Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
American Canyon Municipal Code Ch. 10.20 Miscellaneous Driving Rules
American Canyon Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · American Canyon
Cite as: American Canyon Municipal Code Chapter 10.20 · Text as of 2026-10-04
10.20.010 Traffic regulations in parks.¶
It is unlawful for any person to drive or ride within the boundaries
of any public park in the city at a rate of speed exceeding five miles per hour, or for any person to ride or drive within the limits of the parks other than upon the avenues and roads provided therefore.
Ord. 92-19 § 100, 1992
10.20.020 Driving through funeral processions.¶
No driver of a vehicle shall drive between vehicles
comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion and when the vehicles in such procession are conspicuously so designated.
Ord. 92-19 § 101, 1992
10.20.030 Clinging to moving vehicles.¶
Any person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, skate
board, roller skates or any toy vehicle shall not attach the same or him/herself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway.
Ord. 92-19 § 102, 1992
10.20.040 Vehicles shall not be driven on the sidewalk.¶
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive within
any sidewalk area or any parkway except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
Ord. 92-19 § 103, 1992
10.20.050 New pavement.¶
No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly
made pavement or freshly painted marking in any street when a barrier or sign is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or when a sign is in place stating that the street or any portion thereof is closed.
Ord. 92-19 § 104, 1992
10.20.060 Limited access.¶
No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access highway except at
such entrances and exits as are established by or with the consent of public authority.
Ord. 92-19 § 105, 1992
10.20.070 Vehicles on private property.¶
It is unlawful for any person to operate or drive or leave any
vehicle in, over or upon any private property without the express permission of the owner thereof.
Ord. 92-19 § 106, 1992
10.20.080 Left turns between intersections.¶
It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to turn such
vehicle to the left, whether for the purpose of entering or leaving. a driveway or otherwise, at any place between the intersections and during the times designated by the traffic engineer when such places are appropriately signed or marked.
Ord. 92-19 § 107, 1992
10.20.090 Parking on grades.¶
It is unlawful for any person driving, or in control of, or in charge of, a motor
vehicle to permit it to stand on any highway unattended when upon any grade exceeding three percent within any business or residence district without blocking the wheels of said vehicles by turning them against the curb or by other means.
Ord. 92-19 § 108, 1992
10.20.100 Intoxicated persons in or about vehicles.¶
It is unlawful for any person who is under the
influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs to be in or about any vehicle to which he has the right or access or control while such vehicle is in or upon any street or any other public place in the city, unless the same is under the immediate control or operation of a person not under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs.
Ord. 92-19 § 109, 1992
10.20.110 Obedience to barriers and signs.¶
No person, public utility or any department of this city shall
erect or place any barrier or sign on any street unless of a type first approved by the traffic engineer. It is unlawful for any person to disobey the instructions of any barrier or sign placed in any street by any public utility or by any department of this city, provided the type of barrier or sign so erected has been first approved by the traffic engineer.
Ord. 92-19 § 110, 1994
10.20.120 Stop when traffic obstructed.¶
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless
there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he or she is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed.
Ord. 92-19 § 111, 1992
10.20.130 Decrease of maximum speed limit between districts. Whenever by resolution it is¶
determined on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the maximum speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon any portion of a street or highway other than a state highway for a distance of not exceeding two thousand feet in length between districts, business or residential, the prima facie speed limit not less than twenty-five miles per hour, upon that portion shall be as determined in the resolution, and shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the street or highway.
Ord. 9219 § 112, 1992
10.20.140 Regulations of traffic on freeways.¶
No person shall drive or operate any bicycle, motor driven
cycle, or any vehicle which is not drawn by a motor vehicle upon any street established as a freeway or limited access highway, nor shall any pedestrian walk across or along any such street so established except in space set aside for the use of pedestrians, provided official signs are in place giving notice of such restrictions.
Ord. 92-19 § 113, 1992
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