Walnut Creek Municipal Code Art. 20 Cruising

As used in this article, the words set forth below shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:

a.

Core Area

means that area of the City of Walnut Creek bounded by Interstate 680 on the west, the Southern Pacific right-of-way on the east, Walden Road on the north and the intersection of the Southern Pacific right-of-way and Interstate 680 on the south.

b.

Cruise

or cruising shall mean the repetitive driving of a motor vehicle past a traffic control point in traffic which is congested at or near the traffic control point, as determined by a peace officer, within a specified period and after the vehicle operator has been given adequate written notice that further repetitive driving will be a violation of this article.

c.

Highway

and motor vehicle shall have the meanings ascribed to them by §360 and §415 of the California Vehicle Code, respectively.

(§ 1, Ord. 1636, eff. November 7, 1985)

a. Cruising is prohibited in the Core Area.

b. No person shall be guilty of cruising unless:

1. That person has driven a motor vehicle past the same traffic control point twice within a two-hour period and has, upon driving past the traffic control point the first time, been given written notice that further driving past the traffic control point shall be a violation of the Walnut Creek Municipal Code.

2. Signs have been posted on the streets subject to cruising controls as set forth in §3-5.2003.

(§ 1, Ord. 1636, eff. November 7, 1985)

Signs shall be erected at the beginning and end of that portion of any street subject to cruising controls. The signs shall state briefly and clearly that cruising is prohibited by §3-5.2002 of the Walnut Creek Municipal Code.

(§ 1, Ord. 1636, eff. November 7, 1985)

This article shall not apply to emergency vehicles in-service, taxicabs for hire and buses operated by a government agency and traveling along a fixed route.

(§ 1, Ord. 1636, eff. November 7, 1985)

The Chief of Police is hereby authorized and directed to take such actions as may be necessary to prepare the written notice required by §3-5.2002(b)(l), above, and to construct and erect the signs erected by §3-5.2003, above.

(§ 1, Ord. 1636, eff. November 7, 1985)