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APPENDIX UNIFORM TRAFFIC ORDINANCE›UNIFORM TRAFFIC ORDINANCE - CITY OF COLTON

Colton Municipal Code Art. XII RESTRICTED Use OF CERTAIN STREETS

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

Cite as: Colton Municipal Code Article XII · Text as of 2026-10-04

Section 12. - Certain Vehicles Prohibited in Central Traffic District.

(a) 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 (8½) 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 said Vehicle;

  2. Any Vehicle carrying Building Material that has not been loaded, or is not to be unloaded, at some point within the Central Traffic District;

  3. Any Vehicle conveying Refuse, Rubbish, Garbage or dirt.

(b) Provided that 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.

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Section 12.1. - Advertising Vehicles.

No Person Shall operate or drive any Vehicle Used for advertising purposes or any advertising Vehicle equipped with a sound-amplifying or loud-speaking device upon any Street or Alley at any time within the Central Traffic District.

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Section 12.2. - Horse-drawn Vehicles.

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.

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Section 12.3. - Truck Routes.

(a) Whenever any resolution of this City Designates and describes any Street or portion thereof as a Street the Use of which is Permitted by any Vehicle exceeding a maximum Gross Weight limit of three 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 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 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 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 to (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 tons.

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Section 12.4. - Commercial Vehicles Prohibited from Using Certain Streets.

(a) Whenever any resolution of this 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 Ordinance.

(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.

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