HomeMy WebLinkAbout91-16 CC OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 91-16
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA REPEALING PORTIONS OF THE NON-CODIFIED
RIVERSIDE COUNTY ORDINANCES AND ADDING CHAPTER 12.08
TO THE TEMECULA MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING
REGULATIONS RELATING TO VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. City Ordinance No. 90-04 adopted by reference portions of the non-codified
Riverside County Ordinances. On the effective date of this Ordinance, the following
provisions of the non-codified Riverside County Ordinances, which City Ordinance No. 90-04
adopted, are hereby repealed:
(a) Ordinance No. 413 relating to parking;
(b) Ordinance No. 585 relating to vehicles.
Section 2. "Chapter 12.08 is hereby added to the Temecula Municipal Code, which
shall read as follows:
"CHAPTER: 12.08
VEHICI,ES AND TRAFFIC
Divisions:
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Definitions
Enforcement--Obedience
Official Traffic Control Devices
Stopping, Standing and Parking
Stop Intersections
Yield Right-of-Way Signs
One-Way Streets and Alleys
Restricted Use of Certain Streets
Driving Rules
Pedestrians
Violation of Chapter - Penalty
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DIVISION 1 - DEFINITIONS
Sections:
12.08.001
12.08.002
12.08.003
12.08.004
12.08.005
12.08.006
12.08.007
12.08.008
12.08.009
12.08.010
12.08.011
12.08.012
12.08.013
12.08.014
12.08.015
12.08.016
12.08.017
Vehicle Code definitions
Definitions generally
Alley
City Council
Curb
Loading Zone
Official Traffic Control Device
Official Traffic Control Signal
Park
Parkway
Passenger Loading zone
Pedestrian
Police officer
Safety Zone
Stop
Stop or stand
Vehicle Code
12.08.001 Vehicle Code definitions. Whenever any words or phrases used
in this title are not defined in this chapter but are now or hereafter defined in the Vehicle Code
of the state, the definitions are incorporated in this chapter and shall be deemed to apply to
such words and phrases used in this title as though set forth in this chapter in full.
12.08.002 Definitions generally. The following words and phrases when
used in this title shall, for the purpose of this title, have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them in this chapter.
12.08.003 Alley. "Alley" means any street less than twenty-five (25) feet in
width which is primarily used for access to the rear or side entrances of abutting property.
12.08.004
City Council. "City Council means the council of the City of
Temecula.
12.08.005 Curb. "Curb" means the lateral boundary of the roadway
whether such curb be marked by curbing construction, or not so marked; the word "curb" as
herein used shall not include the line dividing the roadway of a street from parking strips in the
center of a street, nor from tracks or fights of way of public utility companies.
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12.08.006 Loading zone. "Loading zone" means that space adjacent to a
curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers
or materials.
12.08.007 Official Traffic Control Device. "Official Traffic Control
Device" means any sign, signal, marking or device, consistent with Section 21400 of the
Vehicle Code, placed or erected by authority of the City of Temecula or designated official,
for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic, but does not include islands, curbs,
traffic barriers, or other roadway design features.
12.8.008 Official Traffic Control Signal. "Official Traffic control Signal"
means any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is
alternately directed to stop and proceed and which is erected by the City or designated official.
12.08.009 Park. "Park" means to stand or leave standing any vehicle,
whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually
engaged in loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
12.08.010
roadway or sidewalk.
Parkway. "Parkway" means that portion of a street other than a
12.08.011 Passenger loading zone. "Passenger loading zone" means the
space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or
unloading of passengers.
12.08.012 Pedestrian. "Pedestrian" means any person afoot.
12.08.013 Police officer. "Police officer" means every officer of the police
department of this city, or any officer authorized to direct traffic or make arrests for violation
of traffic regulations.
12.08.014 Safety Zone. "Safety zone" means the area or space lawfully set
apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected, or which is
marked or indicated by vertical signs, raised markers or raised buttons, in order to make such
area or space plainly visible at all times while the same is set apart as a safety zone.
12.08.015 Stop. "Stop" means a complete cessation of movement.
12.08.016 Stop or stand. "Stop or stand," when prohibited, means any
stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid
conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or official
traffic-control device.
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state.
12.08.017 Vehicle Code. "Vehicle Code means the vehicle code of the
SECTION 12.08.017 - 12.08.050 RESERVED.
DIVISION 2 - ENFORCEMENT--OBEDIENCE
Sections:
12.08.051
12.08.052
12.08.053
12.08.054
12.08.055
12.08.056
12.08.057
12.08.058
12.08.059
12.08.060
12.08.061
12.08.062
12.08.063
12.08.064
Police officers--Authority
Authority to issue parking citations
Police officers--Traffic direction
Authority of fire department officers
or survey crew
Obedience to police and fire department
Officials
Removal of Unauthorized Signs
Removal of Obstructions Within Parkways
Loitering--Obstructing traffic
Persons riding bicycles or animals
Public employees to obey traffic regulations
Exemptions to certain vehicles
Accident report--Required
Accident report - Contents
Accident report - Time Limit
12.08.051 Police officers--Authority. It shall be the authority of the officers
of the police department, and such officers as are assigned by the chief of police, to enforce all
traffic laws of this city and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to traffic in this city.
