Ordinance No. 792
.1 ORDINANCE NO. 792
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON, REGULATING
TRAVEL, STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING OF VEHICLES ANDlEDESTRIANS
3 ON THE PUBLIC STREETS AND HIGHWAYS OF THE CITY OF VERNON.
4 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The following words and phrases when used
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6 in this Ordinance shall, for the purpose of this Ordinance, have
7 the meanings construed as set forth herein, unless it is apparent
8 from the context that a different meaning is intended. (a) Traffic
9 Engineer means the Traffic Engineer of the City of Vernon or his
10 duly authorized representative or representatives. (b) Police
11 officer is every officer of the Police Department of the City of
12 Vernon. (c) All other words and phrases shall be the same as
13 defined in the Vehicle Code of the state of California.
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SECTION 2: This Ordinance as adopted by the City of
15 Vernon may be known as the ltTraffic Ordinance of the City of
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SECTION 3: It shall be the duty of the Police Department
18 with such aid as may be rendered by other members of appropriate
19 departments of the City of Vernon, including but not limited to
20 the Traffic Engineering and street Department, to enforce the
21 street traffic regulations of this City, and of all of the state
22 vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in this City, to make
23 arrests for traffic violations, to investigate accidents, and to
24 cooperate with the Traffic Engineer and other officers of the
25 City in the administration of the traffic laws and in developing way
26 and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out those
27 duties specifically imposed upon said said Police Department, and
28 such other departments of the City as may be appropriate, by this
29 Ordinance and any other ordinances of the City of Vernon.
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SECT10N 4: The Traffic Engineer of the City of Vernon
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.1 provided in this Ordinance. It shall be the general duty of the
2 Traffic Engineer to determine the installation and proper timing
3 and maintenance of traffic control devices, to conduct engineering
4 analysis of traffic accidents, and to devise remedial measures,
5 to conduct engineering investigation of traffic conditions, to
6 plan the operation of traffic on the streets and highways of this
71 City, to cooperate with other City officials in the development
8 of ways and means to improve traffic conditions and to carry out
9 the additional powers and duties imposed by ordinances of this
10 City.
11 SECTION 5: It shall be the duty of the officers of the
12 Police Department or such officers as are assigned by the Chief
13 of Police to enforce all street traffic laws of this City, and all
14 of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the City
15 of Vernon.
16 Officers of the Police Department or such officers as
17 are assigned by the Chief of Police are hereby authorized to
18 direct all traffic by voice and/or signal in conformance with
19 traffic laws, provided that, in the event of a fire or other
20 emergency, or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians,
21 officers of the Police Department may direct traffic as conditions
22 may require, notwithstanding the provisions of this Ordinance or
23 other traffic laws.
24 SECTION 6: It is a misdemeanor subject to fine and
25 imprisonment as set forth in this Ordinance, for any person to do
26 any act forbidden, or fail to perform any act required in this
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28 SECTION 7: No person shall willfully fail or refuse to
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SECTION 8: The driver of an authorized emergency
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.1 vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in pursuit
2 of an actual suspected violator of the law, or when responding to
3 but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privi-
4 leges set forth in this section, but subject to the provisions
5 stated herein. Such driver of an authorized emergency vehicle
6 may proceed as follows: (a) Park, or stand, irrespective of the
7 provisions of this Act; (b) proceed past a red or stop signal or
8 stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for
9 safe operation; (c) exceed the prima facie speed limit or any
10 posted speed limit so long as he does not endanger life or pro-
11 perty; (d) disregard regulations governing direction of movement
12 or turning in specified directions.
13 The foregoing provisions shall not relieve the driver
14 of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due
15' regard for the safety of all persons.
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SECTION 9: The Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain
17 traffic control signs, signals and devices when, as deemed neces-
18 sary, to make effective the provisions of this Ordinance and to
19 make effective the provisions pertaining to the purpose and intent
20 of this Ordinance and may place and maintain such additional traf-
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22 pursuant to this Ordinance or under State law or to guide or warn
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SECTION lO: All traffic control signs, signals and
devices shall conform to the specifications approved by the State
of California. All signs and signals required hereunder for a
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particular purpose shall, so far as practicable, be uniform as to
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so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of State law
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or this Ordinance shall be official control devices.
