Chapter 10.36
ANTI-CRUISING

Sections:

10.36.010    Cruising—Prohibited.

10.36.020    Cruising—Defined.

10.36.030    Congested traffic—Defined.

10.36.040    Green light cycle—Defined.

10.36.050    Traffic control point—Defined.

10.36.060    Warning against cruising.

10.36.070    Violation of this chapter.

10.36.080    Posting of no-cruising zones.

10.36.010 Cruising—Prohibited.

No person shall engage in the activity known as “cruising,” as defined in this chapter, on the public streets or highways of the incorporated areas of the City of Folsom in any area which has been posted as a no-cruising zone. (Ord. 607 § 1, 1987)

10.36.020 Cruising—Defined.

For the purpose of this chapter, cruising shall be defined as the repetitive driving of any motor vehicle past a traffic-control point in congested traffic at or near the traffic-control point. (Ord. 607 § 1, 1987)

10.36.030 Congested traffic—Defined.

For the purpose of this chapter, congested traffic means traffic on any public street or highway which is delayed to the point that:

A.    Motor vehicles cannot move through a one-hundred-yard approach corridor to an intersection controlled by a traffic light within two complete green light cycles where the delay in forward movement is due to the position of other motor vehicles; or

B.    Motor vehicles cannot move through a one-hundred-yard approach corridor to an intersection controlled by a traffic light within a five-minute period of time where the delay in forward movement is due to the position of other motor vehicles; or

C.    Motor vehicles cannot readily move forward on portions of public streets or highways between intersections because traffic speed has slowed to less than five miles per hour, and the delay in movement is due to the position of other motor vehicles.

The determination that a street or highway is congested shall be made by the ranking peace officer on duty in the affected area. (Ord. 607 § 1, 1987)

10.36.040 Green light cycle—Defined.

For the purpose of this chapter, a green light cycle shall mean the period commencing upon the switching of a red light to a green light through to the return of a red light. (Ord. 607 § 1, 1987)

10.36.050 Traffic control point—Defined.

For the purposes of this chapter, traffic control point shall mean a location along a public street or highway utilized by a peace officer on duty in the affected area as an observation point in order to monitor traffic conditions for violations of this chapter. (Ord. 607 § 1, 1987)

10.36.060 Warning against cruising.

A peace officer may issue a written notice to any person driving any motor vehicle passing a traffic control point that any subsequent passage past that traffic control point within the next succeeding four hours shall be a violation of this chapter. (Ord. 607 § 1, 1987)

10.36.070 Violation of this chapter.

Any person who, after having received a written notice as described in Section 10.36.060, subsequently drives past the same traffic control point within a four-hour period shall be in violation of this chapter.

The minimum penalty for a first conviction of cruising is a one hundred dollar fine; for a second conviction within one year, two hundred dollar fine; for a third or subsequent conviction within one year, two hundred fifty dollar fine. (Ord. 607 § 1, 1987)

10.36.080 Posting of no-cruising zones.

A.    This chapter will be enforced in any area which has been posted as a no-cruising zone.

B.    No-cruising signs shall be posted at the beginning and end of any public street or highway which is a no-cruising zone. The signs shall reference California Vehicle Code Section 21100(k) and this chapter. (Ord. 607 § 1, 1987)