TITLE 3. PUBLIC SAFETY Revised 2/23 Revised 6/23 Revised 12/23
CHAPTER 1 BICYCLES (Repealed)
CHAPTER 2 CIVIL DEFENSE
3-2.01 Purposes
3-2.02 Definition
3-2.03 Disaster Council Membership
3-2.04 Disaster Council Powers and Duties
3-2.05 Director and Assistant Director of Emergency Service
3-2.06 Powers and Duties of the Director and Assistant Director of Emergency Services
3-2.07 Emergency Organization
3-2.08 Emergency Plan
3-2.09 Expenditures
3-2.10 Punishment of Violations
CHAPTER 3 FIRE PREVENTION CODE (Repealed)
CHAPTER 4 FIRE ZONES (Repealed)
CHAPTER 5 TRAFFIC Revised 6/23
Article 1. Words and Phrases Defined
3-5.101 Definition of Words and Phrases
3-5.102 Central Traffic District
3-5.103 Curb
3-5.104 Divisional Island
3-5.105 Downtown Parking Meter Zone
3-5.106 Holidays
3-5.107 Loading Zone
3-5.108 Official Time Standard
3-5.109 Parkway
3-5.110 Parking Meter
3-5.111 Passenger Loading Zone
3-5.112 Police Officer
3-5.113 Stop
3-5.114 Vehicle Code
3-5.115 Residential District
3-5.116 Transportation Administrator
3-5.117 Sight Distance Area
3-5.118 Safe Stopping Sight Distance
3-5.119 Back Edge of Pavement
3-5.120 Prima Facie Speed Limit
3-5.121 Curbside Pickup Zone Revised 6/23
Article 2. Traffic Administration
3-5.201 Police Department -- Duties
3-5.202 City Transportation Engineer -- Office Established
3-5.203 City Transportation Engineer -- Power and Duties
3-5.204 Public Service Department -- Duties
3-5.205 Traffic Safety Appeals Board -- Established
3-5.206 Traffic Safety Appeals Board -- Duties
3-5.207 Traffic Safety Appeals Board -- Appeals
Article 3. Enforcement and Obedience to Traffic Regulations
3-5.301 Authority of Police Officers
3-5.302 Traffic Directing by Persons Other Than Officers
3-5.303 Obedience to Traffic Regulations
3-5.304 Interference With Police and Authorized Officers
3-5.305 Vehicles Exempted From Provisions
3-5.306 Removal of Vehicles From Streets
3-5.307 Obedience to Traffic Regulations by Public Employees
3-5.308 Traffic Regulations Applying to Persons Riding Bicycles and Animals
Article 4. Traffic-Control Devices
3-5.401 Authority to Install, Enforcement and Obedience
3-5.402 Installation of Traffic Signals
3-5.403 Traffic Lanes
3-5.404 Authority to Remove or Relocate Traffic Devices
3-5.405 Hours of Operation
3-5.406 Unauthorized Painting of Street or Curb
Article 5. Turning Movements
3-5.501 Authority to Place Devices Altering Normal Course For Turns
3-5.502 Authority to Place Restricted Turn Signs
3-5.503 Signal Controlled Intersection -- Right Turns
Article 6. One-Way Streets and Alleys
3-5.601 Designation -- Signs
Article 7. Stop and Yield Intersections
3-5.701 Authority for Stop Signs and Yield Signs
Article 8. Miscellaneous Driving Rules
3-5.801 Driving and Riding on Sidewalks
3-5.802 New Pavement
3-5.803 Limited Access Roadways
3-5.804 Signs and Barriers -- Approval
3-5.805 Entering Intersections and Crosswalks
3-5.806 Standing in Roadways
3-5.807 Use of Roller Skates, Skateboards, Toy Vehicles, Bicycles Prohibited in Certain Areas
Article 9. Pedestrian Crosswalks
3-5.901 Authority to Install
3-5.902 Midblock Crossings
3-5.903 Use of Crosswalks Restricted
3-5.904 (Repealed)
Article 10. Stopping, Standing and Parking for Certain Purposes or in Certain Places
3-5.1001 Authority to Establish, Enforcement, and Obedience
3-5.1002 Application of Article Provisions
3-5.1003 Standing in Parkways
