Pinole Municipal Code Ch. 10.34 Prohibition of Driving Motor Vehicles Upon Any Property Which Is Not A…

A. MOTOR VEHICLE. As defined in the California Vehicle Code, means and includes, but is not limited to, vehicles commonly referred to as motor scooter, four-wheel drive vehicles, motorcycle, motorbike, dune buggy and sand buggy.

B. STREET. The terms street or highway as defined in the California Vehicle Code. (Ord. 533 § 1(part), 1990).

A. No person shall drive a motor vehicle upon any property which is not a public or private street or highway.

B. Exception. This section shall not apply where such motor vehicle is being driven upon property by the property owner, resident, regular occupant or authorized visitor for the purpose of ingress or egress to such property. (Ord. 533 § 1(part), 1990).

This chapter is declared to be necessary in order to protect the public health, safety, peace and general welfare of the citizens of the city for the following reasons:

A. The City Council finds that the operation of motor vehicles on property which is not a public street or a private street creates a public nuisance and damage to the environment as follows:

1. Such activities are conducted primarily as a recreational or leisure time pursuit, often by large numbers of drivers and passengers, and have no relationship to the economic use of the land or property being utilized by the owners.

2. Such activity predominately occurs on unimproved property within the city and raises dust, creates excessive noise, destroys natural vegetation and erodes the natural terrain.

3. Often such activity is a trespass upon private or public property.

4. Noise emitted by motorcycles, motor-driven cycles or similar motor vehicles creates a substantial nuisance far in excess of other contributions to the normal noise level of the surrounding environment.

5. Control of such activity through existing laws relating to trespass, nuisance, noise condition, zoning and traffic are cumbersome, impractical and ineffective. (Ord. 533 § 1 (part), 1990).