Chapter 10.12 — APPLICATION AND ENFORCEMENT

Law enforcement officers, as well as public safety officers, community service officers, and other members as designated in Section 10.08.010 of this title, are authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, audible or other signal. In the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or insure safety or to safeguard pedestrians, law enforcement officers or members of the fire department may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary contained in this title.

(Ord. No. 706, § 2, 2-5-2019)

Crossing guards, given temporary or permanent appointment for such duty by the city, at such assigned locations as may require traffic direction for orderly traffic flow, are authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, audible or other signal in conformance with traffic laws.

(Ord. No. 706, § 2, 2-5-2019)

No person other than an officer of the law enforcement agency, or members of the fire department, or a person as designated in this title, including Section 10.08.01, shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal.

(Ord. No. 706, § 2, 2-5-2019)

No person shall fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order, signal, or direction of a law enforcement officer, or a member of the fire department, or a person authorized as designated in Section 10.08.010 of this title, or by this title, vehicle code, or applicable law, nor shall any person perform any act forbidden by lawful order, signal, or direction.

(Ord. No. 706, § 2, 2-5-2019)

It is a violation for any person driving any vehicle, or other conveyance upon any street, or any pedestrian, to do any act forbidden, or fail to perform any act required as applicable to any such person under this title, vehicle code, or applicable law.

(Ord. No. 706, § 2, 2-5-2019)

Every person riding a bicycle upon a highway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this title, except those provisions, which by their very nature can have no application.

(Ord. No. 706, § 2, 2-5-2019)

No person shall interfere with or obstruct in any way any law enforcement officer or other authorized officer or employee of this city in their enforcement of the provisions of this title, as designated in Section 10.08.010 of this title.

(Ord. No. 706, § 2, 2-5-2019)

The provisions of this title shall apply to the operator of any vehicle owned or used in the service of the United States Government, this state, any county or city, and it shall be unlawful for any operator to violate any of the provisions of this title except as otherwise permitted in this title or by the vehicle code.

(Ord. No. 706, § 2, 2-5-2019)

(a)

The provisions of this title regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles operated by the city's law enforcement agency, public safety officers and community safety officers, or fire department, any public ambulance or any public utility vehicle or any private ambulance, which public utility vehicle or private ambulance has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle, when any vehicle mentioned in this section is operated in the manner specified by the vehicle code in response to an emergency call, or other authorized city-permitted activity in undertaking or executing their duties.

(b)

The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, relieve the operator of any such vehicle from the obligation to exercise due care for the safety of others or the consequences of his or her willful disregard of the safety of others.

(c)

The provisions of this title regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a city department or public utility while necessarily in use for construction or repair work or any vehicle owned or operated by the United States Postal Service while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail.

(Ord. No. 706, § 2, 2-5-2019)

Any regularly employed and salaried officer or deputy of the law enforcement agency of this city, or a regularly employed and salaried city employee who is authorized to enforce parking laws and regulations as designated in this title, may remove or cause to be removed:

(1)

Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway for seventy-two or more consecutive hours;

(2)

Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway when parking or standing is prohibited by an ordinance or resolution of this city and signs are posted giving notice of removal;

(3)

Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or for the installation of underground utilities, where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic, or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of a vehicle would prohibit or interfere with the use or movement; provided that signs giving notice that the vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior to the removal;

(4)

Any vehicle within the city's jurisdiction in violation of any of the enumerated circumstances permitting removal consistent with, and as authorized by, the vehicle code, including Sections 22651 through 22711.

(Ord. No. 706, § 2, 2-5-2019)

(a)

Pursuant to vehicle code Section 40200 et seq., which establishes a system of administrative adjudication, stopping, standing or parking vehicle violations are subject to an administrative fine or penalty (i.e., parking citation). Otherwise, all offenses shall be subject to the penalties pursuant to Chapter 1.12 of this code.

(b)

Pursuant to Section 40202(a) of the vehicle code, parking citations are issued by the city's law enforcement agency officers and those persons designated in this title as authorized to enforce traffic and parking laws and regulations.

(Ord. No. 706, § 2, 2-5-2019)