Belvedere Municipal Code Ch. 10.20 Traffic-Control Devices

TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES

Sections:

• 10.20.010 Installation and maintenance—City Manager authority.

• 10.20.020 Signs required for enforcement when.

• 10.20.030 Hours of operation.

• 10.20.040 Lane marking.

• 10.20.050 Distinctive roadway markings—Placement authorized where.

• 10.20.060 Crosswalks—Establishment and marking—City Manager authority. 10.20.070 Unauthorized painting of curbs prohibited—Exceptions. 10.20.080 Removal, relocation or discontinuance authorized when.

A. The City Manager 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 to make effective the provisions of this Title B. Whenever the Vehicle Code of the State 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 Manager 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.

C. The City Manager may also place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained such additional trafficcontrol devices as he may deem necessary or proper to regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic, but he 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. (Ord. 87-4 § 12, 1987; Ord. 76-3 § 1, 1976; Ord. 155 NS § 4, 1967; prior code § 13-22.)

No provision of the Vehicle Code of the State or of this Title 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. 155 NS § 4.1, 1967; prior code § 13-23.)

The City Manager 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. (Ord. 87-4 § 13, 1987; Ord. 76-3 § 1, 1976; Ord. 155 NS § 4.6, 1967; prior code § 13-28.)

The City Manager is authorized to mark centerlines and lane lines upon the surface of the roadway to indicate the course to be traveled by vehicles. The City Manager may place signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the centerline of the street. (Ord. 87-4 § 14, 1987; Ord. 76-3 § 1, 1976; Ord. 155 NS § 4.3, 1967; prior code § 13-25.)

The City Manager is authorized to place and maintain distinctive roadway markings, as described in the Vehicle Code of the State, 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 markings or signs and markings. Such markings or signs and markings shall have the same effect as similar markings placed by the State Department of Public Works pursuant to provisions of the Vehicle Code of the State. (Ord. 87-4 § 15, 1987; Ord. 76-3 § 1, 1976; Ord. 155 NS § 4.4, 1967; prior code § 13-26.)

The City Manager 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 where the City Manager determines that there is a particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway. (Ord. 87-4 § 16, 1987; Ord. 76-3 § 1, 1976; Ord. 155 NS § 9, 1967; prior code § 13-4.)

No person, unless authorized by this City, shall paint any street or curb surface; provided, 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. (Ord. 155 NS § 4.7, 1967; prior code § 13-29.)

The City Manager is authorized to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic-control device not specifically required by the Vehicle Code of the State or this Title whenever he shall determine in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist. (Ord. 87-4 § 17, 1987; Ord. 76-3 § 1, 1976; Ord. 155 NS § 4.5, 1967; prior code § 13-27.)