San Joaquin County Municipal Code Div. 2 Traffic Regulation

The District Traffic Engineer shall have the power and duty to place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained official traffic-control devices when and as required under the traffic ordinances and resolutions to make effective the provisions of said ordinances and resolutions.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

Whenever the Vehicle Code requires that for the effectiveness of any provisions thereof traffic- control devices be installed to give notice to the public of the application of such law, the District Traffic Engineer is authorized to install or cause to be installed the necessary devices subject to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law applicable thereto.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The District Traffic Engineer may also place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained such additional traffic-control devices as may be deemed necessary to regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic, but shall make such determination only upon such principles and traffic investigations and in accordance with such standards, limitations and rules as may be set forth in the traffic ordinances of this District or as may be determined by ordinance or resolution or as may be proper under standards officially in effect for the State.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The driver of a vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the traffic ordinances, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or other personnel authorized by the provisions of this title, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The District Traffic Engineer shall recommend the locations where official traffic signals are required by resorting to field observations, traffic counts and other traffic information that may be pertinent, and the determinations therefrom shall be made in accordance with generally accepted District traffic engineering and safety standards.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The District Traffic Engineer shall, upon direction of the Board of Directors by resolution, install and maintain official traffic signals at those intersections and other places where traffic conditions are such as to require that the flow of traffic be alternately interrupted and released in order to prevent or relieve traffic congestion or to protect life or property from exceptional hazard.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The District Traffic Engineer is authorized to mark centerlines and lane lines upon the surface of the roadway to indicate the course to be traveled by vehicles, and may place signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the centerline of the roadway, excepting State highways within the District.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The District Traffic Engineer is authorized to place and maintain distinctive roadway markings as described in the Vehicle Code on those streets or parts of streets where the volume of traffic or the vertical or other curvature of the roadway renders it hazardous to drive on the left side of such marking or sign and markings. Such marking or signs and marking shall have the same effect as similar markings placed by the State Department of Transportation pursuant to the provisions of the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The District Traffic Engineer is authorized to establish safety zones at such places as the District Traffic Engineer may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The District Traffic Engineer is authorized to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic control not specifically required by State law or this title whenever he determines in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The District Traffic Engineer shall determine the hours and days during which any traffic-control device shall be in operation or be in effect except in those cases where such hours or days are specified in this title.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The prima facie speed limit declared for each street designated in this section is a speed limit which is either an increase from the prima facie speed limit or a decrease from the maximum speed limit otherwise applicable to such street pursuant to Chapter 7 of Division 11 of the Vehicle Code of the State (commencing at Section 22348). Any such increase or decrease has been determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey. For each street upon which an increase in the prima facie speed limit (otherwise applicable) has been declared, a determination has been made that the increased declared prima facie speed limit is the most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. For each street upon which a decrease from the maximum speed limit (otherwise applicable) has been made and a lower speed limit declared as the prima facie speed limit, a determination has been made that the maximum speed limit (otherwise applicable) is more than is reasonable or safe, and that the declared prima facie speed limit is most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The District Traffic Engineer is authorized to place markers, buttons or signs within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and the District Traffic Engineer is authorized to allocate and indicate more than one (1) lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right-hand or left-hand turns, and the course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law or ordinance.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

When authorized markers, buttons or other indications are placed within an intersection indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of such indications.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The District Traffic Engineer is authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right turn, left turn or U-turn, and shall place proper signs at such intersections. The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of any day and permitted at other hours, in which event the same shall be plainly indicated on the signs or they may be removed when such turns are permitted.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right turn or left turn or U-turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The District Traffic Engineer is authorized to determine those intersections within any business or residence district at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right turn against a red or stop signal, and shall erect proper signs giving notice of such prohibition. No driver of a vehicle shall disobey directions of any such sign.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The provisions of this title prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The provisions of this title imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of the Vehicle Code or other regulations prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

(a) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway paralleled by curbs or any parkway designated by the District Traffic Engineer as an area for no standing, stopping or parking and posted accordingly.