SECTION ll: The driver of any vehicle and the motorman
of any streetcar and all pedestrians shall obey the instructions
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.1 of any official control device applicable thereto, placed in
2 accordance with this Ordinance unless otherwise directed by a
3 Police Officer, subject to the exceptions granted to a driver of
4 an authorized emergency vehicle in this ordinance.
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6 control signals exhibiting the words "Gou, tfcautiontt, or tfStoplf,
7 or exhibiting different colored lights successively one at a time,
8 or with arrows, the same shall be complied with by all drivers of
9 vehicles and pedestrians in accordance with requirements set forth
10 in the Vehicle Code of the state of California. In the event that
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12 the state of California, the same shall be obeyed in accordance
13 with its obvious legend.
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SECTION 13: No person without lawful authority shall
15 attempt to or in fact, alter, deface, injure, knock down, or re-
16 move any official traffic control device or signal or any in-
17 scription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof.
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SECTION l4: The Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized
19 to establish the following: (a) To designate and maintain by
20 appropriate devices, marks, or lines upon the surface of the road-
21 way, crosswalks at intersections where in his opinion there is
22 particular need to regulate pedestrians crossing the roadway, and
23 at such other places as he may deem necessary; (b) to establish
241 safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he
25 may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians; (c) to mark
26 traffic lanes upon the roadway of any street or highway where
27 alignment of traffic is necessary; (d) to regulate the timing of
28 traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an
29 orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from speeds
30 otherwise applicable pursuant to this Ordinance or state law, and
31 shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof; (e) to place
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.1 parking, utilizing such signs or coloring as is set forth in the
2 Vehicle Code of the state of California, to install signs or marks
31 restricting or limiting stopping, standing, or parking, for the
4 purpose of loading or unloading, for the purpose of setting forth
5 passenger loading zones, for the purpose of establishing bus
6 zones, and for limiting the length of time for which any vehicle
7 may park within the City of Vernon. The foregoing shall be
8 complied with in the event that signs have been erected limiting,
9 restricting, or otherwise defining such stopping, standing, or
10 parking, and such signs are in place giving notice thereof;
11 (f) when upon the basis of engineering and traffic investigation
12 it is determined that certain speed regulations shall be applicable
13 upon specified streets or in certain areas, the Traffic Engineer
14 shall post the maximum speed limits required or allowed on such
15 street or streets, or portion thereof, in which event it shall be
16 prima facie unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed
17 in excess of any speed so posted or declared.
18 SECTION l5: Prior to the Traffic Engineer establishing
19 markings, orders, rules, or regulations as set forth in Section l4
20 above or any subdivision thereof, the Traffic Engineer shall first
21 advise the Chief of Police of the City of Vernon of hismtention
22 to so determine speed limits, standing, stopping, parking, or other
23 regulations, and his further intention to mark curbs or post signs
24 in accordance with such determination. Such notice shall be given
25 to the Chief of Police at least seven (7) days prior to such
26 marking, posting, or other regulations. In the event that the
27 Chief of Police shall determine that such marking, posting, or
28 other regulations may resu~t in d~fficu~t~es of enforcement, he
291 shall communicate such concern to the Traffic Engineer, in writing,
30 and forward a copy of the same to the City Clerk of the City of
31 Vernon. Upon receipt of such notice, the Traffic Engineer shall
32 withhold any further action and the City Clerk of the City
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2 next regular City Council meeting of the City of Vernon. There-
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4 be the final determining body to decide whether such marking or
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51 posting or other regulation shall proceed. The City Council of
the City of Vernon may adopt, reject, or conditionally adopt or
reject or modify any recommendation of the Traffic Engineer or
the Chief of Police of the City of Vernon as the same may be
presented to the City Council of the City of Vernon.
SECTION l6: Where any crosswalk, safety zone, street
alignments, speed variance, curb markings, posted signs, signs
pertaining to stopping, standing, or parking, or signs pertaining
to speed limits have been erected or installed pursuant to state
law, this Ordinance or any other applicable laws, rules, ordinances
or regulations of the City of Vernon, the same shall be obeyed as
set forth herein, and it shall be unlawful for the operator of any
vehicle or for any pedestrian to fail or refuse to keep or operate
such vehicle or to walk or stand as a pedestrian in violation of
this Ordinance or any other applicable laws, rules or regulations,
or ordinances of the City of Vernon or the state of California.
