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TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE

SCHEDULE I. SPEED LIMITS

Pursuant to the authority contained in Cal. Veh.

SCHEDULE II. TRUCK ROUTES.

The following streets or highways are hereby declared to be truck traffic routes for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight, including load, of three tons, and the Town Engine

§ 70.01 DEFINITIONS.

For the purpose of this Traffic Code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

§ 70.02 SIGNS REQUIRED.

No provision of the Cal. Veh.

§ 70.03 OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORIZED OFFICERS.

No person shall fail or refuse to comply with or to perform any act forbidden by any lawful order, signal, or direction of a traffic or police officer, or a member of the Fire Department, or a p

§ 70.04 APPLICATION TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

The provisions of this title shall apply to the operator of any vehicle owned by, or used in the service of, the United States Government, the State, or any county or city, and it shall be unlaw

Clone of § 70.03 OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORIZED OFFICERS.

The provisions of this title shall apply to the operator of any vehicle owned by, or used in the service of, the United States Government, the State, or any county or city, and it shall be unlaw

§ 70.05 APPLICATION TO PERSONS RIDING BICYCLES AND RIDING OR DRIVING ANIMALS.

Every person riding a bicycle or riding or driving an animal upon a highway shall have all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle as set forth in

§ 70.07 INTERFERING WITH OR OBSTRUCTING TOWN OFFICIALS.

No person shall interfere with or obstruct in any way any police officer or other officer or employee of the Town in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.

§ 70.08 UNAUTHORIZED DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC.

No person, other than an officer of the Police Department, members of the Fire Department, persons authorized by the Police Chief, or persons authorized by law, shall direct or attempt to direct

§ 70.20 UNAUTHORIZED PAINTING OF STREETS AND CURBS.

No person, unless authorized by the Town, shall paint any street or curb surface; provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to the painting of numbers on a curb surface b

§ 70.40 AUTHORITY OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER OFFICERS.

Officers of the Police Department and such officers as are assigned by the Police Chief are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, audible, or other signal in conformance with t

§ 71.01 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES USING PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS.

(A) No person shall operate or drive a commercial vehicle in, on, or across any private driveway approach, sidewalk area, or driveway without the consent of the owner or occupant of the property

§ 71.02 RIDING OR DRIVING ON SIDEWALKS.

No person shall ride, drive, propel, or cause to be propelled any vehicle across or upon any sidewalk, except over permanently constructed driveways and except when it is necessary for any tempo

§ 71.03 RIDING OR DRIVING ON NEW PAVEMENT AND MARKINGS.

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 sign, cone marker, or other warning device

§ 71.04 UNAUTHORIZED BARRIERS OR SIGNS; TAMPERING WITH BARRIERS OR SIGNS.

No person, public utility, or department of the Town shall erect or place any barrier or sign on any street, unless of a type approved by the Town Engineer, or disobey the instructions, remove,

§ 71.05 OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC.

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/sh

§ 71.06 PROHIBITION OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ON OLD LA HONDA ROAD.

(A) It shall be unlawful for any commercial vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of three tons, including load, to use Old La Honda Road, except as provided herein.

§ 71.07 ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS.

Whenever any ordinance or resolution of the Town designates any one-way street or alley, the Town Engineer shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulation shall be e

§ 71.21 RESTRICTED TURNS.

(A) The Town Engineer is hereby authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left, or U turn and shall place proper signs at such intersection

§ 71.35 STOP SIGNS.

Whenever any ordinance or resolution of the Town designates and describes any street, or portion thereof, as a through street, or any intersection at which vehicles are required to stop at one o

§ 71.36 THROUGH STREETS, STOP INTERSECTIONS AND RAILWAY GRADE CROSSINGS.

(A) Through streets. Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the Council are hereby declared to be through streets for the purposes of this title.

§ 71.37 EMERGING FROM ALLEYS, DRIVEWAYS AND BUILDINGS.

