San Marino Municipal Code Art. 02 General Provisions

No person other than a police officer or a person deputized by the Police Chief or a person authorized by law shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal, except in an emergency situation wherein direction of traffic is required to protect life and safety of an individual, and no authorized person is present. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

No person shall wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order of a police officer or other official when directing traffic. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

Provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned or used in the service of any Federal, State, County or Municipal government agency, and it shall be unlawful for any such driver to violate any of the provisions of this Chapter, except as otherwise permitted in this Chapter or by State or Federal statute. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

Provisions of this Chapter regulating the operation, parking, stopping or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of the Police or Fire Departments, any public ambulance or any public utility vehicle or private ambulance when the vehicle is operated in the manner specified in the State Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call 1 .

Provisions of this Chapter regulating the operation, parking, stopping or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a City department or public utility while in use for construction, repair or maintenance work or any vehicle owned by the United States while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail.

The foregoing exemptions shall not exonerate the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of his/her wilful disregard of the safety of others. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

The driver of a vehicle or the person in charge of any animal involved in any accident resulting in damage to any public property or property owned by a public utility, including but not limited to any fire hydrant, ornamental lighting post, telephone pole, electric light or power pole, or resulting in damage to any ornamental shade tree, traffic-control device or other property of a like nature located in or along any street or right of way, shall, within twenty four (24) hours after such accident, make a written report of such accident to the Police Department of this City.

Every such report shall state the date, time and place where the accident took place, the name and address of the person owning and of the person driving or in charge of such vehicle or animal, the license number of every such vehicle and shall briefly describe the property damage resulting from such accident.

A driver involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties of this Section if, during such time, the driver is physically incapable of making a report, but in such event, the driver shall make a report as required by this Section within twenty four (24) hours after regaining the ability to make such report. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

No driver shall drive between vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion and when the vehicles in such procession are conspicuously so designated. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

The driver 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. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

No person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, roller skates or any toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself/herself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

No driver of a vehicle shall drive within any sidewalk area or any parkway, except at a permanent or temporary driveway or except where a permit to do so has first been obtained from the Public Works Department. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

No person shall drive or ride 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. 977, 6-13-90)

No person shall operate or drive any vehicle used for advertising purposes or any advertising vehicle equipped with a sound- amplifying or loudspeaker device upon any street or alley within the City at any time 1 . (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

No person shall drive any animal-drawn vehicle into or within any business district between the hours of seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. and between the hours of four o'clock (4:00) P.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M. of any day. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

Any police officer is authorized to remove or cause the removal of any vehicle from a street, highway or alley to the nearest place of safety when the parking or standing of such vehicle thereon has been prohibited or restricted by ordinance or resolution of the Council and where signs are posted giving notice of such removal by designating a "Tow Away Zone". Such removal is subject, at all times and in all manners, to provisions of the State Vehicle Code, specifically including the lien provisions thereof and the owner's responsibility to pay the same 1 . (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

The following locations shall be designated as "Tow Away Zones":

A. Virginia Road: North side for northbound traffic from the driveway of 1470 Virginia Road to the north property line of 1250 Virginia Road. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

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 in the City shall be equipped with and carry at least two (2) flares or two (2) warning lights or reflectors, which reflectors shall be of a type approved by the California Highway Patrol as warning signals. When any vehicle mentioned herein or any trailer or semi-trailer is disabled upon any street or highway in the City, a warning signal shall be immediately placed at a distance of approximately one hundred feet (100') in advance of and one hundred feet (100') to the rear of such disabled vehicle by the driver. The warning signals mentioned herein shall be displayed continuously during the time such vehicle remains disabled upon such street or highway. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

It shall be unlawful for any person to take off or land or fly or cause to be flown in the air at a distance of less than five hundred feet (500') from the ground any aircraft, helicopter or balloon, except in the case of emergency or when first issued a permit by the Police Chief and City Manager. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

It shall be an infraction for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this Chapter unless prosecuted as a misdemeanor in the discretion of the City Prosecutor. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)