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28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING TITLE 10 OF THE RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL CODE BY
ADDING SECTION 10.56.070 REGARDING FINES AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER 10.56
The City Council of the City of Riverside does ordain as follows:
Section 1: The Table of Contents for Chapter 10.56 of the Riverside Municipal Code entitled “Restricted Use of Certain Streets” is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Chapter 10.56 – Restricted Use of Certain Streets
Sections:
10.56.010 Commercial vehicles exceeding 6,000 pounds (3 tons) gross weight prohibited from using certain streets.
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10.56.060 Commercial vehicles exceeding weight limits prohibited from using certain bridges.
10.56.070 Fines and penalties.”
Section 2: Section 10.56.070 is a proposed addition to the Riverside Municipal Code and is hereby written as follows:
“Section 10.56.070 Fines and penalties.
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, any violation of this Chapter shall be subject to fines as follows: Upon a first and subsequent violation of this Chapter, a fine of $1,000.00.
B. The civil fines and criminal penalties imposed shall be in addition to any other fines and/or penalties imposed for violation of local, state, and/or Federal law.” Section 3: The City Council has reviewed the matter and, by based upon the facts and information contained in the staff reports, administrative record, and written and oral testimony, hereby finds that this ordinance is not subject to CEQA pursuant to sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3) and/or 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title
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28 CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
3750 UNIVERSITY AVE., STE. 250
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
(951) 826-5567
14, Chapter 3, in that it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment nor have a significant impact on the environment.
Section 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with Section 414 of the Charter of the City of Riverside. This ordinance shall become effective on the 30th day after the date of its adoption.
ADOPTED by the City Council this _________ day of _____________, 2025.
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PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
Attest:
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DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
I, Donesia Gause , City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City Council on the _______ day of _______________, 20 25, and that thereafter the said ordinance was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the _________day of _____________, 20 25, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this ________ day of ______________, 2025.
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28 CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
3750 UNIVERSITY AVE., STE. 250
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
(951) 826-5567
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DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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