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Article 11-3
TRAFFIC CONTROLSections:
11-3-1 Directing Traffic
11-3-2 Obedience to Traffic Regulations
11-3-3 Traffic Control Devices
11-3-4 Speed Limits
11-3-5 Vehicle Weight Limitation
11-3-6 Use of Coasters, Roller Skates and Similar Devices Restricted.
11-3-7 Limitations on Turning Around
11-3-8 Authority to Designate Crosswalks, Establish Safety Zones, and Mark Traffic Lanes Speed Limits
11-3-9 Turning Markers
11-3-10 Restricted Turn Signs
11-3-11 One-Way Streets and Alleys
11-3-12 Regulation of Traffic at Intersections
11-3-13 Drivers to Obey Signs
11-3-14 Processions
11-3-15 Impounding Vehicles
11-3-16 Use of Bicycle Helmets for Minors
11-3-17 Off-road operation of motorized vehicles
11-3-18 Littering from Motor Vehicle Prohibited
11-3-1 Directing Traffic
A. The police chief is hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand or signal.
B. Officers of the fire fighting agency, when at the scene of a fire, may direct or assist the police chief in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity.
11-3-2 Obedience to Traffic Regulations
It is a civil traffic violation for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this chapter. It is a civil traffic violation for any person to willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of the police chief or a police officer.
11-3-3 Traffic Control Devices
A. In accordance with the most recently adopted edition of the manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and/or sound engineering practices, the town engineer, with concurrence from the Chief of Police, shall place and maintain traffic control devices, signs and signals as becomes necessary in the future to regulate traffic under the traffic laws of the Town and state law to guide or warn traffic; provided, that all traffic control signs, signals and devices now in place are hereby ratified and approved as so placed.
B. The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the traffic regulations of the town unless otherwise directed by the police chief, subject to the exceptions granted in this chapter or by state law.
(02-06, Amended, 03/20/2002)
11-3-4 Speed Limits
Pursuant to the provisions of Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 28, Sections 28-627 and 28-703, the established speed on all roads and streets and other areas accommodating motor vehicular traffic within the confines and boundaries of the Town shall be as noted below. Further, this section shall not apply to the regulation of any speed of traffic upon any State or Federal highway.
A. Hardy Road from Highway 89 to the eastern boundaries of Northern Avenue: 35 miles per hour.
B. Lambert Lane: 45 miles per hour.
C. La Canada Drive from the southern Town boundary to Lambert Lane: 45 miles per hour.
D. Naranja Drive from La Cholla Boulevard to First Avenue: 45 miles per hour.
E. Calle Concordia from Calle Loma Linda to Calle Buena Vista: 30 miles per hour.
F. Calle Buena Vista from Calle Concordia to Hardy Road: 35 miles per hour.
G. Linda Vista Boulevard from cul-del-sac west of Calle el Milagro to U.S. 89: 30 miles per hour.
H. Rancho Vistoso Boulevard from Oracle Road to 150 yards south of Del Webb Boulevard: 45 miles per hour, thence 35 miles per hour until 150 yards west of Welton Drive, thence 45 miles per hour for the remainder of Rancho Vistoso Boulevard.
I. Woodburne Avenue from Moore Road to Arrowsmith Drive: 35 miles per hour.
J. First Avenue from S.R. 77 (Oracle Road) to Tangerine Road: 45 miles per hour.
K. Del Webb Boulevard, from Rancho Vistoso Boulevard to Sun City Boulevard: 35 miles per hour.
L. Sun City Boulevard, from Rancho Vistoso Boulevard to Del Webb Boulevard: 35 miles per hour.
M. La Canada Drive, Tangerine Road to Naranja Drive: 40 miles per hour.
N. Tangerine Road from La Canada Drive to First Avenue: 45 miles per hour.
O. All streets within Lambert Lane subdivision: 15 miles per hour.
P. Palisades Drive from First Avenue to 150 yards west of Labyrinth Drive: 45 miles per hour, thence 35 miles per hour for the remainder of Palisades Drive.
