Lindsay Municipal Code § 10.04 Adoption Of Uniform Traffic Ordinance

1. Definitions of words and phrases. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter and Chapters 10.05, 10.06 and 10.07 of this title shall, for the purpose of these chapters, have the meaning respectively ascribed to them in this Section.
2. Motor Vehicle Code definitions to be used. Whenever any words or phrases used herein are not defined, but are defined in the Vehicle Code of the state and amendments thereto, such definitions shall apply.
3. "Central traffic district" means all streets and portions of streets within the area described as follows: All that area bounded on the north by the north curbline of Hermosa Street, bounded on the south by the south curbline of Lewis Street, bounded on the west by the west curbline of Mount Vernon Avenue and bounded on the east by the east curbline of Gale Hill.
4. "Coach" means any motor bus, motor coach, trackless trolley or passenger stage used as a common carrier of passengers.
5. "Council" means the city council of the city of Lindsay.
6. "Curb" means the lateral boundary of the roadway, whether or not such curb be marked by curbing construction. The word "curb" as herein used shall not include the line dividing the roadway of a street from parking strips in the center of a street, nor from tracks or rights of way of public utility companies.
7. "Divisional island" means a raised island located in the roadway and separating opposing or conflicting streams of traffic.
8. "Holidays" within the meaning of this chapter and Chapters 10.05 through 10.07 of this title, "holidays" are: New Year's Day (January 1st); Washington's Birthday (third Monday in February); Memorial Day (last Monday in May); Independence Day (July 4th); Labor Day (first Monday in September); Columbus Day (second Monday in October); Veteran's Day (November 11th); Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November); Christmas Day (December 25th).
9. "Loading zone" means the space adjacent to a curb, reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers and/or materials.
10. "Official time standard" whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean standard time or daylight savings time, as may be in current use in the city.
11. "Parkway" means that portion of a street other than a roadway or sidewalk.
12. "Parking meter" means a mechanical device installed within or upon the curb or sidewalk area immediately adjacent to a parking space for the purpose of controlling the period of time occupancy of such metered space by any vehicle.
13. "Passenger loading zone" means the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.
14. "Pedestrian" means any person afoot.
15. "Police officer" means every officer of the police department of the city, or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
16. "Stop," when required, means complete cessation of movement.
17. "Streets" means all streets, highways, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, squares, drives, curbs, or other public ways in the city which have been or may hereafter be dedicated and open to public use or such other public property so designated in any law of this state.
18. "Vehicle Code" means the Vehicle Code of the state of California.

(Ord. 413 § 4(part), 1987)

1. Authority of City Engineer. The city engineer shall exercise the powers and duties as provided in this chapter and Chapters 10.05, 10.06 and 10.07 and in the traffic ordinances of this city, in addition to his other functions. Whenever the city engineer is required or authorized to place or maintain official traffic-control devices or signals, he may cause such devices or signals to be placed or maintained.
2. Duties of City Engineer, Delegation. It shall be the general duty of the city engineer to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic-control devices and signals, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering and traffic investigations of traffic conditions and to cooperate with other city officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions and to carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by ordinances of the city. Whenever, by the provisions of this chapter, a power is granted to the city engineer or a duty imposed upon him, the power may be exercised or the duty performed by a person authorized in writing by him.

(Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)

