HomeMy WebLinkAbout39 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 39
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING COMPREHENSIVE
TRAFFIC CONTROL REGULATIONS.
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California,
does ordain as follows:
ARTICLE I
WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED
Section 1.0. Definition of Words and Phrases.
(a) The following words and phrases when used in this ordin-
ance shall for the purpose of this ordinance have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them in this article.
(b) Whenever any words and phrases used herein are not
defined herein but are defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California
and amendments thereto, such definitions shall apply.
Section 1.1. Coach.
Any motor bus, motor coach, trackless trolley, or passenger
car used as a common carrier of passengers.
Section 1.2. Council.
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga.
Section 1.3. Curb.
The lateral boundary of the roadway whether such curb be
marked by curbing construction, or not so marked; the word "curb" as herein
used 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.
Section 1.4. Divisional Island.
A raised island located in the roadway and separating
opposing or conflicting streams of traffic.
Section 1.5. Gross Weight.
The weight of a vehicle without load plus the weight of any
load thereon.
Section 1.6. Holidays.
Within the meaning of this ordinance, holidays are the first
day of January, known as "New Years Day;" the twelfth day of February, known as
"Lincolns Birthday;" the third Monday in February, known as "Washingtons
Birthday;" the last Monday in May, known as "Memorial Day;" the fourth day of
July, known as "Independence Day;" the first Monday in September, known as "Labor
Day;" the ninth day of September, known as "Admissions Day;" the fourth Monday
in October, known as "Veterans Day;" the last Thursday in November, known as
"Thanksgiving Day;" the day after "Thanksgiving Day;" and the twenty fift~ day
of December, known as "ChristmaS." In the event "New Years Day," "Lincolns Birth-
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day," "Independence Day," "Admissions Day," and "Christmas Day" falls on
Sunday, the following day will be taken in lieu of the holiday, and if
they fall on Saturday, the Friday preceeding will be deemed a holiday.
Section 1.7. Loadin~ Zone.
The space reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during
the loading or unloading of passengers or freight.
Section 1.8. Official Time Standard.
Whenever certain hours are named herein they shall mean
standard time or daylight-saving time as may be in current use in this City.
Section 1.9. Ordinance.
The ordinance, rule or regulation adopted by the local
authority relating to the movement of traffic and enforcement thereof.
Section 1.10. Parkway.
That portion of street right-of-way other than a roadway
or a sidewalk.
Section 1.11. Passenger Loading Zone.
The space reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles while
receiving or discharging passengers.
Section 1.12. Police Officer.
Every officer of the Police Department of this City or any
officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for
violations of traffic regulations.
Section 1.13. Push Cart.
A vehicle propelled by a person but not ridden upon.
Section 1.14. Traffic Enforcement Division.
The division within the Police Department of this City.
Section 1.15. Traffic En~ineerin~ Division.
The division within the Engineering Department of this City.
Section 1.16. Vehicle Code.
The Vehicle Code of the State of California.
ARTICLE II
TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION
Section 2.0. Police Administration - Traffic Enforcement
Division.
There is hereby established in the Police Department of this
City a traffic enforcement division to be under the control of a supervising
officer of police appointed by and directly responsible to the Chief.
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Section 2.1. Duty of Traffic Enforcement.
It shall be the duty of the traffic enforcement division
with such aid as may be rendered by other members of the Police Department to
enforce the street traffic regulations of this City and all of the State
vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in this City, to make arrests for
traffic violations, to investigate traffic accidents and to cooporate with the
City Traffic Engineer and other officers of the City in the administration of
the traffic laws and in developing ways and - '~ns to improve traffic con-
ditions, and to carry out those duties speci v imposed upon said division by
this ordinance.
Section 2.2. City Traffic Engineer.
The position of City Traffic Engineer is hereby estab-
lished. He shall exercise the powers and duties as provided in this ordin-
ance. He shall be responsible for all traffic engineering division functions
in the Engineering Department and be appointed by the City Engineer.
Section 2.3. Powers and Duties of City Traffic
Engineer - Delegation.
It shall be the general duty of the City Traffic Engineer
to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic
control devices and signals, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic
accidents and to devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering and traffic
survey of traffic conditions and to cooperate with other City officials in the
development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out
the additional powers and duties imposed by ordinances of this City.
Whenever the City Traffic Engineer is required or author-
ized to place or maintain official traffic control devices or signals, he may
cause such devices or signals to be placed or maintained.
Whenever, by the provisions of this ordinance, a power is
granted to the City Traffic Engineer or a duty imposed upon him, the power may
be exercised or the duty performed by a person authorized in writing by him.
Section 2.4. Traffic Accident Studies.
Whenever the accidents at any particular location become
numerous, the traffic enforcement division shall cooperate with the City
Traffic Engineer in conducting studies of such accidents and determining
remedial measures.
Section 2.5. Traffic Accident Reports.
The traffic enforcement division and/or the traffic
engineering division shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic
accident reports. Such reports shall be available for the use and information
of the supervising officer of the traffic enforcement division and the City
Traffic Engineer.
