Agenda Item No. 8
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council DATE: September 25, 2023 FROM: Matthew Bronson, City Manager
PREPARED BY: John Peters, Chief of Police
SUBJECT: Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance Repealing and Replacing Chapter 3 of Article III (Traffic Regulations) of the Grover Beach Municipal Code
RECOMMENDATION
Conduct the first reading, by title only, and introduce an Ordinance repealing and replacing Chapter 3 of Article III (Traffic Regulations) of the Grover Beach Municipal Code and schedule the second reading and public hearing for the next regularly scheduled meeting.
BACKGROUND
On October 5, 1960, the City Council adopted its inaugural traffic regulation ordinance, embracing the Uniform Traffic Ordinance of 1960, a comprehensive document crafted by the League of California Cities and widely adopted throughout municipalities in California. Since then, this ordinance has undergone periodic updates, while largely preserving its original essence. However, recent review by staff has revealed portions of the ordinance that have become antiquated and irrelevant to the City's needs. For instance, Section 8.8 addresses Restrictions on the Use of Freeways, even though no freeways traverse the city limits of Grover Beach. Additionally, staff identified significant redundancy between the ordinance and the California Vehicle Code, rendering many sections superfluous.
In the present ordinance, Section 3302.2.7 establishes the Advisory Traffic Committee, a regulation that is replicated, albeit with subtle distinctions, in Article III, Chapter 3, Article II, Section 2.7. This committee comprises key staff members, including the Chief of Police, Fire Chief, Community Development Director, and Public Works Director, or their designated representatives.
The committee also includes one civilian member appointed by the City Council, serving a twoyear term. Their primary responsibilities encompass conducting official advisory meetings to review traffic reports, address traffic-related complaints, and provide recommendations to the City Council for enhancing traffic conditions and regulations.
Historically, this committee convened on a monthly basis, submitting reports to the City Clerk if no immediate action was taken during the meetings. However, over time, the efficiency of handling traffic complaints, recommendations, and regulations at the staff level rendered these meetings obsolete. With the revised process, and depending on the level of urgency, the resolution of complaints, recommendations, or regulations can now be achieved by staff within 30 days, as opposed to the previous 45 to 60-day timeline. Consequently, staff recommends the removal of the Advisory Traffic Committee from the new Ordinance with the understanding that traffic safety issues can be brought to the Council and/or staff for review.
Staff Report: Introduction and First Reading of Traffic Regulations Ordinance Page 2 September 25, 2023
The new Ordinance introduces several regulations not covered by its predecessor, including:
• A more clearly defined 72-hour parking regulation.
• Provisions regarding the storage of Semi-Trailers on City rights-of-way. • Guidelines for storing Dumpsters, Storage Containers, or other construction equipment on City rights-of-way.
• Establishment of a Recreational Vehicle Parking and Permitting Program.
The Recreational Vehicle Parking and Permitting Program has emerged in response to numerous requests from community members seeking a solution to park their RVs in front of their residences, either while preparing for vacations or unloading upon their return. The Police Department frequently receives such requests, yet no existing program accommodates this need. In response, our staff has developed the Recreational Vehicle Parking and Permitting Program, which allows for such activities through the issuance of permits by the Police Department. These permits are provided free of charge and can be obtained during the Police Department's business hours at the front lobby. Each permit grants a 48-hour window, providing owners ample time to load and unload their RVs without causing undue disruption to the neighborhood.
Pending the introduction and first reading of this ordinance, staff will schedule a public hearing for the second reading and adoption of the ordinance for the October 10th Council meeting.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact from this action.
ALTERNATIVES
The Council has the following alternatives to consider:
1. Conduct the first reading, by title only, and introduce an Ordinance repealing and replacing Chapter 3 of Article III (Traffic Regulations) of the Grover Beach Municipal Code and schedule the second reading and public hearing for the next regularly scheduled meeting; or
2. Provide alternative direction.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
The agenda was posted in accordance with the Brown Act.
Attachments
1. Proposed Traffic Regulations Ordinance
ORDINANCE NO. 23-____
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GROVER
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING CHAPTER 3 OF ARTICLE III IN ITS ENTIRTY, AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 3, OF ARTICLE III OF THE
GROVER BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE
CITY TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grover Beach ("City") adopted the first traffic regulation ordinance on October 5, 1960 when it adopted the Uniform Traffic Ordinance of 1960 produced by the League of California Cities; and WHEREAS, the traffic ordinance has been periodically updated, but for the most part the ordinance remained true to the original 1960 adoption; and WHEREAS, staff completed an in-depth review of the Traffic Regulations Ordinance and determined numerous portions of the ordinance are outdated, in conflict with, or a duplication of, other legislation, or no longer relevant; and WHEREAS, staff has prepared and presented a new Traffic Regulations Ordinance for City Council to consider for adoption.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GROVER BEACH AS FOLLOWS:
PART 1. Chapter 3 of Article III, (Traffic Regulations), of the Grover Beach Municipal Code, is hereby repealed in total.
PART 2. New Chapter 3 of Article III, (Traffic Regulations) is hereby added to the Grover Beach Municipal Code consistent with the attached Exhibit “A” which is hereby incorporated by reference as if set out in full.
PART 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such a decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases, be declared invalid.
PART 4. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with those sections amended or added herein are hereby repealed.
Attachment 1
PART 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall not become effective and in full force and effect until 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first day after its final passage. However, within fifteen (15) days after adoption by the City Council, the Ordinance shall be published once, together with the names of the Council Members voting thereon, in a newspaper of general circulation within the City.
INTRODUCED at a regular meeting of the City Council held on September 25, 2023, and PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council on _____________, on the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members -
NOES: Council Members -
ABSENT: Council Members -
ABSTAIN: Council Members -
RECUSED: Council Members -
DRAFT ___________________________________
KAREN BRIGHT, MAYOR
Attest:
______________________________
WENDI SIMS, CITY CLERK
Approved as to Form:
_____________________________
DAVID P. HALE, CITY ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT A
CHAPTER 3 – TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
09/04/2023
Section 3300. Short Title. This chapter shall be known as the Traffic Ordinance of the City of Grover Beach. The duties and responsibilities enumerated in this Chapter of the Officers and employees including but not limited to the Police Chief and City Traffic Engineer have been delegated by the City Council consistent with Government Code Section 830.6, or as amended, and shall constitute approval consistent therewith.
