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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0723f tttf ORDINANCE NO.. 723 (1977 Series) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE ARTICLE III.V, TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, CHAPTERS 1 - 17. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo as follows: SECTION 1. Municipal Code Article III.V, Traffic Regulations, Chapters 1 through 17 are hereby amended to read as follows: See attached text. SECTION 2. This ordinance, together with the ayes and noes, shall be published once in full, at least three days prior to its final passage, in the Telegram - Tribune, a newspaper published and circulated in said city, and the same shall go into effect at the expiration of thirty days after its said final passage. INTRODUCED AND PASSED TO PRINT by the council of the City of San Luis Obispo at a regular meeting thereof held on the 20th day of September , 1977, on motion of Councilman Petterson and on the following roll call vote: , seconded by Councilman Jorgensen , AYES: Councilmen Petterson, Jorgensen, Gurnee and Mayor Schwartz NOES: Councilman Dunin ABSENT: None ATTEST: � r Ci er J.H. itzpatrick Approved as to form: WENDT, MITCHELL, SINSHEIMER, de la MOTTE & LILLEY City Attorney au& By Allen Grimes City Adminis ra.t -1 0 icer City Eng,#eer v Chief(,oY Police Director of Public Services 0'723 . CHAPTER 3. TRAFFIC- CONTROL DEVICES Section 3203.. Authority to Install Traffic Control Devices 3203.1. Traffic Control Signs Required for Enforce- ment Purposes 3203.2. Obedience to Traffic Control Devices 3203.3. Installation of Traffic Signals 3203.4. Lane Marking 3203.5. Distinctive Roadway Markings 3203.6. Authority to Remove, Relocate and Dis- continue Traffic Control Devices 3203.7. Traffic Control Devices: Hours of Operation 3203.8. Unauthorized Painting on Curbs CHAPTER 4. TURNING MOVEMENTS Section 3204. Authority to Place and Obedience to Turning Markers. Intersections. Multiple Lanes 3204.1. Authority to Place Restricted Turn Signs 3204.2. Obedience to No -Turn Signs 3204.3. Signal Controlled Intersections - Right Turns CHAPTER 5. ONE -WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS Section 3205. City Traffic Engineer to Sign One -Way Streets and Alleys CHAPTER 6. SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED Section 3206. Stop Signs 3206.1. Emerging from Alley, Driveway or Building CHAPTER 7. MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES Section 3207. Driving Through Funeral Procession 3207.1. Clinging to Moving Vehicle 3207.2. Commercial Vehicles Using Private Driveways 0 Section 3207.3. Riding or Driving on Sidewalk 3207.4. New Pavement and Markings 3207.5. Limited Access 3207.7. Obedience to Barriers and Signs 3207.8. No Entrance Into Intersection That Would Obstruct Traffic CHAPTER 8. PEDESTRIAN REGULATIONS Section 3208. Traffic Engineer to Establish Marked Crosswalks CHAPTER 9.. STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES OR IN CERTAIN PLACES Section 3209. Application of Regulations 3209.1. Stopping or Standing in Parkways Prohibited 3209.2. Traffic Engineer to Maintain No Stopping Zones and No Parking Area 3209.3. No Parking Areas 3209.4. Use of Streets for Storage of Vehicles Prohibited 3209.5. Parking for Demonstration 3209.6. Repairing or Greasing Vehicles on Public Streets 3209.7. Washing or Polishing Vehicles 3209.8. Parking Adjacent to Schools 3209.9. Parking Prohibited on Narrow Streets 3209.10. Parking on Grades 3209.11. Unlawful Parking -- Peddlers, Vendors 3209.12. Emergency Parking Signs 3209.14. Parking of Large Commercial Vehicles Near Intersections 3209.15. Nighttime Parking of Large Vehicles Section 3212.3. Truck Routes 3212.4. Commercial Vehicles Prohibited from Using Certain Streets 3212.5. Maximum Gross Weight Limits of Vehicles on Certain Streets CHAPTER 13. PARKING METERS Section 3213. Parking Meter Zones 3213.1. Manner of Installation 3213.2. Time of Operation of Parking Meters 3213.3. Operational Procedure to be Followed 3213.4. Unlawful to Park After Meter Time Has Expired 3213.5 Unlawful.to Extend Time Beyond Limit 3213.6. Improper Use of Meter 3213.7. Parking Meters and Parking Meter Standards Not to Be Used for Certain Purposes 3213.8. Rule of Evidence 3213.10. Application of Other Articles 3213.99. Fines CHAPTER 14. TRAINS Section 3214, Railway Gates CHAPTER 15. SPECIAL SPEED ZONES Section 3215. Modifying the State Speed Limit on Certain Streets or Portions Thereof 3215.1. Regulation of Speed by Traffic Signals CHAPTER 16. OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY Section 3216. Obstructions to Visibility at Intersections t Section 3209.16. Nighttime Parking of Vehicles with Operating Air Conditioning or Refrigeration Units 3209.99. Fines CHAPTER 10. STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED ON CERTAIN STREETS Section 3210. Twelve, Fifteen, Twenty -Four, Thirty and Thirty -Six Minute Parking 3210.1. One Hour Parking 3210.2. Two Hour Parking 3210.3. Parking Parallel on One -Way Streets 3210.4. Diagonal Parking 3210.5. Parking Space Markings 3210.6. No Stopping Zone 3210.7. All Night Parking Prohibited CHAPTER 11. STOPPING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY Section 3211. Authority to Establish Loading Zones 3211.1. Curb Markings to Indicate No Stopping and Parking Regulations 3211.2. Effect of Permission to Load or Unload 3211.3. Standing for Loading or Unloading Only 3211.4. Standing in Passenger Loading Zone or Taxicab Stand 3211.5. Standing in Any Alley 3211.6. Bus Zones to Be Established 3211.7. Handicapped Parking 3211.99. Fines CHAPTER 12. RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS Section 3212. Certain Vehicles Prohibited in Central Traffic District 3212.1. Advertising Vehicles 3212.2. Animal Drawn Vehicles CHAPTER 17. PARKING REVENUES, FINES AND FORFEITURES Section 3217. Use of Money Deposited in Parking Meters 3217.1. Fines; Separate Offenses 3217.2. Parking Fines 3217.3. Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures SECTION 3200. ARTICLE III.V - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS CHAPTER 1 DEFINITIONS, WORDS AND PHRASES AND TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND PHRASES. The following words and phrases when used in this article shall, for the purposes of this article, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this chapter. Whenever any words or phrases used herein are not defined, but are defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California and amendments thereto, such definitions shall apply. Alley: An alley is that roadway defined in Section 110 of the Vehicle Code. Bicycle: A light vehicle as defined in the Vehicle Code. Skateboard: A wheeled object as defined in Section 3220.14 of this code. Central traffic district: All streets and portions of streets within the area described in Section 3220.14 of this code. 