Chapter 10.28
TRAFFIC CONTROL AND CONTROL DEVICES1
Sections:
10.28.010 Authority to install devices – Community development director.
10.28.020 Design for traffic-control devices.
10.28.030 When traffic devices required for enforcement purposes.
10.28.035 Temporary and permanent stop signs.
10.28.040 Authority to require traffic calming devices.
10.28.050 Repealed.
10.28.060 Crosswalks and safety zones.
10.28.080 Authority to place, and obedience to turning markers.
10.28.090 Authority to place restricted turn signs.
10.28.100 Obedience to no-turn signs.
10.28.110 One-way streets and alleys – Sign erection, maintenance authority.
10.28.120 One-way streets and alleys – Direction of traffic.
10.28.130 Authority to restrict direction of movement on streets during certain periods.
10.28.140 Repealed.
10.28.150 Repealed.
10.28.160 Repealed.
10.28.010 Authority to install devices – Community development director.
The community development director, under the authorization and direction of the city council, shall place and maintain traffic-control devices when required under the traffic ordinance of this city to make effective the provisions of the ordinance, and may place and maintain such additional traffic-control devices as are necessary to regulate traffic under ordinances of the city or under state law, or to guide or warn traffic. (Ord. 1459 § 2, 2000; Ord. 1343 § 1, 1997; Ord. 373 § 13, 1964).
10.28.015 Authority to install devices – Chief of police, fire chief and community development director.
The chief of police, fire chief and community development director are granted the authority to erect, change, or remove traffic-control devices, other than traffic-control signals, when, in any official’s opinion, the same is necessary for the health, welfare, and/or safety of the citizens of the city. The official directing the erection, change or removal shall seek its ratification at the next regular city council meeting. (Ord. 1459 § 2, 2000; Ord. 1343 § 2, 1997; Ord. 637 §§ 1, 2, 1977).
10.28.020 Design for traffic-control devices.
All signs and signals required under this chapter for a particular purpose shall, so far as practicable, be uniform as to type and location throughout the city. All traffic-control devices so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of state law or this title shall be official traffic-control devices. (Ord. 1459 § 2, 2000; Ord. 373 § 14, 1964).
10.28.030 When traffic devices required for enforcement purposes.
No provision of this title for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily prudent person. Whenever a particular section does not state that signs are required, such section shall be effective even though no signs are erected or in place. (Ord. 1459 § 2, 2000; Ord. 373 § 15, 1964).
10.28.035 Temporary and permanent stop signs.
It is decreed that any and all stop signs within the city limits which, to date, have only been temporary stop signs, are permanent stop signs. Any temporary stop signs erected in the future are declared to be enforceable. (Ord. 1459 § 2, 2000; Ord. 600 § 1, 1976).
10.28.040 Authority to require traffic calming devices.
The community development director, after conducting a traffic study, shall have the authority to install or require traffic calming devices on any street or part thereof. (Ord. 1459 § 2, 2000; Ord. 373 § 18, 1964).
10.28.050 Play streets – Driving upon.
Repealed by Ord. 1459. (Ord. 373 § 19, 1964).
10.28.060 Crosswalks and safety zones.
The community development director, under the authorization and direction of the city council, shall:
A. Designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks, or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks or intersections where, in the opinion of the city council, there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places as the city council may deem necessary;
B. Establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as the city council may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians. (Ord. 1459 § 2, 2000; Ord. 373 § 20, 1964).
10.28.070 Traffic lanes.
A. The community development director, under the authorization and direction of the city council, shall make traffic lanes upon the roadway of any street or highway where regular alignment of traffic is necessary.
B. Where such traffic lanes have been marked, it is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to fail or refuse to keep such vehicle within the boundaries of any such lane except when lawfully passing another vehicle or preparatory to making turning movement. (Ord. 1459 § 2, 2000; Ord. 373 § 21, 1964).
10.28.080 Authority to place, and obedience to turning markers.
A. The community development director 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 in accordance with the provisions of this title and RCW 47.36.060 (1959 Supp.).
B. When authorized markers, buttons, or other indications are placed within an intersection indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat, no operator of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of such indications. (Ord. 1459 § 2, 2000; Ord. 373 § 25, 1964).
10.28.090 Authority to place restricted turn signs.
The city council shall determine those intersections at which the operators 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 they may be removed when such turns are permitted. (Ord. 1459 § 2, 2000; Ord. 373 § 26, 1964).
10.28.100 Obedience to no-turn signs.
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left or U-turn is permitted, no operator of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign. (Ord. 1459 § 2, 2000; Ord. 373 § 27, 1964).
10.28.110 One-way streets and alleys – Sign erection, maintenance authority.
Whenever any ordinance of this city designates any one-way street or alley, the community development director 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. (Ord. 1459 § 2, 2000; Ord. 373 § 28, 1964).
10.28.120 One-way streets and alleys – Direction of traffic.
Upon those streets and parts of streets and in those alleys described in Schedule 1 on file with the city clerk, vehicular traffic shall move only in the indicated direction when signs indicating the direction of traffic are erected and maintained at every intersection where movement in the opposite direction is prohibited, and a vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of such island. (Ord. 1459 § 2, 2000; Ord. 373 § 29, 1964).
10.28.130 Authority to restrict direction of movement on streets during certain periods.
A. If authorized by ordinance, the community development director may designate streets, parts of streets, or specific lanes thereof upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction during one period and the opposite direction during another period of the day and shall place and maintain appropriate markings, signs, barriers, or other devices to give notice thereof. The community development director may erect signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the centerline of the roadway.
B. It is unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle in violation of such markings, signs, barriers, or other devices so placed in accordance with this section. (Ord. 1459 § 2, 2000; Ord. 373 § 30, 1964).
10.28.140 Signs – Determination.
Repealed by Ord. 1343. (Ord. 390 § 1, 1964).
10.28.150 Signs – Report to council.
Repealed by Ord. 1343. (Ord. 390 § 2, 1964).
10.28.160 Signs – Erected – Report to chief of police.
Repealed by Ord. 1343. (Ord. 390 § 3, 1964).
For provisions governing traffic-control devices, see Chapter 47.36 RCW.