Section 2.6. Traffic Enforcement Division and Traffic
En~ineerin~ Division to Submit Annual Traffic Safety Report.
The traffic enforcement division and traffic engineering
division shall prepare a traffic report which shall be filed with the City
Council. Such a report shall contain information on traffic matters in this
City as follows:
1. The number of traffic accidents, the number
of persons killed, the number of persons
injured, and other pertinent traffic accident
data;
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2. The number of traffic accidents investigated
and other pertinent data on the safety activities
of the police;
3. The plans and recommendations of the traffic
enforcement division and the traffic engineering
division for future traffic safety activities.
Section 2.7. Emergency and Experimental Regulations.
(a) The Chief of Police by and with the approval of the
City Traffic Engineer is hereby empowered to make regulations necessary to
make effective the provisions of the traffic ordinances of this City and to
make and enforce temporary or experimental regulations to cover emergencies or
special conditions. No such temporary or experimental regulation shall remain
in effect for more than 90 days.
(b) The City Traffic Engineer may test traffic control
devices under actual conditions of traffic.
(c) The Chief of Police may authorize the temporary
placing of official traffic control devices when required by an emergency.
The Chief of Police shall notify the City Traffic Engineer of his action as
soon thereafter as is practicable.
Section 2.8. Traffic Committee.
The City Council hereby establishes an advisory traffic
committee to serve without compensation, consisting of the Chief of Police or
his representative, the supervising officer of the traffic enforcement division,
the City Traffic Engineer, the City Attorney or his representative and such
other members as appointed by the Traffic Engineer.
Section 2.9. Duties of Traffic Committee.
It shall be the duty of the Traffic Committee to advise
the City Traffic Engineer practicable means for coordinating the activities of
all officers and agencies of this City having authority with respect to the
administration and enforcement of traffic regulations; to receive complaints
regarding traffic matters; and to recommend to the Council of this City and to
the supervising officer of the traffic enforcement division and the City
Traffic Engineer ways and means for improving traffic conditions and the
administration and enforcement of traffic regulations.
Section 2.10. Traffic Investigation Procedures.
Upon request of citizens, citizens' groups, the Traffic
Enforcement Division or Traffic Engineering Division, traffic investigations
shall be conducted leading to proposed action related to traffic controls.
Such investigation may be submitted to the Traffic Committee for review and
recommendation to the City Traffic Engineer for implementation. Any party
disagreeing with the recommendation of the Traffic Committee or the action of
the City Traffic Engineer may appeal such action to the City Council.
ARTICLE III
ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
Section 3.0. Authority of Police and Fire Department
Official.
Officers of the Police Department and such officers as are
assigned by the Chief of Police are hereby authorized to direct all traffic
by voice, hand, audible, or other signal in conformance with traffic laws,
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except that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic
or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the Police Department or members of
the Fire Department may direct traffic as conditions may required, notwith-
standing the provisions to the contrary contained in this ordinance or the
Vehicle Code.
Section 3.1. Required Obedience to Traffic Ordinance.
It is unlawful for any person to do any act forbidden or
fail to perform any act required in this ordinance.
Section 3.2. Unauthorized Persons Shall Not Direct
Traffic.
No person other than an officer of the Police Department or
members of the Fire Department or a person authorized by the Chief of Police
or a person authorized by law shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by
voice, hand or other signal, except that persons may operate, when and as
herein provided, any mechanical pushbutton signal erected by order of the City
Traffic Engineer.
Section 3.3. Traffic Regulations Apply to Persons
Pu~g Carts.
Every person propelling any push cart upon a roadway shall
be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties
applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this ordinance and by the rules of
the road portion of the Vehicle Code, except those provisions which by their
very nature can have no application.
Section 3.4. Obstruction or Interference with Police
or Authorized Officer.
No person shall interfere ~ith or obstruct in any way any
police officer or other officer or employee o~' this City in their enforcement
of the provisions of this ordinance. The removal, obliteration or conceal-
ment of any chalk mark or other distinguishing mark used by any police officer
or other employee or officer of this City in connection with the enforcement
of the parking regulations of this ordinance shall, if done for the purpose of
evading the provisions of this ordinannce, constitute such interference or
obstruction.
ARTICLE IV
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
Section 4.0. Authority to Install Traffic Control Devices.
The City Traffic Engineer as authorized by the City Council
shall place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained official traffic
control devices upon streets and highways as required under the Vehicle Code
or the traffic ordinances of this City to make effective the provisions of the
Code or the ordinances, and may place and maintain or cause to be placed and
maintained, such appropriate official traffic control devices as he may deem
necessary properly to indicate and to carry out the provisions of the Code or
the ordinances or to warn and guide traffic.
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Section 4.1. Official Traffic Control Devices Required
for Enforcmeent Purposes.
No provision of the Vehicle Code er of this ordinance for
which official traffic control devices are required shall be enforced against
an alleged violator unless appropriate official traffic control devices are
in place giving notice of such provisions of the traffic laws.