3-5.1004 Stopping and Parking Prohibited
3-5.1005 Storing Vehicles on Streets
3-5.1006 (Repealed)
3-5.1007 Repairing and Greasing Vehicles on Streets
3-5.1008 Washing and Polishing Vehicles on Streets
3-5.1009 Parking on Narrow Streets
3-5.1010 Parking on Hills
3-5.1011 Emergency Parking Signs
3-5.1012 Leaving Keys in Parked Vehicles
3-5.1013 Exception to Article Provisions
Article 11. Stopping, Standing and Parking Restricted or Prohibited on Certain Streets
3-5.1101 Authority to Establish, Enforcement, and Obedience
3-5.1102 Time Limit Parking
3-5.1103 Parking on Unimproved Streets
3-5.1104 Diagonal Parking
3-5.1105 Parking Space Markings
3-5.1106 Commercial Vehicle Parking -- Residential District
3-5.1107 On-Street Parking for Disabled Persons
3-5.1108 Vision Safety Parking Zones
3-5.1109 Parking on Certain Streets by Certain Vehicles
Article 12. Stopping for Loading or Unloading
3-5.1201 Authority to Establish, Enforcement, and Obedience
3-5.1202 Standing in a Passenger Loading Zone
3-5.1203 Standing in a Loading Zone
3-5.1204 Bus Zones
3-5.1205 Standing in Curbside Pickup Zone Revised 6/23
Article 13. Restricted Use of Certain Streets
3-5.1301 Designated Truck Route
3-5.1302 Commercial Vehicles Prohibited from Using Certain Streets
Article 14. Parking Meter Zones
3-5.1401 Parking Meter Zone
3-5.1402 Time of Operation
3-5.1403 Parking After Time Has Expired
3-5.1404 Extension of Parking Time Limit Unlawful
3-5.1405 Deposit of Coins by Unauthorized Persons
3-5.1406 Rule of Evidence
3-5.1407 Management of City Garages
3-5.1408 Periodic Adjustment of Downtown Parking Meter Zone Parking Meter Rates
3-5.1409 Preferential Residential Permit Parking Areas Exempt
3-5.1410 Use of Revenue
Article 15. Special Speed Zones
3-5.1501 Speed Limits -- Signs
3-5.1502 Speed Regulation by Traffic Signals
Article 16. Bicycles
3-5.1601 Abandoned Bicycles
3-5.1602 Riding on Sidewalks
3-5.1603 (Repealed)
3-5.1604 (Repealed)
3-5.1605 (Repealed)
3-5.1606 (Repealed)
3-5.1607 (Repealed)
3-5.1608 (Repealed)
Article 17. Obstruction to Visibility at Intersections
3-5.1701 Purpose
3-5.1702 Obstruction to Visibility at Intersections -- Prohibited
3-5.1703 Obstruction to Visibility at Intersections -- Enforcement
Article 18. Municipal Off-Street Parking
3-5.1801 Authority of the City Transportation Engineer
3-5.1802 Speed Limits in Municipal Parking Lots
3-5.1803 Municipal Parking Lots -- Shortcuts
3-5.1804 Designation of Disabled Persons’ Parking Spaces
Article 19. Vacation Trailers and Motor Coaches
3-5.1901 Overnight Parking of Vacation Trailers or Motor Coaches Prohibited Without Permit
Article 20. Cruising
3-5.2001 Definitions
3-5.2002 Cruising Prohibited
3-5.2003 Signs
3-5.2004 Exclusions
3-5.2005 Preparation of Warning Notices and Signs
Article 21. Interstate Trucks
3-5.2101 Definitions
3-5.2102 Purpose
3-5.2103 Application
3-5.2104 Fees and Costs
3-5.2105 Retrofitting
3-5.2106 Revocation of route
3-5.2107 Appeal Process
Article 22. Preferential Residential Permit Parking
3-5.2201 Purpose
3-5.2202 Definitions
3-5.2203 Designation of Preferential Residential Permit Parking Areas
3-5.2204 Issuance of Residential Parking Permits
3-5.2205 Revocation of Residential Parking Permits
3-5.2206 Guest Parking Permits Revised 6/23
3-5.2207 Appeal
3-5.2208 Permit Fees
3-5.2209 Permit Parking Exemptions
3-5.2210 Posting of Permit Parking Areas
3-5.2211 Violations
