San Marcos Municipal Code Ch. 12.16 Operation

No operator of any vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral procession or a parade while they are in motion and when the vehicles in such procession are conspicuously so designated.

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

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

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

No person shall attach themselves by hand, or to catch on, or hold on to with by other means, to any moving vehicle or train for the purpose of receiving motive power therefrom.

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

No person, public utility, or department in the City shall erect or place any barrier, sign, or other warning device, unless of a type approved by the City Traffic Engineer, or disobey the instructions, remove, tamper with, or destroy any barrier or sign lawfully placed on any street by any person, public utility, or by any department of this City.

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

(a)

No person shall leave a motor vehicle, except a commercial vehicle unattended on any street, alley, used car lot, or unattended parking lot without first stopping the engine locking the ignition and removing the ignition key therefrom.

(b)

Any officer of the police force, upon finding a motor vehicle unlocked and unattended as described above with the keys left therein, may remove said keys and deliver them forthwith to the police station where they will be impounded and held until called for by the owner thereof or his duly authorized agent.

(c)

Any violation of this section shall not mitigate the offense of stealing such vehicle, nor shall such violation be used to effect a recovery in any civil action for theft of such vehicle, or the insurance thereof, or have any other bearing in any civil action.

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

No operator of any vehicle shall enter any intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is a sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle they are operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed.

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

No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle, electric bicycle, motorcycle, minibike, dune buggy, motor scooter, jeep, or other form of motorized transportation upon the private property of another or upon any public property, which is not held open to the public for any vehicular use and which is not subject to provisions of the Vehicle Code, without having, and upon request of a peace officer, displaying written permission from the owner of such property or an agent or the person in lawful possession thereof, provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to emergency vehicles, governmental agencies or to other persons driving upon such property with the written consent of the owner or person in lawful possession of such property, or to the owner himself, his family, employees, agents or lessees.

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

The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway or driveway.

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

No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any roadway except at such entrances and exits as are lawfully established.

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

(a)

No person shall drive or operate a mobile food preparation unit on any Public Place or private property unless all persons within such vehicle are seated.

(b)

No person shall drive or operate a mobile food preparation unit on any Public Place or private property while cooking or food preparation is going on in such vehicle.

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