Pico Rivera Municipal Code Ch. 10.60 Hazardous Material Transport

The city council finds and determines as set out in this chapter.

(Prior code § 3391(part))

For purposes of this chapter:

A. A motor vehicle is "attended" when the person in charge of the vehicle is on the vehicle, awake, and not in a sleeper berth, or is within one hundred feet of the vehicle and has it within his or her unobstructed field of view.

B. A "qualified representative of a motor carrier" means a person who:

1. Has been designated by the carrier to attend the vehicle;

2. Is aware of the nature of the hazardous material or substance contained in the vehicle he or she attends;

3. Has been instructed on the procedures he or she must follow in emergencies concerning hazardous materials or substances;

4. Is authorized to move the vehicle and has the means and ability to do so.

(Prior code § 3391(C))

A vehicle transporting a hazardous material or substance, as identified in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, must be attended at all times by its driver or a qualified representative of the motor carrier that operates it, and shall not be parked on any highway, shoulder, street, alley, public way or public place, or within five feet of the traveled portion thereof, within a residential zone, or within one thousand feet of any school or within three hundred feet of any bridge or tunnel, except for brief periods when mechanical or equipment failure or disablement or malfunction of the vehicle, or the necessities of operation, require the vehicle to be parked and make it impractical to park the vehicle in any other place.

(Prior code § 3391(A))

Repair, maintenance, refuse, utility, termite and pesticide vehicles, fuel-delivery vehicles, and vehicles delivering life-support and health commodities, while servicing residential areas or schools, are exempt from the provisions of Section 10.60.030 of this chapter. Additionally, such exempt vehicles need not be attended while the drivers are performing duties that are evident and necessary as the operator of the vehicle or the provider of the service.

(Prior code § 3391(B))

The rules of this chapter do not relieve a driver from any obligation imposed by federal, state or local laws relating to the transportation of hazardous materials or explosives, motor-carrier safety regulations, or the placement of warning signs or devices when a motor vehicle is stopped on a public street or highway.

(Prior code § 3391(D))