Weed Municipal Code Ch. 8.32 Operations of Commercial Inter-County Bus Depots

As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

"Bus depot" means a place where commercial buses stop to load and unload passengers. It does not include places where buses that are owned or operated by or on behalf public agencies stop.

"City" means the City of Weed.

"City manager" means the city manager of the city, or his or her nominee.

"Restroom" means an adequately lit, heated, enclosed, and clean facility with a fully operational plumbed flush toilet, not a chemical toilet, with hand-washing facilities, which is supplied with adequate toilet paper and paper towels for its users.

(Ord. No. 443-2017, § 2, 1-11-2018)

A. Bus depot shall provide at least one restroom for the use of bus drivers, and bus customers, i.e., bus passengers, and persons who have been, or will be, bus passengers on a bus that has stopped, or will stop, at the bus depot, and persons accompanying them.

B. The required restroom shall be made available for the sixty minutes immediately preceding, and the sixty minutes immediately following, the time at which a bus is scheduled to stop at the bus depot, according to the current schedule provided by the bus line, provided, however, that if the operator of the bus depot or its employee is present on the premises the restroom need only be made available for the thirty minutes immediately preceding the scheduled stop, and fifteen minutes immediately following the actual departure of the bus.

C. A bus depot shall erect signage, visible to visitors, that identifies the location of the restroom.

(Ord. No. 443-2017, § 2, 1-11-2018)

All outdoor areas of a bus depot, while they are accessible to the public, shall be, in the reasonable judgment of the city manager, adequately illuminated, starting at sunset and until sunrise, without regard to the bus schedule. The illumination shall be that which is deeded adequate for purposes of public safety. The illumination shall not be directed toward neighboring properties.

(Ord. No. 443-2017, § 2, 1-11-2018)

A bus depot shall provide trash receptacles in all areas of the premises where the public has access, and empty the same regularly.

(Ord. No. 443-2017, § 2, 1-11-2018)

A bus depot shall cause the current bus stop schedule to be posted in at least one location which is readily visible to the public at all times and provide a copy to the office of the city manager, who shall also be notified of any changes.

(Ord. No. 443-2017, § 2, 1-11-2018)