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§ 7.02.055 CROSSWALKS; WHEN PEDESTRIANS MUST USE CROSSWALKS.
   A.   Crosswalks.
      1.   The City Engineer may designate those intersections where pedestrian crossing shall be prohibited. The Public Works Director shall install and maintain signs at or adjacent to such intersections indicating such prohibition.
      2.   Subject to Subsection 1., crosswalks shall be established and maintained at all intersections controlled by a traffic signal or boulevard stop and other places where the City Engineer determines that there is a particular need to designate crosswalks for safe and orderly pedestrian crossing. The Public Works Director shall place and maintain appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway to designate such crosswalks.
('65 Code, § 21-10.1)
   B.   When pedestrians must use crosswalks. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in any business district.
('65 Code, § 21-10.2)
(Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)
§ 7.02.060 CROSSING AT RIGHT ANGLES.
   Except where otherwise indicated by a crosswalk or other official traffic control device, a pedestrian shall cross a roadway at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb.
('65 Code, § 21-10.3) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)
§ 7.02.065 TRAINS NOT TO BLOCK CROSSINGS.
   No person or government agency shall operate any train in such a manner as to prevent vehicular use of any roadway for a period of time in excess of five (5) consecutive minutes except:
   A.   When necessary to comply with signals affecting the safety of the movement of trains;
   B.   When necessary to avoid striking any object or person on the track;
   C.   When the train is in motion except while engaged in switching operations;
   D.   When the train is disabled;
   E.   When there is no vehicular traffic waiting to use the crossing; or
   F.   When necessary to comply with a governmental safety regulation.
('65 Code, § 21-11.1) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; TRUCK ROUTES
§ 7.02.200 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this Subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. As stated in the California Vehicle Code, A commercial vehicle “is a vehicle of a type required to be registered under [the California Vehicle Code] used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.”
(Cal. Veh. Code § 260(a)).
   OVERWEIGHT. The overweight amount is deemed to equal the weight of the vehicle, either laden or unladen, less 6,000 pounds.
('65 Code, § 21-16.1(a)) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1; Ord. No. 96-004 §§ 1, 2; Ord. No. 96-013 § 1)
§ 7.02.205 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN STREETS.
   No person shall drive, or permit to be driven, any commercial vehicle the total weight of which, either laden or unladen, exceeds six thousand (6,000) pounds upon any street not designated as a truck route in § 7.02.210 and referred to herein as a restricted street, except for the following purposes; provided that the most direct route is used to the restricted street from the truck route and from the truck route to the restricted street:
   A.   Pickups and deliveries of materials, goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure;
   B.   Movie or television production under permit from the City of Culver City;
   C.   Bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted street for which a building permit has previously been obtained;
   D.   Construction, installation or repair of any public utility, provided that the vehicle is owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor;
   E.   Transportation of persons by a common carrier;
   F.   Construction, repair or maintenance of City streets, storm drains, and sanitary sewers; or
   G.   Emergency or government-owned vehicles.
('65 Code, § 21-16.1(b)) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1; Ord. No. 96-004 §§ 1, 2; Ord. No. 96-013 § 1)
§ 7.02.210 TRUCK ROUTES DESIGNATED.
   Any commercial vehicle, the laden or unladen weight of which exceeds six thousand (6,000) pounds, shall use the following streets designated as truck routes:
   A.   Centinela Avenue.
   B.   Culver Boulevard, between west City boundary and Sepulveda Boulevard.
   C.   Higuera Street, between Hayden Avenue/Place and Jefferson Boulevard.
   D.   Jefferson Boulevard.
   E.   La Cienega Boulevard.
   F.   National Boulevard.
   G.   Sawtelle Boulevard, between Culver/ Washington off-ramp of the San Diego Freeway and Braddock Drive.
   H.   Sawtelle Boulevard, between Matteson Avenue and Venice Boulevard.
   I.   Adams Boulevard.
   J.   Sepulveda Boulevard.
   K.   Slauson Avenue, east of Jefferson Boulevard.
   L.   Venice Boulevard.
   M.   Washington Boulevard, east of La Cienega Boulevard.
   N.   Fairfax Avenue.
('65 Code, § 21-16.1(c)) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1; Ord. No. 96-004 §§ 1, 2; Ord. No. 96-013 § 1; Ord. No. 2003-007 § 1)
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