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ORDINANCE N0. 404 •
AZT ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNW'OOD, -
CALIFCRNIA REGULATINGTRAVEL AND TRAFFIC
IN APdD UPUN THE PUBLIC STREETS OF SAID
CITY� PROVIDING A PEAIALTY FOR THE VIO-
LATION THEREOF AND REP'r:ALING AL�L ORDIN_ ,
ANCES AND ALL PARTS OF ORDINAIdCES IN
CONFLICT HERE�Y2TH
The City Council of the City of Lynwood, California does ord.ain
as follows: "
ARTICLE I
' DEFINITIONS
3ection 1: Whenever any words or phrases used herein are not
defined herein but are now defined in the Vehicle Code of this State,
such definitions are incorporated herein and shall be deemed to apply to
such worda and phrasea uaed herein. -
Section 2: Whenever in this ordinance the following words and
phrasea set forth in thia Article are used, they shall for the purpose of thie
ordinance have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in thia Article.
Section 3: ��'. Any atreet lesa than twenty-five (25)
feet in vaidth between property linee.
3ection 4: BUSINESS DISTRICT. For the purposes of this ord-
inance the words "Business Diatrict�� ahall have the same meanin� and defin-
ition as ascribed to the �worda "Business District" in th.e Vehicle Code.
Section 5: �OMNIERCIAL VEHICLE, The words °Commercial Vehicle" as
used in this ordinance ahall be deemed to mean every self-propelled vehicle
having a manufacturer�s rated ca.pacity of over two tona, designed for, or
engaged in, the carrying of any materials, goods, wares, merchandise, freight,
or other commoditiea, a�hether such vehicle be laden or unladen, or any ve-
hicle whSch, having no such rating is nevertheless loaded, carrying or laden
with more than two tons of any materials, gooda, warea, merchandise, freight
or other commodities. Nothing 1n this definition contained shall be deemed
to mean or include railroad, atreet or interurban railway cars, or vehicZea
for the carriage of passengers.
Section 6: LOADING Zone, That space ad�acent to a curb reserved
for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of
passengers or materials.
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Section 7: LI�IT LINE. A eingle white line not lesa than two
inches in width painted on the surface oP a street or h].ghmay and erossing
` a lane or lanes'used by traffie on sueh street or highwaq, Sueh linea may
, be placed at such places and at such angle or angles across such traPfic
lane ox lanes as in the opinion oP the T�afPic Authority the Iimitatione ,
imposed thereby on approaching Lraffic may require.
3ection 8: OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICEB, �7.1 signa, signals,
markinga, and devicea not ineonaistent with thia ordinance placed or ereeted
by authority of a public body or official having ,�urisdiction, for the
purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic,
Section 9: OFFICIAL TRAFFIC,SIGNALB, pny device, whether
manuaTly, eleetrically, or mechanically operated, by whieh traffic is
alternately directed to stop and to proceed, and whieh ia erected by authoritq
of a public body or oYfieial having �uriadiction.
Section 10: PARKWAY� Tha,t portion of a street other than�a
roadway or a sidewalk. '
Section 11: PASSENGER LOADZNG ZONE, That apace ad,�acent to a
curb reserved for the excluaive use oP vehieles during the loading or
unToading oY passengers.
Section 12: PEDIBTAIAN. Any person afoot.
3ection 13; POLIGE OFF`IBER. Every ofPicer of the Police Department
oP the City of.Lqnwoo@, California.
Section 14; pSHALLa and °�1Y", p8ha11° is mandatory and �may°
ia permiasive. .
9ection 15: (a) sT�P--when required meana oomplete cessatiott oY
movement.
(b) STOP OR 3TAND__�rhen prohibited means any atopping
of a vehicle except when necessarq to avoid conflict with other traPfic or
in compliance with the direction of a police officer or offiolal traffio
� control device. �
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(e) PARK--the atanding of a vehiele, whether
occupied or not, otherwiae than temporarily for the purpoae of and while
actually engaged in loading_ pasaengere or materials.
Section 16t °STREET° or "PUBLIC 3TREET" ahall include a11 public
atreeta, high�ays, avenuea, lanes, alleys, courta, places, squares, curbs
or other public ways in said City which have been or may hereafter be dedi— '
cated and open to public use, or euch other public property so designated
1.n ,any law of thia State.
' Section 172 TRAFFIC, Pedeatriana, vehielea and atreet or
interurban cars either singly or together while ueing any atreet or purposes
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' of travel.
' Section 18: TRAFFIC AUTHORITY� Chief oY Police of the City of
Lynwood, jCaI.iPornia, or his authorize@ and acting representative.
Section 19. VEHICLE GODE, The°words nVehicle Code" shall mean
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and refer to the.Vehicle -0ode oP the State of Callfornia as same ,now exista
or may hereafter be amended.
ARTICLE II
OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC.REGULATIONS
gection 1: DUTIES OF POLICE.
" (ay It shall be the duty of the officers of the Police
Department to enforce proviaions of thie Ordinancse.
(b) Officers of the Police DeparLment are hereby authorized
to direct a].l traffie by voice, hand or signal in conYormance with traffic
laws, proeided that, in the event of fire or other emergency, police officers
may direct traYPic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions
oP the traPfic laws.
Section 2: OBEDIENCE TO POLICE, No peraon ahall willfully Pail
or refuse to comply with any lawfu2 order, c23rection or aignal of a police
oYficer.
• Section 3. DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC. No peraon other than an officer
,• of the Police Department, or a person designated by the Chief oY Police, or
an emplopee of the City of Lynwood who ia at the time engaged in the neBessary
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perPormance of hia duties for said City,' shall direot or attempt to directt
ErafPic by voice, hand or other signal, except as required in the_Ve2iicle
Gode of the State of California, and except that persons may operate, when
and as herein provided, any mechanical signai erected bq order of the legia-
lative body of.said City, or the Traffic Authority,
3ection 4: .PiJBLIC EP�IIPLOYEES T0 OBEY TRAFFIC REGULATIONB. The
provisiona of this Ordinance shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned
or used in the aervice oP the United 3tates Government, this State, any
county, city and county or municipal corporation, or other public agenoy, add
it ahall be unlawful for any said driner to violate a�v oP the proyisions
of this ordinance, exeept as otherwise permitted in thia ordinance.
