HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1987-808CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE
ORDINANCE NO. 808
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAKE
ELSINORE REPEALING TITLE 10 OF THE
LAKE ELSINORE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
AND ADOPTING A NEW TITLE 10 ENTITLED
VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Title 10 of the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code , and
all ordinances relating thereto, are hereby repealed and deleted
and a new Title 10 is hereby adopted to read as follows:
"Title 10
"Chapters•
VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
10.04 General Provisions
10.08 Definitions
10.12 Administration
10.16 Traffic Control Devices, Signs, Signals and Markings
10.20 Speed Limits
10.24 'Truck Routes
10.28 Oversize Vehicles
10.32 Parades
10.36 Off-The-Road Vehicles
10.40 Stopping, Standing and Parking
10.44 Private Roads and Parking Facilities
10.48 Displaying Vehicles for Sale
10.52 Bicycles
10.56 Skateboards and Rollerskates
10.60 Violations
"Chapter 10.04
GENERAL PROVISIONS
"Sections•
10.04.010
10.04.020
10.04.030
10.04.040
10.04.050
10.04.060
Short Title
State Law
Scope
State Approved Required
Enactment by Resolution
Severability
"10.04.010 Short Title. Title 10 of the Lake
Elsinore Municipal Code may be cited as the "Lake Elsinore
Uniform Traffic Code".
"10.04.020 State Law. The Vehicle Code for the State
of California, as now or hereafter constituted, is hereby
adopted by the City and a violation of said statutes shall be
an offense against the City.
"10.04.030 Scope. The provisions of the Vehicle Code
and this title relative to traffic upon highways and official
traffic control devices upon highways shall be applicable to
the following:
A. All streets and highways,
B. Those driveways, paths, roads, parking facilities,
and grounds owned, operated or controlled by the City as
determined by the Director of Public Services; and,
C. Those privately owned and maintained roads and
parking facilities as determined and designated by the Council
by resolution according to the provisions of the Vehicle Code
and City policy and when signs giving notice thereof have been
erected.*
"10.04.040 State Approval Required. Whenever the
provisions of this title establish regulations applicable to a
portion of a state highway or delegate to a city official
authority for the administration and enforcment of regulations
applicable to a portion of a state highway, said provisions
shall have been submitted to the Department of Transportation
in draft form for approval prior to enactment pursuant to the
requirements of Vehicle Code. **
For statutory provisions pertaining to enforcement on
private roads and-parking-facilities, see Vehicle Code.
Sections 21107.5, 21107.6 and 21107.8.
** Statutory provisions requiring Caltrans approval of local
ordinances include Vehicle Code Sections 21104, 21353,
22501, 22506 and 35702.
"10.04.050 Enactment ~ Resolution. Pursuant to the
provisions of the Vehicle Code, the designation of specific
traffic regulations deemed necessary to provide for the proper
flow of traffic shall be made by resolution of the City Council
in the manner set forth herein.
"10.04.060 Severability. If any part, chapter, section,
subsection, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this title
shall be held to be void, invalid or unconstitutional by a
valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction,
such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this title, and such remaining portions shall
remain in full force and effect.
"Chapter 10.08
DEFINITIONS
"Sections•
10.08.010
10.08.020
10.08.030
10.08.040
10.08.050
10.08.060
10.08.070
10.08.080
Generally
City
Director of Public Services
Loading Zone
Local Street
Police Authority
State Highway
Vehicle Code
"10.08.010 Generally. The following words and
phrases when used in this title shall for the purposes of this
title have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this
chapter unless the context thereof requies a different meaning.
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, such definitions are incorporated in
this title and shall be deemed to apply to such words and phrases
in this title as though set forth herein in full.
"10.08.020 City. "City" shall mean City of Lake
Elsinore, California.
* For statutory provisions allowing for adoption by resolution,
see Vehicle Code Section 32.
"10.08.030 Director of Public Services. "Director of
Public Services" shall mean the Director of Public Services for
the City of Lake Elsinore or his duly authorized agent.
"10.08.040 Loading Zone. "Loading zone" shall mean
the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of
vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers and
materials.
"10.08.050 Local Street. 11Local Street" shall mean
any street or highway in the City other than a State highway.
"10.08.060 Police Authority. "Police Authority" shall
mean the department(s) and/or contract agencies duely appointed
or retained by the City to provide police and/or code enforcement
"10.08.070 State Highway. "State Highway" shall mean
those portions of State Route 74 and/or Interstate 15 within
the City.
