Chowchilla Municipal Code Ch. 10.24 Turning Movements, Special Stops and One-Way Streets

The city administrator is authorized to place official traffic-control devices with or adjacent to intersections and indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and the city administrator is authorized to locate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right to left hand turns, and the course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law or ordinance.

(Ord. 286-78 § 1 (part), 1978: prior code § 12-42)

The city administrator is authorized to 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. The making of such 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 or they may be removed when such turns are permitted.

(Ord. 286-78 § 1 (part), 1978: prior code § 12-43)

A. No driver of a vehicle shall make a right turn against a red or stop signal at any intersection which is sign-posted giving notice of such restriction as hereinafter provided in this section.

B. The city administrator shall post appropriate signs giving effect to this section where he determines that the making of right turns against traffic-signal stop indication would seriously interfere with the safe and orderly flow of traffic.

(Ord. 286-78 § 1 (part), 1978: prior code § 12-44)

Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this city designates any one-way street or alley, the city administrator shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulations shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited.

(Ord. 286-78 § 1 (part), 1978: prior code § 12-45)

Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a through street, or any intersection at which vehicles are required to stop at one or more entrances thereto, or any railroad grade crossing at which vehicles are required to stop, the city administrator shall erect and maintain stop signs as follows:

A stop sign shall be erected on each and every street intersecting such through street or portion thereof so designated and at those entrances to other intersections where a stop is required and at any railroad grade crossing so designated; provided, however, stop signs shall not be erected or maintained at any entrance to an intersection when such entrance is controlled by an official traffic-control signal. Every such sign shall conform with, and shall be placed as provided, in the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 286-78 § 1 (part), 1978: prior code § 12-46)

A. Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the council are declared to be through streets for the purposes of this section.

B. The provisions of this section shall also apply at one or more entrances to the intersections as such entrances are established by resolution of the city council.

C. The provisions of this section shall apply at those highway railway grade crossings as established by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 286-78 § 1 (part), 1978: prior code § 12-47)

The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway or driveway.

(Ord. 286-78 § 1 (part), 1978: prior code § 12-48)