HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1109-1992ORDINANCE NO. 1109-92
AN ORDINANCE RESCINDING TITLE 11 OF THE
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED
"VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC" IN ITS ENTIRETY AND
SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A NEW COMPREHENSIVE
TITLE 11 ENTITLED "VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC"
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Title 11 rescinded.
Title 11 of the South San Francisco Municipal code entitled
"Vehicles and Traffic", being Chapters 11.04 through 11.88,
inclusive, is hereby rescinded in its entirety.
SECTION 2.
Title 11 added.
Title 11 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code, being a
new comprehensive revision, is hereby added to read:
"CHAPTER 11.08
TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION
"11.08.010.
Police administration.
In the police department there shall be a traffic division,
under the control of an officer appointed by and directly
responsible to the chief of police.
11.08.020.
Duty of traffic division.
It shall be the duty of the traffic 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 traffic, to make arrests for
traffic violations, to investigate traffic accidents and to
cooperate with the traffic engineer and other officers of the
city in the administration of the traffic laws and in developing
ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out
those duties especially imposed upon the division by this title.
The traffic division shall maintain a suitable system of filing
traffic accident reports.
11.08.030.
Traffic enqineer.
The city manager shall appoint a traffic engineer who shall
exercise the powers and duties with respect to traffic as
provided in this title.
11.08.040.
Duties of traffic engineer and chief of
police.
It shall be the general duty of the traffic engineer and
chief of police 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 investigation of
traffic conditions and to cooperate with other city officials in
the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions.
11.08.050.
Generally.
The words and phrases used to this title shall have the same
meaning as in the Vehicle Code of the State of California. The
following definitions also shall apply:
(a) Abandoned vehicle.
"Abandoned vehicle" means any motor vehicle which is in
a dilapidated condition or inoperative, wrecked,
dismantled, not used, partially dismantled or
discarded.
(b) Bicycle parking zone.
"Bicycle parking zone" means that space reserved
exclusively for the parking of bicycles.
(c) Business districts.
"Business districts" means all streets and portions of
streets within an area designated by the city council
by resolution as business districts.
(d) Curb.
"Curb" means the lateral boundary of the roadway
whether such curb is marked by curbing construction or
not so marked. "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.
(e) Divisional island.
"Divisional island" means a raised island located in
the roadway and separating opposing or conflicting
streams of traffic.
(f) Grade separation.
"Grade separation" means every structure by means of
which any street passed over or under any stationary
rails or tracks or another street or pedestrian
walkway.
(g) Holidays.
"Holidays" are:
(1) The first day of January
(2) The third Monday in January
(3) The twelfth day of February
(4) The third Monday in February
(5) The last Monday in May
(6) The fourth of July
(7) The first Monday in September
(8) The second Monday in October
(9) The eleventh day in November
(10) The fourth Thursday in November
(11) The Friday following the fourth Thursday in
November
(12) The twenty-fifth day of December
(13) Any other day proclaimed by the city council to be
a holiday.
If a holiday falls upon a Sunday, the Monday following is a
holiday. If a holidays falls upon a Saturday, the Friday
preceding is a holiday.
(h) Lane markings.
"Lane markings" means center lines and lane lines upon
the surface of the roadway to indicate the course to be
traveled by vehicles, and signs may be placed
temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic
moving in a particular direction, regardless of the
centerline of the highway.
(i) Loading zone.
"Loading zone" means the space adjacent to a curb
reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the
loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
(j) Municipal parking lots.
"Municipal parking lots" are those off-street areas
maintained by the city and open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular parking.
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(k) Parkway.
"Parkway" means that portion of a street right of way
other than a roadway or a sidewalk.
(1) Parking meters.
"Parking meters" means 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 for occupancy of such
parking meter space by any vehicle.
CHAPTER 11.12
TRAFFIC REGULATION ENFORCEMENT
11.12.010.
Penalty for Violation.
Unless otherwise stated, any person violating the provisions
of Title 11 is guilty of an infraction and shall be punished as
provided in Chapter 1.24.
11.12.020.
Authority of police and fire department
officials.
Police officers and other persons designated by the chief of
police are authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand,
audible or other signal in conformance with traffic laws. In the
event of fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to
safeguard pedestrians, police officers or members of the fire
department or a person designated by the chief of police or by
law may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding
the provisions to the contrary contained in this title, or the
Vehicle Code.
11.12.030.
Obedience required.
"(a) It is unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to
comply with any act required or to perform any act forbidden by
any lawful order, signal or direction of a police officer or a
member of the fire department or a person authorized by the chief
of police or by law.
(b) It is unlawful 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 title, or the Vehicle Code.
11.12.040.
Persons 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 title, except those provisions which by their
very nature can have no application.
11.12.050.
Obstruction or interference with police or
authorized officers.
It is unlawful for any person to interfere with or obstruct
in any way any police officer or other officer or employee of the
city in their enforcement of the provisions of this title. The
removal, obliteration or concealment or any chalk mark or other
distinguishing mark used by any police officer or other employee
or officer of the city in connection with the enforcement of
parking regulations shall, if done for the purpose of evading the
provisions of this title, constitute such interference or
obstruction.
11.12.060.
Directions at school crossing or other
places.
(a) It shall be the duty of any person appointed by the
chief of police for such purpose, to control traffic at school
crossings or other places designated by the chief. It is
unlawful for any person, at any school crossing, to refuse or
fail to comply with any order, signal or direction of any person
appointed by the chief to control traffic at school crossings or
such other designated places, provided that such person giving
any order, signal or direction shall at the time be wearing some
insignia indicating such authority.
(b) It is unlawful for any minor to direct or attempt to
direct traffic unless authorized to do so by the chief of police.
11.12.070.
Authority to break trains in emergency.
Any police officer has authority to order a train blocking
any grade crossing to be uncoupled or broken at the grade
crossing in order to permit the passage of any emergency vehicle
while such vehicle is engaged in any emergency call or mission.
11.12.080.
Applicable to public employees.
The provisions of this title shall apply to the operator of
any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States
Government, this state, or any county or city. It is unlawful
for any operator to violate any of the provisions of this title
except as otherwise permitted in this title, or by the Vehicle
Code.
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11.12.090.
Exemption of certain vehicles.
(a) The provisions of this title regulating the operation,
parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles
operated by the police or fire department, any public ambulance
or any public utility vehicle or 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 exemptions 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 willful
disregard of the safety of others.
(c) The provisions of this title 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 Post Office Department while in use for the
collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail.
11.12.100.
Report of damaqe 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 entity, including
but not limited to any fire hydrant, parking meter, lighting
post, telephone 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 hours after such
accident, make a written report of such accident to the police
department.
(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 the operator is physically
incapable of making a report, but a report as required in
subsection (a), shall be filed within twenty-four hours after the
operator regains ability to make such report.
(d) The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to
which is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having
been involved in an accident requiring a report under subsection
(a), shall during such periods as designated by the chief of
police, notify the police department immediately after such motor
vehicle is received.
11.12.110.
Removing vehicles from streets.
Any regularly employed member of the police department 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 or more consecutive hours
after notice to remove has been given;
(b) Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a
street or highway, when such parking or standing is prohibited by
ordinance or resolution and appropriate signs are posted;
(c) Any vehicle which is parked 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 of structures or unusual size and the parking
of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or
movement; provided that signs giving notice that such vehicle may
be removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior
to the removal.
11.12.120.
Areas where large numbers of people gather.
