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Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Gridley Municipal Code Ch. 10.88 Motorized Scooters

Gridley Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Gridley

Cite as: Gridley Municipal Code Chapter 10.88 · Text as of 2026-10-04

10.88.010 Motorized scooters.

A motorized scooter is any two wheeled device that has handlebars, is designed to be stood on or sat upon by the operator, and is powered by an electric motor or other power source that is capable of propelling the device with our without human power.

(Ord. 739 (part), 2004)

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10.88.020 License required.

No person shall operate any motorized scooter on any street, road or highway, or other public property within the city limited unless such scooter is licensed in accordance with this chapter.

(Ord. 739 (part), 2004)

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10.88.030 License issuance.

The Chief of Police shall issue indicia (license plate or necessary decal) and a copy of the registration form.

(Ord. 739 (part), 2004)

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10.88.040 License plates.

The city shall provide a license plate or decal, together with registration cards, the license plate and registration card having numbers in numerical order, beginning with number "one," and indicating the year for which the same are issued. Each license plate shall be suitable for attachment upon frame of scooters, and the scooter owner shall immediately attach such license plate to the frame of each scooter. The license plate shall remain attached to such scooter.

(Ord. 739 (part), 2004)

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10.88.050 Records.

The Chief of Police shall maintain the records of each scooter registered. Such records shall include but not be limited to the license number, the serial number of the scooter, the make and type, and the name and address of the licensee.

(Ord. 739 (part), 2004)

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10.88.060 Recordation of Transfer.

A. Whenever any person sells or otherwise disposes of a scooter, he or she shall endorse upon the registration certificate previously issued for such scooter, a written transfer of same, setting forth the name, address, telephone number of the transferee, date of transfer, and signature of the transferrer, and shall deliver the registration certificate, so endorsed, to the city within ten days.

B. Any person who purchases or otherwise acquires possession of a scooter shall within ten days of taking possession apply for the transfer of license to his or her own name.

(Ord. 739 (part), 2004)

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10.88.070 Tampering, destruction, or similar acts.

A. It is unlawful for any person to tamper with, destroy, mutilate, or alter any license indicia or registration form, or to remove, alter, or mutilate the serial number, or the identifying marks of the city on any scooter frame licensed under the provisions of this chapter.

B. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the Chief of Police from stamping numbers on the frames of scooters for which no serial number can be found, or on which said number is illegible or insufficient for identification purpose.

(Ord. 739 (part), 2004)

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10.88.080 Duplicate license or registration; conditions.

In the event that any scooter license indicia or registration form issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is lost, stolen or mutilated, the licensee of such scooter shall immediately notify the Chief of Police, and within ten days after such notification, shall apply to the Chief of Police shall issue to such licensee a replacement indicia or registration form upon payment to the licensing agency of the appropriate fee.

(Ord. 739 (part), 2004)

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10.88.090 Notification of change of address.

Whenever the owner of a scooter licensed pursuant to this chapter changes his or her address, he or she shall within ten days notify the Chief of Police of the old and new address.

(Ord. 739 (part), 2004)

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10.88.100 License fees; renewal.

The fees required to be paid pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be established by resolution of City Council.

(Ord. 739 (part), 2004)

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10.88.110 Violation - impoundment.

The Police Department shall pay impound and retain possession of any scooter operated in violation of the provisions of this chapter, and retain possession of same until an impound fee has been paid and violations are corrected. The amount of the impound fee shall be established by resolution of City Council.

(Ord. 739 (part), 2004)

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10.88.120 Retail vendors.

Each retail vendor that sells any motorized scooter shall upon the sale deliver to the person purchasing the motorized scooter a document prepared by the Chief of Police setting forth the rules and regulations of operation of motorized scooters as set forth in the California Vehicle Code and the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 739 (part), 2004)

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10.88.130 Operation - age restrictions.

No person under the age of ten (10) years shall be allowed to operate a motorized scooter on any public property within the city limits.

(Ord. 739 (part), 2004)

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10.88.140 Helmet requirement.

