San Clemente Municipal Code Ch. 10.48 Operation of Vehicles on Private Property

A "vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine" is any vehicle designed as its principal function to carry an operator, having two (2) wheels or more which are designed to operate in contact with the ground, the basic purpose of which is to provide transportation for one (1) or more persons, and which vehicle is propelled or derives its source of power from an internal combustion engine. Such phrase includes, but is not limited to, automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, minibikes and dune buggies.

(Prior code § 15A-1)

A. .....No person shall park any vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine on private property where the property has been posted prohibiting public parking and where the property owner or person lawfully in possession thereof has given written notice to the City police that such property is not to be used for parking purposes.

B. .....No person shall operate any vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine on private property without, and within his or her possession, the prior express consent of the owner and person in lawful possession of the real property.

(Prior code § 15A-2)

No person shall operate any vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine on private property within the City without a U.S. Forestry Service or state-approved spark arrestor or a noise muffling device approved by the state, except within a City-approved recreational motorcycle park, or on all necessary roads for egress and ingress to such motorcycle park.

(Prior code § 15A-3)

No person shall operate any vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine on private property within three hundred (300) feet of the exterior boundaries of any residential property, except where reasonably necessary upon his or her own property, or property of others over which a lawful easement right is owned, for purposes of ingress or egress, or if such operation is directly related to a lawfully operated motorcycle sale and service business within the City.

(Prior code § 15A-4)

No person shall operate within the City any vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine beyond three hundred (300) feet of the exterior boundary of any residential property (whether on his or her own property or that of others) with equipment on the vehicle (or in such a manner) that the volume of the exhaust, sound or motor is audible to the extent that such noise volume is so loud, raucous or jarring as to be disturbing or a nuisance to the peace or quiet of any adjacent neighborhood or a person residing in an adjacent neighborhood or conducting a lawful business therein. There shall be a rebuttable presumption of compliance with the equipment requirements of this section if the vehicle is determined to be in compliance with Section 15.48.030.

(Prior code § 15A-5)