ORD 559ORDINANCE NO.559
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA
QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SEVERAL CHAPTERS OF
THE MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 12 AND DELETING CERTAIN
SECTIONS OF TITLE 12 RELATING TO VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
WHEREAS, Title 12 of the Municipal Code contains the chapters that address
vehicles and traffic laws and regulations, and;
WHEREAS, a comprehensive review of Title 12 was undertaken to examine each
chapter for accuracy, relevance, streamlining, straight -forward language, and compliance
with State law, and;
WHEREAS, amendments to several chapters of Title 12, and deletion of
unnecessary sections of Title 12 is needed as a result of the comprehensive review to
update the Municipal Code.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of La Quinta does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDED SECTIONS. The following sections shall be amended as written in
"Exhibit A" attached hereto:
Chapter 12.08 Administration
Chapter 12.16 Traffic Control Devices
Chapter 12.20 Special Speed Limits
Chapter 12.24 Turning Movements
Chapter 12.28 Stopping, Standing and Parking
Chapter 12.32 Parking
Chapter 12.44 Stop Intersections
Chapter 12.48 Yield Right of Way Signs
Chapter 12.52 One Way Streets and Alleys
Chapter 12.56 Restricted Use of Certain Streets
Chapter 12.60 Loading Zones
Chapter 12.68 Pedestrians
Chapter 12.69 Golf Carts
Sections 12.08.060, 070
Sections 12.16.010, .030, .060,
.070, .080
Section 12.20.020
Section 12.24.050
Section 12.28.080
Sections 12.32.010, .020, 040,
.050, .060, .080, .090, .130
Sections 12.44.010, .020
Secion 12.48.010
Section 12.52.010
Sections 12.56.010, .030, .040
Section 12.60.010
Section 12.68.010, .020
Section 12.69.020, .060, .070
SECTION 2. DELETED SECTIONS. Each of the following sections or subsections shall be
deleted in its entirety:
Chapter 12.08 Administration
Chapter 12.16 Traffic Control Devices
Sections 12.08.080, .090
Section 12.16.090, .130
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Chapter 12.56 Restricted Use of Certain Streets Sections 12.56.011(A), .050, .060
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. The City Council declares that, should any provision, section,
paragraph, sentence or word of this ordinance be rendered or declared invalid by any
final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason of any preemptive
legislation, the remaining provisions, sections, paragraphs, sentences or words of this
ordinance as hereby adopted shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 16._ EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days
after its adoption.
SECTION 17. POSTING. The City Clerk shall, within 15 days after passage of this
Ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least three public places designated by resolution of
the City Council, shall certify to the adoption and posting of this Ordinance, and shall
cause this Ordinance and its certification, together with proof of posting to be entered
into the Book of Ordinances of the City of La Quinta.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED, at a regular meeting of the La Quinta City
Council held this 6th day of June, 2017 by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Fitzpatrick, Pena, Radi, Sanchez, Mayor Evans
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
LIN13A EVANS, Mayor
City of La Quinta, California
ATTEST:
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SUSAN MAYSELS, City Clerf
City of La Quinta, California
(CITY SEAL)
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
WILLIAM H. IHRKE, City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California
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EXHIBIT A
Title 12
VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapters:
12.04 Definitions -NO CHANGE
12.08 Administration -REVISED
12.12 Enforcement —Obedience - NO CHANGE
12.16 Traffic -Control Devices - REVISED
12.20 Special Speed Limits - REVISED
12.24 Turning Movements - REVISED
12.28 Stopping, Standing and Parking - REVISED
12.32 Parking -REVISED
12.44 Stop Intersections - REVISED
12.48 Yield Right -of -Way Signs - REVISED
12.52 One -Way Streets and Alleys - REVISED
12.56 Restricted Use of Certain Streets - REVISED
12.60 Loading Zones - REVISED
12.64 Driving Rules - NO CHANGE
12.68 Pedestrians - REVISED
12.69 Golf Carts - REVISED
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Chapter 12.08
ADMINISTRATION
Sections:
12.08.060 Traffic engineer —Office established.
12.08.070 Traffic engineer —Duties.
12.08.080 Technical traffic committee.
12.08.090 Duties of traffic committee.
12.08.060 Traffic engineer —Office established.
The office of the city traffic engineer is established. The city manageror his or her
designee shall serve as city traffic engineer and shall exercise the powers and duties
with respect to traffic as provided in this title. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.08.070 Traffic engineer —Duties.
It shall be the general duty of the city traffic engineer to determine the installation and
proper timing of traffic -control devices and signals, to conduct engineering analyses of
traffic collisions, and to devise remedial measures, prepare an Annual Traffic Safety
Report; conduct engineering and traffic investigations of traffic conditions as well as
respond to citizen requests, review potential impacts from new development projects,
review design plans for Capital Improvement Projects, review deisgn plans for
improvements to be constructed by private development projects, review temporary work
zone traffic control plans, cooperate with other city officials in the development of ways
and means to improve traffic conditions; and to carry out the additional powers and
duties imposed by the ordinances of this city. (Ord.10 § 1,1982)
Delete Section 12.08.080 in its entirety. Delete Section 12.08.090 in its entirety.
Chapter 12.12
ENFORCEMENT —OBEDIENCE
Sections:
12.12.010
Police officers —Authority.
12.12.015
Authority to issue parking citations.
12.12.020
Police officers —Traffic direction.
12.12.030
Authority of fire department officers or survey crew.
12.12.040
Obedience to police and fire department officials.
12.12.050
Loitering —Obstructing traffic.
12.12.060
Persons riding bicycles or animals.
12.12.070
Persons other than officials shall not direct traffic.
12.12.080
Public employees to obey traffic regulations.
12.12.090
Exemptions to certain vehicles.
12.12.100
Accident report —Required.
12.12.110
Accident report —Contents.
12.12.120
Accident report —Time limit.
12.12.010 Police officers —Authority.
It shall be the authority of the officers of the police department, and such officers as are
assigned by the chief of police, to enforce all traffic laws of this city and all of the state
vehicle laws applicable to traffic in this city. (Ord. 10 § 1,1982)
12.12.015 Authority to issue parking citations.
Parking citations or notices of violations, related to charging violations of local or Vehicle
Code regulations governing the parking or standing of vehicles, may be issued by any
peace officer, by any other employee or agent of the police department or of the city who
is duly authorized by the chief of police so to do, by any other person specifically so
authorized by some other provision of law, and by any other person specially authorized
by the chief of police in writing so to do. Whenever the chief of police delegates such
authority to persons other than peace officers, he or she or she nor she shall endeavor to
see that each such person is adequately instructed regarding the provisions of the
parking regulations to be enforced, and the evidentiary prerequisites to proper
prosecution for violations thereof. He or she shall further provide such persons with the
same forms of citations or notices of violations as are utilized for the purpose by officers
of the police department. Any such persons shall be appropriately instructed to deposit
executed citations or notices with the police department for filing with the court, after
review for legal sufficiency. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
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12.12.020 Police officers —Traffic direction.