Seetion 5: ��TIONS TO CERTAIN VEFiICLEB.
• (a) The provisions of this Ordinance regulating the operation,
�.parking and atanding of vehicles ahall not apply to anq vehicle,of the Police
Department or Fire Department, any public ami�ulance, or any public ut111ty
vehicle, or any private ambulanee, which public utility nehicle or private
ambulance has qualified aa an authorized emer�ency vehicle when any vehiole
� mentioned in th3s aection ie operated,in the manner apecified in the Vehicle
Code in response to an emergency call.
(b) The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, protect the
driver oP any such vehicle Yrom the consequeneea of his willPul disregard
of the saf etq of others.
- (e) The provisions of this Ordinance regulatin� the placing,
parking or standing of vehicles or equipment shall not apply to any vehicle
or other equipment oP a city department or public utility, or Pranchise or
special permit holder oP a franahiae or permit isaued by said City oP
its authorized officers, while same is neeessarily in uae for�conatruction
or repair work.
Section 62 REPORT;OF DAMAGE TO CERTAIN PROPERTY.
. (a) The driver of a vehicle, or the person in char�e oY any
aaimal, involved inany accident reaulting in damage to any property publiely
owned or owned by any public utility, including but not limited to any
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Yire hydrant, ornamental li�hting post, telephone pole, electric light or
power pole, ornamental shade tree or other property of a like nature located
in or along any atreet, shall within twenty-pour (24) hours after such
� accident make a written report of suoh accident to the Police Department
of eaid Clty.
. (b) Every such report ahall atate the time when and the place
. where the accident took place, the name and addresa of the person owning
and of the person driving or in charge oP euah vehicle or animal, the
license number oP every such vehicle, and ahall briefly describe the proper$y
damaged in such acscident.
AATICLE III
TRAF'FIC CONTROL DEVICES
3eation 1: THE TRAFFIC AUTHORITY TO ERECT TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICEB
The Traffic Authority ahall have the exclusive power and duty to plaee and
� maintain or cause to be placed or maintained oYficial traffiu control
devices when and as required under this Ordinance to make effective the
proviaiona of said Ordinanee, and may place and maintain such additional
traPfic control devicea as he may deem neceasarq to regulate traffic under
thie Ordinance or under State law, or to guide or warn traffia.
Section 2: THE TRAFFIC AUTHQRITY TQ INSTALL TRAFFIC SIGNALS,
3AFETY ZONES AND LANE3 FOR TRAFFIC. The Traffic Authority ia hereby
authorized:
' (a) To install and maintain official trafYic signals at such
� interaeetions and other places as he may deem rieceasary Por the regulation
of traffic,
(b) To establiah safety zones at such placea as he may deem
neceasary Por �the protection of pedestrians.
.(cy go mark lanes for t�aYfic on atreet pavementa at such
placea as he may deem advisable, consiatent with the Vehicle Code and
traYPic Ordinances oY said City.
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Section 3: OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
(a) '£he driner of any vehicle and the person in charge oY
any animal, and the motorman oP any street or_interurban car, ahall obey -
the instructiona of,any oPficial traffic control device applicable thereto
placed in accordance with this Ordinance unleas otherwise directed by a
police oPficer, sub�ect ot the exemptions granted by 8eetion 5 of Article II
oP thia Ordinance.
(b) The driver of any vehicle and the peraon in eharge of
any animal, and the motorman of any atreet or interurban car, ahall obey
the inatructions of any barrier or sign eracted by any of the�public depart-
ments of eaid City or public utilitiea in said City, or by any other peraon,
purauant to law.
Section 4: SIGNS REQUIRED� No provision of this Ordinance
� for which signs or markings are required ehall be enPorced againat an alleged
violator if, at the time and place of the alleged violation, an official
sign or marking ia not in place and sufficiently leglble and vieible to be
seen by an ordinarily observant person.
Section 5: OFFICIAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL3, Whenever traffic is controiled
by traffie control signals exhibiting the words "�": "CAUTIQN° OR °STOPu,
or eshibitin� difPerent colored lighta succesaively one at a time, the
following colors only shall be used, and said terma and li�hts ehall indicate
as Yollowe:
(a) Green alone or �GO°s ` ,
. 1. Vehicular traffic facing the signal ahall proceed
either straight through or tmen right or left unlesa
�� s�gn at such place prohibits either such turn, except
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2. Vehicular traific ehall yield the right-oP-way to
other vehicles and to pedestriana lawfully within the
• intersection or ad3acent crosawalka at the time auch
signal is exhibited.
3. Pedestriana facing the signal may proceed acrosa the
•, roadway within any marked or unmarked croaswalk.
(b) .Yellow alone, or with green, or ° CAUTION", when shown
following the green or "�0 signal.
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1. Vehicular traffic facing the si�nal shall atop beYore
entering the nearest crosswalk at the intersection,
. but if such atop cannot be made in safety a vehicle
may be driven cautiously through the interaeetion.
2. No pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the
roadway until green or ���0" le shown alone.
(c) Red alone or "STOP";
1. Vehicular trafflc facing the signa.l shall stop bePore
. enteM ng the nearest interaection or crosewalk, or
croseing the nearest cle�rly indicated limit line, and,
except in the case of red flashing aignals only, shall
remain standing un`til green or � is shown alone, or
flashing amber is shown alone, except as provide d in
' , the next succeeding paragraph.
� 2. At any interaection the driver of a vehicle whieh
ia etopped as close as practicable to the right hand
curb and at the entrance to the neareet crosswalk may
make a 7right turn, unlesa traffic signa or signals in
place otherwise direct, but shall yleld the right-of-rvay
to pedestrians and other traffic proceeding as dlrected
by the si$nal at said interaection,
3, No pedeatrian facing such si�nal shall enter the �
_ � roadway until green or "GO" is shown alone, or flashing
amber ie shown alone.