22 upon or in view of any public street or highway any unauthorized
SECTION 17: No person shall place,maintain, or display
23 sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an
24 imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or
25 railroad sign or signal) or which attempts to direct the movement
26 of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the
27 effectiveness of any official traffic control device or any
28 railroad sign or signal. This Section shall not be deemed to
29 prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to streets
30 or highways of signs giving useful directional information and of
31 a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
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SECTION l8: In addition to the powers and duties granted
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2 is authorized to place within the public street or right-of-way
3 the following: (a) Markers, buttons, or signs within or adjacent
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to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles
turning at such intersections; (b) turn signs indicating a
restriction on turning right, left, or making a u-turn. Such
signs may prohibit such turns between certain hours of any day
and permit 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; (c) signs regulating the control of pedestrians
exhibiting the words nWalktt or "Wait" or ttDon't Walktt; Cd) signs
indicating and designating anyone-way street or one-way alley.
Signs indicating such direction of lawful movement shall be
15 opposite direction is prohibited; (e) To place and maintain a
placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the
16 stopsign or stopsigns on each and every street intersecting a
17 through street or intersecting that portion thereof waere parti-
18 cular hazard may exist, and the Traffic Engineer shall determine
19 whether vehicles shall stop at one or more entrances to any such
20 stop intersection, and shall erect a stopsign at every such place
211 where a stop is required; (f) install or temporarily post re-
22 strictions on parking, standing, stopping, or the right to
23 continue with through traffic or a limitation on the otherwise
24 posted speed limit where, in the opinion of the Traffic Engineer,
25 the same is necessary for the benefit of public health, welfare,
26 and safety because of unusual occurrences, public, or private works
27 or construction, or such other factor or hazard as may require
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SECTION 20: No person shall stand, stop, or park a
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2 traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police
3 officer or traffic control device in any of the following places:
4 (a) On a sidewalk; (b) in front of a public or private driveway;
5 (c) within an intersection; (d) on a crosswalk; (e) within twenty
6 (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; (f) within thirty (30)
7 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or
8 traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway; (g) along-
9 side or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when
10 stopping, standing, or parking woulddbstruct traffic; (h) on a
11 roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge of a
12 curb or street; (i) at any place where official signs or curb
13 marking prohibits stopping; (j) wherever such stopping, standing,
14 or parking may be prohibited by this Ordinance, other ordinances,
15 rules, or regulations of the City of Vernon, or any statutes or
16 laws of the state of California.
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SECTION 2l: Members of the Police Department are
hereby authorized to remove a vehicle from a street or highway to
any garage maintained by the City of Vernon or to any other public
garage or place of safety under the following circumstances:
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(a) When any vehicle is left unattended upon any bridge, viaduct,
or causeway where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to
traffic; (b) when a vehicle upon a highway or street is so disabled
as to constitute an obstruction to traffic and the person or
persons in charge of such vehicle are by reason of physical
injury or otherwise incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable
to provide for the custody or removal of said vehicle; (c) when
any vehicle is left unattended upon a street and is parked il-
legally as defined by the provisions of this Ordinance or by other
laws, rules and regulations; provided that signs giving notice
that such vehicle may be removed, are erected or placed by the
Traffic Engineer at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to such
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2 In the event that such vehicle is removed pursuant to
3 this Section, notice shall be given as provided for in Section 22
4 following, and further the garageman's lien provided for in
5 Section 23 following will attach to said vehicle or vehicles.
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SECTION 22: Whenever an officer removes a vehicle
7 pursuant to the authority granted in Section 21 above and who
8 knows or is able to ascertain from the vehicle registration or
10 address of the registered owner of said vehicle, such officer
9 the records of the Department of Motor vehicles, the name and
11 shall immediately give or cause to be given notice to said owner
12 of the fact of such removal, the reasons therefor, and the place
13 to which such vehicle has been removed. In the event that any
14 such vehicle is stored in a public garage, a copy of such notice
15 shall be given to the proprietor of such garage.