Q. Monterra Vista Drive from Naranja Drive to Tangerine Road: 30 miles per hour.
R. Moore Road from Rancho Vistoso Boulevard to the Town’s western boundary: 35 miles per hour.
S. North Camino del Plata from Tangerine Road to the northern town limits; North Camino Del Fierro from Tangerine Road to Limewood Drive; North Como Drive from Tangerine Road to Limewood Drive; and Limewood Drive from North Camino del Fierro to La Cholla Boulevard: 15 miles per hour.
T. Innovation Park Drive from Rancho Vistoso Boulevard to Tangerine Road: 35 miles per hour.
U. La Canada Drive from Lambert Lane to Moore Road: 40 miles per hour.
V. When the light is flashing, the speed limit on La Cholla Blvd. from the flashing light located 371 feet south of the La Cholla/Glover Road intersection to the far end of the designated school crosswalk traveling south shall be 15 miles per hour. When the light is flashing, the speed limit on La Cholla Blvd. from the flashing light located 485 feet north of the La Cholla/Glover Road intersection to the far end of the designated school crosswalk traveling north shall be 15 miles per hour.
W. All streets within the Oro Valley Townhouses Subdivision: 15 miles per hour.
X. All other streets, roads and areas: 25 miles per hour.
((O)07-28, Amended, 06/06/2007; (R)07-13, Amended, 03/07/2007; 06-05, Amended, 04/05/2006; 05-24, Amended, 06/15/2005; 04-02, Amended, 01/21/2004, Effective 2-20-04; 02-16, Amended, 06/05/2002; 01-28, Amended, 12/19/2001; 99-36A, Amended, 05/05/1999; 99-19, Amended, 04/07/1999; 99-181, Amended, 04/07/1999; 99-03l, Amended, 01/06/1999; 96-29, Amended, 08/15/1996)
11-3-5 Vehicle Weight Limitation
The maximum weight limitations for through traffic on roads within Oro Valley shall be as follows:
A. On La Canada, between Lambert Lane and Naranja, five tons per vehicle.
B. On First Avenue between Tangerine Road and Lambert Lane, five tons per vehicle.
C. On all other streets and roads, as is set forth in the applicable state statutes.
(00-22, Amended, 06/21/2000)
11-3-6 Use of Coasters, Roller Skates and Similar Devices Restricted.
No person upon roller skates or riding any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device shall go upon any roadway except while crossing a street on a crosswalk, and, when crossing, such person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians.
11-3-7 Limitations on Turning Around
The driver of any vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any street in a business district and shall not upon any other street so turn a vehicle unless such movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic.
11-3-8 Authority to Designate Crosswalks, Establish Safety Zones, and Mark Traffic Lanes Speed Limits
In accordance with the most recently adopted edition of the manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and/or sound engineering practices, the town engineer, with concurrence from the chief of police, is hereby authorized:
A. To designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places as become necessary.
B. To establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as become necessary for the protection of pedestrians.
C. To mark lanes for traffic on street pavement at such places consistent with the traffic laws of the Town.
(02-06, Amended, 03/20/2002)
11-3-9 Turning Markers
A. In accordance with the most recently adopted edition of the manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and/or sound engineering practices, the town engineer is authorized to place markers, buttons or signs within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and such course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law.
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.
(02-06, Amended, 03/20/2002)
11-3-10 Restricted Turn Signs
A. In accordance with the most recently adopted edition of the manual on uniform traffic control devices (MUTCD) and/or sound engineering practices, the town engineer, with concurrence from 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 same shall be plainly indicated on the signs, or such signs may be removed when such turns are permitted.
B. Whenever 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.
(02-06, Amended, 03/20/2002)
11-3-11 One-Way Streets and Alleys
A. The council shall by resolution designate any streets or alleys which are to be limited to one-way traffic.
B. When any resolution of the council designates any one-way street or alley, the police chief shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulation 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.