. (d) The ringing of a bell in connection with any official ,
traffle signal shall indicate that a change is taking
place or is to take place in said traffic signal.
However, all traPfic shall be required to obey the direct-
- ion of the signal itaelf; the ringing of a bell is to be
construed merely as a warning to trafPic oP a change
in signal.
• (e) The motorman oP any street or interurban car shall
obey all traffic signals as applicable to vehiclea.
(f) No peraon ahall disobey the directions of this seetion
� except when it is necessary to etop fo"r the purpose
of avoiding an accident or in case of other emergency
' or when otherwise directed by a police official.
Section 6: �ASHING SIGNALS. pVhen a yellow lena ia 111uminated'
with intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the
intersection or past such signal only with added caution.
3ection 7: PEDESTRIAN MECHAI4ICAL OR PUSH BUTTON SIGNALB. No �
person shall operate a pedeatrian mechanical or puah button signal other
than a pedestrian for the purpose of immediately crossing the roadwaq.
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ARTICLE IV
TURNING MOVEMENTS
Section 1: 5IGNS PROHIBITING LEFT TURNS. The Traffic Authority
may erect or place and maintain signa at any.interseotion prohibiting the
makin� of left turna by drivers of vehicles wherever said Traffic Authority
determines that such lePt turna would cause traffic congeation or traffic
hazard and during the time auch signe are so erected or placed no left
hand turna ahall be permitted at such designated intereectiona and it shall
be unlawful for the operator or driver of any vehicle to make any left .
hand turn in such interaection at euch timea.
Bect3on 2S TURNING MARKER3.
(a) 2'he Traffic Authority may place markers, buttons or
aigne within or adJacent to intersections, indicating
the eourae to be traveled by vehicles turning at such
interaectione.
(b) When authorized markera, buttona or other indications �
are placed within an interaection indicating the course
to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat, no driver
of a vehicle ehall disobey the directions of such
indications.
, Section 3i U-TURNS IN CERTAIN DI3TRICTB. No vehicles ahall be
turned at any time at any intersection or in any street in any bueinesa
dietrict in a complete circle or except at interaections in such manner
as to proceed in the opposite direction upon the street upon whtch said
vehicle is traveling at the time oY entering said intersection, or at the
time of commencing any such turn; provided no such turn shall be made at
or in any intersection when traffic aigna are in place prohibiting such
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ARTICLE V
ONE WAY STREET3 AND ALLEYB, AND PARKING THEREON.
Section 1: That State Street in the City of Lqnwood, California,
between the 8outherly boundary of said City at Lynwood Road and the North-
easterly boundary of said City at Genturq Boulecard, ia hereby dleided
into two traffie lanea. All 5outherly or 3outhwesterly bound traffio
ahall proceed only in the VPeaterly or ri�ht hand traffic lane oY said
State Street; and all Northerly or Northeasterly bound trafPic ahall proceed
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only in the Easterly or right hand traffic lane of said State Street, exaept�a,
that at intersections of sa�id State Street with other Streets or Avenues
vehicular traYfic may make either right or left hand turns.
Section 2: That no person, firm or corporation ahall park any
' vehicle or.ob�ect or thing along or ad�acent to anq of the.curba,.oP the
Center parkways located within,said nortion oP State•Street betmeen the
9outherly boundary of said City at Lynwood Road and the Northeasterly �
boundary of said Gity at Century Boulenard,
Section 3: That the Traffic Authority shall post °One Way Traffic°
signs and "No Parking" signs to comply with the requirements of.this
Ordinance in each block of 8tate 8treet between the Southerly Boundary of
-" said City at Lynwood Road and the Northerly boundary.of sald Clty at Century
Boulevard.
THROUGH STREETS, BOULEVARD STOPS, STOP INTERBECTIONS,.,AND-SPECIAL STOPS.
Section 1: THROUGH STREETS. The fol�lowing streeta and parts of
etreete are herebq declared to be through streeta (or Highways) within
said City to-wlt: �
1. Atlantic Avenue, from the Northerly to the�Southerlq
�,, City limita;
2. Long Beach Boulevard, from the Northerly to tl�e
3outherly City Limits;
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3. Alameda 5treet, from the Northerly td the Southerly
' � City limits;
4, Imperial Highway, from Atlantic.Avenue to Alameda Street;
5. Abbott Road, Prom 3an Antonio Street to Atlantic Avenue:
6. Century Boulevard from Atlantic Avenue to Alameda Street;
7. `Tweedy Road from the EasterTy to the Westerly City limita;
� • 8. Fernwood Avenue Prom the Easterly to the Weaterly City limil
9. Morton Road from Bullia Road to Atlantic Avenue;
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10. Josephine Street, Yrom Caress 8treet to Santa Fe Avenue;
_ 11. Lynwood Road from Bullia Road to Alameda Street;
. 12. Bullis Road from Imperial Highway to Carl�n;Avenue;
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13. California Avenue from Fernwood Avenue to Century Boulevard
14. State Street from Tweedy,Road to.Cedar Street, and,
15. 3anta Fe Anenue from Cedar Street to the 3outYierly
City limits.
Section 2S 3'he Traffic Authoritq shall erect a atop si�gn on
each and every street interaecting any throu�h atreet or portion thereof
at or near the entrance of such intersecting etreet to such through atreet
or highway. Every such sign shail conform as to type, location and place-
ment and in all other reapects to the requirements of the Vehicle Code
relating to stop ei�na.
Section 3: When a atop sign is erected and in plaae as herein
provided at or near the entrance to any througYi atreet or highway, every
driver or operator of a vehicle and every motorman or operator of a street
or interurban car ahall atop such vehicle or car at or near the entrance
to auch through atreet or high-way before entering the same, except when
directed to proceed by a police, highway or traffic officer or traYfic
control signal.
