Vallejo Municipal Code Ch. 8.40 Miscellaneous Rules

A person shall not drive a vehicle:

A. Between vehicles comprising a conspicuously marked funeral procession;

B. In any parkway or sidewalk, except that any person may skate on a sidewalk outside the central traffic district;

C. Drawn by an animal or animals into or within the central traffic district between the hours of four p.m. and six p.m. of any day, except as part of a parade or exhibition for which a permit has been issued;

D. Over or across any newly-made pavement or sidewalk, or any freshly painted marking in any street or alley when a barrier or sign is in place warning against such action or when a traffic control device is in place stating that the street or alley or any portion thereof is closed.

E. Onto or from any limited access roadway, except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority.

(Ord. 145 N.C.(2d) § 3 (part), 1973: Ord. 32 N.C.(2d) § 9.01, 1971.)

A person shall not drive the following described vehicles in the central traffic district between the hours of ten a.m. and six p.m. on any day without written permit from the police chief so to do except for emergency reasons:

A. Any freight vehicle:

1. More than eight and one-half feet wide, including load,

2. With any part of its load extending more than twenty feet to the front or rear of such vehicle,

3. With a trailer;

B. Any vehicle conveying refuse, rubbish, garbage or dirt;

C. Any vehicle conveying flammable petroleum products or explosives;

D. Any vehicle conveying building materials that have not been loaded, or that are not to be unloaded, within the central traffic district.

(Ord. 145 N.C.(2d) § 3 (part), 1973: Ord. 32 N.C.(2d) § 9.02, 1971.)

A. A state licensed contractor engaged in construction work or in providing services or repairs may apply to the commercial services division for a "construction work permit" or a "service/repair work permit," which permit allows a commercial vehicle to park for construction work or for the purpose of providing services or repairs in a limited time parking zone, except in curb areas marked yellow, white, blue or green. Before any such permit is issued, the applicant shall present a valid business license issued by the city, the registration card for each vehicle registered to the contractor or the contractor's company for which a permit is sought, some evidence, such as a contract or other written confirmation, that the applicant will be engaging in specific work or providing services/repairs which requires such permit, and a statement from the contractor that each vehicle for which a permit is sought is necessary in order to accomplish the work and/or services/repairs and not simply for the parking convenience of the contractor or the contractor's employees. The police chief and traffic engineer shall review and approve each such permit. The city council shall establish by resolution a daily fee for such permit.

B. A state licensed contractor engaged in construction work or in providing services or repairs may apply to the commercial services division for a "construction work permit-alley" or "service/repair work permit—alley" when such person engages in construction work or in providing services or repairs in or to a commercial building which has a service entrance immediately accessible from an adjacent public alley and when, in the opinion of the traffic engineer, construction, services or repairs will be facilitated by parking the person's commercial vehicle in the alley. The permit shall allow a commercial vehicle, along with an auxiliary trailer, such as a roofer's tarpot, to park in an alley immediately adjacent to a commercial building in or to which construction work, services or repairs are being made during daytime working hours. Permittee shall park his vehicle in such manner that one lane not less than ten feet in width shall be kept open at all times. The permit shall not be issued for a location which would obstruct the free flow of commercial transit vehicles. The applicant shall present a valid business license issued by the city, the registration card for each vehicle registered to the contractor or the contractor's company for which a permit is sought, some evidence, such as a contract or other written confirmation, that the applicant will be engaging in specific work or providing services/repairs which requires such permit, and a statement from the contractor that each vehicle for which a permit is sought is necessary in order to accomplish the work and/or services/repairs and not simply for the parking convenience of the contractor or the contractor's employees. The city council shall establish by resolution a daily fee for such permit.

(Ord. 684 N.C.(2d) § 1, 1983: Ord. 145 N.C.(2d) § 3 (part), 1973: Ord. 32 N.C.(2d) § 9.03, 1971.)

Whenever the traffic engineer or police chief determines that traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions or for other causes, the traffic engineer or police chief shall have power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys or portions thereof as the traffic engineer or police chief shall direct during the time of such event, happening, or emergency, and the traffic engineer or police chief shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.

(Ord. 145 N.C.(2d) § 3, (part), 1973: Ord. 32 N.C.(2d) § 9.04, 1971.)

It is unlawful for anyone to operate or cause to be operated over or upon any public street or alley any vehicle exceeding the size, weight, or load limitations set forth in Division 15 (Sections 35,000 through 35,796) of the Vehicle Code of state, or contrary to the limitations and restrictions set forth in Sections 8.36.010 through 8.36.040 of this title and any city council resolution therein refer to, unless a permit issued in the manner specified in Section 8.40.060 is obtained to so move or operate the vehicle, and such permit is upon or within the vehicle.

