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
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Article
Section
Decrease of State Prima Facie speed limit
between districts
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Definitions of Words and Phrases
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Display of Warning Devices when Commercial
Vehicle Disabled
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Driving through Funeral Processions
X
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Duties of Chief of Police
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Driveway
III
37
EFFECT of CODE
I
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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
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New Pavement
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No Parking in Public Motor Vehicle Stand
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102
Obedience to Barriers and Signs
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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
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89
Police Department to submit annual Traffic
Safety Report
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POLICE OFFICER
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17
Public Employees to Obey Traffic Regulations
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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
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Certain Property V
III
Aiding X
III
III
SAFETY ZONE
III
SIGNS or
Markings Indicating Angle Parking
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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
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STOP or S
'T'AND
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Stop when
Traffic Obstructed
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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(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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Section 86. USE OF STREETS FOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES PROHIBITED.
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,(a) No person i,,7ho owns or has possession, custody or
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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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
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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®
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