8ection 4S BTOP INTERSECTIONS AND STOP ENTRANCES THERETO. The
interaections of etreeta within said City set forth in the uSCAEDULE OF
BTOP INTER3ECTIOVB AND STOP ENTRANCESp hereinafter set Yorth in this Bection
4 of this Article VI pf this Ordinance ahall be and the same are hereby
fixed, deeignated and eetabliahed as atop intersections in and for said
City, and the respective entrance or entrancee to such respective etop
interaections hereinafter set forth immediately following the description
or desig�nation of euch respective atop interaections in eaid 9chedule are
hereby fixed, designated and eatabliahed as the reepective entrance or
entrances to such respective atop intersections at which all vehiclea,
atreet cars and interurban cara are required to atop or be atopped before
entering any such atop interaection Yrom any such entrance or entrancee
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, The eaid 9chedule of atop intersections and etop.entrances here-
inabove in thia Section referred to ia hereby Yixed, designated and esta�
blished as followa:
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� All entrancea to the aiaove named streeta when posted by the
TraYfic Authority.
3ection 5: The TrafPic Authority ehall erect a stop sign at or.x�
near each atop entrance to. eaeh atop intersection within said City.
' Every such sign shaTl conform as to type, location and placement and in
all other reapects to the requirementa of the Vehiele Code relating to stop
signa:
` 3ection 6: When a stop aign is erected and in place as herein
provided at or near a stop entranee to a stop intersection, every driner
or operator of a vehiele and every motorman or operator oP a street or
interurban car shall stop such vehicle or car at or near the entranee to
such stop interaection before enterin� the same, except when directed to
proceed by a police, highway or traffic oPficer or trafPic control aignal.
� Section 7: II�ERGING FROM ALLEY OR PRIVATE DRIVEWAY, The driver
' or operator oP a vehicle or street or interurban car emerging from an alley,
driveway, building, or from any other private property, ehall etop such
vehicle or car immediately prior to drining therefrom into any publle
street. No stop signa need be eracted however in the casea oP any sueh
alleqs, dr3veways, buildinga or other private properties.
• ARTICLE VII
BGISCELLANEOLT3 DRZPING
, ,$ection 1: INTERE'EHENCE 1qITH�FIRE APPARATU3.
- (a) No vehicle and no driver oP a vehiele excepting an
authorized �mergeney vehicle, or a vehiele oP a duly
authorized member of the Fire Department of said city,
, ehall follow any fire apparatus answering a fire alarm;
� cloaer than 300 feet, or park any vehicle within 300
� feet of a Pire, or operate or park anq vehicle in such �
� manner as to interfere with any appax�ua or line
of fire hoae when in use at a fire or when in place for
use in reaponse to a fire alarm.
(b) No etreet or interurban car or vehicle ahall be drinen
. , over any unprotected hose of the Fire Department vrhen
placed or l�id down on any atreet, private driveway or
, street or interurban car trACk, to be uaed at any fire
or alarm of fire without the consent of the ofYicials
of the Fire Department in command.
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Section 2: DRIVING THROUGH FUNERAL E30CE33ION3. No driver of a
vehicle dr motorman of a street or interurban car shall drive between the
�vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion and when
the vehicles in auch procession are conspicuously so designated.
Section 3: RIDING ON MOTORCYCLES AND BIGYCLEB. A person operating
.� a motorcycle or bycycle upon a atreet ahall not ride other than upon the
permanent and regular eeat attached thereto, or carry ar�y other peraon upon
such motorcycle or bicycle other than upon a Yirmly attached seat to the
rear of the operators nor sha21 any person ride upon.a motorcycle or
bieycle upon a street other than as above authorized.
� Section 4: UNLAR'F'UL AIDING, No person ahall ride'on any street
or interurban car or vehicle upon anp portion thereof not designed or
- intended for the use of passengera. This proviaion shall not�apply to any
emploqees engaged in the neceasary discharg� of a duty, or to peraons
riding within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise.
3ection 5S CLINGING TO MOVING VEHICLE. Any person riding upon
any bicycle, motorcycle; coas'ter, roller akatea or any toy vehicle, shall
not attach the same or himself to any atreet car or moving vehicle upon
any roadway.
3ection 6. VEHICLES AND BICYCLES SHALL NOT BE DRIVEN OR-ANIMAL3
BE.RIpDEN ON THE SIDEWALK. The drtver or operator of a vehiele or bicycle
shall not drive or operate the same, nor shall the rider of any animal
ride or drive such animal, within any aidewalk area or,any parkway except
at a permanent or temporary driveway. A temporary drivewaq for the pruposea
oY this seetion ie defined to mean a croasing or driveway suitably planked
or othermiae protected to prev.ent in�ury to the curb or sidewalk.
Section 7: NEV7 PAVEP,IENT, No person ahall ride or drive any
animal or any vehicle or bicqcle over or across any newly made pavement or
freshly painted marking in any street when a barrier or ai�n is in place
•. warning persons not to drive over or acrosa auch pavement or marking, or
when a sign is in place atating that the atreet or any portion thereof
. ia closed.
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Section $: SIDEWALKS, COASTING, ETC. No persons shall coast or
propel.himself down, along, upon or over any sidawalk in any wagon, cart,
�. hand-wagon, coaster,.bicycle or other vehicle, except at a permanent or
temporary driveway. ,
�' Section 9: BACKING OF VEHICLES. Unleas in compliance with the
:_ immediate direction or order of the Traffic Authority or any Police Officer
oP the City oP Ly mvood to the contrary, no person shall back or operate in
-�reverse gear any vehicle on any street within said City for a greater dis-
. tance than is necessary in order to place such vehicle in position for the
lawful operation thereoP in a forward direction,upon such-street. ,
ARTICLE VIII
"�IISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS RELATING TO USE OF STREETS
Section 1: GAMES PROHIBITED IN STREETS, Unless by special written
permit from the Traffic Authority first had and obtained,_ no pereon or per-
sons shall play, carry on or engage in any game in or upon any street: ,
Sect�on 2: DANCING IN STREETS, No person shall d:ance or cor�duct
any dance or engage in any dancing in any stree�t v��ithout a written permit
from the Traffic Authority ao to do first had and obtained.
