7-14
DRIVING PROHIBITIONS:
7-14.1 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 processions are conspicuously so designated. (Code 1972 §19-68)
7-14.2 Sidewalks And Parkways1:
A driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon any sidewalk or within any parkway except at a permanent or temporary driveway. (Code 1972 §19-69; Ord. #1138, §1)
7-14.3 New Pavement Or Freshly Painted Markings:
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. (Code 1972 §19-70)
7-14.4 Vehicular Cruising:
a. Definitions:
1. Cruising as used in this subsection, vehicular “cruising” is defined as driving or occupying any motor vehicle on a street or highway three (3) or more times within a four (4) hour period, past a traffic control point designated by the ranking peace officer on duty, established at or near a place where traffic is congested.
2. Affected area refers to the portion of Long Beach Boulevard between Tweedy Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. This is the area designated as subject to cruising controls.
b. General Prohibition:
1. No person shall operate or occupy a motor vehicle past a traffic control point established at or near a place where traffic is congested, within four (4) hours after the vehicle operator has been given written notice by a peace officer that further driving past the traffic control point within this time frame is prohibited. Each successive trip past the traffic control point shall constitute a separate violation of this section, and no additional written notice shall be required for such separate violation.
2. This section shall not apply to the drivers, operators or passengers of the following vehicles:
(a) Any authorized emergency vehicle as defined in section 165 of the California Vehicle Code;
(b) Any publicly owned vehicle of any city, county, district, state, or federal agency;
(c) Any vehicle licensed for public transportation or vehicles which are normally used for business purposes and are engaged in such business use.
3. No person is in violation of this section unless:
(a) That person has been given the written notice on a previous driving trip past the traffic control point and then again passes the control point within the prohibited time frame; and
(b) The beginning and end of the portion of the street subject to vehicular cruising controls are clearly identified by signs that reference the appropriate provisions of this subsection.
c. Traffic Control Point: The ranking peace officer on duty within the affected area shall have the authority to establish one or more traffic control points at or near the area of traffic congestion for the purpose of regulating vehicular cruising. The city traffic engineer, or the ranking peace officer on duty, or his designee, shall cause “No Cruising” signs to be placed at the beginning and end of the affected area. These signs shall clearly reference subsection 7-14.4b of this section as well as Vehicle Code section 21100(k). The signs shall be prominently displayed and shall be visible to motorists regardless of the motorists’ direction.
d. Written Notice: Any person who, as the operator of, or passenger in, a motor vehicle driven past a traffic control point established pursuant to subsection 7-14.4c of this section at least two (2) times within a four (4) hour period, may be given written notice that further driving past the traffic control point will be a violation of subsection 7-14.4b of this section.
e. Penalty: Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to violate the provisions of subsection 7-14.4b of this section, and upon conviction thereof, such person shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than five (5) days nor more than six (6) months, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. (Ord. #1510, §1)
Veh.C. §21663.