The definitions in this section apply to the following terms
as used in this chapter:
"Street race"
means any motor vehicle speed contest or motor vehicle exhibition
of speed referred to in subdivisions (a) and (c) of California Vehicle
Code Section 23109, as may be amended.
"Sideshow"
means any exhibition of reckless driving referred to in California
Vehicle Code Section 23103, as may be amended.
"Participant"
means any individual driving a vehicle which is found to
have engaged in a reckless driving exhibition, as referred to in California
Vehicle Code Section 23103.
"Passenger"
means any individual riding in a vehicle which is found to
have engaged in a reckless driving exhibition or sideshow, as referred
to in California
Vehicle Code Section 23103.
"Spectator"
shall mean any person who is present at a street race or
reckless driving exhibition, or the site of the preparations for either
of these activities, for the purpose of viewing, observing, watching,
or witnessing the event as it progresses. A "spectator" includes any
person at the location of the event without regard to the means by
which the person arrived.
"Scene"
shall mean the location of the street race or reckless driving
exhibition or the location of the preparations for the street race
or reckless driving exhibition.
A person is "present"
at the street race or reckless driving exhibition if that
person is within two hundred feet of the location of the street race
or reckless driving exhibition, or within two hundred feet of the
site of the preparations for either of these activities.
"Preparations"
for any street race or reckless driving exhibition include,
but are not limited to, any of the following acts done for the purpose
of a street race or reckless driving exhibition:
1.
One or more motor vehicles and persons have arrived at a predetermined
location on a public street or highway or in an off-street parking
facility;
2.
One or more persons have gathered on, or adjacent to, a public
street or highway;
3.
One or more persons have gathered in an off-street parking facility;
4.
One or more persons have impeded the free public use of a public
street, highway, or off-street parking facility by acts, words or
physical barriers;
5.
One or more motor vehicles have lined up on a public street,
highway, or off-street parking facility with motors running;
6.
One or more drivers is revving a motor vehicle's engine or causing
the motor vehicle's tires to spin; and/or
7.
A person is standing or sitting in a location to act as a race
starter.
(Ord. O2023-06 § 1)
If any section, subsection, clause, word, and/or phrase of this
chapter is held to be unconstitutional and/or otherwise invalid for
any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder
of this chapter. The Manteca city council hereby declares that they
would have passed this chapter, and each section, subsection, sentence,
clause, word, and/or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that
one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, words, and/or
phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
(Ord. O2023-06 § 1)
This chapter shall become valid and enacted thirty days after
the passage and adoption thereof, by the city council. Prior to the
expiration of fifteen days from the passage and adoption of this chapter,
this chapter shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation
printed and published in San Joaquin County, state of California,
together with the names of the members of the city council voting
for or against the same.
(Ord. O2023-06 § 1)