All operators of a motorized scooter shall be required at all times to wear a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet.

(Ord. 739 (part), 2004)

0530 10.00 Amend 03/21/88 Traffic, comprehensive new vehicle and traffic regulations Repeals 0041, 0042, 0063 0084, 0086, 0089, 0093, 0117, 0132, 0160, 0174, 0175, 0176, 0177, 0178, 0179, 0185, 0188, 0193, 0209, 0210, 0232, 0235, 0245, 0249, 0254, 0258, 0261, 0265, 0282, 0292, 0293, 0302, 0304, 0310, 0311, 0313, 0316, 0319, 0335, 0355, 0363, 0365, 0381, 0401, 0434, 0440, 0455, 0461, 0474, 0476, 0478, 0488, 0502, 0506, 0507, 0508, 0512, 0515 Ord 0394 (10) In effect
0224 10.01 Amend 09/15/69 Traffic, various, list of locations of stop and yield signs, truck route Supersedes 0029, 0047, 0059, 0077, 0096, 0106, 0114, 0137 Ord 0116 (10) Superseded 0282, repealed 0356
0335 10.01 Amend 05/21/79 Traffic, various, stop signs and speed limits on Fairview, Hazel and Spruce Ord 0116 (10.30); 0394 (10.28) Repealed 0530
0434 10.01 Amend 05/16/83 Traffic, various section of title 10 vehicle requirements repealed Repeals 0023-A, 0047, 0077, 0096, 0106, 0194, 0202,0302 Ord 0394 (10) Repealed 0530
0474 10.01 Amend 11/18/85 Traffic, various, loading zones, prohibited parking, street names Repeals 0035 Ord 0394 (10.70, 10.72) Repealed 0530
0478 10.01 Amend 12/02/85 Traffic, various chapters of traffic regulations modified Ord 0394 (10) Repealed 0530
0561 10.01 Amend 05/07/90 Traffic, various crosswalks, loading zones, parking zones redesignated Supersedes 0544 Ord 0394 (10.40.030, 10.48.070, 10.60.050) In effect
0282 10.04 Adopt 02/02/76 Traffic, uniform traffic ordinance Supersedes 0224 Ord 0394 (10.04) Repealed 0530
0313 10.04 Amend 12/05/77 Traffic violations, infraction for any violation of uniform traffic ordinance Ord 0394 (10.04) Repealed 0530
0023-A 10.16 Adopt 01/24/27 Stop signs established on Highway 99 Ord 0116 (10.33), 0394 (10.24) Repealed 0434
0029 10.16 Adopt 11/04/29 Arterial streets, stop signs: Hazel, Sycamore, Virginia & Kentucky Streets Ord 0116 (10); 0394 (10.16) Superseded 0224, repealed 0476
0047 10.16 Add 05/03/37 Stop signs on Spruce, Laurel & Locust Streets at railroad crossings Ord 0116 (10.28); 0394 (10.24) Superseded 0224, repealed 0434
0059 10.16 Add 12/02/40 Arterial streets with stop signs, Magnolia and Spruce Streets designated Ord 0116 (10.28); 0394 (10.32) Superseded 0224, repealed 0476
0067 10.16 Amend 04/05/43 Arterial streets. Magnolia, Spruce, Vermont Streets designated Ord 0116 (10.28); 0394 (10.32) Repealed 0476
0077 10.16 Add 05/05/47 Stop signs on Sycamore, at Vermont Ord 0116 (10.31); 0394 (10.24) Superseded 0224, repealed 0434
0096 10.16 Add 10/02/50 Stop signs on Laurel Street at railroad Ord 0116 (10.29); 0394 (10.24) Superseded 0224, repealed 0434
0106 10.16 Add 02/16/53 Stop signs on Spruce, Oak and Evans at West Biggs-Gridley Road Ord 0116 (10.28); 0394 (10.24) Superseded 0224, repealed 0434
0114 10.16 Amend 08/15/55 Arterial street with stop sign, Wilson Street designated Ord 0394 (10.32) Superseded 0224, repealed 0476
0126 10.16 Adopt 01/07/57 Alley, one-way between East Hazel and East Spruce Ord 0116 (10.35) Repealed 0188