Section 4.2. Installation of Traffic Signals.
(a) The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City
Council to install and maintain official traffic signals at those intersections
and other places where traffic conditions are such as to require that the
flow of traffic be alternately interrupted and released in order to prevent
or relieve traffic congestion or to protect life or property from exceptional
hazard.
(b) The City Traffic Engineer shall ascertain and determine
the locations where such signals are required by an engineering and traffic
survey and his determination therefrom shall be made in accordance with those
traffic engineering and safety standards.
(c) The City Traffic Engineer shall erect and maintain at
each signal controlled intersection street name signs clearly visible to
traffic approaching from all directions.
(d) Priority for traffic signals shall be established by
the City Council.
Section 4.3. City Traffic Engineer to Establish
Safety Zones.
The City Traffic Engineer shall have authority to establish
safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he may deem
necessary for the protection of pedestrians.
Section 4.4. Traffic Lanes.
The City Traffic Engineer shall have authority to make
traffic lanes upon the roadway of any street or highway where a regular align-
ment of traffic is necessary.
Section 4.5. Distinctive Roadway Markings.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City Council
to place and maintain upon highways distinctive roadway markings as des-
cribed in the Vehicle Code.
Section 4.6. Authority to Remove, Relocate and
Discontinue Traffic Control Devices.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City Council
to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic control de-
vice not specifically required by the Vehicle Code or this ordinance whenever
he shall determine in any particular case that the conditions which warranted
or required the installation no longer exist.
Section 4.7. Traffic Control Devices: Hours of Operation
The City Traffic Engineer as authorized by the City Council
shall determine the hours and days during which any traffic control device
shall be in operation or be in effect, except in those cases where such hours
or days are specified in this ordinance.
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Section 4.8. Unauthorized Painting of Curbs.
No person or agency unless authorized by the City Traffic
Engineer, shall paint any street or curb surface; provided, however, that
this section shall not apply to the painting of numbers on a curb surface by
any person who has complied with the provisions of any ordinance or resolution
of this City pertaining thereto.
ARTICLE V
SPECIAL SPEED ZONES
Section 5.0. Increasing State Speed Limit in Certain Zones.
It is hereby determined by City Council Resolution and upon
the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed per-
mitted by state law upon the following streets is less than is necessary for
safe operation of vehicles thereon by reason of the designation and sign-
posting of said streets as throuRh highways and (or) by reason of widely spaced
intersections, and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit shall
be as hereinafter set forth on those streets or parts of streets herein designated
when signs are erected giving notice thereof:
Name of Street of Declared Prima Facie
Portion Affected: Speed Limit:
1. Amethyst Street - Baseline north to end of maintenance 35 mph
2 Beryl Street - Baseline to 800' north of Lemon Avenue 40 mph
3 Hellman Avenue - Foothill Boulevard to Banyan Street 35 mph
4 Ninth Street - Grove Avenue to Baker Street 35 mph
5 Sapphire Street - 19th Street to end of maintenenace 45 mph
6 Vineyard Avenue - Carnelian Avenue to Baseline 40 mph
7 Wittram Avenue - Etiwanda Avenue to City limit 40 mph
8 Haven Avenue - Highland Avenue to Wilson Avenue 45 mph
9 Grove Avenue - Eighth Street to Foothill Boulevard
Section 5.1. Decrease of State Law Maximum Speed.
It is hereby determined by City Council Resolution and upon
the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permited
by state law is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found
to exist upon such streets, and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed
limit shall be as herein set forth on those streets or parts of streets herein
designated when signs are erected giving notice thereof:
Name of Street of Declared Prima Facie
Portion Affected: Speed Limit:
1. Arrow Route - Etiwanda Avenue to east City limit 45 mph
2. Archibald Avenue - Fourth Street to Banyan Street 40 mph
3. Arrow Route - Upland city limit to Hellman Avenue 45 mph
4. Baseline - City limit to Carnelian Street 45 mph
5. Baseline - Carnelian Street to Haven Avenue 35 mph
6. Carnelian Street - Foothill north to end of maintenance 40 mph
7. Eighth Street - Grove Avenue to Vineyard Avenue 45 mph
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8. Etiwanda Avenue - Foothill Boulevard to Highland Avenue 45 mph
9. Ninth Street - Grove Avenue to Baker Street 35 mph
10. Tapia Via - Rancheria Drive to Grove Avenue 25 mph
Section 5.2. Decrease of State Law Speed Between Districts.
Reference is hereby made to the following portions of streets
where the state speed law of 55 miles per hour is applicable for a distance
of not exceeding 2,000 feet in length between districts, either business or
residence, and it is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and
traffic investigation that the speed permitted by state law upon the following
described portions of said streets which are not state highways is greater than
is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon the described
portions of such streets, and it is hereby declared that the prima facie
speed limit shall be as herein set forth on those portions of streets herein
designated when signs are erected giving notice thereof:
Portion of Street Affected
Not Exceeding 2,000 Feet Declared Prima Facie
Between Districts: Speed Limit:
None existing
Section 5.3. Regulation of Speed by Traffic Signals.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to regulate the
timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly
and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the speeds otherwise
applicable within the district or at intersections.