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 the tracks or rights -of -way of public utility companies.. Divisional island: A raised island located in the roadway and separating opposing or conflicting streams of traffic. Holidays: Within the meaning of this article, holidays are the first day of January, the fourth day of July, the first Monday of September, the ninth day of September, the twenty -fifth day of December. If any of the afore- mentioned days falls on a Sunday, the Monday following is a holiday. Also, the following are holidays and are observed on days established by the State of California: Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans' Day and Columbus Day. Loading zone: The space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials. Official time standard: Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean standard time or daylight savings time as may be in current use in this city. Park: To stand or leave standing any vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually.engaged in loading or unloading of passengers or materials. Parking meter: 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. Parkway: That portion of a street other than a roadway or a sidewalk. Passenger loading zone: The space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading or passengers. Pedestrian: Any person afoot or who is using a means of conveyance propelled by human power other than a bicycle. Police department employee: Persons other than police officers who are authorized and trained to enforce traffic regulations. Police officer: Every officer of the police department of this city or any employee authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violation of traffic regulations. Stop: When required, means complete cessation of movement. Stop or stand: When prohibited means any stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device. Vehicle Code: The Vehicle Code of the State of California. SECTION 3201. CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER. The office of city traffic engineer is hereby established. The city traffic engineer shall be the city engineer until the city council shall authorize the creation of a separate officer, and he shall exercise the powers and duties as provided in this article and in the traffic regulations of this city. Whenever the city traffic engineer is required or authorized to place or maintain official traffic control devices or signals, he may cause such devices or signals to be placed or maintained. SECTION 3201.1. 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 investigations of traffic conditions, to recommend traffic control devices for inclusion in the capital improvement program and present plans for consideration by the city council, and to cooperate with other city officials in the develop- ment of ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by ordinances of this city. Whenever, by the provisions of this article, 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 him or by his deputy or by a person authorized in writing by him. SECTION 3201.2. DUTIES OF PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT. The physical maintenance of traffic control devices and markings shall be handled by the public services department. The installation of devices, signs or markings authorized by the city traffic engineer will be either by contract or through the public services department. SECTION 3201.3. TRAFFIC COMMITTEE. There is hereby established an advisory traffic committee to serve without compensation, consisting of the following members or their representatives: the city traffic engineer, the chief of police, the chief of the fire depart- ment, and representing the public,a traffic engineer from the Southern California Auto Club and a traffic engineer from the California Department of Transportation. SECTION 3201.4. DUTIES OF TRAFFIC COMMITTEE. It shall be the duty of the Traffic Committee to consider public sug- gestions having to do with traffic matters and recommend to the legislative body of this city and to the city traffic engineer, the chief of police, and other city officials, ways and means for improving traffic conditions and the administration and enforcement of traffic regulations. A report of all actions considered by the committee shall be submitted to the city council. SECTION 3201.5. ANNUAL TRAFFIC SAFETY REPORT. The police department shall annually or as required prepare a traffic . report which shall be filed with the city council. Such report shall contain information on traffic matters in this city as follows: 1. Number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the number of persons injured, and other pertinent traffic accident data; 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 police department for future traffic safety activities. CHAPTER 2 ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS SECTION 3202. AUTHORITY OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS. Officers of the police department and such employees as are assigned by the chief of police are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, audible or other signals in conformance with traffic laws, except that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safe- guard pedestrians, officers and employees of the police department, or members of the fire department, may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding that provisions to the contrary are contained in this article or the Vehicle Code. SECTION 3202.1. PERSONS OTHER THAN OFFICIALS 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 3202.2. REQUIRED OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS. It is a misdemeanor or infraction for any person driving any vehicle or other conveyance upon any street, or any pedestrian, to do any act forbidden, or fail to perform any act required as applicable to any such person under this article. SECTION 3202.3. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS APPLY TO PERSON RIDING BICYCLES OR ANIMALS. Every person riding a bicycle or riding or driving an animal upon a highway 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 article, except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application. SECTION 3202.4. OBSTRUCTION OR INTERFERENCE WITH POLICE OR AUTHORIZED OFFICERS. No person shall interfere with or obstruct -in any way any police officer or other officer or employee of this city in their enforcement of the pro- visions of this article. The removal, obliteration, or concealment 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 article shall, if done for the purpose of evading the provisions of this article, constitute such interference or obstruction. SECTION 3202.5. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO OBEY TRAFFIC REGULATIONS. The provisions of this article shall apply to the operation of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States government, this state, any county or city, and it shall be unlawful for any said operator to violate any of the provisions of this article except as other- wise permitted in this article or by the Vehicle Code. SECTION 3202.6. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES. (a) The provisions of this article regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles operated by the police or fire departments, any public ambulance or any public utility vehicle or any private ambulance, which public utility vehicle or private ambulance has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle, when any vehicle mentioned in this section is operated in the manner specified by the Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call. (b) The foregoing exemption shall not, however, relieve the operator of any such vehicle from obligation to exercise due care for the safety of others or the consequences of his willful disregard to the safety of others. (c) The provisions of this article regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a city department or public utility while necessarily in use for construction or repair work or any vehicle owned or operated by the United States Postal Service while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail. SECTION 3202.7. REPORT OF DAMAGE TO CERTAIN PROPERTY. (a) The operator of a vehicle or the person in charge of any animal involved in any accident resulting in damage to any property publicly owned or owned by a public utility, including but not limited to any fire hydrant, parking meter, lighting post, telephone pole, electric light or power pole, or resulting in damage to any tree, traffic control device or other property of a like nature located in or along any street, shall within twenty -four (24) hours after such accident make a written report of such accident to the police department of