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Chapter 15 — MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC›Article VI — TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNS, SIGNALS, DEVICES AND MARKINGS

Article VI — TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNS, SIGNALS, DEVICES AND MARKINGS

Los Gatos Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Los Gatos

Sec. 15.60.010. - Authority to install traffic-control devices.

The Town Engineer may place and maintain such traffic-control devices as the Town Engineer may deem necessary to regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic under emergency conditions, but the Town Engineer shall make such determination only upon the basis of traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations and in accordance with such standards, limitations and rules as may be set forth in the traffic regulations of this Town, or as may be hereafter determined by the Town Council.

(Code 1968, § 16-22)

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Sec. 15.60.015. - When traffic-control devices required for enforcement.

No provision of the Vehicle Code or of this chapter for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless appropriate signs are in place and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person, giving notice of such provisions of the traffic laws.

(Code 1968, § 16-23)

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Sec. 15.60.020. - Removal, relocation, etc., of traffic-control devices.

The Town Engineer is authorized to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic-control device not specifically required by State law or this chapter, whenever the Town Engineer shall determine in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist or obtain.

(Code 1968, § 16-26)

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Sec. 15.60.025. - Hours of operation of traffic-control devices.

The Town Engineer 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.

(Code 1968, § 16-27)

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Sec. 15.60.030. - Unauthorized painting of curbs.

It shall be unlawful for any person, without authority from the Town, to place or maintain paint or other material upon any curb in the Town in a manner which purports to be, or is, an imitation of, or resembles official indication of, parking regulations.

(Code 1968, § 16-28)

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