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Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Chino Municipal Code Ch. 10.49 Trespass by Motor Vehicles

Chino Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Chino

Cite as: Chino Municipal Code Chapter 10.49 · Text as of 2026-10-04

10.49.010 - Private property—Operating vehicle without permission prohibited.

No person shall operate any type of motor vehicle upon the private property of another, 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. 91-23 § 1 (part), 1991.)

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10.49.020 - Public property—Operating vehicle without permission prohibited.

No person shall operate any type of motor vehicle upon any public property, 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. 91-23 § 1 (part), 1991.)

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10.49.030 - Possession of written permission required.

Every person who operates any type of motor vehicle upon the private property of another, or upon any public property except a highway or private street, at all times while so operating, shall maintain in his possession the written permission required by this chapter, except that if the same document grants such permission to two 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 feet from such person, has such document in his possession.

(Ord. 91-23 § 1 (part), 1991.)

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10.49.040 - Exceptions to provisions.

This chapter 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 permitted 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 given by the person in possession of the lot;

F. Vehicles being operated on private or public lands where permission to operate motor vehicles has been given by posting such lands as open for recreational, off-highway use.

(Ord. 91-23 § 1 (part), 1991.)

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10.49.050 - Statutory authority.

This chapter does not prohibit any act, either expressly authorized or expressly prohibited by either Section 602 of the Penal Code, or Section 21113 of the Vehicle Code, or by any other state law.

(Ord. 91-23 § 1 (part), 1991.)

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