Officers, reserve officers, parking control officers and cadets
of the Police Department and marine safety officers and such special
officers of the Community Services Department as are assigned by the
Police Chief are authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand,
audible or other 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 may direct traffic as conditions may require,
notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary contained in this title
or the Vehicle Code.
(322-1/29, 1157-9/65, 2124-1/77)
No person other than an officer of the Police Department or
a person authorized by the Police Chief or a person authorized by
law shall direct, or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other
signal, except that persons may operate, when and as herein provided,
any mechanical pushbutton signal erected by order of the Director
of Public Works.
(322-1/29, 1157-9/65)
No person shall fail or refuse to comply with or to perform
any act, lawful order, signal or direction of a traffic or police
officer, or a member of the Fire Department, or a person authorized
by the Police Chief or by law.
(322-1/29, 1157-9/65)
Every person riding a bicycle or driving an animal upon a highway
has 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.
(1157-9/65)
No person shall interfere with or obstruct in any way any police
officer or other officer or employee of this City in their 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 this City in connection with
the enforcement of the parking regulations of this title, constitute
such interference or obstruction.
(1157-9/65)
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 it shall be unlawful for any said
operator to violate any of the provisions of this title except as
otherwise permitted in this title or by the Vehicle Code.
(1157-9/65)
The provisions of this title regulating the operation, parking
and standing of vehicles shall not only apply to vehicles operated
by the Police or Fire Departments, 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, or
to the operation of bicycles by Police Department personnel while
in the course and scope of their official duties.
(1157-9/65, 3163-8/92)
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.
(1157-9/65)
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 while necessarily in use for construction or repair
work or any vehicle owned or operated by the United States Post Office
Department while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery
of United States mail.
(1157-9/65)
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, parking meter, lighting post, telephone pole, electric
light or power pole, resulting in damage to any tree, in or along
any street, shall within 24 hours after such accident make a written
report of such accident to the Police Department of this City.
(1157-9/65)
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 damage in such accident.
(1157-9/65)
The operator of any vehicle involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties of this Code 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 Section 10.08.100 within 24 hours after regaining ability to make such report.
(1157-9/65)
Officers, reserve officers, parking control officers and cadets
of the Police Department as are assigned by the Police Chief are authorized
and may remove or cause to be removed:
A.
Any
vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway
for 72 or more consecutive hours; or which the investigating officer
determines has been abandoned pursuant to Vehicle Code Sections 22523
or 22669. Such vehicles may be removed as an abandoned vehicle pursuant
to Vehicle Code Section 22651(k).
B.
Any
vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway
between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. when such parking or
standing is prohibited by ordinance or resolution of this City and
signs are posted giving notice of such removal.
C.
Any
vehicle which 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.
D.
Any
vehicle which is parked or left standing in any City-owned or operated
parking lot when such parking or standing has been prohibited by ordinance
or resolution.
E.
Any
vehicle that is over 84 inches high, measured from the surface of
the roadway to its highest point, or over 84 inches wide, measured
from its widest point, excluding side view mirrors or similar extensions,
that is parked on an arterial highway, as described in Section 10.44.070
of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code, between the hours of 9:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(1157-9/65, 2124-1/77, 3337-12/96, 3368-8/97)
Any provision of this title which regulates traffic or delegates
the regulation of traffic upon state highways in any way for which
the approval of the State Department of Public Works 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
State Department of Public Works.
(1157-9/65, 1292-1/67)
Whenever this title delegates authority to a City officer, or
authorizes action by the City Council to regulate traffic upon a state
highway in any way which, by law, requires the prior approval of the
State Department of Public Works, no such officer 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 State Department of Public Works when and to the extent required
by the state Vehicle Code.
(1157-9/65, 1292-1/67)
