Fullerton Municipal Code Ch. 7.100 Motor Vehicles Upon Private Property

(A) No person shall start or run the motor of, or drive, any self-propelled vehicle, including any motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, minibike, trail bike, motor scooter, jeep and dune buggy, upon any privately owned land, unoccupied or without any structure or paving thereon, in the city, not owned by him or her or in his or her lawful possession, without then having upon his or her person the written consent to do so executed and acknowledged before a notary public by the lessee of, or the holder of the record title to, such land or a certified copy of the notice of consent to so use such land made and recorded pursuant to Cal. Civil Code § 813.

(B) No person shall so use any land in the city after the recording of a notice of revocation of such recorded notice of consent in the event of use by the general public or after the recording and service by registered mail upon such person of the notice of revocation in the event of use by other than the general public, or after the service upon such person personally or by registered mail of any notice in writing executed by the lessee of, or the holder of the record title to, such land that any consent to such use theretofore given is terminated.

(Ord. 1699, passed - -1970)

(A) No person shall start or run the motor of, or drive, any self-propelled vehicle upon any privately owned land, unoccupied or without any structure or paving thereon, in the city, not owned by him or her or in his or her lawful possession, within 100 feet of any dwelling, church, school or place of assembly, not owned by him or her, or under his or her control, without then having upon his or her person the written consent to do so signed by an adult occupant of each of such dwellings, and by a person having control of each of such churches, schools or places of assembly.

(B) No person shall so use any such land after being served personally or by registered mail with a notice executed by any adult occupant of any such dwelling or by any person in control of any such church, school or place of assembly, stating that such consent is terminated.

(Ord. 1699, passed - -1970)

No person shall fail or refuse upon the request of any police officer to deliver to him or her for inspection any consent required by this chapter.

(Ord. 1699, passed - -1970)

No person shall start or run the motor of, or drive, any self-propelled vehicle upon any privately owned land in the city unless such vehicle is then equipped and functioning with all noise inhibitors sufficient for it to be then lawfully driven upon a public highway in the city.

(Ord. 1699, passed - -1970)

Nothing contained in this chapter shall permit any use of any public park land or other publicly owned land. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any such land or to the use of lawn mowers, edgers or other landscaping equipment, or to the use of any excavating, grading or weed eradicating equipment or to the starting or running of the motor, or to the driving, of any self-propelled vehicle at any place 1,500 feet or more from the nearest dwelling, church, school or place of assembly or to any property permitted by law to be used for the business of repairing or selling any self-propelled vehicle.

(Ord. 1699, passed - -1970)

Any person found to be in violation of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties specified in § 1.08.010 of this code.

(Ord. 2940, passed - -1998)