At places where large numbers of people and vehicles are to
gather or have gathered, nothing in this title shall be construed
to prevent any police officer from prohibiting any person from
parking any vehicle upon or using any street or sidewalk, or from
prohibiting any pedestrian from using any street or sidewalk, and
the police officer shall have authority to direct the parking of
vehicles in any reasonable manner, way or direction. It is
unlawful for any person to fail to promptly obey the police
officer's order, signal or command, regardless of any other
provision of this title.
11.12.120.
Obstruction to visibility at intersections.
(a) Whenever any object such as a hedge, shrub, tree,
fence, wall, etc., within any street or highway obstructs the
view of any intersection or any vehicular or pedestrian traffic
upon the approaches to such intersection or any other traffic
hazard, the traffic engineer and the chief of police, may remove
or may cause to be removed such object or have such object
reduced to a height less than three feet from level sidewalk.
(b) Whenever any object such as noted in subsection (a) is
on property outside the street or highway, the traffic engineer
and the chief of police shall notify the occupant or owner of
such property to remove or cause to be removed such object or
reduce the height of such object to comply with Chapter 15.08 and
Title 20.
CHAPTER 11.16
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
11.16.010.
Authority to install.
(a) The traffic engineer and the chief of police shall have
the power and duty to place and maintain, or cause to be placed
or maintained, official traffic control devices when and as
required to make effective the provisions of this title.
(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 traffic engineer and the chief of
police are authorized to install or cause to be installed the
necessary devices subject to any limitations or restrictions set
forth in the law.
(c) The traffic engineer and the chief of police may also
place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, such
additional traffic control devices as they may deem necessary or
proper to regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic, but they
shall make such determination only upon the basis of traffic
engineering principles and traffic investigation and in
accordance with such standards, limitations and rules as may be
set forth in this title, or as may be determined by ordinance or
resolution of the council.
(d) The traffic engineer and chief of police are 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 districts or at intersections, and may erect appropriate
signs giving notice thereof.
11.16.020.
Siqns required for enforcement purposes.
No provision of the Vehicle Code or this title for which
signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator
unless appropriate signs are sufficiently legible to give notice
and located so as to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.
11.16.030.
Obedience to Devices.
It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to disobey the
instructions of any official traffic control device placed in
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accordance with this title, unless otherwise directed by a police
officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an
authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls.
Whenever a particular section does not state that signs are
required, such section shall be effective even though no signs
are erected or in place.
11.16.040.
Determination of need and installation.
(a) The traffic engineer and the chief of police are
directed 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 traffic engineer and the chief of police 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 their determination therefrom
shall be made in accordance with those traffic engineering and
safety standards and instructions set forth in the California
Traffic Manual issued by the State of California, Department of
Transportation.
(c) Whenever the traffic engineer and the chief of police
install and maintain an official traffic signal at an
intersection, they shall likewise erect and maintain at such
intersection street name signs visible to the principal flow of
traffic unless such street name signs have previously been placed
and are maintained at any intersection.
11.16.050.
Authority to remove, relocate and discontinue
device.
The traffic engineer and the chief of police are authorized
to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic
control device not specifically required by the Vehicle Code or
this title, whenever they determine in any particular case that
the conditions which warranted or required the installation no
longer exist or pertain.
11.16.060.
Hours of operation.
The traffic engineer and the chief of police 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 title.
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11.16.070.
TemDorary traffic control devices.
The chief of police and designated officers are authorized
to erect and maintain temporary signs or signals regulating
traffic and movement of vehicles upon the streets in the city, so
as to prohibit travel or turning of vehicles upon the streets as
in their opinion the occasion may require. No driver of a
vehicle shall disobey the directions of the signs.
11.16.080.
Lane markings.
The traffic engineer and the chief of police are 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.
11.16.090.
Distinctive roadway markings.
The traffic engineer and the chief of police are authorized
to place and maintain 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
markings or signs and markings. Such markings or signs and
markings shall have the same effect as similar markings placed by
the State Department of Transportation pursuant to provisions of
the Vehicle Code.
11.16.100.
Turning markers.
(a) The traffic engineer and the chief of police are
authorized to place markers, buttons or signs within or adjacent
to intersections and to indicate the course to be traveled by
vehicles turning at such intersections, and are 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.
(b) The traffic engineer and the chief of police are
authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of
vehicle shall not make a right, left or U-turn, and shall place
signs giving notice thereof at such intersections.
11.16.110.
One-way streets and alleys.
Whenever any ordinance or resolution adopted by the city
council designates any one-way street or alley, the traffic
engineer and the chief of police shall place and maintain signs
giving notice thereof, and no such regulations shall be effective
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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.
11.16.120.
Stop Signs.
Whenever any ordinance or resolution adopted by the city
council designates and describes any street or portion thereof as
a through street, or any intersection 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 traffic engineer and the chief of police shall erect and
maintain stop signs. A stop sign shall be erected on each and
every street intersecting such through street or portion thereof
so designated and at those entrances or other intersections where
a stop is required and at any railroad grade crossing so
designated. Every such sign shall conform with, and shall be
placed as provided in the Vehicle Code.
11.16.130.
Truck Routes.
(a) Whenever any ordinance or resolution adopted by the
city council designates and describes any street or portion
thereof on which any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight
limit of three tons is permitted, the traffic engineer and the
chief of police are authorized to designate such street or
streets by appropriate signs as "Truck Traffic Routes" for the
movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of
three tons.
(b) Those streets and parts of streets so marked are
declared to be truck routes for the movement of vehicles
exceeding a maximum gross weight of three tons.
11.16.140.
Commercial vehicles prohibited from using
certain streets.
The traffic engineer and the chief of police shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs on those streets or portions thereof
on which the use of any commercial vehicle is prohibited. Such
restrictions shall not apply to passenger buses under the
jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.
11.16.150.
Unauthorized painting of curbs.
It is unlawful for any person, unless authorized by the
city, to 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 the city pertaining thereto.
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11.16.160.
Obedience to barriers and liqhts.
Any person by whom or under whose immediate direction or by
whose immediate authority as principal or as contractor or
employer any portion of a public street may be made dangerous
shall:
(a) Erect and, so long as the danger continues, maintain,
around the portion of the street or highway so made dangerous, a
good and substantial barrier;
(b) Cause to be maintained during every night, from sunset
to sunrise, sufficient lights, torches or flashers plainly
visible from a distance of five hundred feet on that portion of
the street or crossing so made dangerous.
11.16.170.
Detours and construction.
(a) No street shall be closed or partially obstructed, or
detours established, without approval of the chief of police.
(b) Ail barriers and signs erected in the highway shall be
of a type and located as approved by the traffic engineer and the
chief of police.
(c) In case of emergency, a public utility or department of
the city shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
(d) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions
of any barricades or devices placed under the provisions of this
section.
CHAPTER 11.20
TRAFFIC RULES
11.20.010.
Turning markers at intersection and multiple
lanes.
(a) The traffic engineer and the chief of police are
authorized to place markers, buttons or signs within or adjacent
to intersections to indicate the course to be traveled by
vehicles turning at such intersections, and are 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.
(b) The traffic engineer and the chief of police are
authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of
vehicles shall not make a right, left or U-turn, and shall place
proper signs at such intersections.
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11.20.020.
RiGht turns at controlled intersections.
It is unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to make a right
turn against a red or stop signal at any intersection at which a
sign is posted giving notice of such prohibition.
11.20.030.
Left turns into parking spaces on Grand
Avenue prohibited.
It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle traveling in
either direction on Grand Avenue between Airport Boulevard and
Spruce Avenue to make a left turn across the center of the
roadway so as to enter a parking space upon the side of the
street opposite the vehicle's original direction of traffic.
11.20.040.
U-turns unlawful on Grand Ave.
