[Ord. No. 540, § 1.]
All of the provisions of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance, 1964
Edition, adopted by the League of California Cities, are adopted and
made a part of this chapter as though fully set forth herein.
(a) Section 2.5 of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance is amended to read as
follows:
"Section 2.5. Director of public works. The office of director
of public works is hereby established. The director of public works
shall be appointed by the city administrator as appointing authority
and he shall exercise the power and duties as provided in this ordinance
and in the traffic ordinances of the city. Whenever the director of
public works is required or authorized to place or maintain official
traffic-control devices or signals, he may cause such devices or signals
to be placed or maintained."
(b) Section 2.7 of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance is amended to read as
follows:
"Section 2.7. Traffic commission. There is hereby established
an advisory traffic commission to serve without compensation, consisting
of three members appointed by the mayor and approved by the city council,
none of which may be city employees. They shall be removed by a majority
vote of the city council. The chairman of the commission shall be
appointed by the mayor and may be removed by him. The commission shall
meet at the call of the chairman or by written request of the director
of public works.
(c) Subsection
(a) of Section 3.8 of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance is amended to read as follows:
"Section 3.8 (a). Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing
upon a street or highway for one hundred twenty or more consecutive
hours."
(d) There is adopted a section to be numbered 8.9, which section is to
be a part of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance adopted by this chapter,
such section to read as follows:
"Section 8.9. Yield intersections. Whenever any ordinance or
resolution of this city designates and describes any intersection
of streets as a yield intersection, the director of public works shall
erect and maintain yield right-of-way signs at not more than two entrances
to such intersections, such signs to be located on the same street."
(e) Section 7 of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance is amended to read as
follows:
"Section 7. The director of public works to erect stop signs.
Whenever any ordinance or 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,
or any railroad grade crossing at which vehicles are required to stop,
the city traffic engineer shall erect and maintain stop signs as follows:
'A stop sign may be erected on each and every street intersecting
such through street or portion thereof so designated and at those
entrances to other intersections where a stop is required and at any
railroad grade crossing so designated; provided, however, stop signs
shall not be erected or maintained at any entrance to an intersection
when such entrance is controlled by an official traffic control signal.
Every such sign shall conform with, and shall be placed as provided
in, the
Vehicle Code.'"
(f) Section 217 of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance of the city is hereby
re-pealed.
[Ord. No. 540, § 4; Ord. No. 541, § 1; Ord. No. 552, § 1; Ord.
No. 614, § 2.]
(g) Section 10-4 of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance is repealed.
[Ord. No. 552, § 1,
1970; Ord. No. 684, § 1,
1977.]
(h)
(1) No person shall stop, stand or park, or permit to be stopped, left
standing or parked, any commercially registered bus, semi-truck, trailer,
tractor, or motor truck having a manufacturer's gross vehicles weight
rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more on any street except
on any street designed as a truck route for a period of time longer
than thirty (30) minutes between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(2) Commercial vehicles having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight
rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more are prohibited from
parking or standing on any street in any residential district unless
the commercial vehicle is making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares,
and merchandise from or to any building or structure located in a
residential district 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 located in a residential
district for which a building permit has previously been obtained.
(3) When any such truck route or routes are established and designated
by appropriate signs, the operator of any commercial vehicle or any
vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of three (3) tons shall drive
on such route or routes and no other, except when necessary to traverse
another street or streets to a destination for the purpose of loading
or unloading but then only by such deviation from the nearest truck
route as is reasonably necessary.
(4) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
a. Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission;
b. Any vehicle owned by Public Utility while necessarily in the use
in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility,
or;
c. Refuse collection vehicles which operate on city streets pursuant
to the provisions of a valid franchise agreement.
[Ord. No. 1075]
[Ord. No. 435, § 4.]
When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, bicycles
only may be parked on any of the streets or portions of streets enumerated
in this section:
E Street, south side, from the southwest corner of the intersection
of E Street and Yosemite Avenue to a point thirteen feet westerly
of the intersection
[Ord. No. 299, § 150.]
When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, no
person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle within the central traffic
district between the hours of seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day,
except Sundays and holidays, for a period longer than one hour; provided,
that the city traffic engineer may designate certain parking spaces
within the central traffic district as twenty minute parking zones,
and no person shall stop, stand or park within such spaces longer
than twenty minutes, when the curbs at such parking spaces are painted
green and authorized signs are in place, giving notice that such spaces
are restricted to twenty minute parking limits.
[Ord. No. 994, § 1.]
The city council, by resolution, may grant special parking permits
to certain type businesses in certain specific areas of the central
traffic district. Permits authorized by this section may provide any
vehicle so permitted to park for up to four hours.
[Ord. No. 299, § 151.]
