ORDINANCE 274L
ORDINANCE NO. 274 .
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, RE- ADOPTING ARTICLE IV RELATING
TO TURNIN3 MOVEMENTS, AND AMENDING ARTICLE
IX RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS, 01 ORDINANCE NO.
204 OF SAID CITY, ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
REGULATING TRAFFIC UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS,
AVENUES, ALLEYS, THOROUGHFARES AND PLACES
`, -ITHIN SAID CITY, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.",
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON THE 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER,
1936.
',TEREAS, the Legislature of the State of California,
did, at the 1943 session of said Legislature adopt Chapter 590
of the Statutes a.nj�. Amendments of said State, which is now
effective;
AND, WHEREAS, Sections 2 and 3 of said Chapter 590
read as follows:
"Sec. 2. Section 459.1 is added to the Vehicle
Code, to read:
"459.1. Local Regulation of Pedestrians and
Turning Movements. (a4) The provisions of Chapter 10
of Division 9 of this code regulating pedestrians
shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities, by
ordinance, from adoptin1 ordinances prohibiting pedes-
trians from crossing roadways at other than crosswalks.
"(b) The provisions of Chapter 8 of Division 9
of this code regulating the turning of vehicles shall
not be deemed to prevent local authorities, by ordinance,
from prohibiting the making of any turning movement by
any vehicle at any intersection."
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"Sec. 3. Section 459.2 is added to the
Vehicle Code, to read:
11459.2. Establishment of Crosswalks. The
Provisions of this division she!! not prevent
local authorities, by ordinance, from establish-
ink crosswalr s between intersections." ;
AND, WHLREAS, in view of.the provisions of
said Section 2 and of said Section 3 of said Chapter 590
and of Sections 459.1 and. 459.2 added to the Vehicle Code
of said State by said Chapter 590,- and the authority
�:ra.nted in said new sections to local authorities, the
City Council of the City of E1 Segundo desires to re-
adopt at this time, article IV relating to turning
movements, and Article IX relating to pedestrians, of
Ordinance No. 204 of said city, hereinafter referred to;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
Ll Segundo, California, does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Article IV of Ordinance No. 204
of the City of El Segundo, California, entitled:
"APT ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF M SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, REGULATING TRAFFIC UPON THE
PUBLIC STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEYS, THOROUGH-
FARES AND PLACES '«IITHIN SAID CITY, AND
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THERE`.-,'ITH. ",
passed and adopted on the 28th day of October, 1936, and
which said Article IV reeds as follows:
"ARTICLE IV.
TURNING MOVEMENTS.
"SECTION 31. SIGNS PROHIBITING LEFT TURNS.
The Chief of Police may erect and maintain signs
at any intersection prohibitin`: the making of left
turns by drivers of vehicles wherever said Chief
of Police determines that such left turns would
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cause traffic congestion or traffic hazard. The
making of such left turns may be prohibited be-
tween certain hours of any day and permitted at
other hours in which event the same shall be
plainly indicated on the signs erected by said
Chief of Police.
"SECTION 32. WHEN LEFT TURNS PROHIBITED.
When authorized signs are erected Giving notice
thereof, no vehicle shall be turned to the left in
violation of the directions contained on said signs.
"SECTION 33. TURNING MARKERS. (a) The Chief
of Police may place markers, buttons or signs within
or adjacent to intersections, indicating the course
to be traveled by vehicles turning at such inter-
sections.
(b) When authorized markers, buttons or other
indications are placed ? within an intersection in-
dicating the course to be traveled by vehicles
turning thereat, no driver of a vehicle shall
disobey the directions of such indications.
" SECTION 34. U -TURNS IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
No vehicle shall be turned at any time at an inter-
section in the Central Traffic District, or in any
business district in a complete circle or in such
manner as to proceed in the opposite direction upon
the street upon which said vehicle is traveling at
the time of entering said intersection."
shell be and the same is hereby re- adopted as Article IV
of said Ordinance No. 204.
