15.02.03: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO OBEY TRAFFIC REGULATIONS:

Provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned or used in the service of any Federal, State, County or Municipal government agency, and it shall be unlawful for any such driver to violate any of the provisions of this Chapter, except as otherwise permitted in this Chapter or by State or Federal statute. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

15.02.04: EXEMPTIONS:

Provisions of this Chapter regulating the operation, parking, stopping or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of the Police or Fire Departments, any public ambulance or any public utility vehicle or private ambulance when the vehicle is operated in the manner specified in the State Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call 1 .

Provisions of this Chapter regulating the operation, parking, stopping or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a City department or public utility while in use for construction, repair or maintenance work or any vehicle owned by the United States while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail.

The foregoing exemptions shall not exonerate the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of his/her wilful disregard of the safety of others. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

 

Notes

1	1. West's Ann.Cal.Stats.Vehicle Code §21055.

15.02.05: REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO CITY PROPERTY:

The driver of a vehicle or the person in charge of any animal involved in any accident resulting in damage to any public property or property owned by a public utility, including but not limited to any fire hydrant, ornamental lighting post, telephone pole, electric light or power pole, or resulting in damage to any ornamental shade tree, traffic-control device or other property of a like nature located in or along any street or right of way, shall, within twenty four (24) hours after such accident, make a written report of such accident to the Police Department of this City.

Every such report shall state the date, time and place where the accident took place, the name and address of the person owning and of the person driving or in charge of such vehicle or animal, the license number of every such vehicle and shall briefly describe the property damage resulting from such accident.

A driver involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties of this Section if, during such time, the driver is physically incapable of making a report, but in such event, the driver shall make a report as required by this Section within twenty four (24) hours after regaining the ability to make such report. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

15.02.06: DRIVING THROUGH FUNERAL PROCESSIONS:

No driver shall drive between vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion and when the vehicles in such procession are conspicuously so designated. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)

15.02.07: VEHICLES EMERGING FROM ALLEYS, DRIVEWAYS OR BUILDINGS:

The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway. (Ord. 977, 6-13-90)