0137 10.16 Amend 06/02/58 Arterial streets with stop signs at cross streets. Spruce and Hazel Streets designated Ord 0116 (10.32); 0394 (10.24) Superseded 0224, repealed 0476
0140 10.16 Add 10/20/58 Alley, one-way for portion east of Washington Ord 0116 (10.36) Repealed 0175
0175 10.16 Amend 04/05/65 Alley, one-way designation repealed (portion of alley east of Washington) Repeals 0140 Ord 0116 (10.36) Repealed 0530
0188 10.16 Repeal 03/21/66 Alley, one-way designation between East Hazel and East Spruce repealed Repeals 0126 Ord 0116 (10); 0394 (10.60) Repealed 0530
0041 10.20 Adopt 09/03/35 U-turns prohibited on Hazel Street, at Virginia & Kentucky Ord 0116 (10.1); 0394 (10.20.030) Repealed 0530
0319 10.28 Add 02/21/78 Speed limits on Spruce and other streets Ord 0394 (10.28) Repealed 0530
0506 10.28 Amend 11/17/86 Speed limits on certain streets amended Ord 0394 (10.28.010) Repealed 0530
0261 10.36 Amend 05/17/73 Truck routes and load limits to be specified by resolution Not codified Superseded 0530
0265 10.36 Amend 09/17/73 Truck route established Ord 0116 (10.8) Superseded 0530
0174 10.40 Adopt 01/18/65 Crosswalk designated at hospital Ord 0116 (10.36); 0394 (10.30) Repealed 0530
0210 10.40 Add 10/02/67 Crosswalks at Spruce and Hazel Streets Ord 0116 (10.45); 0394 (10.40) Repealed 0530
0235 10.40 Add 07/06/70 Crosswalk at Sycamore Street at West Biggs-Gridley Road Ord 0116 (10.47); 0394 (10.40) Repealed 0530
0355 10.40 Amend 07/21/80 Crosswalk, signs to be posted Ord 0394 (10.40) Repealed 0530
0455 10.40 Amend 02/21/84 Crosswalks, procedure to observe Ord 0394 (10.40.030) Repealed 0530
0461 10.40 Amend 11/19/84 Crosswalks, procedure to establish Ord 0394 (10.40.010) Repealed 0530
0119 10.44 Add 05/07/56 Trains, restricts stopping across roads more than five minutes Ord 0116 (10.34) Repealed 0356
0401 10.44 Add 04/19/82 Parking, private off-street parking subject to public regulations when posted Ord 0394 (10.44) Repealed 0530
0027 10.48 Add 11/07/27 Loading zone on part of Hazel Street Not codified Repealed 0075, 0086
0053 10.48 Adopt 09/19/38 Loading zone for buses, west side Kentucky Street, north of Hazel Street Not codified Repealed 0089
0056 10.48 Amend 12/18/39 Loading zone for buses, south side Hazel at Virginia Ord 0116 (10.13) Repealed 0075, 0086 (part)
0057 10.48 Amend 12/18/39 Loading zone for buses, north side of Hazel at Virginia Not codified Repealed 0075, 0086
0075 10.48 Amend 09/03/46 Loading zone for buses, south side Hazel, west of Virginia Repeals 0027, 0056, 0057 Not codified Repealed 0086
0086 10.48 Amend 07/05/48 Loading zone for buses, east side Kentucky at Hazel Repeals 0027, 0056, 0057, 0075 Ord 0116 (10.9); 0394 (10.48) Superseded 0530
0089 10.48 Amend 01/03/49 Loading zone for buses, east side Kentucky, south of Spruce Repeals 0053 Ord 0116 (10.13); 0394 (10.48) Repealed 0132, 0530
0092 10.48 Add 06/05/50 Loading zone for taxicabs, west side Kentucky, north of Hazel Ord 0116 (10.12) Repealed 0220
0132 10.48 Repeal 09/03/57 Loading zones for buses, east side Kentucky south of Spruce, north side Wilson west of Lincoln, east side Highway 99 south of Hazel Repeals 0089 (part), 0117 (part), 0128 Ord 0116 (10.13); 0394 (10.48) Repealed 0530
