Whenever any words or phrases used in this Chapter are not defined
herein and are defined in the California Vehicle Code, such definition
shall be incorporated herein and shall be deemed to apply to such
words and phrases as used in this Chapter as though set forth in full.
means the space adjacent to a curb reserved by markings or
signs for the exclusive use of a transit system operating buses engaged
as common carriers in local transportation during the loading or unloading
of passengers.
means the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
means the portion of a curb, parkway or sidewalk which has
been depressed below the level of the adjoining curb, sidewalk or
parkway for the purpose of providing vehicular access from the street
across said curb, parkway or sidewalk to the property fronting thereon
or abutting thereto.
means the space adjacent to a curb reserved by markings or
signs for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading
of passengers or materials.
means that portion of a street other than a roadway or sidewalk,
including all the area exclusive of the sidewalk lying between a property
line and any curb.
means the space adjacent to a curb reserved by markings or
signs for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading
of passengers.
means every officer of the Police Department of this City.
means any district which is zoned residential or mixed residential
in Chapter 12 of this Code.
means to halt a vehicle, whether occupied or not, temporarily
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading
passengers or materials.
means the Vehicle Code of the State of California.
(Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)
It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully fail or refuse
to comply with any lawful order, direction or signal of a police officer.
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully fail or refuse
to comply with any lawful order, signal, or direction of a person
designated by the Chief of Police to direct traffic.
(Ord. 2329 2-6-79; Ord. 14-05 3-25-14)
Peace officers and persons designated by the Chief of Police,
after passing a traffic regulation training program, are hereby authorized
to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal in conformance with
traffic laws.
Whenever this Chapter delegates authority to a City Officer,
or authorizes action by the City Council to regulate traffic upon
a State Highway which in any way by state law requires the prior approval
of the California Department of Transportation, no such person shall
exercise such authority, nor shall such action by the City Council
be effective with respect to any State Highway without the prior approval
in writing of the California Department of Transportation in and to
the extent required by the California Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 19-01 11-27-18)
No person, other than an officer of the Police Department, a
person designated by the Chief of Police, or a person authorized by
law shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by means of any voice,
hand or other signal; except that persons may operate any mechanical
pushbutton signal erected by order of the Public Works Director.
(Ord. 14-05 3-25-14)
The provisions of this Article shall apply to the driver of
any vehicle owned or used in the service of the United States Government,
this State, any County, City and County, or municipal corporation,
or other public agency, and it shall be unlawful for any driver to
violate any of the provisions of this Article, except as otherwise
permitted in this Code or by State law; provided, however, that the
provisions of this Article regulating the operation, parking and standing
of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of the Police Department
or Fire Department, 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 such
vehicle is operated in the manner specified in the Vehicle Code in
response to an emergency call; and, provided further, that the provisions
of this Article, regulating the placing, parking or standing of vehicles
or equipment, shall not apply to any vehicle or other equipment of
a City department or public utility, or of a holder of a franchise
or permit issued by the City or its authorized officers while same
is necessarily in use for construction or repair work.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to persons
riding a bicycle except where a particular provision by its very nature
can have no application.
The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting
in damage to public property of any kind shall make a written report
of the time and place of such accident as well as the names, addresses
and license numbers of persons also involved and a brief description
of the damage within twenty-four hours of the time of accident to
the Police Department.
The Public Works Director shall have the exclusive power and
duty to place and maintain official traffic control devices when and
as required under this Article to make effective the provisions of
this Article, and may place and maintain such additional traffic control
devices as he may deem necessary to regulate traffic in an orderly
fashion under this Article or under State Law, or to guide or warn
traffic or to remove hazards to life or property.
Every traffic sign, device or marking shall be sufficiently
legible and visible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person and
shall conform to the requirements of the Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 1999 5-6-69; Ord. 2060 7-2-71; Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)
It shall be unlawful for any person not authorized by the Public
Works Director to paint or place traffic markings or signs upon any
public place within the City or to tamper, deface or remove signs,
markings or traffic control devices duly installed pursuant to the
provisions of this Article.
(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)
It shall be unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to fail to
obey the directions of any duly installed traffic control sign, device
or marking unless directed otherwise by a police officer or unless
otherwise exempt therefrom under other provisions of this Article.
Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting
the words "GO," "CAUTION" or "STOP," or exhibiting different colored
lights successively one at a time, the following colors only shall
be used, and said terms and lights shall indicate as follows:
(1)
Green
alone or "GO":
(a)
Vehicular
traffic facing the signal shall proceed either straight through or
turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either such
turn, except that:
(b)
Vehicular
traffic shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians
lawfully within the intersection or adjacent crosswalks at the time
such signal is exhibited.
