Earlier editions: 2026-09
Chapter 19 — MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Mountain View Municipal Code Art. IV Turning Movements
Mountain View Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Mountain View
Cite as: Mountain View Municipal Code Article IV · Text as of 2026-10-04
SEC. 19.42. - Authority to place, and obedience to, turning markers.¶
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 turns, and the course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law or ordinance.
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. No. 175.587, 1/25/60.)
* For state law as to power of local authorities to place signs, etc., indicating turns at intersections, see Veh. C. A., Sec. 22101.
SEC. 19.43. - Authority to place restricted turn signs.¶
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 any 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.
(Ord. No. 175.587, 1/25/60.)
* For state law as to power of local authorities to prohibit the making of turning movements at intersections, see Veh. C. A., Sec. 22113.
SEC. 19.44. - Obedience to no-turn signs.¶
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. No. 175.587, 1/25/60.)
SEC. 19.45. - Authority to prohibit right turns against traffic stop signal.¶
The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to determine those intersections within any business or residence district at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right turn against a red or stop signal, and shall erect proper signs giving notice of such prohibition. No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign.
(Ord. No. 175.587, 1/25/60.)
SEC. 19.45.1. - Restriction on making right turn at certain location.¶
No person shall make a right turn against a red signal light unless a green "arrow type" signal light indicates such turn is permissible at the following location:
The intersection of Castro, Miramonte and Marilyn Streets. This prohibition shall apply only to northbound traffic on Miramonte Avenue.
(Ord. No. 175.699, 11/13/61.)
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