ARTICLE VI
TURNING MOVEMENTS
Section 6.0. Authority to Place Devices AlterinR
Normal Course for Turns.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the Council to
place official traffic control devices within or adjacent to intersections
indicating the course to be travelled by vehicles turning at such intersections
and such course to be travelled as so indicated may conform to or be other
than as prescribed by law.
Section 6.1. Authority to Place Restricted Turn Signs.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City Council
to determine those intersections as which drivers of vehicles shall not
make a right, left, or U-turn, and shall place proper signs at such inter-
sections. The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of
any day and permitted at other hourS, in which event the same shall be plainly
indicated on the signs or they may be removed when such turns are permitted.
Section 6.2. Signal Controlled Intersections - Right
Turns.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City
Council to erect appropriate signs prohibiting right turn against a red or
"stop" signal at any intersection.
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ARTICLE VII
ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
Section 7.0. Authority to Sign One-Way Streets and Alleys.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City Council
to determine and designate one-way streets or alleys and shall place and
maintain official traffic control devices giving notice thereof. No such desig-
nation shall be effective unless such devices are in place.
Section 7.1. Authority to Restrict Direction of Movement
on Streets During Certain Periods.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City Council
to determine and designate streets, parts of streets or specific lanes thereon
upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction during one period
and the opposite direction during another period of the day and shall place
and maintain appropriate markings, signs, barriers or other devices to give
notice thereof. The City Traffic Engineer may erect signs temporarily designating
lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the
centerline of the roadway.
ARTICLE VIII
SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED
Section 8.0. The City Traffic Engineer to Erect Stop Signs.
Whenver any ordinance or resolution of this City designates
and describes any street or portion thereof as a through street, or any inter-
section 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 shall be erected on each sndevery
street intersecting such through street or
portion thereof so designated and at those
entrances to other intersections where a stop is
requi~d and at any railroad grade crossing so
designated; provid~d, 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.
Section 8.1. Stop at Through Street or Stop Signs.
(a) Those streets and parts of streets established by
resolutiop of the City Council are hereby declared to be through streets for
the purp ~ of this section:
THROUGH HIGHWAYS
1. Alta Cuesta - Baseline south to and including Red Hill except Camino Sur.
2. AmethystStreet - Baseline north to the end except 19th Street.
3. Archibald Avenue - Fourth Street north to 19th Street except for Foothill
Boulevard, Arrow Highway, and Baseline.
4. Archibald Avenue - 19th Street north to the end except Highland Avenue.
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5. Beryl Street - Baseline north to and including Hillside Road except
19th Street.
6. Buena Vista - Alta Cuesta south to Alta Cuesta north.
7. Camino Sur - Intersection of Alta Cuesta - 4-way stop.
8. Carnelian Avenue - Foothill Boulevard north to 19th Street except Baseline.
9. Carnelian Street - 19th Street north to and including Orange Street.
10. Carnelian Street - Orange Street north to Almond Street.
11. Center Avenue - Sixth Street to Eighth Street.
12. Center Avenue - Humboldt Avenue north to Arrow Route.
13. Church Street - Hellman Avenue east to Haven Avenue except at Archibald
Avenue and Turner Avenue.
14. East Avenue - Foothill Boulevard north to Highland Avenue except Baseline.
15. Eighth Street - Archibald Avenue east to Haven avenue except at Turner Avenue.
16. Eighth Street - Grove Avenue to Archil~,~d Avenue except at Vineyard Avenue.
17. Etiwanda Avenue - Jurupa Avenue to Highland Avenue except at Foothill
Boulevard, San Bernardino Avenue, Arrow Route, Baseline.
18. Etiwanda Avenue - Highland Avenue north to the end.
19. Feron Street - Archibald Avenue to Turner Avenue.
20. Grove Av,~ue - Eighth Street north to Foothill Boulevard except 9th Street,
San Bern .... ~ino Road, Arrow Highway.
21. Haven Avenue - Fourth Street north to and including Wilson Avenue except
Foothill Boulevard, Baseline, Arrow Route, 19th Street, Highland Avenue.
22. Hermosa Avenue - Baseline to Hillside except 19th Street and Highland
Avenue.
23. Hellman Avenue - San Bernardino Avenue to Hillside Street except Eighth
Street, Arrow Route, Foothill and 19th Street, and Baseline.
24. Hillside Road - Berly Street to Amethyst Street except Hellman Avenue.
25. Hillside Road - Carnelian Street to Beryl Street.
26. Highland Avenue - A~nethyst Street to Haven Avenue exce~~' Archibald Avenue
and Hermosa Avenue.
27. Jersey Boulevard - Haven Avenue east to the end of maintenance.
28. Jasper Street - Roberds Street north to 19th Street.
29. Lion Street - San Bernardino Road to Church Street.
30. Ninth Street - Arrow Route to Ninth Street.
31. Ninth Street - Madrone Avenue to Archibald except Vineyard and Hellman.
32. Red Hill Country Club Drive - Foothill Boulevard to Carnelian except at
Camino Predera and Alta Cuesta.