(b) No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours.

(c) In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street in excess of a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours any member of the police department authorized by the Chief Law Enforcement Officer may remove the vehicle from the street in the manner described in, and subject to the requirements of, the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

(a) No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:

(1) Displaying such vehicle for sale as a business; or

(2) Washing, waxing, wiping, greasing or repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency.

(b) No person shall park a vehicle upon a public or private street, parking lot or any public or private property for the purpose of displaying such vehicle thereon for sale, hire or rental unless the property is duly licensed and to transact that type of business at that location.

(c) To the extent not prohibited by other statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations or covenants, conditions, and restrictions, Subsection (b) of this section shall not prohibit persons from parking vehicles on private residential property belonging to the owner of the vehicle, or on private property, other than their own when they have obtained written permission from the property owner to do so. Said written permission must bear the date permission was granted including the name, address and telephone number of the property owner and must be displayed in or upon the vehicle in such a manner that it is easily readable from outside the vehicle.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

(a) Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parked within eighteen (18) inches of the left-hand curb, facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any one-way street unless signs are in place prohibiting such stopping or standing.

(b) Every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel with and within eighteen (18) inches of the right-hand curb, except that motorcycles shall be parked with at least one (1) wheel or fender touching the right-hand curb. Where no curbs or barriers bound any roadway, right-hand parallel parking is required unless otherwise indicated.

(c) In the event a highway includes two (2) or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one (1) direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are in place permitting such standing or parking.

(d) The District Traffic Engineer is authorized to determine when standing or parking shall be prohibited upon the left-hand side of any one-way street or when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any one-way roadway of a highway having two (2) or more separate roadways and shall establish signs or markings giving notice thereof.

(e) The requirement of parallel parking shall not apply in the event any commercial vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading freight or goods, in which case that vehicle may be backed up to the curb; provided, that such vehicle does not extend beyond the centerline of the street and does not block traffic.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

(a) The District Traffic Engineer shall recommend upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall mark and sign such streets when appropriately so ordered by the Board of Directors. Such angle parking shall not be permitted on any State highway or upon any other street or roadway that is not of sufficient width to permit and not interfere with the free movement of traffic.

(b) When signs or markings are in place indicating angle parking as provided in this section, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

(a) The District Traffic Engineer is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his or her opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.

(b) When official signs are erected indicating no parking upon either side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

(a) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in any alley.

(b) The District Traffic Engineer is authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed twenty (20) feet, or upon one (1) side of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty (30) feet.

(c) When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized in this section, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

No person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle from which foodstuffs are displayed, offered for sale or sold, upon any portion of any public street, alley or highway within this District except in compliance with all of the following:

(a) Stopping to Sell—Time Limit. Such vehicle shall stand or park only at the request of a bona fide customer or purchaser and for a period of time not exceeding ten (10) minutes at any one (1) place.

(b) Stopping to Sell—Distance. No such vehicle shall stand or park within fifteen hundred (1,500) feet of the nearest property line of any school property, park, playground or recreational facility.

(c) Stopping to Sell—Posted Speed Limit. No such vehicle shall stand or park when the posted speed limit on the public street, alley or highway is thirty-five (35) miles per hour or greater.

(d) Stopping to Sell—Position of Vehicle. No such vehicle shall stand or park or engage in the sale of foodstuffs therefrom when:

(1) Any part of the vehicle other than the side of the vehicle next to the right side of the street, alley or highway is open to prospective customers;

(2) The vehicle is not stopped, parked, or standing on the extreme right of the street, alley or highway;

(3) The prospective customer is located on or in that portion of the street, alley or highway, which is open to vehicular traffic;

(4) The prospective customer is in a standing vehicle, or sitting in or operating another vehicle;

(5) The vending vehicle is stopped, standing or parked in violation of any other provision of this code, or the Vehicle Code;

(6) The position or location of the vending vehicle interferes with the free passage of any vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

(e) Vehicles—Purpose. Such vehicle shall be used for display, offering for sale, and sale only of foodstuffs other than fresh meat, fish, poultry, fruits and vegetables.

