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Title 4 — Public Safety›Chapter 3 — TRAFFIC

Los Altos Hills Municipal Code Art. 5 Turning Movements

Los Altos Hills Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Los Altos Hills

Cite as: Los Altos Hills Municipal Code Article 5 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 4-3.501. Turning markers—Multiple lanes.

(a) Turning Markers. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to place markers, buttons, or signs within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections.

(b) Multiple Lanes. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to locate 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 or ordinance.

(§ 5, Art. V, Ord. 87, as amended by § 1, Ord. 103)

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§ 4-3.502. Restricted turn signs.

The Chief of Police 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 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.

(§ 5.1, Art. V, Ord. 87)

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§ 4-3.503. Right turns at signal-controlled intersections.

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

(b) The Chief of Police shall post appropriate signs giving effect to the provisions of this section where he or she determines that the making of right turns against traffic signal "stop" indications would seriously interfere with the safe and orderly flow of traffic.

(§ 5.3, Art. V, Ord. 87)

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§ 4-3.504. Prohibited turns—Signs—Obedience.

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

(§ 5.2, Art. V, Ord. 87)

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