La Puente Municipal Code Ch. 6.20 Turning Movements

Sections:

• 6.20.010 Turning markers and multiple lanes.

• 6.20.020 Restricted turns—Signs required.

• 6.20.030 Obedience to restricted turn signs.

• 6.20.040 Signal controlled intersections—Right turns.

(a) The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to place markers, buttons, or signs within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and the City Traffic Engineer is authorized to allocate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right or left hand turns, and the course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law.

(b) When authorized markers, buttons, or other indications 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 indications.

(Ord. 1 § 3428, added by Ord. 15; November 19, 1956)

The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left, or U-turn, and shall place proper signs at such intersections. The making of such turns may be prohibited between some certain hours of any day and permitted at other hours, in which event the same shall be plainly indicated on the signs or they may be removed when such turns are permitted.

(Ord. 1 § 3429, added by Ord. 15; November 19, 1956)

Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left or U-turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign.

(Ord. 1 § 3430, added by Ord. 15; November 19, 1956)

(a) No driver of a vehicle shall make a right turn against a red or stop signal at any intersection which is sign-posted giving notice of such restriction as hereinafter provided in this section.

(b) The City Traffic Engineer shall post appropriate signs giving effect to this section at any intersection where he determines that the making of right turns against a traffic signal “stop” indication would seriously interfere with the safe and orderly flow of traffic.

(Ord. 1 § 3431, added by Ord. 15; November 15, 1956)