12.08.052 Authority to issue parking citations. Parking citations or notices
of violations, related to charging violations of local or Vehicle Code regulations governing the
parking or standing of vehicles, may be issued by any peace officer, by any other employee or
agent of the police department or of the city who is duly authorized by the chief of police to do
so, by any other person specifically so authorized by some other provision of law, and by any
other person specially authorized by the chief of police in writing to do so. Whenever the
chief of police delegates such authority to persons other than peace officers, he shall endeavor
to see that each such person is adequately instructed regarding the provisions of the parking
regulations to be enforced, and the evidentiary prerequisites to proper prosecution for
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violations thereof. He shall further provide such persons with the same form of citations or
notices of violations as are utilized for the purpose by officers of the police department. Any
such persons shall be appropriately instructed to deposit executed citations or notices with the
police department for filing with the court, after review for legal sufficiency.
12.08.053 Police Officers-Traffic direction. Officers of the police
department or such officers as are assigned by the chief of police are authorized to direct all
traffic by voice, hand or other signal in conformance with traffic laws, provided that in the
event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of
the police department may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the
provisions of the traffic laws.
12.08.054 Authority of fire department officers or survey crew. Officers of
the fire department, when at the scene of a fire or, when in the course of their duties are
protecting personnel, or equipment of the fire department, may direct or assist the police in
directing traffic. Members of the city's survey crew, when in the course of their duties are
surveying the city's streets and rights-of-way, may direct or assist the police in directing
traffic.
12.08.055 Obedience to police and fire departments officials. No person
shall wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order of a police officer or fire
department official when directing traffic.
12.08.056 Removal of unauthorized signs, barricades, markings and lights.
The City Traffic Engineer or chief of police may without notice remove or cause to be
removed every unauthorized sign, barricade, marking, signal or device placed, maintained or
displayed upon any city street or road right-of-way contrary to the provisions of section 21467
of the Vehicle Code.
12.08.057 Removal of obstructions within parkways. Whenever the City
Traffic Engineer determines that any fence, hedge, shrubbery, tree or other objects within the
parkway obstructs the view of any traffic upon the roadways, or is an undue obstruction to
pedestrians attempting to walk within the parkway at locations where no sidewalks exists,
he/she shall cause the obstruction to be removed or altered in such a manner as to permanently
eliminate the problem.
12.08.058 Loitering--Obstructing traffic. It is unlawful for any person to
stand upon any street, sidewalk or other public way open for pedestrian travel, or otherwise
occupy any portion thereof in such a manner as to annoy or molest any pedestrian thereon, or
so as to obstruct or unreasonably interfere with the free passage of pedestrians, motor vehicles
or other modes of travel. No person shall sit, lie or sleep upon any street, sidewalk or other
public way. The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons sitting on the curb
portion of any sidewalk or street while attending or viewing any parade permitted under the
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provisions of this code; nor shall the provisions of this section apply to persons sitting upon
benches or other seating facilities provided for such purposes by municipal authority.
12.08.059 Persons riding bicycles or animals. Every person riding a bicycle
or riding or driving an animal upon a highway shall be granted all of the rights, and shall be
subject to all of the duties applicable to, the driver of a vehicle by this title except those
provisions which by their very nature can have no application.
12.08.060 Public employees to obey traffic regulations. The provisions of
this title shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United
States Government, this state, or any county or city, and it unlawful for any said driver to
violate any of the provisions of this title except as otherwise permitted in this chapter or by the
Vehicle Code.
12.08.061 Exemptions to certain vehicles.
(a) The provisions of this title regulating the operation, parking and standing of
vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of the police or fire departments, or other city vehicles,
properly equipped to qualify as emergency vehicles, any public utility vehicle or any private
ambulance, which public utility vehicle or private ambulance has qualified as an authorized
emergency vehicle, when any vehicle mentioned in this section is operated in the manner
specified in the Vehicle Code in response to any emergency call.
(b) The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, protect the driver of any such
vehicle from the consequences of his wilful disregard of the safety of others.
(c) The provisions of this title regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall
not apply to any vehicle of a city department or public utility vehicle necessarily in use for
construction or repair work, or any vehicle owned by the United States while in use for the
collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail.
12.08.062 Accident report--Required. The driver of a vehicle or the person
in charge of any animal involved in any accident resulting in damage to any property publicly
owned or owned by a public utility, including but not limited to any fire hydrant, ornamental
lighting post, telephone pole, electric light or power pole, or resulting in damage to any
ornamental shade tree, traffic-control device or other property of a like nature located in or
along any street, shall within twenty-four (24) hours after such accident prepare a written
report of the events of such accidents to the city police department.
12.08.063 Accident report--Contents. Every such report shall state the time
and the place the accident took place, the name and address of the person owning and of the
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person driving or in charge of such vehicle or animal, the license number of every such
vehicle, and shall briefly describe the property damaged in such accident.
12.08.064 Accident report--Time limit. A driver involved in an accident
shall not be subject to the requirements of Section 12.08.062, if and during the time such
driver is physically incapable of making a report but in such event the driver shall make a
report as required in Section 12.08.062 within twenty-four (24) hours after regaining ability to
make such a report.
SECTION 12.08-065 - 12.08.100 RESERVED
DIVISION 3 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
Sections:
12.08.
12.08.
101
102
12.08.103
12.08.104
12.08.105
12.08.106
12.08.107
12.08.108
12.08.109
Authority to install
Signs required to give notice for enforcement
purposes
Obedience by operators of vehicles and trains
Installation of traffic signals
Authority to remove
Hours of operation
Painting of curbs prohibited
Lane markings
Roadway markings to be distinctive
12.08.10! Authority to install.
(a) The City Traffic Engineer shall have the power and duty to place and maintain
or cause to be placed and maintained official traffic-control devices when and as required to
make effective the provisions of this division.
(b) Whenever the Vehicle Code of the state requires, for the effectiveness of any
provision thereof, that traffic-control devices be installed to give notice to the public of the
application of such law, the City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to install or cause to be
installed the necessary devices, subject to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law
applicable thereto.