Officers of the police department or such officers as are assigned by the chief of police
are authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand or other signal in conformance with
traffic laws, provided that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic
or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police department may direct traffic as
conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws. (Ord. 10 § 1,
1982)
12.12.030 Authority of fire department officers or survey crew.
Officers of the fire department when at the scene of a fire or when, in the course of their
duties, they are protecting personnel or equipment of the fire department, may direct or
assist the police in directing traffic. Members of the city's survey crew, when in the course
of their duties surveying the city's streets and rights -of -way, may direct or assist the
police in directing traffic. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.12.040 Obedience to police and fire department officials.
No person shall wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order of a police officer or
fire department official when directing traffic. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.12.050 Loitering —Obstructing traffic.
It is unlawful for any person to stand upon any street, sidewalk or other public way open
for pedestrian travel, or otherwise occupy any portion thereof in such a manner as to
annoy or molest any pedestrian thereon, or so as to obstruct or unreasonably interfere
with the free passage of pedestrians, motor vehicles or other modes of travel. No person
shall sit, lie or sleep upon any street, sidewalk or other public way. The provisions of this
section shall not apply to persons sitting on the curb portion of any sidewalk or street
while attending or viewing any parade permitted under the provisions of this code; nor
shall the provisions of this section apply to persons sitting upon benches or other seating
facilities provided for such purposes by municipal authority. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.12.060 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. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
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12.12.070 Persons other than officials shall not direct traffic.
No person other than an officer of the police department or a person deputized by the
chief of police or person authorized by a police officer or other city personnel expressly
authorized by this chapter, 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. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.12.080 Public employees to obey traffic regulations.
The provisions of this title shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned by or used in the
service of the United States Government, this state, or any county or city, and it is
unlawful for any said driver to violate any of the provisions of this title except as
otherwise permitted in this chapter or by the Vehicle Code. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.12.090 Exemptions to certain vehicles.
A. The provisions of this title regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles
shall not apply to any vehicle of the police or fire departments, or other city vehicles,
properly equipped to qualify as emergency vehicles, 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 in the Vehicle Code in response to any emergency call.
B. The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, protect the driver of any such vehicle
from the consequences of his wilful 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 vehicle necessarily in use for
construction or repair work, or any vehicle owned by the United States while in use for the
collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.12.100 Accident report —Required.
The driver 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, ornamental lighting post, telephone pole, electric light
or power pole, or resulting in damage to any ornamental 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 of this city. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
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12.12.110 Accident report —Contents.
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 driving or in charge of
such vehicle or animal, the license number of every such vehicle, and shall briefly describe
the property damaged in such accident. (Ord. 10 § 1,1982)
12.12.120 Accident report —Time limit.
A driver involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties of
Sections 12.12.100 and 12.12.110 if and during the time such driver is physically
incapable of making a report but in such event the driver shall make a report as required
in Section 12.12.100 within twenty-four hours after regaining ability to make such a
report. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
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Chapter 12.16
TRAFFIC -CONTROL DEVICES
Sections:
12.16.010 Installation —Authority.
12.16.020 Installation —Required when.
12.16.030 Additional devices.
12.16.040 Required for enforcement purposes.
12.16.050 Obedience required.
12.16.060 Installation of traffic signals.
12.16.070 Installation at intersections —Required where.
12.16.080 Installation at intersections —Street name sign requirement.
12.16.090 Lane markings.
12.16.100 Distinctive roadway markings.
12.16.110 Safety zones.
12.16.120 Removal, relocation or discontinuation.
12.16.130 Hours of operation.
12.16.010 Installation —Authority.
The city traffic engineer shall have the power and duty to place or cause to be placed and
maintained official traffic -control devices when and as required under the traffic
ordinances and resolutions of this city to make effective the provisions of said ordinances
and resolutions. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.16.020 Installation —Required when.
Whenever the Vehicle Code requires that for the effectiveness of any provisions thereof
that traffic -control devices be installed to give notice to the public of the application of
such law, the city traffic engineer is authorized to install or cause to be installed the
necessary devices subject to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law applicable
thereto. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.16.030 Additional devices.
The city traffic engineer may also cause to be placed and maintained such additional
traffic -control devices as he or she may deem necessary to regulate traffic or to guide or
warn traffic, but he or she shall make such determination only upon such principles and
traffic investigations and in accordance with such standards, limitations and rules as may
be set forth in the traffic ordinances of this city or as may be determined by ordinance or
resolution of the legislative body of this city or as may be proper under standards
officially in effect for the state. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
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12.16.040 Required for enforcement purposes.
No provision of the Vehicle Code or of this title for which signs are required shall be
enforced against an alleged violation unless appropriate signs are in place and
sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person, giving notice of such
provisions of the traffic laws. Such signs shall comply with the requirements of the Vehicle
Code of the state. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.16.050 Obedience required.
The driver of a vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic -control device
applicable thereto placed in accordance with the traffic ordinances of this city unless
otherwise directed by a police officer or other city personnel authorized by the provisions
of this chapter, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency
vehicle when responding to emergency calls. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.16.060 Installation of traffic signals.
The city traffic engineer shall recommend the locations where traffic signals are needed
by obtaining and reviewing, traffic counts, traffic collision data and other traffic
information that may be pertinent, and his/her determinations therefrom shall be made
in accordance with generally accepted traffic engineering and safety standards. (Ord. 10 §
1, 1982)
12.16.070 Installation at intersections —Required where.
The city traffic engineer shall, upon direction of the city council cause to be installed and
maintained 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. The city traffic engineer shall, upon direction of the city council cause
to be installed and maintained official traffic round-abouts at those intersections and
other places where traffic conditions are such as to require that the flow of traffic be
slowed and guided around a round -about in order to prevent or relieve traffic congestion
or to protect life or property from exceptional hazard. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.16.080 Installation at intersections —Street name sign requirement.
