(a) 
Permits required to carry petroleum products. No person shall operate any vehicle carrying crude oil, fuel oil, petroleum products, butane, or any inflammable gas or liquid in the business district at any time unless a permit shall be first obtained from the Fire Chief. Such permit shall not be issued by the Fire Chief except for the purpose o£ making emergency deliveries to or from points within the business district.
(b) 
Hours restricted for certain vehicles. No person shall operate any of the following vehicles in the business district between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day:
(1) 
Any vehicle carrying building materials which have not been loaded or are not to be unloaded at some point within the business district;
(2) 
Any freight vehicle with or without a trailer; and
(3) 
Any vehicle conveying refuse, rubbish, or garbage.
(c) 
Permits for emergency deliveries. The Police Chief may, by written permit, authorize the operation of any vehicle described in subsection (b) of this section for the purpose of making emergency deliveries to or from points with-in the business district between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
(d) 
Vehicular traffic restricted on certain streets or alleys. No person shall operate any motor vehicle or bicycle over or across any public street or alley which has been closed to vehicular traffic by resolution or ordinance of the Council.
(§ 50, Ord. 912, as amended by § I, Ord. 1082, and § 2, Ord. 110-NS, eff. September 18, 1974)
(a) 
Authority to place signs. Whenever any ordinance of the City designates and describes any street, or portion thereof, as a street the use of which is permitted by any commercial vehicle or by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons, the Traffic Authority is hereby authorized to designate such streets by appropriate signs as truck traffic routes for the movement of commercial vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons.
(b) 
Obedience. When any such truck traffic routes are established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any commercial vehicle or any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons shall drive on such routes and none other except when necessary to traverse other 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.
(c) 
Provisions nonapplicable to certain passenger buses. The provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of the State.
(§ 51, Ord. 912)
(a) 
Prohibited on certain streets: Authority to place signs. Whenever any ordinance of the City designates and describes any street, or portion thereof, as a street the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle or by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons, the Traffic Authority shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on such streets.
(b) 
Permitted on certain streets. The streets and portions of streets set forth in Section 4-7.904 of this article are hereby declared to be streets the use of which is permitted by any commercial vehicle or by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons.
(c) 
Provisions applicable to certain passenger buses. The provisions of this section shall apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of the State.
(§ 52, Ord. 912)
In accordance with the provisions of Section 4-7.903 of this article, the following streets and portions of streets are hereby declared to be streets the use of which is permitted by any commercial vehicle or by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons:
(1) 
Alameda Street;
(2) 
Albany Street;
(3) 
Belgrave Avenue from Alameda Street to Santa Fe Avenue;
(4) 
Benedict Way;
(5) 
Bickett Street from Slauson Avenue to the north City limits;
(6) 
California Avenue;
(7) 
Clarendon Avenue from Regent Street to Cottage Street;
(8) 
Cottage Street from Clarendon Avenue to Randolph Street;
(9) 
Florence Avenue;
(10) 
Gage Avenue;
(11) 
Laura Avenue;
(12) 
Malabar Street from Slauson Avenue to the north City limits;
(13) 
Maywood Avenue;
(14) 
Pacific Boulevard from Slauson Avenue to the north City limits;
(15) 
Randolph Street from the west City limits to Maywood Avenue;
(16) 
Regent Street from Gage Avenue to Clarendon Avenue and from Randolph Street to Slauson Avenue;
(17) 
Salt Lake Avenue;
(18) 
Santa Ana Street from Salt Lake Avenue to Otis Street (east);
(19) 
Santa Fe Avenue;
(20) 
Slauson Avenue;
(21) 
Soto Street;
(22) 
State Street from the south City limits to Florence Avenue and from Gage Avenue to the north City limits;
(23) 
Walnut Street from California Avenue to Salt Lake Avenue;
(24) 
52nd Street from Malabar Street to the east City limits;
(25) 
53rd Street from Malabar Street to the east City limits;
(26) 
54th Street from Malabar Street to the east City limits;
(27) 
55th Street from Malabar Street to the east City limits;
(28) 
56th Street from Malabar Street to the east City limits;
(29) 
57th Street from Malabar Street to Pacific Boulevard;
(30) 
58th Street from Malabar Street to Pacific Boulevard;
(31) 
The alley between Santa Fe Avenue and Middleton Street from Gage Avenue to Clarendon Avenue for northbound traffic only;
(32) 
Clarendon Avenue between Santa Fe Avenue and the first alley east of Santa Fe Avenue for westbound traffic only; and
(33) 
Belgrave Avenue between State Street and a point 520 feet westerly from the center line of State Street.
(§ 92, Ord. 912, as amended by Ord. 1142, § 2, Ord. 1474, § 1 (b), Ord. 169-NS, eff. May 16, 1977, § 1, Ord. 199-NS, eff. May 17, 1978, § 1, Ord. 209-NS, eff. September 20, 1978, and § 2 (54), Ord. 624-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999)
(a) 
Cruising Prohibited. The ranking peace officer on duty within any area affected by traffic congestion may, having determined that such area is so affected, establish one or more traffic control points on or near such area to regulate cruising. The ranking peace officer on duty within or near the area affected by traffic congestion, or designee, shall be empowered to post the signs required by this chapter. Any person who, as the operator of, or as a passenger in, a motor vehicle driven two or more times past a traffic control point established by the ranking peace officer on duty within the affected area, on a portion of any street identified as subject to cruising controls as specified in this chapter, may be given written notice that further driving past the control point in violation of this chapter will result in issuance of a citation to the driver of the vehicle.
(b) 
Cruising Defined. "Cruising" is defined to mean the driving of a motor vehicle three or more times within a four hour period past a traffic control point so established on a portion of any street identified as subject to cruising controls by signs posted at the beginning and end of the controlled roadway, that briefly and clearly state the appropriate provisions of this chapter and Section 21100(k) of the California Vehicle Code, and after the operator of the vehicle has been given the notice specified in this chapter.
(c) 
Elements of the Offense. No person, having driven a motor vehicle, or having been a passenger in a motor vehicle driven, past a traffic control point established pursuant to this chapter twice within any four hour period, and having received written notice that further driving past the traffic control point within the period will constitute a violation of this chapter, shall drive past that control point within the time period while cruising controls are in effect. Each successive trip past the traffic control point shall constitute a separate violation of this chapter, and no additional notice shall be required prior to issuance of a second or subsequent citation.
(d) 
Exemptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1) 
Any authorized vehicle as defined in Section 165 of the California Vehicle Code.
(2) 
Any publicly owned vehicle of any City, County, district, State, or Federal agency.
(3) 
Any vehicle licensed for public transportation or vehicles that are normally used for business purposes and are engaged in such business use.
(e) 
Penalty. It shall be an infraction for any person to violate this section, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to the payment of penalties as provided in Section 42001 of the Vehicle Code and as that section may be amended.
(§ 1, Ord. 629-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999)