Carson Municipal Code Part 1 General Provisions And Violations

This Chapter shall be known as, and may be cited as the "Traffic Code."

(Ord. 92-969 § 1; Ord. 05-1334 § 1)

All traffic control devices existing in the City at the time of adoption of this Chapter, which were placed by officers and officials of the County of Los Angeles prior to incorporation of the City or by the City subsequent to incorporation and all matters pertaining thereto are hereby ratified and confirmed.

(Ord. 92-969 § 1; Ord. 05-1334 § 1)

The Sheriff's Department of the County of Los Angeles shall be the traffic enforcement agency of the City. It shall be the duty of the traffic enforcement agency to enforce the traffic regulations of the City and all provisions of the California Vehicle Code applicable in the City, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate traffic accidents, to cooperate with the City Traffic Engineer and other officers of the City in administration of the traffic laws and improvement of traffic conditions, and to carry out the duties and responsibilities imposed by this Chapter. The City Council may also designate City employees or contractors to have concurrent authority with the Sheriff's Department of Los Angeles County to enforce specified provisions of the Traffic Code or the Vehicle Code and such employees or contractors shall also be considered as the traffic enforcement agency for such purposes. Code Enforcement Officers and Public Safety Department Security Officers shall have concurrent authority with the Sheriff's Department to enforce the provisions of the Traffic Code and all parking provisions of the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 92-969 § 1; Ord. 05-1334 § 1)

The position of City Traffic Engineer is hereby established. It shall be the duty of the City Traffic Engineer to advise the Public Works Director on the installation, operation and maintenance of traffic control devices, to prepare engineering analyses of traffic accidents, to recommend traffic remedial measures and to investigate traffic conditions. The Engineer shall also review development proposals for traffic-related impacts, cooperate with the traffic enforcement agency and other officers of the City in improvement of traffic conditions, advise the City of locations where traffic control signals are appropriate in accordance with standards and instructions set forth in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and carry out those duties and responsibilities imposed by ordinances and resolutions of the City and directions of the City Council and the Public Works Director.

(Ord. 13-1509 § 2; Ord. 92-969 § 1; Ord. 05-1334 § 1)

Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this Traffic Code or any sign posted pursuant to the authority of the Traffic Code shall be deemed guilty of an infraction and shall be punished as provided in CMC § 1200(b).

(Ord. 92-969 § 1; Ord. 05-1334 § 1)