Dorris Municipal Code Ch. 10.08 Traffic-Control Devices

Sections: 10.08.010 10.08.020 10.08.030 10.08.040 10.08.050 10.08.060 Placement and maintenance. Removal, relocation or discontinuance. Hours of operation. Signs required. Traffic signals. Lane markings.

The chief of police shall, subject to appli- cable provisions of this title, have the exclu- sive power and duty to place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained official traffic-control devices when and as required under the traffic provisions of this title to make effective the provisions. Whenever the Vehicle Code of this state requires for the effectiveness of any provision thereof that traffic-control devices be installed to give notice to the public of the application of such law the chief of police is authorized to install the necessary devices subject to any limita- tions or restrictions set forth in the law and in this title applicable thereto. The chief of po- lice may also place and maintain such addi- tional traffic-control devices as he or she may deem necessary to regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations and in accordance with such standards. limitations and rules as may be set forth in the traffic regulations of this city. (Prior code § 4226) I I 7

discontinuance. The chief of police shall, when authorized or ordered by resolution of the city council, remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic control device not specifically required by the state law or this title when- ever it shall determine in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or re- quired the installation no longer exist. (Prior code §4231)

The city council shall determine the hours and days during which any traffic-control device shall be in operation or be in effect. except in those cases where such hours or days are specified in this title. (Prior code § 4232)

No provision of the Vehicle Code or of this code for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless appropriate signs are in place and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person, giving notice of such provisions of the traffic laws. (Prior code § 4227)

The chief of police is directed, but only after authorization or order by resolutions of the city council, to install and maintain offi- cial traffic signals at those intersections and other places where traffic conditions are such as to require that the flow of traffic be alter- nately interrupted and released in order to prevent or relieve traffic congestion or to pro- tect life or property from exceptional hazard. The chief of police shall ascertain and deter-

mine the locations where such signals are required by resort to field observation, traffic counts and other traffic information as may be pertinent, and his or her determinations therefrom shall be made in accordance with those traffic engineering and safety standards and instructions set forth in the California Maintenance Manual issued by the Division of Highways of the State Departments of Public Works. Whenever the chief of police installs and maintains an official traffic signal at any intersection, he or she shall likewise erect and maintain at such intersection street name signs visible to the principal flow of traffic unless such street signs have previ- ously been placed and are maintained at any such intersection. (Prior code § 4229)

The chief of police is authorized to mark centerlines and lane lines upon the surface of the roadway to indicate the course to be trav- eled by vehicles and may place signs tempo- rarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the centerline of the highway. When author- ized signs have been placed designating off- center traffic lanes, no person shall disobey the instructions given by such signs. (Prior code§ 4230) 118