A.
The
director shall have the power and duty to place and maintain, or cause
to be placed and maintained, official traffic-control devices when
and as required under the traffic laws of the city to make effective
the provisions of said laws; provided, however, that such traffic-control
devices shall comply with the uniform standards and specifications
promulgated pursuant to Sections 21400 and 21401 of the Vehicle Code.
B.
Whenever
the Vehicle Code requires for the effectiveness of any law or provisions
thereof, that traffic-control devices be installed to give notice
to the public of the application of such law, the director is authorized
to install or cause to be installed the necessary devices, subject
to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law applicable
thereto.
C.
The
director may also place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained
such additional traffic-control devices as he may deem necessary to
regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic, but he shall make such
determination only upon the basis of traffic engineering principles
and traffic investigations and in accordance with such standards,
limitations and rules as may be set forth in the traffic laws of the
city, or as may be determined by ordinance or resolution of the council.
(Ord. 1748 § 1, 1983)
No provision of the Vehicle Code or of this chapter for which
signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless
appropriate signs are in place and sufficiently legible to be seen
by an ordinarily observant person, giving notice of such provisions
of the traffic laws.
(Ord. 1748 § 1, 1983)
The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instruction of any
official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance
with the traffic laws of the city unless otherwise directed by a person
authorized to direct traffic, subject to the exceptions granted by
the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency
calls.
(Ord. 1748 § 1, 1983)
A.
The
director shall install official traffic signals at those intersections
and other places where traffic conditions are such as to require that
the flow of traffic be alternately interrupted and released in order
to prevent or relieve traffic congestion, or to protect life or property
from exceptional hazard.
B.
The
director shall ascertain and determine the locations where such signals
are deemed by him to be necessary for the preservation of the public
safety by field observations, traffic counts and other traffic information
as may be pertinent.
(Ord. 1748 § 1, 1983)
The director is authorized to mark centerlines and lane lines
upon the surface of the roadway to indicate the course to be traveled
by vehicles, and may place signs temporarily designating lanes to
be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of
the centerline of the highway.
(Ord. 1748 § 1, 1983)
The director is authorized to place and maintain distinctive
roadway markings as described in the Vehicle Code on those streets
or parts of streets where the volume of traffic or the vertical or
other curvature of the roadway renders it hazardous to drive on the
left side of such markings or signs and markings. Such marking or
signs and markings shall have the same effect as similar markings
placed by the State Department of Public Works or the California Department
of Transportation pursuant to provisions of the Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 1748 § 1, 1983)
The director is authorized to remove or discontinue the operation
of any traffic-control device not specifically required by state law
or this chapter whenever he shall determine in any particular case
that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no
longer exist or obtain.
(Ord. 1748 § 1, 1983)
The director shall determine the hours and days during which
any traffic-control device shall be in operation or in effect, except
in those cases where such hours or days are specified in or pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter, or by ordinance or resolution of
the council.
(Ord. 1748 § 1, 1983)