"10.08.080 Vehicle Code. "Vehicle Code" shall mean
the most current edition of the Vehicle Code of the State of
California.
"Chapter 10.12
ADMINISTRATION
"Sections•
10.12.010 Powers of the City Council
10.12.020 Duties of the Director of Public Services
10.12.030 Enforcement
"10.12.010 Powers of the City Council. Subject to
State Law, the City Council shall exercise all municipal
traffic authority for the City except those powers specifically
and expressly delegated herein or by another ordinance.
"10.12.020 Duties of the Director of Public Services.
The Director of Public Services shall place and maintain, or
cause to be placed and maintained, all official traffic control
devices authorized by the Council. In addition, the Director
of Public Services shall place and maintain, or caused to be
placed and maintained, all other official traffic control
devices where, in the opinion of said Director, such official
traffic control devices are necessary to protect public safety.
"10.12.030 Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the
police authority to enforce the provisions of this title.
"CHAPTER 10.16
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, SIGNS.SIGNALS AND MARKINGS
"Sections•
10.16.010
10.16.020
10.16.030
10.16.040
10.16.050
10.16.060
Authority
Uniform Standards
Stop Signs
One-Way Streets and Alleys
Turning Movement Restrictions
Required for Enforcement
"10.16.010 Authority. The Director of Public Services
is hereby authorized to place and maintain such traffic
control devices deemed necessary to carry out the provisions
of this title or to warn or guide traffic, except for the
placement of traffic control devices requiring adoption of a
resolution of the City Council.
"10.16.020 Uniform Standards. Only those official
traffic control devices that conform to the uniform standards
and specifications promulgated by the Department of Transpor-
tation of the State shall be placed upon a public street or
highway.
"10.16.030 Stop Sians. The City Council may designate
any local street intersection as a stop intersection and
direct the placement of stop signs at one or more entrances
thereto, in the manner provided herein.
A. Said designation shall be made by a resolution
of the City Council adopted pursuant to this section.
B. Any such resolution shall make a finding that
the placement of stop signs at intersections so designated
is necessary to facilitate the flow of traffic and/or prevent
traffic conflicts; however, any such resolution shall not be
required to make such a finding for stop signs placed prior
to the date of the adoption of this section.
* For statutory provisions pertaining to signs, signals
and marking see Vehicle Code Section 21350 et. seq.
C. Whenever such a finding is required pursuant to
Subsection B, said finding shall only be made subsequent to
the receipt of a report on the matter prepared by the Director
of Public Services or his designee.
D. Any such report shall summarize traffic survey
findings made of the intersection(s) proposed for such a
designation and, based upon accepted traffic engineering
standards and criteria, shall make a recommendation as to
whether or not such a determination is warranted.
E. Whenever such a designation has been established,
said designation shall only become effective upon placement
of stop signs and/or markings in a manner consistent with the
the requirements of the Vehicle Code.
"10.16.040 One-Wav Streets and Alleys. The City
Council may designate certain streets and/or alleys for one-way
traffic in the manner provided herein.
A. Said designation shall be made by a resolution of the
City Council adopted pursuant to this section.
B. Any such resolution shall state the limits of said
designation and the designated direction of the lawful flow
of traffic.
C. Whenever such a designation has been established, it
shall be unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to travel in
the opposite direction.
D. Whenever such a designation has been established,
said designation shall only become effective when signs and/or
markings giving notice of the direction of lawful traffic
movement are placed and maintained at every intersection
where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is
prohibited.
"10.16.050 Turning Movement Restrictions. The
Director of Public Services is hereby authorized to determine
those intersections at which the operators of vehicles shall
not make a right turn, left turn or U-turn, and shall place
proper signs and/or markings giving notice thereof.
"10.16.060 Required for Enforcement. No provision
of this title for which official traffic control devices are
required may be enforced against any alleged violator thereof
if, at the time and place of such alleged violation, any
official traffic control device required by the provisions
of this title or the Vehicle Code is not in place and
sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinary observant
person.
"Chapter 10.20
SPEED LIMITS
"Sections•
10.20.010 Prima Facie Speed Limit
10.20.020 State Highway Limit
10.20.030 Local Streets Limit
"10.20.010 Prima Facie Speed Limit. Except as
provided herein, the prima facie speed limit for all streets
and highways shall be as set forth in the Vehicle Code.
"10.20.020 State Hiahway Limit. The prima facie speed
limit for State Highway with the City shall be determined by
the California Department of Transportation.