11-3-12 Regulation of Traffic at Intersections
In accordance with the most recently adopted edition of the manual on uniform traffic control devices (MUTCD) and/or sound engineering practices, the town engineer shall designate through streets, intersections where stops are required and intersections where vehicles shall yield the right-of-way; and shall erect and maintain the appropriate signs at every location where a vehicle must stop or yield the right-of-way.
(02-06, Amended, 03/20/2002)
11-3-13 Drivers to Obey Signs
Whenever traffic signs are erected as provided in this chapter, every driver of a vehicle shall obey such signs unless directed to proceed by the police chief or a traffic control signal. No driver shall drive upon or through any private property such as an oil station, vacant lot or similar property to avoid obedience to any regulation included in this chapter.
11-3-14 Processions
A. No procession or parade, except funeral processions, shall be held without first securing a permit from the police chief, and all such requests for permits shall state the time, place of formation, proposed line of march, destination and such other regulations as the police chief may set forth therein.
B. A funeral procession composed of a procession of vehicles shall be identified by such methods as may be determined and designated by the police chief.
C. No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion and when such vehicles are conspicuously designated. This provision shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or the police chief.
D. Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as near to the right hand edge of the roadway as practical and shall follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practical and safe.
11-3-15 Impounding Vehicles
A. When Permitted. Members of the police department are hereby authorized to remove a vehicle from a street or highway to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the police department, or otherwise maintained by the town under the circumstances enumerated in this section:
1. When any vehicle is left unattended upon any bridge, viaduct, street or highway and constitutes a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic.
2. When a vehicle upon a highway or street is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic and the person in charge of the vehicle is by reason of physical injury incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal.
3. When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street for a period in excess of seventy-two hours.
4. When any person is arrested while in possession of a motor vehicle and taken into custody.
B. Notice
1. If owner known. Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street as authorized in subsection A of this section, and the officer knows or is able to ascertain from the registration records in the vehicle the name and address of the owner thereof, such officer shall immediately give or cause to be given notice in writing to such owner of the fact of such removal and the reasons therefor and of the place to which such vehicle has been removed. In the event any such vehicle is stored in a public garage, a copy of such notice shall be given to the proprietor of the garage.
2. If owner unknown. Whenever the police department removes a vehicle from a street under subsection A of this section and does not know and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner, or for any other reason is unable to give the notice to the owner as hereinbefore provided, in the event the vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of three days, then the officer shall immediately send or cause to be sent a written report of such removal by mail to the Motor Vehicle Division, State Highway Department, whose duty it is to register motor vehicles, and shall file a copy of such notice with the proprietor of any public garage in which the vehicle may be stored. Such notice shall include a complete description of the vehicle, the date, time and place from which removed, the reasons for such removal, and name of the garage or place where the vehicle is stored.
C. Redemption or sale. Application for redemption of a vehicle impounded under the provisions of subsection A of this section shall be made by the owner or his duly authorized agent, who shall be entitled to the possession thereof upon payment to the town of the sum of five dollars, together with all other costs of removal and storage that may have accrued thereon. In the event the vehicle impounded shall not be redeemed by its owner or agent within thirty days, then such vehicle shall be sold for such penalty, charges and costs, in the manner provided by Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 28, Section 28-1405, et seq. This remedy shall be cumulative of any and all other penalties provided by this chapter.
11-3-16 Use of Bicycle Helmets for Minors
A. Requirement for helmet use: No person under 18 years of age shall ride a bicycle or be a passenger on a bicycle, ride in a restraining seat attached to a bicycle, or ride in a device towed by a bicycle unless that person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet which meets the current standards of the American National Standards Institute for protective headgear.