(c) The City Traffic Engineer may also place and maintain or cause to be placed
and maintained such additional traffic-control devices as he may deem necessary or proper to
regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic, but he shall make such determination only upon the
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basis of traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations and in accordance with such
standards, limitations, and rules as may be set forth in this chapter or as may be determined by
ordinance or resolution of the City Council.
12.08.102 Signs required to give notice for enforcement purposes. No
provision of the Vehicle Code of the state or of this chapter for which signs are required shall
be enforced against an alleged violator unless appropriate legible signs are in place giving
notice of such provisions of the traffic laws.
12.08.103 Obedience by operators of vehicles. The operator of any vehicle
shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device placed in accordance with this
division unless otherwise directed by a police officer or other authorized person subject to the
exceptions granted the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to
emergency calls.
12.08.104 Installation of official traffic signals.
(a) The City Traffic Engineer is hereby directed to install and maintain official
traffic signals at those intersections and other places where traffic conditions are such as to
require that the flow of traffic be alternately interrupted and released in order to prevent or
relieve traffic congestion or to protect life or property from exceptional hazard.
(b) The City Traffic Engineer shall ascertain and determine the locations where
such signals are required by field investigation, traffic counts and other traffic information as
may be pertinent and his determinations therefrom shall be made in accordance with those
traffic engineering and safety standards and instructions set forth in the "California
Maintenance Manual and Planning Manual - Traffic" issued by the division of highways of the
state department of public works.
(c) Whenever the City Traffic Engineer installs and maintains an official traffic
signal at any intersection, he shall likewise erect and maintain at such intersection street name
signs clearly visible to traffic approaching from all directions unless such street name signs
have previously been placed and are maintained at such intersection.
12.08.105 Authority to remove. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby
authorized to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic-control device not
specifically required by Vehicle Code or this chapter whenever he shall determine in any
particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist.
12.08. 106 Hours of operation. The City Traffic Engineer shall determine
the hours and days during which any traffic-control device shall be in operation or be in effect,
except in those cases where such hours or days are specified in this chapter.
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12.08.107 Painting of curbs prohibited. No person, unless authorized by
this city, shall paint any street or curb surface; provided, however, that this section shall not
apply to the painting of numbers on a curb surface by any person who has complied with the
provision of any resolution or ordinance of this city pertaining thereto.
12.08.108 Lane markings. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized
to mark center lines and lane lines upon the surface of the roadway to indicate the course to be
traveled by vehicles and may place signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic
moving in a particular direction, regardless of the center line of the highway.
12.08.109 Roadway markings to be distinctive. The City Traffic Engineer
is authorized to place and maintain distinctive roadway markings as described in the Vehicle
Code of the state on those streets or parts of streets where the volume of traffic or the vertical
or other curvature of the roadway renders it hazardous to drive on the left side of such
marking or signs and markings. Such marking or signs and markings shall have the same
effect as similar markings placed by the state department of public works pursuant to
provisions of the state Vehicle Code.
SECTION 12.08.110 - 12.08.200 RESERVED.
DIVISION 4 - STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
Sections:
12.08.201
12.08.202
12.08.203
12.08.204
12.08.205
12.08.206
12.08.207
12.08.208
12.08.209
12.08.210
12.08.211
Application of regulations
More restrictive provisions
Standing in parkways prohibited
Use of streets for storage of vehicles
prohibited
Parking for certain purposes prohibited
Parking parallel with curb
Angle parking
Parking adjacent to schools
Parking prohibited on narrow streets
Standing of merchandise or food vehicles
Emergency parking signs
12.08.212
Display of warning devices when commercial
vehicle disabled
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12.08.213
12.08.214
12.08.215
12.08.216
12.08.217
12.08.218
12.08.219
12.08.220
12.08.221
12.08.222
12.08.223
12.08.224
12.08.225
Parking on private property without permission
or in an unauthorized manner
Locking ignition required
Impounding of vehicle illegally parked
Parking prohibited or time limited on
certain streets.
Parking space markings--Installation.
Parking space markings--Parking within
required.
Stricter parking regulations within council
established limited-parking zones.
Parking and driving on city property.
Enforcement of parking and driving regulations
applicable on city property.
Parking or driving regulations applicable on
property of schools and other public agencies.
No-parking areas.
Installation, design and spacing of signs.
Curb markings to indicate no stopping and
parking regulations.
12.08.226
12.08.227
12.08.228
12.08.229
12.08.230
12.08.231
12.08.232
12.08.233
12.08.234
12.08.235
Certain commercial vehicles prohibited from
parking on private property and public
rights-of-way
Commercial vehicles exempted from Section
12.08.226
Establishment of Loading Zones.
Loading zone-Designation.
Passenger loading zone.
Effect of permission to load or unload.
Standing--For loading or unloading only.
Standing--In passenger loading zone.
Standing--In any alley.
Bus zones.
12.08.201 Application of regulations. The provisions of this division prohibiting
the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein
specified, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in
compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device.
12.08.202 More restrictive provisions. The provisions of this division imposing a
time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other
and more restrictive provisions of the Vehicle Code or the regulations of this city prohibiting
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or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
12.08.203 Standing in parkways prohibited. No person shall stop, stand or park a
vehicle within any parkway paralleled by curbs or any parkway designated by the City Traffic
Engineer as an area for no standing, stopping, or parking and posted accordingly.
12.08.204 Use of streets for storage of vehicles prohibited.
(a) No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall
park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two
(72) hours.