"10.20.030 Local Streets Limit. A prima facie speed limit
greater than or less than twenty-five miles per hour may be
designated by the City Council for certain specified local streets
in the manner provided herein.
A. Said designations shall be made by a resolution of the
City Council adopted pursuant to this section.
B. Any such resolution shall declare the designated speed
to be most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of
traffic and to be reasonably safe.
C. Any such declaration shall be based upon appropriate
traffic engineering survey data.
D. Any prima facie speed limit so designated shall become
effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected
upon the street or streets specified.
* For statutory provisions pertaining to speed limits, see
Vehicle Code Section 22348 et. seq.
"Chapter 10.24
TRUCK ROUTES
"Sections•
10.24.010 Authority
10.24.020 Route Designation
10.24.030 Weight Limitation
10.24.040 Signs Required
10.24.050 Exceptions
"10.2.4.010 Authority. The City Council may prohibit the
use of any street other than a designated truck route, by any
vehicle exceeding a specified maximum gross weight limit. Any
such prohibition shall be established in the manner provided
herein.
"10.24.020 Route Designation. Any street within the
City may be designated as a truck route. Any such designation
shall be made by a resolution of the City Council.
"10.24.030 Weight Limitation. Whenever any such
designated truck routes are so established, no person shall
operate or park any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight
limit of three (3) tons on any street, or portion thereof,
except those streets so designated as truck routes.
"10.24.040 Signs Required. The provisions of this
chapter shall not be effective until and unless appropriate
signs are erected identifying designated truck routes. Said
truck route signs shall indicate that certain vehicle weight
restrictions apply to all streets within the City other than
designated truck routes.
"10.24.050 Exceptions. The vehicle weight restrictions
established herein shall not be effective for any of the
following:
A. Vehicles subject to the provisions of Section 1031-
1036 inclusive of the Public Utilities Code.
B. Vehicles owned by a public utility or a licensed
contractor while necessarily in use in the construction,
installation, or repair of any public utility.
* For statutory provisions regarding local regulation of truck
traffic see Vehicle Code Section 35700 et. seq.
C. Commercial vehicles coming from an unrestricted
street having ingress or egress by direct route to and from a
restricted street when necessary for the purpose of making
pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or
to any building or structure located on the restricted street
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 the restricted
street for which a building permit has been previously
obtained.
"Chapter 10.28
OVERSIZE VEHICLES
(To be enacted)
"Chapter 10.32
PARADES
"Sections
10.32.010
10.32.020
10.32.030
10.32.040
10.32.050
10.32.060
10.32.070
10.32.080
10.32.090
10.32.100
10.32.110
Parade Defined
Permit Required
Application
Permit Fees
Review of Request
Approval of Permit
Contents of Permit
State Highway
Notification of Officials
street Closure
Revocation of Permit
"10.32.010 Parade Defined. For the purposes of this
chapter, "parade" shall mean any march or procession, other
than a funeral procession, consisting of persons, animals or
vehicles, or combinations thereof, upon any public street,
sidewalk, alley, or other public place, which parade does not
comply with normal and usual traffic regulations or controls.
"10.32.020 Permit Required. No person shall conduct,
manage, or participate in parade without a written permit from
the City Council.
"10.32.030 Application. Any person wishing to conduct
or manage a parade shall, not less than sixty (60) nor more
than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the date of the
proposed parade, file an application for same with the City
Manager. In order to be considered, said application shall be
submitted on a form to be provided by the City and said form
shall be completely filled out.
"10.32.040 Permit Fees. Permit fees shall be
established by resolution of the City Council. Said fees shall
consist of two parts: an application processing fee and a fee
to cover parade administration costs. The permit processing
fee shall be paid at the time of the filing of the application.
The parade administration fee shall be paid prior to the
approved date of the parade.
"10.32.050 Review of Request. Upon receipt of an
application for a parade permit, the City Manager shall refer
same to the police authority who shall review said application
and prepare a report pertaining to the proposed parade. Said
report shall contain a recommendation as to whether to issue or
deny the parade permit. If the recommendation is to deny
issuance, the report shall state the grounds for such
recommendation. If the recommendation is to issue the permit,
the report shall state the approved time, place and route of
the parade and shall contain such conditions of approval as are
deemed necessary and appropriate to insure the public's health
and safety.
"10.32.060 Approval of Permit. Within forty-five (45)
days of the City Manager's receipt of a complete application,
the City Council will rule on such application which may be
denied, approved, or approved subject to reasonable conditions.
