Chapter 10.10
TRAFFIC CONTROL
Sections:
10.10.020 Obedience to traffic regulations.
10.10.030 Use of coasters, roller skates and similar devices restricted.
10.10.040 Traffic control devices.
10.10.050 Authority to designate crosswalks, establish safety zones and mark traffic lanes.
10.10.060 Authority to place and obedience to turning markers.
10.10.070 Authority to place and obedience to restricted turn signs.
10.10.080 Limitations on turning around.
10.10.090 One-way streets and alleys.
10.10.100 Regulation of traffic at intersections.
10.10.110 Drivers to obey signs.
10.10.010 Directing traffic.
A. The police chief is hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand or signal.
B. Officers of the fire department, when at the scene of a fire, may direct or assist the police chief in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity. (Prior code § 14-2-1)
10.10.020 Obedience to traffic regulations.
No person may do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this chapter. No person may willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of the police chief or of any fire department official. (Prior code § 14-2-2)
10.10.030 Use of coasters, roller skates and similar devices restricted.
No person upon roller skates or riding any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device may 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. (Prior code § 14-2-3)
10.10.040 Traffic control devices.
A. The police chief, with the approval of the council, shall place and maintain traffic control devices, signs and signals when and as required under the traffic regulations of the town to make effective the provisions of said regulations. In addition the police chief may place and maintain such additional emergency traffic control devices as he may deem necessary on a temporary basis to regulate traffic under the traffic laws of the town or under state law or to guide or warn traffic. Such emergency action shall be subject to subsequent approval of the council.
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. (Prior code § 14-2-4)
10.10.050 Authority to designate crosswalks, establish safety zones and mark traffic lanes.
The police chief is hereby authorized, on approval by the council:
A. To designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where in his opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places as he may deem necessary.
B. To establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians.
C. To mark lanes for traffic on street pavement at such places as he may deem advisable, consistent with the traffic laws of the town. (Prior code § 14-2-5)
10.10.060 Authority to place and obedience to turning markers.
A. The police chief 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, any driver of a vehicle shall obey the directions of such indications. (Prior code § 14-2-6)
10.10.070 Authority to place and obedience to restricted turn signs.
A. The police chief, on approval by the council, 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, the driver of a vehicle shall obey the directions of any such sign. (Prior code § 14-2-7)
10.10.080 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. (Prior code § 14-2-8)
10.10.090 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. (Prior code § 14-2-9)
10.10.100 Regulation of traffic at intersections.
A. The council shall by resolution designate through streets, intersections where stops are required, and intersections where vehicles shall yield the right-of-way.
B. When any resolution of the council shall designate any through street or intersection where vehicles are to stop or yield the right-of-way, the police chief shall erect and maintain the appropriate signs at every location where a vehicle must stop or yield the right-of-way. (Prior code § 14-2-10)
10.10.110 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. (Prior code § 14-2-11)
10.10.120 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. (Prior code § 14-2-12)
10.10.130 Speed limits.
No person shall drive a vehicle on a street at a speed greater than the following maximum limits:
A. Fifteen miles per hour approaching a school crossing and in a playground or park area.
B. Twenty miles per hour in any business or residence district, except on state controlled highways where the speed limit as imposed by the Arizona Department of Transportation shall prevail. (Prior code § 14-2-13)
10.10.140 Truck routes.
A. Vehicles having a total weight, including vehicle and load, in excess of 27,000 pounds, shall not use any street where a sign is posted prohibiting such travel.
B. Any vehicle exceeding the limits provided in subsection A of this section may leave and shall return to truck routes only by the nearest route where necessary to the conduct of business.
C. The town engineer or chief of police shall cause all truck routes and those streets upon which truck traffic is prohibited to be clearly posted to give notice that this section is in effect.
D. No person shall be charged with violating the provisions of this section by reason of operating a truck upon a street wherein truck travel is prohibited unless appropriate signs are posted on such streets.
E. In addition to the penalties provided in Section 1.05.110, any person found guilty of violating any provision of this section and by reason of such violation having caused damage to any street within the corporate limits of the town shall be civilly liable to the town for such damage, and the town magistrate shall have authority to determine the amount of such damage and to fix the same in the judgment entered by the court and the same may be collected by execution on said judgment. (Prior code § 14-2-14)