Whenever the city traffic engineer causes to be installed and maintained traffic signals or
roundabouts at any intersection, he or she shall likewise cause to be installed and
maintained at such intersections street name signs visible to the principal flow of traffic
unless such street name signs have previously been placed and are maintained at any
such intersection. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
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'Delete Section 12.16.090 in its entirety.
12.16.120 Removal, relocation or discontinuation.
The city traffic engineer is authorized to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of
any traffic control not specifically required by state law or this title whenever he or she
determines in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the
installation no longer exist. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
Delete Section 12.16.130 in its entirety.
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Chapter 12.20
SPEED LIMITS
Sections:
12.20.010 State speed laws applicable.
12.20.020 Authority to regulate speeds.
12.20.010 State speed laws applicable.
The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon all streets
within this city, except as this chapter, as authorized by state law, declares and
determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that certain speed
regulations shall be applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas, in which event it
shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so
declared in this chapter when signs are in place giving notice thereof. (Ord. 123, 1988;
Ord. 78 § 1, 1985; Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.20.020 Authority to regulate speeds.
A. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, the city council by
resolution, may decrease maximum speed limits at intersections adjacent to parks and
outside urban districts and increase limits within urban districts.
B. Upon the basis of an engineering and trafficsurvey, the city council by resolution may
determine the maximum speed limits on arterial streets.
C. Speed limits established pursuant to this section shall be applicable at all or such
times as shall be indicated by official traffic control devices. (Ord. 123, 1988)
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Chapter 12.24
TURNING MOVEMENTS
Sections:
12.24.010 Markers —Placement —Multiple lanes.
12.24.020 Markers —Obedience required.
12.24.030 Restricted turn signs.
12.24.040 No -turn signs.
12.24.050 Prohibition of right turns against traffic stop signal.
12.24.010 Markers —Placement —Multiple lanes.
The city traffic engineer is authorized to place markers, buttons or signs within or
adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such
intersections, and the city traffic engineer is authorized to allocate and indicate more
than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right-hand 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. (Ord.10 § 1,1982)
12.24.020 Markers —Obedience required.
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. (Ord.10 § 1,1982)
12.24.030 Restricted turn signs.
The city traffic engineer is authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of
vehicles shall not make a right turn, left turn 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. (Ord.10 § 1,1982)
12.24.040 No -turn signs.
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right turn or left turn or U-turn
is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign. (Ord.10 §
1, 1982)
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12.24.050 Prohibition of right turns against traffic stop signal.
The city traffic engineer is authorized to determine those intersections within any
business or residence district at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right turn
against a red or stop signal, and shall cause to be installed proper signs giving notice of
such prohibition. No driver of a vehicle shall disobey directions of any such sign. (Ord.10 §
1, 1982)
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Chapter 12.28
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
Sections:
12.28.010
Application of regulations.
12.28.020
More restrictive provisions.
12.28.030
Standing in parkways prohibited.
12.28.040
Use of streets for storage of vehicles prohibited.
12.28.050
Parking for certain purposes prohibited.
12.28.060
Parking parallel with curb.
12.28.070
Angle parking.
12.28.071
Angle parking: Permitted areas.
12.28.080
Parking adjacent to schools.
12.28.090
Parking prohibited on narrow streets.
12.28.100
Standing of merchandise or food vehicles.
12.28.110
Emergency parking signs.
12.28.120
Display of warning devices when commercial vehicle disabled.
12.28.130
Parking on private property without permission or in an
unauthorized manner.
12.28.140
Locking ignition required.
12.28.150
Impounding of vehicle illegally parked.
12.28.010 Application
of regulations.
The provisions of this title 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. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.020 More restrictive provisions.
The provisions of this title 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 regulations of this city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of
vehicles in specified places or at specified times. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.030 Standing in parkways prohibited.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway paralleled by curbs or
any parkway designated by the city traffic engineer as an area for no standing, stopping
or parking and posted accordingly. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
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12.28.040 Use of streets for storage of vehicles prohibited.
A. 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
hours.
B. In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street in excess of a
consecutive period of seventy-two hours any member 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. (Ord.10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.050 Parking for certain purposes prohibited.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:
A. Displaying such vehicle for sale as a business; or
B. Washing, waxing, wiping, greasing or repairing such vehicle except repairs
necessitated by an emergency. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.060 Parking parallel with curb.
A. Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parked
within eighteen 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 street or when standing or parking
may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any one-way roadway of a highway having
two or more separate roadways and shall establish signs or markings giving notice
thereof.
D. The requirement of parallel parking 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 that vehicle may be backed up to the curb; provided, that such vehicle does
not extend beyond the centerline of the street and does not block traffic thereby. (Ord.10
§ 1, 1982)
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12.28.070 Angle parking.
A. The city traffic engineer shall recommend upon what streets angle parking shall be
permitted and shall mark and sign such streets when appropriately so ordered by the city
council. Such angle parking shall not be permitted on any state highway or upon any
other street or roadway that is not of sufficient width to permit and not interfere with the
free movement of traffic.
B. When signs or markings are in place indicating angle parking as provided in this
section, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or
edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.071 Angle parking: Permitted areas.
Pursuant to Section 22503 of the California Vehicle Code, the following streets and
portions of streets are designated as areas where angle parking shall be permitted:
A. Calle Estado. In the center portion of the divided roadway of Calle Estado between
Avenida Bermudas and Desert Club Drive, in such locations and spaces as shall be
determined and appropriately indicated by markings or signs by the city traffic engineer.
B. Calle La Fonda. In the center portion of the divided roadway of Calle La Fonda
between Avenida Bermudas and Desert Club Drive, in such locations and spaces as shall
be determined and appropriately indicated by markings or signs by the city traffic
engineer. (Ord. 25 § 1, 1983; Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.080 Parking adjacent to schools.
A. The city traffic engineer is authorized to cause to be installed, signs indicating no
parking upon any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in
his/her opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
B. When official signs are erected indicating no parking upon either side of a street
adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated
place. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.090 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 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 feet.
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B. When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as
authorized in this section, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation
of any such sign or marking. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.100 Standing of merchandise or food vehicles.
No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle from which merchandise or foodstuffs are
displayed, offered for sale or sold, upon any portion of any street within this city except in
compliance with all the following:
A. Stopping to Sell —Time Limit. Such vehicle shall stand or park only at the request of a
bona fide customer or purchaser and for a period of time not exceeding ten minutes at
any one place. The vehicle may not stop within three hundred yards of any school
property.
B. Weight Limit. Such vehicles at all times shall each have a gross weight of less than five
thousand pounds.
C. Length of Vehicle. Such vehicles at all times shall have an overall length not exceeding
eighteen feet.
