Ceres Municipal Code Ch. 16 Turns

The operator of a vehicle may turn such vehicle either to the right or to the left or turn it so as to proceed in the opposite direction at any intersection within the City except upon those intersections at which one or more methods of turning shall be prohibited by law. The City Engineer is authorized to determine at which intersections within the City the turning of vehicles shall be prohibited and to determine the manner in which vehicles may turn at such intersections and to indicate such places by the erection of appropriate signs or markers.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

A. The City Engineer shall place markers, buttons, or signs within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections. The Traffic Engineer is also authorized to allocate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right- or left-hand turns. The course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by this Code or any other law or ordinance.

B. The City Engineer shall 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. 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. Such signs may be removed when such turns are permitted.

C. The City Engineer shall determine those intersections within any business or residence district 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.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions indicated on authorized markers, buttons, or other signs placed within an intersection.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any authorized sign which indicates that no right turn, left turn, or U-turn is permitted.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to cross or drive upon the left hand side of any double line of any City street marked within the City which double line shall have been designated and authorized by the City Council and which has been painted or marked upon such street.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

It is unlawful for the operator of any moving van, dump truck, tank truck used or designed for the purpose of transporting petroleum products or any vehicle described in section 10.04.120, to operate the vehicle upon any street other than unrestricted streets, avenues, or thoroughfares, for any purpose other than to make a pickup or delivery, or to service or secure repairs to the vehicle. In traveling to or from the point of pickup, or delivery, or to service or repair of the vehicle, the operator of the vehicle shall drive as far as possible upon and over an unrestricted street, avenue or thoroughfare.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to tow or pull or push any other vehicle on any street of the City other than upon unrestricted streets, avenues, or thoroughfares, for any distance greater than is absolutely necessary.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

The City Council is authorized to determine and designate unrestricted traffic streets by resolution which designation shall become effective when appropriate signs are in place giving notice of the designation to the public.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)