Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 10 — Vehicles and Traffic
Wheatland Municipal Code Ch. 10.52 Miscellaneous Driving Rules
Wheatland Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Wheatland
Cite as: Wheatland Municipal Code Chapter 10.52 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 10.52.010. Driving through funeral procession or parade.¶
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. All vehicles and traffic on any street over which a funeral procession or parade passes shall be subject to the orders of the police department or other authorized traffic-control authority.
(Ord. 246 § 4 (Art. 8) (8), 1979)
§ 10.52.020. Clinging to moving vehicles.¶
No person shall attach him or herself with his or her hands, or catch on or hold onto with his or her hands or by other means, to any moving vehicle or train for the purpose of receiving motive power therefrom.
(Ord. 246 § 4 (Art. 8) (8.1), 1979)
§ 10.52.030. Riding or driving on sidewalks.¶
No person shall ride, drive, propel, or cause to be propelled any vehicle, bicycle 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 traffic and safety engineer. Such wooden planks shall not be permitted to remain upon the sidewalk area during the hours from six p.m. to six a.m.
(Ord. 246 § 4 (Art. 8) (8.3), 1979)
§ 10.52.040. Driving on new pavement and markings.¶
No person shall ride or drive any vehicle or animal over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted marking in any street when a barrier sign, cone marker or other warning device is in place warning persons not to drive across such pavement or marking, or when any such device is in place indicating that the street or any portion thereof is closed.
(Ord. 246 § 4 (Art. 8) (8.4), 1979)
§ 10.52.050. Obedience to barriers and signs.¶
No person shall erect or place any barrier or traffic sign on any street unless of a type approved by the traffic and safety engineer. No person shall disobey, remove, tamper with or destroy any barrier or sign lawfully placed on any street.
(Ord. 246 § 4 (Art. 8) (8.5), 1979)
§ 10.52.060. Obstruction of intersections.¶
No operator of any vehicle shall enter any intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he or she is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(Ord. 246 § 4 (Art. 8) (8.6), 1979)
§ 10.52.070. Unauthorized use of limited access roadways.¶
No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are lawfully established.
(Ord. 246 § 4 (Art. 8) (8.7), 1979)
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