Chapter MH-6 — STOP INTERSECTIONS, YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY, ONE WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS, AND

PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS

Sections:

MH-10-2600 - ERECTION OF STOP SIGNS.

Whenever any resolution of this District designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a through street, or any intersection at which vehicles are required to stop at one (1) or more entrances thereto, or any railroad grade crossing at which vehicles are required to stop, the District Traffic Engineer shall erect and maintain stop signs as follows:

A stop sign shall be erected on each and every street intersecting such through Street or portion thereof so designated and at those entrances or other intersections where a stop is required and at any railroad grade crossing so designated. Every such sign shall conform with and shall be placed as provided in Section 21355 of the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

MH-10-2601 - STOP AT THROUGH STREET OR STOP SIGN.

(a)

Those streets and parts of street set forth by resolution of the District are declared to be through streets for the purposes of this section. When proper signs are in place giving notice thereof, all vehicular traffic shall be required to stop before entering any intersection of a through street.

(b)

The provisions of this section shall also apply at one (1) or more entrances to the intersections as such entrances and intersections are described by resolution of the District. The provisions of this section shall also apply at those highways and railway crossings provided for by resolution of the District.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

MH-10-2602 - PLACEMENT.

The District Traffic Engineer is authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to opposing traffic. The District Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain "YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY" signs at the entrance of streets previously determined by him, and the signs shall comply with the specifications of the Vehicle Code of the State.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

MH-10-2603 - SIGNS.

Whenever any resolution of the District designates any one-way street or alley, the District Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulations 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. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

MH-10-2604 - CROSSWALKS—ESTABLISHMENT—SIGNS.

(a)

The District Traffic Engineer is authorized to establish and maintain crosswalks and to designate them by appropriate devices or painted signs upon the surface of the roadway.

(b)

The District Traffic Engineer may place signs at or adjacent to an intersection in respect to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not cross except in the crosswalk so indicated.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

MH-10-2605 - CROSSWALKS—USE REQUIRED WHEN.

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in any business district.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)