Salinas Municipal Code § 20-98 Horse-drawn vehicles

* For provisions authorizing local regulation to prohibit parking or standing of vehicles on certain streets, see Veh. C. §§ 22507 and 22507.5.

No person shall drive any animal-drawn vehicle into or within the central traffic district between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day without first securing a permit therefor from the chief of police. The chief of police shall issue such permit if he determines that such animal-drawn vehicle will not create a traffic hazard or impede the flow of traffic in the central traffic district.

(Ord. No. 938 (NCS), § 110.)

(a) Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is prohibited by any vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of six thousand pounds, the city traffic engineer shall post appropriate signs at all intersections to such streets or portions thereof, giving notice of the prohibitions imposed by such ordinance or resolution. No person shall drive any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of six thousand pounds on any such street or portion thereof so posted.

(b) Whenever any ordinance or resolution designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle, the city traffic engineer shall post appropriate signs at all entrances to such streets or portions thereof, giving notice of the prohibitions imposed by such ordinance or resolution. No person shall drive any commercial vehicle on any such street or portion thereof so posted.

(c) The prohibitions contained in this section shall not apply to passenger buses subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, school buses, motor homes, pickup trucks, mounted campers, or when reasonably necessary to arrive at a particular destination located on such designated street for the purpose of delivering any services, or loading or unloading goods, merchandise, or materials.

(Ord. No. 938 (NCS), § 111; Ord. No. 1873 (NCS), § A.)

Whenever any ordinance or resolution prohibits or restricts the parking or standing of certain commercial vehicles on certain streets or portions thereof, during all or certain hours of the day, the city traffic engineer shall post appropriate signs upon such streets or portions thereof, giving notice of the restrictions or prohibitions imposed by such ordinance or resolution. No person shall park or stand a commercial vehicle having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of six thousand pounds or more, upon any such street or portion thereof as posted. The prohibition contained in this section shall not apply to passenger buses subject to the Public Utilities Commission, school buses, motor homes, pickup trucks, mounted campers, or when reasonably necessary to arrive at a particular destination located on such designated street or portion thereof for the purpose of delivering any services, or loading or unloading goods, merchandise, or materials.

(Ord. No. 1873 (NCS), § B.)

(a) No person shall park a commercial vehicle having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or more, upon any street or portion thereof, in any residential district, except for making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted streets, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained.

(b) As used in this section, "residence district" is that portion of a highway and the property contiguous thereto, other than a business district, (1) upon one side of which highway, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by thirteen or more separate dwelling houses or business structures, or (2) upon both sides of which highway, collectively, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by sixteen or more separate dwelling houses or business structures. A residence district may be longer than one-quarter of a mile if the above ratio of separate dwelling houses or business structures to the length of the highway exists.

(Ord. No. 1629 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1671 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1742 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1873 (NCS), § C.)

The penalty for violation of any of the provisions of this article of this chapter shall be a fine of one hundred dollars.

(Ord. No. 1873 (NCS), § D; Ord. No. 1912 (NCS), § 2.)