Ord 1403 - URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS REGULATING THE PRESENCE OF PERSONS IN ROADWAYSORDINANCE NO. 1403
URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
REGULATING THE PRESENCE OF PERSONS IN ROADWAYS
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1.
Section 16-83 of the Los Gatos Town Code is amended to
read:
No person shall stand in a roadway, or allow
any part of his body to extend into a roadway,
in a way that interferes with the lawful
movement of traffic or creates an unsafe
traffic condition. Persons lawfully crossing
the roadway or lawfully doing work in the
roadway are exempt from the provisions of
this section.
Section 2.
This ordinance is an urgency ordinance of the Town of
Los Gatos, and becomes effective immediately on its adoption.
The facts justifying its adoption as an urgency ordinance are
that the streets in the central part of Los Gatos are narrower
than modern specifications would require, and are subjected
to unusually heavy pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Recently
it has become the practice of many persons not only to walk
and stand in the roadway but to sit in or upon automobiles
parked in the roadway with parts of their bodies extending
into the traffic lanes. This practice endangers such persons
and interferes with traffic, creating a safety hazard not
only to the persons themselves and to motorists, but also
aggravating traffic jam situations which have necessitated
street closures and have made street access for emergency
vehicles impossible.
Section 3.
The Town Clerk of the Town of Los Gatos shall cause this
ordinance to be published once within 15 days after its
adoption in a newspaper of general circulation published and
circulated in the Town.
Adopted as an ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos,
adjourned
California, at a /regular meeting of the Town Council, held
on August 8th , 1978, by the following vote:
AYES : COUNCIL MEMBERS Ruth Cannon, Thomas J. Fer r i to, John
B. Lochner, Peter W. Si emens and Mardi Gualtieri
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
MAYOR F THE TOWN OF OS GATOS
ATTEST:.
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CLERK OF �HE T) OF LOS GATOS