It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to make a U-
turn at any time at the intersection of Grand Avenue with Maple
Avenue, and at the intersection of Grand avenue with Linden
Avenue.
11.20.050.
Emerging from alley, driveway or building.
It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle emerging from
an alley, driveway or building to fail to stop such vehicle
immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk
area extending across any alleyway or driveway.
11.20.060.
Truck routes.
(a) It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle
exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons to drive on
any street which is not on a truck route or routes, 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 Traffic Route" having ingress and egress by direct
route to and from restricted streets when necessary for the
purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and
merchandise from or to any building or structure located on such
restricted streets or for the purpose of delivering materials to
be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration,
remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon such
restricted streets.
(b) The provision of this section shall not apply to
passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities
Commission, or to any vehicle owned by a pubic utility while
necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of
any public utility.
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11.20.070.
Truck parking in business district.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to park
for any purpose any freight vehicle, motor truck or motor
vehicle, which is so loaded that any part of its load extends
more than twenty feet to the front or rear of the vehicle on any
street of any business district on any day between the hours of
ten a.m. and six p.m.
11.20.080.
Drivinq through funeral processions.
It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to drive
between the vehicles comprising a funeral procession or a parade,
provided that such vehicles are conspicuously 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.
11.20.090.
Clinqing to moving vehicle.
It is unlawful for any person to attach himself or herself
with his or her hands, or to catch on, or hold on by hand or by
other means to any moving vehicle or train for the purpose of
receiving motive power therefrom.
11.20.100.
Commercial vehicles using private driveways.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to operate or drive a
commercial vehicle in, or across any private driveway approach or
sidewalk areas 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.
(b) For the purpose of this section a commercial vehicle
means a vehicle having a rated capacity in excess of one-half
ton.
11.20.110.
Riding or drivin~ on sidewalks.
It is unlawful for any person to ride, drive, propel, or
cause to be propelled, any vehicle or animal across or upon any
sidewalk except over permanently constructed driveways. When it
is necessary for any temporary purpose to drive a loaded vehicle
across a sidewalk, it is permissible to do so provided that the
sidewalk area is substantially protected by wooden planks two
inches thick, and written permission is previously obtained from
the chief of police. Wooden planks shall not be permitted to
remain upon the sidewalk area during the hours from six p.m. to
six a.m.
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11.20.120.
New pavement and markings.
It is unlawful for any person to ride or drive any animal or
any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly
painted markings on 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 markings, or when any such device
is in place indicating that the street or any portion thereof is
closed.
11.20.130.
Limited Access.
It is unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle onto or
from any limited access roadway except at such entrances and
exits as are lawfully established.
11.20.140.
Obedience to barriers and sign.
It is unlawful for any person or public utility to erect or
place any barrier or sign on any street unless of a type approved
by the traffic engineer and the chief of police, or to 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 city department.
11.20.150.
Excessive acceleration of motor vehicles.
It is unlawful for any person in operating a motor vehicle
within the city to so accelerate the same as to cause audible
noise by tire friction on pavement or to cause the tires of the
vehicle to leave skid marks upon the pavement except when such
acceleration is reasonably necessary to avoid a collision.
11.20.160.
Advertising vehicles.
It is unlawful for any person to operate or drive any
vehicle used for advertising purposes or any advertising vehicle
equipped with a sound amplifying, loudspeaking device or hand-
and-mouth sounding device upon any street or alley at any time
within the city unless a permit has been issued by the chief of
police.
11.20.170.
Crossing fire hose.
It is unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle over any
unprotected hose of the fire department when laid down on any
street or private driveway, to be used at any fire or alarm of
fire, without the consent of the fire chief or the chief's
representative in command.
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11.20. 180.
Railway gates.
It is unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle through,
around or under any crossing gate barrier at a railroad gate
crossing while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened
or closed.
11.20.190.
Blocking crossings.
It is unlawful for any person to cause or permit any train
or railway cars or similar vehicle on rails to stop or stand or
to be operated in such a manner as to prevent the use of any
street for the purposes of travel for a period of time longer
than ten minutes. This provision shall not apply to trains, cars
or similar vehicles on rails while blocking or obstructing a
crossing because of an accident which requires the operator of
the train, car or similar vehicle on rails to stop at or near the
scene of the accident.
11.20.200.
Bicycles-riding on sidewalk; roadway.
It is unlawful for any person over the age of seven years to
ride a bicycle upon any sidewalk in the city. The rider of a
bicycle upon a roadway shall ride, as nearly as practicable,
within five feet of the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway,
except when passing a standing or other vehicle or making a left-
hand turn at any intersection.
11.20.210.
Bicycles and motorcycles-riding on
handlebars prohibited.
It is unlawful for the operator of any bicycle or
motorcycle, when upon a street, to carry any other person upon
the bar or handlebars or tank of any such vehicle or for such
person to so ride upon any such vehicle.
11.20.220.
Use of coasters, roller skates and similar
devices.
It is unlawful for any person upon roller skates to ride on,
or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle of similar device, to go
upon any road or upon the sidewalk of any street in a business
district.
CHAPTER 11.24
PEDESTRIAN REGULATIONS
11.24.010.
Establishment of marked crosswalks.
(a) The traffic engineer and the chief of police shall
establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at intersections and
other places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the
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surface of the roadway. Crosswalks shall be established and
maintained at all intersections within the central business
district and at such intersections outside such district and at
other placed within or outside the district where the traffic
engineer and chief of police determine that there is particular
hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway.
(b) Crosswalks, other than crosswalks at intersections.
shall be located as nearly as practicable at midblock. No such
crosswalks shall be established in any block which is less than
four hundred feet in length.
(c) The traffic engineer and chief of police may place
temporary or permanent signs at or adjacent to an intersection in
respect to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not
cross in the crosswalk so indicated.
11.24.020.
Use of crosswalks.
It is unlawful for any pedestrian to cross a roadway other
than in a crosswalk in any business district.
11.24.030.
Obedience to special pedestrian traffic
signals prohibited.
Pedestrians shall obey the indication of special traffic
signals, installed for pedestrians only, and shall disregard the
indication of a vehicular traffic signal at any location where
special pedestrian traffic signals are in place.
11.24.040.
Crossinq at right angles.
It is unlawful for any pedestrian to cross a roadway at any
place, other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by
the shortest route to the opposite curb except when in a marked
crosswalk.
11.24.050.
Standinq in roadways.
It is unlawful for any person to stand in any roadway, other
than in a safety zone or in a crosswalk, if such action
interferes with the lawful movement of traffic. This section
shall not apply to any public officer or employee or employee of
a public utility when necessarily upon a street in line of duty.
11.24.060.
Walking alon~ roadways.
(a) Where sidewalks are provided it is unlawful for any
pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.
(b) Where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian
walking along and upon a highway shall, when practicable, walk
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only on the left side of the roadway or its shoulder facing
traffic which may approach from the opposite direction.
CHAPTER 11.28
PARKING ZONES FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
11.28.010.
Prohibition-Penalty.
It is unlawful for any person to park or stand any vehicle
in a disabled persons' parking zone unless the vehicle bears a
special license plate or displays a special placard issued under
the provisions of Section 9105 or Section 22511.5 of the
California Vehicle Code. Any person violating the provisions of
this chapter is guilty of an infraction and subject to being
cited for the violation and/or having the vehicle removed from
the stall or space designated for disabled persons, to the
nearest garage at the vehicle owner's cost and expense.
11.28.020.
On-street Parking.
