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HomeMy WebLinkAbout553 - Adoption and Changes of Uniform Traffic Ordinance ORDINANCE NO., -�J I ,AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE Its ' CODE FORM AS CHAPTER 1 OF DIVISION 8, ` UKIAH CITY CODE THE UNIFORM TRAFFIC ORDINANCE, 1960 EDITION, PUBLISHED BY THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES AS MODIFIED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING ORDiP;ANCE NO. 506 AND ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. SECTION 1 . ADOPTION BY REFERENCE OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC ORDINANCE, 1960 EDITION All of the provisions of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance, 1960 Edition, adopted and published by the League of California Cities, are hereby adopted by reference as though fully set forth herein, subject to the exclusions, deletions, changes, renumbering, amendments and modifications provided in this ordinance. Said Uniform Traffic Ordinance, as modified, shall be included in the Ukiah City Code in Division 8 thereof entitled "Traffic" as Chapter 1 of said d{vision entitled "Regulation of Traffic and Streets". Three copies of said Uniform Traffic Ordinance are on file for use and examination by the public in the office of the City Clerk. SECTION 2. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN SECTION OF THE UNIFORM TRAFFIC ORDINANCE. The following sections of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance are hereby deleted and excluded from adoption; 2 . 3 Sections 2, 2. 1 , 2.2,/2.4, 2. 7, 2.8, 4.3, 11 . 1 , 13, 13 .2 and 15. SECTION 3. RENUMBERNG OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC ORK MANCE SECTIONS TO CONFORM TO CODE NUMBERING SYSTEM. The following sections of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance are hereby renumbered as follows to conform to the numbering system } used in the Ukiah City Code: Uniform Renumbered Uniform Renumbered Ord.,No. Code No. Ord. No. Code No. 1 . 1 70011 000 8.8 7116 7117 1 .2 7002 9 7130 a 1 .3 7003 9. 1 7131 1 .4 7004 10 7140 1 .5 7005 10 . 1 7141 1 .6 7006 10.2 7142 1 .7 7007 10.3 7143 1 .8 7008 10.4 7144 1 .9 7009 10.5 7145 1 . 10 7010 I0.6 7146 1 . 11 7011 10 .7 7147 1 . 12 7012 10.8 7148 1 . 13 7013 10.9 7149 1 . 14 7014 10. 10 7150 1 . 15 7015 10. 11 7151 -1 .16 7016 10 . 12 7152 1 . 17 7017 10. 13 7153 1 .18 7018 11 7161 1 . 19 7019 11 .2 7162 2.5 7030 11 .3 7163 2.6 7033 11 .4 7166 3 7040 11 .5 7167 3.1 7041 11 .6 7168 3.2 7043 11 .7 7169 3.J 7044 11 .8 7165 3.4 7045 12 7180 3.5 7046 12 . 1 (a) 7181 3.6 7047 12 . 1 a) 1 7181 (a) 3.7 7048 12. 1 a 2 7181 (b) 3.8 7049 12 . 1 a 3 7181 c) 3.9 7050 12 . 1 (a 3A 7181 (c) 1 41a) 7060 12. 1 (a 3B 7181 (c)2 4 b) 7062 12 . 1 (a)4 7182 4. 1 7063 17.2 7183 4.2 7064 12 .3 7184 4.4 7065 12.4 7185 4.5 7066 12 .5 7186 4.6 7067 12.6 7187 4.7 7068 13 . 1 7200 4.8 7069 13 .3(a) 7201 (a) 5 7080 13 .3((b 7201 (b) 5. 1 7081 13 .3tc 7201 (c) 5.3 7083 13.4(a 7202(a) 6 7090 13 .4(b) 7202(b) 7 7100 14 7210 7. 1 7101 14. 1 7211 7.2 7102 14.2 7212 8 7110 14.3 7213 8. 1 7111 14.4 7214 8.2 7113 14.5 7215 8.3 7114 14.6 7216 8.4 7115 14.7 7217 8.5 7120 14.8 7218 8.6 7121 14.9 7219 14.10 7220 14. 11 7221 15. 1 7230 SECTION 4. CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO. THE UMFORM TRAFFIC ORDINANCE The following changes, amendments, modifications, deletions and additions to sections of thc, Uniform Traffic Ordinance, as renumbered, are hereby adopted: 1 . Section 7000 shall read: The fol lorsing words and phrases contained in this article when used in this chapter shall for the purpose of this chapter have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this article. 2 . Section 7003 shall read: "Central Traffic District" means all streets and portions of streets within the area described as follows: All that area bounded on the west by a line 600 feet west of and parallel with State Street; on the north by the northerly city limits of the City of Ukiah; on the east by the easterly side of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad Co. mainline tracks; on the south by the southerly city limits of the City of Ukiah . 3 . Section 7005 shall read: "Council " means the Council of the City of Ukiah . 4. Section 7030 shall read: The office of city traffic engineer Is hereby established. The office of city traffic engineer shall consist of a eo..uni ttee who shall serve without additional compensation consisting of the City ;Manager, the Chief of Police, the � City Engineer, the City Attorney, the Supervisor of Public Works, or their duly appointed representatives, together with such other persons as may from time to time be determined and appointed by the Counci 1 . The chairman shall be chosen by vote of the coni-ni ttee. Any member of such committee, whether appointed by this chapter or by action of the Council , may be removed by the Council at any time. 5. Section 7031 is added to read: Whenever in this chapter the designation or term "city traffic engineer'' Is used it shall mean the committee comprising the office of city traffic engi neer acting through a majority of the members thereof, or a duly authorized representative of the office of city traffic engineer. All references to the office of city traffic engineer in the masculine gender shall Include the feminine and neuter, and the singular shall include the plural . 6. Section 7032 is added to read: The city traffic engineer shall exercise the powers and duties as provided in this chapter and in the traffic laws in this city . Whenever the city traffic engineer is required or authorized to place or maintain official traffic control devices or signals, he may cause such devices or signals to be placed or maintained. i I . 7 . Section 7042 i s added to read: The term "person authorized by law" as used in Section 7041 of this code shall be construed to include, but shall not necessarily be confined to, members of a duly author- ized and appointed school safety patrol establ i shed pur- suant to the provisions of Article 3, Chapter 5, Division 9 of the Education Code of California and amendments there- to, while acting In the course and scope of their appoint- ment. 8. Subsection (a) of Section 7048 shall read: The provisions of this chapter regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles operated by the Police Department or Fire Department or to other authorized emergency vehicles, when any vehicle mentioned herein is operated in the manner specified by the Vehicle Code for exemptions to authorized emergency vehicles. 