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33. Roberds Street - Jasper Street to Carnelian Street.
34. Rochester Avenue - At Eighth Street - 2-way stop east/west.
35. San Bernardino Avenue - Vineyard Avenue to West Fontant city limits
except Etiwanda Avenue, Haven Avenue, and Archibald Avenue.
36. San Bernardino Road - Carnelian Avenue to Archibald Avenue except
Hellman Avenue.
37. San Bernardino Road - Upland city limit to Foothill Boulevard.
38. Sapphire Street - 19th Street to north end of maintenance.
39. Summit Avenue - Etiwanda Avenue east to Duncan Canyon Road.
40. Turner Avenue - San Bernardino Avenue to Baseline except Foothill
Boulevard and Arrow Route.
41. Valle Vista - Red Hill Country Club Drive to Alta Cuesta.
42. Victoria Avenue - Etiwanda Avenue east to East Avenue.
43. Vineyard Avenue - Carnelian Street north to Baseline.
44. Vineyard Avenue - San Bernardino Avenue north to Foothill Boulevard
except Arrow Route.
(b) The provision of this section shall also apply at one
or more entrances to the intersections as such entrances and intersections
are established by resolution of the City Council.
(c) The provisions of this section shall apply at those
highway railway grade crossings as established by resolution of the City
Council.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
Section 9.0. Stop When Traffic Obstructed.
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk
unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or
crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing
the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic
control signal indication to proceed.
Section 9.1. Driving Through Funeral or Other Procession.
No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles com-
prising a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion and
when such vehicles are conspicuously designated as required in this ordinance.
This provision shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by
traffic control signals or police officers.
Section 9.2. Drivers in a Procession.
Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as
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near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practicable and shall
follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practicable and safe.
Section 9.3. Funeral Processions to be Identified.
A funeral composed of a procession of vehicles shall be
identified as such by the display upon the outside of each vehicle
of a pennant or other identifying insignia or by such other method as may
be determined and designated by the Traffic Enforcement Division.
Section 9.4. When Permits Required for Parades and
Processions.
No funeral procession or parade containing (200) or more
persons or (50) or more vehicles except the Armed Forces of the United
States, the military forces of this State and the forces of the police
and fire departments, shall occupy, march or proceed along any street
except in accordance with a permit issued by the Chief of Police and
such other regulations as are set forth herein which may apply.
ARTICLE X
PEDESTRIANS RIGHTS ~MD DUTIES
Section 10.0. Crossing at Right Angles.
Except where otherwise indicated by a crosswalk or other
official traffic control devices, a pedestrian shall cross a roadway at
right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb.
Section 10.1. Prohibited Crossing.
(a) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a
crosswalk in any business district.
(b) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a
crosswalk upon any of the designated through streets.
Section 10.2. City Traffic Ensineer to Establish Crosswalks.
(a) The City Traffic Engineer as authorized by the local
authority, shall establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at inter-
sections and other places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon
the surface of the roadway where in his opinion there is particular
danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway.
(c) The City Traffic Engineer as authorized by the local
authority, may install signs at or adjacent to an intersection in respect
to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not cross in the
crosswalk so indicated.
ARTICLE XI
ANGLE PARKING
Section 11.0. Signs or Markinss Indicatin~ Ansle Parking.
(a) The City Traffic Engineer as authorized by the local
authority, shall determine upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted
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and shall mark or sign such streets but such angle parking shall not be
indicated upon ay Federal Aid, or the State Highway within the City unless
the Department of Transportation has where determined that the roadway is not
of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free
movement of traffic.
(b) Angle parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any
place where passing traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon
the left side of the street.
ARTICLE XII
STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES
Section 12.0. City Traffic Engineer to Designate No
Stopping Zones and No Parking Areas.
(a) The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City
Council to determine the location of no stopping zones and no parking areas
and shall place and maintain appropriate signs or markings indicating the
same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this article and the
Vehicle Code are applicable.
(b) No stopping zones and no parking areas shall be indicated
by red paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones and areas or by signing.
Section 12.1. Prohibited Stopping, Standing, or Parking.
No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle
whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or official
traffic control device, in any of the following places:
(a) Within any divisional island unless authorized and
clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings.
(b) On either side of any street between the projected
property lines of any public walk, public steps, street, or throughfare termina-
ting at such street, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by
red paint upon the curb surface.
(c) In any area where the City Traffic Engineer determines
that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard
or would endanger life or property or would cause unusual delay to traffic,
when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb
surface.
(d) In any area established by the City Traffic Engineer as
a no parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red
paint upon the curb surface.
(e) Within any parkway.
(f) On any street or highway where the use of such street or
highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or con-
struction of the street or highway or the installation of underground utilities
or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized
for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the
street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other
than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the street or highway or
any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles, or
structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit
or interfere with such use or movement provided that signs giving notice of such
no parking are erected or placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the
effective time of such no parking.