3-5.2212 Review and Evaluation of the Preferential Residential Permit Parking Program
Article 23. Obstructions to Sidewalks/Public Areas
3-5.2301 Obstructing Sidewalk Areas
3-5.2302 Disturbing Landscaped or Decorative Areas
3-5.2303 Use of Pedestrian Benches and Plaza Areas
3-5.2304 Exceptions
3-5.2305 Penalty; Misdemeanor or Infraction
CHAPTER 6 WEAPONS
Article 1. General Firearms Regulations
3-6.01 Concealing Weapons
3-6.02 Possession and Sale of Certain Weapons
3-6.03 Discharge of Weapons
3-6.04 Sale of Weapons to Minors
3-6.05 Authorized Use of Weapons
3-6.06 Safe Storage of Firearms in a Residence Required
3-6.07 Penalty; Misdemeanor or Infraction
3-6.08 Penalty; Civil
Article 2. Saturday Night Specials
Article 2 repealed in its entirety by Ordinance No. 1977
CHAPTER 7 THE ABATEMENT AND REMOVAL AS PUBLIC NUISANCES OF ABANDONED, WRECKED, DISMANTLED OR INOPERATIVE VEHICLES OR PARTS THEREOF FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY OR PUBLIC PROPERTY NOT INCLUDING HIGHWAYS, AND RECOVERY OF COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION THEREOF AS AUTHORIZED BY 22660 VEHICLE CODE
3-7.01 Findings and Declarations: Definitions
3-7.02 Exceptions
3-7.03 Supplemental Legislation
3-7.04 Administration
3-7.05 Authorization to Enter Private or Public Property
3-7.06 Fees
3-7.07 Authorization to Cause Abatement and Removal
3-7.08 Notice of Intention to Abate and Remove
3-7.09 Public Hearing
3-7.10 Conduct of Hearing
3-7.11 Appeal to City Council
3-7.12 Time Limit for Removal
3-7.13 Notice to Department of Motor Vehicles
3-7.14 Charges Included in Tax Bill
3-7.15 Unlawful to Abandon or Keep Vehicles of Type Regulated by This Chapter
3-7.16 Unlawful to Fail to Remove Vehicles After Order to Do So
CHAPTER 8 PRESERVATION OF TREES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY Revised 2/23 Revised 12/23
3-8.01 Purpose and Intent Revised 2/23 Revised 12/23
3-8.02 Definitions
3-8.03 Tree Removal Permit Required
3-8.04 Tree Removal Permit Procedure
3-8.05 Preservation and Maintenance of Existing Trees
3-8.06 Pruning
3-8.07 Preservation and Maintenance of Existing Trees during Development
3-8.08 Penalties
3-8.09 Appeals of Tree Removal Decisions
CHAPTER 9 PREMISES SECURITY ALARM SYSTEMS
3-9.01 Purpose
3-9.02 Definitions
3-9.03 Permit Required
3-9.04 Permit Duration and Renewal
3-9.05 Alarm System Maintenance and Operation
3-9.06 Monitoring Procedures
3-9.06 System Performance Reviews
3-9.07 Administrative Fines
3-9.08 Appeals from Fines
3-9.09 Revocation or Suspension of Permit
3-9.10 Appeal from the Denial, Suspension, Revocation or Suspension of Permit
3-9.11 Reinstatement of Permit
3-9.12 Administrative Fines for other Violations
3-9.13 Directory of Duties
CHAPTER 10 TOWING SERVICES
3-10.01 Purpose and Intent
3-10.02 Definitions
3-10.03 Regulation
3-10.04 Unlawful Solicitation
3-10.05 Selection and Designation
3-10.06 Application
3-10.07 Tow trucks: Minimum Equipment Standards
3-10.08 Business and Storage Lot Requirements
3-10.09 Schedules of Fees and Rates
3-10.10 Response Time
3-10.11 Protection of Vehicles
3-10.12 Lawful Orders
3-10.13 Collecting Fees and Lien Sale
3-10.14 Record Maintenance
3-10.15 Damage Appraisals
3-10.16 Cancellation and Appeal
3-10.17 Rotation Turns
3-10.18 Abandoned Vehicles
3-10.19 Rotation Deviation
3-10.20 Police Department Records
CHAPTER 11 COMMERCIAL USE OF CITY HALL
3-11.01 Definitions
3-11.02 Prohibited Activity
TITLE 3. PUBLIC SAFETY