The Council's consideration of the application may include, but
not be limited to, the following:
A. Traffic circulation and regulation.
B. Adequate police-protection-for the-proposed parade
and remainder of the City.
C. Whether the application allows sufficient time to
properlty protect the public interest.
D. Adequate liability insurance to protect the City.
"10.32.070 Contents of Permit. Upon approval by the
City Council the City Manager shall issue a parade permit.
Said permit shall prescribe:
A. The assembly area and the time therefor;
B. The starting time;
C. The minimum and maximum speeds;
D. The route of the parade;
E. What portions of streets to be traversed may be
occupied by such a parade.
F. The maximum number of platoons or units and the
maximum and minimum intervals of space to be maintained between
the units of such parade.
G. The maximum length of such parade in miles or
fractions thereof;
H. The disbanding area and disbanding time;
I. The number of persons required to monitor the parade;
J. The number and type of vehicles, if any;
K. The material and maximum size of any sign, banner,
placard, or carrying device therefor;
L. That the permittee advise all participants in the
parade, either orally or by written notice, of the terms and
conditions of the permit prior to the commencement of such
parade;
M. That the amplification of sound permitted to be
emitted from sound trucks or bull horns be fixed and not
variable;
N. That the parade continue to move at a fixed rate of
speed and that any wilful delay or wilful stopping of such
parade, except when reasonably required for the safe and
orderly conduct of the parade, shall constitute a violation of
the parade permit; and
O. Such other requirements as are found by the City
Manager to be reasonably necessary for the protection of
persons or property. All conditions of the permit shall be
complied with so far as reasonably practicable.
"10.32.080 State AiahwaV. In addition to permits and
fees required herein above, a permit from CalTrans shall be
required for all parades wherein the route thereof will
traverse any State highway within the city. An application to
CalTrans for a permit to traverse a State highway within the
City shall comply in form and content with their guidelines
for such events which may include, but not necessarily be
limited to, appropriate approval by the City, California
Highway Patrol and appropriate fees.
"10.32.090 Notification of Officials. Upon issuance of
a parade permit, the City Manager shall send a copy thereof to
the following:
A. The Police authority;
B. The Fire Chief;
C. The Director of Public Services;
D. All utility districts and companies;
E. Manager of the local ambulance service;
F. The transit coordinator for Lake Elsinore Transit
System (L.E.T.S.);
G. The manager of the Riverside Transit Agency; and,
H. The postmaster of the Lake Elsinore Post Office.
"10 .32.100 Street Closure. The police authority shall
have the authority, when reasonably necessary, to termporarily
close a portion of any street for a parade when in their
opinion such closing is necessary for the safety and protection
of parade participants and/or the general public.
"10.32.110 Revocation of Permit. Violation of any term
or condition of the permit shall effect its immediate
revocation. Further, the City Manager may revoke any permit
approved by the City Council when, by reason of disaster,
public calamity, or other emergency, the City Manager
determines that the safety of persons or property demands such
revocation.
"Chapter 10.36
OFF-THE-ROAD VEHICLES
"Sections•
10.36.010 General Provisions
10.36.020 Permission Required
10.36.030 Exemptions
10.36.040 Spark Arresters
"10.36.010 General Provisions. The operation of any
vehicle on land other than a street, road or highway shall be
subject to the provisions of Division 16.5 of the Vehicle Code
and those provisions set forth in this chapter.
"10.36.020 Permission Required. No person shall operate
a motor vehicle on land or property owned or occupied by
another person unless he has in his immediate possession, at
the time of such operation of such vehicle, written permission
from the owner of such land, his agent, or the person in lawful
possession thereof, and displays such written permission to the
police authority upon request.
"10.36.030 Exemptions. The provisions of Section
10.36.020 of this chapter shall not apply to:
A. Any person who, at the time of his operation of a
vehicle, has lawful business with the owner of the land or his
agent or the person in lawful occupancy or possession thereof;
B. A person who is driving or operating a vehicle on
public or privately owned land which is expressly set apart by
the owner or lawful occupant thereof for the use of such
vehicle pursuant to any permit or license isued by the City
under its zoning regulations or other enabling law.
C. The operation of any vehicle being used at the time
of such operation for agricultural purposes, grading or
construction purposes, governmental purposes, or golf carts on
golf courses;
D. The operation of any authorized emergency vehicle as
defined in the Vehicle Code.