Section 3301. Traffic Administration.
A. Police Administration. There is hereby established in the police department of this city a traffic enforcement program to be under the control and responsibility of the Chief of Police or their designee.
B. Authority of Police and Fire Department Officials. Officers of the Police Department and designated employees and volunteers as are assigned by the Chief of Police are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, audible or other signal in conformance with traffic laws, except that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers and designated employees of other city departments or members of the Fire Department may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary contained in this ordinance or the Vehicle Code.
C. Persons Other Than Officials Shall Not Direct Traffic. No person other than an officer or designated employees of the City of Grover Beach or members of the Five Cities Fire Authority or a person(s) or contractor authorized by the Chief of Police or the City Public Works Director, City Traffic Engineer, or their designee, or a person authorized by law shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal, except that persons may operate, when and as herein provided, any mechanical push button signal erected by order of the City Traffic Engineer.
D. Obedience to Police or Authorized Officials. No person shall fail or refuse to comply with or to perform any act forbidden by any lawful order, signal, or direction of a police officer, a member of the Fire Department, or a person authorized by the Chief of Police, Public Works Director, City Traffic Engineer, or their designee or by law.
E. City Traffic Engineer. The office of the City Traffic Engineer is hereby established.
The City Traffic Engineer shall be appointed by the City Manager, or designee, and they shall exercise the powers and duties as provided in this ordinance and in the traffic ordinances of this city. Whenever the City Traffic Engineer is required or authorized to place or maintain official traffic control devices or signals, they may cause such devices or signals to be placed or maintained.
F. Powers and Duties of the City Traffic Engineer – Delegation. It shall be the general duty of the City Traffic Engineer to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic control devices and signals, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic collisions and to devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering and traffic investigations of traffic conditions, to cooperate with other city officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions and to carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by ordinance of this city. Whenever, by the provisions of this ordinance a power is granted to the City Traffic Engineer or a duty imposed upon them, the power may be exercised or the duty performed by their deputy or by a person authorized by them.
G. Duty of the Traffic Program. It shall be the duty of the traffic program with such aid as may be rendered by other members of the police department to enforce the street traffic regulations of this city and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic, in this city to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate traffic collisions and to cooperate with the City 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 specially imposed upon the police department by this ordinance and the traffic ordinances of this city.
H. Traffic Collision Reports. The Police Department shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic collision reports. Data from collision reports may be available for the use and information of the City Traffic Engineer.
I. Traffic Collision Studies. Whenever the collisions at any particular location become numerous, the Police Department will cooperate with the City Traffic Engineer in conducting studies of such collisions and determining remedial measures.
Section 3302. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this ordinance shall for the purpose of this ordinance have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this article.
Whenever any words or phrases used herein are not defined but are defined in the Vehicle codeof the State of California and amendments thereto, such definitions shall apply.
A. “Alley” is any highway having a roadway not exceeding 25 feet in width which is primarily used for access to the rear or side entrances of abutting property.
B. “Bicycle” is a device upon which a person may ride, propelled exclusively by human power, except as provided in Section 312.5 of the California Vehicle Code, through a belt, chain, or gears, and having one or more wheels. A person riding a bicycle is subject to the provisions of this ordinance and the codes specified in Sections 21200 and 21200.5. An electric bicycle is a bicycle.
C. “Camp Trailer” means a vehicle designed to be used on a highway, capable of human habitation for camping or recreational purposes that does not exceed 16 feet in overall length from the foremost point of the trailer hitch to the rear extremity of the trailer body and does not exceed 96 inches in width and includes any tent trailer. Where a trailer telescopes for travel, the size shall apply to the trailer as fully extended. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a camp trailer shall not be deemed to be a trailer coach.
D. “Camper” is a structure designed to be mounted upon a motor vehicle and to provide facilities for human habitation or camping purposes.
E. “City” means the City of Grover Beach, California.
F. “Central Traffic District” means all streets and portions of streets within the area described as follows: All public rights-of-way on West Grand Avenue, Oak Park Blvd, 4th Street and 13th Street.
G. “Coach” means any bus, motor coach, trackless trolley or passenger stage used as a common carrier of passengers.
H. “Commercial Motor Vehicle” is a motor vehicle of a type required to be registered under the California Vehicle Code, or any other State Vehicle Code or regulations, and is used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
I. “Council” means the City Council of the City of Grover Beach.
J. “County” means the County of San Luis Obispo, California.
K. “Crosswalk” is either:
(1.) That portion of a roadway included within the prolongation or connection of the boundary lines of sidewalks at intersections where the intersecting roadways meet at approximately right angles, except the prolongation of such lines from an alley across a street.
(2.) Any portion of a roadway distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, there shall not be a crosswalk where local authorities have placed signs indicating no crossing.
L. “Curb” means the lateral boundary of the roadway whether such curb be marked by curbing construction, or not so marked; the word “curb” as herein used shall not include the line dividing the roadway of a street from parking strips in the center of a street, nor from tracks or rights-of-way of public utility companies.
M. “Darkness” is any time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise and any other time when visibility is not sufficient to render clearly discernible any person or vehicle on the highway at a distance of 1,000 feet.
N. “Divided Highway” means a roadway divided along its centerline, either by a physical barrier or by signs or markings on the said roadway and providing for specific directional traffic flow in each lane.
O. “Divisional Island” is a raised island or roadway surface delineated by striping in accordance with the California Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices in the roadway separating opposing or conflicting streams of traffic.
P. “Electric Bicycle” is a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts.
(1) A “class 1 electric bicycle,” or “low-speed pedal-assisted electric bicycle,” is a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour.
(2) A “class 2 electric bicycle,” or “low-speed throttle-assisted electric bicycle,” is a bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the bicycle, and that is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour.
