Piedmont Municipal Code Art. III Traffic-Control DEVICES7

The chief of police shall place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained official traffic- control devices when and as required to make effective the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. No. 199 N.S., 9/58)

Whenever the state Vehicle Code 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 chief of police is hereby authorized to install the necessary devices subject to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law applicable thereto. (Ord. No. 199 N.S., 9/58)

7 For state law as to traffic signs, signals and markings, see Veh. C.A., §§21350 to 21463.

As to obedience to traffic signals by pedestrians, see §11.45 of this Code.

Motor Vehicles & Traffic

The chief of police may also place and maintain such additional traffic-control devices as the City Council may, by appropriate resolution, deem necessary or proper to regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic. (Ord. No. 199 N.S., 9/58)

No provision of the state 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 are sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person, giving notice of such provisions of the traffic laws. (Ord. No. 199 N.S., 9/58)

It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle or train to disobey the instructions of any official traffic-control device placed in accordance with this article, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or other authorized person, subject to the exceptions granted the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls. (Ord. No. 199 N.S., 9/58)

The chief of police 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 by resolution or ordinance of the City Council. (Ord. No. 199 N.S., 9/58)

The chief of police is hereby 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. (Ord. No. 199 N.S., 9/58)

It shall be unlawful for any person, unless authorized by the City, to paint any street or curb surface; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the painting of numbers on a curb surface by any person who has complied with the provisions of any resolution or ordinance of the City pertaining thereto. (Ord. No. 199 N.S., 9/58)

8 For state law as to obedience to official traffic signs, see Veh. C.A., §21462. 9 As to temporary, emergency, etc., no-parking signs, see §11.59 of this Code.

Motor Vehicles & Traffic

The chief of police is hereby authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb surface, all no-parking areas and restricted parking areas, as defined and described in this chapter. (Ord. No. 199 N.S., 9/58)

When curb markings or signs are in place, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop, stand or park such vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. No. 199 N.S., 9/58)

The chief of police is authorized to place markers, signs or devices within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections.
(Ord. No. 199 N.S., 9/58)

It shall be unlawful for any person, public utility or department in the City to erect or place any barrier or sign on any street, unless of a type approved by the superintendent of streets, or to disobey the instructions, remove, tamper with or destroy any barrier or sign lawfully placed on any street by any person, public utility or by any department of this City. (Ord. No. 199 N.S., 9/58)