The traffic engineer may designate special on-street parking
spaces for exclusive use by disabled persons. Such spaces shall
be operative twenty-four hours a day, Sundays and holidays
included, except when temporary parking prohibitions are
established. Designated spaces shall be identified as required
by Vehicle Code Section 22511.8.
11.28.030.
Off-street publicly owned facilities.
The traffic engineer may designate parking spaces in
publicly owned, leased, or controlled off-street parking
facilities for exclusive use by disabled persons. Such spaces
shall be operative twenty-four hours a day, Sundays and holidays
included, except when temporary parking prohibitions are
established. Designated spaces shall be identified as required
by Vehicle Code Section 22511.8.
11.28.040.
Off-street privatly owned parking
facilities.
(a) The owner or person in lawful possession of an off-
street parking facility may designate stalls or spaces in an off-
street/privately owned parking facility for the exclusive use of
vehicles for disabled persons. Such designation shall be made in
the manner required by Vehicle Code Section 22511.8.
(b) The owner or person in lawful possession of an off-
street privately owned parking facility, after notifying the
police department, may cause the removal, from a stall or space
designated for disabled persons in such facility, of any vehicle
not displaying one of the distinguishing placards or license
plates if the provision of Vehicle Code Section 22511.8 are
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complied with.
(c) Any police officer observing a vehicle parked in a
space so designated for disabled person, which does not display
the required license plate or placard, may obtain authorization
from the owner or the person in lawful possession of the off-
street parking facility to dispatch a tow truck to the site for
the purpose of towing the vehicle from the facility at the
vehicle owner's cost and expense.
CHAPTER 11.32
TRUCK ROUTES
11.32.010.
Streets enumerated.
In accordance with Section 11.20.060, and when signs are
erected giving notice thereof, the following streets or portions
of streets are declared to be truck traffic routes for the
movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight of three
tons:
(a)
Ail public streets, roadways located to the east of
U.S. Highway 101 as well as the following streets,
etc.
(b) Baden Avenue, from Airport Boulevard to Linden Avenue;
(c)
Linden Avenue, from Baden Avenue south to the southerly
limits of the city;
(d)
South Canal Road, from South Linden Avenue to Spruce
Avenue;
(e)
North Canal street, from South Linden Avenue to Spruce
Avenue;
(f) Railroad Avenue, from Linden Avenue to Spruce Avenue;
(g) Spruce Avenue, from Railroad Avenue to E1 Camino Real;
(h) Chestnut Avenue, from E1 Camino Real to Hillside Blvd.;
(i)
Mission Road, from Chestnut Avenue to the western city
limits;
(J)
E1 Camino Real, from the southern city limits to the
northern city limits;
(k)
Hickey Boulevard, from E1 Camino Real to Junipero Serra
Boulevard;
(1) Hillside Boulevard, from the western limits of the city
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to Randolph Avenue;
(m)
Hillside Blvd. (extension) from Randolph Avenue to
Airport Boulevard;
(n)
Junipero Serra Boulevard, from the southern city limits
to the northern city limits;
(o)
Victory Avenue, from South Linden Avenue to Spruce
Avenue;
(p)
South Maple Avenue, from South Canal Road to Tanforan
Avenue;
(q)
Tanforan Avenue, from South Maple Avenue to Dollar
Avenue;
(r)
Dollar Avenue, from Tanforan Avenue to South Linden
Avenue;
(s) San Mateo Avenue, from Shaw Road to Airport Boulevard;
(t)
Shaw Road, from San Mateo Avenue to the southern city
limits;
(u) Ryan Way, from Victory;
(v) Browning Way from South Maple;
(w)
Starlite Street, from South Spruce Avenue to South
Canal Street;
(x)
Lowrie Avenue, from San Mateo Avenue (north) to San
Mateo Avenue (south);
(y) Terminal Court from Produce Avenue.
11.32.020.
Authority to install appropriate signs.
The traffic engineer is authorized to place and maintain, or
cause to be placed and maintained, official signs both directing
truck routes and prohibiting trucks from using certain streets as
required under this chapter. The traffic engineer may also place
and maintain such additional signs as may deem necessary to
regulate truck traffic or to guide or warn truck traffic, but
shall make such determination only upon the basis of traffic
engineering principles and traffic investigations, and in
accordance with such standards, limitations and rules as may be
determined by resolution of the city council or this code.
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11.32.030.
Route sign removal, location or
discontinuance.
The traffic engineer is authorized to remove, relocate or
discontinue the operation of any truck route sign not
specifically required by state law or this chapter whenever he
determines in any particular case, that the conditions which
warranted or required the installation of such sign no longer
exist or obtain.
CHAPTER 11.36
INTERSTATE TRUCKS
11.36.010.
Definitions.
The following words and phrases shall have the meanings set
forth, and if any word or phrase used in this chapter is not
defined in this section, it shall have the meanings set forth in
the California Vehicle Code; provided, that if any such word or
phrase is not defined in the Vehicle Code, it shall have the
meaning attributed to it in ordinary usage.
(a)
"Caltrans" means the State of California Department of
Transportation or its successor.
(b)
"Interstate truck" means a truck tractor and trailer or
doubles with unlimited length as regulated by the
Vehicle Code.
(c)
"Terminal" means any facility at which freight is
consolidated to be shipped or where full load
consignments may be loaded and off loaded or at which
the vehicles are regularly maintained, stored or
manufactured.
11.36.020.
Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to establish procedures for
terminal designation and truck route designation to terminals for
interstate trucks operating on a federally designated highway
system and to promote the general health, safety and welfare of
the public.
11.36.030.
Applications.
(a) Any interested person requiring terminal access for
interstate trucks from the federally designated highway system
shall submit an application, on a form as provided by the city,
together with such information as may be required by the city
engineer and a receipt showing that the applicant has paid the
fees set forth in Section 11.36.040.
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(b) Upon receipt of the application, the city engineer will
cause an investigation to be made to ascertain whether or not the
proposed terminal facility meets the requirements for an
interstate truck terminal. Upon approval of that designation the
city engineer will then determine the capability of the route
requested and alternate routes, whether requested or not.
Determination of route capability will include, without
limitation, a review of adequate turning radius and lane widths
of ramps, intersections and highways and general traffic
conditions such as sight distance, speed and traffic volumes. No
access off a federally designated highway system will be approved
without the approval of Caltrans.
(c) Should the requested route pass through this city to a
terminal located in another jurisdiction, the applicant shall
comply with that jurisdiction's application process.
Coordination of the approval of the route through the city will
be the responsibility of the entity which controls the terminal's
land use.
11.36.040.
Fees and costs.
(a) The applicant shall pay a nonrefundable processing fee,
in an amount adopted by resolution of the city council.
(b) Upon the approval of the terminal designation and route
by the city and by Caltrans the applicant shall deposit with the
city sufficient funds as estimated by the city engineer to pay
for the purchase and installation of terminal trailblazer signs.
Trailblazer signs will be required at every decision point in the
city enroute to the terminal. Upon completion of the
installation of the signs, the actual cost shall be computed and
any difference between the actual and the estimated cost shall be
billed or refunded to the applicant, whichever the case may be.
No terminal or route may be used until such signs as may be
required are in place.
11.36.050.
Retrofittinq.
(a) If all feasible routes to a requested terminal are
found unsatisfactory by the city engineer, the applicant may
request retrofitting of the deficiencies. All costs of
engineering, construction and inspection will be the
responsibility of the applicant. Except when the retrofitting of
deficiencies is within the jurisdiction of Caltrans, the actual
construction will be done by the city or by the contractor
acceptable to it, pursuant to an encroachment permit.