The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway

§ 71.50 DESIGNATION OF CROSSWALKS.

(A) The Town Engineer is hereby authorized to establish and maintain crosswalks and to designate such crosswalks by appropriate devices or painted signs upon the surface of the roadway.

§ 71.51 CROSSING AT OTHER THAN CROSSWALKS.

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway, other than by a crosswalk, in the Central Traffic District or in any business district.

§ 71.68 WEIGHING AT PUBLIC SCALES.

Any police officer shall have the authority to require any person driving or in control of any truck on any public street or highway in the Town to proceed to any public or private scale availab

§ 71.69 LIMITED TRUCK ROUTES.

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter or any other law of the Town, vehicles hauling earth and dirt fill or other material within or through the Town to or from points withi

§ 71.70 LIMITED TRUCK ROUTE PERMIT APPLICATION; FILING FEES AND COPIES.

(A) Any person desiring to haul earth and fill or other materials along any restricted street shall file an application in triplicate for a permit to do such hauling with the Town Clerk, the ori

§ 71.72 LIMITED TRUCK ROUTE PERMIT CRITERIA AND CONDITIONS.

(A) Criteria. The application shall be granted by the Town Engineer only if he/she finds as follows:

§ 71.73 LIMITED TRUCK ROUTE PERMIT FEES.

In the event a permit is granted for the hauling of earth or fill, the permittee shall pay to the Town a fee for the privilege of such permit at the rate of $.01 per cubic yard of earth or fill

§ 71.74 REVOCATION OF LIMITED TRUCK ROUTE PERMIT.

Any permit granted pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter may be revoked only by the Council as, in its discretion, may seem reasonable and just for any reason for which the issuance of s

§ 71.75 EXPIRATION OF PERMIT; SUPPLEMENTAL PERMIT.

(A) In the event any hauling for which a permit has been granted pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter is not commenced within five days after the date of the issuance of such permit, or

§ 71.77 COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.

Nothing in this subchapter, or in any permit granted pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, shall be deemed to authorize the doing or omission of any act contrary to any term or provisio

§ 72.01 APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.

(A) Prohibited stopping, standing, and parking.

§ 72.02 STOPPING OR STANDING IN PARKWAYS PROHIBITED.

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within any parkway.

('75 Code, § 4-3.1002) (Ord. 1960-89, effective - -60) Penalty, see § 10.99

 

§ 72.04 NO PARKING AREAS DESIGNATED.

No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, park, or leave standing such vehicle in any of the following places except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with

§ 72.05 PARKING FOR MORE THAN 72 HOURS.

No person who owns or has the possession, custody, or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or public parking lot or public property, for more than a consecutive period

§ 72.06 PARKING VEHICLES FOR SALE.

No operator of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or public parking lot or public property in the Town for the principal purpose of demonstrating or displaying such vehicle for

§ 72.07 PARKING VEHICLES FOR GREASING OR REPAIR.

No person shall construct, or cause to be constructed, repair, or cause to be repaired, or grease, or cause to be greased, any vehicle, or any part thereof, upon any public street or public parking

§ 72.08 PARKING VEHICLES FOR WASHING OR POLISHING FOR CHARGES.

No person shall wash, or cause to be washed, or polish, or cause to be polished, any vehicle, or any part thereof, upon any public street or public parking lot or public property in the Town whe

§ 72.09 PARKING ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS.

(A) The Town Engineer, where authorized by resolution of the Town Council, shall erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property where such parking

§ 72.10 PARKING ON NARROW STREETS.

(A) The Town Engineer, where authorized by resolution of the Town Council, shall place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street where the width of the roadway does not exceed 20 f

§ 72.11 PARKING ON GRADES.

No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a highway within any business or residence district when upon any grade exceeding 3% without blocking the wheels of such vehicle

§ 72.13 EMERGENCY PARKING SIGNS.

