Vallejo Municipal Code Ch. 7.90 Motor Vehicles Operated on Public and Private Property

The city council finds and declares that numerous motor vehicles have been driven in and upon unimproved lands located within the boundaries of the city causing serious soil erosion of slopes, hills, washes, gullies and ravines in the city.

The city council further finds and declares that the excessive noise and dust emanating from and caused by said motor vehicles being driven upon and operated off the public roads and upon the unimproved lands within the city has tended to and does create a public nuisance by disturbing the quiet and repose of the citizens of Vallejo so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property.

(Ord. 229 N.C. (2d) § 1 (part), 1974.)

No person shall operate a motor vehicle, including a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, as such are defined in the California Vehicle Code, closer than two thousand feet from the nearest dwelling, except as provided in this chapter.

(Ord. 229 N.C. (2d) § 1 (part), 1974.)

A. No person shall operate any motor vehicle, including a motorcycle or motor-driven cycles, as such are defined in the California Vehicle Code, on unimproved private property within the city without first having obtained the written permission of the owner thereof. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the operation of such motor vehicles in violation of Section 7.90.020. Any person operating a motor vehicle on unimproved land with such prior written permission shall have such permission within his immediate possession at all times.

B. No person shall operate, stop, stand or park any motor vehicle, including a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, as such are defined in the California Vehicle Code, on unimproved public property within the city without first having obtained the written permission of the owner thereof. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the operation of such motor vehicles in violation of Section 7.90.020. Any person operating a motor vehicle on unimproved land with such prior written permission shall have such permission within his immediate possession at all times.

(Ord. 629 N.C. (2d) § 1, 1981: Ord. 295 N.C. (2d) § 2, 1975: Ord. 229 N.C. (2d) § 1 (part), 1974.)

No person shall operate, stop, stand or park any motor vehicle, including a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle as such are defined in the California Vehicle Code, on any business premises or privately owned or leased parking lot thereof when the business establishment or establishments controlling the premises are not open for business, or are not actively soliciting public use thereof without first having obtained written permission of the owner or lessee thereof. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the operation of motor vehicles in violation of Section 7.90.020. Anyone operating, parking, stopping or standing a vehicle with such written permission shall have the same in his immediate possession at all times. Nothing in this section shall be construed to forbid any tradesman from providing delivery or business services during hours of closure at the invitation of the operator or operators of a business establishment an the premises served.

(Ord. 676 N.C. (2d) § 1, 1982; Ord. 336 N.C. (2d) § 2 (part), 1976: Ord. 295 N.C. (2d) § 1 (part), 1975.)

No person shall operate any motor vehicle, including a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle as such are defined in the California Vehicle Code, on any public or private property in order to avoid or evade the necessity of complying with traffic control devices which have been installed on the adjacent public street or streets, or for the purpose of executing any turning movement which may either be permitted or prohibited on the adjacent public street.

(Ord. 767 N.C. (2d) § 2, 1982 (part), 1976: Ord. 295 N.C. (2d) § 1 (part), 1975.)

No person shall operate on public or private property, other than a public street or highway, a motor vehicle, including a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, as such are defined by the California Vehicle Code, at any time or under any condition of grade, load, acceleration or deceleration, in such a manner as to exceed the noise limit established for the type of vehicle being operated by the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 229 N.C. (2d) § 1 (part), 1974.)

The provisions of this chapter shall not prohibit the operation of motor vehicles when said motor vehicles are:

A. Authorized emergency vehicles as defined in California Vehicle Code, Section 165; or

B. Operated upon property used for raceways, racing stadiums or racing facilities, which are authorized under the ordinances of the city; or

C. Operated upon parking lots or structures open to the public, or private parking lots or structures operated solely for ingress to and egress from said parking area and parking; or

D. Operated upon-property primarily used for motor vehicle, motorcycle or motor-driven cycle retail or wholesale sales, service or repair, manufacture or distribution, but operated in a manner not to be offensive and which shall not disturb the peace and quiet of the general neighborhood; or

E. Generally used in conjunction with commercial, industrial or office uses and used solely in conjunction with said uses, and in a manner not to be offensive and which shall not disturb the peace and quiet of the general neighborhood; or

F. Operated upon private roadways or easements necessary for ingress to and egress from property used for those purposes designated in subsections B, C, D and E above, and for no other purposes; or

G. Operated upon public streets and highways; or

H. Operated on property actually used for residential purposes, where such motorcycles or motor-driven cycles are on said property at the express or implied invitation of the owner or occupant, and when such use is solely for ingress to or egress from said residential property.

(Ord. 229 N.C. (2d) § 1 (part), 1974.)