D. Days, Hours of Operation. Such vehicles shall not so operate on Sundays or holidays,
nor before nine a.m. or after five p.m. on other days.
E. Position on Street. Such vehicles, during the time they are stopped, standing or parked,
shall be at the extreme right of the roadway, entirely off the paved, improved and main
traveled portion of the roadway.
F. Purpose of Vehicles. Such vehicles shall be used for display, offering for sale, and sale
of merchandise and foodstuffs other than fresh meat, fish, poultry, fruits and vegetables.
G. Noise -Making Devices. Noise emanating from such devices shall not exceed a duration
of four seconds nor an intensity of seventy decibels. Record players or other continuous
noise -making devices are prohibited. (Ord. 257 § 1, 1994; Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.110 Emergency parking signs.
A. Whenever the city traffic engineer, chief of police or their designated representatives
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 city traffic
engineer, chief of police or their designated representatives, 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 city traffic
engineer, chief of police or their designated representatives shall direct during the time
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such temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the
existence of such emergency, and the person causing their placement 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 contraryto the directions and
provisions of such signs. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.120 Display of warning devices when commercial vehicle disabled.
A. 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 the time specified in Section 618 of the Vehicle Code 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.
B. When any vehicle mentioned in subsection A of this section or any trailer or
semitrailer is disabled upon streets or highways outside of any business or residence
district within this city and upon which street or highway there is insufficient street
lighting to reveal a vehicle at a distance of two hundred feet during any time mentioned
in Section 618 of the Vehicle Code, a warning signal of the character indicated in
subsection A of this section shall be immediately placed at a distance of approximately
one hundred feet in advance of, and one hundred feet to the rear of, such disabled
vehicle by the driver thereof. The continuous flashing of at least four approved -type Class
A -Type 1 turn signal lamps, at least two toward the front end and at least two toward the
rear of the vehicle, shall be considered to meet the requirements of this section until the
devices mentioned in this section can be placed in the required locations. The warning
signals mentioned in this section shall be displayed continuously during the time
mentioned in Section 618, while such vehicles remain disabled upon such street or
highway. (Ord.10 § 1,1982)
12.28.130 Parking on private property without permission or in an unauthorized
manner.
A. No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle on private property or
business premises without the express or implied consent of the owner, authorized agent
of the owner, person in lawful possession of such premises or property, or other person in
charge thereof.
B. No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle on private property or
business premises at a time, or at a place thereon, or for a period of time, or in any
manner otherwise, which is unauthorized by the owner, authorized agent of the owner,
person in lawful possession of such premises or property, or other person in charge
thereof.
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C. The following acts of stopping, parking or leaving standing a vehicle shall be included
within those which shall be deemed in violation of subsections A or B of this section,
whichever is applicable, but other acts not mentioned may also violate either subsection.
(The use of the term parking in the following examples shall be deemed also to include
collectively acts of stopping and leaving standing):
1. Parking on any vacant lot or unimproved property unless affirmatively so permitted by
posted sign(s) or by the authorized person in charge;
2. Parking off-street on any improved private property not held open to use by the
general public, unless such parking is by invitation of the occupant(s) or for bona fide
business purposes upon the property;
3. Parking in any off-street parking area or lot or facility of an apartment building, hotel
or business enterprise which is indicated by sign(s) or other marking(s) to be reserved for
use by tenants, residents or employees or others not including the person so parking;
4. Parking in the off-street parking area or lot or facility of an individual parking stall or
any area which is indicated by a sign or other marking(s) to be reserved for the exclusive
use of a person or persons other than the person so parking;
5. Parking in a shopping center or business parking area or facility for a purpose other
than doing business with one or more of the stores or offices at the site, or for a purpose
not related to such business operation, or remaining parked for longer than reasonably
appropriate to do such business or acts related to such business operations;
6. Utilizing a space or stall which is indicated by sign(s) or other marking(s) to be
reserved for use in connection with a particular store, office or business, and parking in
the same for a purpose other than that for which it is so reserved;
7. Parking in any stall or space which is indicated by sign(s), blue -painted curbing or
other marking(s), to be designated for the exclusive use by physically handicapped
persons, of a vehicle not displaying one of the distinguishing license plates or placards
issued pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22511.5 or Section 9105;
8. Parking at any spot where such parking is prohibited, as indicated by sign(s), markings,
striping, lettering on pavement, red -painted curbing or by any other means, including (but
not limited to) areas and locations within areas reserved for or designated as traffic lanes
for movement of vehicles or pedestrians, clear areas at or near building entrances or
exits, fire lanes, sidewalks or pedestrian or bicycle lanes, clear areas at or near ramps or
other facilities used by or intended for use of handicapped persons, unimproved areas,
dangerous areas, areas to be utilized by larger vehicles such as trucks, buses, emergency
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vehicles or other service vehicles, or areas designated for any other business or special
use;
9. Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or by reasons of vehicle
disablement or bona fide emergency, parking, standing or waiting at a location within a
traffic lane or otherwise, which substantially interferes with the normal movement of
vehicular or pedestrian traffic at such location;
10.Parking in violation of the restrictions stated on any other sign or marking(s) not
mentioned in the foregoing divisions of this subsection, which has or have been placed on
private property or business premises by the owner, authorized agent of the owner,
person in lawful possession of such premises or property, or other person in charge
thereof;
11. Failure or refusal to remove or move a parked or standing or stopped vehicle from
private property or business premises, in compliance with a direction to do so by the
owner, person in lawful possession of such premises or property, or other person in
charge thereof; or violation of a direction by such person not to park, stop or stand a
vehicle upon, or at a particular location upon, such premises or property; provided, that
this section shall not apply to an act or failure or refusal to leave property or to
noncompliance with a direction to keep off such property, in any of those instances listed
in Section 11.64.040 of this code; or
12. Parking on a private street in violation of a prohibition or restriction stated on any sign
or marking(s) or notification giving notice thereof, placed or given by or pursuant to
authority of the association or person or other entity owning or in charge of such private
street.
D. Nothing in this section affects or limits the rights or remedies any person may have
pursuant to any other provision of law, such as Section 22658 of the California Vehicle
Code, to remove or cause the removal of a vehicle parking upon private property.
E. It shall be the policy of the city council to encourage the posting of signs on shopping
center parking facilities similar to the signs mentioned in Section 21107.8 of the California
Vehicle Code, to give notice to the public that the parking regulations applicable on the
private parking facility are subject to official enforcement by citations and fines and
otherwise. This does not, however, authorize signs posted in nonconformance with the
city's sign control ordinance or other applicable regulations; and the posting of such signs
shall not be deemed a requirement or condition precedent to enforcement of this section.