(3) A “class 3 electric bicycle,” or “speed pedal-assisted electric bicycle,” is a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 28 miles per hour, and equipped with a speedometer. (a) A person riding an electric bicycle, as defined in this section, is subject to the California Vehicle Code, Article 4 (commencing with Section 21200) of Chapter 1 of Division 11.
(b) On and after January 1, 2017, manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles shall apply a label that is permanently affixed, in a prominent location, to each electric bicycle. The label shall contain the classification number, top assisted speed, and motor wattage of the electric bicycle, and shall be printed in Arial font in at least 9-point type.
Q. “Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device” or “EPAMD” means a selfbalancing, non-tandem two-wheeled device, that is not greater than 20 inches deep and 25 inches wide and can turn in place, designed to transport only one person, with an electric propulsion system averaging less than 750 watts (1 horsepower), the maximum speed of which, when powered solely by a propulsion system on a paved level surface, is no more than 12.5 miles per hour.
R. “Electrically Motorized Board” is any wheeled device that has a floorboard designed to be stood upon when riding that is not greater than 60 inches deep and 18 inches wide, is designed to transport only one person, and has an electric propulsion system averaging less than 1,000 watts, the maximum speed of which, when powered solely by a propulsion system on a paved level surface, is no more than 20 miles per hour. The device may be designed to also be powered by human propulsion.
S. “Fifth-Wheel or Gooseneck Travel Trailer” is a vehicle designed for recreational purposes to carry persons, animals or property on its own structure and so constructed as to be drawn by a motor vehicle by means of a kingpin or ball hitch connecting device.
T. “Highway” is a way or place of whatever nature, publicly or privately maintained and open to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular travel. Highway includes street.
U. “Holidays” means all Federal, State and City of Grover Beach recognized holidays.
V. “House Car” is a motor vehicle originally designed, or permanently altered, and equipped for human habitation, or to which a camper has been permanently attached. A motor vehicle to which a camper has been temporarily attached is not a house car except that, for the purposes of California Vehicle Code, Division 11 (commencing with Section 21000) and Division 12 (commencing with Section 24000), a motor vehicle equipped with a camper having an axle that is designed to support a portion of the weight of the camper unit shall be considered a three-axle house car regardless of the method of attachment or manner of registration. A house car shall not be deemed to be a motor-truck.
W. “Intersection” is the area embraced within the prolongation of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways, of two roadways which join one another at approximately right angles or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different roadways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
X. “Loading Zone” The space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
Y. “Low Speed Vehicle” is a motor vehicle that meets all of the following requirements:
(1) Has four wheels.
(2) Can attain a speed, in one mile, of more than 20 miles per hour and not more than 25 miles per hour, on a paved level surface.
(3) Has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds. (a) For the purposes of this section, a “low-speed vehicle” is not a golf cart, except when operated pursuant to Section 21115 or 21115.1 of the California Vehicle Code.
(b) A “low-speed vehicle” is also known as a “neighborhood electric vehicle.” Z. “Mobile Billboard Advertising Display” means an advertising display that is attached to a wheeled, mobile, nonmotorized vehicle, device or bicycle that carries, pulls or transports a sign or billboard, and is for the primary purpose of advertising.
AA. “Motorcycle” is
(1) a motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider, designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground. (2) A motor vehicle that has four wheels in contact with the ground, two of which are a functional part of a sidecar, is a motorcycle if the vehicle otherwise comes within the definition of subdivision (1).
(3) A farm tractor is not a motorcycle.
(4) A three-wheeled motor vehicle that otherwise meets the requirements of subdivision (1), has a partially or completely enclosed seating area for the driver and passenger, is used by local public agencies for the enforcement of parking control provisions, and is operated at slow speeds on public streets, is not a motorcycle. However, a motor vehicle described in this subdivision shall comply with the applicable sections of this code imposing equipment installation requirements on motorcycles.
BB. “Motor-Driven Cycle” is any motorcycle with a motor that displaces less than 150 cubic centimeters. A motor-driven cycle does not include a motorized bicycle.
CC. “Motorized Bicycle” or “Moped” is a 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 that produces less than 4 gross brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on level ground.
DD. “Motorized Quadricycle” is a four-wheeled device, and a “motorized tricycle” is a three-wheeled device, designed to carry not more than two persons, including the driver, and having either an electric motor or a motor with an automatic transmission developing less than two gross brake horsepower and capable of propelling the device at a maximum speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on level ground. The device shall be utilized only by a person who by reason of physical disability is otherwise unable to move about as a pedestrian or by a senior citizen as defined in Section 13000 of the California Vehicle Code.
EE. “Motorized Scooter” is any two-wheeled device that has handlebars, has a floorboard that is designed to be stood upon when riding, and is powered by an electric motor. This device may also have a driver seat that does not interfere with the ability of the rider to stand and ride and may also be designed to be powered by human propulsion.
For purposes of this section, a motorcycle, as defined in Section 1.23, a motor-driven cycle, as defined in Section 1.24, or a motorized bicycle or moped, as defined in Section
1.25, is not a motorized scooter.
FF. “Motor Vehicle” is a vehicle that is self-propelled. “Motor vehicle” does not include a self-propelled wheelchair, motorized tricycle, or motorized quadricycle, if operated by a person who, by reason of physical disability, is otherwise unable to move about as a pedestrian.
GG. “Official Traffic Control Signal” is any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and proceed and which is erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction.
HH. “Park or Parking” shall mean the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
II. “Parkway” shall mean the portion of a public street or right-of-way lying between the curb or edge of the roadway and a sidewalk or public walkway.
JJ. “Passenger Loading Zone” means the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.
KK. “Pedestrian” is
(1) a person who is afoot or who is using any of the following:
(a) A means of conveyance propelled by human power other than a bicycle. (b) An electric personal assistive mobility device.
(2) “Pedestrian” includes a person who is operating a self-propelled wheelchair, motorized tricycle, or motorized quadricycle and, by reason of physical disability, is otherwise unable to move about as a pedestrian.