(b) When the work is to be done by the city, the applicant
shall deposit with the city the estimated cost of retrofitting
and inspection fees. Adjustments between the estimated and
actual cost shall be made from completion of the work and any
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difference between the actual and the estimated cost shall be
billed or refunded to the applicant as the case may be. When the
work is done by the applicant, the applicant shall file with the
city engineer, on a form satisfactory to the city engineer, a
statement detailing the actual costs of the retrofitting, which
shall be the basis of computing the nonrefundable inspection fee
as described in the master fee schedule for Encroachment Permits.
All requirements for Encroachment Permits shall apply.
(c) If at any time within five years from the date of
completion of the retrofitting by the applicant, should any
applicant seek terminal approval which would use the route upon
which such retrofitting was accomplished, any such applicants'
fee may include that applicant's proportionate share of the
retrofitting, as determined by the city engineer, which fee shall
be disbursed by the city to any applicant who paid for the
retrofitting as well as to any applicant who contributed to the
cost of retrofitting under this section. Nothing herein shall
require the payment of a proportionate fee if the applicant doing
the work failed to file the report with the city engineer
required by subsection (b) of this section.
11.36.060.
Revocation of route.
The city engineer may revoke any approved destination of a
terminal or route if the terminal or route becomes a safety
hazard for vehicular traffic. A safety hazard includes, but is
not limited to, the inability of interstate trucks to negotiate
the route of such vehicles causing unsafe driving conditions for
other vehicular traffic or pedestrians.
11.36.070.
Appeal.
(a) If the city engineer denies terminal designation, route
feasibility or revokes a previously approved terminal or route
designation, the applicant/terminal owner, within ten days
following the date of receipt of the decision of the city
engineer may appeal the decision to the city council.
(b) If Caltrans and not the city engineer denies or revokes
terminal access from federally designated highways, no appeal may
be made to the city council, but must be made to Caltrans as may
be permitted by Caltrans.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve
an applicant from any of the requirements of Title 20 of this
code.
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CHAPTER 11.40
STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING
11.40.010.
Application or regulations.
(a) The provisions of this title or any ordinance or
resolution adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code prohibiting the
stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle, shall apply at all
times or at those times 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 other
authorized officer or official traffic control device.
(b) The provisions of this title or any ordinance or
resolution adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code 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 this code prohibiting or limiting the standing or
parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
11.40.020.
Maintenance of no stopping zones and
no Darkinq areas.
(a) The traffic engineer and chief of police are authorized
to maintain, by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb
surface, all no stopping zones, no parking areas and restricted
parking areas.
(b) The traffic engineer and chief of police shall
designate established no stopping zones by placing and
maintaining appropriate signs and curb markings indicating the
hours and days when stopping is prohibited.
(c) The traffic engineer and chief of police are authorized
to place signs or curb markings upon any street when the width of
the roadway does not exceed twenty feet or upon one side of a
street when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty feet.
(d) The traffic engineer and chief of police are authorized
to place signs or curb markings indicating no parking upon the
side of any street adjacent to any school property when such
parking would, in their opinion, interfere with traffic or create
a hazardous situation.
(e) When signs or curb markings are in place it is unlawful
for any operator of any vehicle to stop, stand or park such
vehicle in violation of any such.legible curb marking or sign.
11.40.030.
Loading zones.
(a) The traffic engineer and chief of police are authorized
to determine and to mark loading zones as follows:
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(1) At any place in a business district.
(2) 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) In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb
length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.
(c) Loading zones shall be indicated by appropriate curb
markings or by putting signs in place at each end of the loading
zone.
11.40.040.
Curb markings.
The traffic engineer and chief of police are authorized to
place curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations.
Curb markings shall have the following meanings:
(a) Red means 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.
(b) Yellow means no stopping, standing or parking at any
time between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day, except Sundays
and holidays, for any purpose other than the loading of
passengers or materials.
(c) White means no stopping, standing or parking at any
time for any purpose other than loading or unloading of
passengers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent
mailbox, between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except
Sundays and holidays.
(1) When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front
of a mailbox the restrictions shall apply at all times.
(2) When such zone is in front of a theater the
restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater is
closed.
(d) Green means no standing or parking for longer than
twenty-four minutes at any time between seven a.m. and six pm. of
any day except Sundays and holidays unless otherwise noted.
11.40.050.
Parkinq space markings.
(a) The traffic engineer and chief of police are authorized
to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate
parking spaces adjacent to curbings where authorized parking is
permitted.
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(b) It is unlawful for any vehicle to be stopped, left
standing or parked in other than a marked or designated parking
space.
(c) When such parking space markings are placed on the
highway, subject to other and more restrictive limitations, it is
unlawful for any vehicle to be stopped, left standing or parked,
other than within a single space, unless such vehicle is actually
engaged in the process of loading or unloading passengers and/or
freight goods.
11.40.060.
Emergency parking signs.
(a) Whenever the traffic engineer and chief of police
determine that traffic congestion is likely to result from the
holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions
and/or repairing of streets or hazardous conditions or for other
reasons, the traffic engineer and 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. Such signs
shall remain in place only during the existence of the emergency
and the traffic engineer and 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, it is unlawful for any
person to operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the
directions and provisions of such signs.
11.40.070.
Parkinq hours.
When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings are
in place giving notice thereof, it is unlawful for any operator
of any vehicle to stop, stand or park the vehicle between the
designated hours of any day except Sundays or holidays for a
period of time longer than posted. Unless otherwise indicated,
it is permissible to load and unload passengers or materials
provided that the loading or unloading conforms with the posted
limits.
11.40.080.
Parkinq parallel on one-way streets.
(a) Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a
vehicle may be stopped or parked within eighteen inches of the
lefthand 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, it is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a
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vehicle upon the lefthand side of such one-way roadway unless
signs are in place permitting such stopping, standing or parking.
(c) The traffic engineer and chief of police are authorized
to determine when stopping, standing or parking is prohibited
upon the lefthand side of any one-way street or when stopping,
standing or parking may be permitted upon the lefthand side of
any one-way roadway of a highway having two or more separate
roadways and shall erect signs giving notice thereof.
11.40.090.
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 is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park
the 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 the allotted spaces;
(b) With the front wheel nearest the curb within six inches
of the curb.
11.40.100.
Exceptions to parallel parking and diagonal
Parking requirements.
The requirements of parallel parking and diagonal parking
imposed by this chapter shall not apply in the event any
commercial vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading
or unloading passengers, 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.
11.40.110.
Effect of permission to load or unload.
(a) Permission to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of
loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial
vehicles and the pickup or delivery of express and parcel post
packages and United States mail and shall not extend beyond the
time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than twenty
minutes.
(b) Permission 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
therefor and in no event for more than five minutes.
(c) The provisions of this section shall be enforced so as
to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but
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without permitting abuse of the privileges granted.
11.40.120.
Loadinq or unloading prohibitions.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to 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
specified herein.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a
vehicle in any white loading zone for any purpose other than the
loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is specified
herein.
(c) It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a
vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of
persons or materials in an alley or lane of any business district
for more than twenty minutes. In no event shall a vehicle parked
under the provisions of this section be allowed to completely
obstruct the flow of vehicular traffic.
(d) It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand, park or
double park a commercial vehicle adjacent to another vehicle
which is stopped, standing or parked or double parked for the
purposes of pickup or delivery or loading or unloading if there
is a legal parking space of sufficient size within fifty feet of
the nearest location to which a pickup or delivery is being made.
(e) It is unlawful for any person to use a public parking
lot for the loading or unloading of commercial vehicles.
11.40.130.
Bus zones to be established.
(a) No bus zone shall exceed fifty feet in length, except
that when satisfactory evidence has been presented to the traffic
engineer and chief of police showing the necessity therefor, the
traffic engineer and chief of police may extend bus zones.