"10.36.040 Sbark Arresters. No person shall operate any
"off-highway motor vehicle" as defined in the Vehicle Code,
within the City unless it is equiped with a spark arrester.
"Chapter 10.40
"Sections°
10.40.010
10.40.020
10.40.030
10.40.040
10.40.050
10.40.060
10.40.070
10.40.080
10.40.090
10.40.100
10.40.110
10.40.120
10.40.130
10.40.140
"10.40.010
STOPPING STANDING AND PARKING
Parking Prohibited
Parking Restrictions
Angle Parking
Parking Space Markings
Handicapped Parking
Loading Zones
Bus Zones
Taxi Zones
Public Parking Lots
Commercial Vehicles
Seventy-two Hour Limit
Parking on Hills
Parking in Alleys
Temporary Suspension of Regulations
Parkina Prohibited. The City Council may
designate "No Parking Zones" on certain streets, or portions
thereof in the manner provided herein:
A. Said designation shall be made by resolution of the
City Council adopted pursuant to this section.
B. Any such resolution may establish such zones on
certain streets, or portions thereof, during all or certain
hours of the day.
C. It shall be unlawful to park, stop or leave standing
any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, in any "NO Parking
Zones" so established. Any such vehicle may be removed from
the street at the direction of the police authority.
D. Whenever such a "No Parking Zone" is established on a
portion of street subject to parking restrictions, the parking
prohibition shall prevail.
E. Whenever any such "No Parking Zone" is established,
said area(s) shall be identified by signs or markings giving
notice thereof.
"10.40.020 Parkina Restrictions. The City Council may
establish parking restrictions on certain streets, or portions
thereof, in the manner provided-herein-.
For statutory provisions pertaining to the regulations of
parking see Vehicle Code Section 22500 et. seq.
A. Said parking restrictions shall be set forth in a
resolution of the City Council adopted pursuant to this
section.
B. Any such resolution may establish parking
restrictions on certain streets, or portions thereof, during
all or certain hours of the day.
C. Any such parking restrictions established in order to
facilitate the sweeping of streets shall be enforced in
accordance with the restrictions set forth in the Vehicle
Code.
D. It shall be unlawful to park, stop or leave standing
any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, on any street so
designated, for a period of time longer than that permitted by
said resolution.
E. Whenever two or more parking time limitations are
established over the same portion of street, the more
restrictive time limitation shall prevail.
F. Whenever any such parking restrictions are
established the area(s) affected shall be identified by signs
or markings giving notice thereof.
"10.40.030 Angle Parking. The City Council may
designate the location of angle parking on certain streets, or
portions thereof, in the manner provided herein.
A. Said designation shall be made by resolution of the
City Council adopted pursuant to this section.
B. Any such resolution may establish angle parking on
any specified street, or portion thereof; provided that such
angle parking shall not be permitted upon any street where such
parking would diminish the width of the roadway available for
travel to less than twenty feet, nor upon any street which is a
continuation of or part of a county truck line highway or a
state highway unless a clear width of forty feet is left for
the movement of vehicles when angle parking is permitted, nor
shall any vehicle be permitted to park in any manner as to
reduce the width of the roadway available to travel to less
than twenty feet, nor upon any State highway unless the
surfaced roadway between curbs is more than sixty-five (65)
feet in width.
"10.40.040 Parking Space Markin s. The Director of
Public Services shall place and maintain parking space markings
in those areas where parking restrictions have been established
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. When such
parking space markings are placed, subject to other and more
restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be stopped, left
standing, or parked other than within a single space.
"10.40.050 Handicapped Parking. Parking spaces may be
reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles displaying proper
disabled persons' exemption identification as defined in the
Vehicle Code. The Director of Public Services is hereby
authorized to locate and establish such reserved spaces in
public parking lots and in curb side parking areas as may be
reasonably necessary to meet the needs of the disabled.
Whenever any handicapped parking spaces are so designated, said
spaces shall be identified by signs or markings giving notice
thereof in a manner consistent with the provisions of the
Vehicle Code.
"10.40.060 Loading Zones. The City Council may designate
the location of loading zones on certain streets in the manner
provided herein.
A. Said designation shall be made by resolution of the
City Council adopted pursuant to this section.
B. Whenever such a zone is established on any street
subject to any parking prohibition or restriction established
pursuant to this chapter, said parking prohibitions or
restrictions shall not apply to said loading zone.
C. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle
to park or stop such vehicle for any purpose other than the
loading or unloading of passengers or materials; provided,
however, no stop for the loading or unloading of passengers
shall be made for more•than-three (3} minutes-nor the. loading
or unloading of materials for more than twenty (20) minutes in
any Loading Zone so established.
D. Whenever any such Loading Zone is established, the
area(s) affected shall be identified by signs or markings
giving notice thereof.
"10.40.070 Bus Zones.* The Director of Public Services
is hereby 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, when such
zones are found by him to be necessary and will not cause a
safety hazard. Whenever such a zone is established on any
street subject to any parking prohibition established pursuant
to this chapter, said parking prohibition shall not apply to
buses. Whenever such a zone is established, the area affected
shall be identified by signs or markings giving notice thereof.
"10.40.080 Taxi Zones.* The City Council may designate
the location of taxi zones on certain streets in the manner
provided herein.
A. Said designation shall be made by resolution of the
City Council adopted pursuant to this section.
B. Whenever such a zone is so designated it shall be
marked by painting the curb red with the words "Taxi Loading
Zone" in white letters.
C. Whenever such a zone is so designated and so marked,
said zone shall be for the exclusive use of taxicabs and public
carriers and it shall be unlawful for the operator of any other
vehicle to park or stop such vehicle in said zone.
D. Taxicabs and other carriers may park their vehicles
in said designated area for the receiving and discharging of
passengers or for any other taxicab purpose at any time.
"10.40.090 Public Parking Lots. Any parking regulation,
restriction or prohibition set forth in this chapter may be
applied to any off-street publicly-owned parking lot or
facility.
"10.40.100 Commercial Vehicles. It shall be unlawful to
C'.. park or leave standing any commercial vehicle with a gross -
weight of more than 10,000 pounds on any residential street
except for loading and unloading purposes in connection with
local deliveries.
* For statutory provisions pertaining to bus and taxi zones,
see Vehicle Code Section 21112.
"10.40.110 Seventy-two Hour Limit. It shall be unlawful
to park, stop or leave standing any vehicle upon any City
street right-of-way for more than a consecutive period of
seventy-two (72) hours. Any such vehicle may be removed from
the street at the direction of the police authority in the
manner prescribed in and subject to the requirements of the
Vehicle Code.
"10.40.120 Parking on Hills. It shall be unlawful to
park, stop or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a
highway when upon any grade exceeding three percent (3%) within
any business or residence district without blocking the wheels
of said vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other
means.
"10.40.130 Parking in Alleys. It shall be unlawful to
park, stop or leave standing any vehicle in any alley for purpose
other than the loading or unloading of materials in any alley.
Such parking shall not exceed twenty (20) minutes. In no event
shall the driver of such vehicle leave less than one traffic lane
for unobstructed passage.
"10.40.140 Temporary Suspension of Regulations. When
deemed warranted by special circumstances the police authority
may temporarily suspend parking regulations, restrictions or
prohibitions established pursuant to this chapter.
"Chapter 10.44
PRIVATE ROADS AND PARKING FACILITIES
"Sections•
10.44.010 Private Roads Open for Public Use
10.44.020 Commercial Access Roads
10.44.030 Private Parking Facilities
"10.44.010 Private Roads open for Public Use. * The City
Council may find and declare that there are privately owned and
maintained roads within the City which are generally held open
for use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic and
* For statutory provisions pertaining to the enforcement of the
Vehicle Code on private roads open for public use, see Vehicle
Code Section 21107.5
should, therefore, be subject to the provisions of the Vehicle
Code, provided such finding and declaration is made in the
manner provided herein.
A. Said finding and declaration shall be made by
resolution of the City Council adopted pursuant to this
section.
B. Any such resolution shall describe\and define those
privately owned roads which shall be subject to the provisions
of the Vehicle Code.
C. Any such resolution shall contain a finding that the
designated privately owned roads connect with a highway in such
a way that the public cannot determine that such roads are not
highways.
D. Any such resolution shall only be enacted subsequent
to a public hearing convened pursuant to the provisions of the
Vehicle Code.
E. Any such resolution shall not apply to any road
described therein which has been identified by the owner as a
private road in the manner prescribed by the Vehicle Code.
"10.44.020 Commercial Access Roads.* The City Council
may find and declare that there are privately owned and ,
maintained roads within the City which are generally held open
to the public for purposes of vehicular travel to serve
commercial establishments and should, therefore, be subject to
the provisions of the Vehicle Code, provided such finding and
declaration is made in the manner provided herein.