this city. (b) Every such report shall state the time when and the place where the accident took place, the name and address of the person owning and of the person operating or in charge of such vehicle or animal, the license number of every such vehicle, and shall briefly describe the property damage in such accident. (c) The operator of any vehicle involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties of this section if and during the time he is physically incapable of making a report, but in such event he shall make a report as required in subsection (a) within twenty -four (24) hours after regaining ability to make such report. SECTION 3202.8. WHEN VEHICLES MAY BE REMOVED FROM STREETS. Any-regularly employed and salaried officer or designated employee of the police department of this city may remove or cause to be removed: (a) Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway for seventy -two (72) or more consecutive hours. (b) Any vehicle which is parking or left standing upon a street or highway when such parking or standing is prohibited by ordinance or resolution of this city and signs are posted giving notice of such removal. (c) Any vehicle which is parking or left standing upon a street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or for 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 necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size and the parking of such vehicles would prohibit or interfere with such use of movement; provided that signs giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty -four (24) hours prior to the removal. (d) Any vehicle which is blocking designated fire lanes or alleys where parking is prohibited. CHAPTER 3 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES SECTION 3203. AUTHORITY TO INSTALL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. (a) The city traffic engineer shall have the power and duty to place or cause to be placed official traffic control devices when and as required to make effective the provisions of this article. (b) Whenever the Vehicle Code requires for the effectiveness of any provision thereof that traffic control devices be installed to give notice to the public of the application of such law, the city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to install or cause to be installed the necessary devices subject to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law applicable thereto. (c) The city traffic engineer may also place or cause to be placed such additional traffic control devices as he may deem necessary or proper to regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic, but he shall make such deter- mination only upon the basis of traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations and in accordance with such standards, limitations, and rules as may be set forth in this article or as may be determined by ordinance or resolution of the council. SECTION 3203.1. TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNS REQUIRED FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. No provision of the Vehicle Code or of this article for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless appropriate legible signs are in place giving notice of such provisions of the traffic regulations. SECTION 3203.2. OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. The operator of any vehicle or train shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device placed in accordance with this article unless otherwise directed by a police officer or other authorized person subject to the exceptions granted the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls. SECTION 3203.3. INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS. (a) The city traffic engineer is hereby directed to install 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 field investigation, traffic counts and other traffic information as may be pertinent and his determinations therefrom shall be made in accordance with those traffic engineering and safety standards and instructions set forth in the Traffic Manual issued by the California Department of Transportation. (c) Whenever the city traffic engineer installs an official traffic signal at any intersection, he shall likewise erect at such intersection street -name signs visible to the principle flow of traffic unless such street -name signs have previously been placed and are maintained at any such intersection. SECTION 3203.4. LANE MARKING. The city traffic engineer is authorized to mark center lines and lane lines upon the surface of the roadway to indicate the course to be traveled by vehicles and may place signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the center line of the highway. SECTION 3203.5. DISTINCTIVE ROADWAY MARKINGS. The city traffic engineer is authorized to place distinctive roadway markings as described in the Vehicle Code on those streets or parts of streets where the volume of traffic or the vertical or other curvature of the roadway renders it hazardous to drive on the left side of such marking or signs and markings. Such markings or signs and markings shall have the same effect as similar markings placed by the State Department of Trans- portation pursuant to provisions of the Vehicle Code. SECTION 3203.6. AUTHORITY TO REMOVE, RELOCATE AND DISCONTINUE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. The city traffic engineer is authorized to remove, relocate or discon- tinue the operation of any traffic control device not specifically required by the Vehicle Code or this article whenever he shall determine in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the instal- lation no longer exist. SECTION 3203.7. TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES: HOURS OF OPERATION. The city traffic engineer 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 specified in this article. SECTION 3203.8. UNAUTHORIZED PAINTING ON CURBS. No person, unless authorized by this city, 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 resolution or ordinance of this city pertaining thereto. CHAPTER 4 TURNING MOVEMENTS SECTION 3204. AUTHORITY TO PLACE AND OBEDIENCE TO TURNING MARKERS. INTERSECTIONS. MULTIPLE LANES. (a) The city traffic engineer is authorized to place markers, buttons, or other official traffic control signs within or adjacent to intersections and indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such inter- sections, and the city traffic engineer is authorized to locate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right or left hand turns, and the course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law or ordinance. (b) When authorized markers, buttons, or other indications are placed within an intersection indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of such indications. SECTION 3204.1. AUTHORITY TO PLACE RESTRICTED TURN SIGNS. The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to determine those inter- sections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left, or U -turn, and shall place proper signs at such intersections. 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 3204.2. OBEDIENCE TO NO -TURN SIGNS. Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left or U -turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign. SECTION 3204.3. SIGNAL CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS - RIGHT TURNS. (a) No driver of a vehicle shall make a right turn against a red or stop signal at any intersection which is sign - posted giving notice of such re- striction as hereinafter provided in this section. (b) The city traffic engineer shall post appropriate signs giving effect to this section where he determines that the making of right turns against a traffic signal "stop" indication would seriously interfere with the safe and orderly flow of traffic. "`, CHAPTER 5 ONE -WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS SECTION 3205. CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO SIGN ONE -WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS. Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this city designates any one -way street or alley, the city traffic engineer shall place signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulations shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited. CHAPTER 6 SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED SECTION 3206. STOP SIGNS. The city traffic engineer is authorized to erect stop signs at those locations where he deems such controls to be necessary or remove those signs no longer warranted in order to protect the public safety. When signs are erected giving notice thereof, drivers of vehicles shall stop at the entrance or entrances to such intersections. SECTION 3206.1. EMERGING FROM ALLEY, DRIVE14AY OR BUILDING. The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway or driveway. CHAPTER 7 MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES SECTION 3207. DRIVING THROUGH FUNERAL PROCESSION. No operator of any vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral procession or a parade, provided that such vehicles are con- spicuously so designated. The directing of all vehicles and traffic on any street over which such funeral procession or parade wishes to pass shall be subject to the orders of the police department. SECTION 3207.1. CLINGING TO MOVING VEHICLES. No person shall attach himself with his hands, or to catch on, or hold on to with his hands or by other means, to any moving vehicle or train for the purposes of receiving motive power therefrom. SECTION 3207.2. COMMERCIAL VEHICLES USING PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS. No person shall operate or drive a commercial vehicle in, on or across any private driveway approach or sidewalk area or the driveway itself without the consent of the owner or occupant of the property, if a sign or markings are in place indicating that the use of such driveway is prohibited. For the purpose of this section, a commercial vehicle shall mean a vehicle having a rated capacity in excess of one -half ton. SECTION 3207.3. RIDING OR DRIVING ON SIDEWALK. No person shall ride, drive, propel, or cause to be propelled any vehicle or animal across or upon any sidewalk excepting over permanently constructed driveways and excepting when it is necessary for any temporary purpose to drive a loaded vehicle across a sidewalk; provided further, that said sidewalk area be substantially protected by wooden planks two inches thick, and written permission be previously obtained from the city traffic engineer. Such wooden planks shall not be permitted to remain upon such sidewalk area during the hours from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. SECTION 3207.4. NEW PAVEMENT AND MARKINGS. No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted markings in any street when a barrier, sign, cone - marker or other warning device is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or when any such device is in place indicating that the street or any portion thereof is closed. SECTION 3207.5. LIMITED ACCESS. No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited _access roadway. except at such entrances and exits as are lawfully established. SECTION 3207.7. OBEDIENCE TO BARRIERS AND SIGNS. No person, public utility or department in the city shall erect or place any barrier or sign on any street unless of a type approved by the city traffic engineer or disobey the instructions, remove, tamper with or destroy any barrier or sign lawfully placed on any street by any person, public utility or by any department of this city. SECTION 3207.8. NO ENTRANCE INTO INTERSECTION THAT WOULD OBSTRUCT TRAFFIC. No operator of any vehicle shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the inter- section 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. CHAPTER 8. PEDESTRIAN REGULATIONS SECTION 3208. TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO ESTABLISH MARKED CROSSWALKS. (a) The city traffic engineer shall establish and designate 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 all inter- sections within the central traffic district and at such inter- sections outside such district, and at other places within or outside said district where the city traffic engineer determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the road- way subject to the limitations contained in (b) of this section. (b) Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk shall be established in any block which is less than four hundred (400) feet in length and such crosswalk shall be located as nearly as practicable at mid - block. (c) The city traffic engineer may place signs at or adjacent to an intersection in respect to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not cross in the crosswalk so indicated. SECTION 3208.1. WHEN PEDESTRIANS MUST USE CROSSWALKS. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in the central traffic district or in any business district. CHAPTER 9 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES OR IN CERTAIN PLACES SECTION 3209. APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS. (a) The provisions of this chapter prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device. (b) The provisions of this chapter imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of the Vehicle .Code or the ordinances of this city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times. SECTION 3209.1. STOPPING OR STANDING IN PARKWAYS PROHIBITED. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway. SECTION 3209.2. TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO MAINTAIN NO STOPPING ZONES AND NO PARKING AREAS. The city traffic engineer is authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb surface, all no stopping zones, no parking areas, and restricted parking areas, as defined and described in this chapter. When said curb markings or signs are in place no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. SECTION 3209.3. NO PARKING AREAS. No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, park,or leave standing such vehicle in any of the following places -, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized officer, or traffic sign or signal: (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 thoroughfare terminating 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, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface. (d) In any area established by resolution of the Council as a no parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface. (e) Upon, along, or across any railway track in such manner as to hinder, delay, or obstruct the movement of any car traveling upon such track. (f) In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle would con- stitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property. (g) On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction 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 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. (h) At any place within twenty (20) feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the mid -block end of a safety zone, when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface. (i) At any place within fifteen (15) feet of a crosswalk at an inter- section when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop. (j) Within fifteen (15) feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign, or official electric flashing device. SECTION 3209.4. USE OF STREETS FOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES PROHIBITED. No person who owns or has possession,.custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy two (72) hours. SECTION 3209.5. PARKING FOR DEMONSTRATION. No operator of any vehicle shall park said vehicle upon any street in this city for the principal purpose of advertising or displaying it for sale, unless authorized by resolution of the council. SECTION 3209.6. REPAIRING OR GREASING VEHICLES ON PUBLIC STREETS. No person shall construct or cause to be constructed, repair or cause to be repaired, grease or cause to be greased any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street in this city. Temporary emergency repairs may be made upon a public street. SECTION. 