Whittier Municipal Code Ch. 10.48 Miscellaneous Provisions

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 street maintenance superintendent 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 the city.

(Prior code § 3420.85)

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, cone marker or other warning device is in place warning persons not to drive over or across the pavement or marking, or when any such device is in place indicating that the street or any portion thereof is closed.

(Prior code § 3420.84)

A. No person shall ride, drive, propel, or cause to be propelled, any vehicle across or upon any curb or sidewalk excepting over permanently constructed driveways. When it is necessary for any temporary purpose to drive a vehicle across a curb or sidewalk, a written permit shall first be obtained from the city engineer before any person may ride, drive or propel any vehicle on, over or across any curb or sidewalk.

B. Any person desiring a permit to drive on, over or across any curb or sidewalk shall file a written application therefor with the city engineer, which application shall state the location and duration of time required, and such other information as the city engineer requires.

C. The minimum fee for each such permit at each such location shall be established by a resolution of the city council; provided, that the city manager, where circumstances warrant, shall set a fee in excess of such an amount if necessary to defray the filing and processing of the applications.

D. The permit issued pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be conditionally issued to the following effect: that the permittee shall be responsible to the city for any damage occasioned to any public improvement by reason of activities authorized pursuant to the permit. Payment of damage, where so occasioned, shall be made within ten days from the submission by the city to permittee of a notice of the damage. The obligation to pay for the damage shall be enforceable as a civil debt.

(Ord. 2638 § 7, 1994; prior code § 3420.83)

No operator of any vehicle shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he/she is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.

(Prior code § 3420.86)

(Ord. No. 3112, § 2, 2-25-20)

Whenever the city engineer finds that any hedge, shrubbery or tree growing in a parkway obstructs the view of any intersection of any traffic upon the streets approaching the intersection he/she shall cause the hedge, shrubbery or tree to be immediately removed or reduced in height.

(Amended during 1984 codification; prior code § 3420.220)

(Ord. No. 3112, § 2, 2-25-20)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 3112, § 1, adopted Feb. 25, 2020, repealed § 10.48.060, which pertained to trains blocking crossings and derived from prior code, § 3420.151.

A. No person shall use or permit the use of any street, public property, or public place for a permanent or temporary place of habitation.

B. No person shall place upon any street, public property or public place, permanently or temporarily, any building, structure or vehicle including, but not limited to, any motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, coach or similar vehicle, which is required to be licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Vehicle Code of the state (hereafter "vehicle") and which is designed for use and/or which is used, for the habitation of one or more persons, whether permanently or temporarily; provided that, any such vehicle may be parked upon any street, public property or public place for the purpose of immediate loading and unloading.

C. Subdivision B of this section shall not apply to designated mobile home or recreational vehicle parks.

D. As used in this section:

1. "Building" and "structure" shall be defined as set forth in Chapter 18.06 of this code.

2. "Habitation" and "reside" shall be defined as set forth in Chapter 12.42 of this code.

3. "Public property" shall be defined as set forth in Chapter 12.42 of this code.

4. "Public place" shall be defined as set forth in Chapter 12.42 of this code.

5. "Street" shall be defined as set forth in Chapter 12.42 of this code.

(Ord. 2348 § 1985)

(Ord. No. 2946, § 2, 1-26-10)