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Chapter 2 — TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Part 8 — Hazardous Materials

Carson Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Carson

§ 3270. Vehicles Transporting 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)

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§ 3281. Private Street Defined.

As used in this Chapter, "private street" means a street over which private persons have an easement to travel, and does not include driveways, paths or other ways over which no one has a right to travel except by license.

(Ord. 92-969 § 1; Ord. 05-1334 § 1)

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§ 3282. Private Property – Operating Vehicle Without Permission Prohibited.

A person shall not operate any type of motor vehicle upon the private property of another within six hundred (600) feet of any building or structure designed for or used for residential or commercial purposes, except a highway or private street, without first obtaining the written permission of the person in lawful possession of the property or, if the property is unoccupied, of the owner.

(Ord. 92-969 § 1; Ord. 05-1334 § 1)

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§ 3283. Public Property – Operating Vehicle Without Permission Prohibited.

A person shall not operate any type of motor vehicle upon any public property within six hundred (600) feet of any building or structure designed for or used for residential or commercial purposes, except a highway or private street, without first obtaining the written permission of the public entity which is in possession of such property or, if the property is unoccupied, of the public entity which owns such property.

(Ord. 92-969 § 1; Ord. 05-1334 § 1)

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§ 3284. Possession of Written Permission Required by Vehicle Operator.

Every person who operates any type of motor vehicle upon the private property of another or upon any public property and within six hundred (600) feet of any building or structure designed for or used for residential or commercial purposes, except a highway or private street, at all times while so operating shall maintain in his possession the written permission required by this Part, except that if the same document grants such permission to two (2) or more persons, a person named in such document need not have such document in his possession while another person named in the same document, riding in the same group, and not more than three hundred (300) feet from such person, has such document in his possession. (Ord. 92-969 § 1; Ord. 05-1334 § 1)

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§ 3285. Exceptions – Emergency, Commercial and Other Vehicles.

This Part does not prohibit the use of such property by:

  • (a) Emergency vehicles;

  • (b) Vehicles of commerce in the course of the conduct of normal business;

  • (c) Vehicles being operated on property devoted to commercial or industrial purposes where such operation is in conjunction with commercial or industrial use and where such operation is expressly or implicitly given by the person in possession of the property;

  • (d) Vehicles operating on property actually used for residential purposes and where such vehicles are there at the express or implied invitation of the owner or occupant;

  • (e) Vehicles being operated on public or private parking lots where permission to so operate is expressly or implicitly given by the person in possession of the lot.

  • (Ord. 92-969 § 1; Ord. 05-1334 § 1)

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§ 3286. No Conflict with State Law.

This Part does not prohibit any act, either expressly authorized or expressly prohibited by either Section 602 of the Penal Code, or Section 21 of the Vehicle Code of the State of California, or by any other State law.

(Ord. 92-969 § 1; Ord. 05-1334 § 1)

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