West Covina Municipal Code § 22-151 Traffic committee's authority to install signs; obedience required

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State Law reference— Turns, Veh. Code, § 22100 et seq.

The city council may cause to be erected or placed and maintained signs at any intersection prohibiting the making of left turns, right turns, or U-turns by drivers of vehicles wherever the city council, based on the recommendation of the traffic committee, determines that such turns would cause traffic congestion or traffic hazard. When such signs are so erected or placed, no turns as is indicated by the signs shall be permitted at such designated intersections at any time, or at such times and days as may be designated by such signs, and no operator or driver of any vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such signs.

(Code 1960, § 3136; Ord. No. 2531, § 19, 7-15-25)

(a) At any intersection within the city where mechanical traffic control devices shall have been installed, or may hereafter be installed, the city council may cause to be erected, placed and maintained signs prohibiting the making of right turns by drivers of vehicles against the red light or other means employed by such mechanically controlled devices indicating that the drivers of vehicles traveling in one (1) or more general directions shall stop, whenever the traffic authority determines that such right turns would seriously interfere with the safe and orderly flow of traffic.

(b) During the time such signs are so erected or placed, no right-hand turn shall be permitted against the red signal or stop signal or other means used to indicate that traffic approaching the intersection in one (1) general direction shall stop, and no operator or driver of any vehicle shall make any right-hand turn in such intersection at such times.

(Code 1960, § 3137; Ord. No. 2531, § 20, 7-15-25)

The city council may cause to be placed markers, buttons or signs within or adjacent to intersections, indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections. When authorized markers, buttons or other indications are placed within an intersection indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of such indications.

(Code 1960, § 3138; Ord. No. 2531, § 21, 7-15-25)