(c)
Pedestrians
facing the signal may proceed across the roadway within any marked
or unmarked crosswalk.
(2)
Yellow
alone, or with green, or "CAUTION," when shown following the green
or "GO" signal:
(a)
Vehicular
traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk
at the intersection, but if such stop cannot be made in safety, a
vehicle may be driven cautiously through the intersection.
(b)
No
pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway until green
or "GO" is shown alone.
(3)
Red alone
or "STOP":
(a)
Vehicular
traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest intersection
or crosswalk, or crossing the nearest clearly indicated limit line,
and, except in the case of red flashing signals only, shall remain
standing until green or "GO" is shown alone, or flashing amber is
shown alone, except as provided in the next succeeding paragraph.
(b)
At
any intersection the driver of a vehicle which is stopped as close
as practicable to the right hand curb and at the entrance to the nearest
crosswalk may make a right turn, unless traffic signs or signals in
place otherwise direct, but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
and other traffic proceeding as directed by the signal at said intersection.
(c)
No
pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway until green
or "GO" is shown alone, or flashing amber is shown alone.
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See State Vehicle Code Section 21450 et seq.
When a yellow lens is illuminated with intermittent flashes,
drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such
signal only with added caution.
The special speed limits to be established pursuant to Section 2-157 of this Code are established under the authority of Sections 22357, 22358, 22358.3 and 22407 of the Vehicle Code.
The special speed limits established by the Public Works Director
are prima facie speed limits, and the speed of any vehicle upon any
portions of any public streets duly designated and posted with notice
of the established prima facie limit shall be construed to be prima
facie unlawful pursuant to Section 22350 of the Vehicle Code; provided,
however, that a person charged with such prima facie violation may
establish by competent evidence that speed in excess of said prima
facie limit did not constitute a violation of the basic rule declared
in Section 22350 of the Vehicle Code, at the time and place and under
the conditions then and there existing.
(Ord. 2060 7-2-71; Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)
Any provision of this Chapter which regulates traffic or delegates
the regulation of traffic upon State Highways in any way for which
the approval of the Public Works Department is required by state law
shall cease to be operative six months after receipt by the City Council
of written notice of withdrawal of approval of the Public Works Department.
(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)
(Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)
(Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)
(Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)
(Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)
(Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)
(Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)
(Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle, bicycle,
skateboard, or electric or motorized device within any sidewalk area,
parkway, or any other right-of-way intended only for pedestrian travel,
except at a driveway approach. This Section shall not apply to any
City employee on official business or to a physically disabled person
who is operating a wheelchair or other personal assistive mobility
device.
(Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle,
as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 415, on a sidewalk access
ramp provided for disabled persons.
(Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)
(Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive, propel, draw,
trail or move any vehicle, plow, harrow, scarifier, equipment, device
or any other object, instrument, or article in or upon any street
or other public place within the City, the surface of which has been
improved or finished by or with an oil pavement, macadam pavement,
concrete pavement or other type of pavement or improvement, in such
a way or manner as to scratch, tear, injure, mutilate, cut, disfigure
or mar any such pavement or improvement surface or improvement; provided,
however, that with respect to newly made pavement a sign prohibiting
entry thereto shall be posted; and, provided further, that the provisions
of this Section shall not apply to official acts performed in the
exercise of official duty, nor to employees of the City or of contractors
holding contracts with the City, in the lawful exercise of their respective
duties and assignments or in the lawful execution of their respective
contracts.
(Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)
It shall be unlawful for any person to drain, place, let fall,
drip, leak or deposit, whether from a vehicle or otherwise, in or
upon any street or public place within the City, any filthy water,
liquid or substance, or any water, liquid or substance from any sink
or hopper, or any water or other liquid or substance containing salt
or other chemicals, or content, which may or does stain, discolor,
mar, or soften or in any other manner injure any paving, pavement
or surface, or other public improvement existing in or upon any such
street or other public place. Nothing herein contained shall prevent
the temporary deposit of any such items or materials in course of
lawful transport or other lawful handling when same are enclosed in
a suitable body, box or receptacle which effectively prevents the
same from coming in contact with the pavement, paving or surface of,
or any other improvement in, such street or other public place.
It shall be unlawful for any person to move, remove, transport
or convey in, upon or along any street or other public place within
the City any garbage or any combustible rubbish, semicombustible rubbish,
or noncombustible rubbish, as said materials are defined in the provisions
of this Code relating to the collection and transportation thereof,
without first applying for and obtaining a written permit from the
Public Works Director or authorized representative so to do; provided,
however, that the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not apply
to any officer or employee of the City while engaged in the performance
of official duty, or to any person with whom the City has at the time
an existing contract for the removal, disposal and/or conveyance of
any such material, or to any employee of such contractor, while engaged
in the lawful execution of such contract.
