Eastvale Municipal Code Ch. 10.32 Miscellaneous Traffic Regulations

(a) Pursuant to Vehicle Code § 21657, one-way highways requiring that vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction at all or such times as shall be indicated by official traffic control devices, may be established by the city council upon city highways.

(b) The city shall, on the streets so designated, place and maintain appropriate signs and other traffic markings at all intersections of roads so provided necessary to give notice of the one-way direction. No such regulation shall be effective until signs or markings are in place.

(c) Any person, who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not exceeding five days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. No. 2011-04, §§ 1, 2, 1-26-2011)

(a) The city is authorized to place and maintain on city highways in mountain areas where winter snow conditions are a traffic hazard signs bearing appropriate words to require the use of tire chains on all motor vehicles using such highways when snow or ice conditions constitute a hazard. Such signs may be removable or adjustable so as to be readily placed in use and made visible when conditions require, and to be covered or otherwise not in view when not required.

(b) The city and its employees, the chief of police and police officers, and any officer of the California Highway Patrol are authorized to place such signs in use when snow or ice conditions on such highways are such as in their judgment as to constitute a traffic hazard, and to remove or withdraw such signs when no longer needed.

(c) When such a sign has been placed in use and there is snow or ice on such highway, every motor vehicle using such highway shall be equipped with tire chains installed on at least two drive wheels, or snow-tread tires if permitted by law.

(Ord. No. 2011-04, §§ 1, 2, 1-26-2011)

(a) Findings. The city council finds that as the city continues to grow and become more urbanized many highways, roads and bridges within residential areas are not suitable for use by certain vehicles.

(b) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to enable the city to regulate vehicle traffic on highways, roads and bridges in or near residential areas pursuant to provisions in the California Vehicle Code so as to improve quality of life and traffic safety in residential areas.

(c) Authority. This section is adopted pursuant to Vehicle Code §§ 32, 21101, 35701—35714, and 42030.1. Taken together, these sections authorize a city to prohibit any commercial vehicle exceeding a certain manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating, from using certain highways within residential areas. These sections also authorize a city to reduce the permissible weight of vehicles and loads upon unimproved city highways or city bridges. Vehicle Code § 42030.1 provides a table of monetary fines for violations.

(d) Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

City bridges means any structures carrying a city highway or CSA road over or across a depression or obstacle.

City highways means any streets, roads and highways that have been accepted into the city-maintained road system and are maintained by the city.

Commercial vehicle means any vehicle of a type that is required to be registered under the California Vehicle Code used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.

CSA roads means any streets, roads and highways that have been dedicated and accepted by the city as public use roads, and are maintained by a city service area (CSA).

Identified means identified by the city council in the manner described in subsection (f) of this section.

Residence district means that portion of a highway and the property contiguous thereto, other than a business district:

(1) Upon one side of which highway, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 13 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures; or

(2) Upon both sides of which highway collectively, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 16 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures.

A residence district may be longer than one-quarter of a mile if the ratio set forth in this definition of separate dwelling houses or business structures to the length of the highway exists.

Residential area means a neighborhood where the prevailing land use is primarily residential including, but not limited to, a residence district.

Restricted means limited to use by vehicles that do not exceed maximum permissible weight prohibitions.

Unimproved means not built to a standard or quality sufficient for acceptance into the city-maintained road system and not maintained by the transportation department.

Unrestricted means not confined to use solely by vehicles weighing under a maximum weight.

(e) Weight prohibitions and reductions.

(1) Pursuant to Vehicle Code §§ 21101(c) and 35700 et seq, the city council prohibits any commercial vehicle exceeding a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds (five tons) or weighing more than 10,000 pounds from using any identified city highways or identified CSA roads within a residential area for any duration of the day or from using any identified city highways or identified CSA roads if the use of such highways or roads may adversely affect traffic circulation or safety within a residential area.

(2) Pursuant to Vehicle Code § 35706, the city council reduces the permissible weight of vehicles and loads upon identified unimproved city highways and identified city bridges.

(f) Identification of affected city highways, unimproved city highways, CSA roads and city bridges. The city council finds that a citywide truck route study has been completed in full compliance with the requirements of the California Vehicle Code and the recommendations in the study should be implemented. Based upon the review of the study and related information, the city council has identified by resolution those city highways, unimproved city highways, CSA roads and city bridges to which the weight prohibitions and reductions described in subsection (e) of this section apply, and finds that all trucks within the city shall be operated only on the truck routes illustrated on the "Map of Citywide Truck Routes", attached hereto and made a part hereof, when appropriate signs are erected along the routes.

