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Ord 0321-ESTABLISHING THE LOS GATOS TRAFFIC CODE REGULATING TRAFFIC UPON THE STREETSORDINANCE No. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE LOS GATOS TRAFFIC CODE REGULATING TRAFFIC UPON THE STREETS OF THE TO`rN OF LOS GATOS PROVIDING PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID CODE AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THERET,11ITH THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOTt;N OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN AS Preliminary provisions Penalties Definitions T 'aff is Adminstration (Duties) Enforcement & Obedience to regulations Traffic Control devices Turning 'Movements One-way Streets and Alleys Special Stops required Miscellaneous Driving Rules Pedestrians Stopping, Standing, Parking Stopping for Loading & Unloading Only Stopping, Standing or Parking restricted or prohibited Application of Regulations Authority to establish Loading zones Authority to Install Traffic control devices Authority of Police & Fire Dept, members Authority to place & obedience to turning (markers) Authority to place restricted Turn signs Authority to remove, relocate or discontinue Traffic Control devices District to be Established Clinging to moving Vehicles Construction of Singular & Plural Continuation of Existing Provisions Crossing at Right Angles Crossing Fire Hose Curb Curb Taarkings (no stopping and parking) Crosswalk Chief of Police to Sign one-way Streets, and Alleys Chief of Police to. Erect Stop signs Chief .of Police to Establish Crosswalks IN a 4 Article Section Decrease of State Prima Facie speed limit between districts X 76 Definitions of Words and Phrases III 7 Display of Warning Devices when Commercial Vehicle Disabled XII 94 Driving through Funeral Processions X 65 Duties of Chief of Police Iii 38-41-42 Driveway III 37 EFFECT of CODE I 5 Effect of permission to Load or Unload XIII 97 EFFECTIVE DATE I 2 Emergency Parking Signs XII 93 Exemptions to Certain Vehicles V 48 Holiday III 23 Ii1Ti0XICATED Person in or about VEHICLES X 73 Intersection III 29 Lane i,`arkings VI 54 Left Turns between Intersections X 71 Limited Access X 69 Limited access Highway III 25 Loading Zone III 8 Leave Standing III 36 New Pavement X 68 No Parking in Public Motor Vehicle Stand XIII 102 Obedience to Barriers and Signs X 74 Obedience to No Turn Signs VII 60 Obedience to Police and Fire department Officials V 45 Obedience to Traffic Control Devices VI 53 Operator III 33 Official Time Standard III 9 Official Traffic Control Devices III 10 Official Traffic Signals III 11 One Hour Parking XIV 103 Park III 12, Parking for certain purposes prohibited XII 87 Parking Parallel Tnith Curb XII 84 Parking Adjacent to School XII 90 Parking on Grades X 72 Parking Prohibited at all times XIV 106 Parking Prohibited on Narrow Streets XII 91 Parkway III 13 Passenger Loading Zone III 14 PEDESTRAIN III 15 Penalties II 6 PERSON III 16 Person other than Officials Shall not Direct Traffic V 46 Permit for Loading or Unloading at Angle to Curb XII 89 Police Department to submit annual Traffic Safety Report IV 40 POLICE OFFICER III 17 Public Employees to Obey Traffic Regulations V 47 -2- Railroad Trains not Regulation of Speed REPEAL Report of Damage to Resolution Restricted Bicycle ROADWAY RIGHT OF WAY Article to Block Street XIV by Traffic Signals IV I Certain Property V III Aiding X III III SAFETY ZONE III SIGNS or Markings Indicating Angle Parking XII Standing for Loading or Unloading Only XIII Standing in an Alley XIII _.Standing in a Passenger Loading Zone XIII Standing in Parkways Prohibited XII Standing in Roadways XI STOP III STOP at T hrough Street or Stop Sign IX STOP or S 'T'AND III Stop when Traffic Obstructed X Stopping or Parking Prohibited-Signs required XII Stopping, Stand.ing,or Parking Prohibited during Certain Hours XIV STREET SIDEWALK Slow Moving Vehicles Keep to the Right TITLE TRAFFIC Traffic Accident reports Traffic Accident studies Traffic Control, School aid other Crossings Traffic Control Devices-Hours of Operation TRAFFIC SAFETY REPORT (Annual) Traffic Regulations in Parks TWO HOUR PARKING UNAUTHORIZED PAINTING OF CURBS Use of Streets for STORAGE OF VEHICLES PROHIBITED. UNNECESSARY NOISE Vehicle Obstructing Normal Flow of Traffic; Removal Vehicle on Private Property Vehicle shall not be Driven on the SIDEWALK VEHICLE WHEN PEDESTRAIN MUST USE CROSSWALK When Traffic Control Devices Required for Enforcement purposes III III X I III IV IV V VI IV X XIV DTI XII XIV V X X III XI VI e r, C~ Section 10'7 42 5-A 49 24 66-A 27 34 30 88 98 100 99 85 82 18 63 19 75 92 t 105 26 28 78 1 21''~~ 4 0 41 44 56 40 77 104 5'7 86 108 50 70 67 32 80 52 -3- ARTICLE I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS Section 1. . TIT LE. This ordinance shall be known and may be officially cited as the LOS GATOS TRAFFIC CODE. Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Code shall take effect immediately. Section 3. CONSTRUCTION OF SINGULAR AND PLU_IR.AL. The singular `num.ber includes the plura.l and. the plural number includes the singular. Section, 'CONTINUATION OF EXISTING PROVISTONS. The provisions of this Code, insofar as they are substantially the same as exis- ting provisions of the Los Gatos Code relating to the same subject m ements and continuations there- atter-, shall be construed as restat of and not as new enactments. Section 5. EFFECT OF CODE. If any section, subsection, sen- tence, clause or phrase of this Code is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Code. The Tolwn Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Code, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional. Section 5 A. REPEAL. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict ijith or inconsistent !~oith the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed- prior to the taking effect of this ordinance. -4- ARTICLE II PENALTIES Section 6. PENALTIES. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment-in the town jail or in the county jail for not exceeding six months, or by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars, or by both ,such fine and imprisonment. ARTICLE III DEFINITIONS Section 7, DEFINITIONS OF ''ORDS AND PI:-RASES, (a) The following .orris and phrases s%zhen used in this Code shall, for the purpose of this Code, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this article. (b) 7,1henever any words or phrases used in this Code are not defined herein, but are defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California, such definitions are incorporated herein and shall be deemed to apply-to such ?f=ords and phrases used herein as though set forth herein in full, Section S. LOADING ZONE.. The space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials. Section 9, OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD. f,;,,heneve-r certain hours are named herein, they shall mean standard time or daylight sav- ing time as may be in current use in this To~~zn. Section 10. OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. All signs, signals, markings and devices, except directional signs, not inconsistent with this Code or the Vehicle Code of this State, placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, z.=arising or guiding traffic. Section 11. OFFICIAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS. Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and proceed and which is erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction. Section 12. PARK. To stand or leave standing any vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the pur- pose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading of passengers or materials. Section 13. P: KWAY. That-portion of a street other than a roadway or a sidewalk. Section 14. PASSENGER LOADING ZONE. The space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers. Section 15. PEDESTRIAN. Any person afoot. Section 16. PERSON. Every natural person, firm, co-partnership association or corporation. Section 17. POLICE OFFICER. Every officer and member of the Police Department of the Town of Los Gatos. Section 18. STOP. When required, means complete cessation of movement. Section 19. STOP 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 con- trol device. Section 20. AEI:"YCLE. Every device propelled by human po,Jrer upon which any person ride, having two tandem wheels either of which t is over 20 inches in d" , and including any device generally recognized as a bicycle though eau e i~t a-.tw:o front or two rear wheels. f ~ xr Section 21. TRAFFIC. Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, bicycles and other conveyances either singly or together while using any street for purposes of travel. Section 22. CURB. The lateral physical boundary of the roadway of a street whether marked by curbing construction or not so marked. Section 23. HOLIDAY. Every Sunday, January first, February twelfth, February twenty-second, May thirtieth, July fourth, first Monday in September, September ninth, October twelfth, November eleventh, December to-enty-fifth, every day when an election is held throughout the State, and every day appointed by the President of the United States or by the Governor of the State of California for Public Fast, Thanksgiving or a holiday. If any of the fore- going days, except Sunday, falls upon a Sunday, the Monday follow- ing is a holiday. Section 24. of Los Gatos. Section 25. RESOLUTION. Resolution of the Council of the Town LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY. Every highway, street, or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting property or lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the same, except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such highway, street or roadway. Section 26. STREET is every way set apart for public travel except alleyways, bridelpaths, and foot paths. Section 27. ROADWAY is that portion of the street between the physically established curb lines. Section 28. SIDEWALK is that portion of a street between the physically established curb lines and the adjacent property lines. Section 29. INTERSECTION is that area of the roadway embraced within the prolongation of the property lines of Two (2) or more streets vhi ch join at any angle, whether or not One (1) such street crosses the other. - 7- Section 30. SAFETY ZONE is that marked portion of the roadway reserved for the exclusive use of pedestrians. Section 31. CROSSWALK is that portion of the roadway included within the prolongation of curb and property lines at street inter- sections. Section 32. VEHICLE is every device, regardless of motive power, or animal, by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a street, including devices used exclusively upon rails. Section 33. OPERATOR is any person who is in actual physical control of a vehicle. Section 34. RIGHT OF WAY is the privilege of the immediate use of the street. Section 35. BUSINESS DISTRICT is any portion of any street, between adjacent cross streets, fifty per cent 50% of which is occupied by buildings in use for and any intersection adjacent to intersection, Two (2) or more of occupied. Section 36. LEAVE STANDING is unless required by traffic condi' running and whether or not there of operating the same. retail or wholesale business, such business