F. Sections 41102 et seq. of the California Vehicle Code are referred to and incorporated
in this section by this reference and shall be applicable in connection with any
prosecution for violation of this section, in the same manner and to the same extent as
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said sections are applicable to prosecutions for parking violations occurring on the public
streets. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.140 Locking ignition required.
No person shall park and leave a vehicle on a public street, alley or public parking facility
unless the ignition has been locked; provided, however, that if the driver or passenger
remains inside the vehicle after and while it is parked, or if the vehicle is in the custody of
an attendant, the ignition need not be locked. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.150 Impounding of vehicle illegally parked.
Whenever a vehicle is illegally parked on a street or highway in violation of any provision
of this chapter or of this code, any regularly employed and salaried police officer of the
city or deputy of the sheriffs office of Riverside County, or member of the California
Highway Patrol, may cause such vehicle to be impounded, driven or towed away and
stored, so long as signs are posted giving notice of the removal. Any reasonable costs
resulting from such impounding, towing or storage shall be charged to the owner of the
vehicle and to the driver who committed the parking violation. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
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Chapter 12.32
PARKING
Sections:
12.32.010
Parking prohibited or time limited on certain streets.
12.32.020
Parking space markings —Installation.
12.32.030
Parking space markings —Parking within required.
12.32.040
Stricter parking regulations within council -established limited -
parking zones.
12.32.050
Parking and driving on city property.
12.32.060
Enforcement of parking and driving regulations applicable on city
property.
12.32.070
Parking or driving regulations applicable on property of schools and
other public agencies.
12.32.080
No -parking areas.
12.32.090
Installation, design and spacing of signs.
12.32.100
Curb markings to indicate no stopping and parking regulations.
12.32.110
Certain commercial vehicles prohibited from parking on private
property and public rights -of -way.
12.32.120
Commercial vehicles exempted from Section 12.32.110.
12.32.130
Violation of Section 12.32.110—Penalty.
12.32.010 Parking prohibited or time limited on certain streets.
When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, specifying certain parking
prohibitions or time limits, the prohibitions or time limits to be established by the city
council or by the city traffic engineer pursuant to authority vested in him or her by this
chapter, or by the Vehicle Code, no person shall stop, stand, park or leave standing any
vehicle in violation of any such prohibition or time limit so specified in the signs. (Ord.10 §
1, 1982)
12.32.020 Parking space markings —Installation.
The city traffic engineer is authorized to cause to be installed and maintained parking
space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings where authorized parking
is permitted. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.32.030 Parking space markings —Parking within required.
Each vehicle placed in any parking space shall be parked within the lines and markings so
established by the city traffic engineer, and no person shall park or leave standing any
vehicle so that it extends across any such line or markings, or is in such position that it is
not entirely within the space designated by such lines or markings. (Ord.10 § 1, 1982)
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12.32.040 Stricter parking regulations within council -established limited -parking
zones.
Pursuant to authority vested in him or her by other provisions of this chapter, or by the
Vehicle Code, the city traffic engineer is authorized to prescribe shorter time limits than
those specified by resolution of the city council, or to prescribe parking prohibitions,
within a particular limited -parking zone so specified by the city council; provided, that the
stricter parking limitations or prohibitions are properly indicated by appropriate signs or
markings in accordance with this chapter or other provisions of law. The city traffic
engineer shall obtain the consent of at least 67% of the affected property owners and
businesses prior to implementing any change in parking related time limits. The 67%
provision does not apply to the city council. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.32.050 Parking and driving on city property.
A. The city manager or his/her designee shall from time to time examine and survey all
city -owned parking lots, parking areas and other properties, and all property under the
city's direct control, with respect to vehicle driving and parking uses, and the need for
regulations applicable thereto, in order to assure proper and appropriate use of such
public properties and to prevent interferences with the orderly and efficient conduct of
the city's business.
B. Based thereon, the city manager shall promulgate such conditions, rules and
regulations governing driving, stopping, parking or leaving standing of vehicles on the
particular properties involved, as shall, in his/her judgment, be necessary and appropriate
to advance the public purposes mentioned in subsection A of this section.
C. A written statement or other graphic depiction of such special conditions, rules and
regulations shall, upon promulgation, be filed in the office of the city clerk, and the city
council shall be promptly notified of such filing. Any council member may then cause the
matter to be submitted, in whole or in part, for a formal review by the city council. If no
council member takes such action within thirty days from the date the matter was filed
with the city clerk, then the special conditions, rules and regulations shall be deemed
adopted and imposed by the city council within the meaning of Vehicle Code Section
21113. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.32.060 Enforcement of parking and driving regulations applicable on city
property.
A. Pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 21113, a written statement or other graphic
depiction of all special conditions, rules and regulations adopted per Section 12.32.050
shall, at all times while the same remain effective, be kept on file and available at the
office of the city clerk, for examination by all interested persons.
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B. The city manager or his/her designee shall cause to be installed placed and
maintained, appropriate signs and markings at each city -owned or city -controlled parking
lot, paking area and other property, giving notice of all special conditions, rules and
regulations applicable thereto, adopted per Section 12.32.050 and imposed under Vehicle
Code Section 21113.
C. Any vehicle operation, parking, stopping or leaving standing not complying with the
special conditions, rules and regulations, will constitute a violation of Vehicle Code
Section 21113, except that subsection (a) of Vehicle Code Section 22507.8 shall apply
with respect to unauthorized parking in stalls or spaces designated for physically
handicapped persons. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.32.070 Parking or driving regulations applicable on property of schools and
other public agencies.
Conditions and regulations concerning parking or driving on property and grounds of
schools or other public agencies are imposed by the appropriate governing boards or
officers and are enforced pursuant to and under the conditions of Vehicle Code Section
21113. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.32.080 No -parking areas.
The city traffic engineer is authorized to cause to be maintained, by appropriate signs,
markings or by paint upon the curb surface, certain no -stopping zones, no -parking areas,
and restricted -parking areas, as defined and described in this section. No person shall
stop, stand, park or leave standing any 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
sign or signal;
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;
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E. In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle would constitute a traffic
hazard or would endanger life or property;
F. On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof
is necessary for the cleaning, repair or 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;
G. At any place within twenty feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the
midblock end of a safety zone, when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red
paint upon the curb surface;
H. At any place within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection 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;
I. In any area of approach to any traffic signal, left -turn lane, boulevard stop sign or
official electric flashing device when such area is determined by the city traffic engineer
to be valuable in the interest of promoting traffic safety or convenience, and the area is
indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface that a bus may stop
at a designated bus stop. (Ord.10 § 1,1982)
12.32.090 Installation, design and spacing of signs.
The city traffic engineer is authorized and directed to cause signs regulating or prohibiting
parking to be installed in the zones now or hereafter provided by he city council or at such
places as the city traffic engineer is authorized to regulate parking, standing or stopping
pursuant to other provisions of this chapter or of law. Signs giving notice of a parking time
limitation shall bein compliance with the specifications of the Vehicle Code of the state..
