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HomeMy WebLinkAbout63-28RESOLUTION NO. 63-28 RECOGNIZING THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES AS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF LOCAL MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND APPROVING THE 1960 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM TRAFFIC ORDINANCE FOR CALIFORNIA CITIES ADOPTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES; BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Ukiah as fo ] lows: WHEREAS, the League of California Cities is a private organization that has for the past 64 years directed its efforts to the study and improvement of municipal government and has assisted cities with advice, guidance and counsel on matters directly affecting cities, and WHEREAS, the League as a service to cities has adopted and published a Uniform Traffic Ordinance which contains the rules and regulations required by cities for the local regulation of traffic upon the streets of a city; NOW THEREFORE be it resolved that this Council hereby recognizes the League of California Cities as a nationally recognized authority on the government and traffic regulations of cities; and hereby approves the 1960 edition of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance as published by the League on the 1st day of August, 1960. Dated this ? i' day of ~i~' y.,.,~---~ .... . .... ~'~,.~ 1962. ATTEST: 28 2g UNIF0~ TRAFFIC ORDINANCE Published by the League of California Cities 196o Section ~UN!FORM TRAFFIC OP~I~ TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS i . 1.1 1.2 1.B 1.4 1.5 1.6 ....... 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 ~.18 1.19 Definitions of words and phrases ................................ 1 Motor Vehicle Code definitions to'be used ....................... 1 Bicycle ......................................................... 1 Central traffic district ........................................ 1 Coach ........................................................... 1 Council ......................................................... 1 Curb ............................................................ 1 Divisional island ........... ee'e®eeeee'eeeeeeeeeeeeeee.,e.leee.e.eeeeeee.ee. 2 Holidays ....................................................... 2 Loading zone .................................................... 2 Official time standard .......................................... 2 Park ........................................................... 2 Parkway ......................................................... 2 Parking meter ................................................... 2 Passenger loading zone .......................................... Pedestrian ...................................................... 2 Police officer .................................................. Stop 'eee'ee"eeee®eeeeeeeleeeee.e®e.eeeeeeeeee~l,eeee®el.eeee.le. 3 Stop or stand ................................................... Vehicle Code .................................................... 3 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 ~.7 2.8 ARTICLE II TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION Police administration ........................................... 4 Duty of Traffic Division ....................................... 4 Traffic accident studies ....................................... 4 Traffic accident reports ....................................... 4 Traffic Division to submit annual Traffic Safety Report ......... 4 City traffic engineer .......................................... 5 Power and duties of city traffic engineer, delegation .......... 5 Trafficcommittee ............................................... 5 Duties of traffic.committee ..................................... 5 3, 3.1 3.a 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 ARTICLE III. ENFORCF24ENTANDOBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS Authority of police,and-fire department officials .............. 6 Persons,other than officials shall not direct traffic .......... 6 Obedience to police or authorized officers ...................... 6 Required~obedience to traffic ordinance ........................ 6 Traffic regulations 8pply to persons riding bicycles or animals. 6 Obstruction or interference with police or authorized officers.. 7 Public employees to obey traffic regulations .................... 7 Exemption of certain vehicles ................................... 7 Report of damage to certain property ........................... 7 When vehicles may be removed from streets ....................... 8 ii ARTICLE IV. TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 ~.8 Authority to install traffic control devices .................... 9 Traffic control signs required for enforcement purposes ......... 9 Obedience to traffic control devices ............................ 9 · . Installation of traffic signals ................................. 9 Lane marking .................................................... l0 Distinctive roadway markings .................................... l0 Authority to remove, relocate and discontinue traffic control devices ............................... . ........................ l0 Traffic control devices:, hours of operation .................... l0 Unauthorized painting of curbs .................................. l0 ARTICLE V. TURNING MOVEMENTS 5.1 5.2 5.3 Authority to place and obedience to turning markers - intersections - multiple lanes ............................... . ll Authority to place restricted turn signs ........................ ll Obedience to No-Turn signs ...................................... ll Signal controlled intersections -- right turns .................. ll ARTICLE VI. ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALT.EYS ge The City ~raffic engineer to sign one-way at~eets and alleys .... 12 ARTICLE VII. SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED 7.1 7.2 The city traffic engineer to erect stop signs ................... 13 Stop at through street or stop sign ............................. 13 Emerging from alley, driveway or building ....................... 13 iii 8. 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES Driving through funeral procession .............................. 14 Clinging to moving vehicle ...................................... 14 Commercial vehicles using private driveways ..................... 14 Riding or driving on sidewalk ................................... 14 New pavement and markings ....................................... 14 Limited access .................................................. 14 Restrictions on use of freeways ................................. 15 Obedience to barriers and signs ................................. 15 No entrance into intersection that would obstruct traffic ....... 15 e ARTICLE IX. PEDESTRIAN REGULATIONS Traffic engineer to establish marked crosswalks ................. 16 When pedestrian must use crosswalks ............................ 16 10. 10.1 10.2. 10.3. i0.4. 10.5. 10.6. 10.7. ARTICLE X. STOPPING~ STANDING AND PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES OR IN CERTAIN PLACES Application of regulations ...................................... 17 Stopping or standing in parkways prohibited ..................... 17 Traffic engineer ?o maintain no stopping zones ~dn? parking ar~as ..................................................... 17 No parking areas ................................................ 17 Use of streets for storage of vehicles prohibited ............... 18 Parking for demonstration ....................................... 18 Repairing or greasing vehicles on public streets ................ 18 Washing or polishing vehicles ................................... 19 iv 10.8. Parking adjacent to schools ..................................... 19 10.9. Parking prohibited on narrow streets ............................ 19 10.10. Parking on g~ades ............................................... 19 lO.11. Unlawful parking - peddlers, vendors ............................ 19 lO.12. E~nergency parking signs ......................................... lO.13. Display of warning devices when commercial vehicle disabled ..... ll. 11.1. 11.2. 11.3. 11.4. 11.5. 11.6. 11.7. 