Mendota Municipal Code Ch. 10.04 Traffic-Control Devices

It is the intention of the city council to provide reasonable traffic and parking rules, regulations and laws. All intersections, safety zones, crosswalks, roadway or curb parking, loading, standing regulation markings, stop signs, boulevard stop signs, speed limit signs, slow signs, danger signs, caution signs, warning signs, traffic signals and all other traffic-control signs and devices, parking limit signs, roadway markings relative to traffic direction and control and also relative to parking, now painted, marked, posted, in place, designated or authorized by existing county ordinances, or by the county road commission, or by the sheriff or State Highway Patrol, or by other agencies to whom such authority was delegated by the state or county, shall also continue as if found, established or designated by the city council and shall be enforced pursuant to this chapter as part of the traffic regulations, or laws to the contrary. No person shall drive, stand or park a vehicle in violation thereof. The foregoing shall remain enforceable as long as they conform with the provisions of the Vehicle Code or until changed by the city council. Hereafter, future designations relative to traffic regulations shall be done pursuant to authorization given or granted by the city council to any person, agency or organization.

(Prior code § 8.01.001)

Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting the words "go," "caution" or "stop," or exhibiting different colored lights successively, one at a time, such signals shall conform with requirements of the Vehicle Code and all traffic shall comply with such signals.

(Prior code § 8.02.001)

No person shall disobey instructions of:

A. Any official traffic signal;

B. Any traffic sign;

C. Any paint marks placed upon the surface of the roadway;

D. Any banner or sign erected by any officer or agency of the city or erected by any law enforcement agency authorized to do so by the city or anyone given authority to do so in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(Prior code § 8.02.002)

The city council is authorized and required to establish and maintain, and to designate upon the surface of the roadway by appropriate devices, marks or white or yellow lines, crosswalks approximately equal in width to the adjacent sidewalk at all intersections and between intersections where there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway.

(Prior code § 8.02.003)

The city council is authorized to determine those streets, intersections and crosswalks at which traffic is hazardous or dangerous to life or property by reason of the volume of traffic upon such streets or at such intersections or crosswalks; or the lack of visibility of the drivers of vehicles approaching such streets, intersections or crosswalks; or because of the numerous reported accidents or the possibility thereof; or by reason of other physical conditions likely to render any such street, intersection or crosswalk dangerous or hazardous to life or property. When the city council has determined that a street, intersection or crosswalk is dangerous or hazardous to life or property, they are authorized and empowered to place, erect and maintain stop signs, traffic-control signals and other such signals at, on or near such streets, intersections or crosswalks as they shall designate. Every such stop signal shall conform to the requirements of the Vehicle Code of the state.

(Prior code § 8.02.004)

No operator of any vehicle or streetcar shall fail to stop such vehicle or streetcar at every stop sign erected and maintained pursuant to this chapter at the entrance to any intersection before entering the intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal.

(Prior code § 8.02.005)

The city council is authorized to establish a schedule of fines for violation of each of the provisions of this chapter. Said schedule shall be adopted by resolution of the city council and may be amended from time to time by similar resolution.

(Ord. 94-09 § 1, 1994: prior code § 8.01.002)