Such signs shall be spaced at a maximum interval of two hundred feet, and provided that
there shall be a minimum of four signs in one block on each side of the street. (Ord.10 §
1, 1982)
12.32.100 Curb markings to indicate no stopping and parking regulations.
A. The city traffic engineer is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this
title, to place, and when required in this title shall place, the following curb markings to
indicate parking or standing regulations, and the curb markings shall have the meanings
as set forth in this section:
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1. Red means no stopping or parking at anytime 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 means no stopping, standing or parking at any time between seven a.m.
and six p.m. of any day for any purpose other than loading or unloading of
passengers shall not consume more than three minutes, nor the loading or
unloading of materials more than twenty minutes.
3. White means 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 mailbox,
which shall not exceed three minutes and such restrictions shall apply between seven
a.m. and six p.m. of any day 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 theater or restaurant the restrictions shall
apply at all times except when such theater or restaurant is closed.
c. Taxicabs shall comply with this subdivision unless authorized to maintain a
taxicab stand adjacent to the white curb marking, and provided the area for the taxicab
stand is sign -posted at either end indicating TAXICAB ZONE ONLY.
4. Green means no standing or parking for longer than twenty minutes at any time
between nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day.
5. Blue means parking limited exclusively to the vehicles of physically handicapped
persons.
B. When the city traffic engineer, as authorized under this title, 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 parking, standing or stopping regulations so
indicated. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.32.110 Certain commercial vehicles prohibited from parking on private
property and public rights -of -way.
Unless excepted pursuant to Section 12.32.120, no commercial or construction vehicle, or
towed commercial or construction equipment, shall be parked on private property or on
public rights -of -way unless the vehicle or equipment is screened from public view and
adjacent properties. The term commercial or construction vehicle and/or equipment
includes, but is not necessarily limited to, utility body trucks, farming and construction
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tractors, construction vehicles and towed equipment, semi -truck tractors, semi -truck
trailers, dump trucks, step van delivery trucks or any parts or apparatus of any of the
above. (Ord. 87 § 1, 1986; Ord. 72 § 1, 1985; Ord. 65 § 1, 1984)
12.32.120 Commercial vehicles exempted from Section 12.32.110.
The following commercial vehicles are exempted from the prohibition contained in
Section 12.32.110:
A. Pickup trucks and utility vans, each of which do not exceed eight feet in height or
twenty feet in combined total length;
B. All vehicles while being used in actual construction work on a permit -approved
construction site;
C. All vehicles in the process of making a pickup or delivery; and
D. Governmental and utility emergency service vehicles. (Ord. 369, 2002; Ord. 87 § 1,
1986; Ord. 72 § 1, 1985; Ord. 65 § 1, 1984)
12.32.130 Violation of Section 12.32.110—Penalty.
Any person violating any provision of Section 12.32.110 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished in accordance with Section 1.01.230 (A)
(Ord. 87 § 2, 1986)
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Chapter 12.44
STOP INTERSECTIONS
Section:
12.44.010 Erection of stop signs.
12.44.020 Stop at through street or stop sign.
12.44.010 Installation of stop signs.
Whenever 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 city traffic engineer shall cause to be installed and maintained stop signs as follows:
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 Section 21355 of the Vehicle Code. (Ord.
10 § 1, 1982)
12.44.020 Stop at through street or stop sign.
A. Those streets and parts of streets set forth by the city council are declared to be
through streets for the purposes of this section. When proper signs are in place giving
notice thereof, all vehicular traffic shall be required to stop before entering any
intersection of a through street.
B. The provisions of this section shall also apply at one or more entrances to the
intersections as such entrances and intersections are described by the city council. The
provisions of this section shall also apply at those highways provided for by the city
council. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
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Chapter 12.48
YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY SIGNS
Section:
12.48.010 Placement.
12.48.010 Placement.
The city traffic engineer is authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of
vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to opposing traffic. The city traffic engineer shall
cause to be placed and maintained YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY signs at the entrance of streets
previously determined by him or her, and the signs shall comply with the specifications of
the Vehicle Code of the state. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
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Chapter 12.52
ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
Section:
12.52.010 Signs.
12.52.010 Signs.
Whenever the City Council designates any one-way street or alley, the city traffic engineer
shall cause to be placed and maintained 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. (Ord.10 § 1,1982)
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Chapter 12.56
RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS
Sections:
12.56.010
Truck routes —Establishment.
12.56.011
Truck routes —Designated.
12.56.020
Truck routes —Use
required —Exceptions.
12.56.030
Truck routes —Exemptions.
12.56.040
Weight restricted streets designated.
12.56.010 Truck routes —Establishment.
Whenever the most recently city council -approved General Plan 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 TRAFFIC
ROUTES for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three
tons. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.56.011 Truck routes —Designated.
On those streets and portions of streets which are designated and established as truck
routes in the most recently city council -approved City General Plan, the city traffic
engineer shall cause to be installedand maintained appropriate signs on those streets
affected by this section. Such signs shall be erected at all intersections of truck routes,
and at all intersections of designated routes within the boundary lines of the city, or the
terminus of the route. (Ord. 518 § 1, 2013; Ord. 243 § 1, 1994)
12.56.020 Truck routes —Use required —Exceptions.
When any such truck traffic 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 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 or 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
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upon such restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained
therefor. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.56.030 Truck routes —Exemptions.
The provisions of Sections 12.56.010 and 12.56.020 shall not apply to:
A. Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, or publicly
funded and operated transit vehicles; or
B. Any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction,
installation or repair of any public utility; or
C. Any vehicle delivering street construction materials for street construction or repairs
provided the route utilized by the delivery vehicle has been authorized for such use in
writing by the City Manager or his/her designee . (Ord. 291 § 1, 1996; Ord. 243 § 1,
1994; Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.56.040 Weight restricted streets designated.
