Hillsborough Municipal Code Ch. 10.04 General Provisions

The provisions of this title shall apply to the operator of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Government, this state, any county or city, and it is unlawful for any operator to violate any of the provisions of this title except as otherwise permitted in this title or by the Vehicle Code.

(Prior code § 50.28.16(g))

Pursuant to modifications and recodifications of the California Vehicle Code as reenacted by the Legislature, effective September 18, 1959, the provisions contained in this title shall be known as, and whenever referred to or cited, the Hillsborough Uniform Traffic Code.

(Prior code § 50.28.04)

A. General. The following words and phrases when used in this title shall for the purpose of this title have the meanings respectively ascribed to them as follows:

1. "Bicycle" means a light vehicle without a motor, having two wheels, handlebars and a seat or seats, and propelled by the operator.

2. "Coach" means any motor bus, motor coach, or passenger stage used as a common carrier of passengers.

3. "Council" means the city council of the town of Hillsborough.

4. "Curb" means the lateral boundary of the roadway whether such curb be marked by curbing or gutter construction, or not so marked.

5. "Divisional island" means a raised island located in the roadway and separating opposing or conflicting streams of traffic.

6. Holidays. Except as may otherwise be provided in a particular ordinance or particular contract of the town, "holidays" are those days when the city clerk's office is officially closed. A schedule of the days when the city clerk's office is officially closed shall be posted on the public bulletin board in front of Town Hall at the beginning of each calendar year.

7. Official Time Standard. Whenever certain hours are named in this title, they mean standard time or daylight saving time as may be in current use in this town.

8. "Park" means to stand or leave standing any vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading of passengers or materials.

9. "Passenger loading zone" means the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.

10. "Pedestrian" means any person afoot.

11. "Police officer" means every officer of the police department of this town or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.

12. "Stop," when required, means complete cessation of movement.

13. "Stop" or "stand," when prohibited, means any stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device.

14. "Street" means a public thoroughfare or right-of-way as commonly used to provide the principal means of access to abutting property. Streets or rights-of-way may be established by dedication on a recorded map, by deed of easement, by condemnation or by virtue of public use of the right-of-way. The word street includes all roads, avenues, courts, lanes and ways, whether through streets, dead-end streets or cul-de-sacs.

15. "Vehicle Code" means the Vehicle Code of the state of California.

B. California Vehicle Code Definitions. Whenever any words or phrases used in this title are not defined, but are defined in the Vehicle Code of the state and amendments thereto, such Vehicle Code definitions shall apply.

(Ord. 611 § 1, 2000; Ord. 564 § 20, 1998; prior code § 50.28.08)

Officers of the police department and such officers as are assigned by the chief of police are authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, audible or other signal in conformance with traffic laws, except that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police department or members of the Central County Fire may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary contained in this chapter or the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 661 § 9 (part), 2005; prior code § 50.28.16 (part))

No person other than an officer of the police department or members of the Central County Fire or a person authorized by the chief of police or other person authorized by law shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal, except that persons may operate, when and as provided in this title, any mechanical pushbutton signal erected by order of the traffic engineer.

(Ord. 661 § 9 (part), 2005; Ord. 611 § 2 (part), 2000; prior code § 50.28.16(b))

No person shall fail or refuse to comply with or perform any act forbidden by any lawful order, signal, or direction of a traffic or police officer, or a member of the Central County Fire, or a person authorized by the chief of police or by law.

(Ord. 661 § 9 (part), 2005; prior code § 50.28.16(c))