Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 10 — STREETS AND HIGHWAYS›Division 4 — OBSTRUCTIONS TO TRAFFIC
Mountain House Municipal Code Ch. 1 Vending from Streets
Mountain House Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Mountain House
Cite as: Mountain House Municipal Code Chapter 1 · Text as of 2026-10-04
10-4-100 - Vending from Highway a Public Nuisance.¶
Any vehicle or structure parked or placed wholly or partly within any City street for the purpose of selling the vehicle or structure or any article, service, or thing from or in the vehicle or structure is a public nuisance. The Chief of Police may immediately remove such a vehicle or structure from within the highway.
(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)
10-4-101 - Vendor Prohibition.¶
No person shall create the public nuisance described in Section 10-4-100 or sell therefrom or therein any article or thing; no person shall sell, display for sale, or offer for sale any article or thing either in or from any vehicle or structure so parked or placed, and no person shall store, service, repair, or otherwise work on any such vehicle, other than on a temporarily disabled vehicle.
(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)
10-4-102 - Enforcement.¶
All peace officers may enforce the provisions of this Chapter and may cooperate with the Sheriff and California Highway Patrol to that end. Whenever any peace officer removes a vehicle from a street under the provisions of this Chapter, then all of the provisions of Sections 22850 through 22856 of the Vehicle Code of the State with reference to the removal of a vehicle from a street shall be applicable.
(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)
10-4-103 - Exceptions.¶
The provisions of this Chapter shall not prohibit a seller from taking orders or delivering any commodity from a vehicle on that part of any city street immediately adjacent to the premises of the purchaser; nor shall the provisions of this Chapter prohibit an owner or operator of a vehicle, or a mechanic, from servicing, repairing, or otherwise working on any vehicle which is temporarily disabled in a manner and to an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping the vehicle within the street.
(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)
10-4-104 - Violations; Penalty.¶
Any person violating any provision of this Chapter shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in jail not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, or by both. Each day or portion of a day during which any violation of this Chapter occurs or continues shall constitute a separate offense, and on conviction shall be punishable as provided in this Section.
(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)
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