Carson Municipal Code Part 8 Hazardous Materials

(a) No person operating a vehicle transporting a hazardous material or substance as identified in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations shall park the vehicle on any highway, highway shoulder, street, alley, public way or public place, or within five (5) feet of the traveled portion thereof, within a residential zone or within one thousand (1,000) feet of any school or within three hundred (300) feet of any bridge or tunnel, except for brief periods when mechanical or equipment failure or disablement or malfunction of the vehicle, or the necessities of operation require the vehicle to be parked and make it impractical to park the vehicle in the other place.

(b) Repair, maintenance, refuse, utility, termite and pesticide vehicles, fuel delivery vehicles, and vehicles delivering life support and health commodities are exempt from the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section while the drivers are performing duties that are evident and necessary as the operator of the vehicle or the provider of the service.

(c) This Section does not relieve a driver from complying with Federal, State or local laws relating to the transportation of hazardous materials or explosives, or motor carrier safety regulations.

(Ord. 92-969 § 1; Ord. 05-1334 § 1)