Chapter 4 — TRAFFIC — Hidden Hills Municipal Code

ARTICLE A. - GENERAL TRAFFIC PROVISIONS; DEFINITIONS

4-4A-1: - PURPOSE, SCOPE AND APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.

Following a duly-noticed public hearing, the City has made the California Vehicle Code applicable to certain private roads not open to public use. This Chapter is adopted to regulate all public and private roads within the City to the extent that the Vehicle Code allows local regulation.

This Chapter applies to the following private streets:

Annie Oakley Road

Ashley Ridge Road

Bridle Trail Road

Clear Valley Road

Deep Well Road

Dixon Trail Road

Eldorado Meadow Road

Fitzpatrick Road

Highridge Road

Hilltop Road

Hoback Glen Road

Jacob Hamblin Road

Jed Smith Road

Jim Bridger Road

John Colter Road

John Fremont Road

John Muir Road

Kit Carson Road

Lasher Road

Lewis and Clark Road

Little Hollow Lane

Little Valley Road

Long Valley Road

Lupin Hill Road

Oakfield Road

Paradise Valley Road

Penland Road

Robert Guy Road

Rolling View Road

Round Meadow Road (South of Long Valley Road only)

Saddlecreek Road

Scott Robertson Road

Spring Valley Road

Twin Oaks Road (portion running north/south only)

Walker Road

Whitman Road

William Bent Road

Wingfield Road

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89)

4-4A-2: - CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE ADOPTED.

Code Adopted; Applicability: The provisions of the California Vehicle Code [1] shall be applicable to the roads designated in Section 4-4A-1 of this Article.

Signs: The Building Official shall erect appropriate signs at the entrance to the roads of such size, shape and color as to be readily legible during daylight hours from a distance of 100 feet, to the effect that the road is subject to the provisions of the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1993 Code)

Vehicle Code § 1, et seq.

4-4A-3: - DEFINITIONS.

The following words and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall, for the purpose of this Chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this Section. Whenever any words and phrases used herein are not defined herein but are defined in the Vehicle Code of the State and amendments thereto, such definitions shall apply. [2]

Building Official: That person charged with the responsibility of aministering the Traffic Regulations for the City, namely the City Engineer or his designee, or the Traffic Engineer or his designee, as appropriate.

Coach: Any motor bus, motor coach or passenger vehicle used as a common carrier of passengers.

Council: The Council of the City of Hidden Hills.

Sheriff: The person appointed by the Council to serve as Sheriff. The City currently engages the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to serve as the City's Police Department.

Curb: The lateral boundary of the roadway whether such curb be marked by curbing construction or not so marked; the word "curb", as herein used, shall not include the line dividing the roadway of a street from parking strips in the center of a street, nor from the rights of way of public utility companies.

Gross Weight: The weight of a vehicle without load plus the weight of any load thereon.

Loading Zone: The space reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or freight.

Official Time Standard: Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean standard time or daylight-saving time as may be in current use in this City.

Ordinance: The ordinance, rule or regulation adopted by the local authority relating to the movement of traffic and enforcement thereof.

Parkway: That portion of street right-of-way other than a roadway or a sidewalk, extending a minimum of twelve feet (12') on each side of the paved portion of any road.

Passenger Loading Zone: The space reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles while receiving or discharging passengers.

Police Officer: Every officer of the Police Department of the City of Hidden Hills or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.

Pushcart: A vehicle propelled by a person but not ridden upon.

Vehicle Code: The Vehicle Code of the State of California.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89)

Vehicle Code § 100, et seq.

4-4A-4: - THROWING LIGHTED SUBSTANCE FROM OR UPON ROADS OR HIGHWAYS.

Except for flares placed in conformity with this Title, no person in any vehicle and no pedestrian shall wilfully or negligently throw from or upon any road any lighted cigarette, cigar, ashes or any other flaming or glowing substance.

(Ord. 181, 2-17-86)

4-4A-5: - EXCEPTIONS.

The provisions of this Title regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles operated as specified in the Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call or to vehicles owned by or under contract to the United States of America used for collection, transportation or delivery of the United States mail.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89)

ARTICLE B. - TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES

4-4B-1: - AUTHORITY.

The Building Official, as authorized by the City Council, shall place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained official traffic-control devices upon streets and highways as required under the Vehicle Code [3] or the traffic ordinances of this City to make effective the provisions of the Code or the ordinances and may place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained such appropriate official traffic-control devices as he may deem necessary to properly indicate and to carry out the provisions of the Code or the ordinances or to warn or guide traffic.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1994 Code)

Vehicle Code § 21351.

4-4B-2: - INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES AND MARKINGS.

Traffic-Control Devices Required for Enforcement: No provision of the Vehicle Code or of this Chapter, for which official traffic-control devices are required, shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless appropriate official traffic-control devices are in place giving notice of such provisions of the traffic laws.

Installation of Traffic Signals:

The Building Official is authorized by the City Council to install and maintain official traffic signals at those intersections and other places where traffic conditions are such as to require that the flow of traffic be alternately interrupted and released in order to prevent or relieve traffic congestion or to protect life or property from exceptional hazard.

The Building Official shall ascertain and determine the locations where such signals are required by an engineering and traffic survey, and his determinations therefrom shall be made in accordance with those traffic engineering and safety standards and instructions set forth in the Department of Transportation Traffic Manual.

The Building Official shall erect and maintain at each signal-controlled intersection street name signs clearly visible to traffic approaching from all directions.

Erection of Stop Signs: Whenever, by ordinance or resolution, the City Council shall designate or describe any road or portion thereof as a through road or any intersection as an intersection at which all vehicles are required to stop before entering, the City Council shall place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained a stop sign at each and every road intersection with such through road or portion thereof so designated and at all entrances to intersections at which all vehicles are so required to stop. Every such stop sign shall conform with and shall be placed in accordance with the provisions of the Vehicle Code. [4]

Markings of Traffic Lanes:

The Building Official shall have authority to mark traffic lanes upon the roadway of any street or highway where a regular alignment of traffic is necessary.

The Building Official is authorized by the City Council to place and maintain upon highways distinctive roadway markings as described in the Vehicle Code. [5]

(Ord. 181, 2-17-86; Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1994 Code)

Vehicle Code §§ 21400 and 21401.

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Vehicle Code § 21351, et seq.

4-4B-3: - REMOVAL OR RELOCATION OF DEVICES.

The Building Official is authorized by the City Council to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic-control devices not specifically required by the Vehicle Code or this Chapter whenever he shall determine in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist or pertain.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1994 Code)

4-4B-4: - HOURS OF OPERATION.

The Building Official, as authorized by 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 Chapter.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1994 Code)

4-4B-5: - REQUIRED OBEDIENCE TO OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES.

The driver of a vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device placed in accordance with this Chapter unless directed by a Deputy Sheriff.

(Ord. 181, 2-17-86)

4-4B-6: - PROHIBITED ACTS.

Damaging or Removing Traffic-Control Devices: No person shall, without the authority of the City Council, deface, damage or remove any official traffic-control device or stop sign placed and maintained in accordance with this Chapter.

Unauthorized Painting of Curbs: No person or agency, unless authorized by the Building Official, shall paint any street or curb surface; provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply to the painting of numbers on a curb surface by any person who has complied with the provisions of any ordinance or resolution of this City pertaining thereto.

(Ord. 181, 2-17-86; Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1994 Code)