9. Subsection (c) of Section 7048 shall read: the provisions of this chapter regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not appy to any vehicle of a city department or public utility while necessarily In use for construction or repair work, or to any vehicle used in response to fire calls belonging to an official member of the Ukiah Volunteer Fire Department if the vehicle bears plates or tabs identifying such vehicle as belonging to a member of such volunteer fire department, or to any garbage or refuse truck belonging to an operator authorized by the City of Ukiah to engage in such business or operation while actually collecting garbage or refuse, or to any vehicle owned or operated by the United States Post Office Department while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail . 10. Subsection (b) of Section 7050 shall read: Any vehicle which is parked or left standing in violation of law when the City Council by resolution or ordinance has prohibited such parking and has by ordinance authorized removal of any such vehicle, and where signs are posted giving notice of remova 1 . 11 . Section 7061 Is added to read: The authority herein granted to the city traffic engineer to locate, place and maintain official traffic control devices includes, but is not necessarily confined to, the authority to locate, place and maintain warning signs to caution drivers of the need for added alertness or re- duction in speed, regulatory signs, including speed signs, stop signs, traffic signals, yield signs and alternating signals to inform motorists of regulations governing movemtint, guide signs, for guidance and directions, in- formation and construction signs, which xray include warning, regulatory and guide signs. 12. Section 7091 is added to read: When signs are erected on any one-way street giving notice j thereof, no person shall drive any vehicle in a direction contrary thereto. 13 . Section 7112 is added to read: No person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, roller skates, or any toy vehicle shall attach the same in any way to a moving vehicle upon any roadway . 'a 9 14. Section 7114 is amended by adding to the end thereof the following words: Except where specifically permitted by the city traffic engineer and in accordance with the limitations and condi - tions fixed by him. 15 . Section 7115 Is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read: For the purposes of this section the words "street or any port i on thereof" shall include that area of new roadway which is under construction, whether or not such roadway has been for;-;ally accepted or opened for use as a street. 16. Section 7116 shall read: No person, except apublic utility or department of this city , shall erect, place or maintain any barrier or sign on any street in this city unless authorized by the city traffic engineer or otherwise authorized by law. Any such barrier or sign shall be of a type approved by the city traffic engineer. No person shall disobey such barrier or sign or the instructions contained thereon, and no person shall , without authority , remove, tamper with or destroy any barrier or sign lawfully placed on any street in this city . 17 . Section 7118 is added to read: No railway train or vehicle shall be driven on, over or across any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street, private driveway or railroad track to be used at any f re or alarm of f re, wi thout the consent of the 'fire department official in command. 18. Section 7119 is added to read: Upon the sounding of the cityfire alarm as an alarm of fire and for such period of time thereafter as the fire alarms at street intersections in the City of Ukiah con- tinue to ring or sound, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle, upon any street in the City of Ukiah further than to the nearest ri ghti and curb. This section shall not apply to members of the Fire Department :or to members of the Volunteer Fire Depart- ment when proceeding in response to such alarm. 19 . Section 7122 is added to reads It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle or the rider of any bicycle or animal to cause such vehicle, bicycle or animal to be driven, ridden, parked, stopped or stood upon any portion of the rai 1 road tracks of any railroad except at recognized crossiggs provided for vehicular or pedestrian travel , unless authorized by the railroad owning such tracks. 20. Section 7160 is added to read: The City Council may b y resolution designate any streets or portions of streets so as to prohibit standing, parking or stopping or as being restricted as to the length of time standing or parking shall be permitted in such area . t { The resolution may also designate that such prohibition or restriction applies between certain hours of the day or night and may provide that certain days shall be excepted from the prohibition or restriction. � ds 21 . Section 7161 shall read: Green curb marking shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than twenty-four (24) minutes at any time specified by ordinance or resolution of this city. On those streets or portions of streets designated by ordinance or resolution of this city, when authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings hEve been determined by the city traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place �— giving notice of parking restricted to not longer than twenty-four (24) ,minutes, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign or parking meter im violation thereof. 