Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
American Canyon Municipal Code Ch. 10.16 Turning Movements
American Canyon Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · American Canyon
Cite as: American Canyon Municipal Code Chapter 10.16 · Text as of 2026-10-04
10.16.010 Authority to place and obedience to turning markers.¶
(A) The traffic engineer is authorized to place markers, buttons or signs within or adjacent to intersection indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and the Traffic Engineer is authorized to allocate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right or left turns, and such course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law or this code.
(B) When authorized markers, buttons, or other indications are placed within an intersection indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of such indications.
Ord. 92-19 § 70, 1992
10.16.020 Authority to place restricted turn.¶
The 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. 92-19 § 71, 1992
10.16.030 Obedience to no-turn signs.¶
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or
left turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign.
Ord. 92-19 § 72, 1992
10.16.040 Authority to prohibit right turns against traffic stop signal.¶
The traffic engineer is
authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right turn against a red or stop signal and shall erect proper signs giving notice of such prohibition. No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the direction of any such sign.
Ord. 92-19 § 73, 1992
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