0162 10.48 Add 05/15/61 Loading zone for taxicabs, north side Hazel, west of Virginia Ord 0116 (10.12) Repealed 0220
0178 10.48 Add 04/05/65 Loading zone for buses at high school designated Ord 0166 (10.37, 10.38); 0394 (10.48, 10.64) Repealed 0530
0185 10.48 Add 12/06/65 Loading zone for buses at Sycamore School Ord 0116 (10.39); 0394 (10.48) Repealed 0530
0194 10.48 Add 09/06/66 Loading zone for passengers on Hazel Street between Vermont and Indiana (then Masonic Lodge, later Moose Lodge) Ord 0116 (10.41); 0394 (10.48) Repealed 0434
0202 10.48 Add 02/20/67 Loading zone for passengers east side Vermont between Hazel and Spruce Ord 0116 (10.44); 0394 (10.48) Repealed 0434
0220 10.48 Add 04/21/69 Loading zone for taxicabs on north side Hazel, east of Kentucky Repeals 0092, 0162 Ord 0116 (14) Repealed 0245
0245 10.48 Amend 05/17/71 Loading zone for taxicabs on Hazel Street Repeals 0220 Ord 0116 (10); 0394 (10) Repealed 0530
0250 10.48 Amend 03/06/72 Loading zone for passengers on north side Wilson, between Lincoln and Jackson Ord 0116 (10.13); 0394 (10.48) Repealed 0507
0302 10.48 Add 06/20/77 Loading zone for passengers, Butte Theater Ord 0116 (10); 0394 (10.48) Repealed 0434, 0530
0507 10.48 Amend 12/15/86 Loading zone for passengers deleted at Women's Club, others redesignated Repeals 0250 Ord 0394 (10.72, 10.48) Repealed 0530
0508 10.48 Amend 12/15/86 Loading zones and parking at schools rescinded Ord 0394 (10.48, 10.72) Repealed 0530
0512 10.48 Add 03/16/87 Loading zone for passengers on Kentucky Street (Butte Theater) readopted Ord 0394 (10.48, 10.60) Repealed 0530
0535 10.48 Amend 07/05/88 Loading zones, new comprehensive designation Ord 0394 (10.48.070) Superseded 0543
0543 10.48 Add 02/21/89 Loading zone for passengers at Masonic Lodge (Cherry Street) Supersedes 0535 Ord 0394 (10.48.070) Superseded 0544
0544 10.48 Amend 03/21/89 Loading zone for passengers deleted at Woman's Club (424 Magnolia) Supersedes 0543 Ord 0394 (10.48.070) Superseded 0561
0604 10.48 Add 05/18/92 Loading zone on Magnolia Street, opposite WiIson School Ord 0394 (10.60.060-C) In effect
0624 10.48 Add 09/20/93 Loading zone for passengers on west side Washington Street, south of Laurel (child care center) Ord 0394 (10.48.080 In effect
0063 10.56 Adopt 02/16/42 Parking restricted for city use (police) on west side Kentucky Street Ord 0116 (10.11); 0394 (10.56) Repealed 0530
0177 10.56 Amend 04/05/65 Parking restrictions for city use on west side Kentucky Street modified Ord 0116 (10.11); 0394 (10.64, 72) Superseded 0292, repealed 0530
0292 10.56 Amend 09/20/76 Parking restrictions, area at City Hall expanded Supersedes 0177 Ord 0116 (10.11); 0394 (10.56) Repealed 0440 (part), 0530
0440 10.56 Amend 07/05/83 Parking restricted at city hall Repeals 0292 (part) Ord 0394 (10.56) Repealed 0530
0584 10.56 Amend 08/19/91 Parking, redesignates restricted parking zones for city use Ord 0394 (10.56.010) In effect
0019 10.60 Adopt 03/03/24 Parking, prohibited downtown at night (see 0054, camp car regulations) Renumbers old Ord 79 Ord 0116 (10.5) Repealed 0293