11.8. ARTICLE XI. STOPPinG, STANDING OR PARKING RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED ON CERTAIN STREETS Twenty-four minute parking ...................................... 21 Forty minute parking ............................................ One hour parking ................................................ 21 Two hour parking ................................................ 21 Parking parallel on one-way streets ............................. Diagonal parking ................................................ Parking space markings .......................................... 22 No stopping zones ............................................... 22 Ail night parking prohibited .................................... 22 12.1. 12.2. 12.3. 12.4. 12.5. le.6. ARTICLE XII.. STOPPING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY Authority to establish loading zones ................ ' ............ 23 Curb markings to indicate no stopping and parking regulations... 23 Effect of permission to load or unload .......................... 24 Stand_Tug for loading or unloading only .......................... 24 Standing in passenger loading zone .......................... .... 24 Standing in any alley .... , ..... , ................................ 24 Coach zones to be established ................................... 24 ARTICLE XIII. RESTRICTED USE OF CERTALN STREETS 13.1. 13.2. 13.3. 13.4. Certain vehicles prohibited in central traffic district ......... 25 Advertising vehicles ............................................ 25 Horse.drawn vehicles ............................................ 25 Truck routes .................................................... 25 Commercial vehicles ............................................. 26 ARTICLE XIV. PARKING METERS 14. 14.1. 14.2. 14.3. 14.4. 14.5. 14.6. 14.7. 14.8. 14.9. Parking meter zones ............................................. 27 Manner of installation .......................................... 27 Time of operation of parking meters ............................. 27 Operational procedure to be followed ............................ 27 Unlawful to park after meter time has expired ................... 27 Unlawful to extend time beyond limit ............................ 27 Improper use of meter ........................................... 28 Deposit of coins in meter by unauthorized person ................ 28 Parking meters and parking meter standards not to be used for certain purposes .......................................... Rule of evidence ................................................ 14.10. Use of money deposited in parking meters ........................ 14.11. Application of other articles ................................... 28 28 28 28 ARTICLE XV. TBA~S 15. 15.1. Railway gates... ................................ · ..... . ......... 29 Trains not to block crossings. .................. ... ............. 29 vi ARTICLE XVI. SPECIAL SPEED ZONES 16.1. 16.2. 16.3. Increasing state speed limit in certain zones ................... 30 Decrease of state law. maximum speed ............................. 30 Decrease of state law speed between districts ................... 30 Regulation of speed by traffic signals .......................... 3& vii UNIFORM TRAFFIC ORDINANCE CITY OF ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS Section 1. Definitiormof W~rds and Phrases. The following words and phrases when used in this ordinance shall for the purpose of this ordinance have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this article. Section 1.1 Motor Vehicle Code Definitions to be UseS. Whenever any words or phrases used herein are not defined~ but are defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California and amendments thereto, such definitions shall apply. Section 1.2. Bicyc~l~. A light vehicle without a motor~ having two wheels~ ~ndle bars and a seat or seats~ and propelled by the operator. Section 1.3. Central Traffic District. All streets and portions of streets within the area described as follows: All that area bounded by . _ Sectioo~ 1.4. Coach. Any motor bus, motor coach~ trackless trolley, or passenger stage used as a common carrier of passengers. Section 1.5. Council. The Council of the City of Section 1.6. Curb. ~The lateral boundary of the roadway whether such curb be marked by curbing construction, or not so marked; the word "curb" as herein used shall not include the line dividing the roadway of a street from parking strips in the center of a street~ nor from tracks or rights of way of public utility companies. 'Section 1.16. Police Officer Every officer of the Police Department of this city or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations. Section 1.17. Stop. When required, means complete cessation of movement. Section 1.18. ~top or Stand. . When prohibited means any stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic ccntrol device. Section 1.19. Vehicle Code. The Vehicle Code of the State of California. ARTICLE II TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION Section 2. Police Administration. ~ £ _ i , i i i There is hereby established in the police department of this city a trs, ffic division to be under the control of an officer of police appointed by and directly responsible to the chief of police. Section 2.1. ~Duty. of Traffic Division. It shall be the duty of the traffic division with such aid as may be rendered by other members of the police department to enforce the street traffic regulations of this city and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in this city, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate traffic accidents and to cooperate with the city traffic engineer and other officers of the city in the administration o~ the--tz~a~fic laws a4d in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out those duties specially ~posed upon said division by this ordinance and the traffic ordinances of this city. Section 2.2. Traffic Accident Studies, J ~.~.~, , ~ __ Whenever the accidents at'any particular location become numerous~ the traffic division shall cooperate with the cl_q~y.~affic engineer in conducting studies of such accidents and determining remedial measUres. Section 2.3. ~Traffi__~c~c__c,i__d~e_n~Re~po. rt_~s. The traffic division shall maintain a suitable system of filing ~r~Ffic accident reports. Accident reports or cards referring to them shall be filed alphabetically by location. Such reports shall be available for the use and information of the city traffic e~ineer. Section 2.4. ~raffic Division to Submit Annual Traffic Safety.Repor~. The traffic division shall annually prepare a traffic report which shall be filed with the City Council. Such a report shall contain information on traffic matters in this city as follows: 1. The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the numbez of persons injured~ and other pertinent traffic accident data; 2. The number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent data on the safety activities of the police; The plans and recommendations of the division for future traffic safety activities. -4- Section 2.5. City Tra?fi_c En$ineer. The office of ~city traffic, engineer is hereby established. The ci~ .traffic engineer shall b'e appointed by (appointing authority) and he shall exercise the powers and dui~ieS aS provided in this ordinance and in the traffic ordinances of this city. Whenever the ~ity traffic engineer is required or authorized to place or maintain official tra~'f~c controi 'd~ices or signals~ he may cause such devices or signals to be placed or maintained. Section 2.6. powers and Duties of Cit~. Traffic. Engineer - De!eg~ati0n. It shall be the general duty of the ~ity traffic engineer to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic ~oR~rol devices and signals, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering and traffic investigations of traffic conditions and to cooperate with other city officials in the development of ways ~nd means to improve traffic conditions~ and to carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by ordinances of this city. Whenever~ by the provisions of this ordinance a power is granted to the city traffic en$~ineer or a duty imposed upon him~ the power may be exerci-se~d-'~r~ the ~duty