3209.7. WASHING OR POLISHING VEHICLES. No person shall wash or cause to be washed, polish or cause to be polished any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street in this city, when a charge is made for such service. SECTION 3209.8. PARKING ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS. (a) The city traffic engineer is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation. (b) When official signs are erected prohibiting parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place. SECTION 3209.9. PARKING PROHIBITED ON NARROW STREETS. .(a) The city traffic engineer is authorized 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. (b) When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking. SECTION 3209.10. PARKING ON GRADES. No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a highway when upon any grade exceeding 3% without blocking the wheels of said vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means. SECTION 3209.11. UNLAWFUL PARKING -- PEDDLERS, VENDORS. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section no person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables, or food stuffs 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, wagons or pushcarts 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 non- profit organizations who have obtained prior approval of the city council. (b) No person shall park or stand on any street any lunch wagon, eating cart or vehicle, or pushcart from which tamales, peanuts, popcorn, candy or other articles of food are sold or offered for sale. SECTION 3209.12. EMERGENCY PARKING SIGNS. (a) Whenever the chief of police shall determine that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or for other reasons, the chief of police shall have power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys as the chief of police shall direct during the time such temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such emergency and the chief of police shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter. (b) When signs authorized by the provisions of this section are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and provisions of such signs. SECTION 3209.14. PARKING OF LARGE OR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES NEAR INTER- SECTIONS. No person shall park any vehicle, other than a passenger vehicle less than eighty (80) inches in width, or any trailer, camper or boat within fifty (50) feet of any intersection. SECTION 3209.15. NIGHTTIME PARKING OF LARGE VEHICLES. Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., it shall be unlawful to park or leave standing upon any public right -of -way within two hundred (200) feet of any dwelling, any vehicle exceeding (1) twenty (20) feet in length, or (2) 6,000 pounds unladen weight, except trailer coaches, house cars, campers or motorhomes. SECTION 3209.16. NIGHTTIME PARKING OF VEHICLES WITH OPERATING AIR CONDITIONING OR REFRIGERATION UNITS. Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., no person shall park or leave standing on any street or public right -of -way any vehicle, except a passenger vehicle, with an operating refrigeration or other unit to cool, heat, humidify, or otherwise air - condition the cargo area, except for locations at least two hundred (200) feet distant from the nearest dwelling. SECTION 3209.99. FINES. Every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine for each separate offense as provided in Section 3217.2. CHAPTER 10 STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED ON CERTAIN STREETS SECTION 3210. TWELVE, FIFTEEN, TWENTY -FOUR, THIRTY, AND THIRTY -SIX MINUTE PARKING. Green curb marking shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than 12, 15, 24, 30 or 36 minutes as determined by the city traffic engineer, at any time between 9:0.0 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays. When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the city traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign or parking meter in violation thereof. SECTION 3210.1. ONE HOUR PARKING. When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been deter- mined by the city traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer than one hour. SECTION 3210.2. TWO-HOUR PARKING. When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been deter- mined by the city traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer than two hours. SECTION 3210.3. PARKING PARALLEL ON ONE -WAY STREETS. (a) Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parking within eighteen (18) inches of the left -hand curb facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any one -way street unless signs are in place prohibiting such stopping or standing. (b) In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways 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 in place permitting such standing or parking. (c) The city traffic engineer is authorized to determine when standing or parking shall be prohibited upon the left -hand side of any one -way roadway or a highway having two or more separate roadways and shall erect signs giving notice thereof. (d) The requirements of parallel parking imposed by this section shall not apply in the event any commercial vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading freight or goods, in which case.such vehicle may be backed up to the curb, provided that such vehicle does not extend beyond the center line of the street and does not block traffic thereby. SECTION 3210.4. DIAGONAL PARKING. On any of the streets or portions of streets established by resolution of the council as diagonal parking zones, when signs or pavement markings are in place indicating such diagonal parking, it.shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park said vehicle except.: (a) At the angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits of said allotted space: (b) With the front wheel nearest the curb within six (6) inches of said curb. The provisions of this section shall not apply when such vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading passengers, freight or goods, in which event the provisions applicable in Section 3210.3 of this chapter shall be complied with. SECTION 3210.5. PARKING SPACE MARKINGS. The city traffic engineer is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings where author- ized parking is permitted. When such parking space markings are placed on the highway, subject to other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be stopped, left standing or parked other than within a single space unless the size or shape of such vehicle makes compliance impossible. SECTION 3210.6. NO STOPPING ZONE. The city traffic engineer shall designate established no stopping zones by placing and maintaining appropriate signs indicating that stopping of vehicles is prohibited and indicating the hours and days when stopping is prohibited. During the hours and one the days designated on the signs, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle'to stop said vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets established by the city traffic engineer as no stopping zones. SECTION 3210.7. ALL NIGHT PARKING PROHIBITED. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle on any street upon which signs are posted in the central traffic district between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m, of any day or between the hours established by resolution of the city council, provided that this section shall not apply to a vehicle of any regularly licensed physician when actually engaged in making pro- fessional calls, and provided that said physician's vehicle is plainly marked and identifiable. CHAPTER 11 STOPPING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY SECTION 3211., AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH LOADING ZONES. (a) The city traffic engineer is authorized to determine and to mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows: (1) At any place in the central traffic district or any business district. (2) Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business or in front of any hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly. (b) Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones. (c) Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones. SECTION 3211.1. CURB MARKINGS TO INDICATE NO STOPPING AND PARKING REGULATIONS. (a) The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized, subject to the pro- visions and limitations of this chapter, to place, and when required herein shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and said curb markings shall have the meanings as herein set forth. (1) Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone. (2) 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 or materials, provided that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three (3) minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than thirty (30) minutes. (3) 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 Sundays and holidays and except as follows: (a) When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox the restrictions shall apply at all times. (b) When such zone is in front of a theatre the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theatre is closed. (4) When the city traffic engineer as authorized under this chapter has caused curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of.this section. SECTION 3211.2. EFFECT OF PERMISSION TO LOAD OR UNLOAD. (a) Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for the purpose of loading or unloading materials shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than thirty (30) minutes. Evidence that there was no activity involving the loading or unloading of materials into or from a vehicle during any continuous period of time of five minutes or longer shall constitute prima facie evidence that said vehicle was parked longer than the time necessary for loading or unloading. (b) The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to deliveries by commercially registered vehicles, also the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail. Passenger vehicles may use a loading zone in the same manner they are allowed to use a passenger loading zone. (c) Permission herein granted to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal bag- gage but still not extend beyond the time necessary therefor 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 load- ing or unloading but without permitting abuse of the privileges hereby granted. SECTION 3211.3. STANDING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow loading zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or material for such time as is permitted in Section 3211.2. SECTION 3211.4. STANDING IN PASSENGER LOADING ZONE OR TAXICAB STAND. No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in any passenger loading zone or any vehicle other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is specified in Section 3211.2. SECTION 3211.5. STANDING IN ANY ALLEY. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in any alley. Time limits for loading shall be as established in Sections 3211.1, 3211.2 and 3211.3, except that these limitations shall apply twenty -four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days a week including Sundays and holidays. SECTION 3211.6. BUS ZONES TO BE ESTABLISHED. (a) The city traffic engineer is authorized to establish bus zones for the loading and unloading of buses and common carriers or passengers and to determine the location thereof. (b) Bus zones shall normally be established on the far side of an intersection. SECTION 3211.7. HANDICAPPED PARKING. No person .other than a person described in Vehicle Code Section 22511.5 shall stop, stand or park in a parking space designated expressly for the use of handicapped persons. SECTION 3211.99. FINES. Every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine for each separate offense as provided in Section 3217.2. CHAPTER 12 RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS SECTION 3212. CERTAIN VEHICLES PROHIBITED IN CENTRAL TRAFFIC DISTRICT. (a) No person shall operate any of the following vehicles in the central traffic district between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day: (1) Any freight vehicle more than eight and one -half (8 1/2) feet in width, with load, or any freight vehicle so loaded that any part of its load extends more than twenty (20) feet to the front or rear of said vehicle; (2) Any vehicle in excess of one ton capacity carrying building material that has not been loading, or is not to be unloaded, at some point within the central traffic district; (3) Any vehicle conveying refuse, rubbish, garbage or dirt. (b) Provided that the chief of police may, by written permit, authorize the operation of any such vehicle for the purpose of making necessary emer- gency deliveries to or from points within the central traffic district. SECTION 3212.1. ADVERTISING VEHICLES. No person, without prior permission of the city council, shall operate or drive any vehicle used for advertising purposes or any advertising vehicle equipped with a sound - amplifying or loud- speaking device upon any street or alley at any time within the central traffic district. SECTION 3212.2. ANIMAL DRAWN VEHICLES. No person shall drive any animal -drawn vehicle into or within the central traffic district between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except by special permit of the chief of police. SECTION 3212.3. TRUCK ROUTES. (a) Whenever any resolution of this city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street, the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons, the city traffic engineer is authorized to designate such street or streets by appropriate signs as "Truck Routes" for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons. (b) When any such truck route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons shall drive on such route or routes and none other except that nothing in this section shall prohibit the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of three tons coming from a "Truck Route" having ingress and egress by direct route to and from restricted streets when 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 deliver- ing materials to be used in the actual and bonafide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon such restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained. (c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to (1) passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, (2) any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the con- struction, installation or repair of any public utility, or (3) any vehicle under contract to the city. (d) Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the council are hereby declared to be truck routes for the movement of vehicles exceed a maximum gross vehicle weight of three tons. SECTION 3212.4. COMMERCIAL VEHICLES PROHIBITED FROM USING CERTAIN STREETS. (a) Whenever any resolution of this city designates and - describes any street or portion thereof as a street, the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle, the