0035 10.60 Add 06/06/32 Parking of trucks prohibited at intersections of Hazel Street with Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio Streets Ord 0116 (10.28); 0394 (10.72) Repealed 0474
0039 10.60 Add 02/04/35 Parking prohibited east side Kentucky Street at Spruce Street Not codified Repealed 0052
0042 10.60 Add 09/03/35 Parking must be between markers Ord 0116 (10.4) Superseded 0193, repealed 0530
0052 10.60 Repeal 09/19/38 Parking restrictions on east side Kentucky Street repealed Repeals 0039 Not codified
0060 10.60 Add 10/00/41 Parking, two hour time limits on portion Hazel, Kentucky, Virginia Streets Ord 0116 (10.4) Repealed 0293
0082 10.60 Add 05/03/48 Parking meter zones established Ord 0116 (10.15) Repealed 0179
0084 10.60 Add 06/07/48 Parking prohibited in all alleys Ord 0116 (10.3); 0394 (10.72) Superseded 0209, repealed 0530
0088 10.60 Amend 07/19/48 Parking meter regulations amended Ord 0116 (10.14) Repealed 0179
0093 10.60 Add 06/05/50 Parking restricted to medical personnel west side Virginia south of Hazel, west side Kentucky north and south of Hazel Ord 0116 (10.10); 0394 (10.72) Repealed 0530
0102 10.60 Amend 12/17/51 Parking meter zones amended Ord 0116 (10.15) Repealed 0179
0117 10.60 Add 03/05/56 Parking prohibited on north side Wilson Street, west of Lincoln Ord 0116 (10.13); (10.72) Repealed 0530 0394
0128 10.60 Add 05/06/57 Parking prohibited east side Highway 99, south of Hazel Ord 0116 (10.13) Repealed 0254
0160 10.60 Add 04/17/61 Parking prohibited north side Norman Street Ord 0116 (10.13c); 0394 (10.72) Repealed 0530
0161 10.60 Add 05/01/61 Parking prohibited on portions of 11 streets Ord 0116 (10.13) Repealed 0254
0176 10.60 Amend 04/05/65 Parking time restrictions reestablished at post office Ord 0116 (10.36); 0394 (10.64) Repealed 0530
0179 10.60 Amend 05/03/65 Parking meter zones repealed Repeals 0082, 0088, 0102 Ord 0116 (10.15); 0394 (10.60) Repealed 0530
0193 10.60 Add 08/01/66 Parking must conform to markers (stripping) Supersedes 0042 Ord 0116 (10.2) Superseded 0530
0195 10.60 Add 10/03/66 Parking prohibited south side Spruce Street west of Highway 99 Ord 0116 (10.42) Repealed 0249
0196 10.60 Add 10/03/66 Parking for bicycles only, south side Hazel Street east of Kentucky Ord 0116 (10.43) Repealed 0253
0209 10.60 Amend 09/05/67 Parking in alley prohibited Ord 0116 0394 (10.3); 0394 (10.64) Repealed 0530
0232 10.60 Amend 01/17/72 No parking zones on streets at intersection with Highway 99 Ord 0116 0394 (10.46); 0394 (10.60) Repealed 0530
0249 10.60 Amend 06/05/72 No parking zones on Highway 99 Supersedes 0084 Ord 0116 0394 (10.42); 0394 (10.71) Repealed 0530
0254 10.60 Amend 03/02/70 Parking, diagonal established Repeals 0195 Repeals 0128, 0161 Ord 0116 0394 (10.13); 0394 (10.72) Repealed 0530
0258 10.60 Amend 03/05/73 No parking zones on Highway 99 Ord 0116 0394 (10.13); 0394 (10.72) Repealed 0530
0280 10.60 Add 06/16/75 Parking time in public rights-of-way not to exceed 72 hours Ord 0166 (10) Repealed 0530
