San Marcos Municipal Code Ch. 12.04 General

The following words and phrases when used in this title shall have the following meanings:

(a)

California Vehicle Code definitions to be used. Whenever any words or phrases used herein are not defined, but are defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California and amendments thereto, such definitions shall apply.

(b)

City Engineer means the licensed professional engineer as appointed by the City Manager of the City of San Marcos.

(c)

City Traffic Engineer means the City Engineer of the City of San Marcos or their designee, as appointed by the City Manager.

(d)

Commission means the Traffic Commission.

(e)

Committee means the Vehicle Abatement Committee.

(f)

Council means the City Council of the City of San Marcos.

(g)

Holidays are:

January 1st, "New Year's Day"

Third Monday in January, "Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday"

Third Monday in February, "President's Day"

March 31st, "Cesar Chavez Day"

Last Monday in May, known as "Memorial Day"

July 4th, "Independence Day"

First Monday in September, "Labor Day"

November 11th, "Veteran's Day"

Fourth Thursday and Friday in November, "Thanksgiving Holiday"

December 25th, "Christmas Day"

(h)

Loading zone means the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.

(i)

Manager means the City Manager of the City of San Marcos or their designee.

(j)

Mobile living unit means a camp car, commercial coach, mobile home, recreational vehicle, or travel trailer, or as such of these terms are defined in Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California, and a camp trailer, house car, or trailer coach, as each of these terms is defined in Division 1 (Section 100-675) of the Vehicle Code, or any other vehicle or structure originally designed, or permanently altered in such a manner as will permit occupancy or use thereof for living or sleeping purposes and so designed or equipped with wheels or capable of being mounted on wheels as used as a conveyance on public streets or highways, propelled or drawn by its own or other motor, excepting a vehicle or device used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

(k)

Motorcade means an organized procession containing 25 or more vehicles upon any public street, sidewalk, or alley.

(l)

Official time standard. Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean standard time or Daylight Savings Time as may be in current use in this City.

(m)

Parade or Rally means any motorcade or any march, assembly, or procession consisting of people, Animals, vehicles, or combination thereof, upon any public street, sidewalk, Public Place, or alley that does not comply with normal and usual traffic regulations and controls.

(n)

Passenger loading zone. Passenger loading zone is the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.

(o)

Police or Police Department. Police or Police Department is the Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of the County of San Diego.

(p)

Public Place means any highway, public street, way, right-of-way, place, alley, sidewalk, trail, park, square, or any other public property owned or controlled by any government agency in a governmental capacity.

(q)

Recreation Vehicle means any vehicle designed or intended primarily for recreational use, including but not limited to, campers, campcars, travel trailers, motor homes, boats, boat trailers and vehicle carriers designed or intended to convey another recreational vehicle. The term recreational vehicle shall not include motorcycles, motor-driven cycles or pickup/camper combinations.

(r)

Residential District means any property shown within a residential zone in the currently adopted City of San Marcos Zoning Map or any area matching the characteristics of a Residence District as defined in the Vehicle Code.

(s)

They and their as used herein are the gender-neutral singular pronoun (such as he/she/they) and the associated possessive (his/hers/theirs).

(t)

Vehicle Code means the Vehicle Code of the State of California.

(Ord. No. 2024-1544, § 2(Exh. A), 7-23-2024)

The Council shall establish and may amend by ordinance or resolution, the following traffic schedules:

(a)

Through streets;

(b)

Stop intersections;

(c)

Railroad stops;

(d)

One-way streets;

(e)

Yield intersection;

(f)

Speed Zones;

(g)

Bail schedule;

(Ord. No. 2024-1544, § 2(Exh. A), 7-23-2024)

The provisions of this chapter regulating the operation, parking, and standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicles operated by the Police or Fire Department, any public ambulance, or any public utility vehicle or private ambulance, which public utility vehicle or private ambulance has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle, when it is operated in the manner specified in the vehicle code in response to an emergency call.

(Ord. No. 2024-1544, § 2(Exh. A), 7-23-2024)

The exemptions contained in Section 12.04.030 shall not, however, relieve the operator of any such vehicle from the obligation to exercise due care for the safety of others.

(Ord. No. 2024-1544, § 2(Exh. A), 7-23-2024)