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SECTION 23: Whenever any vehicle has been removed to a
garage under the provisions of the preceding sections hereof, the
keeper of such garage shall have a lien dependent upon possession
for his compensation for towage and for caring for and keeping
safe such vehicle for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days
and, if said vehicle is not recovered by the owner within said
ninety (90) days or the owner is unknown, the keeper of said
garagemay satisfy his lien in the manner provided by the Vehicle
Code and the Civil Code of the State of California.
SECTION 24: Whenever in this Ordinance powers, rights,
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28 marking or prohibit stopping, standing, or parking, or do any
29 other acts which may aggrieve any property owner or occupant of
30 property within the City of Vernon, it shall be the duty of the
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2 by correspondnece or by posting, of the proposed change or changes
3 in existing rules and regulations. Any person or persons who may
4 be aggrieved by the proposed regulations, posting of official
5 signs or curb markings proposed by the Traffic Engineer may com-
6 municate such dissatisfaction to the City Council of the City of
7 Vernon. Upon receipt of said notice the City Clerk shall place
8 such notice upon the agenda for the next regular meeting of the
9 City Council of the City of Vernon. The notice shall provide
10 the following: (a) The name and mailing address of the party
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protesting the actions of the Traffic Engineer; (b) a method of
identification of the area for which the objection is made; (c) a
method of identifying the action or actions of the Traffic Engineer
to which the objection is filed; (d) a brief summary in non-
technical language of the points or contentions made by the party
protesting the actions of the Traffic Engineer which will be suf-
ficient to inform any interested person of the grounds for which
the objection is made.
The City Council shall, at theDext regular Council
meeting, take under submission the objection or objections and
shall be the final determining body as to whether the actions
of the Traffic Engineer shall be approved, denied, or modified.
At the time and place of said regular City Council meeting, any
interested person or persons may be heard, either supporting or
objecting to the actions of the Traffic Engineer.
SECTION 25: This Ordinance is hereby enacted pursuant
to authority granted to municipalities, in the discretion pursuant
to various sections of the Vehicle Code of the state of California,
and other laws, statutes, and provisions of the State of California
SECTION 26: All resolutions, rules, and regula tions of
31 the City of Vernon in conflict with this Ordinance or any portion
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repealed.
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SECTION 27: If any sub-section, sentence, clause,
2 phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be
3 invalid or unconstitutional, by the decision of any court of com-
4 petent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
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6 SECTION 28: Every violation of this Ordinance is hereby
7 declared to be a public nuisance.
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SECTION 29: Any person, firm or corporation violating
9 any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of
10 a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an
1111 amount not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or be impri-
12 soned in the county jail of the County of Los Angeles, or the city
13 jail of the City of Vernon, as the committing magistrate may direct,
14 for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and impri-
15 sonment, in the discretion of the court. Each day such violation
16 is committed, or permitted to continue, shall constitute a separate
17 offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
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SECTION 30: There being no newspaper printed, published
19 and circulated in the City of Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby
20 directed to certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall
21 post the same, or cause the same to be posted, in three of the most
22 public places in the City of Vernon, to wit: The northwest corner
23 of 38th street and Santa Fe Avenue; the northeast corner of Leonis
24 Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard; and on the bulletin board in the
25 lobby of the City Hall of said City, located at 4305 Santa Fe
26 Avenue, all in the City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles, California
27 That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30)
28 days from and after the final passage of the same.
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ADOPTED and APPROVED this
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5 I, ]'. A. ZIEMER, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
6 hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 792 was duly
7 and regularly introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council
8 of the City of Vernon, held on
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Anderson, Furlong, Mai11iard, Malburg
Ybarra
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I, F. A. ZIEMER, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
hereby certify that I did, on the 17th day of April, 1968, post
three (3) copies of Ordinance No. 792, one in each of the
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Street and Santa Fe Avenue; at the Northeast corner of Leonis
Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard; and on the bulletin board in
the lobby of the City Hall of the City of Vernon, located at 4305
Santa Fe Avenue in said City, there being no newspaper of general
circulation printed and published in the City of Vernon.
Signed this 17th day of April, 1968.
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this 17th day of April, 1968.
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