Santa Ana Municipal Code § 36-73 Roadway markings

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State Law reference— Sec. 21350 et seq., Veh. Code.

The director of public works has the power and the duty to place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, official traffic-control devices and markings when they are required or authorized by state law, or ordinances or resolutions of this city. No provisions of the vehicle code or this chapter, for which signs or markings are required, shall be enforced against alleged violators unless appropriate signs or markings are in place giving notice of such provisions of the traffic laws.

(Code 1952, § 3230; Ord. No. NS-560, § 1, 1-15-62)

The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto if placed in accordance with the vehicle code and this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the exemptions granted the driver of any emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls.

(Code 1952, § 3231; Ord. No. NS-560, § 1, 1-15-62)

State Law reference— For similar provisions, see §§ 21461, 21462, Veh. Code.

The director of public works is authorized to install and maintain official traffic-control signals at those intersections and at other places where traffic conditions are such as to require that the flow of traffic be alternately interrupted and released in order to prevent or relieve traffic congestion, or to protect life or property from exceptional hazard in accordance with engineering studies.

(Code 1952, § 3232; Ord. No. NS-560, § 1, 1-15-62)

The director of public works is authorized to place and maintain distinctive roadway markings, as described in the vehicle code, on those streets, or parts of streets, where the volume of traffic or the vertical or other curvature of the roadway renders it hazardous to drive on the left side of such markings or signs and markings.

(Code 1952, § 3232.1; Ord. No. NS-560, § 1, 1-15-62)

The director of public works is authorized to mark center lines and lane lines upon the surface of the roadway to indicate the course to be traversed by vehicles, and may place signs temporarily indicating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the center line of the highway.

(Code 1952, § 3232.2; Ord. No. NS-560, § 1, 1-15-62)

The director of public works is authorized to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic-control device or marking not specifically authorized by state law, or this chapter or resolution, whenever engineering studies show that conditions which warrant or require such control no longer exist or where such device or marking is in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.

(Code 1952, § 3232.3; Ord. No. NS-560, § 1, 1-15-62)

The director of public works shall determine the hours in which any traffic-control device shall be in operation or be in effect, except in cases where such hours or days are specified by this chapter or any resolution.

(Code 1952, § 3232.4; Ord. No. NS-560, § 1, 1-15-62)

The chief of police and his authorized officers are authorized to erect and maintain temporary signs or signals regulating traffic and movement of vehicles upon the streets in the city, so as to prohibit travel or turning, of vehicles upon said streets as in their opinion the occasion may require.

(Code 1952, § 3233; Ord. No. NS-560, § 1, 1-15-62)

The director of public works is authorized to allocate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which the driver of vehicles may make right or left-hand turns, and the course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by statute or ordinance. The director of public works may place markers, buttons or signs within or adjacent to intersections, indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections.

(Code 1952, § 3234; Ord. No.NS-560, § 1, 1-15-62)

The director of public works is authorized to determine thoseintersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left or U-turn. The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of any day and permitted at other hours. The director of public works shall place proper signs at such intersections to indicate the restrictions in force. The signs shall plainly indicate the restrictions in force and the hours in which they are in force, or the signs may be removed when such turns are permitted.

(Code 1952, § 3236; Ord. No. NS-560, § 1, 1-15-62)

The director of public works is authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right or left turn against a "Stop" or "Red" signal, and shall erect proper signs giving notice of the prohibition.

(Code 1952, § 3238; Ord. No. NS-560, § 1, 1-15-62)

State Law reference— For authority, see § 21453(b), Veh. Code.

The director of public works is authorized to designate certain streets in the city to be "Through" streets and certain intersections to be "Stop" intersections, and any railway grade crossing to be a "Stop" intersection. The director of public works shall erect and maintain "Stop" signs as provided in the vehicle code whenever he 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.

(Code 1952, § 3238.1; Ord. No. NS-560, § 1, 1-15-62)

The director of public works is authorized to designate any intersection to be controlled by "Yield right-of-way" signs. The director of public works shall erect and maintain "Yield right-of-way" signs, as described in the vehicle code, whenever he designates such intersections to be controlled by "Yield right-of-way" signs.

(Code 1952, § 3238.2; Ord. No. NS-560, § 1, 1-15-62)