Hidden Hills Municipal Code Art. E Equestrians

A. Definitions: For purposes of this Article, the terms set forth below shall have the following meanings:

Bicycle: A device upon which a person may ride, propelled exclusively by human power through a belt, chain or gears and having one or more wheels.

Vehicle: A device by which a person or property may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

B. Prohibited Uses: Except for equine, emergency vehicles, utility vehicles and vehicles used to provide equine related services, no vehicle or bicycle shall be permitted on an equestrian trail or equestrian right-of-way.

C. Permit: Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B. of this Section, the Building Official may issue a permit allowing use of an equestrian trail by a vehicle upon a showing that no other feasible access to adjacent property exists.

D. Right-of-way: The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any horseback rider crossing or moving along a roadway.

E. Signs: The Building Official shall cause signs to be erected at the juncture of all equestrian trails and the City limits which will inform the public of the prohibition contained in this Section.

(Ord. 237, 3-11-91; 1994 Code; Ord. 275, 12-11-95)

A. Riding on Roadways: No person shall ride a horse on any roadway, except to cross the same or to move to the nearest bridle trail along a road which has no parkway.

B. Equestrian Crossings:

1. The City Council may post and maintain, or cause to be posted and maintained, signs indicating the intersection of a road and a bridle path or trail to be an equestrian crossing.

2. The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any horseback rider crossing a roadway at an equestrian crossing so designated.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89)

The driver of any vehicle approaching any horse-drawn vehicle, any ridden animal or any livestock shall exercise proper control of his vehicle and shall reduce speed or stop as may appear necessary or as may be signaled or otherwise requested by any person driving or riding any animal or by any person in charge of any such livestock in order to avoid frightening and to safeguard any such animal or livestock and to insure the safety of any person driving or riding such animal or in charge of such livestock.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89)