per---'~ormed by his deputy or by a person authorized in writing by him. Section 2,7. T~raffic Committee. There is hereby established s~n advisory traffic committee to serve without compensation, consisting of the city traffic en~ineer, the chief of police or in his discretion as his represe~{atYVe th~ 6hief ~F--the traffic division, a member of the city council and one representative each from the city engineer's office and the city attorney's office and such number of other city officers and representatives of unofficial bodies as may be determined and appointed by the mayor. The chairman of the committee shall be appointed by the mayor and may be removed by him. Section 2.8. ~Duties of Traffic Committee. It shall be the duty of the traffic committee to suggest the most practicable mesas for coordinating the activities of all officers and agencies of this city having authority with respect to the administration or enforcement of traffic regulations; to stimulate and assist in the preparation and publication of traffic reports; to receive complaints having to do with traffic matters; and to recommend to the legislative body of this city and to the city traffic eni~, the chief of the traffic division and other city of~iciais 9ays and means for improving traffic conditions and the administration and enforcement of traffic regulations. -5- ARTICLE III ENFORC~~ AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS Section 3. Authority. of Police and Fire Depa. r...tment Official. s. Officers of the Police Department and such officers as are assigned by the Chief of Police are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, audible or other signal in conformance with traffic laws, except that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the Police Department or members of the Fire Department may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary contained in this ordinance or the Vehicle Code. Section 3'.1. Persons Other Than Officials Shall Not Direct Traffic. No person other than an officer of the Police Department or members of the Fire Department or a person authorized by the Chief of Police or a person authorized by law shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal, exceDt that persons may operate, when and as herein provided, any mechani- cal pushbutton signal erected by order of the c~_it~traffic engineer. Section 3.2. O~edie~c~_t°~ .... Police or Authorized Officers. No person shall fail or refuse to comply with or to perform any act forbidden by any lawful order, signal, or direction of a traffic or police officer, or a member of the Fire Department, or a person authorized by the Chief of Police or by law. Section 3.3. ~equired Obedience to Traffic Ordinance. It is a misdemeanor for any person driving any vehicle or other conveyance upon any street or any pedestrian, to do any act forbidden~ or fail to perform any act required as applicable to any such person under this ordinance. Section 3.4. Traffic Re~ulations Apply. to Persons Ridin~ B~cycles or An.ima!s. Every person riding a bicycle or riding or driving an animal upon a highway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties -6- applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this ordinance, except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application. Section 5.5. Obstruction or Interference w~ith Police or Authorized Officers. No person shall interfere with or obstruct in any way any police officer or other officer or employee of this city in their enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance. The removal, obliteration or concealment of any chalk mark or other distinguishing mark used by any police officer or other employee or officer of this city in connection with the enforcement of the parking regulations of this ordinance shall, if done for the purpose of evading the provisions of this ordinance, constitute such interference or obstruction. ~ection 5.6. Public Employees to Obey~ Traffic Regu~..ation~s. The provisions of this ordinance shall apply to the operator of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of 'the United States Government~ this state~ auy county or city, and it shall be unlawTul for any said operator to violate any of the provisions of this ordinance except as otherwise permitted in this ordinance or bythe Vehicle Code. ~ection 3.7. Exemption of Certain Vehicles. ~a) The provisions of this ordinance regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles operated by the Police or Fire Department, any public ambulance or any public utility vehicle or any private ambulance, which public utility vehicle or private ambulance has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle~ when any vehicle mentioned in this section is operated in,he manner specified by the Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call. (b) The foregoing exemptions shall not~ however~ relieve the operator of any such vehicle from obligation to exercise due care for the safety of others or the consequences of his willful disregard of the safety of others. (c) The provisions of this ordinance regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a city department or public utility while necessarily in use for construction or repair work or 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. Section 3.8. Report of D~ge to Cer~ain.Prpperty. (a) The operator of a vehicle or the person in charge of any animal involved in any accident resulting in damage to any property publicly owned or owned by a public utility~ including but not limited to any fire hydrant~ parking meter, lighting post, telephone pole, electric light or power pole, or resulting in damage to any tree, traffic control device or other propert~ of a like nature located in or along any street~ shall within twenty-four hours after such accident make a written report of such accident to the Police Department of this city. -7- (b) Every such report shall state the time when and the place where the accident took p~.ace, the name and address of the person owning and of the person operating or in charge of such vehicle or an~l~ the license number of every such vehicle~ and shall briefly describe the property damage in such accident. (c) The operator of any vehicle involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties of this section if and during the time he is physically incapable of making a report~ but in such event he shall make a report as required in subdivision (a) within 24 hours after regaining ability to make such report. Section 9.9. When Vehicles Ma~ Be Remgved From Streets. Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the Police Department of this city may remove or cause to be removed: (a) Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway for 120 or more consecutive hours. (b) Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. when such parking or standing is prohibited by ordinance or resolution of this city and signs are posted giving notice of such removal. (c) Any vehicle which is parked or left standingupon a street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or for the installation of underground utilities or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided that signs giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the removal. -8- ARTICLE IV TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES Section 4. Authorit~ to Install Traffic Control Devices. (a) The dity traffic engineer shall have the power and duty to place and maintain or cause to 'b~ Place-d a~-maintained official traffic control devices when and as required to make effective the provisions of this ordinance. (b) Whenever the Vehicle Code requires for the effectiveness of any pro- vision thereof that traffic control devices be installed to give notice to the public of the application of such law the city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to install or cause to be instal~le~ the ~ec~ss~rY devices subject to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law applicable thereto. (c) The city traffi? engineer may also place andmaintain or cause to place and maintain sUch a~diti~al traffic control devices as he may deem necessary or proper to re$~late traffic or to guide or warn traffic, but he shall