National City Municipal Code Ch. 11.20 Traffic Control Devices

A. The Director of Public Works shall cause to be placed and maintained official traffic control devices when and as required by resolution or ordinances of this city.

B. Whenever the CVC requires for the effectiveness of any provision thereof that traffic control devices be installed to give notice to the public of the application of such law the Director of Public Works is authorized to cause to be installed the necessary devices subject to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law applicable thereto.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

No provision of the CVC or of this title 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.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the traffic ordinances of this city unless otherwise directed by a police officer subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

A. When directed by resolution or ordinance of the city council the Director of Public Works shall cause to be installed and maintained official traffic signals at those intersections and other places where traffic conditions are such as to require that the flow of traffic be alternately interrupted and released in order to prevent or relieve traffic congestion or to protect life or property from exceptional hazard.

B. The City Engineer shall ascertain and determine the locations where such signals are required through field observations, traffic counts and other traffic information as may be pertinent and their determinations therefrom shall be made in accordance with those traffic engineering and safety standards and instructions set forth in the CA-MUTCD.

C. Whenever the Director of Public Work causes to be installed and maintained an official traffic signal at any intersection, they shall likewise cause to be erected and maintained at such intersection street name signs visible to the principal flow of traffic unless such street name signs have previously been placed and are maintained at any such intersection.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

The City Engineer is authorized to mark center lines and lane lines upon the surface of the roadway to indicate the course to be traveled by vehicles and may place signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the center line of the highway. When authorized signs have been placed designating off-center traffic lanes, no person shall disobey the instructions given by such signs.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

All traffic control devices heretofore installed by the city and in place on the effective date of the ordinance codified herein are approved.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

The City 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 title.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

The City Engineer is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the speeds otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections, and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)