(g) Exempt vehicles. Neither this section nor any resolution adopted pursuant hereto shall apply to or regulate the following:

(1) Any commercial vehicle coming from an unrestricted city highway, city highway, CSA road or city bridge having ingress and egress by direct route to and from a restricted city highway, unimproved city highway, CSA road or city bridge when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building structure located on the restricted city highway, unimproved city highway, CSA road or city bridge 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 the restricted city highway, unimproved city highway, CSA road or city bridge for which a building permit has previously been obtained;

(2) Any vehicle owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility;

(3) School buses and public transit buses;

(4) Vehicles that have been issued and display a permit pursuant to county Ordinance No. 499, relating to encroachments on county highways, or county Ordinance No. 524, regulating oversize and overweight vehicles and loads;

(5) Vehicles that are allowed to be parked on private property owned by the owner of the vehicles pursuant to county Ordinance No. 348, providing for land use planning and zoning regulations and related functions, when using the most direct route from an unrestricted city highway, unimproved city highway, CSA road or city bridge to access the vehicle owner's property;

(6) Emergency response vehicles;

(7) Any commercial vehicle using any city highway, CSA road or city bridge by direct route to or from a state highway for the purpose of delivering or loading for transportation goods, wares, or merchandise.

(h) Sign requirements. A resolution adopted pursuant to this section shall not be effective with respect to any city highway, unimproved city highway, CSA road or city bridge until the director of transportation posts signs indicating that a vehicle weight restriction is in effect and indicating either the places affected or the places not affected, as the director of transportation may determine will best serve to give notice of a weight restriction to the motoring public.

(i) Alternate route designation. A resolution adopted pursuant to this section shall not be effective with respect to any city highway, unimproved city highway, CSA road or section bridge unless the city council also designates an alternate route for affected vehicles which shall remain unrestricted by any local regulation as to those affected vehicles so long as the vehicle weight prohibition or reduction shall remain in effect.

(j) Violations and penalties. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine or penalty of at least $250.00 or more as specified in Vehicle Code § 42030.1, up to $2,000.00.

(Ord. No. 2011-04, §§ 1, 2, 1-26-2011; Ord. No. 18-11, §§ 1,2, 10-24-2018)

(a) Pursuant to Vehicle Code § 21109, the city council may, by resolution, adopt rules and regulations, regulating vehicular and pedestrian traffic in subways, tubes, tunnels, bridges and viaducts in the city.

(b) No rules and regulations adopted by resolution pursuant to this section shall be effective until:

(1) Appropriate signs have been posted giving notice to drivers and pedestrians approaching the structures;

(2) They are approved in writing by the department of transportation, if the resolution affects a state highway.

(c) It is unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions of this chapter, whether adopted in this chapter or by resolution; provided, however, the provisions do not apply to persons engaged in the performance of official duties or to vehicular travel authorized by a resolution of the city council.

(d) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the provisions of a resolution adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding $1,000.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. No. 2011-04, §§ 1, 2, 1-26-2011)

(a) Purpose; authority. The purpose of this section is to establish a process for the designation and signing of truck terminal and service access routes as provided by State law, and to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the public. This article is adopted pursuant to Vehicle Code § 35401.5(d) and the city's general police power. The city council finds that this article is necessary in consideration of public safety on, and preservation of, highways under the city's jurisdiction.

(b) Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms apply to this section, and if any word or phrase used in this article is not defined in this section, it shall have the meaning set forth in the California Vehicle Code or, if not defined in the Vehicle Code, the meaning attributed to it in ordinary usage.

Caltrans shall mean the Department of Transportation of the State of California, or its successor agency.

National Network shall mean those highways within the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and those portions of federal-aid primary highways and federal-aid urban system highways that have been qualified by the United States Secretary of Transportation for such uses.

STAA Vehicle (Truck) means any truck exceeding the legal length under the California Vehicle Code, but in conformance with the Federal Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, Public Law 97-424, 96 Stat. 2097, 49 U.S.C. § 2311 et seq., and as addressed by Vehicle Code § 35401.5.

Public works director shall mean the Director of Public Works of the City of Eastvale or his or her authorized representative.

Service Access (SA) Route, shall mean a route designated by the state allowing STAA vehicles to exit the National Network (NN) for a distance of one road mile to access food, fuel, lodging, and repair services, provided the exits are identified.

Terminal shall mean any facility at which freight is consolidated to be shipped or where full load consignments may be offloaded or at which freeway trucks are regularly maintained, stored or manufactured.

Terminal Access (TA) Route shall mean a route designated by the State allowing STAA vehicles to access terminals or services.

