No person shall engage in the activity known as cruising, as
defined in this chapter, on the public streets, alleys or highways
of the city in any area which has been posted as a no-cruising zone.
(Ord. 957 § 2(part), 1992; Ord. 958 § 1, 1992)
For purposes of this chapter:
means traffic on any public street, alley or highway which
is delayed to the point that:
Motor vehicles cannot move through one-hundred-yard approach
corridor to an intersection controlled by a traffic light within two
complete green-light cycles where the delay in forward movement is
due to the position of other motor vehicles; or
Motor vehicles cannot move through a one-hundred-yard approach
corridor to an intersection controlled by a traffic light, stop sign
or yield sign within a five-minute period of time where the delay
in forward movement is due to the position of other motor vehicles;
or
Motor vehicles cannot readily move forward on portions of public
streets, alleys or highways between intersections because traffic
speed is slowed to less than five miles per hour, and the delay in
movement is due to the position of other motor vehicles. The determination
that a street, alley or highway is congested shall be made by the
ranking peace officer on duty within the affected area.
means the repetitive driving of any motor vehicle past a
traffic-control point in traffic which is congested at or near the
traffic-control point.
means the period commencing upon the switching of a traffic
light from a red light to a green light through to the return of a
red light.
means a location along a public street, alley or highway
utilized by a peace officer on duty within the affected area as an
observation point in order to monitor traffic conditions for potential
violations of this chapter.
(Ord. 957 § 2(part), 1992; Ord. 958 § 1, 1992)
A peace officer may issue a written notice to any person operating
or occupying any motor vehicle passing a traffic-control point stating
that any subsequent passage past that traffic-control point within
the next succeeding four hours will be a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 957 § 2(part), 1992; Ord. 958 § 1, 1992)
A.
It is
unlawful to loiter on any property in the proximity of any posted
no-cruising zone between the hours of six p.m. of one day and six
a.m. the next day. As used in this section, the term "loiter" means
to delay or linger without a lawful purpose for being on the property.
"Property in the proximity of any posted no-cruising zone," as used
in this section, means any property which is both visible from and
located within three hundred feet of any portion of a street, alley
or highway which is posted as a no-cruising zone pursuant to this
chapter.
B.
The
refusal by any person to leave the premises after having been cited
by any peace officer for a violation of this section shall constitute
a misdemeanor.
C.
Any
minor who is cited for violation of this section shall be considered
in violation of a traffic offense for purposes of California Welfare
and Institutions Code Section 256.
(Ord. 957 § 2(part), 1992; Ord. 958 § 1, 1992)
Any person who, after having received a written notice as described in Section 9.40.030, subsequently drives past or is a passenger in a vehicle passing the same traffic-control point within the next succeeding four hours shall be in violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 957 § 2(part), 1992; Ord. 958 § 1, 1992)
This chapter may be enforced in any area which has been posted
as a no-cruising zone. No cruising signs shall be posted at the beginning
and end of any public street, alley or highway or portion thereof
which is a nocruising zone. The signs shall reference California Vehicle
Code Section 21100(k) and this chapter. The city manager is authorized
to designate no-cruising zones in which it is found that conditions
of congested traffic exist.
(Ord. 957 § 2(part), 1992; Ord. 958 § 1, 1992)
