Marin County Municipal Code Ch. 02.04 Land Use Regulations—vehicle and Traffic Regulations

No person shall operate or possess any motor vehicle or motor-driven vehicle, including, but not limited to cars, trucks, motorcycles, motorbikes, or similar vehicles on district lands. For the purposes of this section, emergency vehicles and county or district maintenance vehicles, battery-powered wheelchairs and other power-driven mobility devices being used by individuals with mobility disabilities are exempted, subject to limitations and regulations on their use in accordance with legitimate safety requirements as established through policy adopted and publicly posted by the Marin County Open Space District under 28 CFR §§ 35.130(h) and 35.137(b) (2).

(Ord. No. 19, § I, 2011; Ord. No. 20, § I, 2018)

No person shall possess or operate any bicycle on district lands except upon system fire protection roads, designated bicycle pathways, or public roads not signed against such use. Furthermore, no person shall operate or possess any bicycle on system trails or elsewhere on district lands, unless signed specifically to permit such possession.

All persons operating a bicycle on district lands during hours of darkness shall carry and use a lamp which emits a white light visible from a distance of three hundred feet.

Per California state law, bicycle riders under eighteen years of age are required to wear a helmet when riding a bicycle.

No person shall operate or possess roller-skates, inline skates, grass skates, or any self-propelled or motorized skateboard, scooter or other similar device on district lands.

(Ord. No. 20, § I, 2018)

No person shall place, operate or possess any motorized vessels, including boats, rafts, or similar watercraft, in reservoirs, lakes, streams, waterways or other bodies of water owned, maintained or otherwise managed by the district, except on bay and tidal waterways, subject to applicable state and local laws. Personal watercraft (jet skis, wave runners, etc.) are not permitted in any bodies of water owned, maintained or otherwise managed by the district.

No person shall operate any land vehicle, including bicycles, at speeds in excess of fifteen miles per hour unless otherwise posted. Bicycles and similar vehicles shall slow to five miles per hour when passing others or approaching blind turns. No person shall operate any watercraft or other vessel in excess of five miles per hour. No vehicle, including bicycles, shall be operated at a speed greater than is reasonable for safe operation, nor in any manner which may endanger the safety of others or the protection of environmental resources.

All persons operating vehicles on district lands, including bicycles, shall yield the right-of-way to hikers and equestrians. Hikers shall yield the right-of-way to equestrians. District and emergency vehicles have the right-of-way on district lands at all times.

No person shall park, leave, abandon, possess or otherwise store any vehicle on district lands, except in locations designated by the district. Vehicles used in violation of any provision of this code may be impounded and stored at the owner's expense.

Except as otherwise provided in these regulations, the provisions of the California Vehicle Code shall be applicable to the operation of vehicles on district lands.

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