[Ord. No. 1193.]
(a)
The words and phrases used in this chapter shall have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them in this chapter.
(b)
BUS LOADING ZONE
CITY
COUNCIL
CURB
DIRECTOR
"FREIGHT LOADING ZONE"
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CHAPTER ONLY, "HOLIDAYS"
LOADING ZONE
"OFFENDER"
OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD
PARKING METER
PARKWAY
PASSENGER LOADING ZONE
PICKUP
POLICE OFFICER
PUBLIC PARKING FACILITY
STATE
TRUCK ROUTE
VEHICLE CODE
Whenever any words or phrases used in this chapter are not defined
herein, but are now or hereafter defined in the Vehicle Code, such
definitions are incorporated herein and shall be deemed to apply to
such words and phrases used in this chapter as though set forth herein
in full.
Means the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive
use of vehicles operated by a public carrier during the loading or
unloading of passengers.
Means the City of Oakdale.
Means the council of the City of Oakdale.
Means the lateral boundary of the roadway whether such curb
be marked by curbing construction, or not so marked. The word "curb"
as used in this chapter shall not include the line dividing the roadway
of a street from parking strips in the center of a street, nor from
tracks or rights-of-way of public utility companies.
Means the public works director/city engineer of the City
of Oakdale.
Means a space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive
use of commercial vehicles during the loading or unloading of materials.
Shall be as specified in Section 6700 of the California Government
Code, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended.
Means the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive
use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
Means a person who violates any provision or fails to comply
with any of the requirements of this Code or the provisions of any
code adopted by reference by this Code.
Whenever certain hours are named in this chapter, they shall
mean standard time or daylight saving time as may be in current use
in the city.
Means a mechanical device installed within or upon the curb
or sidewalk area, immediately adjacent to a parking space, for the
purpose of controlling the period of time occupancy of such parking
meter space by any vehicle is permitted.
Means that portion of a street other than a roadway or sidewalk.
Means the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive
use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.
Means to take aboard a load or cargo of the type or kind
that the vehicle is designed to haul.
Means every officer of the police department of the city,
or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make
arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
Means any lot, space or area within the city now or hereafter
used for off-street parking of vehicles by members of the public,
and owned or operated for such use by the city.
Means the State of California.
Means a street, avenue or thoroughfare over and upon which
vehicles designed or used for the transportation of commodities or
materials may be driven and operated regardless of weight and size
of the vehicles; provided the vehicles do not exceed the size and
weight of vehicles permitted by state law to be driven upon or over
highways and streets within the State of California.
Means the Vehicle Code of the State of California.
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(a)
No driver of a vehicle shall follow any fire apparatus answering
a fire alarm, closer than five hundred feet or park any vehicle within
three hundred feet of a fire, or operate or park any vehicle in such
a manner as to interfere with any fire apparatus or line of fire hose
when in use at a fire or when in place for use in response to a fire
alarm.
(b)
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of the
Fire Department when laid on any street or private driveway to be
used at any fire or alarm of fire without the consent of the official
of the Fire Department in command. Penalty, see § 18-110.30.
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Any person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, roller
skates or any toy vehicle shall not attach the same or himself to
any moving vehicle upon any roadway.
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(a)
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk
area or parkway except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
(b)
No person shall ride or drive any animal or 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 thereof is closed.
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The council may establish, designate and maintain crosswalks
at intersections and other places by appropriate devices, marks or
lines upon the surface of the roadway as follows:
Crosswalks shall be established and maintained at intersections
within the central traffic district and at such other intersections
within or outside the district where the Council determines that there
is a particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway.
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No pedestrian shall cross at 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. Penalty, see § 18-100.30.
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The city council determines upon the basis of an engineering
and traffic survey that a speed greater than 25 miles per hour would
facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be
reasonable and safe upon the hereinafter described streets and it
is hereby determined and declared that the prima facie speed limit
hereinafter set forth is found most appropriate to facilitate the
orderly movement of traffic on the streets and that the speed is reasonable
and safe. The provisions of this section shall not apply in respect
to any 25 mile per hour prima facie speed limit which is applicable
when passing a school building or the grounds thereof.
Penalty, see § 18-110.30.
Cross-reference: Speed limits specified, see Oakdale
City Resolution 63-25, 80-99, 89-13, 89-43, 91-14, 91-132, 93-02,
94-71
[Ord. No. 1193.]
The use of any streets not designated in a truck route pursuant
to Oakdale City Resolution 2000-110 is prohibited by any vehicle exceeding
a maximum gross weight limit of five tons, excepting any vehicle which
is subject to the provisions of California Public Utility Code §§ 1031
to 1036, inclusive, and excepting any commercial vehicle coming from
an unrestricted street having ingress and egress by direct route to
and from restricted streets where necessary for the purpose of making
pickups and deliveries of goods, wares and 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 each restricted street for which a building permit
has previously been obtained therefore.