When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, no
person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle within a business district
outside of the central traffic district between the hours of seven
a.m. and six p.m. of any day, except Sundays and holidays, for a period
of time longer than one hour.
[Ord. No. 299, § 133.]
No person shall park a vehicle in a private driveway or on private
property without the direct or implied consent of the owner or person
in lawful possession of such driveway or property.
[Ord. No. 522, §§ 1,
2.]
When authorized signs are in place, giving notice thereof, no
person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle on the following described
off-street parking lots between the hours of seven a.m. and six p.m.
of any day, except Sundays or holidays, for a period longer than two
hours.
The off-street parking lots to which this section shall apply
are as follows:
(a) The North Second Avenue lot consisting of Lots 19, 21 and 23 of Block
26 of the city.
(b) The North Third Avenue lot consisting of Lots 9, 11, 1, 15, the westerly
15.5 feet of Lots 14 and 16 and the westerly 15.5 feet of the northwest
1.57 feet of Lot 18, all in Block 27 of the city.
[Ord. No. 299, § 129; Ord. No. 306, § 1; Ord. No. 325, § 2; Ord.
No. 435, § 2; Ord. No.
1162, § 1.]
The public works director shall appropriately sign or mark the
following places and when so signed or marked no persons shall stop,
stand or park a vehicle at any of such places:
(a) At any place within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection in the central traffic district; except, that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop and except as modified by subsections
(c) and
(d) of this section.
(b) Within twenty feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign or official electric flashing device, and except as modified within subsection
(d) of this section.
(c) Within forty-four feet of the southeasterly corner of the intersection
of F Street and Yosemite Avenue and within twenty-two feet from the
southwesterly corner of the intersection of F Street and Yosemite
Avenue.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections
(a) and
(b) of this section, the city council may, by ordinance, provide for bicycle parking only within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection in the central traffic district and within twenty feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign or official electronic flashing device.
(e) At any place where the public works director determines that it is
necessary in order to eliminate dangerous traffic hazards.
(f) At any place where the public works director, with the review and
approval of the traffic and business commission, has designated specified
time limits and certain times of the day.
[11-6-2023 by Ord. No.
1286]
Whenever the Chief of Police or Public Services Director determines
that restricting parking in designated areas would serve a public
interest from the holding of public or private gatherings or functions,
street cleaning, road maintenance, special events, emergencies, or
for other reasons, the Chief of Police or Public Services Director
shall have the power and authority to order temporary signs to be
prominently displayed indicating that the operation, parking or standing
of vehicles is prohibited on such streets, alleys and parking lots.
The temporary signs shall include clear, visible information regarding
the purpose, duration, and enforcement hours of the parking restriction.
Such signs shall be prominently displayed at least 24 hours in advance
of the intended enforcement period and remain in place only during
the existence of the event, and the Chief of Police or Public Services
Director shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.
(a) 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 direction and provisions of such signs.
(b) When signs authorized by this provision of this section are in place
giving notice thereof, any regularly employed and salaried officer
of the Police Department of the City or a regularly employed and salaried
Parking Enforcement Officer may remove any vehicle that has been parked
or left standing in violation of this section, pursuant to California
Vehicle Code § 22651(n).
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to emergency vehicles,
law enforcement vehicles, or authorized special event vehicles.
[Ord. No. 299, § 122; Ord. No. 488, § 1; Ord. No. 984, § 1.]
(a) No person who owns or has possession or control of any vehicle that
is principally designed or used for hauling livestock, including,
but not limited to, horses, cattle, sheep, goats and poultry, shall
park such vehicle upon any street or alley for a period longer than
forty-eight consecutive hours.
(b) No person who owns or has possession of any vehicle, other than the vehicles described in subsection
(a) of this section, shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for a period longer than seventy-two consecutive hours.
(c) In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street or alley in excess of the time limits specified in subsections
(a) and
(b) of this section, any member of the police department authorized by the chief of police may remove the vehicle in the manner and subject to the requirements of the
Vehicle Code of this state.
[Ord. No. 299, § 121; Ord. No. 459, § 1.]
(a) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway.
(b) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle on any city park or
recreation area, save and except in areas designated for stopping,
standing or parking at any city park.
[Ord. No. 468, § 1; Ord. No. 551, § 1; Ord. No. 592, § 1; Ord.
No. 709, § 1; Ord. No.
1197, § 1; Ord. No. 1213-12; amended 9-6-2022 by Ord. No. 1281.]
Pursuant to authority contained in the California
Vehicle Code
Sections 22357 and 22358, it is hereby determined upon the basis of
an engineering and traffic survey that the prima facie speed limits
hereinafter set forth would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular
traffic and would be reasonable and safe, except when passing school
grounds, and it is hereby determined that a speed limit greater than
those hereinafter set forth would be more than is reasonable or safe.