make such determination only upon the basis of traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations and in accordance with such standards, limitations, and rules as may be set forth in this ordinance or as may be determined by ordinance or resolution of ~he Council. Section 4.1. T. raffic ~C..ont~rol Signs ReQuired for Enforcement Purposes,. No provision of the Vehicle Code or of this ordinance for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless appropriate legible signs are in place giving notice of such provisions of the traffic laws. Section 4.2. Obedience to Traffic Control Devices. -- The operator of any vehicle or train shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device placed in accordance with this ordinance unless otherwise directed by a ~olice officer or other authorized person s~bject to the exceptions granted the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle when respond- ing to emergency calls. Section 4.3. Installation of Traffic Signa!s, (a). The city traffic engineer is hereby directed to install and maintain official traff{c signals at those intersections and 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. (b) The ~ity traffic engineer shall ascertain and determine the locations where such signal~ are required by field investigation, traffic counts and other traffic information as may be pertinent and his determinations therefrom shall be made in accordance with those traffic engineering and safety standards and instructions set forth in the California Maintenance Manual issued by the Division of Highways of the State Department of Public Works. -9- (c) Whenever the c~it~ traffic engineer installs and m~intains an official traffic signal at any intersection~ tie Shall likew~ose erect and maintain at such intersection street name signs visible to the Princil~ flow of traffic unless such street name signs have previously been placed and are m~intained at any said intersection. Section 4.4. Lane Marking. The ~ity ,traffi~,~n~ineer is hereby authorized to mark center lines and lane lines upon the surface of the roadway to indicate the course to be traveled by vehicles ~dmay place signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction~ regardless of the center line of the highway. Section 4.5. D~i~stinctive Boadwa~ Markings. The city traffic engineer is authorized to place s~ud maintain distinctive roadway m~ingS' aS described"in the ~ehicle 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 marking or signs and markings. Such marking or signs and marking shad.1 have the same effect as similar markings placed by the State Department of Public Works pursuant to provisions of the Vehicle Code. Section 4.6. A~u~thority ~t_o_Remove~ Re.!gcate and Discontir~ue Traffic Control Devices. The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to remove~ relocate or dis- continue the operation of any traffic control device not specificsolly required by the Vehicle Code or this ordinance whenever he shall determine in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist or obtain. Section 4.7. ~raffi,c, Cgntrol Devices: Hours of Ooeration. The ~ity traffic en6ineer shsll determine the hours and days during which any traffic control device shall be in operation or be in effect~ except in those cases where such hours or days are specified in this ordinance. Section 4.8. U~nauthorized Paintin~ of Curbs. No person~ umless authorized by this cit~ shall p~int any street or curb surface; provided~ however~ that this section shall not appl~ to the painting of numbers on a curb surface by any person who has complied with the provisions of any resolution or ordinance of this city pertaining thereto. - l0 - ARTICLE V TURNING MOVEMENTS Section 5. ~uthorit~ to Place and Obedience to ~..r~.~.~'.~n.g Narkers. Inter- ~ect.__._ions. Mul~i~le Lanes. (a) The city traffic engineer is authorized to place markers, buttons, or signs within or adjacent to intersections and indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and the citY tra~ffic ~n~in~e_Er is authorized to locate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right or left hand turns, andthe course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law or ordinance. (b) 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. Section 5.1. .A~uthority .,to Pl.ace..R.e.s~trie~.ed Turn Signs. The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to determine those intersec- tions at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left~ or U turn~ and shall place proper signs at such intersections. The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of any day and permitted at other hours, in which event the same shall be plainly indicated on the signs or they may be removed when such turns are permitted. Section 5.2. Obediencsto No-Turn Signs. Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left or U-turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign. Section 5.3. S_i~nal Controlled Intersections -- Right Turns. (a) No driver of a vehicle shall make a right turn against a red or stop signal at any intersection whiah is sign-posted giving notice of such restriction as hereinafter provided in this section. (b) The ~itY traffic en~ineeEshallpost appropriate signs giving effect to this section where he determines that the mak~g of right turns against a traffic signal "stop" indication would seriously interfere with the safe and orderly flow of traffic. - ll - ARTICLE VI ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS Section 6. T__h_e C.it~. Traffic Engineer to S~gn 0ne-Ws~y Streets ~.ndAlleys. Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this city designates any one-way street or alley~ the 9ity traffic engineer shall place and maintain si~us giving.notice thereof, and no such regulations shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited. - 12 - ARTICLE VII SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED Section 7. The City Traffic Engineer to Erect Stop Signs. Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a through street, or any intersection at which vehicles are required tostop at one or more entrances thereto, or any railroad grade crossing at which vehicles are required to stop, the city traffic ~ shall erect and maintain stop signs as follows: A stop sign shall be erected on each and every street intersecting such through street or portion thereof so designated and at those entrances of other intersections where a stop is required and at any railroad grade crossing so designated. Every such sign shall conform with, and shall be placed as provided in, the Vehicle Code. Section 7.1. S~top at Through Street or Sto~.~ Sign. (a) Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the Council are hereby declared to be through streets for the purposes of this section. (b) The provisions of this section shall also apply at one or more entrances to the intersections as such entrances and intersections are established by resolution of the Council. (c) The provisions of this section shall apply at those highway railway grade crossings as established by resolution of the Council. Section 7.2. .Emerging from _.A. 11e_y, Driveway or Buildin_g_. The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across any alley way or driveway. .~ ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES Section 8. D~iving Thrgu~h ~FRn~eral ~Pr0cessig_n. No operator of any vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funer- al procession or a parade, provided that such vehicles are conspicuously so designa- ted. The directing of all vehicles and traffic on any street over which such funeral procession or parade wishes to pass shall be subject to the orders of the Police Department. Section 8.1. .Clinging to Movi~ Vehicle. No person shall attach himself with his hands, or to catch on, or hold on to with his hands or by other means, to any moving vehicle or train for the purpose of receiving motive power therefrom. Section 8.2. Commercial Vehicles Usin~Private Driveways. No person shall operate or drive a commercial vehicle in, on or across any private driveway approach or sidewalk area or the driveway itself without the con- sent of the owner or occupant of the property, if a sign or markings are in place indicating that the use of such driveway is prohibited. For the purpose of this section a commercial vehicle shall mean a vehicle having a rated cap~city in excess of one-half ton. Section 8.3. Ri~btn~ or,., DriMin~ on,,.,.Sidew~a!k. No person shall ride, drive, propel, or cause to be propelled any vehicle or animal across or upon any sidewalk excepting over permanently constructed driveways and excepting when it is necessary for any temporary purpose to drive a loaded vehicle across a sidewalk; provided further, that said sidewalk area be substantially protected by wooden planks two inches thick, and written permission be previously obtained from the city traffic engineer. Such wooden planks shall not be permitted to remain upon such sidewalk area during the hours from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Section 8.4. ~w PaYmment and Markings. _ No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted markings in any street when a~rrier sign, cone- marker or other warning device is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking~ or when any such device is in plaCe indicating that the street or any portion thereof is closed. Section 8.5. Limited Access. __ No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access rosxiway except at such entrances and exits as are lawfully established. - 14 - Section 8.6. Restrictions on Use pf' Freeways. No person shall drive or operate any bicycle~ motor driven cycle~ or any vehicle which is not drawn by a motor vehicle upon any street established as a freeway~ as defined by State law~ nor shall any pedestrian walk across or along any such street so designated and described except in space set aside for the use of pedestrians, provided official signs are in place giving notice of such restrictions. Section 8.7. Obedience to Barriers and Signs. No person, public utility or department in the City shall erect or place any barrier or sign on any street unless of a type approved by the city t.r~f~ic 0~u~gineer__ or disobey the instructions~ remove~ tamper with or destroy any barrier or si~n lawfully placed on any street by any person~ public utility or by any department of this city. Section 8.8. ~o_Entrance. Int~.Intersection That Wo~d Obstruct Traffic. No operator of any vehicle shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other eide of the intersection or cross- walk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrisns~ notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to prcceed. - ARTICLE IX PEDESTRIANS P~EGUIATIONS Section 9. Traffic En~ineer..to Establish Mark?d .Crossw_a]ks. (a) The cit~¥ traffic engineer shall establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at ~nn{ers~cti~s a~'0t~er places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway as follows: Crosswalks shall be established and malntained at all intersections within the central traffic district and at such intersections outside such district, and at other places within or outside said district where the ~ity traffic engineer determines that there is partic~ hazard to pedestrians crosSing-the roadway subject to the limitation contained in (b) of this section. (b) Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk shall be established in any block which is less than four hundred (400) feet in length and such crosswalk shall be located as nearly as practicable at mid-block.' (c) The Mity .~raffic en~ineermay place signs at or adjacent to an inter- section in respect to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not cross in the crosswalk so indicated. Section 9.1. When Pedestrians Must Use Crosswalks. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in the central traffic district or in any business district. - 16 - ARTICLE X STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES OR IN CERTAIN PLACES Section 10. Ap~lica~tign of .Re~l~tions~. (a) The provisions of this ordinance prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device. (b) The provisions of this ordinance imposing a time limit on standing or p~rking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of the Vehicle Code or the ordinances of this city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times. Section lO.1. Stopping or Standing in P&rkways Prohibited. No person sha&l stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway. Section 10.2. Traffic E~g~oeer to Maintain No Stopping Zones and~.No..Parking Areas. The 9i~.~ra~fic~ngineer is hereby authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs or by paint upon the Curb surface~ all no'stopping zones, no parking areas, aud restricted parking areas, aS defined and described in this ordinance. When said curb markings or signs are in place no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance. Section 10.3. _N? Parrying .Areas~. No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, park, or leave standing such vehicle in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized officer, of traffic sign or signal: (a) Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with aDpropri~te signs or markings. (b) On either side of any street between the projected propertylines of any public walk, public steps~ street~ or thoroughfare terminating at such street, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface. (c) In any area where the city traf~ic.~e~_~eer determines that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property~ when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface. - 17 - (d) In any area established by resolution of the Council as a no parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface. (e) Upon, along or across any railway track in such manner as to hinder, delay, or obstruct the movement of any car traveling upon such track. (f) In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle would con- stitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property. (g) On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or the installation of underground utilities or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided that signs giving notice of such no parking are erected or placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the effective time of such no parking. (h) At any place within twenty (20) feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the mid-block end of a safety zone, when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface. (i) At any place within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at.an intersection (in the central traffic district or) in ~uy business district when such ~place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop. (J) Within twenty (20) feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign, or official electric flashing device. Section 10.4. Use of Streets for Storage of Vehicles Prohibite~. __ No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of 120 hours. Section 10.5. Parkin~ for.Dem~nstr%~io~. No operator of any vehicle shall park said vehicle upon any street in this city for the principal purpose of advertising or displaying it for sale, unless authorized by resolution of the Council. Section 10.6. Repairin~ or Greasin~ Vehicles on Public Street~. No person shall construct or cause to be constructed, repair or cause to be repaired, grease or cause to be greased any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street in this city. Temporary emergency repairs may be made upon a public street. - 18 - Section 10.7. w.a..sh.ing Or ~po..lish.in~ Vehicl~s No person shall wash or cause to be washed, polish or cause to be polished any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street in this city, when a charge is made for such service. Section 10.8. Parking Ad.