1. Authority of Police and Fire Department Officials. Officers of the police department and such officers as are assigned by the director of public safety are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, audible or other signal in conformance with traffic laws, except that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police department or members of the fire department may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary contained in this chapter of the Vehicle Code.
2. Persons Other Than Officials Shall Not Direct Traffic. No person other than an officer of the police department or members of the fire department or a person authorized by the director of public safety or a person authorized by law shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal, except that persons may operate, when and as herein provided, any mechanical push-button signal erected by order of the city engineer.
3. Obedience to Police or Authorized Officers. No person shall fail to refuse to comply with or to perform any act forbidden by any lawful order, signal, or direction of a traffic or police officer, or a member of the fire department, or a person authorized by the director of public safety or by law.
4. Traffic Regulations Apply to Persons Riding Bicycles or Animals. Every person riding a bicycle or riding or driving an animal upon a highway has all of the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application.
5. Obstruction or Interference with Police or Authorized Officers. No person shall interfere with or obstruct in any way any police officer or other officer or employee of the city in their enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. The removal, obliteration or concealment of any chalk mark or other distinguishing mark used by any police officer or other employee or officer of this city in connection with the enforcement of the parking regulations of this chapter shall, if done for the purpose of evading the provisions of this chapter, constitute such interference or obstruction.
6. Public Employees to Obey Traffic Regulations. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the operator of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Government, this state, any county or city, and it shall be unlawful for said operator to violate any of the provisions of this chapter except as otherwise permitted in this chapter or by the Vehicle Code.
7. Exemptions of Certain Vehicles.
8. The provisions of this chapter regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles operated by police or fire departments, any public ambulance or any public utility vehicle or any private ambulance, when any vehicle mentioned in this section is operated in the manner specified by the Vehicle Code in response to an emergency or repair call.
9. The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, relieve the operator of any such vehicle from obligation to exercise due care for the safety of others or the consequences of this wilful disregard of the safety of others.
10. The provisions of this chapter regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a city department or public utility while necessarily in use for construction or repair work or any vehicle owned or operated by the United States Post Office Department while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail.
11. Report of Damage to Certain Property.
12. The operator of a vehicle or the person in charge of any animal involved in any accident resulting in damage to any property publicly owned or owned by a public utility, including but not limited to any fire hydrant, parking meter, lighting post, telephone pole, electric light or power pole, or resulting in damage to any tree, traffic-control device or other property of a like nature located in or along any street shall, within twenty-four hours after such accident, make a written report of such accident to the police department of the city.
13. Every such report shall state the time and place of the accident, the name and address of the person owning and/or operating or in charge of such vehicle or animal, the license number of every such vehicle, and shall briefly describe the property damage in such accident.
14. The operator of any vehicle involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties of this section if and during the time he is physically incapable of making a report, but in such event he shall make a report as required in Subsection H1 of Section 10.04.030 within twenty-four hours after regaining ability to make such report.
15. When Vehicles May Be Removed From Streets. Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the police department of the city may remove or cause to be removed:
16. Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a public street or highway for seventy-two or more consecutive hours;
17. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a public street or highway between the hours of seven a.m. and seven p.m. when such parking or standing is prohibited by chapter or resolution of the city and signs are posted giving notice of such removal;
18. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a public street or highway or portion thereof that is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the public street or highway, or for the installation of underground utilities, or where the use of the public street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic, or where the use of the public street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohib

r highway, or for the installation of underground utilities, or where the use of the public street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic, or where the use of the public street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement, provided that signs giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior to the removal; 4. Any vehicle (includes trailers) which is parked or left standing upon a public street or highway which is wrecked or unable to move under its own power for more than a consecutive period of two hours. 10. Authority of Police in Crowds. At places where large numbers of people and vehicles are to gather or have gathered, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent any police officer from prohibiting any person from parking any vehicle upon or using any street or sidewalk, or from prohibiting any pedestrian from using any street or sidewalk, and said police officer shall have authority to direct the parking of vehicles in any reasonable manner, way or direction, and it is unlawful for any person to fail to promptly obey the said police officer's order, signal or command, regardless of any other provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 413 § 4(part), 1987)

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 22357 of the California Vehicle Code, it is hereby determined that on certain streets, hereinafter designated in subsection B of this section, speeds of vehicular traffic greater than twenty-five miles per hour would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe on said street at the prima facie speed limit of thirty, thirty-five, forty, forty-five, and fifty miles per hour respectively, as set forth in subsection B, and that on all remaining residential and business district streets in the city, as set forth pursuant to Section 22352 of the California Vehicle Code, a speed of greater than twenty-five miles per hour would not be reasonable or safe and the prima facie speed limit as to said streets should not be increased.

1. Establishment of Prima Facie Speed Limits. Establishment of prima face speed limits shall be done pursuant to an engineering and traffic survey as set forth in Section 627 of the California Vehicle Code and as specified in Chapter 8 of the California State Traffic Manual, and as stated hereafter in subsection B of this section. Further, as stated herein, the intent of this chapter is the facilitation of traffic movement in the city. Pursuant to Section 40802 of the California Vehicle Code, this chapter intends enforcement of prima facie speed limits within the city through the use of electronic instruments such as but not limited to radar.
2. Prima Facie Speed Limit. It is hereby determined and found that the prima facie speed limit as set forth below is most appropriate and will facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. Said prima facie speed limits are hereby set and established in the following locations:

"*" Denotes those roadway sections which have posted speed zones not justified by an engineering and traffic survey and thereby cannot legally be enforced with radar or other electronic devices as per California Vehicle Code Section 40802.

