Mono County Municipal Code Ch. 11.08 Restrictions on the Use of Highways by Certain Vehicles

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 11-04, § 1, adopted Dec. 6, 2011, amended Ch. 11.08 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former Ch. 11.08, §§ 11.08.010—11.08.030, pertained to similar subject matter, and derived from Ord. 230, §§ 1, 2, 1952; Ord. 416, § 1, 1971.

A. Except as otherwise provided herein, it is unlawful for any person or persons to place any vehicle wholly or partly within any county street or highway traffic lanes for the purpose of selling therefrom or therein any article, service or thing.

B. A person will not be in violation of this section if the vehicle is lawfully parked wholly outside of any traffic lane on any county street or highway where the speed limit is greater than or equal to twenty-five miles per hour.

C. A person will not be in violation of this section if the vehicle is lawfully parked in a manner that does not restrict the flow of traffic on any county street or highway where the speed limit is less than twenty-five miles per hour.

D. No person selling from a vehicle in compliance with subdivision (B) or (C) of this section shall conduct their business in a manner where customers are permitted access to the person selling from the vehicle and/or permitted to conduct transactions with the person selling from the vehicle, from the side of the vehicle facing the county street or highway, or in a manner where individuals are induced to enter into and remain within a county street or highway as a result of intending to conduct a transaction with the person selling from the vehicle.

E. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit a seller from taking orders or delivering any commodity from within a vehicle on that part of any county street or highway immediately adjacent to the premises of the purchaser.

F. It is unlawful for any person or persons to place any vehicle or wholly or partly within any county street or highway, for the purpose of selling the vehicle, where the speed limit is greater than or equal to twenty-five miles per hour.

G. It is unlawful for any person or persons to place any vehicle or wholly or partly within any county street or highway, for the purpose of selling the vehicle, for more than twenty-four hours where the speed limit is less than twenty-five miles per hour.

H. It is unlawful for any person or persons to place any disabled vehicle or wholly or partly within any county street or highway traffic lane. It is unlawful for any person or persons to place any disabled vehicle or wholly or partly within any county street or highway, but outside of a traffic lane, for more than forty-eight hours.

I. It is unlawful for any person or persons to place any structure wholly or partly within any county street or highway for the purpose of selling the same or of selling therefrom or therein any article, service, or thing.

J. Exceptions to this section may be made by the county through the issuance of an otherwise valid use or special permit.

(Ord. No. 11-14, § 1, 12-6-2011)

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to drive or permit or cause to be driven any unauthorized vehicle, including, but not limited to, snowmobiles, upon the property of any county owned or operated airport.

(Ord. No. 11-14, § 1, 12-6-2011)

A. The County of Mono concurs with Caltrans and recommends that vehicles and combination vehicles with an overall length greater than thirty-eight feet kingpin-to-rear-axle (KPRA) be prohibited from accessing State Route 108 from postmile (PM) 0.0 (Mono County/Tuolumne County line) to PM 9.8 (closure gate west of Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center).

B. This action, taken at the request of the California Highway Patrol and Caltrans, shall have no effect on the continuing legal responsibilities of the State of California, by and through Caltrans, for the continued and future maintenance of the subject highway and for its duty to the users of said state highway.

(Ord. No. 16-04, §§ 1, 2, 7-5-2016)

Any violation of Sections 11.08.010 or 11.08.020 is punishable as an infraction or a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars or more than three hundred dollars, in addition to any such fees as may be incurred for towing and/or removing of such vehicles and/or structures, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten days or more than ninety days, or by a combination of such fines, fees, and imprisonment.

(Ord. No. 11-14, § 1, 12-6-2011)