Rolling Hills Municipal Code Ch. 10.28 Signs, Signals, Devices and Markings

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Prior history: Ords. 116 and 243.

No provision of this title for which signs are required, shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless appropriate legible signs are in place giving notice of such provisions of the traffic laws.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

The driver of any vehicle, the person in charge of any animal, and any pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control signal or device applicable to him and placed as provided by law, unless otherwise directed by a Deputy Sheriff or traffic officer or when it is necessary for the purpose of avoiding a collision or in case of other emergency.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

The City Manager shall have the power and duty to 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 title.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

Whenever the California 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 City Manager is authorized to install or cause to be installed the necessary devices subject to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law applicable thereto and to make public notification of the applicability of such devices.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

The City Manager may also place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained such additional traffic control devices as he may deem necessary or proper to regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic, but he shall make such determination only upon the basis of traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations and in accordance with such standards, limitations, and rules as may be set forth in this title or as may be determined by ordinance or resolution of the Council.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

The City Manager is authorized to mark centerlines 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 centerline of the road.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

The City Manager is authorized to place and maintain distinctive roadway markings as described in the California Vehicle Code on those roads or parts of roads where the volume of traffic or the vertical slope or other curvature of the roadway renders it hazardous to drive on the left side of such marking or signs and markings. Such markings or signs and markings shall have the same effect as similar markings placed by the State Department of Public Works pursuant to the provisions of the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

The City Manager is authorized to place official traffic control devices, signs or markings within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and the City Manager is authorized to locate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make turns, and the course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law or ordinance.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

The City Manager is authorized to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic control device not specifically required by the California Vehicle Code or this title whenever he shall determine in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

No person, unless authorized by the City, shall paint any road or berm surface; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the painting of numbers of a berm or road surface by any person who has complied with the provisions of any resolution or ordinance of the City pertaining thereto.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

When double parallel solid white or yellow lines are in place, upon a road surface, no person driving a vehicle shall drive to the left thereof except as permitted by this title.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

When double parallel lines, one of which is broken, are in place, no person driving a vehicle shall drive to the left thereof, except that the driver on that side of the roadway in which the broken line is in place may cross over the double line or drive to the left thereof when overtaking or passing other vehicles.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

Neither the provisions of Section 10.28.110 or Section 10.28.120 shall prevent a driver from turning to the left across any such marking at any intersection or into or out of a driveway, or making a U-turn under the rules governing such movement.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

No person shall without lawful authority deface, injure, attach any material or substance or material to, knock down, or remove, nor shall any person shoot at, any official traffic control signal, device, traffic guidepost, traffic signpost or road name sign placed or erected by the City; nor shall any person without such authority deface, injure, attach any material or substance to, or remove, nor shall any person shoot at, any inscription, shield or insignia on any such device, guide or marker.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

No mirror or other similar reflective device shall be placed on or adjacent to, and the reflective surface visible from, any roadway at the terminus of any driveway.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).