(b) The traffic engineer and chief of police shall require
that the curb be painted red and the words "Bus Zone" be
stenciled in white letters upon the top or side of all curbs and
places specified as a bus zone. Bus zones shall normally be
established on the far side of an intersection.
(c) It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park
any vehicle except a bus in a bus zone.
11.40.140.
Taxicab stands.
(a) The traffic engineer and chief of police shall
establish taxicab stands and determine the location thereof.
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(b) The curb surface within each taxicab stand shall be
pained white and marked "Taxicab Stand" in red lettering, or
shall be designated by signs of a type and size approved by the
traffic engineer and chief of police.
(c) It is unlawful for any operator of any vehicle, other
than a taxicab or automobile for hire, to park the vehicle in
such taxicab stand.
11.40.150.
Bicycle parking zones.
When the traffic engineer and chief of police determine that
the establishment of a bicycle parking zone is reasonably
necessary or desirable for the regulation of traffic or to
provide facilities for the temporary parking of bicycles being
operated upon public streets or to safeguard life or property,
they are authorized to set aside a space on the street not more
than thirty-six feet in length for the parking of bicycles during
such hours of such days as are found by them to be the best
suited for the accomplishment of the purposes set forth in this
section. When a bicycle parking zone is established, the traffic
engineer and chief of police shall cause appropriate signs to be
posted during such hours giving notice that parking of other
vehicles is prohibited. It is unlawful for any person to stop,
stand or park any other vehicle in front of such zone while such
signs are in place.
11.40.160.
Use of streets for storage of vehicle
prohibited.
(a) It is unlawful for any person who owns or has
possession or control of any vehicle to park such vehicle upon
any public street, lane or public parking lot for more than a
consecutive period of seventy-two hours.
(b) In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon
a public street, lane or public parking lot in excess of a
consecutive period of seventy-two hours, any employee of the
police department, authorized by the chief of police, may remove
the vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the
requirements of the Vehicle Code.
11.40.170.
Parking on grades.
It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any
vehicle unattended on a highway when upon any grade exceeding
three percent (within any business or residential district)
without blocking the wheels of the vehicle by turning them
against the curb or by other means.
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11.40.180.
All-night parking prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a
vehicle on any street within a business district between the
hours of three a.m. and five a.m., or as otherwise posted.
11.40.190.
Vehicles on private property.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to operate, drive or
leave any vehicle in, over or upon any private property without
the express permission of the owner or occupant thereof.
(b) The owner or person in lawful possession of any p~ivate
property may cause the removal of a vehicle parked on the
property to the nearest public garage if:
(1) There is displayed, in plain view at all entrances
to the property, a sign, with dimensions not less than seventeen
inches vertically by twenty-two inches horizontally, prohibiting
public parking and indicating that vehicles will be removed at
the owner's expense, and containing the telephone number of the
South San Francisco police department; or
(2) The lot or parcel upon which the vehicle is parked
is improved with a single family dwelling.
(c) Any person causing the removal of a vehicle parked on
private property pursuant to the provisions of this section shall
first notify the South San Francisco police department by
telephone, or, if impractical, by the most expeditious means
available and shall comply with all other relevant provisions of
Vehicle Code Section 22658 or its successor.
11.40.200.
Display of warning devices when commercial
vehicle disabled.
Every motor truck having an unladen weight of four thousand
pounds or more, and every truck tractor, irrespective of weight,
when operated upon any street or highway during darkness shall be
equipped with and carry at least two flares or two red lanterns
or two warning lights or reflectors, which reflectors shall be of
a type approved by the Department of California Highway Patrol.
When any vehicle above mentioned or any trailer or semi-trailer
is disabled upon streets or highways outside of any business or
residence district and upon which street or highway there is
insufficient street lighting to reveal a vehicle at a distance of
two hundred feet during darkness, a warning signal of the
character indicated above shall be immediately placed at a
distance of approximately one hundred feet in advance of, and one
hundred feet at the rear of, such disabled vehicle by the driver
thereof. The continuous flashing of at least four approved Class
A-type I turn signal lamps, at least two toward the front and at
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least two toward the rear of the vehicle shall be considered to
meet the requirements of this section until the devices mentioned
above can be placed in the required locations. The warning
signals herein mentioned shall be displayed continuously during
darkness while such vehicle remains disabled upon such street or
highway.
11.40.210.
Parking commercial vehicle in restricted
districts.
It is unlawful for any person to park any commercial vehicle
or truck with a manufacturers' rated capacity greater than one
ton or a trailer or semi-trailer for more than five hours in any
residential district except:
(a) While loading or unloading property, when time in
addition to such five hour period is necessary to complete such
work; or,
(b) When such vehicle is parked in connection with, and in
aid of, the performance of a service to or on a property in the
block in which such vehicle is parked, and time in addition to
such five-hour period is reasonably necessary to complete such
service.
11.40.220.
No parkinq areas.
It is unlawful for any operator of any vehicle to stop,
stand, or park a 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, streets or
thoroughfare terminating at such street when the area is
indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb
surface;
(c) In any area where the traffic engineer and chief of
police determine 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;
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(e) Upon, along or across any railway track in such manner
as to hinder, delay or obstruct the movement of any train or
railwlay car traveling upon such track.
(f) In any area where the parking or stopping of any
vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life
or property;
(g) On any street or highway where the use of the 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 hours prior
to the effective time of such no parking.
11.40.230.
Stopping or standing in parkways
prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a
vehicle within any parkway.
11.40.240
Parking vehicles for sale.
It is unlawful for any person to park any vehicle upon any
public street, lane or public parking lot for the purpose of
displaying it for sale.
11.40.250.
Repairing or greasing vehicles on public
property.
It is unlawful for any person to 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, lane or public parking lot, except to make temporary
emergency repairs necessary to move the vehicle.
11.40.260.
Damaged or repairable vehicles.
It is unlawful for the proprietor or operator of any garage
in which vehicles are repaired to permit or allow any damaged
vehicle or any vehicle needing repair or adjustment to stand upon
any Municipal parking lot, street or other public thoroughfare
more than one hour before such vehicle is repaired or adjusted.
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11.40.270.
Storage of dismantled vehicle on street
prohibited.
(a) It is unlawful to deposit, store or leave standing any
vehicle, or part or parts of any vehicle, or of any wrecked or
dismantled vehicle, upon any property, not covered by a building
conforming to the building regulations. In the event any wrecked
or dismantled vehicle is parked or left standing, deposited or
stored upon any property in the city, in excess of a consecutive
period of seventy-two hours, any member of the police department
authorized by the chief of police may remove, or cause to be
removed the wrecked or dismantled vehicle and any parts from such
property.
(b) The removal of any stored or wrecked vehicle and any
expense incurred by the removal shall be paid for by the owner or
owners of the vehicle.
11.40.280.
Washing or polishing vehicles.
It is unlawful for any person to wash or cause to be washed,
polish or cause to be polished any vehicle or any part thereof
upon any public street, or upon any public parking lot without
prior City Council authorization, when a charge is made for such
service.
11.40.290.
Unlawful parking by street vendors.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is
unlawful for any person to stand or park any vending vehicle, as
defined in Chapter 6.90, for the purpose of selling or offering
for sale any goods or merchandise on any street within the city
except that such vending vehicles may stand or park adjacent to
the curb in a lawful manner as more fully set forth in Chapter
6.90 of this code.
(b) In the interest of traffic and pedestrian safety, it is
unlawful for any vending vehicle to be parked, stopped or left
standing in any manner which blocks or impedes vehicular access
to any driveway, or restricts the free movement of other vehicles
or pedestrians on the pubic street and sidewalk or creates or
constitutes a traffic safety hazard. 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 of distribution.
