Bradbury Municipal Code Art. III Traffic Control Devices

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State Law reference— Local authority to place and maintain traffic signs, signals and other traffic control devices on streets and highways, Vehicle Code §§ 21351—21351.5.

(a) The City Council shall have the power to place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained such official traffic control devices and signs as may be required under this chapter or under the State statutes to make effective the provisions of this chapter.

(b) The City Council shall have the power to place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained such official traffic control devices or signs as may be required under the Vehicle Code to comply with or make effective upon roads within the City the provisions of the Vehicle Code.

(c) The City Manager shall place and maintain markings and devices controlling, regulating or directing traffic whenever required by the Vehicle Code, or this chapter, or by the order of the City Council.

(Prior Code, § 3130)

No provision of the Vehicle Code or of this chapter which, to be effective, requires the posting of signs shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless the required signs are in place and are clearly legible so as to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.

(Prior Code, § 3131)

State Law reference— Signs required for certain local traffic laws provisions, Vehicle Code § 21103.

The driver of a vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device placed in accordance with this chapter unless otherwise directed by a Deputy Sheriff.

(Prior Code, § 3132)

No person shall, without the authority of the City Council, deface, damage or remove any official traffic control device placed and maintained in accordance with this chapter.

(Prior Code, § 3133)

The City Council shall have the power to mark or cause to be marked centerlines and lane lines upon the surface of any roadway to limit 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 centerline of the roadway.

(Prior Code, § 3134)

The City Council shall have the power to place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained distinctive roadway markings as described in the Vehicle Code on those roads or parts of roads 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. Such marking shall have the same effect as similar markings placed on streets and highways by the State Department of Transportation pursuant to the provisions of the Vehicle Code.

(Prior Code, § 3135)

The City Council shall have the power to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of or cause to be removed, relocated, or discontinued any traffic device required by State law or this chapter whenever it shall determine, in any particular case, that the conditions which warranted or required the installation of such device no longer exist or obtain.

(Prior Code, § 3136)