(f) Vehicles—Weight Limit. Such vehicle at all times shall have a gross weight of less than five thousand (5,000) pounds.

(g) Vehicles—Length. Such vehicles at all times shall have an overall length not exceeding eighteen (18) feet.

(h) Vehicles—Noise Making Devices. Noise emanating from such devices or sound amplifying equipment on or in any such vehicle shall not exceed a duration of four (4) seconds or an intensity of seventy (70) decibels. Record players, tapes, radios, or other continuous noise making devices are prohibited. The use of continuous bells, chimes, gongs, whistles, sirens or other similar noise making devices is also prohibited.

(i) Vehicles—Days/Hours of Operation. Such vehicles shall not operate on Sundays or holidays. The permitted hours for such work Monday through Saturday are as follows:

Pacific Standard Time—9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Pacific Daylight Savings Time—9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

(j) Vehicles—License/Permits. Each individual who drives, operates or vends from a food vending vehicle shall have on his or her person a current, valid California driver's license, which he or she shall make available for inspection by law enforcement officials upon request; and each vehicle shall have a current, valid business license decal affixed to the lower right side of the windshield and a current, valid County of San Joaquin health inspection certificate posted in plain view within the vehicle.

(k) Vehicles—Operation. Each individual who drives, operates or vends from a food vending vehicle shall not allow any minors to ride in or on the vehicle while it is in operation, allow more than two (2) individuals to be in or on the vehicle while it is in operation, nor attempt to back up the vehicle to make a sale.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

(a) Whenever the District Traffic Engineer, Chief Law Enforcement Officer or their designated representatives determine that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or for other reasons, the District Traffic Engineer, Chief Law Enforcement Officer or their designated representatives, shall have power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted, indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys as the District Traffic Engineer, Chief Law Enforcement Officer or their designated representatives shall direct during the time such temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such activity, and the person causing their placement shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.

(b) When signs authorized by the provisions of this section are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and provisions of such signs.

(c) Permits may be issued for the placement of signs pursuant to this section upon the payment of any fee established by the Board.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

(a) Every motor truck having an unladen weight of four thousand (4,000) pounds or more, and every truck tractor irrespective of weight when operated upon any street or highway during the time specified in Section 280 ("darkness") of the Vehicle Code shall be equipped with and carry at least two (2) flares or two (2) red lanterns, or two (2) warning lights or reflectors, which reflectors shall be of a type approved by the Department of California Highway Patrol.

(b) When any vehicle mentioned in Subsection (a) of this section or any trailer or semitrailer is disabled upon streets or highways outside of any business or residence district within this District and upon which street or highway there is insufficient street lighting to reveal a vehicle at a distance of two hundred (200) feet during any time mentioned in Section 280 of the Vehicle Code, a warning signal of the character indicated in Subsection (a) of this section shall be immediately placed at a distance of approximately one hundred (100) feet in advance of, and one hundred (100) feet to the rear of, such disabled vehicle by the driver thereof. The continuous flashing of at least four (4) approved-type Class A-Type 1 turn signal lamps, at least two (2) toward the front end and at least two (2) toward the rear of the vehicle, shall be considered to meet the requirements of this section until the devices mentioned in this section can be placed in the required locations. The warning signals mentioned in this section shall be displayed continuously during the time mentioned in Section 280, while such vehicles remain disabled upon such street or highway.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

(a) No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle on private property or business premises without the express or implied consent of the owner, authorized agent of the owner, person in lawful possession of such premises or property, or other person in charge thereof.

(b) No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle on private property or business premises at a time, or at a place thereon, or for a period of time, or in any manner otherwise, which is unauthorized by the owner, authorized agent of the owner, person in lawful possession of such premises or property, or other person in charge thereof.