(b) In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street in excess of a
consecutive period of seventy-two hours any member of the police department authorized by
the chief of police may remove the vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the
requirements of the Vehicle Code.
12.08.205 Parking for certain purposes prohibited.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:
(a) Displaying such vehicle for sale.
(b) Washing, waxing, wiping, greasing or repairing such vehicle except repairs
necessitated by an emergency.
12.08.206 Parking parallel with curb.
(a) Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or
parked within eighteen inches of the left-hand curb facing in the direction of traffic movement
upon any one-way street unless signs are in place prohibiting such stopping or standing.
(b) In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways and traffic is
restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle
upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are in place permitting such
standing or parking.
(c) The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to determine when standing or parking
shall be prohibited upon the left-hand side of any one-way street or when standing or parking
may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any one-way roadway of a highway having two or
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more separate roadways and shall establish signs or markings giving notice thereof.
(d) The requirement of parallel parking shall not apply in the event any commercial
vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading freight or goods, in which
case that vehicle may be backed up to the curb; provided, that such vehicle does not extend
beyond the centerline of the street and does not block traffic thereby.
12.08.207 Angle Parking.
(a) The City Traffic Engineer shall recommend upon what streets angle parking
shall be permitted and shall mark and sign such streets when appropriately so ordered by the
City Council. Such angle parking shall not be permitted on any state highway or upon any
other street or roadway that is not at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by
such signs or markings.
12.08.208 Parking adjacent to schools.
(a) The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking
upon any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his opinion,
interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
(b) When official signs are erected indicating no parking upon either side of a street
adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
12.08.209 Parking prohibited on narrow streets.
(a) The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to place signs or markings indicating no
parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed twenty (20) feet, or
upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the
roadway does not exceed thirty (30) feet.
Co) When signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as
authorized in this section, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of
any such sign or marking.
12.08.210 Standing of merchandise or food vehicles.
No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicles from which merchandise or foodstuffs
are displayed, offered for sale or sold, upon any portion of any street within this city except in
compliance with all the following:
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(a)
request of
minutes at
Stopping to Sell--Time Limit. Such vehicle shall stand or park only at the
a bona fide customer or purchaser and for a period of time not exceeding ten (10)
any one place.
(b) Weight Limit. Such vehicles at all times shall each have a gross weight of less
than eight thousand (8,000) pounds.
(c) Length of Vehicle. Such vehicles at all times shall have an overall length not
exceeding eighteen feet.
(d) Days, Hours of operation. Such vehicles shall not so operate on Sundays or
holidays, nor before 9:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. on other days.
(e) Position on Street. Such vehicles, during the time they are stopped, standing or
parked, shall be at the extreme right of the roadway, entirely off the paved, improved and
main traveled portion of the roadway.
(f) Purpose of Vehicles. Such vehicles shall be used for display, offering for sale,
and sale of merchandise and foodstuffs other than fresh meat, fish, poultry, fruits and
vegetables.
(g) Noise emanating from such devices shall not exceed a duration of four (4)
seconds nor an intensity of seventy (70) decibels. Record players or other continuous noise-
making devices are prohibited.
12.08.211 Emergency parking signs.
(a) Whenever the City Traffic Engineer, chief of police or their designated
representatives determine that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the
holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or for other reasons, the
City Traffic Engineer, chief of police or their designated representatives, shall have power and
authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted, indicating that the operation,
parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys as the City Traffic
Engineer, chief of police or their designated representatives shall direct during the time such
temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of
such emergency, and the person causing their placement shall cause such signs to be removed
promptly thereafter.
(b) When signs authorized by the provisions of this section are in place giving
notice thereof, no person shall operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and
provisions of such signs.
12.08.212 Display of warning devices when commercial vehicle disabled.
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(a) Every motor truck having an unladen weight of ten thousand (10,000) pounds
or more, and every truck tractor irrespective of weight when operated upon any street or
highway during the time specified in Section 280 of the Vehicle Code shall be equipped with
and carry at least two flares or two red lanterns, or two warning lights or reflectors, which
reflectors shall be of a type approved by the Department of California Highway Patrol.
Co) When any vehicle mentioned in subsection (a) of this section or any trailer or
semi-trailer is disabled upon streets or highways outside of any business or residence district
within this city and upon which street or highway there is insufficient street lighting to reveal a
vehicle at a distance of two hundred (200) feet during any time mentioned in Section 280 of
the Vehicle Code, a warning signal of the character indicated in subsection (a) of this section
shall be immediately placed at a distance of approximately one hundred (100) feet in advance
of, and one hundred (100) feet to the rear of, such disabled vehicle by the driver thereof. The
continuous flashing of at least four approved-type Class A-Type 1 turn signal lamps, at least
two toward the front end and at least two toward the rear of the vehicle, shall be considered to
meet the requirements of this section until the devices mentioned in this section can be placed
in the required locations. The warning signals mentioned in this section shall be displayed
continuously during the time mentioned in Section 280 of the Vehicle Code, while such
vehicles remain disabled upon such street or highway.
12.08.213
manner.
Parking on private property without permission or in an unauthorized
(a) No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle on private property or
business premises without the express or implied consent of the owner, authorized agent of the
owner, person in lawful possession of such premises or property, or other person in charge
thereof.
(b) No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle on private property or
business premises at a time, or at a place thereon, or for a period of time, or in any manner
otherwise, which is unauthorized by the owner, authorized agent of the owner, person in
lawful possession of such premises or property, or other person in charge thereof.