(Ord. 430 § 1, 1989; Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)

1. Authority to Install Traffic-control Devices.
2. The city engineer shall have the power and duty to place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained official traffic-control devices when and as required to make effective the provisions of this chapter.
3. Whenever the Vehicle Code requires for the effectiveness of any provision thereof that traffic-control devices be installed to give notice to the public of the application of such law, the city engineer is hereby authorized to install or cause to be installed the necessary devices subject to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law applicable thereto.
4. The city engineer may also place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained such additional traffic-control devices as he may deem necessary or proper to regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic, but he shall make such determination only upon the basis of traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations and in accordance with such standards, limitations and rules as may be set forth in this chapter or as may be determined by chapter or resolution of the council.
5. Traffic-control Signs Required for Enforcement Purposes. No provisions of the Vehicle Code or of this chapter for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless appropriate legible signs are in place giving notice of such provisions of the traffic laws.
6. Obedience to Traffic-control Devices. The operator of any vehicle or train shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device placed in accordance with this chapter unless otherwise directed by a police officer or other authorized person subject to the exceptions granted the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls.
7. Installation of Traffic Signals.
8. The city engineer is hereby directed to install and maintain official traffic signals at those intersections and other places where traffic conditions are such as to require that the flow of traffic be alternately interrupted and released in order to prevent or relieve traffic congestion or to protect life or property from exceptional hazard.
9. Whenever the city engineer installs and maintains an official traffic signal at any intersection, he shall likewise erect and maintain at such intersection, street name signs clearly visible to traffic approaching from all directions unless such street name signs have previously been placed and are maintained at any said intersection.
10. Lane Marking. The city engineer is hereby authorized to mark center lines and lane lines upon the surface of the roadway to indicate the course to be traveled by vehicles, and may place signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the centerline of the roadway.
11. Distinctive Roadway Markings. The city engineer is authorized to place and maintain distinctive roadway markings as described in the Vehicle Code on those streets or parts of streets where the volume of traffic or the vertical or other curvature of the roadway renders it hazardous to drive on the left side of such markings, and markings shall have the same effect as similar markings placed by the State Department of Public Works pursuant to provisions of the Vehicle Code.
12. Authority to Remove, Relocate and Discontinue Traffic-control Devices. The city engineer is hereby authorized to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic-control device not specifically required by the Vehicle Code or this chapter whenever he shall determine in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist.
13. Traffic-control Devices—Hours of Operation. The city engineer shall determine the hours and days during which any traffic-control device shall be in operation or be in effect, except in those cases where such hours or days are specified in this chapter.
14. Unauthorized Painting of Curbs. No person, unless authorized by this city, shall paint any street or curb surface; however, this section shall not apply to the painting of address numbers on a curb surface by any person who has complied with the provisions of any resolution or ordinance of the city pertaining thereto.

(Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)

1. Authority to Place Turning Markers—Intersections, Multiple Lanes. The city engineer is authorized to place official traffic-control devices within or adjacent to intersections, and indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and the city engineer is authorized to locate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right-hand or left-hand turns, and the course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law or ordinance.
2. Authority to Place Restricted Turn Signs. The city engineer is hereby authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left, or "U" turn, and shall place proper signs at such intersections. The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of any day and permitted at other hours, in which event the same shall be plainly indicated on the signs or they may be removed when such turns are permitted.
3. Signal Controlled Intersections, Right Turns.
4. No driver of a vehicle shall make a right turn against a red or stop signal at any intersection which is sign-posted giving notice of such restriction as hereinafter provided in this section.
5. The city engineer shall post appropriate signs giving effect to this section where he determines that the making of right turns against traffic signal "stop" indication would seriously interfere with the safe and orderly flow of traffic.

(Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)

1. Signage. Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this city designates any one-way street or alley, the city engineer shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulations shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited.

(Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)

1. City Engineer to Erect Stop Signs. Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a "through" street, or any intersection at which vehicles are required to stop at one or more entrances thereto, or any railroad grade crossing at which vehicles are required to stop, the city engineer shall erect and maintain stop signs as follows:
2. A stop sign shall be erected on each and every street intersecting such through street or portions thereof so designated and at those entrances to other intersections where a stop is required and at any railroad grade crossing so designated; provided, however, stop signs shall not be erected or maintained at any entrance to an intersection when such entrance is controlled by an official traffic-control signal. Every such sign shall conform with, and shall be placed as provided in, the Vehicle Code.
3. Stop at Through Street or Stop Sign.
4. Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the city council are hereby declared to be "through" streets for the purposes of this section.
5. The provision of this section shall also apply at one or more entrances to the intersections at such entrances and intersections as established by resolution of the city council.
6. The provisions of this section shall apply at those highway railway grade crossings as established by resolution of the city council.
7. Emerging from Alleys, Driveways or Buildings. The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway or driveway.

(Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)

1. Driving Through Funeral Processions. 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 directing 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.
2. Clinging to Moving Vehicle. No person shall attach himself with his hands, or catch on or hold onto with his hands or by any other means, to any moving vehicle or train for the purpose of receiving motive power therefrom.
3. Commercial Vehicles Using Private Driveways. 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 the expressed 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. For the purpose of this section, "commercial vehicle" means a vehicle having a rated capacity in excess of one-half ton.
4. Riding or Driving on Sidewalk. No person shall ride, drive or 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 a sidewalk; provided further, that said sidewalk area be substantially protected by wooden planks two inches thick, and written permission is 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.
5. New Pavement and Markings. No person shall ride or drive any animal over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted markings on 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.
6. Obedience to Barriers and Signs. No person, public utility or department in the city shall erect or place any barrier or sign on any street unless of a type approved by the city engineer, or remove, tamper with or destroy any barrier or sign lawfully placed on any street by, or disobey the instructions of, any person, public utility or any department of the city.
7. No Entrance Into Intersection that Would Obstruct Traffic. No operator of any vehicle shall enter any intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
8. Limited Access. No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are lawfully established.
9. Restrictions on Use of Freeways. No person shall drive or operate any bicycle, motor driven cycle or any vehicle which is not drawn by a motor vehicle upon any street established as a freeway, as defined by State law, nor shall any pedestrian walk across or along any such street so designated and described, except in a space set aside for the use of pedestrians, provided official signs are in place giving notice of such restrictions.
10. Traffic Barriers. No person shall operate a vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of any barrier or sign erected:
11. Pursuant to the provisions of any ordinance of the city; or
12. By any public utility; or
13. By any department of the city; or
14. 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.
15. Lindsay City Park—Speed Limit. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle at a speed greater than fifteen miles per hour in the Lindsay City Park.
16. Harvard Park Speed Limit. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle at a speed greater than fifteen miles per hour in Harvard Park.

(Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)

1. City Engineer to Establish Crosswalks.
2. The city engineer shall establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway as follows: Crosswalks shall be established and maintained at all intersections within the central traffic district and at other places within or outside said district where the city engineer determines that there is a particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway.
3. When Pedestrians Must Use Crosswalks. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in the central traffic district or in any business district.

(Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)

1. Application of Regulations.
2. The provisions of this chapter prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device.
3. The provisions of this chapter imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of the Vehicle Code or the ordinances of this city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
4. Stopping or Standing in Parkways Prohibited. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway.
5. City Engineer to Maintain "No Stopping Zones," "No Parking" and "Restricted Parking" Areas. The city engineer is hereby authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb surfaces, all "No Stopping" zones, "No Parking" and "Restricted Parking" areas, as defined and described in this chapter. When curb markings or signs are in place, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
6. No Parking Areas. No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, park, or leave standing such vehicle in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized officer, or traffic sign or signal:
7. Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings;
8. On either side of any street between any projected property lines of any public walk, public steps, street or thoroughfare terminating at such street, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;
9. In any area where the city engineer determines that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would endanger life or property, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;
10. In any area established by resolution of the city council as a "No Parking" area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;
11. Upon, along or across any railway track in such manner as to hinder, delay or obstruct the movement of any car traveling upon such track;
12. In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property;
13. On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or the installation of underground utilities or where use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement, provided that signs giving notice of such "No Parking" are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior to the effective time of such "No Parking";
14. Stop, stand or park on any street or highway any vehicle which is wrecked or unable to move under its own power for more than a consecutive period of two hours.
15. Use of Streets for Storage of Vehicles Prohibited. No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any public street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two hours.
16. Parking for Demonstration. No operator of any vehicle shall park said vehicle upon any public street in this city for the principle purpose of advertising or displaying it for sale, unless authorized by resolution of the city council.
17. Repairing or Greasing Vehicles on Public Streets. No person shall construct or cause to be constructed, repair or cause to be repaired, grease or cause to be greased, dismantle or cause to be dismantled, any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street in this city. Temporary emergency repairs may be made upon a public street.
18. Washing or Polishing Vehicles. No person shall wash or cause to be washed, polish or cause to be polished, any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street in this city, when a charge is made for such service.
19. Parking Adjacent to Schools.
20. The city engineer is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating No Parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
21. When official signs are erected prohibiting parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
22. Parking Prohibited on Narrow Streets.
23. The city engineer is hereby authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed twenty feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty feet.
24. When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking.
25. Unlawful Parking—Peddlers, Vendors.
26. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or foodstuffs are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale or bartered or exchanged or any lunch wagon or eating cart or vehicle, on any portion of any street within the city except that such vehicles, wagons, or pushcarts may stand