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(g) At any place within twenty (20) feet of a cross-
walk at an intersection in any business district when such place is indi-
cated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface except that
a bus may stop at a designated bus stop.
(h) Within twenty (20) feet of the approach to any
traffic signal, boulevard, stop sign, or official electric flashing device.
Section 12.2. Parking Not to Obstruct Traffic.
No person shall park any vehicle upon a street, other than an
alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less
than ten (10) feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular
traffic.
Section 12.3. Parking in Alleys.
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a
manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten (10) feet
of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic and
no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley in such position
as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.
Section 12.4. Parking for Certain Purposes Prohibited.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the
principal purpose of:
1. Displaying such vehicle for sale.
2. Washing, polishing, greasing, or repairing such
vehicle except for repairs necessitated by an
emergency.
~ction 12.5. Parking Adjacent to Schools.
[ ~ City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City Council
to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon either or both sides
of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in
his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
Section 12.6. Parking Prohibited on Narrow Streets.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City Council
to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width
of the roadway does not exceed twenty (20) feet, or upon one side of a street
as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not
exceed thirty (30) feet.
Section 12.7. Standing or Parking on One-Way Streets.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City Council
to erect signs upon the left-hand side of any one-way street to prohibit the
standing or parking of vehicles.
Ordinance No. 39
Page 15
Section 12.8. Standing or Parking on Way-Way Roadways.
In the event a highway includes two or more separate road-
ways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person
shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway
unless signs are erected to permit such standing or parking. The City Traffic
Engineer is authorized by the City Council to determine when standing or
parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any such one-way roadway
and to erect signs giving notice thereof.
Section 12.9. Parkin~ on Grades.
No person driving, or in control of, or in charge of, a
motor vehicle shall permit it to stand on any highway unattended when upon
any grade exceeding five percent within any business or residence district
without blocking the wheels of the vehicle by turning them against the curb
or by other means.
Section 12.10. Unlawful Parking - Peddlers, Vendors.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person
shall stand or park any vehicle, or pus~.~art from which goods, wares, merchandise
or food are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale or bartered or
exchanged, or any lunch wagon or eating car or vehicle, on any portion of any
street within this City except that such vehicles, or pus~arts may stand or
park only at the request of a bona fide purchaser for a period of time not
to exceed ten (10) minutes at any one place. The provisions of this subsection
shall not apply to persons delivering such articles upon order of, or by
agreement with a customer from a store or other fixed place of business or
distribution.
(b) No person shall park or stand on any street any lunch
wagon, eating cart or vehicle, or pushcart from which articles of food are
sold or offered for sale without first obtaining a written permit to do so from
the City Traffic Engineer which shall designate the specific location in which
such cart shall stand.
(c) No person shall park or stand any vehicle used or
intended to be used in the transportation of property for hire on any street
while awaiting patronage for such vehicle without first obtaining a written
permit to do so from the City Traffic Engineer which shall designate specific
location where such vehicle may stand.
(d) Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of
this section and a particular location to park or stand is specified therein,
no person shall park or stand any vehicle, or pushcart on any location other
than as designated in such permit. In the event that the holder of any such
permit is convicted in any court jurisdiction for violating any of the provisions
of this section, such permit shall be forthwith revoked by the City Traffic
Engineer upon the filing of the record of such conviction with such officer and
no permit shall thereafter be issued to such person until six (6) months have
elapsed from the date of such revocation.
Ordinance No. 39
Page 16
Section 12.11. Emergency Parking Signs.
Whenever the City Traffic Engineer determines that an
emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public
or private procession or assemblages, he is authorized by the local authority
shall place temporary signs indicating that the operation, parking or standing
of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys. Such signs shall remain
in place only during the existence of such emergency and the City Traffic
Engineer shall remove such signs thereafter.
ARTICLE XIII
STOPPING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY
Section 13.0. City Traffic Engineer to Designate
Loading Zones and Passenger Loading Zones.
(a) The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City
Council to determine the location of loading zones and passenger loading
zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs or markings indicating
the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this article
and the Vehicle Code are applicable.
(b) Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon
the top of all curbs in said zones. Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing
or parking at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays
and holidays for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers
shall not consume more than three (3) minutes nor the loading or unloading of
freight more than twenty (20) minutes.
(c) Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white
paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones. White shall mean no stopping,
standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of
passengers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mail box,
which shall not exceed three (3) minutes and such restrictions shall apply
between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday and holidays and
except as follows:
* When such zone is in front of a hotel or in
front of a mailbox, the restrictions shall
apply at all times.
* When such zone is in front of a theater, the
restrictions shall apply at all times except
when such theater is closed.
Section 13.1. Effect of Permission to Load or Unload.
(a) Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle
for purposes of loading or unloading of freight shall apply only to commercial
vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefore and in no
effect for more than twenty (20) minutes.
(b) The loading or unloading of freight shall apply only
to commercial deliveries, also the delivery or pick-up of express and parcel
post packages and United States mail.
