The Traffic Engineer, as authorized by the Council, shall place
and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained official traffic-control
devices upon streets and highways as required under the Vehicle Code
or the traffic laws of this City to make effective the provisions
of the Code or the laws, and may place and maintain or cause to be
placed and maintained such appropriate official traffic-control devices
as may be deemed necessary to properly indicate and to carry out the
provisions of the Vehicle Code or the Municipal Code or to warn or
guide traffic.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.401, 1980)
No provisions of the Vehicle Code (unless expressly stated therein),
or of the Municipal Code which require official control devices, shall
be enforced against an alleged violator unless appropriate official
traffic-control devices are in place giving notice of such provisions
of the traffic laws.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.402, 1980)
(a)
The
Traffic Engineer, as authorized by the Council, shall install and
maintain official traffic signals.
(b)
The
Traffic Engineer shall ascertain and determine the locations where
such signals are required by an engineering and traffic survey and
his or her determinations therefrom shall be made in accordance with
those traffic engineering and safety standards and instructions set
forth in the California State Department of Transportation Traffic
Manual.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.403, 1980)
(a)
The
Traffic Engineer as authorized by the Council shall establish, designate
and maintain crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate
devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway where, in
his or her opinion, it is essential to the effective and safe flow
of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
(b)
The
Traffic Engineer is authorized to install signs at or adjacent to
an intersection in respect to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians
shall not cross in the crosswalk so indicated.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.404, 1980)
The Traffic Engineer shall have authority to mark traffic lanes
upon the roadway of any street or highway where a regular alignment
of traffic is necessary.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.405, 1980)
The Traffic Engineer is authorized to place and maintain upon
highways distinctive roadway markings as described in the Vehicle
Code.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.406, 1980)
The Traffic Engineer, as authorized by the Council, may remove,
relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic control device
not specifically required by the Vehicle Code or this chapter whenever
he or she determines in any particular case that the conditions which
warranted or required the installation no longer exist or apply.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.407, 1980)
The Traffic Engineer, as authorized by the Council, shall determine
the hours and days during which any traffic-control device shall be
in operation or be in effect, except in those cases where such hours
or days are specified in this chapter.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.408, 1980)
No person or agency, other than the City, unless authorized
by the Traffic Engineer, shall paint any street or curb surface.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.409, 1980)
Any person or agency performing construction or maintenance
work within a roadway shall provide and maintain temporary traffic-control
devices as set forth in the California State Department of Transportation
Traffic Manual. The traffic-control devices are to be maintained during
such time that construction or maintenance work creates a hazardous
or unsafe condition in the vehicle or pedestrian travelway.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.410, 1980)