street or any the corners of which are so to stop a vehicle for any purpose pions, ?whether or not the engine is is in the vehicle a person capable Section 37. DRIVMfAY is that portion of a street between a curb line and adjacent property line designed to give vehicular access to the adjacent property and so constructed as to support the weight of any motor vehicle. ARTICLE IV Section 38. DUTY OF POLICE CHIEF. It shall be the duty of the Police Chief T,..Tith such aid as may be rendered by other members of the Police Department to enforce the street traffic regulations of the Town of Los Gatos and all of the State vehicle laws appli- cable to street traffic in this Town, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate traffic accidents and to cooperate with the other officers of the Town of Los Gatos in the adminis- tration of the traffic laws and in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out those duties speci- ally imposed_ upon said Police Department of this Town. Section 39. TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTS. The Chief of Police shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic accident reports. Such reports shall be available for the use and information of the Town Council and its Members. Section 40. POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SUBMIT AN UA.L TRAFFIC SAFETY REPORT. The.Police Department shall annually prepare a traffic report which shall be filed with the Town Council. Such report shall contain information on traffic matters in this Town as follows: (1) The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the number 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 polices (3) The plans and recommendations of the Police Department for future traffic safety activities. Section 41. DUTIES OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE. It shall be the general duty of the Police Chief, under this Code, to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic con- trol devices and signals, to conduct analyses of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures, to conduct investigation of traffic conditions, and to cooperate with other Town officials in the devel- opment of ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to per- form such other duties hereunder as may be.required by the Town Council. -9- Section 42. REGULATION OF SPEED BY TRAFFIC SIGNALS. The Chief of Police is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the speeds otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections, and may erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof. ARTICLE V EN.FOROMENT AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS Section 43. AUTHORITY OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS AND I MIEl bERS. (a) It shall be the r7nty of tlnn Department, or such officers as are assigned by the Chief of Polices to enforce all street traffic lags of this Town and all of the State vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in this Town. (b) Officers of the Police Department, or such officers as are assigned by the Chief of Police, are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand or signal in conformance with traffic laws, provided that in the. event of a fire or other emer- gency, or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police department may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws. (c) Officers and members of the fire department, when at the scene of a fire, may direct or assist the police in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity. Section 44. TRAFFIC CONTROL AT SCHOOL CROSSI NGS OR OTHER PLACES. It shall be the duty of any person appointed by the Chief of Police for such pur?;ose, to control traffic at school crossings or other places designated by him. It shall be unlawful for any person, at any school crossing, to refuse or fail to comply i~Tith any order, signal or direction of any person appointed by the Chief of Police to control traffic at school crossings or such designated places, 10- provided that such person giving any order, signal or direction at such school crossing, or such designated place, shall at the time be gearing some insignia indicating such appoint ent. It shall be unlawful for any minor to direct or attempt to direct traffic unless authorized to do.so by order of the Chief of Police.. Section 45. OBEDIENCE TO POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS. No person shall wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order of a police officer or member of the fire department when 'directing traffic. Section 46. PERSONS OTHER THAN OFFICIALS STALL NOT DIRECT TRAFFIC. No person other than an officer of.the police department, or a person authorized by the Chief of Police, or person authorized by law, shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal (except that persons may operate any mechanical push- button signal erected by order of the Chief of Police.) Section 47. PUBLIC E1,-1PLOYEES TO OBEY TRAFFIC REGULATIONS. The provisions of this Code shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Government, this State, any county or city, and it shall be unlawful for any said driver to violate any of the provisions of this Code except as otherwise permitted in this Code or by state statute. Section 48. EXMPTIONS TO CERTAIN VEHICLES. (a) The provisions of this Code regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of the police or fire department, any public ambulance or any public utility vehicle or any private ambulance, uhich public utility vehicle or private ambulance has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle, when