Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 15.04 General Provisions

The ordinance codified in this Division 1 shall be known as, and may be cited as, "the traffic ordinance."

(Ord. 6544 Ch. 1 Art. 1 § 1001, 1954.)

The provisions of the ordinance codified in this Division 1, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing ordinance provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations thereof, and not as new enactments.

(Ord. 6544 Ch. 1 Art. 1 § 1002, 1954.)

Except as explicitly otherwise stated, this Division 1 does not apply to traffic or to vehicles on either state highways or private streets.

(Ord. 6544 Ch. 1 Art. 1 § 1004, 1954.)

Whenever, by the provisions of this Division 1, a power is granted to a public officer or a duty imposed upon such officer, the power may be exercised or duty performed by a deputy of the officer or by a person authorized pursuant to law by the officer, unless it is expressly otherwise provided.

(Ord. 6544 Ch. 1 Art. 1 § 1005, 1954.)

The provisions of this Division 1 regulating the moving, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles being used by the sheriff's office or any constable or any authorized police or fire department or the road department or the California Division of Highways while the operator of any such vehicle is engaged in the necessary performance of public emergency duties.

(Ord. 6544 Ch. 1 Art. 1 § 1012, 1954.)

A.

Tenses. The present tense includes the past and future tenses.

B.

Genders. Each gender includes the other two genders.

C.

Number. The singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular.

(Ord. 6544 Ch. 1 Art. 1 §§ 1008, 1009, 1010, 1954.)

Whenever any reference is made to any portion of the ordinance codified in this Division 1, or of any other ordinance, or to any statute, such reference shall apply to all amendments and additions thereto now or hereafter made.

(Ord. 6544 Ch. 1 Art. 1 § 1006, 1954.)

A.

All intersections designated by Section A of Ordinance 2177, entitled "An ordinance providing for boulevard stops along certain portions of certain highways in the unincorporated territory of the county of Los Angeles and repealing Ordinances Nos. 1386, 1414, 1439 and 1625 (New Series)," adopted November 21, 1932, immediately prior to its amendment by Ordinance 4571, entitled "An ordinance amending Sections A, B and C of, and repealing Sections E, and F of, Ordinance No. 2177 (New Series), relating to boulevard stops," adopted November 20, 1945, except as otherwise determined pursuant to said Ordinance 4571;

B.

All provisions of Sections 8, 8.4, 8.5, and 8.6 of Ordinance 3549, entitled "An ordinance to regulate the use and operation of vehicles upon certain public highways in the county of Los Angeles, and to repeal certain ordinance," adopted March 26, 1940, immediately prior to its amendment by Ordinance 6368, entitled "An ordinance amending Sections 3, 5, 8, 8.4 and 8.5 of and repealing Section 8.6 of Ordinance No. 3549, relating to weight limits," adopted January 26, 1954, except as otherwise determined pursuant to said Ordinance 6368;

C.

All provisions of Sections 56, 60, 60.1, 61, 61.1, 74 and 75 of Ordinance 3922, entitled "An ordinance regulating traffic upon the public highways within the county of Los Angeles and repealing Ordinance No. 1470 (New Series)," adopted August 19, 1941, immediately prior to its amendment by Ordinance 6369, entitled "An ordinance amending Sections 56, 60, 60.1, 61, 61.1, 71,72,73,74 and75 of and adding Section 76 to Ordinance No. 3922, the Traffic Ordinance, relating to traffic regulations," adopted January 26, 1954, except as otherwise determined pursuant to said Ordinance 6369; and

D.

All provisions of Section 63 of said Ordinance 3922, shall continue in effect as findings by the board, until by resolution or order the board otherwise determines.

(Ord. 6544 Ch. 1 Art. 1 § 1011, 1954.)

Any conviction for a misdemeanor under any ordinance repealed by the ordinance codified in this Division 1, which misdemeanor is continued as a public offense by this division, constitutes a conviction under this Division 1 for any purpose for which it constituted a conviction under the act repealed.

(Ord. 6544 Ch. 1 Art. 1 § 1003, 1954.)

If any provision of the ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid, the remainder of said ordinance and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

(Ord. 6544 Ch. 1 Art. 1 § 1007, 1954.)