22. Section 7162 shall read: The Council may, by resolution, designate certain streets or portions of streets as being restricted to standing or parking for a period of time longer than one hour at any time specified by such resolution. On those streets or portions of streets designated by resolution of this city, when authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the City traffic engineer to be necessary and are inplace giving notice of parking restricted to not longer than one hou , no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle in such restricted area in violation thereof. Section 7163 shall read: The Council may, by resolution, designate certain streets orportions of streets as being restricted to standing or parking for a period of time longer than two hours at any time specified by such resolution. On those streets or portions of streets designated by resolution of this city, when authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the city traffic engineer to be necessary and are inplace giving notice of parking restricted to not longer than two hours, no operator of any vehicle shall stop., stand or park said vehicle in such restricted area in violation thereof. 24. Section 7164 is added to read: The Council may, by resolution, designate certain streets or portions of streets as being no parking, standing or stopping zones and prohibiting parking, standing or stopping at any time specified by such resolution. On those streets or portions of streets designated by resolution of this city c:s no parking, standing or stopping zones, when authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the city traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice of such prohibition, no operator of any vehicle shall park, stand or stop such vehicle in any such prohibited area in violation thereof. 25. Section 7105 shall read: The Council may, by resolution, designate certain streets or portions of streets as being prohibited to ail night parking or to parking between certain hours of the night, or may restrict parking to certain periods of time between certain hours. On those streets or portions of streets designated by resolution of this city, when authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the city traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice of such parking prohibitions or restrictions, no operator of any vehicle shall park, stand or stop such vehicle in any such prohibited or restricted area in violation thereof. ' 26. Section 7167 is amended by the deletion of the word "resolution" appearing in the second line thereof, and the substitution therefor of the word '�ordinancet . 27. Section 7188 is added to read: Whenever any street or portion of a street has been lawfully designated as a taxicab street stand, the city traffic engineer shall cause the same to be marked with white paint or other white material with the words ''Taxi Zone' imprinted In black letters thereon. No operator of any vehicle other than a taxicab or auto for hire shall park such vehicle in such taxicab stand. 28. Section 7201 (b) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following words: or for any public work. 29. Section 7201 (c) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following words: or to any vehicle owned by the City of Ukiah. 30. Section 7202(x) is amended by the deletion of the word "ordinance" appearing in the final line thereof, and the substitution therefor of the word "resolution" . 31. Section 7202(b) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following words: or to any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily In use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility or to any vehicle engaged in delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of an building or structure upon such restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained therefor, or for any public work. 32. Section 7210 is ascended by the deletion of the word "resolution" appearing in the second line thereof, and the substitution therefor of the word "ordinance" . 33. Section 7231 is added to read: Whenever this chapter delegates authority to a city officer or authorizes action by the City Council to regulate traffic upon a state highway in any way, for which by state law prior approval of the Department of Public Works of the i State of California is required, no such authority or action shall 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 the Vehicle Code. 34. Section 7232 is added to read: Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdereaner and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred ($500) Dollars, or by imprisonment for not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 5. PENALTIES Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of this Qrdinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment for not exceeding sjx months, or by both such fine and imprisonment . SECTIn, 6. CONSTITUTIONALITY If any Section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional , such decision shall not affect the vclidity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The Council hereby deplares that It would have passed this ordinance and each section, sub- section, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fa6t that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases by declared unconstitutional . SECTION 7. REPVAL Ordinance No. 506 of this city is hereby repealed, and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with or inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not affect or pre- vent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or committed In violation of any ordinance hereby repealed ;Z6 � prior to the effective date of this ordinance. SECTION 8. APPROVAL OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS; WITHDRAWAL. r Any provision of this ordinance 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 state law, shall cease to be operative six months after receipt by the City Council of written notice of with- drawal of approval of the Department of Public Works. Whenever this ordinance 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 state law requires 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 the Vehicle Code. SECTION 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in force and effect on and after the 1st day of June 19 63 . SECTION 10. PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE. The city clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and cause the same to be published in the Ukiah Daily Journal , a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Ukiah. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 1st day of May 19 63 , BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES: Councilmen Wagner, Banker, Smalley and Runkel . NOES: None. 1 ABSENT: Councilman Buxton. MAYOR- ATTEST: _ r - CITY CLERK