Santa Barbara County Municipal Code Art. III Restricting or Closing for Work

As permitted by section 942.6 of the Streets and Highways Code, the board of supervisors of the county hereby delegates to the county director of transportation-road commissioner, its authority under section 942.5 of such Code to restrict the use of, or close any county highway when considered necessary during construction, improvement or maintenance operations thereon, and to post any signs and place any barricades deemed necessary to carry out such closure or restriction of use.

(Ord. No. 2628, § 1; Ord. No. 2665, § 1)

The director of transportation-road commissioner may post, or cause to be posted, temporary signs along that portion of the right-of-way of any county highway which is proposed to be closed, or the use thereof is proposed to be restricted during construction, improvement, or maintenance operations, such signs may indicate, among other things, the date on which such portion of a county highway shall be closed, may require removal of all vehicles therefrom prior to such date, may prohibit vehicular travel or parking thereon from such date until completion of work thereon and until ready for travel, and/or may give notice that any vehicles left on such portion of such county highway may be removed by the county and the owner or person in lawful possession thereof may be charged for the cost of such removal.

(Ord. No. 2628, § 1; Ord. No. 2665, § 1)

The director of transportation-road commissioner is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed any and all vehicles from any portion of a county highway which vehicles will interfere with any construction, improvement or maintenance thereon, whether the temporary signs referred to in section 28-67 in this article have been posted or not. If signs have been posted at reasonable intervals along such portion of a county highway at least twenty-four hours prior to the closing or restriction of use of such portion of a county highway, indicating that there will be no parking and that the cost of removal of vehicles may be charged to the owner or person in lawful possession thereof, the cost of removal of such vehicles and of any storage thereof shall be paid by the owner or person legally entitled to possession of such vehicle.

(Ord. No. 2628, § 1; Ord. No. 2265, § 1)