B. Bicycle renters and sellers: It shall be unlawful for any person to rent or lease any bicycle to or for the use of a person under the age of 18 years unless:
1. the person is in possession of a protective helmet meeting the standards set out in Section A at the time of such rental or lease; or
2. the rental or lease includes a protective bicycle helmet meeting the standards set out in Section A and the person agrees to wear the helmet at all times while operating or riding as a passenger on the bicycle.
C. Written explanation of provisions: A person regularly engaged in the business of selling bicycles shall provide any purchaser of a bicycle with a written explanation, either on the receipt of sale or on a separate form indicating receipt of a written explanation of the provisions set forth in Section A.
D. Civil penalties: Any person in violation of this section shall be found guilty of a civil infraction and be required to pay a minimum fine of $50.00 which cannot be suspended except pursuant to subsection 11-3-16(E).
E. Waiver of fine: The penalty provided in this section for a violation of Section 11-3-16(A) may be waived if an offender presents suitable proof that an approved helmet has been purchased or otherwise obtained since the time of the violation and that the minor uses or intends to use said helmet whenever required to do so by this section. (Amended 8/3/94, Ord. 94-17A)
11-3-17 Off-road operation of motorized vehicles
A. Definitions
1. “Operate” is defined as driving or controlling an off-road motorized vehicle, whether moving or not.
2. “Off-road motorized vehicle” means any motorized vehicle when operated off of highways on any land or natural terrain, i.e., two-wheel, three-wheel or four-wheel vehicles, motorcycles, four-wheel drive vehicles and dune buggies.
3. “Undeveloped public or private property” means any property without a structure, occupied or not, including but not limited to dry washes and river beds, desert areas and non-paved empty lots.
4. “Dry wash or river bed” means a watercourse having beds, banks, sides and channels through which water currently flows, through which waters flow periodically or no longer flows.
5. “Willful and wanton” is negligent misconduct by act or omission with conscious disregard for the safety of other persons or property.
B. Declaration of Nuisance
It is unlawful for any person to operate an off-road motorized vehicle with a willful and wanton disregard for the safety of other persons or property. Operation of off-road motorized vehicles on undeveloped property, as defined herein, including washes and river beds, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and it is further declared that such activity interferes with the enjoyment of property, reduces the value of the property, creates noise and dust pollution and poses a danger to the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and welfare. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate an off-road motorized vehicle on undeveloped private property as defined herein, except as permitted by this section.
C. Exceptions
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY:
1. Off-highway vehicle use areas managed specifically for off-road vehicle use through the development or designation of off-highway trails.
2. Off-road motorized vehicles operated on private property, off the roadway, where written permission has been granted to the operator of the vehicle by the legal owner of the property. Written permission shall be in operator’s possession and must be shown upon demand of a law enforcement officer. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as permitting the operation of motorized vehicles within dry wash or river bed closer than one-quarter (1/4) mile of any structure.
3. Operation of a motorized vehicle for farming or ranching purpose.
4. Operation of a motorized vehicle by a business or enterprise which is licensed by the Town and where the motorized vehicle is being used in the lawful operation of the licensed business or enterprise.
5. Operation of a motorized vehicle by a governmental employee while on government business.
6. Operation of a golf cart on a golf course.
7. Operation of an authorized emergency vehicle, including a towing service.
D. Violation/Penalty
A person who violates Oro Valley Town Code Section 11-3-17 is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. In addition to or in lieu of the fine prescribed by this section, a judge may order the person to perform at least eight but not more than twenty-four hours of community service or complete an approved safety course, or both. (Effective 3/15/95).
11-3-18 Littering from Motor Vehicle Prohibited
A. It is unlawful for any person to scatter, dump, drop, deposit, place, toss, throw, or leave upon or within twenty yards of any town roadway, street, avenue, highway, public way, thoroughfare or bike path any:
1. Incendiary materials such as matches, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco or other materials which have been lit with potential to ignite dry grass, brush, natural vegetation or other materials; and
2. Refuse, rubbish, debris, odoriferous objects, substances, or other trash.
B. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. (95-81, Enacted, 10/18/1995)
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