Chapter 10.32
MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
Sections:
10.32.020 Parade permit required.
10.32.030 Bus stop in front of driveway.
10.32.040 Molesting of traffic-counting devices prohibited.
10.32.050 Washing vehicles on highway.
10.32.060 Repairing vehicles on highways.
10.32.080 Trains not to block crossings.
10.32.010 Prohibited acts.
No person shall drive any vehicle or animal, or do any act, in violation of the following:
A. Drive through vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion and when the vehicles in such a procession are specifically designated;
B. No person riding any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, roller skates, or any toys or toy vehicles shall attach the same or himself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway and no person driving any vehicle shall permit the same to be done;
C. Drive within or over any sidewalk area or any parkway except at a driveway;
D. Drive over or across any new pavement or freshly painted marking when any street barrier, sign or marking is in place warning persons not to drive over or across the same, or when a sign is in place stating that the street, or any portion thereof, is closed;
E. Drive or operate a vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of any barrier or sign erected pursuant to the provisions of any ordinance of the city or by any other utility, or by any department of the city or by any public person pursuant to law or contract with the city and no unauthorized person shall move or alter the position of any such barrier or sign;
F. Drive a vehicle onto or from any freeway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority;
G. Drive a vehicle into an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians in such intersection or crosswalks, notwithstanding any official traffic control device or signal indication to proceed;
H. No tire on any vehicle upon any city street or highway shall have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, ridge, bead, or any other protuberance of metal or wood which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire. This subsection does not apply to the following:
1. Tire chains of reasonable size used to prevent skidding when upon wet surfaces or when upon ice or snow.
2. Pneumatic tires which have embedded therein wire not to exceed 0.075 inches in diameter and which are so constructed that under no conditions will the percentage of metal in contact with the roadway exceed five percent of the total tire area in contact with the roadway, except that during the first 1,000 miles of use or operation of any such tire, the metal in contact with the roadway may exceed five percent of the tire area in contact with the roadway, but shall in no event exceed 20 percent of such area.
3. Vehicles operated upon unimproved roadways when necessary in the construction or repair of highways.
4. Traction engines or tractors when operated under the conditions of a permit first obtained from the Rancho Cordova department of public works. [Ord. 11-2023 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; SCC 972 § 1, 1968; SCC 703 § 76, 1960].
10.32.020 Parade permit required.
No person shall operate a vehicle, or join in, or be a member of any procession, parade or assemblage on any public highway without a permit first having been issued by the director. No permit shall be valid on an arterial or through highway during the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. or during the hours of darkness or between December 10th and December 26th in any year. [Ord. 11-2023 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; SCC 703 § 77, 1960].
10.32.030 Bus stop in front of driveway.
A bus engaged as a common carrier may stop to load or unload passengers in front of a driveway. At no time shall the bus so stop for a period longer than is necessary to load or unload passengers. [Ord. 11-2023 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; SCC 703 § 78, 1960].
10.32.040 Molesting of traffic-counting devices prohibited.
Unless authorized by the director, a person shall not move, molest, tamper with, or damage in any way any traffic-counting device which has been located within a highway or adjacent thereto by authority of the director. [Ord. 11-2023 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; SCC 703 § 79, 1960].
10.32.050 Washing vehicles on highway.
A person shall not dust, wipe, wash or otherwise clean, use, or employ any method of dusting, wiping, washing or otherwise cleaning any vehicle or portion thereof while on any highway unless the vehicle is owned by or under the direct control or supervision, for purposes other than such wiping, washing, cleaning, or dusting, of the person doing any of the acts herein enumerated. [Ord. 11-2023 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; SCC 703 § 80, 1960].
10.32.060 Repairing vehicles on highways.
A person shall not repair, or make any repairs, or add or install any part or accessory to or on any vehicle while the same is upon any public highway or alley.
The provisions of this section do not prohibit the operator of any vehicle which is disabled while upon any public highway or alley to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping from making or causing to be made the repairs necessary to enable the vehicle to be removed from the public highway or alley. [Ord. 11-2023 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; SCC 703 § 81, 1960].
10.32.070 Railway gates.
No person shall drive any vehicle around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing while the gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed. [Ord. 11-2023 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; SCC 703 § 82, 1960].
10.32.080 Trains not to block crossings.
It is unlawful for any person to cause or permit any railway train or railway cars, or similar vehicle on rails, to operate or to be operated in such a manner as to prevent the use of any highway for the purpose of travel for a period of time longer than 10 minutes, except that this provision does not apply to railway trains, cars or similar vehicles on rails while blocking or obstructing a crossing because of an accident which requires the operator of a train, car or similar vehicle on rails to stop at or near the scene of the accident. [Ord. 11-2023 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; SCC 972 § 1, 1968; SCC 703 § 83, 1960].