Chapter 9 — MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Albany Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-01 · Albany
Sections in this part
- § 9-1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 9-2 TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION
- § 9-3 ENFORCEMENT OF AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
- § 9-4 TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
- § 9-5 TURNING MOVEMENTS
- § 9-6
- § 9-7 SPECIAL STOPS
- § 9-8 MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
- § 9-9 PEDESTRIANS
- § 9-10 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
- § 9-11 LOADING ZONES
- § 9-12 PERMIT PARKING
- § 9-13 IMPOUNDMENT OF ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES
- § 9-14 ABANDONED VEHICLES
- § 9-15 RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS
- § 9-16
- § 9-17 TRIP REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS
MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
| § 9-1 | § 9-3.7. | Exemptions to Certain |
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| GENERAL PROVISIONS | Vehicles. | ||
| § 9-1.1. | Definitions. |
§ 9-4 | |
| § 9-1.2. | (Reserved) |
TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES | |
| § 9-1.3. | Decrease of Speed Limits on |
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| Solano and Washington | § 9-4.1. | Authority to Install Traffic- |
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| Avenues. | Control Devices. | ||
| § 9-1.4. | Speed Limits on Frontage |
§ 9-4.2. | When Traffic-Control Devices |
| Roads. | Required for Enforcement | ||
| § 9-1.5. | Unlawful Use of Vehicles on |
Purposes. | |
| Unimproved Property. | § 9-4.3. | Obedience to Traffic-Control |
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| § 9-1.6. | Speed Limits Near Children's |
Devices. | |
| Playgrounds. | § 9-4.4. | Installation of Traffic Signals. |
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| § 9-4.5. | Lane Markings. |
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| § 9-2 | § 9-4.6. | Distinctive Roadway Markings. |
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| TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION | § 9-4.7. | Authority to Remove, Relocate |
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| or Discontinue Traffic-Control | |||
| § 9-2.1. | Police Administration. |
Devices. | |
| § 9-2.2. | Duty of Traffic Division. |
§ 9-4.8. | Hours of Operation of Traffic- |
| § 9-2.3. | Traffic Accident Studies. |
Control Devices. | |
| § 9-2.4. | Traffic Accident Reports. |
§ 9-4.9. | Traffic Barriers. |
| § 9-2.5. | Traffic Division to Submit |
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| Annual Traffic Safety Reports. | § 9-5 | ||
| § 9-2.6. | City Traffic Engineer. |
TURNING MOVEMENTS | |
| § 9-3 ENFORCEMENT OF AND OBEDIENCE TO |
§ 9-5.1. | Authority to Place and Obedience to Turning Markers. |
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| TRAFFIC REGULATIONS | § 9-5.2. | Authority to Place Restricted |
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| Turn Signs. | |||
| § 9-3.1. | Authority of Police and Fire |
§ 9-5.3. | Obedience to No-Turn Signs. |
| Department Officials. | § 9-5.4. | Authority to Prohibit Right |
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| § 9-3.2. | Required Obedience to |
Turns Against Traffic Stop | |
| Chapter. | Signal. | ||
| § 9-3.3. | Obedience to Police and Fire |
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| Department Officials. | § 9-6 | ||
| § 9-3.4. | (Reserved) |
ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS | |
| § 9-3.5. | Public Employees to Obey |
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| Traffic Regulations. | § 9-6.1. | Erection and Contents of Signs. |
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| § 9-3.6. | Exemption of City Officers and |
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| Employees from Certain | |||
| Traffic Regulations Authorized. |
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| § 9-7 | § 9-10.11. | No-Parking Zones to Prevent | ||
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| SPECIAL STOPS | Flooding. | |||
| § 9-10.12. | Vehicles Not to Interfere with | |||
| § | 9-7.1. | Erection and Location of Stop | Work on Streets. | |
| Signs. | § 9-10.13. | Stopping or Parking at | ||
| § | 9-7.2. | Emerging from Alley, Driveway | Hazardous Places Prohibited by | |
| or Building. | Signs. | |||
| § 9-10.14. | Parking in Waterfront Areas. | |||
| § 9-8 | § 9-10.15. | Emergency Parking Signs. | ||
| MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES | § 9-10.16. | Display of Warning Devices | ||
| When Commercial Vehicle | ||||
| § | 9-8.1. | Driving Through Funeral | Disabled. | |
| Processions. | § 9-10.17. | Curb Markings to Indicate No | ||
| § | 9-8.2. | Roller Skates, Skateboards and | Stopping and Parking | |
| Toy Vehicles. | Regulations. | |||