Ordinance No. 39
Page 17
(c) Permission herein granted to stop or park for
purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or
unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend beyond the time necessary
therefore and in no event for more than three (3) minutes.
(d) Within the total time limits above specified, the
provisions of this section shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary
and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting abuse of the
privileges hereby granted.
Section 13.2. Standing in Any Alley.
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any
purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers of freight in any alley.
Section 13.3. City Traffic Engineer to Designate Public
Carrier Stops and Stands.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City Council
to establish bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands and stands for other passen-
ger common-carrier motor vehicles on such streets in such places and in such
number as he shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to
the public, and every such bus stop, bus stand, taxicab stand or other stand
shall be designated by appropriate official traffic control devices.
Section 13.4. Stopping, Standing and Parking of Busses
and Taxicabs Regulated.
(a) The operator of a bus shall not stand or park such
vehicle upon any street at any place other than a bus stand so designated as
provided herein.
(b) The operator of a bus shall not stop such vehicle
upon any street at any place for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers
or their baggage other than at a bus stop, bus stand, or passenger loading zone
so designated as provided herein, except in case of an emergency.
(c) The operator of a taxicab shall not stand or park such
vehicle upon any place other than in a taxicab stand so designated as provided
herein. This provision shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab from
temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations
at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious
loading or unloading of passengers.
Section 13.5. Restricted Use of Bus and Taxicab Stands.
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle other than a
bus in a bus stop, or other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand when any such
stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately signed, except
that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the
purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when
such stopping does not interfere with any bus, or taxicab waiting to enter or
about to enter such zone.
Ordinance No. 39
Page 18
ARTICLE XIV
STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING RESTRICTIONS
Section 14.0. Authority of City Traffic Engineer
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City Council,
on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, to prohibit, regulate, or
limit stopping, standing or parking of vehicles and shall place and maintain
official traffic control devices indicating the same and stating the hours
during which the provisions of this article and the Vehicle Code are applicable.
Section 14.1. Time Limit Parking Zones.
Time limit parking zones such as 24-minute, 40-minute, one
hour, two hour, etc. shall be indicated by green paint upon the top of all
curbs in said zones. Green shall mean no standing or parking for a period of
time longer than indicated at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any
day except Sundays and holidays.
Section 14.2. Parking Space Markings.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the local
authority to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking
spaces for on-street and off-street parking.
ARTICLE XV
REGULATING CLASSES AND KINDS OF TRAFFIC ON CERTAIN HIGHWAYS
Section 15.0. Gross Weight Limits.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City
Council on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, to erect and maintain
official traffic control devices on any streets or parts of streets to impose
gross weight limits as prescribed by the Vehicle Code.
Section 15.1. Truck Restrictions.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the local
authority, on the basis of an engine~ing and traffic survey, to erect and
maintain official traffic control devices on any streets or parts of streets
to prohibit the operation of trucks exceeding the limit of pounds gross weight
as prescribed by the Vehicle Code, provided that such devices shall not
prohibit necessary local operation on such streets for the purpose of making
a pick up or delivery.
Ordinance No. 39
Page 19
Section 15.2. Size Restrictions.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City Council
on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, to erect and maintain
official traffic control devices on any streets or parts of streets to impose
vehicle size restrictions as prescribed by the Vehicle Code.
Section 15.3. Excluding Specified Traffic.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized by the City Council
on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, to determine and designate
those heavily travelled streets upon which shall be prohibited any class or
kind of traffic which is found to be incompatible with the normal and safe move-
ment of traffic and shall erect appropriate official traffic control devices
giving notice thereof.
ARTICLE XVI
BLUE CURB ORDINANCE
Section 16.0. Use of Blue Curb Spaces.
Persons using "Blue Curb" parking spaces comply with the
following:
(a) Blue Curb parking spaces shall be operative 24 hours a
day, Sundays and holidays included.
(b) Parking zones for the physically handicapped are subject
to any temporary parking prohibitions established by this City.
Section 16.1. On-Street Parking.
The City Traffic Engineer as authorized by the City Council
shall designate special "Blue Curb" parking spaces for the purpose of providing
on-street parking for exclusive use by physically handicapped persons.
Section 16.2. Off-Street/Privately Financed Facilities.
The City hereby declares that there are privately owned and
operated parking facilities which may reserve parking stalls for exclusive use
by physically handicapped persons.
Section 16.3. Off-Street/Publicly Owned Facilities.
The City Traffic Engineer shall designate parking stalls
or spaces in publicly owned, leased, or controlled off-street parking
facilities for exclusive use of physically handicapped persons.
Ordinance No. 39
Page 20
Section 16.4. Identification.
A. On-Stre~Blue Curb Spaces: Blue Curb spaces shall be
indicated by blue paint on a curb edge of the paved portion of the street.
For further identification, the International S~vmbol of Access, may be
painted on the blue curb in white followed by the word "ONLY."
In addition a sign not less than 17" x 22" with
lettering not less than one inch in height shall be posted stating:
(1) "Unauthorized vehicles not displaying distinguish-
ing license plates or placards issued for physically handicapped persons will
be issued citations."