city traffic engineer shall erect and maintain appro- priate signs on those streets affected by such designation. (b) Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the council are hereby declared to be streets, the use of which is pro- hibited by any commercial vehicle. The provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission or under contract to the city. SECTION 3212.5. MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT LIMITS OF VEHICLES ON CERTAIN STREETS. No commercial vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of 6,000 pounds shall use the following streets, except those vehicles which are subject to the provisions of Sections 1031 to 1036, inclusive, of the Public Utilities Code of the State of California, and as allowed in Section 3212.3(b) of this chapter. Atascadero Street Avalon Street Balboa Street Boronda Street Cayucos Drive Drake Circle Galleon Way Garcia Drive Gulf Street Huasna Drive Lakeview Street Lima Drive Mariner's Cove Newport Street Oceanaire Court Oceanaire Drive Pereira Drive Perfumo Street Pico Court Pinecove Drive Royal. Way Seaward Street Sola Court Vicente Drive CHAPTER 13 PARKING METERS SECTION 3213. PARKING METER ZONES. The streets or portions of streets shown on the Parking Zone Map to be included in Zone A or B are hereby defined and established as parking meter zones within which the parking of vehicles may be controlled, regulated, and inspected with the aid of parking meters, except that twelve, fifteen, twenty -four, thirty and thirty -six minute spaces.may be established under the provisions of Section 3210 within the following zones: The parking meter fees for the parking meter zones herein established shall be as follows: PARKING ZONE MAP 500 0 O I o ° N V� r J ZO Zone A: 54 per hour Zone B: 10¢ per hour Off Street Lots: 5¢ per hour PEACH sr. 171-- 700 800 900 I 1000 1100 � N 0 o I- I 1E 0 0 MILL ST. Z N O mA I LL IPALM ST. 3 � 7EMP - (� MONTEREY _ RIGUERA ST. U 600 0 00 70 _ 60 9 0 - 1000 p II00 I 0 0 0 o n Z n N y 4 MARSH R ST. 'AGIFIG ST. w I 5 ° o 'ISMO -�rF. SECTION 3213.1. MANNER OF INSTALLATION. The city traffic engineer may cause parking meters to be installed and maintained in all parking meter zones.. Parking meters shall be installed upon the curb or sidewalk area im- mediately adjacent to each parking space. Each meter shall be placed in such manner as to show or display by a sign or signal that the parking space adjacent thereto is or is not legally in use. Each parking meter shall be set to display, after the operational procedure has been completed, a sign or signal indicating legal parking for that period of time conforming to the limit of parking time for the zone in which said parking meter is installed, and shall continue to operate from the time of the completion of the operational procedure until the expiration of the time fixed as the parking limit or a portion thereof for the part of the street upon which said meter is placed. Each said meter shall also be so arranged that upon the expiration of said legal parking time, it will indicate by a mechanical operation and by proper signal that the lawful parking period has expired. SECTION 3213.2. TIME OF OPERATION OF PARKING METERS. The provisions of this chapter relating to the operating of parking meters shall be effective between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on every day except Sundays and holidays. SECTION 3213.3. OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED. Immediately after occupancy of a parking meter space, the operator of a vehicle shall deposit a coin of the United States in said parking meter and if necessary turn a crank, knob, or handle in accordance with the instructions posted on the face of the parking meter. SECTION 3213.4. UNLAWFUL TO PARK AFTER METER TIME HAS EXPIRED. No operator of any vehicle shall permit said vehicle to remain.parked in any parking space during any time that the meter is showing a signal indicating that such space is illegally in use other than such time im- mediately after the original occupancy as is necessary to operate the meter to show legal parking. SECTION 3213.5. UNLAWFUL TO EXTEND TIME BEYOND LIMIT. No person shall follow the operational procedure or any part of the operational procedure for the purpose of increasing or extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the legal parking time which has been established for the parking space adjacent to which said parking meter is placed. SECTION 3213.6. IMPROPER USE OF METER. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any defaced or bent coin, or any slug, device or metallic substitute for a coin of the United States, or deface, injure, tamper with, open or wil- fully break, destroy, or impair the usefulness of any parking meter. SECTION 3213.7. PARKING METERS AND PARKING METER STANDARDS NOT TO BE USED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. No person shall attach any unauthorized thing to or allow a bicycle, newsrack or any other article or thing to lean against a parking meter or a parking meter standard. SECTION 3213.8. RULE OF EVIDENCE. The parking or standing of any motor vehicle in a parking space, at which space the parking meter displays the sign or signal indicating illegal parking, shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the vehicle has been parked or allowed to stand in such space for a period longer than permitted by this chapter. SECTION 3213.10. APPLICATION OF OTHER ARTICLES. No section of this article shall be construed as permitting any parking in violation of any other provision of this code. SECTION 3213.99. FINES. Every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine for each separate offense as provided in Section 3217.2. CHAPTER 14 TRAINS SECTION 3214. RAILWAY GATES. No person shall drive any vehicle through, around, or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed. CHAPTER 15 SPECIAL SPEED ZONES SECTION 3215. MODIFYING THE STATE SPEED LIMIT ON CERTAIN STREETS OR PORTIONS THEREOF. It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed otherwise permitted by state law upon the following streets does not fall within reasonable or safe limits under the conditions found to exist upon such streets. 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: SPEED LIMIT NAME OF STREET AND PORTION AFFECTED (MILES PER HOUR) CALIFORNIA BOULEVARD between Phillips Lane and Foothill Boulevard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 CHORRO STREET between Walnut Street and Foothill Boulevard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 ELKS LANE between Higuera Street and Prado Road. . . . . . . . . . 35 FOOTHILL BOULEVARD between Ferrinin Road and the westerly city limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 FOOTHILL BOULEVARD between Ferrini Road and California Boulevard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 GARDEN ALLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10* GRAND AVENUE between Slack Street and Monterey . . 35 Street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HATHWAY AVENUE between Longview Lane and Carpenter . . 30 Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIGH STREET between Higuera Street and Broad Street. . . . . . . . 35 HIGUERA STREET between Nipomo Street and South Street. . . . . . . 30 HIGUERA STREET between South Street and Elks Lane. . . . . . . . . 135 HIGUERA STREET between Elks Lane and Prado Road. . . . . . . . . . 40 HIGUERA STREET between Prado Road and Tank Farm . 45 Road. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHNSON AVENUE between southerly city limits and a point midway between Lizzie and Iris Streets . . . . . . . . . 35 JOHNSON AVENUE between a point midway between Lizzie and Iris Streets and San Luis Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 KENTUCKY STREET between Taft Street and Hathway Avenue . . . . 