It shall be the authority of the officers of the police department,
and such officers as are assigned by the chief of police, to enforce
all traffic laws of this city and all of the state vehicles laws applicable
to traffic in this city.
(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.051))
Parking citations or notices of violations, related to charging
violations of local or
Vehicle Code regulations governing the parking
or standing of vehicles, may be issued by any peace officer, by any
other employee or agent of the police department or of the city who
is duly authorized by the chief of police to do so, by any other person
specifically so authorized by some other provision of law, and by
any other person specially authorized by the chief of police in writing
to do so. Whenever the chief of police delegates such authority to
persons other than peace officers, he or she shall endeavor to see
that each such person is adequately instructed regarding the provisions
of the parking regulations to be enforced, and the evidentiary prerequisites
to proper prosecution for violations thereof. He or she shall further
provide such persons with the same form of citations or notices of
violations as are utilized for the purpose by officers of the police
department. Any such persons shall be appropriately instructed to
deposit executed citations or notices with the police department for
filing with the court, after review for legal sufficiency.
(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.052))
Officers of the police department or such officers as are assigned
by the chief of police are authorized to direct all traffic by voice,
hand or other signal in conformance with traffic laws, provided that
in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or
to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police department may direct
traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions
of the traffic laws.
(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.053))
Officers of the fire department who, when at the scene of a
fire or when in the course of their duties, are protecting personnel
or equipment of the fire department, may direct or assist the police
in directing traffic. Members of the city's survey crew who, when
in the course of their duties, are surveying the city's streets and
rights-of-way, may direct or assist the police in directing traffic.
(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.054))
No person shall wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful
order of a police officer or fire department official when directing
traffic.
(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.055))
The city traffic engineer or chief of police 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
Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.056))
Whenever the city traffic engineer determines that any fence,
hedge, shrubbery, tree or other objects 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 sidewalk exists, he/she shall cause the obstruction to be
removed or altered in such a manner as to permanently eliminate the
problem.
(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.057))
It is unlawful to dump, deposit or otherwise place hazardous
substances and waste (as defined in applicable state or federal laws),
rocks, dirt, trash, garbage or other waste material upon any public
or private highway or road (including any portion of the right-of-way
thereof), or any public or private property without the written consent
of the owner of any such property.
(Ord. 99-22 § 3)
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 which by their very nature can have
no application.
(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.059))
The provisions of this title shall apply to the driver of any
vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Government,
this state or any county or city, and it is unlawful for any such
driver to violate any of the provisions of this title except as otherwise
permitted in this chapter or by the
Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.060))
A. The
provisions of this title regulating the operation, parking and standing
of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of the police or fire departments,
or other city vehicles properly equipped to qualify as emergency vehicles,
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 in the
Vehicle Code in response to any emergency
call.
B. The
foregoing exemptions shall not, however, protect the driver of any
such vehicle from the consequences of his wilful 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 of a city department or public utility
vehicle in use for construction or repair work, or any vehicle owned
by the United States while in use for the collection, transportation
or delivery of United States mail.
(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.061))
The driver 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, ornamental lighting post, telephone pole, electric light
or power pole, or resulting in damage to any ornamental shade tree,
traffic-control device or other property of a like nature located
in or along any street, shall within twenty-four hours after such
accident prepare a written report of the events of such accident to
the city police department.
(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.062))
Every such report shall state the time and the place the accident
took place, the name and address of the person owning and of the person
driving 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.
(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.063))
A driver involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements of Section
10.08.120, if and during the time such driver is physically incapable of making a report but in such event the driver shall make a report as required in Section
10.08.120 within twenty-four hours after regaining ability to make such a report.
(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.064))
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be
guilty of an infraction, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished
by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.
(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.601))