(c) The following acts of stopping, parking or leaving standing a vehicle shall be
included within those which shall be deemed a violation of subsections (a) or (b) of this
section, whichever is applicable, but other acts not mentioned may also violate either
subsection. (The use of the term "parking" in the following examples shall be deemed also to
include collective acts of "stopping" and "leaving standing"):
(1) Parking on any vacant lot or unimproved property unless affirmatively
so permitted by posted signs or by the authorized person in charge;
(2) Parking off-street on any improved private property not held open to use
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by the general public, unless such parking is by invitation of the occupant(s) or for bona fide
business purposes upon the property;
(3) Parking on any off-street parking area or lot or facility of an apartment
building, hotel or business enterprise which is indicated by any sign(s) or other markings to be
reserved exclusively for use by tenants, residents or employees or others not including the
person so parking;
(4) Parking on the off-street parking area or lot or facility of an individual
parking stall or any area which is indicated by a sign or other markings to be reserved for the
exclusive use of a person or persons other than the person so parking;
(5) Parking in a shopping center or business parking area or facility for a
purpose other than doing business with one or more of the stores or offices at the site, or for a
purpose not related to such business operation, or remaining parked for longer than reasonably
appropriate to do such business or acts related to such business operations;
(6) Utilizing a space or stall which is indicated by sign(s) or other
marking(s) to be reserved for use in connection with a particular store, office or business, and
parking in the same for a purpose other than that for which it is so reserved;
(7) Parking in any stall or space which is indicated by sign(s), blue-painted
curbing or other marking(s), to be designated for the exclusive use by physically handicapped
persons, of a vehicle not displaying one of the distinguishing license plates or placards issued
pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22511.5 or Section 9105.
(8) Parking at any spot where such parking is prohibited, as indicated by
sign(s), markings, striping, lettering on pavement, red-painted curbing or by any other means,
including (but not limited to) areas and locations within areas reserved for or designated as
traffic lanes for movement of vehicles or pedestrians, clear areas at or near building entrances
or exits, fire lanes, sidewalks or pedestrian or bicycle lanes, clear areas at or near ramps or
other facilities used by or intended for use of handicapped persons, unimproved areas,
dangerous areas, areas to be utilized by larger vehicles such as trucks, buses, emergency
vehicles or other service vehicles, or areas designated for any other business or special use;
(9) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or by reasons
of vehicle disablement or bona fide emergency, parking, standing or waiting at a location
within a traffic lane or otherwise, which substantially interferes with the normal movement of
vehicular or pedestrian traffic at such location.
(10) Parking in violation of the restrictions stated on any other sign or
marking(s) not mentioned in the foregoing divisions of this subsection, which has or have been
placed on private property or business premises by the owner, authorized agent of the owner,
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person in lawful possession of such premises or property, or other person in charge thereof;
(11) Failure or refusal to remove or move a parked or standing or stopped
vehicle from private property or business premises, in compliance with a direction to do so by
the owner, person in lawful possession of such premises or property, or other person in charge
thereof; or violation of a direction by such person not to park, stop or stand a vehicle upon, or
at a particular location upon, such premises or property; provided, that this section shall not
apply to an act or failure or refusal to leave property or to noncompliance with a direction to
keep off such property, in any of those instances listed in this Section; or
(12) Parking on a private street in violation of a prohibition or restriction
stated on any sign or marking(s) or notification giving notice thereof, placed or given by or
pursuant to authority of the association or person or other entity owning or in charge of such
private street.
(d) Nothing in this section affects or limits the rights or remedies any person may
have pursuant to any other provision of law, such as Section 22658 of the Vehicle Code, to
remove or cause the removal of a vehicle parking upon private property.
(e) It shall be the policy of the City Council to encourage the posting of signs on
shopping center parking facilities similar to the signs mentioned in Section 21107.8 of the
Vehicle Code, to give notice to the public that the parking regulations applicable on the private
parking facility are subject to official enforcement by citations and fines and otherwise. This
does not, however authorize signs posted in nonconformance with the city's sign control
ordinance or other applicable regulations; and the posting of such signs shall not be deemed a
requirement or condition precedent to enforcement of this section.
(f) Sections 41102 et seq. of the Vehicle Code are referred to and incorporated in
this section by this reference and shall be applicable in connection with any prosecution for
violation of this section, in the same manner and to the same extent as said sections are
applicable to prosecutions for parking violations occurring on the public streets.
12.08.214 Locking ignition required. No person shall park and leave a
vehicle on a public street, alley or public parking facility unless the ignition has been locked;
provided, however, that if the driver or passenger remains inside the vehicle after and while it
is parked, or if the vehicle is in the custody of an attendant, the ignition need not be locked.
12.08.215 Impounding of vehicle illegally parked. Whenever a vehicle is illegally
parked on a street or highway in violation of any provision of this division or of this chapter,
or of this code, any regularly employed and salaried police officer of the city or deputy of the
sheriff's office of Riverside County, or member of the California Highway Patrol, may cause
such vehicle to be impounded, driven or towed away and stored, so long as signs are posted
giving notice of the removal. Any reasonable costs resulting from such impounding, towing
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or storage shall be charged to the owner of the vehicle and to the driver who committed the
parking violation.
12.08.216 Parking prohibited or time limited on certain streets. When authorized
signs are in place giving notice thereof, specifying certain parking prohibitions or time limits,
the prohibitions or time limits to be established by the City Council by resolution, or by the
City Traffic Engineer pursuant to authority vested in him by this chapter, or by the Vehicle
Code, no person shall stop, stand, park or leave standing any vehicle in violation of any such
prohibition or time limit so specified on the signs.
12.08.217 Parking space markings--Installation. The City Traffic Engineer is
authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent
to curbing where authorized parking is permitted.
