A. 
Installation Authority.
1. 
The city traffic engineer 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.
2. 
Whenever the Vehicle Code requires for the effectiveness of any provision thereof that trafficcontrol devices be installed to give notice to the public of the application of such law, the city traffic engineer 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.
3. 
The city traffic engineer may also place and maintain or cause to place and maintain such additional traffic-control devices as he or she may deem necessary or proper to regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic, but he or she 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 this title or as may be determined by ordinance or resolution of the city council.
B. 
Removal, Relocation and Discontinue Devices. The city traffic engineer is authorized to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic-control device not specifically required by the Vehicle Code or this title whenever he or she shall determine in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist.
C. 
Hours of Operation. The city traffic engineer 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 title.
D. 
Obedience Required. The operator of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device placed as authorized by law unless otherwise directed by a police officer or other authorized person, subject to the exceptions granted the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls.
(Ord. 86-27, 1986)
A. 
Signs and Signals.
1. 
The city traffic engineer is directed to install and maintain 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.
2. 
The city traffic engineer shall ascertain and determine the locations where such signals are required by field investigation, traffic counts and other traffic information as may be pertinent, 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 Maintenance Manual issued by the Division of Highways of the State Department of Public Works.
3. 
Whenever the city traffic engineer installs and maintains an official traffic signal at any intersection, he or she shall likewise erect and maintain at such intersection street name signs clearly visible to traffic approaching from all directions unless such street name signs have previously been placed and are maintained at any such intersection.
B. 
Lane Markings. The city traffic engineer is authorized to mark center lines 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 center line of the highway.
C. 
Distinctive Roadway Markings. The city traffic engineer 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 marking or signs and markings. Such marking or signs and marking shall have the same effect as similar markings placed by the State Department of Public Works pursuant to provisions of the Vehicle Code.
D. 
Signs Required for Enforcement Purposes. No provision of the Vehicle Code or of this chapter, for which signs are required, shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless appropriate legible signs are in place giving notice of such provisions of the traffic laws.
(Ord. 86-27, 1986)
A. 
Right Turn Restriction at Red or Stop Signal.
1. 
No driver of a vehicle shall make a right turn against a red or stop signal at any intersection which is signposted giving notice of such restriction as hereinafter provided in this section.
2. 
The city traffic engineer shall post appropriate signs giving effect to this section where he or she determines that the making of right turns against traffic signal "stop" indication would seriously interfere with the safe and orderly flow of traffic.
B. 
Authority to Place Turning Markers. The city traffic engineer is authorized to place official traffic-control devices within or adjacent to intersections and indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and the city traffic engineer is authorized to locate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right-or left-hand turns, and the course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law or ordinance.
C. 
Restricted Turn Signs. The city traffic engineer is authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left or U-turn, and shall place proper signs at such intersections. The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of any day and permitted at other hours, in which event the same shall be plainly indicated on the signs or they may be removed when such turns are permitted.
(Ord. 86-27, 1986)
Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this city designates any one-way street or alley, the city traffic engineer shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulations shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited.
(Ord. 86-27, 1986)
A. 
Restrictions in Central Traffic District.
1. 
No person shall operate any of the following vehicles in the central traffic district between the hours of seven (7:00) a.m. and six (6:00) p.m. of any day:
a. 
Any freight vehicle more than eight and one-half (8-1/2) feet in width, with load, or any freight vehicle so loaded that any part of its load extends more than 20 feet to the front or rear of such vehicle;
b. 
Any vehicle carrying building material that has not been loaded, or is not to be unloaded, at some point within the central traffic district;
c. 
Any vehicle conveying refuse, rubbish, garbage or dirt.
2. 
Provided that the city traffic engineer may by written permit authorize the operation of any such vehicle for the purpose of making necessary emergency deliveries to or from points within the central traffic district.
B. 
Advertising Vehicles Prohibited. No person shall operate or drive any vehicle used for advertising purposes or any advertising vehicle equipped with a loudspeaking device upon any street or alley at any time.
C. 
Animal-Drawn Vehicles Restricted. Except as permitted by title 4, chapter 1 of this code no person shall drive any animal-drawn vehicle into or within the central traffic district between the hours of four-thirty (4:30) p.m. and six (6:00) p.m. of any day.
D. 
Truck Routes Established; Regulations.
1. 
Whenever any resolution of this city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street, the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons, the city traffic engineer is authorized to designate such street or streets by appropriate signs as "Truck Route" for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons.
2. 
When any such truck route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons shall drive on such route or routes and none other except that nothing in this section shall prohibit the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of three tons coming from a truck route having ingress and egress by direct route to and from restricted streets when necessary for the purpose of making pick ups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on such restricted streets or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon such restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained therefor.
3. 
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, or to any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility.
4. 
Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the city council are declared to be truck routes for the movement of the vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight of three tons.
E. 
Commercial Vehicles on Certain Streets.
1. 
For purposes of this subsection, a commercial vehicle shall be as defined in the Vehicle Code section 260.
2. 
Except as provided in subsection (E)(3) of this section, no commercial vehicle shall be permitted on any street or portion thereof designated as unavailable to commercial vehicles by resolution adopted by the city council.
3. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (E)(2) of this section, the following vehicles shall be permitted on the streets designated in this subsection:
a. 
Any authorized emergency vehicle, as defined in the Vehicle Code section 165;
b. 