~.ac. ent to ,Sqhpols (a) The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no ~rking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation. (b) When official signs are erected prohibiting parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall_ park a vehicle in any such designated place. Section 10.9. Parking. Prohibited on Narrow Streets .. _ (a) The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to place signs or mark- ings indicating no parking upon"~ street when the width of the roadway does not exceed 20 feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed 30 feet. (b) When official signs or markings proh~biting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized herein~ no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking. Section lO.10. Parking on_..Grades._ No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a highway when upon any grade exceeding 3% (within any business or residence district) without blocking the wheels of said vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means. Section lO.11. Unlawful Parking -. Pe~.dlers~ V~ndors (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section no person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or food stuffs are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale or bartered or exchanged, or any lunch wagon or eating car or vehicle, on any portion of any street within this city except that such vehicles, wagons or pushcarts may sband or park only at the request of a bona fide purchaser for a period of time not to exceed ten ~(lO) minutes at any one place. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons delivering such articles upon order of, or by agreement with a custcmer from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution. (b) No persom shall park or stand on any street any lunch wagon, eating cart or vehicle, or pushcart from which tamales, peanuts, popcorn, candy or - 19 - other articles of food are sold or offered for sale without first obtaining a written permit to do so fr~m the ci_.~raffic engineer which shall designate the specific location in which such cart S~ll sta~. - (c) No person shall park or stand any vehicle or wagon used or intended to~ be used in the transportation of property for hire on any street while awaiting patronage for such vehicle or wagon without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the city traffic engineer which shall designate the specific location where such vehi~lemay stand. (d) Whenever any permit is granted under the provisionst of this section and a particular location to park or stand is specified therein~ no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon, or pushcart on any location other th~u as designated in such permit. In the event that the holder of any such permit is convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction for violating any of the provisions of this section, such permit shall be forthwith revoked by the city traffic engineer upon the filing of the record of such conviction with suc~- officer and no ~ermit shall thereafter be issued to such person until six (6) months have elapsed from the date of such revocation. Section lO.1R ~Emergency. Parking Sig~. (a) Whenever the cit~· traffi~ engineer shall determine that an emergency traffic congestion is likely t° ~esult fr~m--the holding of public or private assemblages~ gatherings, or functions, or for other reasons, the city traffic ~ shall have power and authority to order temporary signs ~o be erected or posted indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys as the city traffic engineer shall direct during the time such temporary signs are in pl~c~ Su~h~'signs ~h~ll remain in place only during the existence of such emergency and the ~it~. traffic engineer shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter. -- (b) When signs authorized by the provisions of this section are in place giving notice thereof, no persen shall operate~ park or stand any vehicle con- trary to the directions and provisions of such signs. Section lO.l~. DisPlay of Warning Devices When Co~merc~ Vehicle Disable~. Every motor truck having an Unladen weight of 4,000 pounds or more~ and every truck tractor irrespective of weight wh~n~operated uoon any street or highway during darkness shall be equipped with and carry at least t~o flares or two red lanterns or two warning lights or reflectors~ which reflectors shall be of a type approved by the Department of California Highway Patrol. When any vehicle above mentioned or any trailer or semi-trailer is disabled upon streets or highways outside of any business or residence district within this city and upon which street or highway there is insufficient street lighting to reveal a vehicle at a distance of ~00 feet during darkness~ a warning signal of the character indicated above shall be immediately placed at a distance of approximately IO0 feet in advance of, and 100 feet to the rear of~ such disabled vehicle by the driver thereof. The continuous flashing of at least four approved class A~-Type I turn signal l~mps, at least two toward the front and at least two toward the rear of the vehicle, shall be con- sidered to meet the requirements of this section until the devices mentioned above can be placed in the required locations. The warning signals herein mentioned shall be displayed continuously during darkness while such vehicle remains disabled upon such street or highway. - 20 - ARTICLE XI STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED ON CERTAIN STREETS Section 11. Twenty Four Minute Parking. _ Green curb marking shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than 24 minutes at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sunday(s and holidays). When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the ci~traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place giving'notice thereof no operator of any vehicle shall stop~ stand or park said vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign or parking meter in violation thereof. Section ll.1. Forty Minute Parking. -- 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 thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday(s and holidays), for a period of time longer than 40 minutes. Section ll~2. ODe Hour Pa. rkip~. 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 thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 D.m. of any day except Sunday(s and holidays) for a period of time longer than one hour. Section ll. 3. .~Two Hour..j. Par. king. When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the city traffi¢.en$inee__rto be necessary and are iuplace giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday(s and holidays) for a period of time longer than two hours. Section ll.4. Parking~arallel on On.e-way .Streets. (a) Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parked within 18 inches of the left-hand curb facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any one-way street unless signs are in place prohibiting such stopping or standing. (b) In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are in place permitting such standing or parking. - 21 - (c) The ~ traffic engineer is authorized to determine when standing or park- ing shall be prohibited upon--~he~' l'~ft-hand side of any one-way street or when stand- ing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any one-.w~y roadway of a highway having two or more separate roadways and shall erect signs giving notice thereof. (d) The requirement of parallel parking imposed by this section shall not apply in the event any commercial vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading freight or goods~ in which case such vehicle may be backed up to the curb~ provided that such vehicle does not extend beyond the center line of the street and does not block traffic thereby. Section ll.5. Diagonal Parking. On ~uy of the streets or portions of streets established by resolution of the Council as diagonal parking zones, when signs or p~Mement markings are in place indicating such diagonal parking, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park said vehicle except: (a) At the angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits of said allotted space~ (b) With the front wheel nearest the curb within six (6) inches of said curb. The provisions of this section shall not apply when such vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading passengers, freight or goods~ in which event the provisions applicable in Section ll.4 of this ordinance shall be complied with. Section ll.6. Parkin~paceMarkin~. The city traffic engineer is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate par~ing sp~ces adjacent to curbings where authorized parking is permitted. When such parking space markings are placed on the highway~ subject to other and more restrictive limitations~ no vehicle shall be stopped, left standing or parked other than within a single space unless the size or shape of such vehicle makes compliance impossible. Section 11.7. No Stopping Zo~e~. The city traffic engineer shall designate established no. Stopping zones by placing and maintaining 'apprSpriate signs indicating that stopping of vehicles is prohibited and indicating the hours and day when stopping is prohibited. During the hours and on the days designated on the signs, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop said vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets established by resolution of the ouncml as no stopping zones. C · Section ll.8. All Night Parking Prohibited. No person sh~ll stop, stand or park a vehicle on any street for a period of time longer than thirty (BO) minutes between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. o~ any day, provided that this section shall not apply to a vehicle of any regularly licensed physician when actually engaged in making professional calls. ARTICLE XII STOPPING FOR LO.