It is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limits hereinafter
set forth are established according to law.
(a) 15 mile per hour declared speed limit.
(1)
Alley Advisory, between Warrington Court and Walnut Street.
[Resolution No. 94-05; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(2)
Kerr Park Perimeter Road.
[Resolution No. 93-02; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(b) 25 mile per hour declared speed limit.
(1)
Johnson Avenue, between Johnson Court and East "F" Street.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(2)
South Yosemite Avenue, between East "F" Street and East "H"
Street.
[Resolution 94-71; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(3)
West "A" Street, between Laurel Avenue and First Avenue.
[Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(4)
East "A" Street, between First Avenue and Valley View Drive.
[Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(5)
East "G" Street, between South Maag Avenue and Adobe Creek Lane.
[Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(6)
North Maag Avenue, between Irvine Drive and East "D" Street.
[Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(7)
River Road, between Kimball Street and East North Street.
[Added 9-6-2022 by Ord. No. 1281]
(c) 30 mile per hour declared speed limit.
(1)
East "D" Street, between North Sierra Avenue and Trevor Avenue.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(2)
East "E" Street, between North First Avenue and Johnson Avenue.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(3)
South Fifth Avenue, between East "F" Street and Sierra Road.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(4)
North First Avenue, between North Street and "F" Street.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(5)
South First Avenue, between "F" Street and "J" Street.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(6)
Greger Street, between Crane Road and Wild Stallion Drive.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(7)
Pontiac Street, between Crane Road and North Oak Avenue.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(8)
Poplar Street, between North Lee Avenue and North First Avenue.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(9)
North Sixth Avenue, between East "A" Street and East "F" Street.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(10)
South Sixth Avenue, between East "F" Street and East "J" Street.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(11)
South Willowood Drive, between West "F" Street and Calumet Way.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(12)
Willowood Drive, between Maiden Lane and West "F" Street.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(13)
South Yosemite Avenue, between East "H" Street and East "J"
Street.
[Resolution No. 94-71; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(14)
South Maag Avenue, between East "J" Street and Sierra Road.
[Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(15)
West "G" Street, between Gilbert Avenue and South First Avenue.
[Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(16)
East "G" Street, between First Avenue and South Yosemite Avenue.
[Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(d) 35 mile per hour declared speed limit.
(1)
East "G" Street, between South Yosemite Avenue and South Maag
Avenue.
[Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(2)
Greger Street, between Wild Stallion Drive and South Yosemite
Avenue.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(3)
East "J" Street, between South First Avenue and Orsi Road.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(4)
North Maag Avenue, between East "D" Street and East "F" Street.
[Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(5)
South Maag Avenue, between East "F" Street and East "J" Street.
[Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(6)
Orsi Road, between Lando Drive and Sierra Road.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(7)
Post Road, between Armstrong Way and Hedburg Way.
[Resolution No. 91-14; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(8)
East "d" Street, between Trevor Avenue and North Stearns Road.
[Added 9-6-2022 by Ord. No. 1281]
(9)
Armstrong Way, between South Yosemite Avenue and Post Road.
[Added 9-6-2022 by Ord. No. 1281]
(10)
Hi-Tech Parkway, between South Yosemite Avenue and Post Road.
[Added 9-6-2022 by Ord. No. 1281]
(e) 40 mile per hour declared speed limit.
(1)
West "F" Street, between Willowood Drive and Lee Avenue.
[Resolution No. 80-99; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(2)
Sierra Road, between South Fifth Avenue and Pedersen Road.
[Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(3)
Greger Street, between Longview Drive and Kaufman Road.
[Added 9-6-2022 by Ord. No. 1281]
(4)
South Yosemite Avenue, between East "J" Street and Greger Street/Wakefield
Drive.
[Added 9-6-2022 by Ord. No. 1281]
(f) 45 mile per hour declared speed limit.
(1)
Crane Road, between West "F" Street and Patterson Road.
[Ord. No. 1197; Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(2)
Sierra Road, between Pedersen Road and Orsi Road.
[Ord. No. 1213-12.]
(3)
Crane Road, between West "F" Street and Pontiac Street.
[Ord. No. 1213-12; amended 9-6-2022 by Ord. No. 1281.]
(g) 50 mile per hour declared speed limit.
(1) South
Yosemite, between Greger Street/Wakefield Drive and Warnerville Road.
[Added 9-6-2022 by Ord. No. 1281]
(h) 55 mile per hour declared speed limit.
(1)
Albers Road, between Warnerville Road and Southern City limit.
[Ord. No. 1213-12.]
[Ord. No. 299, § 112.]
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place other than
by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to
the opposite curb, except in a marked crosswalk.