Ventura Municipal Code Ch. 16.155 Additional Traffic Regulations

A. Unlawful. No operator of any vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral procession or a parade; provided, that such vehicles are conspicuously so designated. The directing of all vehicles and traffic on any street over which such funeral procession or parade wishes to pass shall be subject to the orders of the police department.

B. Drivers in a Procession. Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practicable and shall follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practicable and safe.

C. Funeral Processions to Be Identified. A funeral procession composed of a group of vehicles shall be identified as such by the display upon the outside of each vehicle of a pennant or other identifying insignia or by such other method as may be determined and designated by the traffic division. (Code 1971, § 7181)

No funeral procession or parade shall occupy, march or proceed along any street except in accordance with a permit issued by the chief of police and such other regulations as are set forth herein which may apply. (Code 1971, § 7182)

No person shall attach themselves with their hands, or catch on, or hold on to with their hands or by other means, to any moving vehicle or train for the purpose of receiving motive power therefrom. (Code 1971, § 7183)

No person shall operate or drive a commercial vehicle in, on or across any private driveway approach or sidewalk area or the driveway itself without the consent of the owner or occupant of the property, if a sign or markings are in place indicating that the use of such driveway is prohibited.

For the purpose of this section a “commercial vehicle” shall mean a vehicle having a rated capacity in excess of one-half ton. (Code 1971, § 7184)

No person shall ride, drive, propel, or cause to be propelled any vehicle or animal across or upon any sidewalk excepting over permanently constructed driveways and excepting when it is necessary for any temporary purpose to drive a loaded vehicle across a sidewalk; provided further, that said sidewalk area be substantially protected by wooden planks two inches thick, and written permission be previously obtained from the city traffic engineer. Such wooden planks shall not be permitted to remain upon such sidewalk area during the hours from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. (Code 1971, § 7185)

No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted markings in any street when a barrier sign, conemarker or other warning device is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or markings, or when any such device is in place indicating that the street or any portion thereof is closed. (Code 1971, § 7186)

A. Limited Access Roadway. No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are lawfully established.

B. Restrictions on Use of Freeways. No person shall drive or operate any bicycle, motor driven cycle, or any vehicle which is not drawn by a motor vehicle upon any street established as a freeway, as defined by state law, nor shall any pedestrian walk across or along any such street so designated and described except in space set aside for the use of pedestrians, provided official signs are in place giving notice of such restrictions. (Code 1971, § 7187)

No person, public utility or department in the city shall erect or place any barrier or sign on any street unless of a type approved by the city traffic engineer in accordance with Section 16.120.020(D), or disobey the instructions, remove, tamper with or destroy any barrier or sign lawfully placed on any street by any person, public utility or by any department of this city. (Code 1971, § 7188)

No operator of any vehicle shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle the operator is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed. (Code 1971, § 7189)