Camarillo Municipal Code Ch. 11.16 Signs and Signals

The city council shall by resolution determine and designate the character of all official traffic-control signals and warning, regulatory and direction signs, and signs designating the boundaries of business and residence districts as provided in the California Vehicle Code; and the council shall designate what intersections shall be controlled by official control signals. The council may by ordinance alter the speed limits in accordance with the provisions of the state Vehicle Code. Such ordinances will not be incorporated into this code.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3101.)

The road commissioner shall place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, all official traffic-control signals, authorized by the council, and warning and direction signs necessary for proper control of traffic and all regulatory signs required or authorized by this chapter or the state Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3101.1.)

No provision of this chapter for which signs are required may be enforced against any alleged violator thereof, if at the time and place of such alleged violation any sign required by this chapter is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3101.2.)

No operator or pedestrian at any time shall violate any instruction appearing on any traffic sign or any indication as set forth in the California Vehicle Code presented by any traffic signal upon any highway, placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or under the authority of the council.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3102.)

The road commissioner shall provide and maintain painted or other appropriately devised symbols or warning signs at all crosswalks which have been designated as such by the council. He may do so at such other crosswalks where, in his opinion, such symbols or warning signs are necessary.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3103.)

The road commissioner is authorized to install and maintain safety zones at all locations where there is particular danger to standing pedestrians, and to locate and designate the same upon the surface of the roadway by appropriate devices, signs or marks.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3104.)

The road commissioner may place appropriate traffic guidelines dividing highways into the number of traffic lanes that is proper and necessary, and to place such other pavement markings as are necessary to direct vehicular movements in accordance with requirements of this chapter and the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3105.)