~D!NG OR UNLOADING ONLY Section 12. Authority~_ to Establish Loa.d..i..ng Zones. (a) The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to determine and to mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows: 1. At any place in the central traffic district or any business district. 2. Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business or in front of any hall or place used for the purpose of puoiic assembly. (b) In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes. (c) Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top of all curbs within such zones. (d) Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones. Section 12.1. Curb .~r~ings: toIndicate .Nostopping .a~.....d parking Regulations. (a) The city traffic enginee~ is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this ordinance, to place, and when required herein shall place, the following Curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and said curb markings shall have the meanings as herein set forth. 1. Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone. Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday(s and holidays) for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials, provided that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three (3) minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty (20) minutes. 3. White shall mean no stopping,' standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mail box, which shall not exceed three (3) minutes and such restrictions shall apply between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday(s and holidays) and except as follows: A. When such zone~ is in front of a hotel or in fron~'of a mailbox the restrictions shall apply at ell times. B. W~en such zone is in front of a theater the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater is closed. 4. When t'he cit~.~raffic en_~neer as authorized under this ordinance has caused curb markin~ t0 be placed~'~erson shall stop~ stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of this section. - Section 12.R. Effect of Permission to Yoad or Unload. (a) Permission herein granted to sV~p or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor~ and in no event for more than twenty (20) minutes~ (b) The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries~ also the delivery or pick-up of express and parcel post p~ckages and United States mail. (c) Permission herein granted to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than three (~) minutes. (d) Within the total time limits above specified the provisions of this section shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting abuse of the privileges hereby granted. Section 12.~. S~tandin~ for Loadin~ or Unloading Only. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow loading zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or material for such time as is permitted in Section 1R.2. Section 1R.4. Stand~n~ in Passenger Loadin~ ~__~_~ne. No person shall stop~ stand or park a vehicle in any passenger loading zone for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is specified in Section 12.2. Section 1R.5. Standing i~AnyAlley. No person shall stop~ stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in any alley. Section 1~.6. Coach Zones to be EstablisheS~ ,__ (a) The c~ity traffic engineer is hereby authorized to establish bus zones opposite curb space for the load~n~g and unloading of buse~ or common carriers of passengers and to determine the location thereof. (b) Coach zones shall no~ally be established on the far side of an ~ntersection. - 24 - ARTICLE XIII RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS Section 13. ~C~erta~~ V.ehicle.s.~ .Prphibited.in Ce~.tral Traffic Di~.tric~. (a) No person shall operate any of the following vehicles in the central traffic district between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day: 1. Any freight vehicle more than eight and one-half (8-1/2) feet in width, with load, or any freight vehicle so loaded that any part of its load extends more than twenty (20) feet to the front or rear of said vehicle; 2. Any vehicle carrying buiid3~ng material that has not been loaded, or is not to be unloaded, at some point within the central traffic district; 3- Any vehicle conveying refuse, rubbish, garbage or dirt.. (b) Provided that the city traffic_...e, ngineer_ may by written permit authorize the operation of any such vehicle for the purpose of making necessary emergency deliveries to or from points within the central trai~ic district. Section 13.1 A..dv~ertising Vehicl~es. No person shall operate or drive any vehicle used for advertising purposes or any advertising vehicle equipped with a sound-amplifying or loud-speaking device upon any street or alley at any time within the central traffic district. Section 13.2 Horse-Dra~en Vehicles. No person shall drive any animal-drawn vehicle into or within the central traffic district between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 6'00 p.m. of any day. Section 13.3 Truck Routes. (a) Whenever any resolution of this city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons, the cit~.traffi~ .en~gine~r is hereby authorized to designate such street or streets by-appr°P~iate signs as "Truck Routes" for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons. (b) %~hen any such truck route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons shall drive on such route or routes and none other except that nothing in this section shall prohibit the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of three tons coming from a "Truck Route" having ingress and egress by direct route to and from restricted streets when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on such restricted streets or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon such restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained therefor. - 25 - (c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to (1) passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, or to (2) auy vehicle owned by a public utility whi~e necessarily in use in the construction~ installa- tion or repair of any public utility. ~d) Those stree'~s and par~s of streets esta~$hed by ~e~o!ution o~. the Council are hereby declared to be truck routes for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight of three tons. Section 13,4 Commercial Vehicles Prohibited From Usin~ Certain Streets. (~) Whenever any resolution of this city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle~ the city traffic engineer shs~ll erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets a~feCted b~'sUch ordinance. (b) Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the council are hereby declared to be streets, the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle. The provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission. ARTICLE XIV PARKING METERS Section 14. parking Me~er~_Zones Parking meter zones are those streets or portions of streets established by resolution of the Council as zones within which the parking of vehicles shall be controlled, regulated and inspected with the aid of parking meters. The .city traf~.f.ic.