Earlier editions: 2026-09
Chapter 11 — Motor Vehicles and Traffic›Article V — MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
Fairfield Municipal Code § 11.5 Driving through funeral procession
Fairfield Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Fairfield
Cite as: Fairfield Municipal Code § 11.5 · Text as of 2026-10-04
No operator of any vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral procession or a parade, if such vehicles are conspicuously so designated. The directing of all vehicles and traffic on any street over which such funeral procession or parade wishes to pass shall be subject to the orders of the police department.
(Ord. No. 69-21, § 1)
§ 11.5.1. Clinging to moving vehicle.¶
No person shall attach himself with his hands or catch on or hold on to with his hands or by other means to any moving vehicle or train for the purpose of receiving motive power therefrom.
(Ord. No. 69-21, § 1)
§ 11.5.2. Commercial vehicles using private driveways.¶
No person shall operate or drive a commercial vehicle in, on or across any private driveway approach or sidewalk area or the driveway itself without the consent of the owner or occupant of the property, if a sign or markings are in place indicating that the use of such driveway is prohibited. For the purpose of this section, a commercial vehicle shall mean a vehicle having a rated capacity in excess of one half ton.
(Ord. No. 69-21, § 1)
§ 11.5.3. New pavement and markings.¶
No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted markings in any street when a barrier sign, cone marker or other warning device is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking or when any such device is in place indicating that the street or any portion thereof is closed.
(Ord. No. 69-21, § 1)
§ 11.5.4. No entrance into intersection that would obstruct traffic.¶
No operator of any vehicle shall enter any intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed.
(Ord. No. 69-21, § 1)
§ 11.5.5. Motorized cycles using private driveways, public walkways, bicycle paths and…¶
No person shall operate or drive a motor driven bicycle, in, on, or across any private driveway approach, sidewalk area, public walkway, bicycle path or trail without the consent of the owner or occupant of the property.
(Ord. No. 69-21, 1; Ord. No. 72-11, § 1)
§ 11.5.6. Bicycle routes and crossings.¶
The traffic engineer is hereby authorized to designate and maintain, by appropriate signs, or by paint upon roadway surfaces, such bicycle routes, lanes or paths as the city council shall establish. The signing shall include, but not be limited to, the establishment of bicycle crossings at locations where traffic conditions warrant.
(Ord. No. 72-11, § 2)
§ 11.5.7. Load limits in residence districts.¶
Subject only to the exceptions required by sections 35701(a), 35703 and 35704 of the state Vehicle Code, no person shall operate, drive, or park a vehicle exceeding ten thousand pounds (five tons) gross weight, including vehicle and load, within a "residence district," as defined in Section 515 of the state Vehicle Code. In accordance with section 35701(b) of the state Vehicle Code, the department of Public Works shall erect and maintain signs calculated to give public notice of this weight restriction.
(Ord. No. 74-20, § 2; Ord. No. 76-10, § 1; Ord. 2002-15, § 2)
§ 11.5.8. Weight limitation on Cordelia Road.¶
(a) Pursuant to section 35701 of the vehicle code, commercial vehicles exceeding a gross weight of 14,000 pounds are prohibited on Cordelia Road between Pittman Road and Hale Ranch Road.
(b) Those vehicles defined in vehicle code section 35714, subsections (a), (c), (d), (e), and (g) and section 545 shall be exempted from this prohibition.
(Ord. No. 76-24, § 1; Ord. No. 81-25, § 1)
§ 11.5.9. Failure to observe barriers closing flooded streets.¶
(a) Any person who fails to observe any suitable barrier or obstruction placed upon a street by the department of public safety or department of public works to indicate a road is closed to vehicular traffic when there is standing water in the street shall be guilty of a misdemeanor as provided in subsection (b).
(b) A violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $150.00.
(Ord. No. 86-5, § 1)
§ 11.5.10. Weight limitations on Hale Ranch Road.¶
(a) Pursuant to section 35701 of the vehicle code, commercial vehicles exceeding a gross weight of 10,000 pounds are prohibited on Hale Ranch Road.
(b) Those vehicles defined in vehicle code section 35714, subsections (a), (c), (d), (e) and (g) and section 545 shall be exempted from this prohibition.
(Ord. 2002-01, § 1; Ord. No. 86-12, § 1)
§ 11.5.11. Weight limitations on Cement Hill Road.¶
(a) Pursuant to section 35701 of the vehicle code, commercial vehicles exceeding a gross weight of 14,000 pounds are prohibited on Cement Hill Road between Clay Bank Road and Peabody Road.
(b) Those vehicles defined in vehicle code section 35714, subsections (a), (c), (d), (e) and (g) and section 545 shall be exempted from this prohibition.
§ 11.5.12. Weight limitations on Hilborn Road.¶
(a) Pursuant to Section 35701 of the vehicle code, commercial vehicles exceeding a gross weight of 10,000 pounds are prohibited on Hilborn Road between Lyon Road/North Texas Street and Air Base Parkway/Waterman Boulevard.
(b) Those vehicles defined in vehicle code section 35714, subsections (a), (c), (d), (e) and (g) and Section 545 shall be exempted from this prohibition.
(Ord. No. 2002-04, § 1)
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