12.08.218 Parking space markings--Parking within required. Each vehicle placed
in any parking space shall be parked within the lines and markings so established by the City
Traffic Engineer, and no person shall park or leave standing any vehicle so that it extends
across any such line or markings, or is in such position that is not entirely within the space
designated by such lines or markings.
12.08.219 Stricter parking regulations within council established limited-parking
zones. Pursuant to authority vested in him by other provisions of this division or by the
Vehicle Code, the City Traffic Engineer is authorized to prescribe shorter time limits than
those specified by resolution of the City Council, or to prescribe parking prohibitions, within a
particular limited-parking zone so specified by the City Council; provided, that the stricter
parking limitations or prohibitions are properly indicated by appropriate signs or markings in
accordance with this division or other provisions of law.
12.08.220 Parking and driving on City Property.
(a) The City Manager shall from time to time examine and survey all city-owned
parking lots, parking areas and other properties, and all property under the city's direct
control, with respect to vehicle driving and parking uses, and the need for regulations
applicable thereto, in order to assure proper and appropriate use of such public properties and
to prevent interferences with the orderly and efficient conduct of the city's business.
(b) Based thereon, the City Manager shall promulgate such conditions, rules and
regulations governing driving, stopping, parking or leaving standing of vehicles on the
particular properties involved, as shall in his judgment, be necessary and appropriate to
advance the public purposes mentioned in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) A written statement or other graphic depiction of such special conditions, rules
and regulations shall, upon promulgation, be filed in the office of the City Clerk, and the City
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Council shall be promptly notified of such filing. Any council member may then cause the
matter to be submitted, in whole or in part, for a formal review by the City Council. If no
council member takes such action within thirty days from the date the matter was filed with the
City Clerk, then the special conditions, rules and regulations shall be deemed adopted and
imposed by the City Council within the meaning of Vehicle Code Section 21113.
12.08.221
Property.
Enforcement of parking and driving regulations applicable on city
(a) Pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 21113, a written statement or other graphic
depiction of all special conditions, rules and regulations adopted per Section 12.08.220 shall,
at all times while the same remain effective be kept on file and available at the office of the
City Clerk, for examination by all interested persons.
(b) The City Manager shall erect, place and maintain appropriate signs and
markings at each city-owned or city-controlled parking lot, parking area and other property,
giving notice of all special conditions, rules and regulations applicable thereto, adopted per
Section 12.08.220 and imposed under Vehicle Code Section 21113.
12.08.222 Parking or driving regulations applicable on property of schools
and other public agencies. Conditions and regulations concerning parking or driving on
property and grounds of schools or other public agencies are imposed by the appropriate
governing boards or officers and are enforced pursuant to and under the conditions of Vehicle
Code Section 21113.
12.08.223 No-parking areas. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to maintain,
by appropriate signs, markings or by paint upon the curb surface, certain no-stopping zones,
no-parking areas, and restricted-parking areas, as defined and described in this section. No
person shall stop, stand, park or leave standing any vehicle in any of the following places,
except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction
of a police officer or other authorized officer or traffic sign or signal;
(a) Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with
appropriate sign or signal;
(b) On either side of any street between the projected property lines of any public
walk, public steps, street or thoroughfare terminating at such street, when such area is
indicated by appropriate signs or red paint upon the curb surface;
(c) In any area where the City Traffic Engineer determines that the parking or
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stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property,
when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon any curb surface;
(d) In any area established by resolution of the City Council as a no-parking area,
when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;
(e) In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle would constitute a
traffic hazard or would endanger life or property;
(f) On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion
thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or the
installation of underground utilities or where the use of the street or highway or any portion
thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the
street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles
or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with
such use or movement; provided, that signs giving notice of such no-parking are erected or
placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the effective time of such no-parking.
(g) At any place within twenty (20) feet of a point on the curb immediately
opposite the midblock end of a safety zone, when such place is indicated by appropriate signs
or by red paint upon the curb surface;
(h) At any place within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection when such
place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface except that a bus
may stop at a designated bus stop;
(i) In any area of approach to any traffic signal, left-turn lane, boulevard stop sign
or official electric flashing device when such area is determined by the City Traffic Engineer
to be valuable in the interest of promoting traffic safety or convenience, and the area is
indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface that a bus may stop at a
designated bus stop.
12.08.224 Installation, design and spacing of signs.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized and directed to cause signs regulating or
prohibiting parking to be installed in the zones now or hereafter provided by resolution of the
City Council at such places as the City Traffic Engineer is authorized to regulate parking,
standing or stopping pursuant to other provisions of this Chapter or of law. Signs giving
notice of a parking time limitations shall be approximately 12 inches by 12 inches by 18 inches
in size, with green lines on a white background specifying the particular parking time
limitation applicable. Such signs shall be spaced at a maximum interval of 200 feet, and
provided that there shall be a minimum of 4 signs in one block on each side of the street.
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12.08.225 Curb markings to indicate no stopping and parking regulations.
(a) The City Traffic Engineer is authorized, subject to the provisions and
limitations of this title, to place, and when required in this title shall place, the following curb
markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and the curb markings shall have the
meanings as set forth in this section:
(1) Red means no stopping or parking at any time except as permitted by
the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus
zone.
(2) Yellow means no stopping, standing or parking at any time between
7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day for any purpose other than loading or unloading of
passengers shall not consume more than three minutes, nor the loading or unloading of
materials more than twenty (20) minutes.
(3) White means no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other
than loading or unloading of passengers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent
mailbox, which shall not exceed three minutes and such restrictions shall apply between 7:00
a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day and except as follows:
(i) When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox the
restrictions shall apply at all times.