~.....eng!ne.er shall ca~se parking meters to be installed and maintained in all parking meter zones. Section 14.1 Manner of Installation Parking meters shall be installed upon the curb or sidewalk area ~~ately adjacent to each parking space. Each meter shall be placed in such ma~uer as to show or display by a sign or signal that the parking space adjacent thereto is or is not legally in use. Each parking meter shall be set to display, after the operational procedure has been completed, a sign or signal indicating legal parkings for that period of time conforming to the limit of parking time for the zone in which sa~d park- ing meter is instelled, and shall c°ntinue to operate from the time of the comple- tion of the operational procedure until the expiration of the time fixed as the parking limit or a portion thereof for the p~ of the street upon which said meter is placed. Each said meter shall also be so arranged that upon the expira- tion of said legal parking time it will indicate by a mechanical operation and by proper signal that the lawTul parking period has expired. Section 14.2 T_ime of ~Op.e?ation of Park~.'.n.g.?e_ters The provisions of this ordinance relating to the operation of parking meters shall be effective between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on every d~y except Sunday(s and holidays ). Section 14. B Operational Procedure to be Followed ~mmediately after occupancy of a parking meter space, the operator of a vehicle shall deposit a coin of the United States in said parking meter and if necessary turn a crank~ knob, or handle in accordance with the instructions posted on the face of the parking meter. Section 14.4 Unlawful to Park After Metier T~'_~e. Has . .Ex_Pir~~ No operator of any vehicle shall permit said vehicle to remain parked in any parking space during any time that the meter is showing a signal indicating that such space is illegally in use other than such time immediately after the original occupancy as is necessary to operate the meter to show legal Parking. Section 14.5 Unlawful to Extend Time Beyond No person shall follow the operational procedure or any part of the opera- tional procedure for the purpose of increasing or extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the legal parking time which has been established for the parking space adjacent to which said parking meter is placed. Section 14.6 ~e of Met._e~r No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any defaced or bent coin, or any slug, device or metallic substitute for a coin of the United States, or deface, injure, tamper with, open or wilrully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter. Section 14.7 ~posit of Coins in Me~.e.r bY. U~;uthorized Person No person, other than the owner or operator of a vehicle, .shall deposit any coin in any parking meter without the knowledge or consent 'of said owner or operator of the vehicle using the p~rking space immediately adjacent to said meter. Section 14.8 ~rking~ Meters and Park~g~ Meter Sta~_d~rds Not To Be Use~l F~or Ce-~tain l~.~p.o~e~s No person shall attach anything to or allow a bicycle, newsrack or any other article or thing to lean against a parking meter or a parking meter standard. Section 14.9 Rule of Evidence __ The parking or standing of any motor vehicle in a p~rking space, at which space the parking meter displays the sign Or signal indicating illegal parking, shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the vehicle hms been parked or allowed to stand in such space for a period longer than permitted by this ordinance. Section 14~lO ~se__of Money, Deposited ~ Parki.~g Meters ' , , il, , ~ . --~ : All moneys collected from parking meters in this city shall be placed in a special fuud, which fund shall be devoted exclusively to the following purposes: (a) For the purchasing, leasing, instad, ling, repairing, m~intaining~ operat- ing, removing~ regulating and policing of parking meters in this city and for the payment of any and all expenses relating or incidental thereto. (b) For the purchasing, leasing, acquiring, improving, operating a~d maintaining of off-street parking facilities in this city. (c) For the installation and maintenance of traffic control devices and signals. (d) For the painting and marking of streets and curbs required for the direction of traffic and parking of motor vehicles. (e) For the proper 'regulation, control and inspection of parking and traffic upon the public streets. (f) To be pledged as security for the payment of principal of and interest on off-street parking revenue bonds issued by this city, or any parking district orga~izedwithin this city. Section 14.11 Application of Other ~.rticles No section of this Article shall be construed as permittingauy p~.r~mg ~m violation of any other provision of this ordinance. - 28 - ARTICI~ XV TRAINS Section 15. R_~ailwa~ Gate_s No person shall drive any vehicle through, around, or ~a~ler any crossing g.~%te or barrier at a railroad grade crossing while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed. Section 15.1 Trak_ins_ N_ot to Block Crossin. g_~s No person shall cause or permit any railway train or railway cars or sim~!ar vehicle on rails to stop or stand or to be operated in such a manner as to prevent the use of any street for the purposes of travel for a period of time longer than 'ten (10) minutes, except that this provision shall not apply to railway trains, cars or similar vehicles on rails while blocking or obstructing a crossing because of an accident which requires the operator of the train, car or similar vehicle on rails to stop at or near the scene of the accident. ARTICLE XVI SPECIAL SPEED ZONES Section 16. _In~creasi__ng State_Speed L.~mit .in Cert~D Zones It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investi- gation that the speed permitted by state law upon the following streets is less than is necessary for safe operation of vehicles thereon by reason of the desig- nation and sign-posting of said streets as through highways and (or) by reason of widely spaced intersections, and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as hereinafter set forth on those stx~e%s or parts of streets herein designated when signs are erected giving notice thereof: Name of Street or Declared Prima Facie _ . ..Porti0n~. ~A~..fec.ted .~ . S.~eed Limit ~ · ~v . ~ , _il i __ .... -- ii ii iiii ! i i __ i ii i Section 16.1 Decrease of State Law Maxim~um~ SPee. a It is hereby 'determined upon the basis of an e~_~ineering and traffic investigation tha~ the speed permitted by state law outside of business and residence districts as applicable upon the following streets is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets, and it is hen~by declared that the prima facie speed .limit shall be as herein set forth on those streets or parts of streets he~in d~ted when signs are erected giving notice thereof- Name of Street or Portion Affected -- , Declared Prima Facie _ · Ill J Il 11 I I , 11, L . _ III I I I Section 16.2 Decrease of State Law Spee~_Betw~e~ Districts Reference is hereby made to the following portions of streets where the state speed law of 65 miles per hour is applicable for a distance of not exceeding 2000 feet in length between districts, either business or residence, and it is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by state law upon the following described portions of said streets which are not state highways is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon the described portions of such streets, and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as herein set forth on those portions of streets herein designated when signs are erected giving notice thereof: Portion of Street Affected Not Exceeding 2000 Feet . _ .Between Districts i _ ,l 1, _ _ · Declared Prima Facie Speed Limit Section 16.3 Re ~gulati~ _of Speed~ b,y Traffic ,.S.i.~nals The city ............. traffic e~.$~~rireer is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of tralTlc in an orderly aud ss~fe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the s~.~ds otherwise applicable within the district or at intersect ions ~ and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.