specified by the Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call.
B. 
The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, relieve the operator of any such vehicle from obligation to exercise due care for the safety of others or the consequences of his or her willful disregard of the safety of others.
C. 
The provisions of this title regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle owned or operated by the United States Post Office Department while in use for the collection, or delivery, of United States mail.
(Prior code § 3114; 2804 § 1, 2011)
A. 
The operator of a vehicle or the person in charge of any animal involved in any accident resulting in damage to any property publicly owned or owned by a public utility, including but not limited to any fire hydrant, lighting post, telephone pole, electric light, or power pole, or resulting in damage to any tree, traffic-control device, or other property of a like nature located in or along any street, shall within 24 hours after such accident make a written report of such accident to the Police Department.
B. 
Every such report shall state the time when and the place where the accident took place, the name and address of the person owning and of the person operating or in charge of such vehicle or animal, the license number of every such vehicle, and shall briefly describe the property damaged in such accident.
C. 
The operator of any vehicle involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties of this section if and during the time he or she is physically incapable of making a report, but in such event he or she shall make a report as required in subsection A within 24 hours after regaining ability to make such a report.
(Prior code § 3115; 2804 § 1, 2011)
Any regularly employed and salaried police officer may remove or cause to be removed:
A. 
Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing on any street, road right-of-way, alley, park, parking lot, or other public property for 72 or more consecutive hours;
B. 
Any vehicle that is parked or left standing upon a street or highway when such parking or standing is prohibited by ordinance or resolution of the City and signs are posted giving notice that vehicles will be removed;
C. 
Any vehicle that is parked or left standing upon a street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair, or construction of the street or highway or for the installation of underground utilities or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement, provided that signs giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least 24 hours prior to the removal.
(Prior code § 3116; 893 § 1, 1966; 2804 § 1, 2011)
A. 
Any vehicle left parked or standing on a public street within the City shall be removed by the Police Department or its designated agent to the nearest garage or other place of safety or to a garage designated or maintained by the Police Department.
B. 
If the owner of such vehicle removed pursuant to Section 10.16.100 is known, or can be ascertained from the registration records in the vehicle or from the registration records of the Department of Motor Vehicles, he or she shall be notified in writing of such removal, the grounds thereof, and the place to which the vehicle has been removed.
C. 
If the owner cannot be ascertained and the notice to the owner cannot be effected pursuant to this section and the vehicle is not returned to the owner within 120 hours, a written report of such removal shall be made to the California Department of Motor Vehicles and a copy of such written notice filed with the proprietor of any public garage in which the vehicle may be stored. Such written notice shall be made on a form provided by the Department of Motor Vehicles and shall include a complete description of the vehicle, the date, time, and place from which removed, the grounds for such removal and the name of the garage or place where the vehicle is stored.
(Prior code § 3116.1; 2804 § 1, 2011)
At places where large numbers of people and vehicles are to gather or have gathered, nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent any police officer from prohibiting any person from parking any vehicle upon or using any street or sidewalk, or from prohibiting any pedestrian from using any street or sidewalk, and said police officer shall have authority to direct the parking of vehicles in any reasonable manner, way, or direction, and it is unlawful for any person to fail to promptly obey the police officer's order, signal, or command, regardless of any other provision of this title.
(Prior code § 3117; 2804 § 1, 2011)
The City Traffic Engineer may without notice remove or cause to be removed every unauthorized sign, barricade, marking, signal, or device placed, maintained, or displayed upon any city street or road right-of-way contrary to the provisions of Section 21467 of the California Vehicle Code.
(Prior code § 3168; 1572 § 1, 1977; 2804 § 1, 2011)
Whenever the City Traffic Engineer determines that any fence, hedge, shrubbery, tree, or other object within the parkway obstructs the view of any traffic upon the roadways, or is an undue obstruction to pedestrians attempting to walk within the parkway at locations where no sidewalks exist, he or she shall cause the obstruction to be removed or altered in such a manner as to permanently eliminate the problem.
(Prior code § 3169; 1572 § 1, 1977; 2804 § 1, 2011)