LL. “Pedicab” means any of the following:
(1) A bicycle that has three or more wheels, that transports, or is capable of transporting, passengers on seats attached to the bicycle, that is operated by a person, and that is being used for transporting passengers for hire. (2) A bicycle that pulls a trailer, sidecar, or similar device, that transports, or is capable of transporting, passengers on seats attached to the trailer, sidecar, or similar device, that is operated by a person, and that is being used for transporting passengers for hire.
(3) A four-wheeled device that is primarily or exclusively pedal-powered, has a seating capacity for eight or more passengers, cannot travel in excess of 15 miles per hour, and is being used for transporting passengers for hire.
MM. “Peace Officer” means every law enforcement officer of the State of California, the Police Department of this city and any Community Services Technician authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
NN. “Private Road or Driveway” is a way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner but not by other members of the public.
OO. “Recreation Vehicle” means a motorhome, travel trailer, truck camper, camping trailer, or other vehicle or trailer, with or without motive power, designed or altered for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other human occupancy. “Recreational vehicle” specifically includes, but is not limited to: a “recreational vehicle” as defined by California Health and Safety Code Section 18010; a “truck camper” as defined by Health and Safety Code Section 18013.4; a “camp trailer” as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 242; a “camper” as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 243; a “fifth-wheel travel trailer” as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 324; a “house car” as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 362; a “trailer coach” as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 635; a van camper; or a van conversion.
PP. “Residential District” is that portion of a highway and the property contiguous thereto, other than a business district, (a) upon one side of which highway, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 13 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures, or (b) upon both sides of which highway, collectively, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 16 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures. A residential district may be longer than one-quarter of a mile if the above ratio of separate dwelling houses or business structures to the length of the highway exists.
QQ. “Roadway” is that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
RR. “RV Permit” means a 48-hour parking permit for a recreational vehicle belonging to a resident of the city issued by the Chief of Police or their designee in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
SS. “Safety Zone” is the area or space lawfully set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected, or which is marked or indicated by vertical signs, raised markers or raised buttons, in order to make such area or space plainly visible at all times while the same is set apart as a safety zone.
TT. “Semi-Trailer” is a vehicle designed for carrying persons or property, used in conjunction with a motor vehicle, and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon, or is carried by, another vehicle.
UU. “Trailer” is a vehicle designed for carrying persons or property on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle.
VV. “Vehicle Code” means the Vehicle Code of the State of California.
Section 3303. Traffic Control Devices.
A. Authority to Install Traffic Control Devices.
(1) The City Traffic Engineer shall have the power and duty to place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained official traffic control devices when and as required to make effective the provisions of this ordinance. (2) Whenever the Vehicle code requires for the effectiveness of any provision thereof that traffic control devices be installed to give notice to the public of the application of such law the City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to install or cause to be installed the necessary devices subject to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law applicable thereto.
(3) The City Traffic Engineer may also place and maintain or cause to place and maintain 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/or traffic investigations and in accordance with such standards, limitations and rules as may be set forth in this ordinance or as may be determined by ordinance or resolution of the Council.
B. Installation of Traffic Signals.
(1) The City Traffic Engineer is hereby 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.
(2) The City Traffic Engineer shall ascertain and determine the locations where such signals are required by field investigation, traffic counts and other traffic information as may be pertinent and their determinations there from shall be made in accordance with those traffic engineering and safety standards and instructions set forth in the California Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. (3) Whenever the City Traffic Engineer installs and maintains an official traffic signal at any intersection, they shall likewise erect and maintain at such intersection street name signs clearly visible to traffic approaching from all directions unless such street name signs have previously been placed and are maintained at any said intersection.
C. Lane Marking. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby 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.
D. Distinctive Roadway Markings. The City Traffic Engineer is 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 marking or signs and markings. Such marking or signs and marking shall have the same effect as similar markings placed by the State Department of Transportation pursuant to provisions of the Vehicle code.
E. Authority to Remove, Relocate and Discontinue Traffic Control Devices. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic control device not specifically required by the Vehicle Code or this ordinance whenever they shall determine in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist.
F. Traffic Control Devices: Hours of Operation. The City Traffic Engineer shall determine the hours and days during which any traffic control device shall be in operation or be in effect, except in those cases where such hours or days are specified in this ordinance.
G. Unauthorized Painting of Curbs. No person, unless authorized by this city, shall paint any street or curb surface; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the painting of house numbers on a curb surface immediately adjacent to the associated house by any person who has complied with the provisions of any resolution or ordinance of this city pertaining thereto.
Section 3304. Turning Movements, Signals and Devices.
A. Authority to Place Turning Markings, Signals or Other Devices at Multi-Lane Intersections. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to place official traffic control devices within or adjacent to intersections and indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and the City Traffic Engineer is authorized to locate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right or left hand turns, and the course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law or ordinance.
B. Authority to Place Restricted Turn Signs. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby 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. 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.
C. Signal Controlled Intersections – Right Turns.
(1) The City Traffic Engineer shall post appropriate signs giving effect to this section where they determine that the making of right turns against traffic signal “stop” indication would interfere with the safe and orderly flow of traffic. (2) No driver of a vehicle shall make a right turn against a red traffic signal or a stop sign at any intersection which is sign-posted giving notice of such restriction as hereinafter provided in this section.
Section 3305. One-Way Streets and Alleys.
A. Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this city designates any street or portion thereof as a one-way street or alley, the City Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain 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.
B. 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.
Section 3306. Special Stops Required.
A. City Traffic Engineer to Erect Stop Signs.
(1) Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this city 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 erect and maintain stop signs as follows:
(2) A stop sign shall be erected on each and every street intersecting such through street or portion thereof so designated and at those entrances to other intersections where a stop is required and at any railroad grade crossing so designated; provided, however stop signs shall not be erected or maintained at any entrance to an intersection when such entrance is controlled by an official traffic control signal. Every such sign shall conform with, and shall be placed as provided in, the Vehicle Code.
Section 3307. Crosswalk Regulations.
