Chula Vista Municipal Code Ch. 10.24 Traffic Control Devices

Sections:

• 10.24.010 Installation – City Engineer powers and duties.

• 10.24.020 Repealed.

• 10.24.030 Repealed.

• 10.24.040 Repealed.

• 10.24.050 Obedience required – Exceptions.

• 10.24.060 Repealed.

• 10.24.070 Repealed.

• 10.24.080 Street name signs required when.

• 10.24.090 Removal, relocation or discontinued operation authorized when.

• 10.24.100 Repealed.

• 10.24.110 Repealed.

• 10.24.120 Repealed.

• 10.24.130 Curb painting – When authorized.

• 10.24.140 Curb painting – Red authorized for certain driveway areas when.

• 10.24.150 Traffic barriers and signs – Compliance required.

• 10.24.160 New pavement and marking use restrictions.

• 10.24.170 Traffic barriers and signs – Approved type – Tampering with prohibited.

***** For statutory authority for local governments to place and maintain traffic control devices as required by statute or as necessary to implement statutes or local ordinances, see Veh. Code §§ 21351 – 21356; for provisions concerning traffic signals, signs and markings, see Veh. Code § 21350, et seq.

The City Engineer shall install and maintain official traffic control devices when and as required to make effective the provisions of this title. (Ord. 2670 § 1, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.4.1(A)).

The operator of any vehicle or train shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device placed in accordance with this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or other authorized person, subject to the exceptions granted the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls. (Ord. 2670 § 1, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.4.3).

Whenever the City Engineer installs and maintains, or causes to be installed and maintained, an official traffic signal at any intersection, he shall likewise erect and maintain at such intersection street name signs clearly visible to traffic approaching from all directions, unless such street name signs have previously been placed and are maintained at any said intersection. (Ord. 2670 § 1, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.4.4(C)).

The City Engineer is authorized to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic control device not specifically required by the Vehicle Code or this title whenever he shall determine in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist or obtain. (Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.4.5).

No person, unless authorized by the City Engineer, shall paint any street or curb surface; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the painting of numbers on a curb surface by any person who has complied with the provisions of any resolution or ordinance of this City pertaining thereto. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.4.9).

A. Vehicles parked adjacent to private driveways, in some cases, create hazardous obstructions to the line of sight of motorists entering and exiting from such driveways.

B. It is the purpose and intent of the Council to mitigate the dangers arising from the inability to observe approaching vehicles, especially on heavily trafficked streets, by providing red curb clearance adjacent to such driveways. Such red curb shall be authorized only when the narrowness of the driveway, or the nature and volume of the traffic on the street into which the driveway allows vehicles to pass, combined with the regular parking of vehicles adjacent to the driveway, indicate a need to maintain sight clearance adjacent to the driveway.

C. Upon application by the property owner or occupant and payment of the required fee(s), the City Engineer may cause to be painted or repainted a red curb for a minimum distance of 18 inches on each side of a driveway to a maximum distance as determined by the City Engineer. (Ord. 2670 § 1, 1996; Ord. 2506 § 1, 1992; Ord. 1597 § 1, 1974; Ord. 1546 § 1, 1974; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.4.10).

No person shall operate a vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of any barrier or sign erected:

• A. Pursuant to the provisions of any regulation of the City; or

• B. By any public utility; or

• C. By any department of the City; or

• D. By any other person pursuant to law or contract with the City;

nor shall any unauthorized person move or alter the position of any such barrier or sign. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.8.6).

No person shall ride or drive any animal or vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted markings in any street when a traffic control device installed pursuant to CVMC 10.24.150 is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or indicating that the street or portion thereof is closed. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.8.7).

No person, public utility or department in the City shall erect or place any barrier or sign on any street unless said sign is of a type approved by the City Engineer, and no person shall disobey the instructions of, remove, tamper with or destroy any barrier or sign lawfully placed on any street, pursuant to CVMC 10.24.150, by any person, public utility or by any department of the City. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.8.10).