Section 3: �HISITIONS, ETC: IN STREETS; No person shaTl conduct
, or engage in any exhibition in any etreet or use any atreet or any portion
thereof witriin sald City for any purpose other than street purposes without r
written permiasion Prom the Traffic Aut&xorlty so to do,first had and obtained,
Section 4: OBSTRUCTIONS IN STREETS, No person shall erect,
construct, place, maintaln, leave or abandon any building, fence, porch,
steps, poat, pole, track, wire, pipe, conduit or.other etructure in whole
or in part in or upon any street within said Clty; and no person shall place,
aPfix, paint, maintain, leave or abandon any sign, placard, notice, adver-
, tisement, seat, bench, table, atand, material or other obstruction in any •
street within said City; without a special permit in writing ,so to do first
had�:and obte.ined from the TraYfic Authority, or the Street 3uperintendent, .
or the City Council of said City; provided, however, that the provisions
of this Section shall not apply: `
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(a) To United States Mail Boxes;
t (b) To poles and Pacilitiee oP public utilities lawfully
using the public atreets of said City;
(c) To portable and uaual garbage and rubbish recepta.clea
� when conforming to and placed in accord.ance with the
rules and regulations of said City with reference thereto;
(d) To noticea, placa.rds, posters or any of the other articles
or means above mentioned or referred to, erected or placed
by any City or other public officer, officia.l or employee
acting within, the scope of h1s or her office or employment
` � as such public officer, official or_employee..
Section 5: EXCAVATIONS IN $TREETS. No peraon shall dig in,
excavate, tear up, deface or in,jure any atreet without an expreas written. .
permit so to do first had and obtained.from either the Superintendent of
Streeta or the City Council of said City and it shall be unlawful for any
pereon to violate or permit or cause to be violated any oP the terms or
conditiona imposed in any such permit if and mhen issued. ,�
, Section 6: LIGHTS ON OSSTRUCTIONS. No person placing or maintainin@
any obstruction or making any excavation in any street ehall fail or neglect
to provide, during the period between sunset of any day and eunrise of the
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succeeding day, a suitable and adequate light to warn users of auch street
of any such obstructiona.or excavations.
Section 7: DEFOSIT OF RU&BISH IN STREETS, No person shall
_. throw, depoait or place in or upon any,.atreet any glass, bottles, paper,
rubbish, garbage (except in proper containers as permitted by law), or
any unsightly, foul or nOxioue subatance.
Section Sc EXPECTORATION IN STREETS AND PUBLIC FLACES, ETC, No
berson shall expectorate on the floor or any other portion of any public
building, hall or stairway or upon the floor or any other portion
of any street car, bus, or other public conveyance, or upon any sidewalk
within eaid City. -
Section 9: HAULING MATERIALS. No person shall haul any�dirt,
rubbish, debris, garbage, oil or other petroleum product, bricks, sand,
gravel, cruahed rock or other materials in, upon or aLong any street unlees
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� the same is contairied in a bodp, box receptacle or carrier which effeetively
prevents any part of the load from leaking, aifting, dropping or being �
depesited upon the atreet. The provisions of this 8ection ehall not apply
to the elight leakage which is necesaarily incident to the careful and
proper operation oY a motor vehicle.
Section 18: ADVERTISING, ETC. VEHICLES, No peraon shall operate
or c�l.ve, park or leave atanding any vehicle:
(a) GVhile same ie being used for advertSsing purpoaes; or
, (b) Any vehicle used for announcing or other purposes
equipped with any sound producing or noise making device
� or meana, or a sound ampliPying or loud apeakin$ device
or means (other than sirens, horns, or amplifying
devices required or authorized by law), upon any street
at any time within said City while such denice or means
ia in use or oper�tion; without first obtaining a,written
permit from the Traffic Authority ao to do, or in any
. manner contrary to any condition under. or pureuan� to
which any such permit may be isaued. Tlie Traffic
Authority may, sub�ect to the right of appeal to the
City Council bg any peraon aggrieved, grant or refuse
to grant any such permit.
Section 11: �LO5ING STREETS TII�PORARILY. The TrafPic Authority
� shall have the right, authority and po�ver at any time to close any atreet
or any portion'thereoP temporarily to vehicular, pedeatrian or'other•trafPic
when in the opinion oY such Tra4Yic Authority the public peace, health or
safe�y requirea auch temporary closing; provided, however, that�in all
, auch cases, wuitable signs shall be conapicuoualy posted giving notice of
the fact that auch street or portion thereoY is closed, or a police officer
or"person deaignated by the Traffic Authority ia present thereat for the �
� purpose of giving auch notice. No person ,shall, in case any such atreet
or portlon thereof is so cloaed, enter into or upon auch closed portion.or
drive any vehicle in'to or upon the same contrary to any such notice or
notices or the order or ordera of any such police officer or pereon so
designated. Nothing herein contained ahall be construed as depriving the
City Council and/or Street Buperintendent oY said City from concurrent
power to likewiae temporarily close any street or portion thereo� within
said City, but the delegation of power to Traffic Authoritq herein made
' ahall be construed as in addition.thereto. � .
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Section 12: LIGHT TRAFFIC STREETB, That the fol].owing atreete
or portione thereof are herebq deeignated and eataIDlished as light traPfic
atreete within said City, to-wit:
All atreeta other than those deolared in thie Ordinance to be
through atreets are hereby declared to be light traffic streete.
Section 13: That the Traffic Authority is hereby authorized to
immediately cause all atreeta a.nd portiona thereof established and designated
by this Ordinance ae li�ht trafPic etreets to be clearly marked or sign-
posted at their intersectiona with heavy traffic atreets or boundary lines
oY said City of Lynwood with appropriate aigns displaying, in letters
not lese than one inch in height, the words ��COIvIMERCIAL VEHICLES OVER TWO
TON CAPACITY PROHIBITED". Af ter said signa have been so placed said .
Traffic authority shall cause the said eigns ao erected to be properly
maintained.
Section 14: When the aigna hereinabove referred to in 8ection
13 of this Article VIII of this Ordinance are erected and in place, it
shall be unlawful for the driver or operator of any commercial vehicle to
drive or operate any such commercial vehicle in or upon any such light
traffic street or portion thereof except when necessary to traverae the
same for the purpose of loading or unloading, but then only by such deviatinn
from the nearest heavy traffic street ae ie reasonably neceesary.
