Porterville Municipal Code § 20-1 Obstructions Generally; Riding or Driving Bicycles, Animals, or Vehicles On…

Any person who obstructs with machinery, vehicles or merchandise or in any manner, any street, alley or sidewalk, in such manner as to impede, delay or endanger travel thereon, or shall ride or drive or cause to be ridden or driven any horses, mules, hogs, sheep or cattle, bicycles or other vehicles on any sidewalk in the city shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that any provision of this article is violated is a separate and distinct offense and shall be punishable as a separate and distinct offense. Notwithstanding the classification of a violation of this article as a misdemeanor, at the time an action is commenced to enforce the provisions of this article, the trial court, upon recommendation of the prosecuting attorney, may reduce the charged offense from a misdemeanor to an infraction. Any person convicted of an infraction under this article shall be punished by:

A. A fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) for a first violation;

B. A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a second violation of this article within one year; and

C. A fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each additional violation of this article within one year.

Street vendors/peddlers utilizing pushcarts (walking type) licensed by the city in compliance with section 15-8 of this code shall be exempt from this section to the extent that said pushcarts do not endanger travel. (Ord. Code § 3311; Ord. 1531 § D1, 6-18-1996)

Except as provided by section 20-57 of this chapter pertaining to Porterville redevelopment project area no. 1, any person who constructs or affixes, or causes to be constructed or affixed, any structure, sign, canopy, awning, lighting fixture, or any other device, equipment or fixture which projects into the public right of way beyond the property line of a building site, without first having obtained approval from the city council by way of an encroachment agreement, is guilty of an infraction. (Ord. 1498 § 1, 6-7-1994; Ord. 1872, 6-2-2020)

An agreement between the city and the owner of real property located within the city permitting the property owner who is a party to the agreement to construct or place temporary or permanent improvements, structures, signs, awnings, fences, fixtures, or other similar appurtenant structures, within the public right of way owned by the city and adjacent to the real property described in the agreement, and which is subject to the terms, covenants and conditions contained therein. (Ord. 1498 § 2, 6-7-1994)