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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Riverside Municipal Code Ch. 10.28 One-Way Streets and Alleys

Riverside Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Riverside

Cite as: Riverside Municipal Code Chapter 10.28 · Text as of 2026-10-04

10.28.010 - One-way streets and alleys.

Those streets and parts of streets and those alleys described in Section 10.76.020 are hereby designated as one-way streets and alleys, and vehicular traffic shall move only in the indicated direction. The City Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulation shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited.

(Ord. 2940 § 7.1, 1961)

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10.28.020 - Authority to restrict direction of movement on streets during certain periods.

A. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine and designate parts of streets or specific lanes thereon upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction during one period and the opposite direction during another period of the day and shall place and maintain appropriate markings, signs, barriers, or other devices to give notice thereof. The City Traffic Engineer may erect signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the center line of the roadway.

B. It is unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle in violation of such markings, signs, barriers or other devices so placed in accordance with this section.

(Ord. 2940 § 7.2, 1961)

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