Article 3 — Trail Rules and Etiquette; All Persons

Trails shall be open and available for public use only between the hours of dawn and dusk. No person may enter or remain in or on a trail during the hours a trail is closed.

(Ord. No. 602, § 10, 3-12-2012)

(a)

All persons using trails shall respect private property adjacent to trails and use trails so as to minimize the disturbance of and impact on the privacy of such property.

(b)

All persons using trails shall be considerate of persons living on private property adjacent to trails and fellow trail users by keeping noise down.

(c)

Bicycles shall be operated in a safe manner at a speed not in excess of 15 mph on straightaways and 5 mph around corners and on hills.

(d)

Bicyclists using trails shall call out to pedestrian trail users before passing such pedestrian trail users so that the pedestrian trail users have adequate time to move to the side of the trail.

(Ord. No. 602, § 10, 3-12-2012)

Dogs on trails shall be securely leashed at all times and any person using a trail when accompanied by a dog or any other animal shall immediately remove all waste left by such dog or animal on a trail.

(Ord. No. 602, § 10, 3-12-2012)

The following activities shall be prohibited on trails at all times:

(a)

Any activity that restricts or obstructs public passage over a trail.

(b)

Picking, removing, tampering with, injuring or destroying any naturally occurring or city created feature of a trail, including without limitation, trees, plants, wildlife or geological features of any kind.

(c)

Use of motorized vehicles of all types, with the exception of other power-driven mobility aid devices used by an individual with a mobility disability as defined by the ADA on trails that the department has designated for such use in accordance with a policy for designation adopted by resolution of the city council.

(d)

The possession or use of a loaded firearm, dangerous weapon, or other destructive device, as those terms are defined in the California Penal Code, except for those persons listed in Penal Code Sections 12031(b) and 12031(c).

(e)

Consumption of alcoholic beverages.

(f)

Smoking of any substance.

(g)

Ignition, maintenance or use of fire of any type, including matches.

(h)

Use of a bicycle on unpaved trails that have been designated as unsafe for bicycle travel and are posted with signs or other marking installed by the city prohibiting the use of bicycles.

(i)

Cutting, breaking, injuring, defacing or disturbing a sign, fence, bench, improvement or other city property located on trails.

(j)

Making or placing a rope, wire, mark, writing, printing, sign, card, display, or similar inscription device on a tree, plant, city-owned building or city property, without city approval.

(k)

Depositing rubbish, waste or any substance of any kind or nature on trails.

(l)

Encroachment onto a trail by any object, including, without limitation, fences, vegetation, earth mounds, drainage ditches, sheds, animal housing or structures of any kind.

(Ord. No. 602, § 10, 3-12-2012)