Clovis Municipal Code Art. 13 Restricted Use of Certain Streets

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person shall operate any of the following vehicles in the Central Traffic District between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day:

(1) Any freight vehicle more than eight and one-half (8 1/2') feet in width, with load, or any freight vehicle so loaded that any part of its load extends more than twenty (20') feet to the front or rear of such vehicle;

(2) Any vehicle carrying building materials which have not been loaded or are not to be unloaded at some point within the Central Traffic District; and

(3) Any vehicle conveying refuse, rubbish, garbage, or dirt.

(b) The City Engineer may by written permit authorize the operation of any such vehicle for the purpose of making necessary emergency deliveries to or from points within the Central Traffic District.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

No person shall operate or drive any vehicle used for advertising purposes or any advertising vehicle equipped with a sound-amplifying or loudspeaking device upon any street or alley at any time within the Central Traffic District.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965)

No person shall drive any animal-drawn vehicle into or within the Central Traffic District between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965)

(a) Whenever any resolution of the City designates and describes any street, or portion thereof, as a street, the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding the maximum gross weight limit of three (3) tons, the City Engineer is hereby authorized to designate such street or streets by appropriate signs as “truck routes” for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three (3) tons.

(b) When any such truck route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three (3) tons shall drive on such route or routes and none other, except that nothing in this section shall prohibit the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of three (3) tons coming from a truck route having ingress and egress by direct route to and from restricted streets when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on such restricted streets 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 for which a building permit has previously been obtained therefor.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:

(1) Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission; or

(2) Any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction, installation, or repair of any public utility.

(d) Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the Council are hereby declared to be truck routes for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight of three (3) tons.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

(a) Whenever any resolution of the City designates and describes any street, or portion thereof, as a street, the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle, the City Engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets affected by such resolution.

(b) Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the Council are hereby declared to be streets, the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle. The provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person upon roller skates, skateboard, or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device to go upon any roadway, or upon the sidewalk in the business district, or upon private property open to the public where the use of such devices is expressly prohibited by posted signs.

(b) The owners of the above mentioned private property, or their agents, are hereby authorized to post signs banning the use of such devices on the specified property.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965; as amended by § 1, Ord. 95-15, eff. June 14, 1995)