(ii) When such zone is in front of a theater or restaurant the
restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater or restaurant is closed.
(iii) Taxicabs shall comply with this subdivision unless authorized to
maintain a taxicab stand adjacent to the white curb marking, and provided the area for the
taxicab stand is sign-posted at either end indicating "TAXICAB ZONE ONLY."
(4) Green means no standing or parking for longer than twenty minutes at
any time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day.
(5) Blue means parking limited
exclusively to the vehicles of physically handicapped persons.
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(b) When the City Traffic Engineer, as authorized under this title, has caused curb
markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such
legible curb marking in violation of any of the parking, standing or stopping regulations so
indicated.
12.08.226 Certain commercial vehicles Prohibited from parking on private
property and public fights-of-way. Unless exempted pursuant to Section 12.08.227 no
commercial or construction vehicle, or towed commercial or construction equipment, shall be
parked on private property or on public rights-of-way unless the vehicle or equipment is
screened from public view and adjacent properties. The term "commercial or construction
vehicle and/or equipment" includes, but is not necessarily limited to, utility body trucks,
farming and construction tractors, construction vehicles and towed equipment, semi-truck
tractors, semi-truck trailers, dump trucks, step van delivery trucks or any parts or apparatus of
any of the above.
12.08.227 Commercial vehicles exempted from Section 12.08.226. The following
commercial and construction vehicles are exempted from the prohibition contained in Section
12.08.226:
(a) Pickup trucks, utility vans and similar utility vehicles, each of which do not
exceed eight feet in height or twenty feet in combined total length;
(b) All vehicles while being used in actual construction work on a permit-approved
construction site;
(c) All vehicles in the process of making a pickup or delivery; and
(d) Governmental and utility emergency service vehicles.
(e) Vehicles parked on streets directly adjacent to a hotel, motel, or other such
establishment when displaying a parking permit issued by the establishment as authorized by
the Police Department.
12.08.228 Establishment of loading zones. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized
to determine and to make loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows:
(a) At any place in any business district;
(b) Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business or in front of any
hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly.
12.08.229 Loading zone-Designation. Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow
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paint upon the top and face of the curb, with black letters "LOADING ONLY" stenciled or
otherwise painted on the top of the curb.
12.08.230 Passenger loading zone. Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by
white paint upon the top and face of the curb, with black letters "PASSENGER LOADING
ONLY" stenciled or otherwise painted on the top of the curb.
12.08.231 Effect of permission to load or unload.
(a) Permission granted in Section 12.08.225 to stop or stand a vehicle for purpose
of loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not
extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than twenty (20) minutes.
Co) The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial
deliveries, also the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States
mail.
(c) Permission granted in Section 12.08.225 to stop or park for purposes of loading
or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall
not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than three (3) minutes.
(d) Within the total time limits specified in this section the provisions of this
section shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading and
unloading but without permitting abuse of the privileges granted by this chapter.
12.08.232 Standing--For loading or unloading only. No person shall stop, stand or
park a vehicle in any yellow loading zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading
passengers or material, for such time as is permitted in Section 12.08.231.
12.08.233 Standing--In passenger loading zone. No person shall stop, stand or
park a vehicle in any passenger loading zone for any purpose other than the loading or
unloading of passengers for such time as is specified in Section 12.08.231.
12.08.234 Standing--In any alley. No person shall stop, stand,
or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in
any alley.
12.08.235 Bus zones. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to establish bus
zones opposite curb space for the loading and unloading of buses or common carriers of
passengers and to determine the location thereof subject to the directives and limitations set
forth in this section:
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(a) "Bus" as used in this section means any motor bus, motor coach, trackless
trolley coach or passenger stage used as a common carrier of passengers.
(b) No bus zone shall be established opposite and to the right of a safety zone.
(c) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle except a bus in a bus zone.
SECTION 12.08.236- 12.08.300 RESERVED
DIVISION 5 - STOP INTERSECTIONS
12.08.301 Erection of stop signs
12.08.301 Erection of stop signs. Whenever any resolution of this city designates
and describes any street or portion thereof as a through street, or any intersection at which
vehicles are required to stop at one or more entrances thereto. The City Traffic Engineer shall
erect and maintain stop signs as follows:
A stop sign shall be erected on each and every street intersecting such through street or
portion thereof so designated and at those entrances or other intersections where a stop is
required. Every such sign shall conform with and shall be placed as provided in Section
21355 of the Vehicle Code.
SECTION 12.08.301-12.08.350 RESERVED
DIVISION 6 - YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY SIGNS
12.08.351 Placement. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to determine those
intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to opposing traffic. The
City Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain "YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY" signs at the
entrance of streets previously determined by him, and the signs shall comply with the
specifications of the Vehicle Code of the state.
SECTION 12.08.352 - 12.08.380 RESERVED
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DIVISION 7 - ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
12.08.381 ilSig.~. Whenever any resolution of this city designates any one-way
street or alley, the City Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof,
and no such regulations shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the
direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement of
traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited.
SECTION 12.08.382 - 12.08.400 RESERVED
DIVISION 8 - RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS
12.08.401
12.08.402
12.08.403
12.08.404
12.08.405
Truck routes--Establishment
Truck routes--Designation.
Truck routes--Use required--Exceptions.
Truck routes--Exemptions.
Commercial vehicles prohibited from using
certain streets.
12.08.401 Truck routes--Establishment. The following streets and portions of
streets are designated and established as truck routes:
(a)
Limits.
Rancho California Road from the Westerly City Limit east to the Easterly City
(b) Winchester Road (Route 79 North) from Jefferson Avenue to the Northerly
City Limits.