A. City Traffic Engineer to Establish Marked Crosswalks. The City Traffic Engineer shall establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway as follows:
(1) Crosswalks may be established and maintained at any intersection or other location where the City Traffic Engineer determines that the installation of said crosswalk would provide a safety benefit to pedestrians crossing the roadway subject to the limitation contained in (2) of this section. (2) Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk shall be established in any block which is less than four hundred feet in length and such crosswalk shall be located as nearly as practicable at mid-block.
(3) The City Traffic Engineer may place signs at or adjacent to an intersection in respect to any crosswalk directing pedestrians shall not cross in the crosswalk so indicated.
B. Standing in the Roadway. No person shall stand in any roadway other than 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, city employee, city contractor or employee of a public utility necessarily upon a street in the line of duty.
Section 3308. Stopping, Standing, and Parking Regulations.
A. Application of Regulations.
(1) The provisions of this ordinance 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 or official traffic control device. (2) The provisions of this ordinance imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of the Vehicle Code or the ordinances of this city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
B. City Traffic Engineer to Establish and Maintain Stopping and Parking Areas.
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb surface, all no stopping zones, no parking areas and restricted parking areas, as defined and described in this ordinance:
(1) When said curb markings or signs are in place, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle adjacent to any such curb marking or sign in violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance.
C. No Stopping Zones. The City Traffic Engineer shall designate established no stopping zones by placing and maintaining appropriate signs indicating that stopping of vehicles is prohibited and indicating the hours and day when stopping is prohibited.
During the hours and on the days designated on the signs, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop said vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets established by resolution of the Council as no stopping zones.
D. Emergency Parking Signs. Whenever the City Traffic Engineer determines that unacceptable levels of traffic congestion are likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or for other reasons, the City Traffic Engineer and/or the Chief of Police or their designees 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 and/or the Chief of Police or their designees shall direct during the time such temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such emergency or event and the City Traffic Engineer and/or the Chief of Police or their designees shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.
E. No Parking Areas. No operator of any motor vehicle, trailer, camp-trailer, recreational vehicle, motorcycle, commercial vehicle, coach, house car, low-speedvehicle, or semi-trailer shall stop, stand, park or leave standing such vehicle in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized employee, or traffic sign or signal:
(1) Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings.
(2) 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. (3) 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.
(4) In any area established by the City Traffic Engineer as a no parking area, when such is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface. (5) On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair of 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 or traffic or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided that signs giving notice of such “no parking” are erected or placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the effective time of such no parking. (6) At any place within twenty feet (20) of a point on the curb immediately opposite the mid-block end of a safety zone, when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface.
(7) At any place within twenty feet (20) of a crosswalk at an intersection in the central traffic district or in any business district 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.
(8) Within twenty feet (20) of the approach to any traffic signal, yield sign, stop sign, marked crosswalk, or official electric flashing device. (9) Within fifty (50) feet of the prolongation of an intersecting roadway curb or pavement edge when appropriate signs or markings are in place, except for buses at a designated bus zone.
(10) Within any parkway.
F. Parking Prohibited on Narrow Streets. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed 20 feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed 30 feet. (1) When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking.
G. Parking Adjacent to Schools. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
(1) When official signs are erected prohibited parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
H. 72 Hour Parking. No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer, or boat shall park such vehicle upon any street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility, or public right of way for more than a consecutive period of 72 hours. For purposes of enforcement, the mere moving or relocation of the vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer or boat a short distance of less than 1/10th of a mile shall not suffice to interrupt the seventy-two (72) hour period or constitute the beginning of a new seventytwo (72) hour period. Proof that the vehicle was moved less than 1/10th of a mile in a normal traffic lane at any given time shall constitute prima facie evidence that the seventytwo (72) hour period was not interrupted or terminated. The provisions of this subsection are to be interpreted and enforced consistent with a public policy against long-term storage of vehicles upon public streets. A copy of this subsection shall be included as a part of any notice or citation placed on a vehicle concerning the seventy-two (72) hour parking limit.
Section 3309. Parking Space Markings, Loading Zones, and Time Limited Parking.
A. Parking Space Markings. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbs where authorized parking is permitted. When such parking space markings are placed on the street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility or public right of way or highway subject to other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be stopped, left standing or parked other than within a single space unless the size or shape of such vehicle makes compliance impossible.
B. Authority to Establish Loading Zones. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine and to mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows:
(1) 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.
(2) In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.
(3) Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top of all curbs within such zones.
(4) Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones.
C. Curb Markings to Indicate No Stopping and Parking Regulations. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this ordinance, to place, and when required herein, shall place the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and said curb markings shall have the meanings as herein set forth in California Vehicle Code 21458.
D. Effect of Permission to Load or Unload.
(1) Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes 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 thirty (30) minutes.
(2) Permission herein granted to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than ten (10) minutes.
E. 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 3309(C)(2).
F. 30 Minute Parking. Green curb markings shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than 30 minutes at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sunday(s) and holidays. When authorized signs or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign or parking meter in violation thereof.
G. One Hour Parking. When authorized signs, or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday(s) and holidays for a period of time longer than one hour.
H. Two Hour Parking. When authorized signs, or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer than two hours.
I. Diagonal Parking. On any of the streets or portions of streets established by resolution of the City Council as diagonal parking zones, when signs or pavement markings are in place indicating such diagonal parking, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park said vehicle except:
(1) At the angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits to said allotted space; (2) With the front wheel nearest the curb within six (6) inches of said curb.
The provisions of this section shall not apply when such vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading passengers, freight or goods, in which event the provisions applicable in Section 3309(D) of this ordinance shall be complied with.
J. Fire Lane. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to establish Fire Lane – No Parking zones on public and private roadways after the Fire Department has designated the roadway as a Fire Lane. The designation shall be indicated (1) by a sign posted immediately adjacent to, and visible from, the designated place clearly stating in letters not less than one inch in height that the place is a fire lane, (2) by outlining or painting the place in red and, in contrasting color, marking the place with the words "FIRE LANE", which are clearly visible from a vehicle, or (3) by a red curb or red paint on the edge of the roadway upon which is clearly marked the words "FIRE LANE".