any vehicle mentioned in this section is operated in the manner specified in the vehicle code in response to an emergency call. (b) The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of his wilful disregard of the safety of others. (c) The provisions of this Code regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a Town Department or public utility while necessarily in use for construc- tion or repair work or any vehicle owned by the United States while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail. - Section 49. R.EPOPIT OF DMNa- GE TO CERTAIN PROPERTY. (a) The driver 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, ornamental lighting post, telephone pole, electric light or power pole, or resulting in damage to any ornamental shade tree, traffic control device or other property of a like nature located in or along any, street, shall, within twenty-four (24) hours after such accident, make a. written report of such accident to the police department of this Town. (b) Every such report shall state the time when and the place where the accident took place, the name and address of the person owning, and of the person driving or in charge of, such vehicle or animal, the license number of every such vehicle, and shall briefly describe the property damaged in such accident. (c) A driver involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties of this section if and during the time such driver is physically incapable of making a report, but in such event said driver shall make a report as required in sub- division (a) within twenty-four (24) hours after regaining ability to make such report. T2- r Section 50. VEHICLES OBSTRUCTING NORMAL FLOW OF TRAFFIC; REMOVAL. Any vehicle parked or stopped in violation of Sections 74, 93, 1052 106 of this Code shall be deemed to be left standing upon a street or highway in any unusual -position and obstructing the normal movement of traffic thereon and may be removed as provided in Section 585.2 of the Vehicle Code. ARTICLE VI TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES Section 51. AUTHORITY TO INSTALL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. (a) The Chief of Police shall have the exclusive power and duty to place and maintain or cause to be placed and main- tained official traffic control devices when and as required under the traffic regulations of this Town to make effective the'provi- sions of said regulations. (b) The Chief of Police may also place and maintain such additional traffic control devices as he may deem necessary to regulate 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 the traffic regulations of this Town or as may be hereafter determined by the legislative body of this Town. Section 52. TWHIEN TRAFFIC 00, TTROL DEVICES REQUIRED FOR ENFORGWENT PURPOSES. No provision of the Vehicle Code or of this code for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged vio- lator unless appropriate signs are in place and sufficiently legi- ble to be seen by an ordinarily observant person, giving notice of such provisions of the traffic laws. Section 53. OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. The driver of any vehicle shall obey the.instructions of any official traffic control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the _13- traffic regulations of this Town unless otherwise directed by a police officer subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls. Section 54. LANE MIARKINGS. The Chief of Police 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 and may place signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the center line of the highway. When authorized signs have been placed desig- nating off-center traffic lanes, no person shall disobey the instructions given by such signs. Section 55. AUTHORITY TO RM1OVE, RELOCATE OR DISCONTINUE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. The Chief of Police is hereby author- ized. to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic control device not specifically required by state law or this Code whenever he shall determine in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist or obtain. Section 56. TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES - HOURS OF OPERATION. The Chief of Police shall 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 speci- Vied in this Code. Section 57. UNAUTHORIZED PAINTING OF CU_B.BS. It shall be unlawful for any person, without authority from the Town of Los Gatos, to place or maintain paint or other material upon any curb in the Town of Los Gatos in a manner which purports to be, or is, an imitation of or resembles official indication of park- ing regulations. -14- ARTICLE VII TURNING MOVEMENTS Section 58. AUTHORITY TO PLACE A NM OBEDIENCE TO TURNING I=ERS. (a) The Chief of Police is authorized to place markers, buttons, or signs within or adjacent to interseetions'indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersec- tions, and the Chief of Police is authorized to allocate and indi- cate more than one lane of tr=affic from which drivers of vehicles nay make right or left hand turns, and such course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law or this code. (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 59. AUTHORITY TO PLACE RESTRICTED TURN SIGNS. