Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 10.40 — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Grass Valley Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Grass Valley
10.40.010 - Obedience to barriers and signs.¶
No person shall disobey the instruction, remove, tamper with or destroy any barrier or sign lawfully placed on any street by any person, public utility or by any department of this city.
(Ord. 486 § 4 (part), 1992; prior code § 13-10)
10.40.020 - Driving through funeral procession or parade.¶
No operator of any vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral procession or a parade, provided that such vehicles are conspicuously so designated. The direction 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. 486 § 4 (part), 1992; prior code § 13-10.1)
10.40.030 - Clinging to moving vehicle.¶
No person shall attach himself or herself with his or her hands, or to catch hold on, or hold on to with his or her hands or by other means, to any moving vehicle for the purpose of receiving motor power therefrom.
(Ord. 486 § 4 (part), 1992; prior code § 13-10.2)
10.40.040 - Commercial vehicle using private driveways.¶
A.
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 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.
B.
For the purpose of this section a commercial vehicle shall mean any vehicle as defined in Vehicle Code Section 260.
(Ord. 486 § 4 (part), 1992; prior code § 13-10.3)
10.40.050 - 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. 486 § 4 (part), 1992; prior code § 13-10.4)
10.40.060 - No entrance into intersection that would obstruct traffic.¶
No operator of any vehicle shall enter any intersection or a marked crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he or she is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(Ord. 486 § 4 (part), 1992; prior code § 13-10.5)
10.40.070 - Limited access.¶
No persons shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are lawfully established.
(Ord. 486 § 4 (part), 1992; prior code § 13-10.6)
10.40.080 - Traffic barriers.¶
No person shall operate a vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of any barrier or sign erected: (1) pursuant to the provisions of any ordinance or resolution of the city; or (2) by any public utility; or (3) by any department of the city; or (4) by any other person pursuant to law or contract with the city, nor shall any unauthorized person move or alter the position of any such barrier or sign.
(Ord. 486 § 4 (part), 1992; prior code § 13-10.7)
10.40.090 - Riding or driving on sidewalk.¶
No person shall ride, drive, propel, or cause to be propelled, any vehicle or animal across or upon any sidewalk excepting over permanently constructed driveways, and excepting when it is necessary for any temporary purpose to drive a loaded vehicle across sidewalks; provided further, that such sidewalk area be substantially protected by wooden planks two inches thick, and written permission be previously obtained from the city engineer. Such wooden planks shall not be permitted to remain upon such sidewalk area during the hours from six p.m. to six a.m.
(Ord. 486 § 4 (part), 1992; prior code § 13-10.8)
10.40.100 - Shrubbery obstructing visibility of intersection.¶
Whenever the city engineer finds that any hedge or shrubbery growing in a parkway obstructs the view of any intersection, or any traffic upon the streets approaching such intersection, he or she shall cause the hedge or shrubbery to be immediately removed or reduced in height.
(Ord. 486 § 4 (part), 1992; prior code § 13-10.9)
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