(c) Application—Requirements generally. Any interested person requiring access for an STAA truck or trucks from the national network, for the purposes of providing a terminal access route or service route, along highways under the city's jurisdiction to a terminal or terminals shall submit the following to the public works director: an application, on a form as provided by the city, the requisite fee, and such further information as may be required by the public works director.

(d) Application—City action. Upon receipt of the application, the public works director will cause an investigation to be made to ascertain whether or not the proposed terminal facility meets the requirements for a terminal, as defined. Upon his or her approval of the terminal facility, and in cooperation with the Department of Transportation (Caltrans), to the extent required by the California Vehicle Code, the public works director will then determine the capability of the route requested and alternate routes, whether requested or not. Determination of route capability will include a review of adequate turning radius and lane widths of ramps, intersections, streets and highways, general traffic conditions such as sight distance, speed and traffic volumes, and other considerations as deemed relevant by the public works director. No STAA access from the national network will be approved without the approval of Caltrans. Based on these considerations, the public works director will then decide either to make a recommendation to the city council to approve the terminal access route by resolution or the public works director shall disapprove the terminal access route.

(e) Fees and costs.

(i) At the time of submitting the application, the applicant shall pay a nonrefundable application fee, as established by resolution which may be amended from time to time, sufficient to pay the cost of the review of the terminal designation and the review of the route and alternate route, and related administrative costs.

(ii) Upon the approval of the terminal designation and route by the city council, the applicant shall deposit with the city sufficient funds as estimated by the public works director to pay for the purchase and installation of terminal trailblazer signs. Trailblazer signs will be required at every decision point in the city on route to the terminal. Upon completion of the installation of the signs, the actual cost shall be computed and any difference between the actual and the estimated cost shall be billed or refunded to the applicant, whichever the case may be. No terminal or route may be used until such signs as may be required are in place.

(iii) Notwithstanding subsections (i) and (ii) of this section, a fee will not be charged if the applicant is a terminal operator.

(f) Retrofitting.

(i) If all feasible routes to a requested terminal are found unsatisfactory by the public works director, the applicant may request retrofitting of the deficiencies. All costs of engineering, construction and inspection will be the responsibility of the applicant. Except when the retrofitting of deficiencies is within the jurisdiction of Caltrans, the actual construction will be done by the city or by a contractor acceptable to the city.

(ii) When the work is to be done by the city, the applicant shall deposit with the city the estimated cost of retrofitting. Adjustments between the estimated and actual costs shall be made after completion of the work and any difference between the actual and the estimated cost shall be billed or refunded to the applicant, whichever the case maybe,

(iii) If at any time within five years from the date of completion of the retrofitting by the applicant, should any other applicant seek terminal access route approval which would use the route upon which such retrofitting was accomplished, any such applicant's fee may include that applicant's proportionate share of the retrofitting, as determined by the public works director, which fee shall be disbursed by the city to the applicant who paid for the retrofitting as well as to any other applicant who contributed to the cost of retrofitting.

(g) Revocation of route. The public works director may revoke any approved terminal or terminal access route if the terminal or route becomes an unreasonable traffic hazard for vehicular or pedestrian traffic. A traffic hazard includes the inability of STAA trucks to negotiate the route or such vehicles causing unsafe driving conditions for other vehicular traffic or pedestrians.

(h) Appeal process. If the public works director denies terminal designation or route feasibility or revokes a previously approved terminal or route, the applicant or terminal owner, within 15 days following the date of receipt of the decision of the public works director, may appeal the decision to the city council in writing. The appeal shall state specifically whether there was an error or abuse of discretion by the public works director or whether his or her decision is not supported by the evidence in the record. Within five days of receiving notification that the appeal has been filed, the public works director shall transmit to the City Clerk the terminal application, the sketches of the revoked route and all other data filed there with, the written decision, and all other relevant documentation. The city council will then reconsider the public works director's decision and either affirm or reverse it. The city council's decision shall be final.

(i) Prohibition. No person shall drive an STAA truck upon any street not designated as a terminal access route pursuant to this article.

(j) Prohibited STAA truck parking. In accordance with the provisions of this article relating to terminal access routes, no person shall at any time cause STAA trucks or semitrailers to be parked upon any street not so designated as a terminal access route in accordance with this article.

(k) Sign requirements. A resolution adopted pursuant to this section shall not be effective with respect to any city highway, unimproved city highway, CSA road or city bridge until the director of transportation posts signs indicating that STAA truck terminal access is permitted along said routes.

(Ord. No. 18-11, § 3, 10-24-2018)