§ 15.01.020. Establishment of regulations.  


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  • The county director of public works may make traffic orders establishing any of the following regulations:

    (a)

    Regulating traffic by means of official traffic-control devices;

    (b)

    Designating particular highways as one-way highways and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one specified direction;

    (c)

    Closing any highway or a portion of it, when, in the opinion of the county director of public works, the highway is no longer needed or cannot safely be used for vehicular traffic;

    (d)

    Designating any highway as a through highway and requiring that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing the highway;

    (e)

    Designating any intersection as a stop intersection and requiring all vehicles to stop at one or more entrances to the intersection;

    (f)

    Establishing crosswalks between intersections;

    (g)

    Directing that pedestrians shall not cross in a crosswalk indicated at an intersection;

    (h)

    Requiring that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing the tracks at any highway railroad grade crossing;

    (i)

    Prohibiting or restricting the making of any turning movement by any vehicle at any intersection or between any designated intersections;

    (j)

    Prohibiting or restricting the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles on certain streets or highways, or portions thereof, during all or certain hours of the day;

    (k)

    Declaring a prima facie speed limit of thirty, thirty-five, forty, forty-five, fifty, or fifty-five miles per hour on any street other than a state highway otherwise subject to a prima facie speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour;

    (l)

    Declaring a prima facie speed limit of fifty, forty-five, forty, thirty-five, thirty, or twenty-five miles per hour on any portion of any street other than a state highway where the street is subject to a speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour;

    (m)

    Regulating the installation and operation of any mechanical devices for the control of vehicular and pedestrian traffic;

    (n)

    Establishing weight limitation for vehicles traveling over county roads or bridges;

    (o)

    Providing for the delineation of parking space;

    (p)

    Designating parking spaces for the exclusive use of persons with physically disabilities;

    (q)

    Authorizing the removal of vehicles parked or left standing where such parking or standing has been prohibited;

    (r)

    Designating certain streets upon which preferential parking privileges shall be given to residents and merchants adjacent to such streets.;hn0;(Ord. 2392 § 1, 1979; Ord. 2217 § 1, 1976; Ord. 2206 § 1 (part), 1976)

(Ord. No. 3522, § V, 2009)