Section 3310. Commercial Vehicle Parking Zones and Restrictions.
A. Coach Zones to be Established. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby 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. Coach zones shall normally be established on the far side of an intersection.
B. Parking or Standing of Commercial Vehicles. In all public areas within the City of Grover Beach zoned R-1, R-2, R-3, R-A, C-R-1, C-R-2, C-R-3, M-H, or C-PR-1, or any curbside parking contiguous to any such zone, the parking or standing of commercial vehicles is hereby prohibited if said vehicle is one or more of the following:
(1) A vehicle with a manufacturer's gross weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more, except for house cars as defined in Vehicle Code Sec. 362 or a trailer coach as defined in Vehicle Code Sec. 635;
(2) A truck trailer as defined in Vehicle Code Sec. 655; (3) A semitrailer as defined in Vehicle Code Sec. 550;
(4) A trailer as defined in Vehicle Code Sec. 630.
(a) This section shall not apply under the following conditions:
(1) When such vehicle is loading or unloading property; (2) When the City Council has determined by resolution that the parking of such vehicles on certain streets or properties shall be permitted; or
(3) When the vehicle is being used in conjunction with a construction project, is parked or standing off of a public right of way and such vehicle parking or standing has been approved in writing by the Community Development Director.
C. Storing of Semi-Trailers. It is unlawful for any person to store, leave standing, or park an unattached semi-trailer or auxiliary dolly on any public street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility or public right of way or highway except for and during the purpose of loading or unloading it.
D. Display of Warning Devices When Commercial Vehicle is Disabled. Every motor truck having a weight of 20,000 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 3 two flares or 3 two warning lights or reflectors. The 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 within this city and upon which street or highway there is insufficient street lighting to reveal a vehicle at a distance of 200 feet during darkness, a warning signal of the character indicated above shall be immediately placed at a distance of approximately 100 feet in advance of, and 100 feet to the rear of, such disabled vehicle by the driver thereof.
The continuous flashing of at least four approved class A-type 1 turn signal lamps, at least two toward the front and at least two toward the rear of the vehicle, shall be considered as to meet the requirements of this section until the devices mentioned above can be placed as 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.
Section 3311. Unlawful Parking – Peddlers and Vendors.
A. No person shall park or stand on any street, any lunch wagon, eating cart, vehicle or pushcart from which articles of food are sold or offered for sale without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the City of Grover Beach. ..
B. Whenever any permit is granted by the City of Grover Beach under the provisions of the Grover Beach Municipal Code and a particular location to park or stand is specified therein, no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon or pushcart on any location other than as designated in such permit.
Section 3312. Unlawful Use of City Rights of Way for Vehicles, Trailers Boats, RollOff Dumpsters, Storage Containers or Construction Equipment.
A. Repairing or Greasing Vehicles on Public Streets. No person shall construct or cause to be constructed, repair or cause to be repaired, grease or cause to be greased, dismantle or cause to be dismantled any vehicle or any part thereof upon any street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility, or public right of way street in this city. Temporary emergency repairs may be made upon a public street as long as the vehicle or trailer is not interfering with normal traffic or pedestrian flow and that the repair time period does not exceed four (4) hours.
B. Parking of Vehicles for Public Display. The City Council of the City of Grover Beach finds that the display of parked vehicles for the purposes of creating a Mobile Billboard Advertising Display on its streets creates a distraction for drivers and pedestrians, thereby creating a hazard; creates a nuisance for the community; and decreases the parking available for businesses and residents. The City Council further finds that numerous other advertising methods are available and necessary to alleviate this problem. The purpose of this Section is to authorize and empower the Police Department to take various actions when the use of public streets for Mobile Billboard Advertising Displays adversely affects neighborhoods in the City of Grover Beach.
C. Parking of Vehicles Advertising for Sale. It is unlawful to park a motor vehicle, trailer, camp-trailer, recreational vehicle, motorcycle, commercial vehicle, coach, house car, low-speed-vehicle, or semi-trailer on a street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility or public right of way with a sign or placard on the vehicle that advertises the vehicle is for sale.
(1) For Sections B and C of 3312, a warning citation shall be issued and it shall state that an additional violation may result in the impoundment of the vehicle, even if the vehicle is moved to another street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility, public right of way or highway in the City of Grover Beach.
C. Advertising Vehicles. No person shall operate or drive any vehicle used for advertising purposes or any advertising vehicle equipped with a sound-amplifying or loudspeaking device upon any street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility, public right of way or highway at any time within the city.
D. Storing of Vehicles by Businesses. It is unlawful for any person who deals in, or whose business involves the sale, lease, rental, or charter of vehicles to store, park, or leave standing any such vehicle upon any public street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility or public right of way or highway, except while such vehicle is under lease, rental, or charter by a customer. It is unlawful for any person who operates a business to store vehicles used in the conduct of that business on the street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility, public right of way or highway.
E. Storing of Vehicles by Auto Repair Businesses. It is unlawful for any person whose business involves the repair, servicing of vehicles or vehicle components to store, park, or leave standing any vehicle on any public street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility, public right of way or highway after that person has accepted custody of the vehicle from the customer.
F. Unauthorized Parking of Vehicles in a Fire Zone. It is the purpose of this section to prohibit parking of vehicles without permission on privately owned or publicly owned property, and to establish a means to enforce limited time zones on private or public property.
(1) No person, regardless of whether permission has been given by the owner or person in lawful possession, shall park a vehicle in a fire access road established, maintained or posted with signs or roadway markings pursuant to the provisions of the California Vehicle Code Section 22500.1.
Section 3313. When Motor Vehicles, Trailers, Boats, Roll-Off Dumpsters, Storage Containers and Personal Property May Be Removed From any Street or Public Right of Way.
