Costa Mesa Municipal Code Art. 1 In General

The city council of the City of Costa Mesa finds and declared that regulation and control of the movement of buildings or structures over and through the city's streets are necessary for the health, safety and welfare of the public.

Further, the city council finds and declares that when a building or structure so moved is to be relocated or placed on a fixed site within the corporate limits of the city that certain problems, conditions or requirements must be considered and dealt with and, therefore, regulations are hereby set forth to deal with same for the public health, safety and welfare.

(Ord. No. 75-45, § 2, 9-16-75)

Except as provided in this chapter, no vehicle or combination of vehicles, motorized or otherwise, shall travel over, on or upon the streets of the City of Costa Mesa exceeding the size, weight or load requirements as set forth in the California Vehicle Code, Division 15, commencing with § 35000, as amended.

Said California Vehicle Code provisions are hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference and any user of the streets of the City of Costa Mesa found to be in violation thereof shall be guilty of a misdemean-or.

(Ord. No. 75-45, § 2, 9-16-75)

Except as hereinafter provided all words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have the same meanings as set forth in the California Building Code and California Residential Code, and amendments thereto:

Street

means a public street, road, alley, highway, right-of-way or other ways dedicated to and for the public's use for travel.

(Ord. No. 75-45, § 2, 9-16-75; Ord. No. 07-18, § 3, 10-16-07; Ord. No. 10-10, § 4c., 9-21-10)

Any finding, determination or decision of the respective city officials or commission assigned to oversee and enforce the provisions of this chapter shall be final and conclusive, unless any person aggrieved by such finding, determination or decision shall have filed, within 10 days after same, a written appeal to the city council pursuant to Costa Mesa Municipal Code, Title 2, Chapter IX, commencing with section 2-300.

(Ord. No. 75-45, § 2, 9-16-75; Ord. No. 87-22, § 2, 11-2-87)