9ection 15: HEAVY TRAFFIC STREETB. All streeta within the City
of Lynwood, California, designated under Article V as °Through Streeta"
are hereby designated and establiahed as hea�y traffic atreete within the
meaning of this Ordinance.
3ection 16: SIDEWALKS, PARKWAYS, MERCHANDISE, ETC. No person
ahall leave or permit to remain in or upon any aidewalk or in or upon
any parkway in any atreet within Eaid City, any merchandise, fruit or fruita,
melon or melons, ve�etable or vegetables, meat or meats or any ba�gage or
any article of personal property.
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Section 17: UNLAWF'UL TO VIOLATE TERMS OR CONDITIONS OF PEAMITS.
�Nhenever any permit or apecial permit shall have been iasued by:either the
Traffic AutY.ority, the Street Superintendent, or the City Council of said
City, under or pursuant to the provisions of thie ordinance, it shall be
unlawful for any person to violate, or cause or permit to be violated, or
to fail or refuse to observe or perform any of the requirementa set forth
in, any of the terma or conditiona impoaed in auch permit or special permit
or sub�ect to which the same is authorized or granted.
Section 18: UNPACKING IN STREETS, SIDEWALKS, PARKPJAYS. Except
in the diacharge or performance of official duty, no person ahall place
any boxes, barrels or other receptacles for or containing goods, warea, .
merchandise or any other articlea or thinga in or upon any public street
whether in the roadway or on the aidewalk or in the parkway thereof with
the intent or for the purpose of unpacking or removing such contents thereoY
upon such streets, aidewalks or parkways, and, except in the discharge or
performance of official duty, no person ahal 1 unpack or the oontents
of or from any such box, barrel or other receptacle Por or containing
goods, wares, merchandise or anq other articles or thin�s while the same
is in or upon any street, aidewalk or parkway; provided, hocaever, that the
provisions of thia Section shall not preaent peddlera duly licensed by
said City from merchandi�ing their produce or warea in a proper and usual
manner incident to the business of peddling.
The City Council hereby finds, declarea and determines, from
experience of said Council and of the Police and Street departments oP
said City in the past, that the depoaiting or placing of euch boxes, barrela
and other receptacles and merchandise and the other articles hereinabove
referred to in thie Section in or upon the atreeta of said City for the
purpoae of removing the contents thereof in or upon such etreets, sidewalks
or p�rkwaye and the removal of euch contenta therefrom and the placing or
• accumulation of such'merchandise and articlea upon such etreets, sidewalks
and parkways, whether for the purpoae of sale or otherwise, has been and
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is a publie nuisanee which interferes with lawful traffic and endangers
the safety of the public and members thereof and that such nuisance
- Will continue unlese the provisiona of this 3ection relating thereto
are adopted and enforced and that therePore the Police"Department of
said Gity and each and all of the police officers thereof are hereby
authorized and inatructed to diligently prosecute all violations here�P
and to summarily abate any and all auch conditions and nuisancea. It
shall.be unlawful for any person to Pail or reYuae to immediately remove
any of such boxes, barrela or receptaclea or merchandise or any of the
other articlea referred to hereinabove in this Section from euch atreet,
aidewalk or parkway upon order or inatruction of any Poliee OfPicer of
said dity ao to do. ..
ARTICLE IX '
PEDESTffiAN9 �
3ection 1: THE TRAFFIC AUTHOAITY TO.ESTABLISH CROSSWALKS,
(a) The Traffic Authority ahall establiah, desi�nate and
maintain crosswalks at�intersectiona and other
placea.by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon
the surface of the roadway as folloma:
' Crosswalka may be established and maintained by
the Traffic Authority at all intersections where
° the Traffic Authority determines that there is :
', particular hazard to pedestrians eroasing the
' roadway, sub,ject to the limitation contained in
� (b) of this section. ,
(b) Other than croaswalks at ihteraections no crossvaalk '
ehall be established iri any block which ie less
than two hundred (200) Eeet in length, &lsewhere
not more than one additional crosswalk shall be
established in any one block and euch crosswalk
shall be located as early as,practicable at mid-block.
Section 2: CROSSING IN BU5INESS DI5TRICT, Except at intersec�ion
crosewalks, no pedestrian sha.11 cross a roadway in any businesa dietri�t
other than by a marked croaswalk.
�ection 3: CRO55ING AT RIGHT ANGLEB, No pedestrian shall
crosa a roadway at any place other tha.n by a route at right angles to
the curb, or by the �orteat route to the opposite curb except in a
marked crosewalk. • •
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Section 4� BTANDING IN ROADWAYS, No person shall stand, slt
or remain in any roadway, other than in�a safety zone, if such action
interferea with the lawful movement,oP traffic. This provision ahall
not apply to any public officer or employee, or to the employee of
any public utility or of any Yranehise or permit holder holding a
franchise or permit from said Ctty or from any of its authorized officers
when such person is necessarily,upon a street and engaged in, the perfor-
, mance oP hia necessary.duty,therein, or to licensed surveyors or to
members of their respecbive parties or crewe when actually and necessarily
en�aged in :the performance of their proper Punctiona.
� Section 5: ����IKING, No person while in or upon atty atreet
�hall solicit a ride or rides from the driver of anq passir►g vehicle other
than vehicles engaged in public tranaportation.
Bection 6i PEDEBTRIANS STANDING ON SIDEWALKB,� No
shall stop or stand on a sidewalk except as near,ae is reasonably physlcally
posaible to the building line or the curb line at any plaae within aaid Ctty.
ARTICLE X
TRAINB� STREET,AND INTERURBAN CARS
Section 1: STREET OR INTERURBAN CAR SPE�D,
(a) _The motorman or operator of any street car or interurban
car ahall not drive said atreet or interurban car at
a speed exceeding the prima facie apeed limits fixed
by the California Vehicle Code for vehiclea.