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to determine those intersections 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 sane shall be plainly indicated on the signs or they may be removed when such turns are permitted. Section 60. OBEDIENCE TO NO-TURN SIGNS. Ir,Thenever 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. ARTICLE VIII ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS Section 61. CHIEF OF POLICE TO SIGN ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS. Whenever any resolution of this Town designates any one-way street -15_ or alley, the Chief of Police shall place and maintain signs 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. ARTICLE IX SPECIAL STOPS AEZUIRED Section 62. THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO ERECT STOP SIGNS. Whenever any resolution of this Town designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a through street, or any intersection at which vehicles are required to stop at one or more entrances there- to, or any railroad grade crossing at which vehicles are required to stop, the Chief of Police shall erect and maintain stop signs, as f ollows : 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 Section 471 of the Vehicle Code. Section 63. STOP AT THROUGH STREET OR STOP SIGN. (a) Those streets and parts'of streets described in such resolution, and those streets and parts of streets heretofore designated and signed by the Town as through streets until other designations are made are hereby declared to be through streets for the purpose 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 have been heretofore designated and signed by this Town until other designations are made, or as may be hereafter described in such resolution. -16- I . (c) The provisions of this section shall also apply at those railroad grace crossings as such railroad grade crossings have been heretofore designated and signed by this Toi,,n until other designations are made or as may be hereafter described in such resolution. (d) Yhen stop signs are erected, as herein provided, at the entrance to any intersection or at any railroad grade cross- ing, every driver of a. vehicle shall stop, as required by the Vehicle Code. AMM'rt'{TL' Ir MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES Section 64. CROSSING FIRE HOSE. No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected _nose of the Fire Department T,Then laid doT,an on a street, private driveway or Railroad tract or tracks, to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the Fire Chief or the assistant in command. Section 65. DRIVING THROUGH FUNERAL PROCESSIONS. No driver of a vehicle shall drive between vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion and when the vehicles in such processions are conspicuously so designated. Section 66. CLINGING TO ,10VINCT VEHICLES. Any person riding upon any bicycle, motor cycle, coaster, roller skates or any toy vehicle shall not attach the same or himself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway. Section 66 A. RESTRICTED BICYCLE RIDING. (a) It shall be unlavful to ride a bicycle upon any sidewalk. The rider of a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as nearly as practicable within five (5) feet of the right hand curb or edge of the roadway, except when passing a, standing or other vehicle, or making a left hand turn at an intersection. (b) It shall be unlawful for the operator of any bicycle or motorcycle, -.Then upon a street, to carry any other person upon the bar, handle or tank of any such vehicle, or for any person to so ride upon any such vehicle. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person upon roller skates, toy vehicle or similar device, to go upon any roadway in any business district. Section 6?. VEHICLES SHALL NOT BE DRIVEN, 01\ THE SIDETrA.LK. Tc e driver of a vehicle shall not drive i7ithin any siae,,alk area or any parkway except at a. permanent or temporary driveway. Section. 68. NEW PAVETxENT. No person shall ride or drive 'any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or -1'7 a- freshly painted marking in any.street vthen a. barrier or sign is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pave- went or marking, or when a sign is in place stating that the street or any portion thereof is closed. Section 69. LI14ITED ACCESS. No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access highway except at such entrances and exits as are established by or with the consent of public authority. Section 70. VEHICLES OIL PRIVATE PROPERTY. It shall be unlawful for any person tooperate or drive or leave any vehicle in, over or upon any private property without the express permission of the owner thereof. Section 71. LEFT TURFS BETWEEN INTERSECTIONS. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to turn such vehicle to the left, whether for the purpose of entering or leaving a driveway or otherwise, at any place between the intersections and during the times designated by the Chief of Police when such places are appropriately signed or masked. Section '72. PARKING ON GRADES. It shall be unlawful for any person driving, or in control of, or in charge of, a motor vehicle to permit it to stand on any highway unattended when upon any grade exceeding three per cent (3) within any business or resi- Bence district 7ithout blocking the wheels of said vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other ?jeans. Section ?3. INTOXICATED PERSONS IN OR ABOUT VEHICLES. It shall be unlawful for any person who is under the influence of intoxica- ting liquor or narcotic drugs to be in or about any vehicle to which he has right of access or control while such vehicle is in or upon any street or any other public place in the Town of Los, Gatos, unless the same is under the immediate control or operation of a person not under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs. _1S_ Section 74. OBEDIENCE TO BARRIERS AND SIGNS. No person, public utility or any department of this 'own shall erect or place any barrier or sign on any street unless of a type first approved by the Chief of Police. It shall be unlawful for any person to disobey the instructions of any barrier or sign placed in any street by any public utility or by any department of this Town, provided the type of barrier or sign so erected has been first approved by the Chief of Police. Section 75. STOP ,,MHEN TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTED. No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection: or cross- walk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating i}Tithout obstruct- ing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed. Section 76. DECREASE OF STATE PRIEA FACIE SPEED LIMIT BETWEEN DISTRICTS. 