(A) Whenever the Town Engineer shall determine that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings, or functions or for other r

§ 72.14 PARKING DISABLED COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; WARNING DEVICES.

Every motor truck having an unladen weight of 4,000 pounds or more, and every truck tractor, irrespective of weight, when operated upon any street or highway during darkness shall be equipped wi

§ 72.15 NO PARKING ON THE ROADWAY IN SPECIFIED AREAS - WOODSIDE GLENS.

(A) Parking of vehicles is prohibited on certain portions of the following roads in the Woodside Glens area of the Town as follows:

§ 72.25 TWENTY-FOUR MINUTE PARKING.

(A) Green curb parking shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than 24 minutes at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day, except Sundays and holidays.

§ 72.26 FORTY-MINUTE PARKING.

When authorized signs, parking meters, or curb markings are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, or park such vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m.

§ 72.27 ONE-HOUR PARKING.

When authorized signs, parking meters, or curb markings are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, or park such vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m.

§ 72.28 TWO-HOUR PARKING.

When authorized signs, parking meters, or curb markings are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, or park such vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m.

§ 72.29 ALL NIGHT PARKING.

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle on any street for a period of time longer than 30 minutes between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. of any day.

§ 72.30 PARALLEL PARKING ON ONE-WAY STREET.

(A) Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parked within 18 inches of the left-hand curb facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any one-way stre

§ 72.31 DIAGONAL PARKING.

(A) When signs or pavement markings are in place indicating diagonal parking on any of the streets, or portions of streets, established by resolution of the Council as diagonal parking zones, it

§ 72.32 PARKING SPACE MARKINGS.

(A) The Town Engineer, where authorized by resolution of the Town Council, shall install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings where authorized park

§ 72.33 NO STOPPING ZONES.

(A) The Town Engineer, where authorized by resolution of the Town Council, shall designate established no stopping zones by placing and maintaining appropriate signs indicating that the stopping

§ 72.45 AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH LOADING ZONES.

(A) Authority to determine and mark. The Town Engineer, where authorized by resolution of the Town Council, shall determine and mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows:

§ 72.46 EFFECT OF PERMISSION TO LOAD OR UNLOAD.

(A) The permission granted by the provisions of this subchapter to stop or stand a vehicle for the purposes of loading or unloading materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall no

§ 72.47 COACH ZONES.

(A) The Town Engineer, where authorized by resolution of the Town Council, shall establish coach zones opposite curb space for the loading and unloading of buses or common carriers of passengers

§ 73.02 COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS REQUIRED.

No person shall operate a motor vehicle off a public highway or street except as set forth in §§ 73.03and 73.04.

§ 73.01 DEFINITIONS.

The following operations of vehicles shall not require permits:

§ 73.03 OPERATIONS NOT REQUIRING PERMITS.

The following operations of vehicles shall not require permits:

§ 73.04 EXEMPTED OPERATIONS BY PROPERTY OWNERS REQUIRING PERMITS.

The following operations by property owners shall require permits:

§ 73.05 APPLICATIONS FOR EXCEPTIONS.

(A) Any property owner desiring an exception shall file a verified application with the secretary of the Planning Commission. The application shall set forth the following information:

§ 73.06 ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR EXCEPTIONS.

(A) The Planning Director shall review the application and, after such investigation as he/she may deem appropriate, report his/her findings to the Planning Commission and to the applicant.

§ 73.07 FORM AND CONTENTS OF PERMITS FOR EXCEPTIONS.

All such permits issued shall contain the following information, and such permits shall be signed by the applicant agreeing to abide to such conditions:

§ 73.08 OPERATIONS WITH PERMITS.

The operation of a motor vehicle shall conform to the terms of the permit at all times for which a permit is required.

§ 73.10 VIOLATIONS.

 The violation of any provision of this chapter, including operations without a valid permit where one is required, or failure to present the permit when requested, shall be an infraction p