0293 10.60 Amend 10/26/76 Parking time zones downtown (15 min, 2 hr) Repeals 0019, 0060 Ord 0116 (10); 0394 (10.60) Repealed 0530
0304 10.60 Amend 06/20/77 Parking for handicapped Ord 0394 (10.60) Repealed 0530
0310 10.60 Add 11/07/77 Parking of RV's, trailers, boats, etc restricted on streets Repeals 0280 Ord 0394 (10.68) Repealed 0530
0316 10.60 Amend 01/03/78 Parking, emergency emceptions to restrictions Ord 0394 (10.60) Repealed 0530
0352 10.60 Amend 08/04/80 Parking and repair of commercial vehicles in alleys and streets restricted Ord 0116 (10); 0394 (10.60) Repealed 0371, 0381
0371 10.60 Amend 03/02/81 Parking and repair of commercial vehicles in alleys and streets restricted Repeals 0352 Repealed 0381
0381 10.60 Amend 06/01/81 Parking and repair of commercial vehicles in alleys and streets restricted Repeals 0352, 0371 Ord 0394 (10.68) Repealed 0530
0388 10.60 Repeal 11/02/81 Parking, truck zone deleted Ord 0394 (10.68)
0476 10.60 Amend 12/02/85 Parking, restrictions on arterials Repeals 0029, 0059, 0067, 0114, 0137 Ord 0394 (10.56, 10.64, 10.68) Repealed 0530
0502 10.60 Repeal 11/03/86 Parking, truck regulations modified Ord 0394 (10.68.170-2A) Repealed 0530
0515 10.60 Amend 04/20/87 Parking of commercial vehicles Ord 0394 (10.68.170) Repealed 0530
0536 10.60 Amend 08/01/88 Parking, time, seventy-two hours Ord 0394 (10.60.010) In effect
0551 10.60 Amend 07/17/89 No parking zone south side East Gridley Road Ord 0394 (10.60.060-C) In effect
0578 10.60 Add 04/15/91 No parking zone on Sycamore Street at Carnegie library Ord 0394 (10.60.060-C) In effect
0630 10.60 Amend 04/18/94 Parking, prohibited areas decodified, to be revised by resolution Ord 0394 (10.60.060) In effect
0488 10.64 Amend 03/17/86 Parking, time-restriction zones listed Ord 0394 (10) Repealed 0530
0634 10.65 Add 05/02/94 Parking violations, procedure Ord 0394 (10.65) In effect
0149 10.76 Adopt 05/16/60 Bicycle regulations, general Ord 0116 (10.36) Repealed 0253 Repealed 0530
0158 10.76 Amend 03/20/61 Bicycle racks in business district Ord 0116 (10.36) Repealed 0253
0253 10.76 Amend 04/03/72 Bicycle regulations, comprehensive Repeals 0149, 0158, 0196 Ord 0116 (10.43) Repealed 0356
0365 10.76 Add 07/21/80 Bicycle license requirements Ord. 0394 (10.76) Repealed 0530
0214 10.80 Adopt 03/18/68 Abandoned vehicles to be abated from private and public property Ord. 0116 (11.12) Repealed 0262; 0363
0262 10.80 Amend 06/18/73 Abandoned vehicles, abatement procedure Repeals 0214 Ord. 0116 (11.12) Repealed 0363
0363 10.80 Amend 08/18.80 Abandoned vehicles, new comprehensive provisions for abatement from public and private property Repeals 0214, 0262 Ord. 0394 (10.80) Repealed 0530
716-2002 10.80 Amend 10/25/02 Abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles 10.80.010 - 10.80.230 In effect
0541 10.84 Add 01/17/89 Vehicles, emergency response cost recovery Ord. 0394 (10.84) In effect
738-2004 10.76 Amend 11/1/04 Skateboards and roller skates 10.76.110 In effect
739-2004 10.88 Add 11/1/04 Motorized scooters 10.88.010 - 10.88.140 In effect
753-2005 10.60 Amend 5/18/05 Commercial vehicle parking regulations 10.60.180 In effect
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