(b) The provisiona•of this section ahall not apply when a
� r street car or Snterurban car ia being operated upon
a private right-of-way avhich ie efYectively protected
' from vehicular traffic,
Section 2: TRAINS NOT TO BLOCK STREETS� No person ahall operate
any train or train oY cara, or permit the same remain atanding, so as
to block the movement of traPfic upon any etreet for a period of time
, longer than five (5) minutes. �
Section 3: DRIVING ON STREET OR IIQTERURBAN CAR TRACBB, The
driver oY any venicle proceeding upon any atreet or•interur�an car track
in front of a atreet or interurban car upon a atreet ahall remove such
` vehicle from the track as soon as practical aPter signal from the operator
of said street or interurban car unless prevented by other vehiclea
or while awaiting a traffic signal.
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3ection 4: �OAADING OR ALIGHTING FROM STREET OR INTERURBAN CAR
OR VEHIGLE. No person'shall board or alight�from any atreet or interurban
car or vehicle whiTe auch street or car_or vehicle is in motion.
Section 5: �LWAY GATES, No person ahall drine any vehicle
through or under any safety gate or railroad barrier vuhich is maintained
at a railroad croesing for the purpose'of warning persona of the approaah
of a train or car, while such gate or•barrier ia closed or while it is
being opened or closed.
ARTICLE XI
�iETHOD 0F PARKING
- Section 1: pARALLEL 9PlTH CURB. Except as hereinafter provided,
no person sha11 stand or park a vehicle in a roadway other than parallel
with the edge of the•roadveay headed in the direction of traPfic and with -
� the right hand wheela of the vehicle within eighteen (18) inches of the
curb line or edge of the roadway; provided, however, that on the following
atreets to-wit:, _
(a) On Lon� Beach Boulevard between Oakwaod Avenue and
Magnolia 8treet;
(b) On Iinperial Highway between California Street and�
Fernwood Ayenue; ` �
upon which said public atreets hereinabove specifically named in this �.
Section angle parking is hereby permitted The Traffic Authority is hereby
authorized and directed to indicate the placea where such angle par3sing
ie`permitted by the painting of white angle linea at least two inohes
in width upon the surface oP the roadwaq to indicate the proper angle
for parking and after such mhite angle lines are so painted it ahall be
unlawful for any vehicle to be parked or Por the driver or operator of any
vehicle tb park such vehicle so that such vehicle or any portion thereof
is perpendicularly over any such white line.
ARTICLE XII �
STOPPING� STANDING,AND PARKING. � '
Section 1: APPLICATION OF ORDINANCE.
(a) The provisions of this Orclinance prohibiting the
stopping, atanding or parking of a vehicle shall apply
at all times or at those timea herein specified,
except vahen it is neceasa.rq to stop a vehicle to avoid
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conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the
-- direction of a police officer or oPPicial traffic control
' device.
(b) The provisione of this Ordinance imposing a time limit
on standing or parkin� shall not relieve any person from
- . the duty to obaerve other and more restrictive proviaions
hereof or of law prohibiting or limiting the standing
or parking of vehicles in apecified placed or at apecified
. timea.
8ection 2: STOPPING OR STAIQDING PROHIBITED-_Np SIGNS REQTJIRED.
No peraon shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, or any portion thereof�
in any of the following placea.
° ' 1. Within any tunnel or upon any bridge, viaduct or aparoach
thereto.
� 2. Within any parkway. .
3. Within any interaection.
Section 3: THE TRAFFIC AUTHORITY TO ERECT SIGNS. �e 'Craffic
Authority may appropriately sign or mark the Pollowing placea and when.
so si$ned or marked no peraon shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, or any
portion thereof, in any of said places:
1: Any place so signed or marked between a safety zone and the
neareat curb and any place within twanty (20) feet.of a
point on the curb immediately opposite the mid"=block end of
a safety zone. �
2. At any olace so sioned or marked within thirty (30} feet
of any intersecting roadway in any busineas district
except that a bus may atop at a designated bus stop.
3. At any place.so signed or marked ad�acent to, in front of
or opposite any Yire atation, police station, theatre, school
ground or public assembly hall, bus or passenger station, or
. other gathering place.
4. At any place so signed or marked adJacent to and within
thirty-five (35) feet of any street car tracks, interurban
` car tracks, or railroad tracka within said City.
� 5. At any place so signed or marked within said City where in
the �udgment of the Traffic Authority the parking or standing
of any vehicle or any portion thereof would interfere with ,
or endan�er persons, property or traffic or would adversely
aPfect or endanger the public peace, health or saPety or in
any manner constitute a menace or hazard to pedestrians or
other traffic at, in or about the location where auch signe
or maxkings are so placed. -
6. I9henever the United States of America is at war with any
other power or powera, at any place so,aigned or marked
' ad,jac,ent to or within sixty (60) feet of any plant or
' premiees actually engaged in the manufacturing, Pabricating
assembling, handling or treatment of any material or materials,
product or products, substance or substances, thing or things,
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which relatea or pertaina to or is an any matter con-
cerned with prosecution by the United 8tatea of America
of such war.
� Section 4i THE TRAFFIC AUTHORITY MAY PLACE "NO STSNDING" .
SIGNS OR MARKS. The Traffic Authority may appropriately sign.or mark
the following places and when so signed or marked no person shall
atop, stand or park a vehicle in any of said places.
L At any so marked place within thirty (30) feet of an
intersection other than hereinbefore mentioned.
2. WitYiin twenty-five (25) feet of ffihe approach to the
nearest line of a crosswalk. _
3. At any p'!ace between the portal oP a tunnel and the neareat
street intersection. �
8ection 5: CURB MARKINGS TO �INDICATE STOPPING AND PARKING
' . REGULATIONB.
(a) The Traffic Authority is hereby authorized, sub3ect
- to the provisions and limitations of thia Ordinance to
place, and when required•herein ahall place, the following
- �' curb markinga to"indicate parking or standing regulations,
and said curb markings shall have the meanings as herein
aet forth.
1. Red shall mean no stopping, standing or�parking at any time;
' except that a bus may etop in a red zone marked or signed as
� a bus zone. �
� 2. Yellow ahall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any
time between 7:00 a. m. ancl 6:00 p. m, of any day except
Sunday for ang purpose other than the loading or unloading
of passengers or materials, provided that the loading or
unloading of passengers shall not eonsume more than three (3)
` minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than
� twenty (20) minutes.
