Needles Municipal Code Art. 13-IV Operation Of Vehicles

HISTORY Amended by Ord. 490-AC on 2/27/2007 Amended by Ord. 504-AC on 10/28/2008 Amended by Ord. 548-AC on 12/11/2012 Amended by Ord. 666-AC on 9/10/2024 Amended by Ord. 680-AC on 5/12/2026

It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by state law upon the following streets is less than is necessary for safe operation of vehicles thereon by reason of the designation and sign posting of such streets as through highways or by reason of widely spaced intersections, and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth in this section on those streets or parts of streets designated when signs are erected giving notice thereof: (None designated). (Ord. No. 257 N.S.)

It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by state law outside of business and residence districts as applicable upon the following streets is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets, and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth in this section on those streets or parts of streets designated when signs are erected giving notice thereof are designated below. (Ord. No. 257 N.S., 504-AC, 548-AC, 653-AC, 666-AC)

HISTORY Amended by Ord. 504-AC Amends Section 13-29 Adding two speed limits on Park Road and Route 66 on 10/28/2008 Amended by Ord. 548-AC Amends Section 13-29 and 13-30.1 Decreased Speed Limits on 12/11/2012 Amended by Ord. 666-AC Amends 13-29 Decreased Speed Limit on a section of Clary Drive on 9/10/2024

Whenever any street or alley is designated as any one-way street or alley, the city traffic engineer 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.

In accordance with this section, and when properly signposted, traffic shall move only in the direction indicated upon the following streets:

(Ord. No. 257 N.S.; Ord. No. 401 N.S.)

1. Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left or U-turn is permitted, not driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign.
2. 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.
3. The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to determine those intersections within any business or residence district at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right turn against a red or stop signal and shall erect proper signs giving notice of such prohibition. No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign. (Ord. No. 257 N.S.; Ord. No. 386 N.S., § 1; Ord. No. 380-AC (part).)

The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk areas extending across any alley way.

All traffic emerging from any alley in the city shall stop at the intersection of such alley and any street. (Ord. No. 257 N.S.)

No driver of a vehicle, except an emergency vehicle, shall drive between vehicles comprising a funeral procession while there are in motion and when the vehicles in such procession are conspicuously so designated. (Ord. No. 257 N.S.)

The driver of a vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk area or any parkway, except at a permanent or temporary driveway. (Ord. No. 257 N.S.)

No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted marking in any street, when a barrier or sign is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or when a sign is in place stating that the street or any portion thereof is closed. (Ord. No. 257 N.S.)

1. No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway, except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority.
2. No person shall drive or operate any bicycle, motor driven cycle or any vehicle which is not drawn by a motor vehicle upon any street established as a freeway, as defined by section 21960 of the Vehicle Code of the state, nor shall any pedestrian walk across or along any such street so designated and described, except in space set aside for the use of pedestrians; provided, that official signs are in place giving notice of such restriction. (Ord. No. 257 N.S.)

No person while operating any automobile, motorcycle or other motor vehicle, either upon the public streets or anywhere else within the city, shall engage in any race, contest or game of “follow the leader,” “hare and hound” or any other similar game or contest. (Ord. No. 257 N.S.)