(c) Jefferson Avenue from Cherry Street south to Via Montezuma.
(d) Front Street from Via Montezuma south to Rancho California Road.
(e)
Road.
Ynez Road from Winchester Road (Route 79 North) south to Rancho California
(f) Route 79 South from Interstate 15 east to the Easterly City Limits.
12.08.402 Truck routes--Designation. Whenever any ordinance of this city
designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is permitted
by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit three tons, the City Traffic Engineer
is authorized to designate such street or streets by appropriate signs as "TRUCK TRAFFIC
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ROUTES" for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three
tons.
12.08.403 Truck routes--Use required--Exceptions. When any such truck traffic
route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicle
exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons shall drive on such route or routes and
none other, except that nothing in this section shall prohibit the operator of any vehicle
exceeding a maximum gross weight of three tons coming from a "TRUCK TRAFFIC
ROUTE" having ingress and egress by direct route to and from restricted streets when
necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares or merchandise
from or to any building or structure located on such restricted streets or for the purpose of
delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or
construction of any building or structure upon such restricted streets for which a building
permit has previously been obtained therefore.
12.08.404 Truck routes--Exemptions. The provisions of Sections 12.08.401 and
12.08.402 shall not apply to:
(a) Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission; or
(b) Any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the
construction, installation or repair of any public utility; or
(c)
repairs.
Any vehicle delivering street construction materials for street construction or
12.08.405 Commercial vehicles prohibited from using certain streets. Whenever
any ordinance of this city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the
use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle, the City Traffic Engineer shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs on those streets affected by such ordinance.
SECTION 12.08.406- 12.08.450 RESERVED
DIVISION 9 - DRIVING RULES
Sections:
12.08.451
12.08.452
12.08.453
12.08.454
Driving through funeral processions.
Controlled intersections.
Clinging to moving vehicles.
Driving vehicles on sidewalks--Generally
prohibited.
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12.08.455
12.08.456
12.08.457
12.08.458
12.08.459
Bicycles on sidewalks--When allowed.
New pavement.
Driving on rims of wheels.
Restricted access.
Excessive acceleration.
12.08.451 Driving through funeral processions. No driver of a vehicle shall drive
between vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion and when the
vehicles in such procession are conspicuously so designated.
12.08.452 Controlled intersection. Section 12.08.451 shall not apply at
intersections where traffic is controlled by official traffic signals or police officers.
12.08.453 Clinging to moving vehicles. No person riding upon any bicycle,
motorcycle, coaster, roller skates, skateboard or any toy vehicle shall attach the same or
himself/herself on any moving vehicle upon any road-way.
12.08.454 Driving vehicles on sidewalks--Generally Prohibited. Unless otherwise
expressly allowed by another provision of this title or other applicable law, no person shall
drive a vehicle (including any bicycle or unicycle) within any sidewalk area or parkway except
at a permanent or temporary driveway.
12.08.455 Bicycles on sidewalks--When allowed.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.08.454 bicycles and unicycles
may be ridden along portions or segments of sidewalks wherever expressly permitted by
resolution of the City Council, but not until such sidewalk areas have been appropriately desig-
nated by the city engineer with signs or markings to give due notice to the pedestrian and
cycling public.
12.08.456 New pavement. No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle
over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted marking in any street when a
barrier or sign is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or
marking, or when a sign is in place stating that the street or any portion there of is closed.
12.08.457 Driving on rims of wheels. No person shall drive, operate tow or
otherwise move any motor vehicle, equipped with rims to accommodate rubber tires, over or
across any street in this city with tires removed or deflated so that the metal flanges or rims are
in contact with the pavement, except to the nearest edge of the pavement from the point any
such condition occurs through accident.
12.08.458 Restricted access. No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any
limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public
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authority.
12.08.459 Excessive acceleration. No person shall operate a vehicle on a street or
alley in such a manner as to facilitate its speed by means of leaving rear-wheel frictional
rubber marks, caused by rapid acceleration.
SECTION 12.08.460- 12.08.500 RESERVED
DIVISION 10 - PEDESTRIANS
Sections:
12.08.501 Crosswalks--Establishment--Signs.
12.08.501 Crosswalks--Establishment--Signs.
(a) The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to establish and maintain crosswalks
and to designate them by appropriate devices or painted signs upon the surface of the roadway.
(b) The City Traffic Engineer may place signs at or adjacent to an intersection in
respect to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not cross except in the crosswalk so
indicated.
SECTION 12.08.502 - 12.08.600 RESERVED.
DIVISION 11 - VIOLATION OF CHAPTER - PENALTY
Sections:
12.08.601 Violation of Chapter - Penalty.
12.08.601 Violation of Chapter - Penalty. Any person violating any provision of
this chapter shall be guilty of an infraction, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a
fine of not more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars.
Section 3. SEVERABILITY. The City Council hereby declares that the provisions
of this Ordinance are severable and if for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction shall
hold any sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance to be invalid, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this Ordinance.
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Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall
cause the same to be posted as required by law.
Section 5. EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty
(30) days after its passage. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and
cause copies of this Ordinance to be posted in three designated posting places.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 14 day of May , 1991.
Ronald J. Parks, Mayor
ATI'EST:
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Juni~.gd-aSreek, City
[SEAL]
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, June S. Greek, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 91-16 was duly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 23rd day of April, 1991, and that thereafter, said
Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 14th
day of May, 1991, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: 4
COUNCILMEMBERS: Birdsall, Lindemarts, Mufioz, Parks
NOES: 0
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 1
COUNCILMEMBERS: Moore
~eS. Greek, C'l~/~erk
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