30 LAUREL LANE between Johnson Avenue and Southwood Drive . . . . . . 30 LAUREL LANE between Southwood Drive and Orcutt Road... 40 LOS OSOS VALLEY ROAD between Madonna Road and northerly . 45 city limits . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MADONNA ROAD between Higuera Street and a point 200 feet west of Calle Joaquin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 NAME OF STREET AND PORTION AFFECTED SPEED LIMIT MILES PER HOUR MADONNA ROAD from a point 200 feet west of Calle Joaquin to Los Osos Valley Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 MARSH STREET between Higuera Street and Nipomo Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 MARSH STREET between Nipomo Street and Johnson Avenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 MONTEREY STREET between Highway 101 south and Santa Rosa Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 OCEANAIRE DRIVE between Madonna Road and Los Osos Valley Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 ORCUTT ROAD between Broad Street and Johnson Avenue. . . . . . . . 40 OSOS STREET between Leff Street and Buchon Street. . . . . . . . . 30 PATRICIA DRIVE between Foothill Boulevard and Clover Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 PISMO STREET between Broad Street and Higuera Street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 RAMONA DRIVE between Verde Drive and Broad Street. . . . . . . . . 25 SAN LUIS DRIVE between Johnson Avenue and California Boulevard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 SANTA BARBARA AVENUE between South Street and Osos Street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 SOUTH STREET between Broad Street and Higuera Street . . . . . . . 45 ALL ROADS IN CITY PARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15* *Speed limits set by other than engineering speed studies. SECTION 3215.1. 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 appli- cable within the district or at intersections, and may erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof. CHAPTER 16 OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY SECTION 3216. OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS. (a) No person owning or in possession of real property located at any corner formed by intersecting streets shall install, set out, maintain, permit or allow the installation, setting out, maintenance or existence of any hedge, shrubbery, natural growth, fence, or other obstruction to view which exceeds three (3) feet in height above the adjacent curb level within that triangular area between the curb lines adjacent to the corner and a diagonal line joining points on the curb lines adjacent to the corner and a diagonal line joining point on the'curb lines thirty -five (35) feet from the point of their intersections, or in the case of rounded cor- ners, the area between the tangents to the curve and a diagonal line joining points on said tangent thirty -five (35) feet from their point of intersection, when to do so would prevent or interfere with a driver of a vehicle approach- ing the intersection on one street seeing a vehicle approaching the inter- section on another street. (b) Exceptions: The foregoing provision shall not apply to public utility poles; trees trimmed (to the trunk) so that only the trunk ob- structs the view; saplings or plant species of open growth habits and not planted in the form of a hedge, which are so planted and trimmed as to leave at all seasons a clear and unobstructed cross -view; and permanent buildings. (c) Enforcement: In addition to the remedy by prosecution for violation of this chapter, any obstruction maintained in violation of this chapter shall be deemed a nuisance, and upon failure to abate the same within four- teen (14) days after the posting upon the premises of notice to abate the nuisance, signed by the director of public services or his authorized representative, the director of public services or his authorized repre- sentative may enter upon the premises and remove or eliminate the obstruc- tion. In such event the cost to the city of the abatement of the nuisance shall be a personal obligation against the owner of the premises upon which the nuisance was maintained, recoverable by the city in an action before any court of competent jurisdiction. (d) Scope: No obstruction to cross - visibility shall be deemed to be excepted from the application of this chapter because of its being in existence at the time of the adoption hereof, unless expressly exempted by the terms of this chapter. CHAPTER 17 PARKING REVENUES, FINES AND FORFEITURES SECTION 3217. USE OF MONEY DEPOSITED IN PARKING METERS. All moneys collected from parking meters in this city shall be placed in a special fund, and then distributed for the following purposes: (a) For the purchasing, leasing, installing, repairing, maintaining, operating, removing, regulating and policing of parking meters in this city and for the payment of any and all expenses relating or incidental thereto. .(b) For the purchasing, leasing, acquiring, improving, operating and maintaining of off- street parking facilities in this city. (c) For the installation and maintenance of traffic control devices and signals. (d) For the painting and marking of streets and curbs required for the direction of traffic and parking of motor vehicles. (e) For the proper regulation, control and inspection of parking and traffic upon the public streets. (f) To be pledged as security for the payment of principal of and interest on off - street parking revenue bonds issued by this city, of any parking district organized within this city. SECTION 3217.1. FINES; SEPARATE OFFENSES. Every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be punished by a fine for each separate offense as provided in Section 3217.2. For the purposes of this section:. (1) a separate offense occurs when the initial citation is issued for a parking violation; and (2) an additional separate offense occurs, and an additional citation shall be issued, whenever, after the issuance of any citation, the vehicle remains parked for a subsequent period of time equalling or exceeding the parking limitation for the space or zone in which the vehicle is parked. SECTION 3217.2. PARKING FINES. The fines authorized for parking violations in other sections of this code shall be as follows: SECTION 3217.3. DISPOSITION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES. All fines or forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon the for- feiture of bail or any person charges with a violation of any of the provisions of this article, shall be paid into the city treasury and Code Sections Fine - Each Offense 3209 and all subsections $5.00 3210 and all subsections 2.00 3211 and all subsections 5.00 3213 and all subsections 2.00 SECTION 3217.3. DISPOSITION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES. All fines or forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon the for- feiture of bail or any person charges with a violation of any of the provisions of this article, shall be paid into the city treasury and deposited in a special fund to be known as the "Street Improvement Fund." There may be appropriated out of said fund such moneys as from time to time may be authorized by the council for the purchase and maintenance of official traffic signs, signals, lights and paint necessary to designate the provisions of this article, and the balance of such fund shall be used exclusively in the construction, maintenance and improvement of public streets within the city. ORDINANCE NO. 723 FINALLY PASSED this 4th day of October. 19 77, on motion of Councilman Jorgensen seconded by Mayor Schwartz on the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen Jorgensen, Petterson and Mayor Schwartz NOES: Councilman Dunin ABSENT: None, one vacancy ATTEST: /r!'- CITY CLERK