cept as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or foodstuffs are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale or bartered or exchanged or any lunch wagon or eating cart or vehicle, on any portion of any street within the city except that such vehicles, wagons, or pushcarts may stand or park only at the request of a bona fide purchaser for a period of time not to exceed ten minutes at any one place.

1. No person shall stand or park any such vehicle, wagon or pushcart within this city within one thousand feet of the exterior boundary of property used or occupied by any public school.
2. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons delivering such articles upon order of, or by agreement with a customer from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution.
3. No person shall park or stand on any street, any lunch wagon, eating cart or vehicle, or pushcart from which tamales, peanuts, popcorn, candy, ice cream or other articles of food are sold or offered for sale without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the city engineer, who shall designate the specific location in which such cart shall stand.
4. No person shall park or stand any vehicle or wagon used or intended to be used in the transportation of property for hire on any street while awaiting patronage for such vehicle or wagon without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the city engineer, who shall designate the specific location where such cart, vehicle or pushcart shall stand.
5. Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of this section and a particular location to park or stand is specified therein, no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon or pushcart on any location other than as designated in such permit. In the event that the holder of any such permit is convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction for violating any of the provisions of this section, such permit shall be forthwith revoked by the city engineer upon the filing of the record of such conviction with such officer, and no permit shall thereafter be issued to such person until six months have elapsed from the date of such revocation.
6. Emergency Parking Signs.
7. Whenever the city engineer or the director of public safety shall determine that an emergency traffic congesting is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or for other reasons, the city engineer or the director of public safety shall have the power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys as the city engineer or the director of public safety shall direct during the time such temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such emergency, and the city engineer or the director of public safety shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.
8. When signs authorized by the provisions of this section are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and provisions of such signs.

(Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)