(c) The following acts of stopping, parking or leaving standing a vehicle shall be included within those which shall be deemed in violation of Subsections (a) or (b) of this section, whichever is applicable, but other acts not mentioned may also violate either subdivision. (The use of the term "parking" in the following examples shall be deemed also to include collectively acts of "stopping" and "leaving standing"):

(1) Parking on any vacant lot or unimproved property unless affirmatively so permitted by posted sign(s) or by the authorized person in charge;

(2) Parking off-street on any improved private property not held open to use by the general public, unless such parking is by invitation of the occupant(s) or for bona fide business purposes upon the property;

(3) Parking in any off-street parking area or lot or facility of an apartment building, hotel or business enterprise which is indicated by sign(s) or other marking(s) to be reserved for use by tenants, residents or employees or others not including the person so parking;

(4) Parking in the off-street parking area or lot or facility or an individual parking stall or any area which is indicated by a sign or other marking(s) to be reserved for the exclusive use of a person or persons other than the person so parking;

(5) Parking in a shopping center or business parking area or facility for a purpose other than doing business with one (1) or more of the stores or offices at the site, or for a purpose not related to such business operation, or remaining parked for longer than reasonably appropriate to do such business or acts related to such business operations;

(6) Utilizing a space or stall which is indicated by sign(s) or other marking(s) to be reserved for use in connection with a particular store, office or business, and parking in the same for a purpose other than that for which it is so reserved;

(7) Parking in any stall or space which is indicated by sign(s), blue-painted curbing or other marking(s), to be designated for the exclusive use by physically handicapped persons, of a vehicle not displaying one (1) of the distinguishing license plates or placards issued pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22511.5 or Section 9105;

(8) Parking at any spot where such parking is prohibited, as indicated by sign(s), markings, striping, lettering on pavement, red-painted curbing or by any other means, including (but not limited to) areas and locations within areas reserved for or designated as traffic lanes for movement of vehicles or pedestrians, clear areas at or near building entrances or exits, fire lanes, sidewalks or pedestrian or bicycle lanes, clear areas at or near ramps or other facilities used by or intended for use of handicapped persons, unimproved areas, dangerous areas, areas to be utilized by larger vehicles such as trucks, buses, emergency vehicles or other service vehicles, or areas designated for any other business or special use;

(9) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or by reasons of vehicle disablement or bona fide emergency, parking, standing or waiting at a location within a traffic lane or otherwise, which substantially interferes with the normal movement of vehicular or pedestrian traffic at such location;

(10) Parking in violation of the restrictions stated on any other sign or marking(s) not mentioned in the foregoing divisions of this subdivision, which has or have been placed on private property or business premises by the owner, authorized agent of the owner, person in lawful possession of such premises or property, or other person in charge thereof;

(11) Failure or refusal to remove or move a parked or standing or stopped vehicle from private property or business premises, in compliance with a direction to do so by the owner, person in lawful possession of such premises or property, or other person in charge thereof; or violation of a direction by such person not to park, stop or stand a vehicle upon, or at a particular location upon, such premises or property;

(12) Parking on a private street in violation of a prohibition or restriction stated on any sign or marking(s) or notification giving notice thereof, placed or given by or pursuant to authority of the association or person or other entity owning or in charge of such private street.

(d) Nothing in this section affects or limits the rights or remedies any person may have pursuant to any other provision of law, such as Section 22658 of the California Vehicle Code, to remove or cause the removal of a vehicle parking upon private property.

(e) It shall be the policy of the District to encourage the posting of signs on shopping center parking facilities similar to the signs mentioned in Section 21107.8 of the California Vehicle Code, to give notice to the public that the parking regulations applicable on the private parking facility are subject to official enforcement by citations and fines and otherwise. This does not, however, authorize signs posted in nonconformance with sign control regulations; and the posting of such signs shall not be deemed a requirement or condition precedent to enforcement of this section.