A. On streets and portions of streets which are designated in the most recently
approved City General Plan where use is prohibited to any vehicle in excess a
prescribed weight, the city traffic engineer shall cause to be installed and maintained
appropriate signs on those streets affected by this section. Such signs shall be erected
at the ingress point of the restricted street, and at all intersections of designated truck
routes, or the boundary lines of the city, or the terminus of the restricted street.
B. The city will allow overweight trucks to pass over restricted streets only when
necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries as provided in Section
12.56.020; except, however, emergency response vehicles while responding to an
emergency are exempt from this code requirement. (Ord. 243 § 1,1994)
Delete Section 12.56.050 in its entirety.
Delete Section 12.56.060 in its entirety.
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Chapter 12.60
LOADING ZONES
Sections:
12.60.010
Establishment.
12.60.020
Loading zone —Designation.
12.60.030
Passenger loading zone.
12.60.050
Effect of permission to load or unload.
12.60.060
Standing —For loading or unloading only.
12.60.070
Standing —In passenger loading zone.
12.60.080
Standing —In any alley.
12.60.090
Bus zones.
12.60.010 Establishment.
The city traffic engineer is authorized to determine and to make loading zones and
passenger loading zones as follows:
A. At any place in any business district;
B. 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. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
C. Unless directed otherwise by the city council, the city traffic engineer shall obtain the
consent of at least 67% of the affected property owners and businesses prior to
implementing any change in parking related time limits.
12.60.020 Loading zone —Designation.
Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top and face of the curb, with
black letters LOADING ONLY stenciled or otherwise painted on the top of the curb. (Ord.
10 § 1, 1982)
12.60.030 Passenger loading zone.
Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top and face of the
curb, with black letters PASSENGER LOADING ONLY stenciled or otherwise painted on the
top of the curb. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
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12.60.050 Effect of permission to load or unload.
A. Permission granted in this chapter to stop or stand a vehicle for purpose of loading or
unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend
beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than twenty minutes.
B. The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries, also
the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail.
C. Permission granted in this chapter 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 three minutes.
D. Within the total time limits specified in this section the provisions of this section shall
be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading and unloading but
without permitting abuse of the privileges granted by this chapter. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.60.060 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 12.60.050. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.60.070 Standing —In passenger loading zone.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any passenger loading zone for any
purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is specified in
Section 12.60.050(C). (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.60.080 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. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.60.090 Bus zones.
The city traffic engineer is authorized to establish bus zones opposite curb space for the
loading and unloading of buses or common carriers of passengers and to determine the
location thereof subject to the directives and limitations set forth in this section:
A. Bus as used in this section means any motor bus, motor coach, trackless trolley coach
or passenger stage used as a common carrier of passengers.
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B. No bus zone shall be established opposite and to the right of a safety zone.
C. No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle except a bus in a bus zone. (Ord.10 § 1,
1982)
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Chapter 12.64
DRIVING RULES
12.64.010 Driving through funeral processions.
No driver of a vehicle shall drive between vehicles comprising a funeral procession while
they are in motion and when the vehicles in such procession are conspicuously so
designated. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.64.020 Controlled intersections.
Section 12.64.010 shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by official
traffic signals or police officers. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.64.030 Clinging to moving vehicles.
No person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, roller skates, skateboard or any
toy vehicle shall attach the some or him or herself to any moving vehicle upon any
roadway. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.64.040 Driving vehicles on sidewalks —Generally prohibited.
Unless otherwise expressly allowed by another provision of this title or other applicable
law, no person shall drive a vehicle (including any bicycle or unicycle) within any sidewalk
area or parkway except at a permanent or temporary driveway. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.64.042 Bicycles on sidewalks —When allowed.
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.64.040, bicycles and unicycles may be
ridden along portions or segments of sidewalks wherever expressly permitted by
resolution of the city council, but not until such sidewalk areas have been appropriately
designated by the city engineer with signs or markings to give due notice to the
pedestrian and cycling public.
B. No person shall ride, operate or use a bicycle or unicycle on a sidewalk or bikeway in a
wilful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.64.050 New pavement.
No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made
pavement or freshly painted marking in any street when a barrier or sign is in place
warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or when a sign is
in place stating that the street or any portion thereof is closed. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
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12.64.060 Driving on rims of wheels.
No person shall drive, operate, tow or otherwise move any motor vehicle, equipped with
rims to accommodate rubber tires, over or across any street in this city with tires removed
or deflated so that the metal flanges or rims are in contact with the pavement, except to
the nearest edge of the pavement from the point any such condition occurs through
accident. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.64.070 Restricted access.
No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway except at such
entrances and exits as are established by public authority. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.64.080 Restrictions on use of freeways.
No person shall drive or operate any bicycle, motor -driven cycle, or any vehicle which is
not drawn by a motor vehicle upon any street established as a freeway, as defined by
state law, nor shall any pedestrian walk across or along any such street so designated
and described except in space set aside for the use of pedestrians, provided official signs
are in place giving notice of such restrictions. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.64.090 Excessive acceleration.
No person shall operate a vehicle on a street or alley in such a manner as to facilitate its
speed by means of leaving rear -wheel frictional rubber marks, caused by rapid
acceleration. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
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Chapter 12.68
PEDESTRIANS
Sections:
12.68.010 Crosswalks —Establishment —Signs.
12.68.020 Crosswalks —Use required when.
12.68.010 Crosswalks —Establishment —Signs.
A. The city traffic engineer is authorized to cause to be established and maintained,
marked crosswalks and to designate them by appropriate devices or painted signs
upon the surface of the road, way.
B. The city traffic engineer may cause to be placed signs at or adjacent to an
intersection in respect to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not cross
except in the crosswalk so indicated. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.68.020 Crosswalks —Use required when.
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk (Ord.10 § 1, 1982)
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Chapter 12.69
GOLF CARTS
Sections:
12.69.010 Purpose and intent.
12.69.020 Definitions.
12.69.030 Minimum design criteria for golf carts.
12.69.040 Minimum safety criteria for operation of golf cart.
12.69.050 Golf cart permit process.
12.69.060 Golf cart routes.
12.69.070 Enforcement of golf cart plan.
12.69.010 Purpose and intent.
The California Streets and Highways Code, Sections 1950 through 1961, authorize local
jurisdictions to establish golf cart transportation plans within their boundaries, under
certain conditions and with certain requirements. The city has established the golf cart
transportation plan in its general plan and intends, by the addition of this chapter of the
municipal code, to establish standards, requirements and procedures for the
implementation of the golf cart transportation plan. (Ord. 474 § 1, 2009)
12.69.020 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following
meaning:
"City" means the city of La Quinta.
