Fairfield Municipal Code § 11.12 Definitions

Whenever the following words are used in this article, they shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:

(a)

The term "core area"

shall mean that area in the City of Fairfield consisting of Texas Street bounded by Beck Avenue on the west and Marigold Drive on the north, and shall include the boundary streets just mentioned.

(b)

The words "traffic control point"

shall refer to any of the following intersections: West Texas and Beck Avenue; West Texas and Fifth Street; West Texas and Gregory; West Texas and Second Street; West Texas and First Street; Texas Street and Pennsylvania Avenue; Texas and Great Jones Streets; Texas and Taylor Streets; Texas and Madison Streets; Texas and Jackson Streets; Texas and Webster Streets; Texas and Jefferson Streets; Texas Street and Union Avenue; Texas and Washington Street; Texas and Clay Street; State Street and North Texas; Taft Street and North Texas; Empire Place and North Texas; East Kentucky and North Texas; East Tennessee and North Texas; Utah Street and North Texas; Bell Avenue and North Texas; East Wyoming Street and North Texas; Travis Blvd. and North Texas; Wisconsin Street and North Texas; Oak Street and North Texas; Acacia Street and North Texas; East Tabor Avenue and North Texas; East Pacific Avenue and North Texas; East Alaska Avenue and North Texas; Airbase Parkway and North Texas; Atlantic Avenue/Cement Hill Road and North Texas; Hawthorne Drive and North Texas; and Marigold Drive and North Texas.

(c)

The word "cruising"

shall mean the repetitive driving of a motor vehicle past a traffic control point in traffic which is congested at or near the traffic control point, as determined by the ranking peace officer on duty within the affected area, within a specified time period and after the vehicle operator has been given an adequate written notice that further driving past the control point shall be a violation of this ordinance.

(Ord. 91-15, § 1)

Cruising is prohibited in the core area each evening from 6:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. the next morning.

No person shall be guilty of cruising unless he or she:

(a) After having been observed driving past the control point on a previous driving trip, has been warned that he or she is cruising upon further driving past the control point. This warning shall be printed in bold and legible type, in the English language upon a card not smaller than four inches by six inches (4 x 6), which card shall be handed to the person being warned. The card shall also state the prohibition set forth in section 11.12.1 of this article, and the definition of "cruising" set forth in section 11.12 of this article; and

(b) After having been so observed and warned, has again driven past the control point which he or she drove past earlier in the same 6:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. period.

Signs shall be erected at the beginning and end of the portion of the street subject to cruising control that briefly and clearly state the appropriate provisions of this ordinance and vehicle code section 21100(k).

Violation of this article shall be an infraction punishable as provided in section 1.7 of this code.

(Ord. No. 85-19, § 1)