1. Twenty-Minute Parking.
2. Green curb marking shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than twenty minutes at any time between eight a.m. and five p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays.
3. When authorized signs or curb markings have been determined by the city engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of a vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation thereof.
4. One- and Two-Hour Parking Zones.
5. When authorized signs or curb markings have been determined by the city engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, or park said vehicle for a period of time longer than sixty consecutive minutes (one hour) between the hours of eight a.m. and five p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays.
6. When authorized signs have been determined by the city engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle in those designated areas for a period of time longer than two consecutive hours between the hours of eight a.m. and five p.m. on any day except Saturday, Sunday and holidays.
7. Parking Parallel on One-Way Streets.
8. Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parked within eighteen inches of the left-hand curb facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any one-way street, unless signs are in place prohibiting such stopping or standing.
9. In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways, and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are in place permitting such standing or parking.
10. The city engineer is authorized to determine when standing or parking shall be prohibited upon the left-hand side of any one-way street, or when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any one-way roadway or highway having two or more separate roadways and shall erect signs giving notice thereof.
11. The requirement of parallel parking imposed by this section shall not apply in the event any commercial vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading/unloading freight or goods, in which case such vehicle may be backed up to the curb, provided that such vehicle does not extend beyond the center line of the street and does not block traffic thereby.
12. Parking Parallel on Two-Way Streets or Highways. Subject to more restrictive limitations, a vehicle must be stopped, standing or parked within 18-inches of the right curb facing in the direction of traffic on all two-way streets or highways.
13. Diagonal Parking. On any streets, portions of streets or publicly owned parking lots established by resolution of the city council as diagonal parking zones, when signs or pavement markings are in place indicating such diagonal parking, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park said vehicle except:
14. At the angle to the curb or barrier indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits of said allotted space.
15. With the front wheel nearest the curb or barrier within six inches of said curb or barrier. The provisions of this section shall not apply when such vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading/ unloading passengers, freight or goods, in which event the provisions applicable in subsection C of Section 10.04.120 of this chapter shall be complied with.
16. Parking Space Markings. The city engineer is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking space adjacent to curbings and to publicly owned lots where authorized parking is permitted. When such parking space markings are placed on the pavement, subject to other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be stopped, left standing or parked other than within a single space unless the size and shape of such vehicle makes compliance impossible.
17. No Stopping Zones. The city engineer shall designate established "No Stopping" zones by placing and maintaining appropriate signs indicating that stopping of vehicles is prohibited and indicating the hours and days when stopping is prohibited. During the hours and on the days designated on the signs, it shall be unlawful for the operator or any vehicle to stop said vehicle on any public street or portion thereof established by resolution of the city council as "No Stopping" zones.
18. All-Night Parking Prohibited. Whenever, within the Central Traffic District, signs are in place indicating that parking is prohibited for any specific time between the hours of two a.m. and five a.m. of any day, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle during any period of time prohibited by such signs.
19. Parking on City Property.
20. Whenever the city engineer shall determine that the orderly, efficient conduct of the city's business requires that parking or standing of vehicles on city property be prohibited, limited or restricted, the city engineer shall have the power and authority to order signs to be erected or posted indicating that the parking of vehicles is thus prohibited, limited or restricted.
21. When signs authorized by the provisions of this section are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of such signs.
22. Parking Commercial Vehicles in Residential Districts. No person shall park any commercial vehicle having an unladen weight exceeding five thousand pounds in any residential district except:
23. While loading/unloading property; or
24. When such vehicle is parked in connection with, or in aid of, the performance of a service to, or on a property in the block in which such vehicle is parked.
25. Movement of Parked Vehicle in Central Business District. No person shall s

park any commercial vehicle having an unladen weight exceeding five thousand pounds in any residential district except:

1. While loading/unloading property; or
2. When such vehicle is parked in connection with, or in aid of, the performance of a service to, or on a property in the block in which such vehicle is parked.
3. Movement of Parked Vehicle in Central Business District. No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle except a commercial delivery vehicle actually engaged in making delivery or pickup of merchandise, more than one time within two consecutive hours in the Central Traffic District posted in accordance with this chapter.
4. Handicapped Parking. No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in a stall or space on public or private property designated for physically handicapped persons if such stall or space is indicated by blue paint on the curb. In addition to the blue curb, the space may also be indicated by signage consisting of a profile view of a wheelchair-with-occupant immediately adjacent to and visible from such stall or space. Any vehicle parked in a stall or space so marked or signed must display a distinguishing handicapped license plate or handicapped placard issued pursuant to Sections 22511.5 or 9105 of the California Vehicle Code. This chapter shall not apply to any privately owned and maintained parking facility generally held open for use of the public for purposes of vehicular parking unless the owner or operator has caused to be posted in a conspicuous place at each entrance to such off-street parking facility, a notice not less than seventeen inches by twenty-two inches in size, with lettering not less than one inch in height, to the effect that such off-street parking is subject to enforcement of handicapped parking spaces as per the Lindsay Municipal Code.
5. Violations. Any violation of this section shall constitute an infraction and shall be punished as hereafter provided:
6. Violations of subdivisions A through K shall be subject to the penalties described in §10.04.190
7. Violation of subdivision L shall be punished by a fine not less than $250 for each occurrence.

(Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)

1. Control. All property owned, leased, or otherwise under the control of the city is, by authority of this chapter, subject to provisions of Sections 21113 and 22651(n) of the California Vehicle Code.
2. Regulation of Pedestrian and Vehicular Traffic. When the city engineer has determined that a particular portion of city property mentioned in subsection A of Section 10.04.130 is open to vehicular or pedestrian travel, and that the regulation of pedestrian and vehicular travel is necessary, the city engineer shall authorize the posting of said property in accordance with this chapter:
3. When authorized signs are erected in place giving notice of particular restriction on said property and any hours of limited enforcement, no operator of any vehicle shall drive, park or leave standing said vehicle in any area restricted or regulated, except in accordance with the posted regulation.
4. When authorized signs are erected in place giving notice of particular restriction on said property and any hours of limited enforcement, no rider of any bicycle, unicycle or other wheeled contrivance shall drive, ride, park or leave standing said bicycle, unicycle or other wheeled contrivance except in accordance with posted regulation.
5. When authorized signs are erected in place giving notice of a particular prohibition or restriction on said property and any hours of limited enforcement, no person shall walk, trespass, stand, loiter, drive or ride through any area where such passage, standing, loitering, driving or riding is prohibited or restricted.
6. Violations, Section 10.04.130, Subsections B1 and B2.
7. Violation of subsections B1 and B2 of this section shall constitute an infraction and be punishable according to the provisions of Section 10.04.190 of the Municipal Code.
8. In addition to the punishment indicated in subsection C1 of this section, if the property is posted indicating a tow-away zone, the vehicle may be towed from the property at the registered owner's expense.
9. Violations, Section 10.04.130, Subsection B3.
10. Violation of subsection B3 of Section 10.04.130 shall constitute a misdemeanor and is punishable according to Section 17 of the Penal Code of the state.

(Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)

1. Authority to Establish Loading/Unloading Zones.
2. The city engineer is hereby authorized to determine and to mark "Loading" or "Unloading" zones as follows:
3. At any place in the Central Traffic District or any business district;
4. Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business, or in front of any hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly.
5. In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.
6. Loading/unloading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top of all curbs within such zones.
7. Passenger Loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones.
8. Curb Markings to Indicate "No Stopping" and Parking Regulations. The city engineer is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this chapter, to place, and when required herein shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations and such curb markings shall have the meanings as herein set forth.
9. Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time, except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a Red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.
10. Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for any purpose other than the loading/unloading of passengers or materials, provided that the loading/unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes, nor the loading/unloading of materials more than twenty minutes.
11. White shall mean no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mailbox, which shall not exceed three minutes, and such restrictions shall apply between the hours of seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sunday and holidays, except as follows:
12. When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox, the restrictions shall apply at all times;
13. When such zone is in front of a theater, the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater is closed.
14. Blue shall mean parking strictly limited to use by physically handicapped drivers and/or passengers in vehicles displaying distinguishing license plates or placards issued pursuant to Sections 511.5 or 9105 of the California Vehicle Code.
15. Green Curb. (See subsection A of Section 10.04.120.
16. When the city engineer, as authorized under this chapter, has caused curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of this section.
17. Effect of Permission to Load or Unload.
18. Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for the purposes of loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than twenty minutes.
19. The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries, and the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail.
20. Permission herein granted to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not exceed the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than three minutes.
21. Within the total time limits above specified, the provisions of this section shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting abuse of the privileges hereby granted.
22. Standing for Loading or Unloading Only. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any Yellow Loading Zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or materials for such time as permitted in Subsection (C)(1—4) of this section.
23. Standing in Passenger Loading Zone. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any passenger loading zone for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is specified in subsections C1 through C4 of this section.
24. Standing in any Alley. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in any alley. Such loading or unloading is limited to the time periods specified in subsections C1 through C4 of this section.
25. Coach Zones to be Established.
26. The city engineer is hereby authorized to establish Bus Zones opposite curb space for the loading/unloading of buses or common carriers of passengers and to determine the location thereof.
27. Coach zones shall normally be established on the far side of an intersection.
28. Bicycle Parking Zones. When the city engineer shall determine that the establishment of a bicycle parking zone is reasonably necessary or desirable for the regulation of traffic or to provide facilities for the temporary parking of bicycles being operated upon public streets, or to safeguard life or property, he is hereby authorized to set aside a space on the street not more than thirty-six feet in length for the parking of bicycles during such hours of such days as are found by him to be best suited for the accomplishment of the purpose set forth in this section. When a bicycle parking zone is so established, the city engineer shall cause appropriate signs to be posted thereat during such hours, giving notice that parking of other vehicles is prohibited. No person shall stop, stand or park any other vehicles in front of such zone while such signs are in place.
29. Funeral Zones. No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle for any period of time longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers, and not to exceed three minutes at any place between the limit marks or signs placed within the projected real property boundaries of any undertaking establishment, private residen

