Fremont Municipal Code Art. VII Miscellaneous Driving Rules

No driver of a vehicle shall drive between vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion and when the vehicles in such procession are conspicuously so designated. (Ord. 58 § 3-2700. 1990 Code § 3-2700.)

Any person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, roller skates, or any toy vehicles shall not attach the same or himself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway. (Ord. 58 § 3-2701. 1990 Code § 3-2701.)

The driver of a vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk area or any parkway except at a permanent or temporary driveway. (Ord. 58 § 3-2702. 1990 Code § 3-2702.)

No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted marking in any street when a barrier or sign is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or when a sign is in place stating that the street or any portion thereof is closed. (Ord. 58 § 3-2703. 1990 Code § 3-2703.)

No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority. (Ord. 58 § 3-2704. 1990 Code § 3-2704.)

No person shall drive or operate any bicycle, motor-driven cycle, or any vehicle which is not drawn by a motor vehicle upon any street established as a freeway, as defined by state law, nor shall any pedestrian walk across or along any such street so designated and described except in space set aside for the use of pedestrians, provided official signs are in place giving notice of such restrictions. (Ord. 58 § 3-2705. 1990 Code § 3-2705.)

In addition to state highways within the city, the city of Fremont general plan identifies the streets, or portions thereof, located within the city that are designated as “truck routes” for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum weight limit of 10,000 pounds and the city manager is hereby authorized to designate such streets as “truck routes” by appropriate signs. (Ord. 70 § 1; Ord. 585 § 1; Ord. 85-1 § 1, 7-20-71; Ord. 928 § 1, 11-7-72; Ord. 1012 § 1, 10-15-74; Ord. 1085 § 1, 1-20-76; Ord. 1093 § 1, 3-16-76; Ord. 1505 § 1, 6-22-82; Ord. 1633 § 1, 10-9-84; Ord. 1768 § 1, 4-7-87; Ord. 1818 § 1, 4-26-88; Ord. 2375 § 1, 1-25-00; Ord. 14-2017 § 1, 10-17-17. 1990 Code § 3-2706.)

When appropriate signs are in place, designating the “truck routes” set forth in the city of Fremont general plan, the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross limit of 10,000 pounds shall drive on such routes and none other, except that nothing in this section shall prohibit the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of 10,000 pounds coming from a “truck route” having ingress and egress by direct route to and from restricted streets when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or delivery of goods, wares and merchandise, from or to any building or structure located on such restricted streets, 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 such restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained therefor, or for parking such vehicle in a location for which a parking permit has been issued pursuant to Section 10.05.400. (Ord. 70 § 1; Ord. 1085 § 2, 1-20-76; Ord. 14-2017 § 2, 10-17-17. 1990 Code § 3-2707.)

The provisions of Sections 10.05.370 and 10.05.380 shall not apply to:

(a) Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission.

(b) Any vehicle owned by a public utility which necessarily is in use in the construction, installation, or repair of any public utility.

(c) Any vehicle owned by a railroad corporation (as defined in Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 230) which necessarily is in use in the construction, installation, or repair of any railroad facility.

(d) School buses while carrying students to and from school.

(e) Pickup trucks. For the purposes of this section a “pickup truck” means a four-wheeled commercial motor vehicle commonly known as a “pickup truck,” equipped with a permanently affixed open-box body and with a manufacturer’s rated load capacity not exceeding one ton in weight.

(f) Transfer, operator and contractor trucks, including trucks hauling recyclables, leaving and returning from the transfer station/materials recovery facility at Boyce Road. (Ord. 70 § 1; Ord. 627 § 6; Ord. 27-2004 § 1, 9-14-04; Ord. 08-2018 § 1, 4-3-18. 1990 Code § 3-2708.)

The city manager may issue permits to vehicles subject to provisions of Sections 10.05.370 and 10.05.380 to park such vehicles in locations off “truck routes” as specified in the permit, if he/she determines that the issuance of such a permit will not result in damage to any city street and will not permit the violation of any city ordinance or state law. The permit shall be issued for a specified vehicle and for a specified parking area, and shall be carried on the vehicle at all times. (Ord. 70 § 1; amended during 2012 reformat. 1990 Code § 3-2709.)

No person shall drive, operate, move in and along, or park on, any street, any truck, trailer, carriage, wagon, sled, or set of sleds, or other vehicle on which has been attached or maintained any sign displaying any commercial or noncommercial advertising matter, except for the following: (a) the driving, operation, and movement of vehicles displaying political campaign advertisements for candidates for public office and ballot measures; (b) the incidental or accessory identification of a business enterprise upon a vehicle used primarily for the purpose of and in the usual business of the owner of transporting or servicing goods or persons for commercial or other business purposes; provided, that the identification is painted on or otherwise affixed so as to not project from the usual profile of the vehicle; or (c) a single isolated movement of a sign or sign equipment or materials from one place to another within the city. The parking of any such vehicle on any street, or the movement of any such vehicle in and along any street, for the sole or primary purpose of displaying advertising matter is declared to be a nuisance and a hazard to the public health and safety. (Ord. 799 § 1, 10-6-70. 1990 Code § 3-2710.)