A. Any regularly employed and salaried officer, or authorized employee of the Police Department may remove or cause to be removed:
(1) Any motor vehicle, trailer, or boat that has been parked or left standing upon a street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility or public right of way or highway for 72 or more consecutive hours. For purposes of this subsection, the mere moving or relocation of a motor vehicle, trailer, or boat for a short distance shall not suffice to interrupt the seventy-two (72) hour period or to constitute the beginning of a new seventy-two (72) hour period. Proof that the vehicle was moved less than 1/10th of a mile in a normal traffic lane at any given time shall constitute prima facie evidence that the seventy-two (72) hour period was not interrupted or terminated. The provisions of this subsection are to be interpreted and enforced consistent with a public policy against long-term storage of vehicles upon public streets. A copy of this subsection shall be included as a part of any notice or citation placed on a vehicle concerning the seventy-two (72) hour parking limit. (2) 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 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 that such vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twentyfour (24) hours prior to the removal. (3) Any Roll-Off Dumpster, Storage Container, Sports Equipment, Barricades, privately owned signs, or other items of personal property, other than motor vehicles or trailers found on any street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility, public right of way or highway create a traffic safety hazard and may be immediately removed from the street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility, public right of way or highway without prior notice to the owner or person in legal possession of the property. The owner or person in legal possession of the property shall be responsible for all fees associated with the removal and storage of the property.
(4) Motorized power equipment or items of construction equipment or materials found on any street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility or public right of way or highway that does not have and display an encroachment permit issued by the City of Grover Beach may be immediately removed from the street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility or public right of way or highway without prior notice to the owner or person in legal possession of the property. The owner or person in legal possession of the property shall be responsible for all fees associated with the removal and storage of the property.
(5) Mobile Billboard Advertising Displays may be removed pursuant to Section 22651, Subdivision (v), of the California Vehicle Code when the mobile billboard advertising display is found upon any public street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility, public right of way or highway in the City of Grover Beach. Prior to the removal of the mobile billboard advertising display, it shall be issued a warning citation at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the removal. The warning citation shall state the owner of the mobile billboard advertising display may be subject to penalties upon a subsequent violation and may include removal of the mobile billboard advertising display.
Exceptions. The provisions of section 4 shall not apply to:
(a) Trailers owned by a public utility or licensed contractor while actually in use during the construction, installation, or repair of any public utility, public work or private work when authorized by issuance of an Encroachment Permit; Trailers actively in use for the pick-up or delivery of goods, wares, or merchandise; trailers actively in use for the delivery or pick-up of materials for repairing, altering, remodeling or constructing any building or for delivery of commercial services such as, without limitation, swimming pool cleaning or gardening; travel trailers actively in use by persons loading or unloading or when making temporary or emergency repairs.
Section 3314. Recreational Vehicle Parking and Permitting.
A. Parking Prohibited. It is unlawful for a person to park or leave standing any recreational vehicle on any street, alley, city parking lot, city parking facility, or public right of way in the city between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
B. Exceptions.
(1) Recreational Vehicles for which a RV permit has been issued, is valid for a period of 72 hours and is displayed on the inside front windshield of the RV where it is visible to persons outside the vehicle.
(2) Recreational Vehicles parked or left standing as a result of a mechanical breakdown so as to allow the performance of emergency repairs on the vehicle for a period not to exceed 24-hours.
C. Recreational Vehicle Parking Permits.
(1) The chief of police, or their designee, has the authority to issue RV permits and to revoke such permits in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (2) Persons holding a valid RV permit issued pursuant to this chapter may park the recreational vehicle for which the permit was issued on a street in a residential area during the restricted hours of 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., provided the recreational vehicle is parked along the curb line within the same block as the residence listed in the application for which the permit is issued and the permit is valid. If the residence is located on a corner, then the permit holder may park along the curb line of either of the streets on the block on which the residence is located as long as the vehicle is not parked within 50 feet of the corner. (3) Except as expressly provided in this chapter, a RV permit does not authorize any vehicle to park in a location or manner that is otherwise prohibited by this code or by the California Vehicle Code.
(4) A RV permit does not guarantee the availability of parking at any time.
D. Duration and Limits.
(1) RV permits will be valid for 72-hours. The permittee may apply for a total of four (4) RV permits within a 30-day period. Permits shall not be issued consecutively, nor within a 72-hour period to a previous permit. A permit may be issued provided all the conditions set forth in the Municipal Code continue to be met. No more than one RV permit shall be issued for each residential address in the city at any given time.
E. RV Permit Application.
(1) Every resident desiring a RV permit for their own recreational vehicle or recreational vehicle under their possession and control shall file an application with the police department Monday – Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. containing the following information:
(a) The name, residential address and phone number of the resident applying for the permit along with proof of residency satisfactory to the Chief of Police such as a current driver’s license or identification card, property tax bill, or public utility bill.
(2) The name, address, and phone number of the registered owner of the recreational vehicle for which a permit is sought along with a copy of the vehicle registration from the California Department of Motor Vehicles or equivalent agency from another state. If the resident applying for the RV permit is not the registered owner, a letter of authorization from the registered owner shall be included. (3) The license number, year, make and model of the recreational vehicle and its dimensions as to width, height, and length.
(4) Such additional information the Chief of Police, or their designee, may reasonably require.
F. RV Permit Issuance.
(1) The Chief of Police or their designee may issue a RV permit unless one of the following findings is made:
(a) The applicant is not a city resident.
(b) The resident is not the registered owner of the recreational vehicle or does not have authorization to use such vehicle.
(c) A RV permit has already been issued for a resident at the listed address. (d) There are public safety concerns relating to the parking of the recreational vehicle on the street on which the parking would be provided, including but not limited to a street being too narrow to safely accommodate the recreational vehicle.
(e) The street on which parking would be provided prohibits parking of all vehicles.
(f) The applicant provided information that was materially false.
G. RV Permit – Display.
(1) All RV permits shall include the license plate number of the designated recreational vehicle, the date of issuance, the date of expiration, and the permit number.
(2) All RV permits shall be conspicuously displayed in the lower driver’s side of the windshield so that it is clearly visible from the exterior of the vehicle so that all information is visible in order to avoid a parking ticket. The possession of a valid, unexpired permit that was not properly displayed shall not be considered a defense to a citation for an illegally parked recreational vehicle. (3) Any person who displays a counterfeit, forged, altered, or fraudulent RV permit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
H. Prohibited Activities.
Regardless of whether a person has a RV permit, no person shall:
(1) Run electrical cords, extension cords, hoses, cables, or other items across, above, or on the parkway or sidewalk from any property to a recreational vehicle parked on a public street at any time.
