California City Municipal Code Div. 2 Vehicles

This division regulates the driving of vehicles on city streets.

No driver of a vehicle shall make a right turn against a red or stop signal at an intersection posted with notice prohibiting such turns.

A driver emerging from an alley, driveway, or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across an alleyway or driveway.

No driver shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral procession or a parade when such vehicles are conspicuously so designated.

No person shall attach with hands or by other means to a moving vehicle for the purpose of receiving motive power.

No commercial vehicle shall be driven across a private driveway approach, sidewalk area, or driveway without the consent of the owner or occupant of the property if a sign or markings are in place indicating the use of the driveway is prohibited. For the purpose of this section, a commercial vehicle is a vehicle having a rated capacity in excess of one-half (½) ton.

No person shall ride, drive, propel, or cause to be propelled a vehicle or animal across or upon a permanently constructed curb or sidewalk, except over permanently constructed driveways and except when it is necessary for a temporary purpose to drive a vehicle across a curb or sidewalk.

No person shall ride or drive an animal or vehicle over or across a newly-made pavement or freshly-painted marking in a street when a barrier sign, cone marker, or other warning device is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or when such device is in place indicating the street, or any portion, is closed.

No person, public utility, or department of the City shall erect or place a barrier or sign on a street, unless of a type approved by the Traffic Engineer. No person shall disobey the instructions, remove, tamper with, or destroy a barrier or sign lawfully placed on a street.

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 without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwith-standing a traffic control signal indication to proceed.

No driver shall drive a vehicle onto or from a limited access roadway except at lawfully established entrances and exits.

(a) A pedestrian mall consisting of an alley from Neuralia Road to 82nd Street between California City Boulevard and Bay Avenue is established.

(b) Except for loading and unloading, no vehicular traffic is permitted on the pedestrian mall.

(a) The Traffic Engineer may designate streets by appropriate signs as "Truck Routes" for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three (3) tons.

(b) When any such truck routes have been established and are designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three (3) tons shall drive on such routes and none other; provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not prohibit the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of three (3) tons coming from a truck traffic route having ingress and egress by a direct route to and from restricted streets when necessary for the purpose of making pickups and deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on such restricted street, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building or structure upon such restricted street for which a building permit has previously been obtained.

(c) Those streets and parts of streets established by ordinance or by resolution of the Council are declared to be truck routes for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight of three tons.

(a) Whenever any ordinance or resolution of the City designates and describes any street, or portion thereof as a street, the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle, the Traffic Engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets affected by such ordinance or resolution.

(b) Those streets, and parts of streets, established by ordinance or resolution of the Council are declared to be streets, the use of which is prohibited by commercial vehicles.

No person shall willfully drive or permit to be driven a motor vehicle, motorcycle, mini-bike, trailer-bike, dune buggy, motor-scooter, jeep or other form of powered transportation over or across a permanently constructed curb.

On the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation the speed permitted by State laws upon the following streets is less than is necessary for the safe operation of vehicles by reason of the designation and signposting of such streets as through highways and by reason of widely spaced intersections. The prima facie speed limit shall be as follows on those streets, or parts of streets designated when signs are erected giving notice hereof:

(Ord. No. 00-577, 3-7-2000)

On the basis of engineering and traffic survey, the prima facie speed limit permitted by the Vehicle Code within business and residential districts as applied to the following streets is greater than reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets. The prima facie speed limit shall be as follows on those streets, or parts of streets, when signs are erected giving notice thereof:

(Ord. No. 00-577, 3-7-2000)

On the following portions of streets, the State's speed limit of sixty-five (65) miles per hour is applicable for a distance of not exceeding 2,000 feet in length between districts, either business or residence. On the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, the speed permitted by State laws upon the following portions of streets is greater than reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon the described portions of such streets. The prima facie speed limit shall be as follows when signs are erected given notice thereof:

(Ord. 00-577 - March 7, 2000)

The prima facie speed limit on streets adjacent to a children=s play area or where children are at play at a City Park is 25 miles per hour.