Ceres Municipal Code Ch. 19 Prohibition of Vehicles in Public Parks

Except as otherwise provided herein, no person shall drive or maintain any motor vehicle, whether attended or unattended, including all motorcycles, motorbikes and go-carts, upon the driveways, paths or grounds of any public park within the City.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

A. The City Council may, from time to time by resolution, designate certain areas, grounds, paths or driveways within any public park which may be used for vehicular traffic and may place such restrictions on said traffic as it may deem proper.

B. Where the City Council permits vehicular traffic in public parks, all of the provisions of the California Vehicle Code relating to traffic upon public highways shall be applicable, except that where those provisions conflict with regulations imposed by the City Council under this chapter the regulations imposed by the City Council shall control.

C. The City Council shall cause to be erected and posted within any public park such appropriate signs as may be necessary to give notice of any regulations imposed under this section.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply in the following circumstances:

A. A person driving or maintain a motor vehicle at a permitted special event permitted, who has obtained a waiver or written permission from the City.

B. A person driving or maintaining a public safety vehicle.

C. A person driving or maintaining a City owned or operated maintenance vehicle.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)