| § | 9-8.3. | New Pavement. | § 9-10.18. | Parking Time Limited in |
| § | 9-8.4. | Restricted Access. | Business Districts. | |
| § 9-10.19. | Parking Time Limited on | |||
| § 9-9 | Certain Enumerated Streets. | |||
| PEDESTRIANS | § 9-10.20. | Parking Prohibited at All | ||
| Times on Certain Streets. | ||||
| § | 9-9.1. | City Traffic Engineer to | § 9-10.21. | Parking of Oversized Vehicles |
| Establish Crosswalks. | Prohibited. | |||
| § | 9-9.2. | When Pedestrians Must Use | § 9-10.22. | Parking Space Markings. |
| Crosswalks. | § 9-10.23. | Parking Prohibited Outside of | ||
| § | 9-9.3. | Crossing at Right Angles. | Spaces. | |
| § | 9-9.4. | Standing in Roadways. | § 9-10.24. | Temporary Modification. |
| § 9-10.25. | Interference with Officers in | |||
| § 9-10 | the Enforcement of Chapter | |||
| STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING | and Removal of Marks, Etc., in | |||
| Connection with Parking | ||||
| § | 9-10.1. | Application of Regulations. | Regulations. | |
| § | 9-10.2. | Standing in Parkways | § 9-10.26. | Bicycle Parking Zones. |
| Prohibited. | § 9-10.27. | Electric Vehicle Parking | ||
| § | 9-10.3. | Parking for Certain Purposes | Regulations. | |
| Prohibited. | ||||
| § | 9-10.4. | Parking Parallel with Curb. | § 9-11 | |
| § | 9-10.5. | Signs or Markings Indicating | LOADING ZONES | |
| Angle Parking. | ||||
| § | 9-10.6. | Parking Adjacent to Schools. | § 9-11.1. | Authority to Establish Loading |
| § | 9-10.7. | Parking Prohibited on Narrow | Zones. | |
| Streets. | § 9-11.2. | Effect of Permission to Load or | ||
| § | 9-10.8. | Parking on Hills. | Unload. | |
| § | 9-10.9. | Unauthorized Parking on | § 9-11.3. | Standing for Loading or |
| Private Property Prohibited. | Unloading Only. | |||
| § | 9-10.10. | Parking on City Property. |
MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
| § 9-11.4. | Standing in Passenger Loading | § 9-14.7. | Administrative Costs. |
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| Zones. | § 9-14.8. | Abatement and Removal | |
| § 9-11.5. | Standing in Any Alley. | Procedure; Notice to Owner of | |
| § 9-11.6. | Bus Zones. | Land. | |
| § 9-11.7. | Funeral Zones. | § 9-14.9. | Public Hearing Before Police |
| Chief or Designated Abatement | |||
| § 9-12 PERMIT PARKING |
Hearing Officer; Conduct of Hearing; Conclusions and |
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| Orders. | |||
| § 9-12.1. § 9-12.2. § 9-12.3. § 9-12.4. |
Intent, Purpose and Authority. Establishment of Permit Parking Zones. Designating Process. Resident Parking Permits. |
§ 9-14.10. § 9-14.11. |
Removal of Vehicle; Time Limit. Notification of Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Justice of Removal and Abatement. |
| § 9-12.5. | Guest Parking Permits. | § 9-14.12. | Costs That Are Assessed |
| § 9-12.6. | Violations. | Against Land. | |
| § 9-12.7. | Exemptions. | § 9-14.13. | Refusal to Remove Constitutes |
| Misdemeanor. | |||
| § 9-13 | |||
| IMPOUNDMENT OF ILLEGALLY PARKED | § 9-15 | ||
| VEHICLES | RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS | ||
| § 9-13.1. | Definitions. | § 9-15.1. | Truck Routes. |
| § 9-13.2. | General Authority of Police. | § 9-15.2. | Regulations for Interstate |
| § 9-13.3. | Removal to Garage. | Truck Terminal. | |
| § 9-13.4. | Notice to Owner. | ||
| § 9-13.5. | Report to State Department of | § 9-16 | |
| Motor Vehicles. | SCHEDULES | ||
| § 9-13.6. | Garage Keeper's Lien. | ||
| § 9-16.1. | Schedules of Streets to be | ||
| § 9-14 ABANDONED VEHICLES |
Designated by Ordinance or Resolution. |
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| § 9-14.1. | Declared a Nuisance. | § 9-17 | |
| § 9-14.2. | Definitions. | TRIP REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS | |
| § 9-14.3. | Exceptions to Applicability of Section. |
§ 9-17.1. | Declaration of Policy. |
| § 9-14.4. | Supplemental to Other Laws. | § 9-17.2. | Definitions. |
| § 9-14.5. § 9-14.6. |
Enforcement. Franchised Person to Have Rights of Entry to Abate |
§ 9-17.3. § 9-17.4. |
Trip Reduction Program Requirements. Enforcement. |
| Nuisances. |
Editor's Note: For state law as to uniformity of state traffic laws and applicability to municipalities,
ALBANY CODE
see Veh. C.A., § 1 et seq. As to powers of local authorities to regulate traffic, see Veh. C.A., § 21100 et seq. As to location of billboards near intersections, see § 8-16 of this Code. As to bicycles, see § 8-12 of Chapter 8. As to vehicles used to transport garbage, see Subsection 15-3.19. As to interference with traffic by distributors of racing forms, see Subsection 5-14.6. As to license tax on vehicles used for advertising purposes, see Subsection 5-2.2. As to transporting persons for immoral purposes, see Subsection 8-8.3. As to vehicles for hire generally, see § 5-7. For establishment of Transportation Commission, see Section 2-20 of Chapter 2, Administration.
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