Any commercial vehicle owned or operated by the city;
c. 
Any commercial vehicle which has as a destination one or more residences or businesses located on the streets designated pursuant to this subsection; and
d. 
A passenger bus under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission or any vehicle which is subject to the Public Utilities Code sections 1031 to 1036 inclusive.
4. 
The city traffic engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets designated pursuant to this subsection.
5. 
Any vehicle that is otherwise a commercial vehicle as defined by this code that meets weight limitations specified by resolution of the city council. Such resolution establishing an exception may be limited to certain areas of the city as defined in any such resolution.
(Ord. 86-27, 1986; Ord. 87-75, 1987; Ord. 05-253, 2005)
A. 
Increase of State Speed Limit. It is determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that the speed permitted by state law upon the following streets is less than is necessary for safe operation of vehicles thereon and it is declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as hereinafter set forth on those streets or parts of streets designated in this section when signs are erected giving notice thereof.
Name of Street or Portion Affected
Declared Prima Facie Speed Limit
None at this time
 
B. 
Decrease of State Speed Limit.
1. 
Certain Zones. It is determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that the speed permitted by state law outside of business and residential districts, as applicable upon the following streets, is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets, and it is declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth in this section on those streets or parts of streets designated in this section when signs are erected giving notice thereof.
Name of Street or Portion Affected
Declared Prima Facie Speed Limit
Alisal Road between State Route 246 (Mission Drive) and a point 200 feet south of Oak Street
25 mph
Alisal Road between State Route 246 (Mission Drive) between 200 feet and 1,650 feet south of Oak Street
35 mph
2. 
Between Districts. Reference is made to the following portions of streets where the state speed law of 55 miles per hour is applicable for a distance not exceeding 2,000 feet in length between districts, either business or residence, and it is determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by state law upon the following described portions of such streets which are not state highways is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon the described portions of such streets, and it is declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth as follows on those portions of streets designated in this chapter when signs are erected giving notice thereof.
Portion of Street Affected Not Exceeding 2,000 Feet Between Districts
Declared Prima Facie Speed Limit
Alisal Road between State Route 246 (Mission Drive) and a point 200 feet south of Oak Street
25 mph
Alisal Road between State Route 246 (Mission Drive), between 200 feet and 1,650 feet south of Oak Street
35 mph
C. 
Traffic Signal Timing. The city traffic engineer is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the speeds otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections, and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
(Ord. 86-27, 1986)
A. 
Crosswalks Established.
1. 
The city traffic engineer shall establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway.
Crosswalks shall be established and maintained at all intersections within the central traffic district and such intersections outside such district, and at other places within or outside such district where the city traffic engineer determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway subject to the limitation contained in subsection (A)(2) of this section.
2. 
Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk shall be established in any block which is less than 400 feet in length and such crosswalk shall be located as nearly as practicable at midblock.
3. 
The city traffic engineer may place signs at or adjacent to an intersection in respect to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not cross in the crosswalk so indicated.
B. 
Use Required in Certain Districts. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in the central traffic district or in any business district.
(Ord. 86-27, 1986)
A. 
Unauthorized Barriers, Signs and Markings.
1. 
No person, public utility or department in the city shall erect or place any barrier or sign on any street unless of a type approved by the city traffic engineer or disobey the instructions, remove, tamper with or destroy any barrier or sign lawfully placed on any street by any person, public utility or by any department of this city.
2. 
No person, unless authorized by this city, shall paint any street or curb surface; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the painting of numbers on a curb surface by any person who has complied with the provisions of any resolution or ordinance of this city pertaining thereto.
B. 
Clinging to Moving Vehicles. No person shall attach him or herself with his or her hands, or catch on, or hold on with his or her hands or by other means, to any moving vehicle for the purpose of receiving motive power therefrom.
C. 
Driving Through Funeral Procession or Parade. No operator of any vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral procession or a parade, provided, that such vehicles are conspicuously so designated. The directing of all vehicles and traffic on any street over which such funeral procession or parade wishes to pass, shall be subject to the orders of the police department.
D. 
Riding or Driving on Sidewalk. No person shall ride, propel or cause to be propelled any vehicle or animal across or upon any sidewalk except over permanently constructed driveways and except when it is necessary for any temporary purpose to drive a loaded vehicle across a sidewalk; provided further, that such sidewalk area be substantially protected by wooden planks two inches thick, and written permission be previously obtained from the city traffic engineer. Such wooden planks shall not be permitted to remain upon such sidewalk area during the hours from six (6:00) p.m. to six (6:00) a.m.
E. 
Driving Over New Pavement or Markings. No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted markings in any street when a barrier sign, cone marker or other warning device is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or when any such device is in place indicating that the street or any portion thereof is closed.
F. 
Commercial Vehicles Using Private Driveways.
1. 
No person shall operate or drive a commercial vehicle in, on or across any private driveway approach or sidewalk area or the driveway itself without the consent of the owner or occupant of the property, if a sign or markings are in place indicating that the use of such driveway is prohibited.
2. 
For the purpose of this section, a "commercial vehicle" means a vehicle having a rated capacity in excess of 1/2 ton.
G. 
Obstructing Intersections. No operator of any vehicle shall enter any intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he or she is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
H. 
Limited Access Roadways. No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are lawfully established.
(Ord. 86-27, 1986)