San Mateo Municipal Code Ch. 11.28 Restricted Use of Streets

For statutory provisions regarding size, weight and load restrictions see Cal. Veh. C.A. § 35000 et seq. For the statutory authority of cities to set by ordinance a maximum gross weight allowable on certain streets see Cal. Veh. C.A. § 35701.

(a) No person shall operate any of the following vehicles in the central traffic district between the hours of ten a.m. and six p.m. of any day:

(1) Any freight vehicle more than eight and one-half feet in width, with load, or any freight vehicle so loaded that any part of its load extends more than twenty feet to the front or rear of such vehicle;

(2) Any vehicle carrying building material that has not been loaded, or is not to be unloaded, at some point within the central traffic district;

(3) Any freight vehicle with a trailer;

(4) Any vehicle conveying refuse, rubbish or garbage;

(5) Any vehicle carrying crude or fuel oil.

(b) Provided that, the Chief of Police may by written permit authorize the operation of any such vehicle for the purpose of making necessary emergency deliveries to or from points within the central traffic district.

prior code § 73.33

No person shall drive any animal-drawn vehicle into or within the central traffic district at any time, except when it is a part of a parade held and conducted with a city permit.

prior code § 73.37

City Manager means the City Manager or designee.GVWR means gross vehicle weight rating. A gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) is the maximum allowable total weight of a road vehicle or trailer that is loaded, including the weight of the vehicle itself plus fuel, passengers, cargo, and trailer tongue weight.

No person shall operate any vehicle having a gross weight in excess of five tons (GVWR) on any street in the City except on those streets specified in this chapter and subject to the exceptions provided in Section 11.28.040.

Whenever any provision of this code designates or describes any street, or streets, or portions thereof, as a street, or streets, the use of which is permitted by vehicles exceeding the maximum gross weight of five tons (GVWR), the City Manager shall designate such street, or streets, or portions thereof, by signs identifying truck routes and may also designate streets on which trucks are prohibited.

The following are designated as streets the use of which is permitted to any vehicle exceeding the maximum gross weight of five (5) tons (GVWR):

• US 101 (Bayshore Freeway)
• State Route 82 (El Camino Real)
• State Route 92 (J. Arthur Younger Freeway)
• 2nd Avenue between South Humboldt Street and North Amphlett Boulevard
• East 3rd Avenue (J. Hart Clinton) from the easterly city limits to US 101 (between the hours of eight-thirty a.m. to four-thirty p.m. eastbound)
• East 3rd Avenue between US 101 and South Claremont Street
• East 4th Avenue between US 101 and South Claremont Street
• 9th Avenue between El Camino Real and South Claremont Street
• 19th Avenue between South Delaware Street and Fashion Island Boulevard
• East 25th Avenue between El Camino Real and South Delaware Street
• 28th Avenue between Edison Street and El Camino Real
• 37th Avenue between El Camino Real and Edison Street
• Bridgepointe Parkway between Baker Way and Bridgepointe Circle
• South Claremont Street between 3rd Avenue and 9th Avenue
• Concar Drive between Westbound SR 92 Ramps and Grant Street
• South Delaware Street between Garvey Way and 25th Avenue
• Edison Street between 28th Avenue and the Hillsdale Shopping Center
• Fashion Island Boulevard between 19th Avenue and Baker Way
• Franklin Parkway between US 101 and Saratoga Drive
• East Hillsdale Boulevard between El Camino Real and US 101
• East Hillsdale Boulevard between US 101 and easterly city limit
• South Humboldt Street between 2nd Avenue and 4th Avenue
• Kehoe Avenue between Northbound US 101 Ramps and South Norfolk Street (between the hours of six a.m. to six p.m. Monday through Friday)
• Mariner's Island Boulevard between Eastbound SR 92 Ramps and Fashion Island Boulevard
• South Norfolk Street between East 3rd Avenue and Fashion Island Boulevard (between the hours of six a.m. to six p.m. Monday through Friday)
• The southerly side of Peninsula Avenue, between Bayshore Freeway and El Camino Real
• East Poplar Avenue between Southbound US 101 Ramps and Amphlett Boulevard Street
• Saratoga Drive between Franklin Parkway and East Hillsdale Boulevard

The following are exempt from the provisions of this chapter:

(a) Emergency vehicles.

(b) Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission so long as they do not deviate from their established bus route.

(c) Garbage/recycling trucks and street sweepers operating on their established routes.

When any such truck route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of five tons (GVWR), shall drive on such route or routes and none other, except for the following so long as they deviate from the truck route only at the intersection with the street nearest to the destination point:

(a) Vehicles traversing another street or streets for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on a restricted street or streets.

(b) Vehicles delivering materials to be used in the maintenance, repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon such restricted street, for which a building permit has been previously obtained.

(c) Any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction, installation, maintenance or repair of any public utility.

(d) Tow trucks or moving vans providing a service on a street.

(a) Skateboards and In-line Skates. It is unlawful for any person upon or riding on or by means of a skateboard or in-line skates to go upon any public street or alley within the central traffic district as defined in Section 11.08.030 of the City of San Mateo Municipal Code, or in, upon or around City parking lots and structures, when appropriate signs giving notice thereof have been erected or painted on the pavement surface, except that such activity may be permitted if it is sponsored, operated and controlled by the City's recreation department. For purposes of this ordinance, the public streets and alleys include the public sidewalks located on either side of those streets or alleys or which exist in the median strips or any other location within the central traffic district.

(b) Bicycles. It is unlawful for any person to operate a bicycle in, upon or around the inclined surfaces of city parking structures, excepting when necessary to utilize said structure for parking, when appropriate signs giving notice thereof have been erected.

It is unlawful for any person upon or riding on or by means of a skateboard or in-line skates to go upon any public street or alley within the area bounded by 43rd Avenue, Olympic Avenue, Picadilly Lane, 41st Avenue and El Camino Real within the City of San Mateo, excluding any portion of El Camino Real itself and the sidewalks appurtenant thereto, when appropriate signs giving notice thereof have been erected or painted on the pavement surface. For purposes of this ordinance, the public streets and alleys include the public sidewalks located on either side of those streets or alleys or which exist in the median strips or in any other location within the area boundaries.