Morro Bay Municipal Code Ch. 10.52 Restricted Use of Certain Streets

No person, without prior permission of the council, shall operate or drive any vehicle used solely for advertising purposes or any advertising vehicle equipped with a sound-amplifying or loud speaking device upon any street or alley at any time within the central business district.

(Ord. No. 548, 5-26-09)

A. No person shall drive any animal-drawn vehicle into or within the central business district, and no person shall operate any non-motor-driven vehicle, cart, cab or other device for hire within the central business district, except by special permit.

B. The chief of police shall establish, and make available upon request, administrative procedures and standards for permit processing and approval.

C. A nonrefundable fee, as established by council resolution, may be required with each permit application to defray administrative costs for processing and inspection.

(Ord. No. 548, 5-26-09)

A. Whenever the city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street, the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of five tons, the city traffic engineer is authorized to designate such street or streets by appropriate signs as "truck routes" for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of five tons.

B. When any such truck route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of five tons shall drive on such route or routes and none other except that nothing in this section shall prohibit the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of five tons coming from a "truck route" having ingress and egress by direct route to and from restricted streets when necessary for the purpose of making pickups and deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on such restricted streets or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon such restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to (1) passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission, (2) any vehicle owned by a public utility, or (3) any vehicle under contract to the city.

(Ord. No. 548, 5-26-09)

A. Whenever any resolution of the city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street, the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle, the city traffic engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets affected by such designation.

B. Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the council are declared to be streets, the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle. The provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission or under contract to the city.

(Ord. No. 548, 5-26-09)

No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight in excess of five tons on any portion of Ironwood Avenue between California State Highway No. 41 and Avalon Street. Vehicles with bona fide points of destination on this street segment and vehicles subject to Sections 1032 and 1036, inclusive, of the Public Utilities Code are exempt from compliance with this section.

(Ord. No. 548, 5-26-09)