"Golf cart" means a four -wheeled electric motor vehicle with an unladen weight of less
than one thousand three hundred pounds, which is designed to be, and is operated at
not more than twenty-five miles per hour, and is designed to carry golf equipment and
no more than two persons, including the driver.
"Golf cart paths" or "golf cart routes" means all city -owned travel ways that now allow, or
are added in the future as allowable golf cart travelways, including roadways.
There shall be three categories of golf cart paths:
1. Class I golf cart paths provide an area separate from the roadway used by
automobile traffic for shared one-way or two-way golf carts, bicycles, pedestrians,
and equestrians.
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2. Class II golf cart paths provide a striped eight -foot lane for one-way golf cart and
bicycle travel on a street or highway.
3. Class III golf cart paths provide for shared use with automobile and bicycle traffic.
Class III paths are established by placing golf cart route signs along roadways with
speed limits of twenty-five miles per hour or less in order to link them to Class I or
Class II paths.
"Golf cart route" means the map as it is revised from time to time depicting routes and
crossings that exist or will be constructed, posted and designated for use by permitted
golf carts. (Ord. 474 § 1, 2009)
12.69.030 Minimum design criteria for golf carts.
All golf carts traveling on any golf cart path in the city must meet the following minimum
design criteria:
A. The golf cart must be electrically powered.
B. The golf cart must be equipped and safely operated with all of the following
equipment:
1. Red reflectors;
2. Parking brake;
3. Horn;
4. Headlights, brake lights and rear lights;
5. Front and rear turn signal indicator lights;
6. Windshield;
7. Seat belts;
8. Covered passenger compartment;
9. Mirror combination (left and right side mirrors, left and rear mirrors, or multi-
directional cross bar mirror) and unobstructed view to the rear from the driver's
seat. (Ord. 474 § 1, 2009)
12.69.040 Minimum safety criteria for operation of golf cart.
All golf cart operators operating golf carts on any golf cart path in the city must conform
to the following operator requirements and safety criteria:
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A. Golf cart operators must be licensed drivers in the state of California with valid
California driver's license, or have a valid driver's license issued by a jurisdiction in
accordance with Vehicles Code Sections 12502 through 12505.
B. Golf cart operators must comply with the financial responsibility requirements
(insurance) established pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 16000) of
Division 7 of the California Vehicle Code.
C. No golf cart shall be operated on golf cart paths or golf cart routes within the city
without a current golf cart permit decal visibly displayed on the right rear fender of
the golf cart.
D. The golf cart permit shall be valid for two years from the date of issuance.
E. Golf cart operators must maintain the golf cart in a safe condition and be properly
loaded to conform with CVC Section 24002.
F. Golf cart operators may only travel in those golf carts that meet the minimum design
criteria required by Section 12.69.030.
G. Golf carts are limited to daytime operation and are permitted on public streets only
during the time period between one hour prior to sunrise and one hour after sunset.
H. A maximum of two persons may ride in the golf cart and may only ride in the main
passenger compartment equipped with safety belts. Both driver and passenger must
wear safety belts at all times while the golf cart is being operated on Class I, II, or III
golf cart paths.
I. Golf cart operators must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, bicyclists, and
equestrians.
J. Golf cart operators may only travel on designated golf cart routes or along streets
with speed limits of twenty-five miles per hour or less.
K. Golf cart operators may not travel on or along streets with speed limits in excess of
twenty-five miles per hour except on designated golf cart routes, and shall only cross
at controlled intersections as designated on the golf cart route map.
L. Golf carts modified by removing any of the above safety equipment or a modification
that in any way creates an unsafe cart will result in the immediate revocation of the
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golf cart permit and will be subject to any violations that apply under the California
Vehicle Code. Should a golf cart be impounded pursuant to a violation under the State
Vehicle Code, the registered owner shall be subject to any regulations imposed by the
impounding authority pursuant to Section 22850.5 of the California Vehicle Code.
M. No person shall operate or move a golf cart upon a sidewalk except those persons
who in the course of their employment by a state, federal, or local government, or
school district maintenance crew. (Ord. 474 § 1, 2009)
12.69.050 Golf cart permit process.
The following golf cart permitting process is established:
A. No golf cart shall be operated on golf cart paths or golf cart routes within the city
without a current golf cart permit decal visibly displayed on the right rear fender of
the golf cart.
B. Persons in the course of their employment by a state, federal, or local government, or
school district shall be allowed to apply for a permit allowing operation of a golf cart
on city sidewalks.
C. The golf cart permit shall be valid for two years from the date of issuance.
D. The golf cart permit may be revoked by the city manager if he or she determines the
golf cart which is the subject of the permit has been used by any person in a manner
that violates one or more of the provisions in this chapter. If the permit is revoked, the
owner of the golf cart may not reapply for a permit for the following twelve months.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2009)
12.69.060 Golf cart routes.
The city manager or his/her designee shall have the authority to add or delete golf cart
routes as the need arises or as conditions change in accordance with this chapter. (Ord.
474 § 1, 2009)
12.69.070 Enforcement of golf cart plan.
A. Any person operating a golf cart in the city in violation of this chapter is guilty of an
infraction punishable as set forth in LQMC Sections 1.01.200 through 1.01.250 as
applicable or as permitted by the California Vehicle Code.
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B. The city council finds and determines that the city shall provide law enforcement for
the golf cart plan and enforce the rules and regulations of this chapter of the city of La
Quinta Municipal Code, the Streets and Highways Code (Division 2.5, Chapter 6,
Sections 1950 through 1961) and Section 21716 of the California Vehicle Code. The
passage of the ordinance codified in this chapter enables the city to enforce this
program's provisions not found in the California Vehicle Code. (Ord. 474 § 1, 2009)
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF LA QUINTA )
I, SUSAN MAYSELS, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, California, do hereby certify the
foregoing to be ❑ full, true, and correct copy of Ordinance No. 559 which was introduced
at a regular meeting on the 16'h day of May, 2017, and was adopted at a regular meeting
held on the 6th day ❑f June, 2017, not being less than 5 days after the date of
introduction thereof.
I further certify that the foregoing Ordinance was posted in three places within the City of
La Quinta as specified in City Council Resolution No. 2015-023.
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SUSAN MAYSELS, City CleWj
City of La Quinta, California
DECLARATION OF POSTING
I, SUSAN MAYSELS, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing ordinance was posted on June 8, 2017 pursuant to Council Resolution.
SUSAN MAYSELS, City Cler
City of La Quinta, California