A. Said finding and declaration shall be made by
resolution of the City Council adopted pursuant to this
section.
B. Any such resolution shall describe and define those
privately owned roads which shall be subject to the provisions
of the Vehicle Code.
* For statutory provisions pertaining to the enforcement
of the Vehicle Code on private roads serving commercial
establishments, see Vehicle Code Section 21107.6.
C. Any such resolution shall only be enacted subsequent
to a public hearing convened pursuant to the provisions of the
Vehicle Code.
D. Any such resolution shall not apply to any road
described therein which has been identified by the owner as a
private road in the manner prescribed bg the Vehicle Code.
"10.44.030 Private Parkins Facilities.* The City
Council may find and declare that there are privately owned and
maintained off-street parking facilities within the City which
are generally held open for use of the public for purposes of
vehicular traffic and should, therefore, be subject to certain
provisions of the Vehicle Code, provided such finding and
declaration is made in the manner provided herein.
A. Said finding and declaration shall be made by
resolution of the City Council adopted pursuant to this
section.
B. Any such resolution shall describe and define those
privately owned parking facilities which shall be subject to
those certain provisions of the Vehicle Code stated herein.
C. Any such resolution shall only be enacted subsequent
to a public hearing convened pursuant to the provisions of the
Vehicle Code.
D. Upon the adoption of such a resolution, Sections
22350, 23103 and 23109 and the provisions of Division 16.5 (Sec
38000 et. seq.) of the Vehicle Code shall apply to those
privately owned parking facilities described in said resolution
provided the owner or operator of said facilities has caused to
be placed certain notice, in the manner prescribed in the
Vehicle Code, to the effect that the off-street parking
facility is subject to public traffic regulations and control.
* For statutory provisions pertaining to the enforcement of
the Vehicle Code in or on private parking facilities, see
Vehicle Code Section 21107.8.
"Chapter 10.48
DISPLAYING VEHICLES FOR SALE
"Sections•
10.48.010 Certain Advertising for Sale Prohibited
10.48.020 Prohibition on Advertising Vehicles
for Sale Exceptions
"10.48.010 Certain Advertisina for Sale Prohibited.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall
park any vehicle on any public or private property for the
purpose of displaying, advertising, or offering such vehicle for
sale or for the purpose of selling such vehicle.
"10.48.020 Prohibition on Advertisina Vehicles for Sale:
Exceptions. The provissions of Section 10.48.010 of this
chapter shall not apply to any of the following:
A. Any person parking no more than one vehicle at a time
for the purpose specified above on property in which such person
has an estate or right of possession, or on the property of
another, with the written consent of the owner or lessee or
person in lawful possession of such property, where there is no
more than one vehicle so parked and displayed at any one time on
such property;
B. Any person licensed pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 11500) or Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 11700) of Division 5 of the Vehicle
Code of the State and operating at place of business where such
business is permitted by the zoning laws of the City;
C. Any person parking any vehicle for the purpose
specified above on property which is the established place of
business of a person licensed as specified in subsection (b) of
this section;-so long as-the-person-parking-the. vehicle has the
consent of the person so licensed.
"10.56.050 Operation After Dark. No person shall ride
upon, propel or otherwise operate a skateboard or rollerskates
upon any roadway during the period between sunset and sunrise.
"10.56.060 Incline Device. No person shall construct,
place or maintain or use a ramp or other incline device to be used
for skateboarding or rollerskating, upon any public sidewalk or
roadway.
"Sections•
"Chapter 10.60
10.60.010 Penalty for Violations
10.60.020 Deposit to Traffic Safety Fund
"10.60.010 Penalty for Violations Whenever in this
traffic code or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant
thereto, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be
unlawful or an offense, or the doing of any act is required or the
failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or a
misdeameanor, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the
violation of any such provision of this code shall be punished
according to Chapter 1.16.
"10.60.020 Deposit to Traffic Fund. Whenever any fines
and/or forfeitures collected pursuant to Chapter 1.16 are for
violations to provisions of Title 10, said collections shall be
deposited into a special fund which has been created and is known
as the "Traffic Safety Fund."
SECTION TWO.
This ordinance shall become effective as provided by law.
