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RESOLUTION NO. 6350
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
DESIGNATING THE CHIEf TRANSPORTATION OFFICIAL AS
THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING CERTAIN DECISIONS
UNDER CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE SECTION 35401.S
WHEREAS, pursuant to sect ion 35401. 5 of the Ca 1 i fornia Vehicle
Code, local agencies may, in conjunction with the California Department
of Transportation, jointly identify and sign access to terminals;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE
as follows:
SECTION l. rhe Chief Transportation Official of the City of Palo
Alto is hereby d-asignated as the person in the city responsible for
jointly identifying and signing with the Department of Transportation
of the State of California connections within the city of Palo Alto
between terminals and highways as specified in the California Vehicle
Code, Section 35401.5.
SECTION 2. Upon notification from the Department of
Transportation;-any terminal facility owner or o~erator, or any owner
or operator of a vehicle desiring access to such facilities, the Chief
Transportation Official shall Jet ermine whether any route or routes
are adequate to accomodate the vehicle combinations specified in
Section 35401. 5 and may be used as terminal connect ion routes. The
decisions of the Chief Transportation Official shall be final unless
otherwise directed by the City Council.
SECTION 3. The Chief Transportation Official shall, in his or her
discretio~, ~etermine which routes, if any, are adequate and shall take
all reasonable steps necessary to recover for the City of Palo Alto the
costs of identifying and signing such routes from said owners and
operators of the vehicles or terminals.
SECTION 4. The Chief Transportation Official may revoke any
identification of access to terminals and order removal of signs if the
terminal or route, in the opinion of the Chief Transportation Official,
becomes a traffic hazarJ for vehicular traffic.
SECTION s. The Council finds that th~ provisions of this
resolutio~ will not have a significant adverse impact on the physical
environment.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED; February 11, 1985
AYES: Bechtel, Cobb, Fletcher, Klein, Levy, Renzel, Sutorius, Witherspoon,
Woolley
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT~ None