(2) Make a sewer connection with a recreational vehicle or dump wastes from a recreational vehicle onto public or private land other than a designated RV dump.
Violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor.
(3) Use such recreational vehicle for human habitation in violation of Grover Beach Municipal Code Article III, Chapter 14.1.
I. Revocation of RV Permit.
(1) The Chief of Police, or their designee, shall have the authority to revoke a RV permit in the following circumstances:
(a) A ground exists which would have justified denial of the permit in the first instance.
(b) The recreational vehicle has fallen into a state of disrepair and has become a public nuisance.
(c) The recreational vehicle has created a disturbance in the neighborhood due to the manner in which it has been used.
(d) The recreational vehicle has become inoperable.
(e) There have been at least two parking citations issued for the recreational vehicle while the permit period is still active. (f) There has been a violation of Section 3314(H).
(g) There has been evidence that the recreational vehicle is being used for habitation.
J. Violations.
A. Unless otherwise specified, all violations of this Section shall be an infraction and such persons shall be subject to citation, towing or both.
Section 3315. Truck Routes.
A. Whenever this City designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street, the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of six (6) tons, the City Traffic Engineer is authorized to designate such street or streets by appropriate signs as "Truck Routes" for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of six (6) tons.
B. When any such truck route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of six (6) 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 six (6) tons coming from a "Truck Route" having ingress and egress by direct route to and from restricted streets when necessary for the purpose of making pickups and deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on such restricted streets or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon such restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained.
C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to (1) passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, (2) any vehicle owned by a public utility, or (3) any vehicle under contract to the City.
D. The following streets and parts of streets are hereby declared to be truck routes for the movement of vehicles that exceed a maximum gross vehicle weight of six (6) tons:
(1) Grand Avenue - within City Limits
(2) North and South Oak Park Boulevard - from Long Branch Avenue to the Northern City Limit
(3) Farroll Road - from South 4th Street to Oak Park Boulevard (4) Highland Way - From South 4th street to 13th Street (5) North and South 4th Street - within City Limits
(6) El Camino Real - from the Western City Limit to the Eastern City Limit (7) Ramona Avenue - from North 4th Street to Front Street (8) 3rd Street - from Grand Avenue to Ramona Avenue
(9) Front Street - from Ramona Avenue to Newport Avenue (10) The Pike – From 13th Street to 23rd Street
(11) South 13th Street from Farroll Road to The Pike
Section 3316. Special Speed Zones.
A. Established Speed Limits in Certain Zones. In accordance with Vehicle Code Section 22357, an engineering and traffic survey has been performed that provides recommendations to establish the speed limit necessary for safe operation of vehicles for the following streets. It is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit for the following streets shall be as designated below when signs are erected giving notice thereof:
(1) 25 MILES PER HOUR
(a) Highland Way – South 4th Street to South 13th Street (b) South 8th Street – West Grand Avenue to Farroll Road (c) Long Branch Avenue – South 4th Street to South Oak Park Boulevard (d) Mentone Avenue – South 4th Street to South Oak Park Boulevard (e) North Oak Park Boulevard – El Camino Real to Atlantic City Avenue (2) 30 MILES PER HOUR
(a) Atlantic City Avenue – North 4th Street to North 12th Street (b) Atlantic City Avenue – North 12th Street to North Oak Park Boulevard (c) North 13th Street – Atlantic City Avenue to West Grand Avenue (d) South 13th Street – West Grand Avenue to Farroll Road (e) West Grand Avenue – Highway 1 to Oak Park Boulevard (f) The Pike – South 13th Street to East City Limit
(g) North Oak Park Boulevard – Atlantic City Avenue to West Grand Avenue
(h) South Oak Park Boulevard – West Grand Avenue to Mentone Avenue (i) South Oak Park Boulevard – Farroll Road to The Pike (j) North 12th Street – Atlantic City Avenue to El Camino Real (3) 35 MILES PER HOUR
(a) South Oak Park Boulevard – Mentone Avenue to Farroll Road (b) Farroll Road – South 4th Street to South 13th Street (c) Farroll Road – South 13th Street to South Oak Park Boulevard (d) North 4th Street – North City Limit to Ocean View Avenue (e) North 4th Street – Ocean View Avenue to Farroll Road (f) North 4th Street - Farroll Road to South City Limit (g) South 13th Street - Farroll Road to The Pike
(4) 40 MILES PER HOUR
(a) El Camino Real – North 12th Street to Eastern City Limit (b) El Camino Real – Westerly City Limit to North 12th Street Section 3317. Miscellaneous Traffic Regulations.
A. Riding or Driving on Sidewalk. No person shall ride, drive, propel or cause to be propelled any motor vehicle, trailer, camp-trailer, recreational vehicle, motorcycle, commercial vehicle, coach, house car, low-speed-vehicle, or semi-trailer upon any sidewalk excepting over permanently constructed driveways and excepting when it is necessary for any temporary purpose to drive a loaded vehicle across a sidewalk; provided further, that said sidewalk area be substantially protected by wooden planks two inches thick and written permission be previously obtained from the City Traffic Engineer.
Such wooden planks shall not be permitted to remain upon such sidewalk area during the hours from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
B. Horses and Horse Drawn Vehicles.
(1) No person shall drive or ride any animal or animal drawn vehicle in, to, or upon any City Street at any time of the day or night.
(2) The City Traffic Engineer or the Chief of Police may authorize, through the issuance of a Parade Permit as outlined in Grover Beach Municipal Code Article III, Chapter 10, the driving or riding of any animal or animal-drawn vehicle for the purpose of holding a public parade or demonstration or function or for other reasons appearing to be necessary, provided that temporary signs or barricades shall designate the specific location in which such functions are to take place and along which such animals or animal drawn vehicles may be ridden or driven.