Corona Municipal Code Ch. 12.20 Use of Streets

No person shall transport material of any kind over, along or across the public streets on wagons, cars or vehicles of any kind, or by any method, unless the same is so transported or carried that no portion of any material falls or is deposited upon the public streets. The gears of all wagons or vehicles of any kind used to haul or transport earth or other material along the public streets shall be cleaned before leaving the loading place, and also before leaving the dumping place, and especially shall all wagons hauling earth, sand, rock, straw, brush, hay, rubbish, garbage, swill, cesspool or privy contents or other material, manure or commercial fertilizer be so constructed that such material will not waste through and be deposited upon the street, in whole or in part, but this shall not apply to depositing material on the streets under lawful permits for building or improvement purposes.

(`78 Code, § 12.20.010.)

In case material is deposited by accident or other means upon the public streets and alleys, contrary to § 12.24.010, the same shall be immediately cleaned from the street and removed by the person in charge of the wagon, car or vehicle.

(`78 Code, § 12.20.020.)

(A) No person shall occupy a portion of any street or sidewalk, alley or other public place, for the purpose of selling merchandise or commodities of any kind, unless issued a sidewalk vendor permit in accordance with Chapter 5.35.

(B) No person other than a nonprofit organization possessing a valid license issued pursuant to § 9.20.120 shall sell any merchandise or commodities at a special event or within 200 feet of any special event or parade route on the day of the special event or parade.

(`78 Code, § 12.20.030.) (Ord. 3999 § 5, 2024; Ord. 3998 § 6, 2024; Ord. 1797 § 3, 1986; Ord. 1632 § 1, 1982.)

No person shall propel any traction engine or other engine or machine of like nature across, over or along any graded or improved street unless the person in charge thereof applies to the Superintendent of Streets to have a route designed for the same to travel, and if it is not possible to designate a route to reach the desired destination without passing over such streets, then such traction engine or other engine or machine of like nature must have its wheels and other parts so protected or removed that the streets will not be injured by its passage thereon. The Superintendent of Streets shall designate the hours within which such traction engine or other engine or machine may be in motion along the designated route, and if for any reason it is necessary for such traction engine or other engine or machinery to remain upon any public street while not in motion during any or all of the hours between sunset and sunrise, the same shall be by the person in charge thereof protected by a satisfactory red light both in front and behind and on the sides thereof, if in view of an intersecting street.

(`78 Code, § 12.20.040.)

No person shall drag or propel any vehicle, machine, harrow, cultivator or implement of any kind over, along or upon any street, alley or other public place which does not wholly rest upon adequate road wheels which do not damage or cut into the street, nor shall any part of such machine or other vehicle, other than the wheels carrying the same, come in contact with the surface of the street, except that light orchard cultivators and similar implements may be transported on light drags over and across unimproved streets if it is done in such a manner as not to cut into or make ruts in the streets.

(`78 Code, § 12.20.050.)

No person shall propel any other vehicle over or along any public street or alley, which drags a block or other article usually used as a braking for the rear wheels of wagons, or drag any pipe, lumber, trees or other articles across, over or along such street. Nothing in this section or in § 12.24.010 shall prohibit the Superintendent of Streets from using any vehicle, machine, implement or drag in the improvement or repair of any street.

(`78 Code, § 12.20.060.) (Ord. 2270 § 1 (part), 1995.)

No person shall remove any pavement, sidewalk, crosswalk, curb or gutter or remove any earth, stone, sand or gravel from any street, alley or public place in this city without first having obtained permission from the Superintendent of Streets or unless proceeding with work under lawful authority.

(`78 Code, § 12.20.070.)

No person shall tie any animal to any ornamental lighting post, or themselves lean or stand any bicycle, motorcycle or other object or thing against any ornamental lighting post, or for one foot on either side thereof, or within 15 feet of any fire hydrant or place or pile boxes, groceries or other articles upon the sidewalk for delivery to stores or otherwise within one foot of such ornamental lighting posts or to a height or in a manner calculated to injure same, and they shall be removed at once to the interior of the stores or other private property.

(`78 Code, § 12.20.080.)

No person shall stake or fasten any animal to any tree, plant or shrub growing in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or stake, tie or fasten any animal in such a manner as to permit the same to feed or graze upon any street or alley or other public place.

(`78 Code, § 12.20.090.)