Thousand Oaks Municipal Code Art. 2 Official Traffic Control Devices

* Article 2 entitled “Signs, Markings, and Signals,” consisting of Sections 4-3.201 through 4-3.209, recodified from Sections 7121, 7121.1. 7121.2, 7122, 7123, 7124, 7125, 7152, 7153.1, and 7153.2, T.O.O.C., as amended by Ordinance No. 489-NS, effective August 22, 1974, repealed by Section I, Ordinance No. 539-NS, effective August 21, 1975.

Only those official traffic control devices that conform to the uniform standards and specifications promulgated by the Department of Transportation of the State shall be placed upon a public street or highway.

(§ II, Ord. 539-NS, eff. August 21, 1975)

(a) The Council shall designate, by resolution, the intersections that shall be controlled by official traffic control signals.

(b) The Council shall designate, by resolution, the intersections that shall be controlled by stop signs.

(c) The Council shall establish, by resolution, the City streets that shall be designated as through streets.

(d) The Council shall establish, by ordinance, the speed limits on City streets in accordance with the provisions of the Vehicle Code of the State.

(e) The Council shall determine, by ordinance, the City streets that shall be designated as truck routes.

(§ II, Ord. 539-NS, eff. August 21, 1975)

(a) The City Engineer shall design, place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, all official traffic control devices authorized by the Council.

(b) The City Engineer shall design, place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, all other official traffic control devices where, in the opinion of the City Engineer, such official traffic control devices are necessary to protect the public safety.

(§ II, Ord. 539-NS, eff. August 21, 1975; § 1, Ord. 1637-NS, eff. January 12, 2018)

No provision of this chapter for which official traffic control devices are required may be enforced against any alleged violator thereof if, at the time and place of such alleged violation, any official traffic control device required by the provisions of this chapter or the Vehicle Code of the State is not in place and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.

(§ II, Ord. 539-NS, eff. August 21, 1975)

It shall be unlawful for any person to ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement, or any pavement under construction, or any freshly-painted markings upon any street when a barrier or sign is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or markings, or when a sign is in place stating that the street is closed.

(§ II, Ord. 539-NS, eff. August 21, 1975)

The provisions of this article shall not be construed to prohibit the erection or placing in any highway of mile posts, mile boards, guide posts, or guide boards or the painting, posting, attaching, or affixing of warning signs, notices, or signboards upon bridges, fences, buildings, or other structures belonging to the City with the permission of the City Engineer.

(§ II, Ord. 539-NS, eff. August 21, 1975)

(§ II, Ord. 539-NS, eff. August 21, 1975, and repealed by § 3, Ord. 1621-NS, eff. September 30, 2016)