(f) Sections 41102 et seq. of the California Vehicle Code are referred to and incorporated in this section by this reference and shall be applicable in connection with any prosecution for violation of this section, in the same manner and to the same extent as said sections are applicable to prosecutions for parking violations occurring on the public streets.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

No person shall park and leave a vehicle on a public street, alley or public parking facility unless the ignition has been locked; provided, however, that if the driver or passenger remains inside the vehicle after and while it is parked, or if the vehicle is in the custody of an attendant, the ignition need not be locked.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

Whenever a vehicle is illegally parked on a street or highway in violation of any provision of this title, any regularly employed and salaried police officer of the District or deputy of the Sheriff's office or member of the California Highway Patrol, may cause such vehicle to be impounded, driven or towed away and stored. Any reasonable costs resulting from such impounding, towing or storage shall be charged to the owner of the vehicle and to the driver who committed the parking violation.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, specifying certain parking prohibitions or time limits, the prohibitions or time limits to be established by resolution, or by the District Traffic Engineer pursuant to authority vested by this chapter, or by the Vehicle Code, no person shall stop, stand, park or leave standing any vehicle in violation of any such prohibition or time limit so specified in the signs.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The District Traffic Engineer is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings where authorized parking is permitted.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

Each vehicle placed in any parking space shall be parked within the lines and markings so established by the District Traffic Engineer, and no person shall park or leave standing any vehicle so that it extends across any such line or markings, or is in such position that it is not entirely within the space designated by such lines or markings.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

Pursuant to authority vested by other provisions of this chapter, or by the Vehicle Code, the District Traffic Engineer is authorized to prescribe shorter time limits than those specified by resolution of the Board of Directors, or to prescribe parking prohibitions, within a particular limited parking zone so specified by the Board of Directors; provided, that the stricter parking limitations or prohibitions are properly indicated by appropriate signs or markings in accordance with this title or other provisions of law.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

(a) The General Manager shall from time to time examine and survey all District-owned parking lots, parking areas and other properties, and all property under the District's direct control, with respect to vehicle driving and parking uses, and the need for regulations applicable thereto, in order to assure proper and appropriate use of such public properties and to prevent interference with the orderly and efficient conduct of the District's business.

(b) Based upon the recommendation of the General Manager, the Board of Directors may promulgate such conditions, rules and regulations governing driving, stopping, parking or leaving standing of vehicles on the particular properties involved, as shall, in its judgment, be necessary and appropriate to advance the public purposes mentioned in Subsection (a).

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

(a) Pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 21113, a written statement or other graphic depiction of all special conditions, rules and regulations adopted per Section MH-10-2504 shall, at all times while the same remain effective, be kept on file and available at the office of the District Secretary, for examination by all interested persons.

(b) The General Manager shall erect, place and maintain appropriate signs and markings at each District-owned or District-controlled parking lot, parking area and other property, giving notice of all special conditions, rules and regulations applicable thereto, adopted per Section MH-10-2504 and imposed under Vehicle Code Section 21113.

(c) Any vehicle operation, parking, stopping or leaving standing not complying with the special conditions, rules and regulations, will constitute a violation of Vehicle Code Section 21113, except that Subsection (a) of Vehicle Code Section 22507.8 shall apply with respect to unauthorized parking in stalls or spaces designated for physically handicapped persons.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

Conditions and regulations concerning parking or driving on property and grounds of schools or other public agencies are imposed by the appropriate governing boards or officers and are enforced pursuant to and under the conditions of Vehicle Code Section 21113.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The District Traffic Engineer is authorized and directed to cause signs regulating or prohibiting parking to be installed in the zones now or hereafter provided by resolution of the Board of Directors or at such places as the District Traffic Engineer is authorized to regulate parking, standing or stopping pursuant to other provisions of this chapter or of law. Signs giving notice of a parking time limitation shall be the size and color specified in the Uniform Manual of Traffic Control Devices or the Vehicle Code specifying the particular parking time limitation applicable. Such signs shall be spaced at a maximum interval of two hundred (200) feet, and provided that there shall be a minimum of four (4) signs in one (1) block on each side of the street.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

(a) The District Traffic Engineer is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this title, to place, and when required in this title shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and the curb markings shall have the meanings as set forth in this section:

(1) Red means no stopping or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone and that United States Postal Service vehicles may stop in a red zone for the purpose of delivering mail to boxes adjacent to the red zone.