SECTION 2. That Article IX of said Ordinance
No. 204 shall be and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows;
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"ARTICLE IX.
PEDESTRIANS.
"SECTION 49. THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO ESTABLISH
CROSSWALKS.
(a) The Chief of Police shall establish, desig-
nate and maintain crosswalks at intersections and
other pleces by appropriate devices, marks or lines
upon the surface of the roadway as follows;
Crosswalks shall be established and maintained
at all intersections within the Central Traffic Dis-
trict and at such intersections outside such district,,
and at other places within or outside said district
where the Chief of Police determines that there is
particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway
subject to the limitation contained in (b) of this
section.
(b) Other than crosswalks at intersections no
crosswalk shall be established in any block which is
less than four hundred (400) feet in length. Else-
where not more than one additional crosswalk shall be
established in any one block and such crosswalk shall
be located as nearly as practicable at mid - block.
(c) When a crosswalk has, or crosswalks have,
been.. established, as hereinabove contemplated,
across the roadway of any street or highway in any
block within said city, it shall be unlawful for any
pedestrian to cross, or commence or attempt to cross,
the roadway of the street or highway in such block,
except in such crosswalk or crosswalks so established.
SECTION 3. That said Ordinance No. 204 is hereby
re- adopted to the extent as hereinabove set forth in Section 1
of this ordinance, and said Ordinance No. 204 is hereby amended
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as rereinabove set forth in Section 2 of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect
at midnight on the thirtieth day from and after the date
of the final passage and adoption thereof.
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this ordinance, and shall cause
the same to be published once in the E1 Segundo Herald, a
weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed, published
and circulated within the said City of El Segundo, and which
is hereby designated for that purpose.
Passed, approved and adopted this 18th day of
October, A. D., 1943.
Mayor of a City of El Segundo,
California.
(SEAL)
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
CCUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said City
is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance
No_ 294, was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council
approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested
by the City Clerk of said Cit all at adjourned
Y, an/fegular meeting of
the said Council held on the 18th day of October, D.
1943, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen
NOES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
(S EAL)
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'City Clerk oP th o
E1 Segundo, Cal fornia.
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CLERK'S CERTIFICA'T'E
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
of El Segundo, California, dohherebyy y
certif City
whole number of members of the City Council of the said
City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance
No. 274 is a, full, true and correct original, of Ordinance
NO- 274 , of the said City of El Segundo, California,
entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, RE- ADOPTING ARTICLE IV RE-
LATING TO TURNING MOVEMENTS, AND AMh7DING
ARTICLE IX RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS, OR
ORDINANCE NO. 204 OF SAID CITY, ENTITLED:
'AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, REGULATINCT TRAFFIC UPON THE
PUBLIC STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEYS, THOROUGH-
FARES AND PLACES WITHIN SAID CITY, AND
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN 06NFLICT THrERE'•'ITH.1 , PASSED
AND ADOPTED ON THE 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1936.11,
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council,
approved and signed by the 'Mayor of said C�it�1 and attested
oy the City Clerk of said city, all at an i''�r'' meeting of
the said Council held on the isthday of October, 1943,
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmen nesser, Peterson Selby,, Skellev and_
_ KU2r Loy* ;
NOES Councilmen None ;
ABSE_- T: Councilmen gone
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the
provisions of Sectio _ 878 of Act 52,13 of the General Laws
of the State of California (Deering 1923 Edition), as amended
to date, that the foregoin`; Ordinance No. 294 was duly and
regularly published according to la% and the order of the
City Council of said city, in the El Segundo Herald, a
weekl;;- newspaper of general circulation printed, published
and circulated ,-itrin the said city, and that the same was
so published therein on the followinE date, to -wit:
Octob2r 21st 1943. .
"ITi\TESS my hand and the seal of said City this
22nd day of October AAFlSe�E,�&undo, D 1943.
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Calif pia.
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