1•Thenever by resolution it is determined upon.the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the prima facie limit of 55 miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon any portion of a street or highway other than a state highway for a distance of not exceeding two thousand feet in length between districts, either business or residence, it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit upon any such portion of such street or highway other than a state highway as therein set forth, but not less than twenty five miles per hour, shall be as deter- mined in such resolution, and such determined prima facie speed limit shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon said street or highway. Section '77. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS IN PARKS. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or ride within the boundaries of any pub- lie park in the Town of Los Gatos at a rate of speed exceeding fifteen (15) miles per hour, or for any person to ride or drive within the limits of said parks upon any other than the avenues and roads provided therefor. -19- Section 78. SLOW MOVING VEHICLES TO KEEP TO RIGHT. The operator of a slow moving vehicle, including the operator of any truck, shall ,!rive such vehicle at all times as near as practicable to the right hand curb. ARTICLE XI PEDESTRIANS Section 79. CHIEF OF POLICE TO ESTABLISH CROSSIA.TALKS. (a) The Chief of Police shall establish, designate and --maintain crosswalks at intersections and other-places by appro- priate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway as :follows: Crosswalks shall be established and maintained where the Chief of Police determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway subject to the limitation con- tained in subdivision (b) of this section. (b) Other than crosswalks at intersections, no cross- walk shall be established in any block which is less than four hundred (400) feet in length. Elsewhere not more than one additional crosswalk shall be established in any one block and such cross- irualk shall be located as nearly as practicable at mid-block. Section 80. WHEN PEDESTRIANS 1AMST USE CROSSWALKS. No pedestrian shall cross a:roadway other than. in a crosswalk in.any business district. Section 81. CROSSING AT RIGHT ANGLES. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb except in a marked crosswalk. Section 82. STANDING IN RO.AMMYS. No person shall stand in any roadway other than in a safety zone or in a crosswalk if such -20= action interferes with the lawful movement of traffic. This provision shall not apply to any public officer or employee, or employee of a public utility when necessarily upon a street in line of duty. ARTICLE KII STOPPING STANDING AND PARKING Section 8.3. APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS. (a) The provisions of this Code 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 j,,7ith the directions of a police officer or official traffic con- trol device. (b) The provisions of this Code imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of the State Vehicle Code, or the regulations of this Town, prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times. Section 84. PARALLEL PARKING. It shall be unlawful for the operator of a-, vehicle to stop, stand or park such vehicle in a street other than parallel with the curb and with the two (2) right hand wheels of the vehicle within ONE, (1) foot of the regu- larly established curb line, except upon those streets or portions thereof upon which angle parking may be permitted by action of the Town Council. Section 85. STANDING IN PARKii,,AYS PROHIBITED. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle i,within any parkway, or in a manner that would obstruct passage into or out of any private or public driveway regularly established as such, and no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle in any manner so as to obstruct the normal foot traffic (pedestrians) over any sidewalk. -21- i Section 86. USE OF STREETS FOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES PROHIBITED. r ,(a) No person i,,7ho owns or has possession, custody or J control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street-- or alley for more than a consecutive period of 120 hours. (b) In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street in excess of a consecutive period of 120 hours, any member of the police departrn_ent may remove said vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of Sec-tions 585 and 585.1 of the Vehicle Code. Section 87. PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES PROHIBITED. No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of: (a) Displaying such vehicle for sale. (b) Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency. Section 88. SIGNS OR YARKINGS INDICATING ANGLE PARKING. (a) ti7henever any resolution of this Town designates and describes any street or portion thereof