INTRODUCED AND APPROVED UPON FIRST READING this 23rd
day of June
1987, upon the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: DOMINGUEZ, MATSON, VERMILLION, WINKLER,
STRIGOTTE
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSTENTIONS: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
N J. RIGOT , MAYOR
ITY OF LAKE ELSINORE
ATTEST:
VICKI LYNNE SAD, CITY CLERK
CITY 'OF LAK ELSINORE
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED UPON SECOND READING this 28th
day of ~uIY , 1987, upon the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: DOMINGUEZ, MATSON, VERMILLION, WINKLER,
STRIGOTTE
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSTENTIONS: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
~ J. T T , MAYOR
CITY O LAKE ELSINORE
ATTEST :
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CITY OF LAKE LSINORE
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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CITY OF LAKE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS:
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE )
I, Vicki Lynne Kasad, City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance had its first reading
on June 23rd 1987, and had its second reading on July 28th 1987, and
was passed by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: DOMINGUEZ, MATSON, VERMILLION,
WINKLER, STRIGOTTE
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
9i)
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V GI-'KI LYNN. KASAD, CITY CLERK
CITY OF LA ELSINORE
(SEAL)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS:
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE)
I, Vicki Lynne Kasad, City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and
correct copy of Ordinance No. 808, of said Council, and that the same
has not been amended or repealed.
DATED: .TUly 29, 1987
i
VIC LY'~I'~VEASAD, CITY CLERK
CITY OF LAK ELSINORE
(SEAL).
"Chanter 10.52
BICYCLES
"Sections•
10.52.010 Vehicle Code
10.52.020 Bicycle Routes
10.52.030 Operation on Sidewalks Prohibited
10.52.040 Right-of-Way
10.52.050 Parking Bicycles
"10.52.010 Vehicle Code. Every person operating a bicycle
upon any street or upon any bicycle route established pursuant
to this chapter shall be subject to all of the provisions of the
Vehicle Code applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except those
provisions which by their very nature can have no applicability.
"10.52.020 Bicycle Routes. The City Council may establish
bicycle routes and/or lanes in the manner provided herein.
A. Said bicycle routes and/or lanes shall be set forth in
a resolution of the City Council adopted pursuant to this
section.
B. Any such resolution may establish bicycle routes
and/or lanes on any street or sidewalk, or on any other facility
{ provided for such use.
C. Any bicycle route so established on any street or
sidewalk shall be marked and identified in accordance with the
provisions of said section of the Vehicle Code.
D. Any bicycle route so established on any facility
created solely for the use of bicycles and pedestrians may be
marked and identified as needed to assist and direct the use
thereof.
"10.52.030 Operation on Sidewalks Prohibited. It shall be
unlawful for any person to operate or ride upon a bicycle on any
sidewalk which is not a part of a designated bicycle
route established pursuant to this chapter and property marked
and identified in accordance with the provisions pertaining
thereto.
"10.52.040 Right-of-Wav. On any facility designated to be
jointly used by both pedestrians and bicycles, the operator of any
bicycle shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian.
* For statutory provisions pertaining to bicycles, see
Vehicle Code Section 21200 et. seq.
"10.52.050 Parking Bicycles.
In addition to those bicycle
parking regulations set forth in the Vehicle Code, the Director
of Public Services is hereby authorized to designate bicycle
parking areas and/or bicycle parking prohibitions upon certain
streets, sidewalks or parking lots as may be deemed necessary to
provide for the general welfare. Whenever any such bicycle
parking provision or prohibition is so designated, the area of
designation shall be identified by signs or markings giving
notice thereof.
"Chapter 10.56
SKATEBOARDS AND ROLLER SKATES
"Sections•
10.56.010 Scope
10.56.020 Operation in a Business District Prohibited
10.56.030 Reckless Operation
10.56.040 Right-of-Way
10.56.050 Operation After Dark
10.56.060 Incline Device
"10.56.010 Scope. The provision of this chapter shall
apply to all wheeled objects not classified as motor vehicles,
motorized bicycles or bicycles in this title or in the Vehicle
Code, including, but not limited to, skateboards, roller skates,
coasters, scooters and toy vehicles.
"10.56.020 Operation in a Business District Prohibited.
No person shall ride upon, propel or otherwise operate a
skateboard or roller skate upon a sidewalk or parking area in a
business district.
"10.56.030 Reckless Operation. No person shall ride
upon, propel or otherwise operate a skateboard or roller skates
in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or
property.
"10.56.040 Riaht of Wav. The rider or operator of a
skateboard or roller skates upon any sidewalk or roadway shall
yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians, animals, wheelchairs
and motor vehicles.
* For statutory provisions pertaining to skateboards and
roller skates, see Vehicle Code Section 21967 and 21969.