Santa Maria Municipal Code Ch. 7-9 Unauthorized Vehicles on Private Property

It is unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle as defined by Section 670 of the Vehicle Code upon the private property of another which is not normally held open to the public for vehicular use.

(Prior Code § 16-11.1)

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following:

(a) Governmental agencies;

(b) Emergency vehicles responding to a call of emergency;

(c) Persons with the written consent of the owner or his authorized agent;

(d) The owner himself/herself and members of his immediate family;

(e) Employees or tenants or duly authorized agents of the owner.

(Prior Code § 16-11.1(a)—(e))

(a) The owner, his agent or his tenant may post signs prohibiting vehicular traffic on the private property upon which they are posted. The posting or erecting of any such sign constitutes prima facie evidence that the owner has not consented to the operation of vehicles upon the property by any person other than those persons or agencies or vehicles specifically exempted in Section 7-9.02.

(b) The posting of any signs prohibiting vehicle traffic on private property shall be the sole responsibility and solely at the expense of the owner, his agent or his tenant.

(c) In order to constitute prima facie evidence of lack of consent as provided in this section, the signs shall read, "VEHICULAR TRAFFIC PROHIBITED, S.M.M.C. Ch. 7-9." The signs shall be 18 inches by 18 inches on a white background with three inch high red letters and shall be posted in a manner so that they are clearly visible at normal entrances to the property.

(Prior Code § 16-11.1)