(c) Whenever a street vending permit is granted under the
provisions of Chapter 6.90 of this code, and a particular
location to park or stand is specified therein, no person shall
park or stand any vending vehicle in any location other than that
designated on the permit.
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(d) Street vendors are more specifically defined and
regulated by Chapter 6.90 of this code. All regulations set
forth in Chapter 6.90 are applicable to the designation of street
vendor or street peddler.
11.40.300.
Use of vehicles for human habitation
prohibited.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to use or occupy or
permit the use or occupancy of any vehicle for human habitation
on any street, park, alley, public parking lot or other public
way. For purposes of this section "human habitation" means the
use of a vehicle for a dwelling place and does not include use of
a vehicle for alleviation of sickness or temporary physical
inability to operate the vehicle.
(b) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as set forth
in Chapter 1.24 of this code.
CHAPTER 11.44
BICYCLE LICENSES
11.44.010.
Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions
shall apply:
(a)
"Bicycle" means any device upon which a person may ride
which is propelled by human power through a system of
pedals, belts, chains, or gears, having either two or
three wheels (one of which is at least twenty inches in
diameter) in tandem or tricycle arrangement with a
frame size of at least fourteen inches.
(b)
"Bicycle dealer," which also include the term "bicycle
retailer," means any person including agents or
employees of such person who sells, gives away, buys,
or takes in trade for the purpose of resale more than
five bicycles in any one calendar year, whether or not
such bicycles are owned by such person. "Bicycle
dealer" is referred to in this chapter as "dealer."
(c)
"Bicycle license, indicia and registration form" means
the items procured and distributed by the state in
accordance with Section 39001 of the Vehicle Code.
(d)
"City licensing authority" means the chief of police of
the city.
(e)
"City enforcement authority" means the chief of police
of the city.
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(f)
"Motorized bicycle" means any two-wheeled or three-
wheeled device having fully operative pedals for
propulsion by human power, or having no pedals if
powered solely by electrical energy, and an automatic
transmission and a motor which produces less than two
gross brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the
device at a maximum speed of not more than thirty miles
per hour on level ground. See Vehicle Code Section
406.
11.44.020.
Registration forms and indicia-Issuance
authority.
The city licensing authority shall obtain the registration
forms and license indicia authorized by the Vehicle Code and
issue the same to owners of any new or used bicycle or motorized
bicycle registered during the period of the validity of the
license or until notification that the bicycle or motorized
bicycle is no longer to be operated.
11.44.030.
Recordkeeping.
The city licensing authority shall maintain a record of each
bicycle or motorized bicycle registered during the period of the
validity of the license or until notification that the bicycle
or motorized bicycle is no longer to be operated.
11.44.040.
Preregistration form.
The city licensing authority shall obtain and provide to a
seller or dealer a preregistration form so that same may be
furnished to a purchaser and returned to the city licensing
authority within ten days after a sale. The city licensing
authority, upon receipt of the filled-out preregistration form,
shall maintain it as part of the records. The city licensing
authority may compare the completed preregistration form with the
information included on the sales check or receipt given to the
purchaser by the dealer or seller which includes the following:
(a) Name of dealer or seller, whichever is applicable;
(b) Address;
(c) Year and make of bicycle or motorized bicycle;
(d)
Serial number if delivered to purchaser in an assembled
state;
(e) General description of the bicycle; and
(f) Name and address of the purchaser.
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11.44.050.
Serial number.
The city licensing authority, prior to registration and
issuance of a license indicia, shall require that a serial number
be legibly and permanently stamped or cast on a new bicycle or
motor bicycle sold in the state. The serial number shall be no
less than one-eighth inch in size and unique to the particular
bicycle or motor bicycle of each manufacturer, and such number
only shall be stamped or cast in the head of the frame, either
side of the seat tube, the toe plate, or the bottom sprocket
(crank) housing.
11.44.060.
Transfer of ownership.
(a) Upon receipt of a registration certificate endorsed by
a transferrer in accordance with Vehicle Code Section 39008(a),
the city licensing authority shall verify that the person who
sold or otherwise disposed of the bicycle or motor bicycle
endorsed upon the registration certificate previously issued for
the same a written transfer of the same setting forth the name,
address, telephone number of the transferee, date of transfer,
and signature of transferrer; and maintain a record of the
endorsed registration certificate.
(b) Upon receipt of an application by a person for transfer
of license to his own name after purchase or otherwise acquiring
possession of a bicycle or motor bicycle, the city licensing
authority, upon proof of ownership, shall issue such transfer.
(c) The city licensing authority may establish reasonable
rules and regulations to govern and enforce the provisions of
this section.
11.44.070.
Changes of address--Issuance of duplicates.
(a) The city licensing authority shall record and maintain
a record of the change of address submitted by an owner-licensee
in accordance with Vehicle Code Section 39009.
(b) Upon receipt of notification that a license indicia or
registration form issued pursuant to this chapter has been lost,
stolen, or mutilated, and receipt of an application for a
duplicate, the city licensing authority shall have the authority
to issue the same upon verifying ownership.
11.44.080.
Fees--Amounts and dispositions.
(a) The city licensing authority shall collect fees as set
forth in the master fee schedule of the city, adopted by
resolution of the city council in accordance with Section 39004
of the Vehicle Code.
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(b) The fees so collected shall be used as follows:
(1)
Fifty percent shall be used for support of this
chapter;
(2)
Forty percent shall be used to improve bicycle
safety programs in the city;
(3)
Ten percent shall be used to establish bicycle
facilities, including bicycle paths and lanes.
11.44.090.
Assistance by fire chief.
The chief of the fire department shall assist and cooperate
with the licensing authority in issuing licenses at fire stations
designated by the fire chief.
11.44.100.
Compliance with provisions and state law
required.
(a) No resident of the city shall operate a bicycle or
motor bicycle or cause, allow, or permit the same to be operated
on any street, road, highway, or other public property within the
city unless it is licensed in accordance with this chapter.
(b) No person shall operate a bicycle or motor bicycle or
cause, allow, or permit same to be operated on any street, road,
highway or other public property within the city unless it is
licensed in accordance with Vehicle Code Section 39000, et seq.
11.44.110.
Destruction or interference with indicia
or forms prohibited.
No person shall tamper with, destroy, mutilate, or alter any
license indicia or registration form or remove, alter, or
mutilate the serial numbers or the identifying mark of a
licensing agency's identifying symbol on any bicycle or motor
bicycle frame licensed pursuant to this chapter or Vehicle Code
Section 39000, et seq.
11.44.120.
Impoundment of vehicles.
The city's enforcement authority shall impound and retain
possession of any bicycle or motor bicycle which does not comply
with the provisions of this chapter or Vehicle Code Section
39000, et seq. The city enforcement authority may retain
possession of the bicycle until the provisions of this chapter or
Vehicle Code Section 39000, et seq. are complied with. The
city's enforcement agency within two days after so impounding
shall give written notice to the last registered owner requiring
the owner to so comply within five days. If the registered owner
or the owner's successor fails, refused, or neglects to so comply
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and obtain release of the bicycle or motorized bicycle within
five days, all costs incurred thereafter related to the impound,
including but not limited to storage costs, shall be paid by the
owner or the owner's successor before release from impound.
11.44.130.
Vehicle Code sections adopted by reference.
Vehicle Code Sections 39006, 39007, 39008 and 39009
establishing certain obligations of dealers, buyers, and sellers
related to sale, serial numbers, recordation of transfer and
notification of change of address are recited for reference and
adopted as mandatory requirements of this chapter.