(2) Yellow means no stopping, standing or parking at any time between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. of any day for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers or materials; provided, that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three (3) minutes, nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty (20) minutes.

(3) White means no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mailbox, which shall not exceed three (3) minutes and such restrictions shall apply between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. of any day and except as follows:

(A) When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox the restrictions shall apply at all times.

(B) When such zone is in front of a theater or restaurant the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater or restaurant is closed.

(C) Taxicabs shall comply with this subdivision unless authorized to maintain a taxicab stand adjacent to the white curb marking, and provided the area for the taxicab stand is sign-posted at either end indicating "TAXICAB ZONE ONLY."

(4) Green means no standing or parking for longer than twenty (20) minutes at any time between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. of any day.

(5) Blue means parking limited exclusively to the vehicles of physically handicapped persons.

(b) When the District Traffic Engineer, as authorized under this title, has caused curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking in violation of any of the parking, standing or stopping regulations so indicated.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

Whenever any resolution of this District designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a through street, or any intersection at which vehicles are required to stop at one (1) or more entrances thereto, or any railroad grade crossing at which vehicles are required to stop, the District Traffic Engineer shall erect and maintain stop signs as follows:

A stop sign shall be erected on each and every street intersecting such through Street or portion thereof so designated and at those entrances or other intersections where a stop is required and at any railroad grade crossing so designated. Every such sign shall conform with and shall be placed as provided in Section 21355 of the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

(a) Those streets and parts of street set forth by resolution of the District are declared to be through streets for the purposes of this section. When proper signs are in place giving notice thereof, all vehicular traffic shall be required to stop before entering any intersection of a through street.

(b) The provisions of this section shall also apply at one (1) or more entrances to the intersections as such entrances and intersections are described by resolution of the District. The provisions of this section shall also apply at those highways and railway crossings provided for by resolution of the District.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The District Traffic Engineer is authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to opposing traffic. The District Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain "YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY" signs at the entrance of streets previously determined by him, and the signs shall comply with the specifications of the Vehicle Code of the State.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

Whenever any resolution of the District designates any one-way street or alley, the District Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulations shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

(a) The District Traffic Engineer is authorized to establish and maintain crosswalks and to designate them by appropriate devices or painted signs upon the surface of the roadway.

(b) The District Traffic Engineer may place signs at or adjacent to an intersection in respect to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not cross except in the crosswalk so indicated.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in any business district.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

This chapter is enacted pursuant to the California Vehicle Code, Division 11, Chapters 9 and 10, commencing with Section 22500 and Division 15, Chapter 5, Article 4, commencing with Section 35700.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The following streets and portions of streets are designated and established as commercial vehicle truck routes:

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(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

When truck routes are established pursuant to this chapter and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any commercial vehicle with a maximum gross weight limit of ten thousand (10,000) pounds (five (5) tons) or more shall drive said vehicle only on such routes and none other except for the following:

(a) Commercial vehicles coming from a truck route having ingress and egress by direct route to and from a restricted street when necessary for the purpose of providing a direct service requiring the utilization of such vehicles or making pickups and deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted street or from 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 street for which a building permit has previously been obtained;

(b) Any vehicle owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility;

(c) Vehicles as may be reasonably necessary for:

(1) The purpose of transporting farm or ranch supplies, produce, or animals to and from farms situated along a street otherwise forbidden to be used by such vehicles.

(2) The purpose of transporting a trailer used for recreation or residential purposes to and from locations along a street otherwise forbidden to be used by such vehicles.

