Orange Municipal Code Ch. 10.18 Private Streets

A. Under the authority of Section 21107.6 of the California Vehicle Code, the provisions of the California Vehicle Code shall apply to those certain privately owned and maintaining roads which are generally held open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel to serve commercial establishments as are hereafter designated by ordinance.

B. Whenever any ordinance of the City designates or describes a traffic regulation on any privately owned and maintained roads held open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel to serve commercial establishments, the owner or representative shall place and maintain signs or markings as required by the California Vehicle Code giving notice thereof, and no such regulation shall be effective unless such signs or markings are in place.

C. Whenever authorized signs or markings are placed indicating the traffic regulation, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey any such sign or marking.

D. Pursuant to Section 21107.6 of the California Vehicle Code, subsections A, B, and C of this section, the provisions of the California Vehicle Code and the following specific vehicle regulations are established:

1. Parking is:

a. Prohibited at all times;

b. Permitted during certain hours;

c. Limited to a maximum of five, 15, 20 or 30 minutes or two hours.

2. All vehicles shall stop before entering the intersections controlled by stop signs.

3. On the basis of engineering and traffic surveys, prima facie speed limits are established on those privately owned and maintained roads which provide ingress, egress and circulation within that commercial complex known as "The Block at Orange," and its successors, and on those privately owned and maintained roads which provide ingress, egress and circulation within that commercial complex known as the "Orange Mall," and its successors, and on those privately owned and maintained roads which provide ingress, egress and circulation within that commercial complex known as the "Century Promenade," and its successors.

4. Vehicle parking restrictions are established on portions of those privately owned and maintained roads at Saint Joseph Hospital and Children's Hospital of Orange County as the roads and the restrictions affecting them are more specifically set out on a map (Exhibit C) on file in the Department of Public Works.

5. A prohibition of vehicle stopping or parking is established on the private street easement along the northerly boundaries of Lot 4 of that certain Orange County parcel map recorded in the Office of the Orange County Recorder on January 29, 1971, in book 34 at page 28 and on lots 1, 6, 7 and 12 of Parcel Map 89-149. The private street easement lies parallel to the Collins Channel of the Orange County Flood Control District. Said easement is 30 feet wide and extends westerly from Batavia Street to the westerly boundary of Lot 12 of Parcel Map 89-149, a distance of 927 feet.

(Ord. 19-98)

A. Pursuant to the authority of Section 21107.7 of the California Vehicle Code, the City Council does declare that there now exists within the City certain privately owned and maintained streets which are not generally held open for use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel, but by reason of their proximity to or connection with public streets or highways and because the health and safety of persons residing near the private streets shall be promoted thereby, the provisions of Section 21107.7 of the California Vehicle Code shall apply.

B. Whenever any ordinance of the City designates or describes a traffic regulation on any privately owned and maintained streets which are not generally held open for use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel, the owner shall place and maintain signs or markings giving notice thereof, and no such regulation shall be effective unless such signs or markings are in place. The following designated privately owned and maintained streets shall be subject to the parking restrictions herein described:

1. Vehicular parking shall be prohibited at all times in the roadway on that side of Pami Circle immediately adjacent to the frontage of Lots 27 through 43 of Tract 8626; being those lots encompassed by Pami Circle.

2. Vehicular parking shall be prohibited at all times in the streets, drives, roadways and alleys of Tract No. 7540, except in designated parking areas; said tract being adjacent to Flower Street and northerly of La Veta Avenue.

(Prior code 10.12.060; Ord. 36-78; Ord. 30-79)