Sierra Madre Municipal Code Ch. 10.12 Administration and Enforcement

Officers of the police and fire departments, volunteer traffic officers that are not employees of the city who are authorized by the chief of police consistent with Vehicle Code Section 21100 as it may be amended from time to time ("volunteer traffic officers"), and persons otherwise authorized by law (collectively, "traffic control officers") are authorized to direct traffic by voice, hand, or other signal in conformance with traffic laws, except that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, such officers may direct traffic as conditions may require.

(Prior code § 4301)

(Ord. No. 1319, § 1, 2-22-11)

No person other than a traffic control officer shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal.

(Ord. 1265 § 7, 2007: prior code § 4302)

(Ord. No. 1319, § 1, 2-22-11)

A. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to prohibit shared mobility devices with dockless technology from being abandoned in the public right-of-way or on public property, or offered for use anywhere in the city by a private entity, so as to allow for adequate pedestrian traffic flow and to ensure the public health, safety and welfare of the city.

B. Definition.

"Dockless technology" systems consist of devices, such as bicycles or scooters that do not require fixed docking stations for users to receive or return units.

"Shared mobility device" means any wheeled device, other than an automobile or motorcycle, that is powered by a motor or other power source, or to be powered by human propulsion; is accessed via an on-demand portal, whether a smartphone application, membership card, or similar method; is operated by a private entity that owns, manages, and maintains devices for shared use by members of the public; and is available to members of the public in unstaffed, self-service locations, except for those locations which are designated by the city.

C. Prohibition.

1. It is unlawful to park, leave standing, leave lying, abandon, or otherwise place a shared mobility device with dockless technology in a public right-of-way or on public property anywhere within the city.

2. It is unlawful for a private entity to provide or offer for use a shared mobility device with dockless technology anywhere within the city.

D. Violations.

1. Any violation of this section is declared to be a public nuisance and is further subject to the administrative citation and criminal enforcement provisions of this code.

2. Police officers, those city employees designated by the city manager, and any party contracted by the city to specifically impound shared mobility devices are authorized to impound any shared mobility device that has been offered for use, abandoned and/or placed in a public right-of-way or on public property in violation of this chapter.

3. Any device not retrieved within thirty calendar days of notice shall be subject to disposal.

4. Impound of any device shall be subject to an impound fee established by city council through separate resolution.

(Ord. No. 1408, § 1, 1-22-19)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1319, § 2, adopted Feb. 22, 2011, repealed § 10.12.030, which pertained to notice of decisions and derived from Prior Code § 4303; and Ord. 1265, § 8, adopted 2007. Subsequently, Ord. No. 1408, § 1, adopted Jan. 22, 2019, enacted new provisions to read as herein set out.

Every person riding a bicycle or riding or driving an animal upon a highway has all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter.

(Prior code § 4304)

No person shall interfere with or obstruct in any way any traffic control officer in his/her enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. The removal, obliteration or concealment of any chalk mark or other distinguishing mark used by any traffic control officer in connection with the enforcement of the parking regulations of this chapter shall, if done for the purpose of evading the provisions of this chapter, constitute such interference or obstruction.

(Ord. 1084 § 1 (part), 1992; prior code § 4305)

(Ord. No. 1319, § 1, 2-22-11)

A. The provisions of this chapter regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles operated by the police or fire department, any public ambulance or any public utility vehicle or any private ambulance which has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle, when any vehicle mentioned in this section is operated in the manner specified by the Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call.

B. The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, relieve the operator of any such vehicle from the obligation to exercise due care for the safety of others or the consequences of his/her willful disregard of the safety of others.

C. The provisions of this chapter regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a city department or public utility while necessarily in use for construction or repair work or any vehicle owned or operated by the United States Postal Service while in use for the collection, transportation, or delivery of United States mail.

(Prior code § 4307)

A. The operator of a vehicle or the person in charge of any animal involved in any accident resulting in damage to any property publicly owned or owned by a public utility, including but not limited to any fire hydrant, parking meter, lighting post, telephone pole, electric light or power pole, or resulting in damage to any tree, traffic control device or other property of a like nature located in or along any street, shall within twenty-four hours after such accident make a written report of such accident to the police department.

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

C. The operator of any vehicle involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties of this section if during the time he/she is physically incapable of making a report, but in such event he/she shall make a report as required in subsection A of this section within twenty-four hours after regaining ability to make such report.

(Prior code § 4308)