of such zone while such signs are in place. 9. Funeral Zones. No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle for any period of time longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers, and not to exceed three minutes at any place between the limit marks or signs placed within the projected real property boundaries of any undertaking establishment, private residence or any public or private place at any time during, or within forty minutes prior to, the beginning of any funeral or funeral service, unless the operator of said vehicle is directed by or has received permission from the director or other person in charge of such funeral or funeral service to park such vehicle in such place, provided that such director or person in charge shall have placed and maintained prior to and during the time limit specified herein, two approved portable signs, one at each extremity of such place, upon the sidewalks or pavement area, and within two feet of the curb. 10. Taxicab Stands.

1. The city engineer may establish taxicab stands and determine the location thereof.
2. The curb surface within each taxicab stand shall be painted white and marked "Taxicab Stand" in red lettering, or shall be designated by signs of a type approved by the city engineer.
3. No operator of any vehicle, other than a taxicab or automobile for hire, shall park said vehicle in such taxicab stand zone.
4. Special Passenger Loading Zones. No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle in any Special Passenger Loading Zone when approved permanent or portable signs are in place, as hereinafter provided, for any period of time longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers, and not to exceed three minutes. "Special passenger loading zones," as used herein, means those areas adjacent to the curb, not more than sixty feet in length located between two approved permanent or portable signs in front of or adjacent to, and within the projected real property boundaries of any church, theater, club or place of business or public gathering. Said signs shall be provided and paid for by the church, theater, club or place of business or public gathering for which they are used and shall be approved by the city engineer.
5. Double Parking. No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a peace officer or official traffic device, on the roadway side of any vehicle that is stopped, parked or standing at the curb or edge of a street or highway.

(Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)

1. Designated Truck Routes. The following streets, or portions thereof, situated in the city, are designated to be, and as, the approved truck routes of the city:

2. Designated Truck Route—Signage. The city council hereby finds that the erection of signs along the streets on which commercial vehicles exceeding a gross weight of fourteen thousand pounds are allowed shall best serve to give notice of this chapter. The city engineer is authorized to designate such streets by the erection of appropriate signs showing the designated truck routes.
3. Exceptions.
4. This chapter shall not prohibit any commercial vehicles coming from an unrestricted street having ingress and egress by direct route to and from a restricted street when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or delivery of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted street or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted street for which the building permit has been obtained.
5. This chapter shall not apply to passenger buses governed by the provisions of the Public Utilities Code Sections 1031 through 1036, or any vehicle owned by public utilities.
6. Advertising vehicles. No person shall operate or drive any vehicle used for advertising purposes or any advertising vehicle equipped with sound-amplifying or loud-speaking device upon any street or alley at any time within the Central Traffic District.

(Ord. 441 §§ 1, 2, 1991: Ord. 435 § 1, 1989: Ord 415 § 1, 1987: Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)

Editor's note— Ord. 527, Art. 4, adopted Aug. 11, 2009, repealed § 10.04.160, which pertained to trains and derived from Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987.

Regulation of Speed by Traffic Signals. The city engineer is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the speeds otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections, and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.

(Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)

1. Permit Required. No person shall move or operate upon any of the city streets any vehicle with a load or loads in excess of those permitted by the Vehicle Code without a written permit from the city engineer and/or the director of public safety. The city engineer may, by written permit, authorize a load or loads in excess of those allowed for in the Vehicle Code if, in his judgment, the streets upon which such vehicle is to be operated can safely withstand the additional weight, or if the applicant will guarantee to the city that all costs of repair to the streets or to the public property of the city damaged by the movement of such load or loads will be paid in full. Such permit shall be granted upon such conditions and upon depositing such bond as the city engineer and the director of public safety, in their discretion, may require.
2. Flange Wheel Machinery. No person shall operate over the city streets any vehicle, piece of equipment or machinery which has lugs, cleats, flanges or other projections on the wheels or tracks. If the tread of the track has projections or corrugations, a filler block may be placed on each section so that a flat bearing surface will be in contact with the pavement at all times.

(Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)

1. Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be unlawful and constitute an infraction. Any person convicted of violating any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine in an amount which is set by resolution of the City Council.
2. The phrase "violation of the same section" as used in this section means and refers to a violation of the same numbered section of the Lindsay Municipal Code.

(Ord. 604 2023, Ord. 413 § 4 (part), 1987)