Loyalton Municipal Code Ch. 7.24 Miscellaneous Offenses

Except as hereinafter provided, it is unlawful for any person to drive any motor vehicle in or upon any property open to and intended for use by the public or the patrons of an adjacent business, commercial, industrial, entertainment or recreational establishment or public facility of any kind without having in his possession a valid operator’s license issued in accordance with the California Vehicle Code or in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property. This section shall not apply to any property or portion thereof being used for a special event with the express permission of the owner or his representative and from which the public has been temporarily excluded, nor shall it apply to a public highway or to any act prohibited by the Vehicle Code or other law of the state.

It is unlawful for the directing person or the operator of any railroad train to direct the operation of or to operate the same in a manner as to prevent the use of any grade crossing by vehicular traffic for a period of time longer than five consecutive minutes. Provided, however, that any time during which the train is in continuous motion in one direction shall not be included in calculating the five minute period.

It is unlawful for any person to ride or operate any motorcycle or motor bike of any kind on any private property or unoccupied public property within one-quarter of a mile of any school, hospital, convalescent home or residential area as herein defined except upon a regularly established private road, driveway, or parking lot appurtenant to a structure on that property. A residential area within the meaning of this section means any area one-quarter mile in depth abutting a public or private road and one-quarter mile in length measured along such road and which contains any apartment house,

condominium, multiple unit dwelling structure of four or more residences of any kind or combination.
This section shall not apply to lands within a national forest or to property specifically devoted to a raceway, hill climb, motorcycle trail or similar use pursuant to a permit therefore issued by a governmental agency.