Santa Clara County Municipal Code Art. 6 Operation on Dams and Reservoir Property

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Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-1011.2, § 1, adopted Feb. 20, 1973, changed the heading of Art. 6 from "Operation on Dams" to "Operation on Dams and Reservoir Property."

As used in this article, the term "vehicle" shall be as defined in the Vehicle Code of the State.

(Code 1954, § 10.6.2-1.1)

State Law reference— "Vehicle" defined, Vehicle Code § 670.

(a) No person shall operate, drive, move or cause to be operated, driven or moved any vehicle upon or over any of the following dams and reservoirs or the slopes, bottoms or other property thereof, of the Santa Clara County Flood Control and Water District:

(1) Stevens Creek Dam and Reservoir.

(2) Vasona Dam and Reservoir.

(3) Guadalupe Dam and Reservoir.

(4) Almaden Dam and Reservoir.

(5) Calero Dam and Reservoir.

(6) Anderson Dam and Reservoir.

(7) Coyote Dam and Reservoir.

(8) Lexington Dam and Reservoir.

(b) No person shall operate, drive, move or cause to be operated, driven or moved any vehicle upon or over any of the following dams and reservoirs, or the slopes, bottoms or other property thereof, under lease to the County of Santa Clara for public park purposes:

(1) Chesbro Dam and Reservoir.

(2) Uvas Dam and Reservoir.

Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable as an infraction.

(Code 1954, § 10.6.2-2; Ord. No. NS-1011.1, § 1, 9-6-60; Ord. No. NS-1011.2, § 2, 2-20-73; Ord. No. NS-3.1.1, § 2, 4-12-83)

(a) The provisions of this article shall not apply to the operation of any vehicle by or for said district, its agents or contractors, while engaged in repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction work on or about the aforementioned dams; nor to the operation of any vehicle by the employees or agents of any public utility, county, city, state or political subdivision thereof, while engaged in the regular course of business of said public utility, county, city, state of political subdivision thereof.

(b) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the operation of any vehicle along any highway, road, street or way extending across the property of said district, or extending across any property leased to the County of Santa Clara, which is now or may hereafter be open to use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic.

(Code 1954, §§ 10.6.2-3, 10.6.2-4; Ord. No. NS-1011.2, § 3, 2-20-73)