(2) "Unauthorized vehicles not displaying distinguishing
placards or license plates issued for physically handicapped persons will be
towed away at owner's expense. Towed vehicles may be reclaimed by telephoning
the Police Department."
All signs shall be po~d at a height of 80" from the
ground.
B. Off-Street/Publicly Owned Facilities: Designation of
"Blue Curb" parking stalls in publicly financed off-street parking facilities
shall be made by posting immediately adjacent to, and visible from same, a
sign consisting of the International Symbol of Access.
In addition a sign 17" x 22" in size must be posted
either at the entrance to the parking facility or immediately adjacent to and
visible from the reserved stall(s), which states with lettering not less than
one inch in height:
[) "Unauthorized vehicles not displaying
distinguishing license plates or placards
issued for physically handicapped persons
will be issued citations."
(2) "Unauthorized vehicles not displaying distinguish-
ing placards or license plates issued for
physically handicapped persons will be towed
away at owner's expense. Towed vehicles may be
reclaimed by telephoning the Police Department."
NOTE: The operator of the parking facility may then,
an~ ~nly after first contacting the Police Department,
~ ~ the removal of a violator's automobile from the
~ [ to the nearest public garage.
Ail signs shall be posted at a height of 80" from the
ground.
C. Off-Street/Privately Financed Facilities: Designation
of "Blue Curb" parking stalls in privately financed off-street parking
facilities shall be made by posting immediately adjacent to, and visible from
same a sign consisting of the International Symbol of Access.
In addition, a sign 17" by 22" in size with lettering
not less than one inch in height:
Ordinance No. 39
Page 21
"Unauthorized vehicles not displaying
distinguishing placards or license plates
issued for physically handicapped persons
will be towed away at owner's expense.
Towed vehicles may be reclaimed by tele-
phoning the Police Department."
This sign shall be posted at the entrance to the parking
facility or immediately adjacent to, and visible from the reserved stall(s).
NOTE: The person in lawful possession of the parking
facility may then and only after first contacting
the Police Department, cause the removal of a violator's
automobile from the stall to the nearest public garage.
A sign must be posted at the entry to all off-street
parking facilities to the effect that the facility is subject to public
traffic regulations and control. Ail signs shall be posted at a height of
80" from the ground.
ARTICLE XVII
OVERSIZE VEHICLE PARKING
Section 17.0. Oversize Vehicles.
An oversize vehicle is any vehicle, motorized or non-
motorized, that exceeds twenty-five (25) feet in length, or exceeds seven (7)
feet in width, and/or exceeds seven (7) feet in height. Oversize vehicles
shall include all buses, truck tractors, semi-trailers, motor trucks, trailers,
campers, camp trailers, house cars, trailer coaches, and other equipment or
machinery regardless of width, length, or height.
Section 17.1. Permitted Parking Areas for Oversize
Vehicles.
Oversize vehicles may be parked or stored on private
property in all yard areas except the required front yard setback on any side
yard abutting a street right-of-way or as otherwise restricted by City
ordinance. Semi-trailers, camp trailers, campers and/or house cars may be
parked on the driveway or on an apron in the front yard setback located between
the driveway and the side property line closest to the driveway if:
(1) The trailer or vehicle does not project over any
property line;
(2) The parking or storage area has a paved or
graveled surface; and
(3) the area around said trailers and vehicles
is kept clean and free of trash, debris and/or
parts.
No commecial oversize vehicle or special purpose vehicle
shall be parked or stored in any portion of any yard area.
Ordinance No. 39
Page 22
ARTICLE XVIII
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OR CONVICTION
Section 18.0. Penalty for Violation or Conviction.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor except as provided in Section 18.1.
Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
$500, or by imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment, except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by
ordinance of this City.
Section 18.1. Payment for Citations Issued.
The following sums shall be the penalty for citations
issued under the following sections of this ordinance:
Sections 12.0; 12.2; 12.3; 12.5;
12.6; 12.7; 12.8; 12.11;
and 13.0. (parking violations) Two Dollars ($2.00)
Sections 12.4 (1) (parking vehicle
for sale) Twenty-five
Dollars ($25.00)
Sections 16.0; 17.0 (handicap
parking violations) Ten Dollars
($10,00)
(Violation of over-
load requirements).
Section 18.2. Method of Payment.
Penalties specified in Section 18.1 shall be paid as
designated on the citation issued for the particular violation.
ARTICLE XIX
CONSTITUTIONALITY
In any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrases
of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
The Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and
each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective
of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses
or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
Ordinance No. 39
Page 23
ARTICLE XX
REPEAL
This ordinance hereby repeals and supercedes portions of
the San Bernardino County Code dealing with traffic regulation and enforce-
ment previously adopted by the City through Ordinance 17. This ordinance
shall take precedence over all conflicting sections of said Code.
ARTICLE XXI
EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall be in force and effect on and after
the 30th day following the final passage.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 20th day of October,
1978.
Mayor
Rancho Cucamonga
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