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Earlier editions: 2026-07

Title 10 — Vehicles and Traffic

Martinez Municipal Code Ch. 10.68 Miscellaneous Driving Rules

Martinez Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Martinez

Cite as: Martinez Municipal Code Chapter 10.68 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 10.68.010. Driving through funeral procession or parade.

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.

(Prior code § 3207)

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§ 10.68.020. Clinging to moving vehicle.

No person shall attach himself with his hands, or catch on, or hold onto with his hands or by other means, to any moving vehicle or train for the purpose of receiving motive power therefrom.

(Prior code § 3207.1)

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§ 10.68.030. Riding or driving on sidewalk.

No person shall ride, drive, propel or cause to be propelled any vehicle or animal across or upon any sidewalk, or any bicycle across or upon any sidewalk within any business district as defined by the California Vehicle Code, except over permanently constructed driveways and except when it is necessary for any temporary purpose to drive a loaded vehicle across a sidewalk, provided further, that the sidewalk area is substantially protected by wooden planks two inches thick, and written permission is previously obtained from the City Traffic Engineer. Such wooden planks shall not be permitted to remain upon such sidewalk area during the hours from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

(Prior code § 3207.3; Ord. 734 C.S. § 1, 1971)

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§ 10.68.040. Riding or driving over new pavement or markings.

No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted markings in 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.

(Prior code § 3207.4)

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§ 10.68.050. 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 Traffic Engineer or disobey the instructions, remove, tamper with or destroy any barrier or sign lawfully placed on any street by any person, public utility or by any department of this city.

(Prior code § 3207.5)

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§ 10.68.060. Vehicular traffic on municipal wharf.

No vehicle, other than those necessary for repair purposes, as authorized by the City Traffic Engineer shall be driven, moved or be on the municipal wharf.

(Prior code § 3207.6)

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§ 10.68.070. Obstructing intersections or crosswalks prohibited.

No operator of any vehicle shall enter any intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other 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.

(Prior code § 3207.7)

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§ 10.68.080. Limited-access roadways.

No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited-access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are lawfully established.

(Prior code § 3207.8)

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§ 10.68.090. Restrictions on freeway use.

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.

(Prior code § 3207.9)

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