Chapter 10.40 — VEHICLE TIRES

For statutory provisions on the power of local authorities to prohibit the use of particular highways by certain vehicles, see Vehicle Code §21101(c).

A.

No tire on any vehicle upon any city street shall have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, ridge, bead, or other protuberance of metal or wood which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire.

B.

This section does not apply to the following:

Tire chains of reasonable size used to prevent skidding when upon wet surfaces or when upon snow or ice;

Pneumatic tires which have embedded therein wire not to exceed 0.075 of an inch in diameter, and which are so constructed that under no conditions will the percentage of metal in contact with the roadway exceed five percent of the total tire area in contact with the roadway, except that during the first one thousand miles of use or operation of any such tire, the metal in contact with the roadway may exceed five percent of the tire area in contact with the roadway, but shall in no event exceed twenty percent of such area;

Vehicles operated upon unimproved roadways when necessary in the construction or repair of streets;

Traction engines or tractors when operated under the conditions of a permit first obtained from the Department of Transportation.

(Ord. 323 §20, 1978).