Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 10 — Vehicles and Traffic
Monterey Park Municipal Code Ch. 10.40 Driving Rules
Monterey Park Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Monterey Park
Cite as: Monterey Park Municipal Code Chapter 10.40 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 10.40.010. Driving through funeral processions.¶
No driver of a vehicle, except an emergency vehicle, shall drive between vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion and when the vehicles in such processions are conspicuously so designated.
(Prior code § 3234)
§ 10.40.020. Clinging to moving vehicles.¶
Any person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, roller skates, or any toy vehicle shall not attach the same or himself to any street car or moving vehicle upon any roadway.
(Prior code § 3235)
§ 10.40.030. Driving on sidewalk—Prohibited.¶
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk area or any parkway except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
(Prior code § 3236)
§ 10.40.040. New pavement—Driving on—Prohibited.¶
No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted marking in any street when a barrier or sign is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or when a sign is in place stating that the street or any portion thereof is closed.
(Prior code § 3237)
§ 10.40.050. Restricted access.¶
No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority.
(Prior code § 3238)
§ 10.40.060. Freeway use restrictions.¶
No person shall drive or operate any bicycle, motordriven cycle, or any vehicle which is not drawn by a motor vehicle upon any street established as a freeway, as defined by the Vehicle Code, nor shall any pedestrian walk across or along any such street so designated and described except in space set aside for the use of pedestrians, provided official signs are in place giving notice of such restrictions.
(Prior code § 3239)
§ 10.40.070. Racing—Prohibited.¶
No person, while operating any automobile, motorcycle or other motor vehicle upon private property within the city, shall engage in any race, contest or game such as "follow the leader," "hare and hound," "hill climb" or any other similar game or contest.
(Prior code § 3241; Ord. 1228 § 1, 1968)
§ 10.40.080. Trespass—Noise.¶
Whenever signs are posted giving reasonable notice of the closure, it is unlawful for any person to enter upon private property for the purpose of engaging in motorcycling or otherwise operating a motorcycle upon such property whenever the same shall constitute in any manner a public nuisance in the neighborhood. "Motorcycles" as used in this section and in Section 10.40.070 include motor bikes, motor-driven cycles, minibikes or other motor vehicles.
(Prior code § 3241-1; Ord. 1228 § 2, 1968)
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