Chico Municipal Code Ch. 10.15 Operation of Vehicles

The provisions of this chapter shall govern the operation of vehicles on the public streets and all other public ways and places within the city.

(Ord. 2119)

No person, other than a city police officer, a city firefighter, a person authorized by the city manager, chief of police, fire chief, community development director, or the public works director, capital projects services director or the general services director, or a person otherwise authorized by law, shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal; except that any person may affect the movement of traffic by operating a push button or other control device installed as part of the electrical circuitry of a traffic signal in order to facilitate street crossing by pedestrians and bicyclists.

(Ord. 2119, Ord. 2364 §109, Ord. 2439 §77)

No person shall drive any animal-drawn vehicle into or within the central traffic district between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day; Sundays, holidays and permitted parades excepted.

(Ord. 2119)

No person shall drive a vehicle between vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion and when the vehicles in such processions are conspicuously so designated.

(Ord. 2119)

No person shall drive upon or within any parkway except at a permanent or temporary driveway.

(Ord. 2119)

No person shall ride or drive any animal or vehicle over or across any freshly laid pavement or freshly painted markings in any street when a barrier or sign is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or markings, or when a sign is in place stating that the street, or any portion thereof, is closed.

(Ord. 2119)

No person shall drive a vehicle exceeding a gross maximum weight of seven tons upon any street not designated as a truck route, except that nothing in this section shall prohibit the operator of any such vehicle from having ingress and egress from a designated truck route when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located off of a truck route upon a 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 streets when a building permit has been obtained for such building or structure. Further, the provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses or to any vehicle owned and operated by a public utility when in use for the construction, installation or repair of utility facilities.

(Ord. 2119; Ord. 2311)

No person, other than the driver of a vehicle operated by a city firefighter or other fire protection personnel, or the driver of a vehicle operated by a city police officer or other law enforcement personnel, shall drive a vehicle within a distance of 300 feet of the scene of a fire or other emergency being responded to by the city fire department or another fire protection agency, or within 50 feet of any fire equipment located at the scene of a fire or other emergency being responded to by the city fire department or another fire protection agency, unless requested or authorized by the firefighter acting as the on-scene commander.

(Ord. 2119)