For purposes of this chapter:
STREET RACE or STREET RACING means any speed contest or exhibition of speed referred to in Cal. Vehicle Code § 23109, as it may be amended from time to time.
RECKLESS DRIVING EXHIBITION means any exhibition of reckless driving referred to in Cal. Vehicle Code § 23103, as it may be amended from time to time.
OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITY has the same meaning as set forth in Cal. Vehicle Code § 12500(c), as it may be amended from time to time, and includes any public or private parking facility open and accessible to members of the public.
SPECTATOR means any person who is present at a street race or reckless driving exhibition, or the site of the preparations for either of these activities, for the purpose of viewing, observing, watching, or witnessing the event as it progresses. A SPECTATOR includes any person at the location of the event without regard to the means by which the person arrived.
PRESENT. A person is PRESENT at a street race or reckless driving exhibition if that person is within 200 feet of the location of the street race or reckless driving exhibition, or within 200 feet of the site of the preparations for either of these activities.
PREPARATIONS for any street race or reckless driving exhibition include, but are not limited to, any of the following acts done for the purpose of a street race or reckless driving exhibition:
(1) One or more motor vehicles and persons have arrived at a predetermined location on a public street or highway or in an off-street parking facility;
(2) One or more persons have gathered on, or adjacent to, a public street or highway;
(3) One or more persons have gathered in an off-street parking facility;
(4) One or more persons have gathered for a sideshow, motorcycle stunting or other exhibition in conjunction with a street race or reckless driving exhibition;
(5) One or more persons have impeded the public use of a public street, highway, or off-street parking facility by acts, words or physical barriers;
(6) One or more motor vehicles have lined up on a public street, highway, or off-street parking facility with motors running;
(7) One or more drivers is revving a motor vehicle’s engine or causing the motor vehicle’s tires to spin; or
(8) A person is standing or sitting in a location for the purpose of acting as a race starter.
(Ord. 2023-06, passed 8-15-2023)