(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)
Particular streets, or portions thereof, designated as through
streets are listed in the following ordinances, which shall remain
in full force and effect and shall not be repealed by this Code: 1267,
1276, 1287 and 1318.
Particular streets, or portions thereof, designated as stop
intersections and stop entrances, respectively are listed in the following
ordinances which shall remain in full force and effect and shall not
be repealed by this Code: 1267, 1276, 1284, 1302, 1318, 1320, 1328,
1330, 1358, 1366 and 1390.
The Public Works Director shall establish, designate and maintain
crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate devices,
marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway where he determines
that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway.
Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk shall be established
in any block which is less than two hundred feet in length. Elsewhere
not more than one additional crosswalk in any one block and such crosswalk
shall be located as nearly as practicable in midblock.
(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)
It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to cross a roadway in
any business district other than within a marked crosswalk.
(Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)
(Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)
It shall be unlawful for any person to stand, sit or remain
in any roadway, other than in a safety zone, if such action interferes
with the lawful movement of traffic. This provision shall not apply
to any public officer or employee, or to the employee of any public
utility or of any franchise or permit holder holding a franchise or
permit from the City or from any of its authorized officers when such
person is necessarily upon a street and engaged in the performance
of his or her necessary duty therein, or to licensed surveyors or
to members of their respective parties or crews when actually and
necessarily engaged in the performance of their proper functions.
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter or stand upon
any sidewalk in such a manner as to: (a) unreasonably obstruct free
movement of persons seeking to walk by; or to (b) unreasonably annoy
or molest pedestrians; or to (c) unreasonably obstruct or block the
entrance to any personal establishment or public facility or other
facility open to the public.
It shall be unlawful for any person to lie or sleep upon any
street, sidewalk or public right-of-way or any portion thereof.
Nothing in this Article should be construed to prohibit a person
from standing in line at any business establishment or public facility
nor shall it apply to any person who is selling or giving political
or religious literature to other persons; nor shall it apply to any
person who is walking in a picket line; nor shall it apply to any
other person who is conducting a lawful business or who has a lawful
reason for standing in or upon the street or sidewalk, provided that
such person is complying with all other laws, rules and regulations
applicable to waiting to conduct business, distributing political
and religious literature picketing, or conducting other lawful business.
(Ord. 1976 12-27-68)
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any train or
train of cars or permit the same to remain standing, so as to block
the movement of traffic upon any street for a period of time longer
than five minutes.
(Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)
Particular streets or portions thereof within the City which
are designated as permitting traffic one way only are listed in the
following ordinances, which shall remain in full force and effect
and shall not be repealed by the enactment of this Code: 1267 and
1304.
Motor vehicles operating on private property open to the public
or on a public parking lot not subject to the provisions of the California
Vehicle Code shall be subject to the following regulations:
(a)
No
person shall operate any motor vehicle at a speed greater than is
reasonable and prudent nor in any manner that endangers the welfare
and safety of persons or property, having due regard for the surface
and condition of the area.
(b)
No
person shall engage in or aid or abet in any motor vehicle speed contest
or motor vehicle exhibition of speed thereon without prior written
authorization therefor from the owner, lessee or other person in legal
possession.
(c)
No
person shall unreasonably accelerate the motor of any vehicle or unreasonably
sound, blow or operate the horn or other audible warning device of
any vehicle.
(Ord. 2344 6-26-79)
Excluding dogs, cats and other household pets on a leash or
tether, it shall be unlawful for anyone to ride, lead, herd, corral,
tether or otherwise allow any horses, livestock or other animals owned
and maintained by persons upon any public street or sidewalk if the
animals are not confined within a truck and/or trailer intended for
conveying animals.
Exceptions allowing animals upon a public street:
(a)
Any
parade or procession, including circus parades, for which a permit
has been duly issued by the City of Inglewood. A condition of any
such parade permit shall be specific provisions for the immediate
removal by the parade operator of any animal droppings from the street;
(b)
Animal
rides provided upon streets duly barricaded for neighborhood block
club events;
(c)
Horses
and other equine animals used to pull and/or to accompany a coffin-bearing
wagon or caisson to a cemetery, subject to prior review and approval
of route and any applicable conditions by the Public Works Director,
including, but not limited to, temporary street closures or diversion
of traffic, and removal of animal droppings;
(d)
Horses
ridden by law enforcement personnel as part of their enforcement duties;
(e)
Animals
used in the filming of a cinema or television production, for which
a filming permit has been duly issued by the City of Inglewood.
(Ord. 08-09 6-24-08)
