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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1991-19® ORDINANCE NO. 91-19 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE FOUNTAIN HILLS CODE DEALING WITH TRAFFIC TO PROVIDE FOR THE DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO THE TOWN MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO PLACE AND MAINTAIN CERTAIN TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, SIGNS AND SIGNALS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 12-2-2 of Chapter 12 of the Town Code is hereby amended to read as follows: A. The town manager or his designee shall direct the placement and mainten- ance of 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, and may place and maintain such additional traffic control ® devices as he may deem necessary to regulate traffic under the traffic laws of the town or under state law or to guide or warn traffic. The authority of the town manager or his designee to place and maintain signs under this Chapter shall not include authority to post signs setting speed limits on any part of a street or highway within the town different from the speed limits specified in A.R.S. Article 6, Chapter 6, Title 28 unless the Council has first adopted an ordinance in conformance with the provisions of A.R.S. § 28- 703 authorizing a change of speed limit on such part of a street or highway within the town. B. The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the traffic regu- lations of the town unless otherwise directed by the town law enforcement agent, subject to the exceptions granted in this chapter or by state law. Section 2. Section 12-2-3 of Chapter 12 of the Town Code is hereby amended to read as follows: The town manager or his designee is hereby authorized: A. To designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where in his opinion 1 �ukl;�heoL a Ljh5 t A Dimes la_l8) la;a4-9 I ® 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. Section 3. Section 12-2-4 of Chapter 12 of the Town Code is hereby amended to read as follows: A. The town manager or his designee 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. ® Section 4. Section 12-2-5 of Chapter 12 of the Town Code is hereby amended to read as follows: A. The town manager or his designee is hereby authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left or U- turn and shall have placed proper signs at such intersections. The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of any day and per - miffed 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, left or U-turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign. Section 5. Section 12-2-7 of Chapter 12 of the Town Code is hereby amended to read as follows: A. The town manager or his designee may designate any streets or alleys which are to be limited to one-way traffic. B. Whenever the town manager or his designee designates any one-way street or alley, he shall cause to be placed and maintained signs giving notice -2- 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 direc- tion is prohibited. Section 6. Section 12-2-8 of Chapter 12 of the Town Code is hereby amended to read as follow: The town manager or his designee shall designate through streets, intersections where stops are required, and intersections where vehicles shall yield the right-of- way. Section 7. Section 12-3-4 of Chapter 12 of the Town Code is hereby amended to read as follow: The town manager or his designee may have erected signs requiring parking at an angle to the curb, allowing parking on the left hand curb on one-way streets, notifying drivers that parking is prohibited and restricting parking in any way that may be necessary. When such signs have been erected, no person shall stop or stand a vehicle in disobedience to such parking restrictions. ADOPTED THIS 5th day of December, 1991. oh M. Cutillo, or ATTEST TO: �j I Cassie B. Hansen, Town Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: William E. Farrell, Town Attorney REVIEWED BY: Paul Nordin, Town Manager -3-