Pasadena Municipal Code Ch. 10.16 Traffic-Control Devices

Whenever by any provision of this title the director of public works is authorized to install and maintain any traffic-control devices, and such authority is made dependent upon a determination of the need therefor, the director of public works 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 are hereinafter set forth in this title.

(Ord. 5180 § 4 (part), 1974: Ord. 4143 § 1 (3.01)(a), 1950)

The director of public works shall install traffic-control devices at a particular location, whenever directed to do so by any provision of this title or by any other ordinance of this city.

(Ord. 5180 § 4 (part), 1974: Ord. 4143 § 1 (3.01)(b), 1950)

Whenever any law requires for its effectiveness that traffic-control devices be installed to give notice to the public of the operation or application of such law, the director of public works may install the necessary devices, subject to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law involved.

(Ord. 5180 § 4 (part), 1974: Ord. 4143 § 1 (3.01)(c), 1950)

Subject to the requirements of Section 10.16.010, the director of public works may install such additional traffic-control devices, not expressly provided for in this title, as he determines are necessary to regulate, warn or guide traffic, and to remove such devices when he determines that they are no longer necessary to regulate, warn or guide traffic.

(Ord. 5180 § 4 (part), 1974: Ord. 4143 § 1 (3.01)(d), 1950)

No officer or department of this city, other than the director of public works, and no private agency or person, shall install, place, maintain or remove any traffic-control device within the purview of this code except as provided herein.

(Ord. 5180 § 4 (part), 1974: Ord. 4143 § 1 (3.01)(e), 1950)

Whenever the director of public works installs and maintains an official traffic signal at any intersection, he shall erect and maintain at such intersection street name signs visible to the principal flow of traffic unless such street name signs have previously been placed and are maintained at the intersection.

(Ord. 5180 § 4 (part), 1974: Ord. 4143 § 1 (3.01)(f), 1950)

The director of public works 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 specified in this title.

(Ord. 5180 § 4 (part), 1974: Ord. 4143 § 1 (3.01)(g), 1950)

The director of public works may remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic-control device not specifically required by law whenever he determines in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist or obtain.

(Ord. 5180 § 4 (part), 1974: Ord. 4143 § 1 (3.01)(h), 1950)

No provision of the law for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless appropriate signs are in place and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person, giving notice of such provisions of the traffic laws.

(Ord. 5180 § 5, 1974; Ord. 4143 § 1 (3.02), 1950)

The city manager is authorized to mark centerlines 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 centerline of the highway.

(Ord. 4143 § 1 (3.03), 1950)

A. Whenever official traffic-control devices are placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements of this title, the devices shall be presumed to have been so placed by the official act or direction of lawful authority, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.

B. Any official traffic-control device placed pursuant to the provisions of this title and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed to comply with the requirements of this title unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.

(Ord. 5180 § 7, 1974: Ord. 4143 § 1 (3.04), 1950)

The director of public works is authorized to install official lanes, pavement markings, and signs upon the surface of roadways and sidewalks for the purpose of establishing bicycle lanes for use by persons operating bicycles in conformance with the provisions of the State of California Vehicle Code relating to bicycle operation within officially designated bicycle lanes.

(Ord. 5333 § 1, 1977)