Chapter 11.08

"Railroad train" means a steam engine, electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails, except streetcars. (Prior code § 3301.18.)

"Residential district" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 20.200.1020 of this Code. (Ord. 25419.)

Editor’s note— Ord. 30100, § 4, adopted May 15, 2018, repealed § 11.04.170, which pertained to roadway crossing and derived from prior code § 3301.19.

"Stop," when required, means the complete cessation of movement. (Prior code § 3301.20.)

Sections:

• 11.08.020 City traffic engineer - Powers and duties.

• 11.08.030 City traffic engineer - Authority to make emergency and experimental regulations - Term.

• 11.08.040 City traffic engineer - Traffic-control device testing authority.

• 11.08.050 Traffic on state highways - Regulations effective when.

• 11.08.060 Traffic on state highways - Authority of city officers.

*State law reference— For statutory provisions on arrest procedures, see Vehicle Code § 40300 et seq.

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SAN JOSÉ CODE

§ 11.08.010

For the purposes of this Title 11, the Director of the Department of Transportation shall serve as City Traffic Engineer and shall exercise the powers and duties with respect to traffic as provided in this Title 11; provided, however, that the exercise of said powers and duties shall be subject to the provisions of Title 27 of this Code.

(Prior code § 3302.2; Ords. 20156, 23734, 29547, 30308.)

Any provision of this title which regulates traffic or delegates the regulation of traffic upon state highways in any way for which the approval of the department of public works is required by law, shall cease to be operative six months after receipt by the city council of written notice of withdrawal of approval of the department of public works. Immediately upon the effective date of such revocation, the city clerk shall enter upon the original copy of the ordinance enacting same a notification of such withdrawal. (Prior code § 3302.14.)

It shall be the general duty of the city traffic engineer to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic-control devices and signals, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering investigation of traffic conditions and to cooperate with other city officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by ordinances of this city.

(Prior code § 3302.3.)

The city traffic engineer is hereby empowered to make temporary or experimental regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions. No such temporary or experimental regulation shall remain in effect for more than one hundred eighty days without approval of the city council. (Prior code § 3302.4; Ord. 18966.)

The city traffic engineer may test traffic-control devices under actual conditions of traffic. (Prior code § 3302.5.)

Whenever this title delegates authority to a city officer, or authorizes action by the city council to regulate traffic upon a state highway in any way which by law required the prior approval of the department of public works, no such officer shall exercise such authority nor shall such action by the city council be effective with respect to any state highway without the prior approval in writing of the department of public works when and to the extent required by Division 11 and Division 15 of the Vehicle Code.

(Prior code § 3302.15.)

The city manager is hereby empowered to control and regulate the movement and parking of vehicles on city-owned and leased land, except as provided in Sections 11.36.235, 11.36.420 and 11.44.045 of this code. The city manager shall also post all signs necessary to enforce the provisions established pursuant to this section.

(Prior code § 3302.6; Ords. 18966, 23585, 27129.)

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VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

§ 11.12.050