Chula Vista Municipal Code Ch. 10.40 Turning Movements
Chula Vista Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Chula Vista
Cite as: Chula Vista Municipal Code Chapter 10.40 · Text as of 2026-10-04
Sections:
10.40.010 Turning markers or indications – Placement authorized.
10.40.020 Turning markers or indications – Driver obedience required. 10.40.030 Restricted turns – Sign placement authorized when.
10.40.040 Restricted turns – Driver to obey signs.
10.40.050 Right turns at certain stop signals – Prohibited when. 10.40.060 Right turns at certain stop signals – Driver to obey signs.
For statutory provisions authorizing cities to prohibit the making of any turning movements at intersections,
see Veh. Code § 22113.
10.40.010 Turning markers or indications – Placement authorized.¶
The City Engineer is authorized to place traffic control devices within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections. The City Engineer is authorized to locate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right-hand or left-hand turns. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.5.1(A)).
10.40.020 Turning markers or indications – Driver obedience required.¶
When authorized traffic control devices are placed within an intersection indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of such devices. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.5.1(B)).
10.40.030 Restricted turns – Sign placement authorized when.¶
The City Engineer, by regulation, may designate those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left or U-turn, and the City Engineer shall place proper traffic control devices 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 devices, or they may be removed when such turns are permitted. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.5.2).
10.40.040 Restricted turns – Driver to obey signs.¶
Whenever authorized traffic control devices are erected indicating that no right or left or U-turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of the traffic control device. (Cite Section 21461 Vehicle Code.) (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.5.3).
10.40.050 Right turns at certain stop signals – Prohibited when.¶
By regulation, the City Engineer may designate those signal-controlled intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right turn against a traffic signal “stop” indication. The City Engineer shall place proper traffic control devices at such intersections. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.5.4(A)).
10.40.060 Right turns at certain stop signals – Driver to obey signs.¶
No driver of a vehicle shall make a right turn against a red or stop signal at any intersection at which traffic control devices give notice of such restriction. (Cite Section 21461 Vehicle Code.) (Ord. 2670 § 1, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.5.4(B)).
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