(Ord. 850 N.C.(2d) § 6, 1986: Ord. 145 N.C.(2d) § 3 (part), 1973: Ord. 32 N.C.(2d) § 9.06, 1971.)

The permit mentioned in Section 8.40.050 shall be procured by making application to the police chief, and the permit shall be granted upon such conditions, provisions, and restrictions as the public works director may determine, and where the application is for the moving or operating of heavy loads, or vehicles, mechanical contrivances such as steam shovels, ditch diggers, tractors, and vehicles of like nature, before any permit shall be granted, the police chief may demand and cause to be filed with the city tax and license collector a cash bond or a corporate surety bond issued by an admitted surety under the laws of the state of California subject to the approval of the city attorney, to secure the city of Vallejo against damage or injury to its streets and alleys.

(Ord. 145 N.C.(2d) § 3 (part), 1973: Ord. 32 N.C.(2d) § 9.07, 1971.)

Where any wage or injury is done to any street or alley by reason of the moving or operation of any vehicle, the injury or damage shall be repaired by the person, firm, corporation or association responsible for operation of the vehicle within a reasonable time after the damage or injury has been incurred, and upon a refusal to so repair the damage or injury, or after a lapse of a reasonable time without repair of the damage or injury, the public works director may cause the repairs to be made and deduct the amount of cost of the repair work from the cash bond or enforce collection of the cost of the repair work against the principal and/or the surety upon the corporate surety bond, filed by the applicant for the permit; and no further permit shall be granted to the applicant until a further bond has been filed as determined by the public works director. It is further provided in cases where any vehicle is operated for a period of long duration that one permit may be granted covering a definite period of time as the public works director may determine, provided that during the entire period in which the permit shall be in force that the applicant shall constantly keep on file the cash bond or the corporate surety bond hereinbefore mentioned. The city of Vallejo further reserves all its rights and remedies under the laws of the state of California for the collection of damages against any person, firm, corporation or association damaging streets, sidewalks or other public property in the city regardless of whether or not said person, firm, corporation or association was the possessor of a valid permit issued under Section 8.40.060.

(Ord. 145 N.C.(2d) § 3 (part), 1973: Ord. 32 N.C.(2d) § 9.08, 1971.)

It is unlawful for any person to board or alight from a vehicle while the vehicle is in motion.

(Ord. 145 N.C.(2d) § 3 (part), 1973: Ord 32 N.C.(2d) § 9.09, 1971.)

It is unlawful for any person upon roller skates or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device to go upon any public street, excepting that the roller skates, coaster, toy vehicle or similar device may be operated with due caution upon the public sidewalk in areas other than the central traffic district.

(Ord. 145 N.C.(2d) § 3 (part), 1973: Ord. 32 N.C.(2d) § 9.10, 1971.)

It is unlawful for any person to drive, park, stop, or stand any motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or other vehicle on any land, park, playgrounds, or recreation area, whether improved or unimproved, which is owned or operated by the city, except authorized emergency vehicles and public service vehicles, when authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof.

(Ord. 157 N.C.(2d) § 4, 1973: Ord. 32 N.C.(2d) § 9.00, 1971.)

It is unlawful for any person, upon any street or wharf on which a passenger depot or station fronts or abuts, to solicit patronage for any hotel, apartment, lodging house, boarding house, restaurant, cafe or other place where persons are boarded or lodged for compensation, or to solicit patronage for any vehicle used for transportation of persons, goods, wares, merchandise, freight or baggage, for hire, within seventy-five feet of the main entrance to or exit from such passenger depot, station or boat landing, except that taxicabs licensed under Chapter 5.32 of this code, may occupy a regularly designated taxicab stand which has been located within seventy-five feet of the entrance or exit.

(Ord. 145 N.C.(2d) § 5, 1973: Ord. 32 N.C.(2d) § 15.00, 1971.)

It is unlawful for any person or persons to occupy or use any motor vehicle for living purposes upon any street, alley, lane, highway, municipal off-street parking lot or other public place, or upon any lot, piece, parcel or tract of land within the city except as provided in Chapter 7.96 of the Vallejo Municipal Code (mobile living units).

(Ord. 484 N.C.(2d) § 1, 1979.)

No person shall intentionally operate a vehicle on a street or alley of the city in such a manner that the wheels thereof rotate so that the forward progress of the vehicle is less than the circumferential distance traveled by its wheels.

(Ord. 629 N.C. (2d) § 2, 1981.)