Mountain House Municipal Code Ch. 1 Equipment of Vehicles

"Director" shall be defined as the City Manager or their designee.

"Public right-of-way" shall mean the improved or unimproved surface of and the space above and below a City easement for public utility purposes, or street, or similar public way of any nature, dedicated or improved for vehicular, bicycle, and/or pedestrian related use now or hereafter held by City, however acquired.

(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)

No tire on any vehicle on any public right-of-way shall have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, ridge, bead, or other protuberance of metal or wood projecting beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire. The tracks of a crawler-type vehicle shall be considered a tire within the meaning of this Chapter.

(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)

The foregoing section shall not apply to:

(a) The use of tire chains of reasonable size to prevent skidding on surfaces or on snow or ice.

(b) The use of pneumatic tires which have embedded in them wire not to exceed .075 inches in diameter and which are so constructed that under no conditions will the percentage of metal in contact with the roadway exceed five (5) percent of the total tire area in contact with the roadway; but during the first one thousand (1,000) miles of use or operation of these tires the metal in contact with the roadway may exceed five (5) percent of this area but shall in no event exceed twenty (20) percent of the area.

(c) Vehicles operated on unimproved roadways when necessary in the construction or repair of highways.

(d) Traction engines or tractors when operated under the conditions of a permit first obtained from the Director.

(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)

No equipment attached to any vehicle such as discs, harrows, scarifiers, or other implements of agriculture or construction that may scratch, cut, gouge, or otherwise mark a pavement, shall be allowed to come in contact with any public right-of-way; but the Director may permit the use of such equipment on a public right-of-way on the filing of an application for a permit, which they may issue with the imposition of reasonable conditions that, may be required to protect the public right-of-way.

(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)

Any violation of this Chapter is punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months, or both.

(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)