upon -which angle parking shall be permitted, the Chief of Police shall mark or sign such street, indicating the angle at which vehicles shall be parked. (b) 11h.en signs or markings are in place indicating angle parking as herein provided, no person shall park or stand a vehicle at other than the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings. Section 89. PERMIT FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING AT AN ANGLE TO THE CURB. The Chief of Police is authorized to issue special permits to permit the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials subject to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such -Qermits may be issued either to the owner or lessee of real property or to the owner of the vehicle, and shall grant to such person the privilege as therein stated and authorized herein, and it shall be unlawful for any -22.. permittee or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any such permit. Section 90. PARKING ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS. ~ (a) The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking 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 indicating no parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a, vehicle in any such designated place. Section 91. PARING PROHIBITED ON NIARR OT STREETS. (a)The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to place signs or markings indica- ting no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed 20 feet, or upon one sine 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 prohibiting 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 92. STOPPING OR PARKING PROHIBITED - SIGNS rsEZUIRED. The Chief of Police may appropriately sign or mark the following places and when so signed or marked, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of said places: (a) At any place within twenty (20) feet of an inter- section in any business district except that a bus may stop at a designated busstop. (b) Within twenty (20) feet of the approach of any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign, or official electric flashing device. (c) At any place where the Chief of Police determines that it is necessary in order to eliminate unusual traffic hazard. -23- Section 93. EKERGENCY PARKING SIGNS. (a) whenever the Chief of Police shall determine that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or for other reasons, the Chief of Police shall have power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted indi- cating that the operations, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys as the Chief of Police ~shali direct during the time such temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such emergency and the Chief of Police 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 person shall operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and provisions of such signs. Section 94. DISPLAY Or WARNING DEVICES WHEN COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DISABLED. Every motor truck having an unladen weight of 4,000 pounds or more, and every truck tractor irrespective of weight when operated upon any street or highway during the time specified in Section 618 of the Vehicle Code shall be equipped with and carry at least two 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 busi- ness or residence district within this Town, and upon which street or highway there is insufficient street lighting to reveal a vehicle at a distance of 200 feet during any time mentioned in Section 618 of the Vehicle Code, a warning signal of the character -24- indicated above shall be immediately placed at a distance of approximately 100 feet in advance of, and 100 feet to the rear of, such disabled vehicle, by the driver thereof. The warning signals herein mentioned shall be displayed continuously during the times mentioned in said Section 613 while such vehicle remains disabled upon such street or highway. ARTICLE XIII. STOPPING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY erection 95. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH LOADING ZONES.(a)The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to determine and to mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows: (1) At any place in any business district but never two or more, where one will suffice or serve a common purpose. Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business or in front of any hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly. In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes. Loading zones shall be indicated by a yellow paint line stenciled with black letters, "LOADING ONLY" upon the top of all curbs within such zones. Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by a white line, stenciled i,ith black letters "PASSEiVGEt? LOADING ONLY", upon the top of all curbs in said zones. Section 96. CURB 111A KINGS TO INDICATE NO STOPPING AND PARKING RMIULATIONS. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this Code, 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. (2) Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time beta,*een 9:00 A. i,i, and 6:00 P. Ii. of any day except 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 thirty (30) minutes. (3) I nit e shall mean no stopping, standing' or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers ?n?hich shall not exceed three (3) minutes and such restrictions shall apply between 9:00 A. M. and 6:00 P. x,, of any day except holidays and except as folloTS?s: 11hen such zone is in front of a, hotel the restrictions shall apply at all times; When such zone is in front of a theater.the restrictions shall apply at all times except iihen such theater is closed. stop pi a (4) Green shall. mean no /standding or parking for longer than fifteen. (15) minutes at any time between 9'000 A. NI. and 6:00 P. m. of any day except holidays. (b) There curb markings have been heretofore placed by authority of this Toirzn and !,.,hen the Chief of Police as 'authorized under this Code, has caused curb markings to be placed, no person 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 97. EFFECT OF P 3MI SSI Oil TO LOAD OR. UNLOAD. (a) Permission herein granted to stop 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 thirty (30) minutes. -26- ' Y (b) The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries, also the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail. (c) Permission herein granted to stop or park for pur- poses of loading or unloading passengers shall include the load- ing or unloading of personal baggage, but shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than three (3) minutes. (d) Within the total time limits above specified, the provisions of this section shall be enforced so as to accomLodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading, but ~Tithout per- milting abuse of the privileges hereby granted. Section'98. STANDING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or materials for such time as is permitted in Section 9'7. Section 99. STANDING IN PASSENGER LOADING ZONE. 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 97 (c). Section 100. STANDING IN ANY ALLEY. 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 101. BUS ZONE TO BE ESTABLISHED. (a) The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to establish bus zones oppositecurb space for the loading and unloading of buses or common carriers of passengers and to determine the loca- tion thereof subject to the directives and limitations set forth herein. (b) The word "bus" as used in this section shall mean any motor bus, motor coach, trackless trolley coach. or passenger stage used-as a common carrier of passengers. -27- ♦ t (c) No bus zone shall exceed 60 feet in length. (d) Bus zones shall be indicated by painting the curb red or by the erection of appropriate signs or both. (e) No person shall stop, stand or nark any vehicle except a bus in.a, bus zone. Section 102. NO PARKING IN PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLE STAT,D. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, other than the driver of a public motor vehicle for which a stand D ermit has been issued, to park or leave standing such vehicle in any public motor vehicle stand. All such stands shall be distinctly identi- fied as such. ARTICLE XIS' STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED Section 103. ONE-HOUR PARKING. When heretofore or hereafter provided by resolution, and appropriate signs are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle between the hours of 9:00 A. M. and 6:00 P. M. of any day, except holidays, for a period of time longer than one hour on any street or any part of. any street so indicated. Section 104. TWO-HOUR P4-RKING. Then heretofore or hereafter provided by resolution, and appropriate signs are in place giving notice thereof,'no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle between the hours of 9:00 A. 11. and 6:00 P. Alm. of any day, except holidays, for a period of time longer- than tTsjo boars on any street or any part of any street so indicated. Section 105. STOPPING, STANDING OF, PA1ZING PROHIBITED DURING CERTAIN HOURS. When heretofore or hereafter provided by resolu- tion, and appropriate signs are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle between the hours indicated of any day, except holidays, on any street or any part of any street so'indicated. _28- Sect-on ?Co. PAPHING PROHIBITED AT ALL TIMES. 'Then heretofore or hereafter provided by resolution, and ap-oro-Priate signs are in ~Dla.ee giving notice thereof, no person shall park any vehicle at any time on any street or part of any street so indicated. Section 107. RAILROAD "MAINS NOT TO BLOCK STRE'W'. It shall be unlaz.-ful for the operator of any steam interurban or street ra.ilt.:7ay train or car to operate the same in such manner as to prevent the use of any street for purposes of travel for a period of time longer than five '5) minutes. Section 108. UNNECESSARE 1'~OISES. Every person using any mechanical instrument or device for the intensification of any sound or noise into or upon a public street, or iaho mares any unnecessary noise, and the producing of such noise is alone the object to be attained, and when said noise is e._.itted from, any exhaust devise, attached to any vehicle shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section. 109. ADDT_TIONAL REGULATIONS. Any and all additional Rules and Regulations p retaining to Traffic Control, Administration of same, may and shall be added to this Traffic Code by resolution of the Town Council. Section 110. This o_~d-nc.nce shall be published once in the Los Gatos Daily Times, a newspaper of general circulation, Drinted and published in the Town of Los uatos. Introduced at a continued regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, held August 14, 1950, and passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Toi~,7n of Los Gatos held on the 21st day of August, 1950, by the following vot e -29- AYES COUNICILaIEN. HAL BEIYE H. F. BOCNE 'iILLIyTi E. HASON JAS. F. THCMPSON L. H. T.1-RIGHT NOES COUNCIL%viEN: NONE ABSE'7 COUNCIIIEII ?+AYOR OF iii iOY;7v Or LO' GATOS " ZST : A TM A. .IK . CR , A ( SEAL ) TO 'TN CLE._~ OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS BY.- Deputy TowIerk® -310-