11.44.140.
Secondhand sales--Daily report required.
Each person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of
buying secondhand bicycles and/or motor bicycles shall make a
daily report to the police department stating the name and
address of the seller, the description, the frame number and the
number of the license sticker attached thereto, if any. Each
person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of selling
secondhand bicycles and/or motor bicycles shall make a daily
report to the police department stating the name and address of
the buyer, the description and the number of license sticker
attached thereto, if any.
11.44.150.
Bicycles--Riding on roadway.
It is unlawful to ride a bicycle upon any sidewalk in the
city. The rider of a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride, as
nearly as practicable, within five feet of the right-hand curb or
edge of the roadway, except when passing a standing or other
vehicle or making a left-hand turn at any intersection.
11.44.160.
Penalty for violation.
Any person or dealer violating any of the provisions or
failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this
chapter is guilty of an infraction.
CHAPTER 11.56
PARKING LOTS, PARKING METERS, AND PARKING ZONES
11.56.010.
Meter zones established.
(a) Subject to city council approval, parking meter zones
shall be established by the traffic engineer and chief of police
upon such streets, portions of streets, municipal parking lots or
within the parking district as may be necessary for traffic or
parking control purposes.
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(b) The traffic engineer and chief of police shall install
parking meters or parking stalls for the purpose of, and in such
numbers and in such places, as in their judgment may be necessary
for the regulation, control and inspection of the parking of
vehicles therein.
(c) The traffic engineer and chief of police are further
authorized and directed to reserve the zone spaces for loading or
unloading passengers, for bus stops, taxicab stands, and other
spaces for use and convenience of the public.
11.56.020.
Parking meter rates and time limits.
The parking meter rates and time limits shall be as set by
resolution of the parking place commission, and shall be
published in the master fee schedule. The traffic engineer and
chief of police are authorized to erect and maintain necessary
signs pertaining thereto on the street and in the parking lots.
11.56.030.
Parking meter or parking ticket box.
(a) The traffic engineer and chief of police shall
designate the parking space adjacent to each parking meter for
which such meter is to be used by appropriate markings upon the
curb and/or the pavement.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in any
designated parking meter space so that any part of the vehicle
occupies more than one space or protrudes beyond the markings
designating such space, except that a vehicle which is of a size
too large to be parked within a single designated parking meter
space shall be permitted to occupy two adjoining parking meter
spaces when coins have been deposited in the parking meter for
each space so occupied.
11.56.040.
Maximum parking limit.
It is unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or
suffer any vehicle registered to, operated or controlled by that
person to be parked in any parking space upon any street or
municipal parking lot within a parking meter zone or parking
district, next to which a parking meter or parking time limit is
established, for more than the time indicated by proper signs, or
any time or paid for on the parking meter or by a parking ticket
properly displayed, except during the time from six p.m. to six
a.m. Monday through Friday, or on Sundays and holidays.
11.56.050.
Parking meter hoods.
(a) The chief of police is authorized to issue parking
meter hoods to persons, firms or corporations occupying property
adjacent to parking spaces located within the parking meter zone,
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and also to proprietors of funeral parlors, and such persons,
firms or corporations are authorized to use such hoods as
provided herein.
(b) Such parking meter hoods shall only be issued, after
due application, when the circumstances indicate to the
satisfaction of the chief of police that there is a need to limit
the parking in certain parking areas within the parking meter
zone to park for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers,
merchandise or materials during certain times and for purposes
incident to the conduct of funerals.
(c) Application for the issuance of a parking meter hood
shall be made on a form approved by the chief of police.
(d) The person, firm or corporation authorized to use a
parking meter hood shall place the hood over the head of the
parking meter with the lettering facing the street, and shall
lock the lock provided on the hood and shall only place or allow
such hood to remain on the parking meter during such times as the
limitation of parking as provided herein is needed.
(e) The chief of police may revoke the authority granted to
use a hood when the person, firm or corporation is found to be
using the hood for other purposes than to fulfill the need for
which the authority to use the hood was granted.
11.56.060.
Parking while hood is in place prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or
suffer any vehicle operated or controlled by that person to be
parked in any parking space within a parking meter zone adjacent
to while a parking meter is established while a parking meter
hood is properly in place on the head of such parking meter,
unless such parking is while actually engaged in loading or
unloading passengers, merchandise or materials and in no event
longer than thirty minutes. Vehicles parked pursuant to the
provisions of this section may remain so parked as long as
reasonably necessary for purposes incident to the conduct of
funerals.
11.56.070.
ImproDer use of meter.
It is unlawful for any person to deposit, or cause to be
deposited, in any parking meter any defaced or bent coin, or any
slug, device or metallic substance for a coin of the United
States, or deface, injure, tamper with, open, willfully break,
destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter.
11.56.080.
Rule of evidence.
The parking or standing of any motor vehicle in a parking
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space, at which space the parking meter displays the sign or
signal indicating illegal parking, constitutes a prima facie
presumption that the vehicle has been parked or allowed to stand
in such space for a period longer than permitted.
11.56.090.
City parking lots.
(a) A city parking lot is a lot or parcel of land owned,
purchased or leased by the city, or in which the city has the
possessory right of interest, and which is designated a city
parking lot for the off-street parking of vehicles.
(b) Each city parking lot shall be designated by an
appropriate number or letter.
(c) It is unlawful in any city parking lot to park or leave
standing any vehicle in any driveway, aisle, walk or area other
than in a designated parking space.
(d) It is unlawful for any person to cause, allow or permit
any vehicle operated, controlled by, or registered to that person
to be upon any parking lot between the hours of eight a.m. and
six p.m., Sundays and holidays excepted, without causing a
sticker, ticket or other evidence furnished by the city to be
displayed upon the vehicle.
11.56.100.
Public parkinq on city parking lots.
(a) Whenever the traffic engineer and chief of police
determine that the orderly, efficient conduct of the city's
business requires that parking or standing of vehicles on city
property be prohibited, limited or restricted the traffic
engineer and chief of police shall have the power and authority
to order signs to be erected or posted indicating that the
parking of vehicle is thus prohibited, limited or restricted.
(b) When signs by the provisions of this section are in
place, giving notice thereof, no person shall park or stand any
vehicle contrary to the directions of provisions of such signs."
SECTION 3.
Severability.
In the event any section or portion of this ordinance shall
be determined invalid or unconstitutional, such section or
portion shall be deemed severable and all other sections or
portions hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4.
Publication and Effective Date.
Pursuant t the provisions of Government Code Section 36933,
a Summary of this Ordinance shall be prepared by the City
Attorney. At least five (5) days prior to the Council meeting at
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which this Ordinance is scheduled to be adopted, the City Clerk
shall (1) publish the summary, and (2) post in the City Clerk's
Office a certified copy of this Ordinance. Within fifteen (15)
days after the adoption of this Ordinance, the City Clerk shall
(1) publish the Summary, and (2) post in the City Clerk's Office
a certified copy of the full text of this Ordinance along with
the names of those City Council members voting for an against
this Ordinance or otherwise voting. This Ordinance shall become
effective thirty (30) days from and after its adoption.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of South San Francisco, held on the llth
of December , 1991.
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Adopted as an ordinance of the City of South San Francisco
at a re§u]ar meeting of the City Council of the City of
South San Francisco, held the 8th day of Janua~ , 1992,
by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers Jack Drago, Joseph A. Fernekes, Gus Nicolopulos,
Roberta Cerri Teglia, and Mayor John R. Penna
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
As Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, I do hereby
approve the foregoing ordinance this 8th day of January
1992
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