(d) Owner/operator residing in the District and having a resident exemption permit as detailed in Section MH-10-2704.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

The police department may issue exemption permits to commercial vehicle owners/operators residing within the District for the purpose of traveling on restricted streets to and from their residence, if the following conditions are met:

(a) The permit shall be limited to one (1) commercial vehicle truck and trailer or tractor and trailer combination per legal lot;

(b) The gross weight of the commercial vehicle shall be less than ten thousand (10,000) pounds;

(c) The vehicle shall be parked on private property within a totally enclosed garage or within the side or rear yard of the residence in such a manner so as to minimize visibility from the street; to the extent not prohibited by other statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations or covenants, conditions and restrictions.

(d) The applicant shall warrant that there will be no continuous operation of commercial vehicle engines or accessory generators or compressors prior to 6 a.m. or after 9 p.m. "Continuous operation" shall be defined as operating in excess of fifteen (15) minutes cumulatively in any one (1) period between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. Violation of this section shall be grounds for revocation of this permit at the discretion of the police department;

(e) The granting of such permit will not result in damage to streets or cause a pedestrian or traffic hazard or adversely affect adjacent properties;

(f) A permit fee as established by the District is paid.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

In order to maintain the residential neighborhood atmosphere within the community and in the interest of public safety and welfare, commercial vehicles having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight, per California Vehicle Code, Section 350, rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds (five (5) tons) or more, are prohibited from parking on any street or portion thereof not designated as a truck route, except with respect to making pickups or deliveries from or to any building or used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure located off the designated truck route. In addition, commercial vehicles having a gross vehicle rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more are prohibited from parking on private property unless otherwise permitted by use permit or design review approval per the zoning regulations. No commercial vehicle of less than ten thousand (10,000) pounds gross vehicle weight shall park on any street other than in commercial or industrial zoned areas, or on any authorized truck route.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

A person shall not park any trailer or semi-trailer upon any highway, street, alley, public way or public place except on designated truck routes and then only if the trailer or semi-trailer is attached to a vehicle capable of moving the trailer or semi-trailer in a normal manner upon the street. This section shall not apply to trailers or semi-trailers in the process of being loaded or unloaded, nor shall it apply to any trailer or semi-trailer which is disabled in such a manner and to such an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled trailer or semi-trailer on that portion of the highway, street, alley, public way or public place ordinarily used for vehicular parking. A disabled trailer or semi-trailer shall not be temporarily parked along a public right-of-way for more than twenty-four (24) hours. A trailer used for recreational purposes may be parked on a public street for up to twenty-four (24) hours to allow for cleaning, loading and unloading.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

No driver of a vehicle shall drive between vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion and when the vehicles in such procession are conspicuously so designated. This section shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by official traffic signals or police officers.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

No person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, roller skates, skateboard or any toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

(a) Unless otherwise expressly allowed by another provision of this title or other applicable law, no person shall drive a vehicle (including any bicycle or unicycle) within any sidewalk area or parkway except at a permanent or temporary driveway.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, bicycles and unicycles may be ridden along portions or segments of sidewalks wherever expressly permitted by resolution, but not until such sidewalk areas have been appropriately designated by the engineer with signs or markings to give due notice to the pedestrian and cycling public.

(c) No person shall ride, operate or use a bicycle or unicycle on a sidewalk or bikeway in a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted marking in any street when a barrier or sign is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or when a sign is in place stating that the street or any portion thereof is closed.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

No person shall drive, operate, tow or otherwise move any motor vehicle, equipped with rims to accommodate rubber tires, over or across any street with tires removed or deflated so that the metal flanges or rims are in contact with the pavement, except to the nearest edge of the pavement from the point any such condition occurs through accident.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

No person shall drive or operate any bicycle, motor-driven cycle, or any vehicle which is not drawn by a motor vehicle upon any street established as a freeway, as defined by State law, nor shall any pedestrian walk across or along any such street so designated and described except in space set aside for the use of pedestrians, provided official signs are in place giving notice of such restrictions.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

No person shall operate a vehicle on a street or alley in such a manner as to facilitate its speed by means of leaving rear-wheel frictional rubber marks, caused by rapid acceleration.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)

Each violation of this Division is subject to a fine or penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) unless otherwise provided in the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 4250 § 2 (part), 2005)