3. VPhite shall mean no stopping, standing or parking for any
purpose other.than loading or unloading of passengera which
shall not exceed three (3) minut�s and such restrictiona ahall
apply between seven a..m. and six p, m. of anq day except
Sunday and except as follows:
Rrhen auch zone is in front of a hotel the reatrictiona
ehall apply at all times;
When such zone is in front of a theatre the restrictions
shall apply at all tinea except when such theatre is closed.
4. Plhi.te with the words °Taxi Stand" stenciled thereon in block
letters at least three inches in height ahaZl mean that no
vehicle shall atop, stand or park in the zone so marked except
a taxi cab and then only a taxi cab operated by a person, Yirm
, or corporation duly licensed by said City to operate taxi
caba in said City and to whom such taxi cab stand has by
. resolution of the City Council been particularly assigned.
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5. Green ahall mean no standing or parking for longer than
twenty (20) minutes at any time between 7:00 a. m. and
6:00 p. m. of any day except Sunday.
(b) When the TrRffic Authority as authorized under this
Ordinance has ceused curb markings to be placed, no
person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle ad�acent
to any such legible curb marking in violation of any
of the provisions of this Section.
Section 6: The Traffic Authority may appropriately sign or mark
any place within said City where in the opinion of the TrafYic Authority
any of the provisions of this Ordinance apply,; and aihen so signed or marked
no person ehall atop, atand or park a vehicle, or any portion thereof, in
any of said places or locationa, so signed or marked, contrary to the
directiona, language or indications oY such signs or markinge at such
place or location.
ARTICLE XIII
STOP�ING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY
Section l: THE TRAFFIC AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH LOADING Zones.
(a) The Traffic Authority is herebg authorized to determine
and to mark loading zones and pasaenger loading zones
�•.;;�: as followe:
1. At any place in any business district.
2. Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of
buaineas or in front of any hall or place used for
the purpose of public aesembly.
(b) Sn no event shall more than one-half of the total curb
length in any block be reaerved for losding zone purposee
exclusive of the passenger loading zonea at the entrancee
to public theatres.
(c) Loading zones ahall be indicated by a yelloe✓ paint
line atenciled with black letters, at least three inches
in height, ��LOADING ONLY��, upon the tops of all curba
' - within such zones.
(d) Passenger loading zones ahall be indicated by a white
line stenciled with black lettera, at least three inchea
in height. "PASSENGER LOADING ONLY", upon the topa of
all curbs in said zonea:
Section 2: �'FECT OF PERA4ISSION TO LOAD OR UNLOAD.
(a) Permission herein granted to stop or etand a vehicle
for ourposes of.loading or unloading of materials shall
apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend
beyond the time necessary therePor, and in no event Yor
more than twentq (20) minutes.
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(b) The loading or unloading oP material shall apply only
+ to commercial deliveries, also the delivery or pickup
of express and parcel post packages and United States
mail.
� (c) Permiasion herein granted to stop or,park for purposes ,
of loading or unload.in$ passengere shall include the
loading or unloading of peraonal. baggage but shall not ,
extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no
event for more than three (3) minutes.
(d) Within the total time limits above specified the prov-
isions of this section shall be enforced so as to acc-
omodate necessarq and reasonable loading or unloading
but without permitting abuse of the privilegea hereby
granted,
' Sectl�4n 3: STANDING IN NARROW OR CONGESTED STREETS OR IN ANY ALLEY.
No person ahall stop, stand or park a vehicle Por any purpose other than
the loading or unloading of persona or materials in any alley within said City
or when the Traffic Authority eh211 have placed appropriate signs or
markirigs thereon to that effect on any narrow or congested street, or any
� part or parts thereof, within said City, and authority to place such
appropriate signs and markings on such narrow or congested st�eets is
hereby granted to said Traffic.Authority.
. Section 4. STANDING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY. When authorized
signs or marks are in place giving notice thereof no person shall stop,
stand or park a vehicle for, any purpose other than loading or unloading
" pasaengers or materiale for such time as is permitted herein, in any of
the Yollowing placea: .
1. In any yellow,loading zone;'
2. Within fifty (50) feet of any entrance to any school, or any
other building used for the transaction of �overr_mental
business.
3ection 5: STANDIIvG IN PASSENGER LOADING ZONE, No person shall
stop, stand or park a vehicle, in any passenger loading zone for any purpose
other than the loading or unloading of passengera for such time as is speci-
fied in Section 2 of Article XIII of this Ordinance. .
Section 6: THE TRAFFIC 9UTHORITY TO DETERI�INE ADDITIONAL LOADING
OR UNLOADING PLACE5. Whenever the Traffie Authority has determined. that
parking ehall '�e limited and authorized,si$ns or marks are in place giving
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notice.thereoP, no peraon shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any °
_ purpose o•ther than loading or unloading passengers or materials in any
of the following places, ,
1. At any curb where the grade of the street exceeds twelve
(12) per cent. '
" 2. On any part oP a roadway having a width of not more than
twenty-five (25) feet,
3. In front of any hallor place used for the purpoae of public
assemblage.
4, In front of the entrance to any place in use for business
outside ef any business diatrict,
5. At any other place where the parking of vehicles �vould,result
in traYfic congestion or particular hazard.
" 3ection 7: BUS ZONES TO BE ESTABLISHED,
• r (a) The Traffic Authority is hereby authorized to establiah
bus zones oAposite curb apace for the loading and un-
loading of buses oP common•carriers of passengers engaged
in local transportation, and to determine the location
thereoP.
(b) No bus zone ahall exceed fiftp (�d} feet in leng�th except
that when satisfactory evidence has been presented to
said Traffic Authority showing the necessity therefor,
said Traffic Authority may extend bus zones in such
places not to exceed one hundred twenty-five (125)
� feet in length.
(c) No bus zone shall be established o:oposite and to the
, right of a saYety zone. '
� (d). The Traffic Authori�y shall paint a red line stenciled
• with white letters, ��NO BTANDING", together with the
worda, ��BUS ZONE", upon the topa of all curbs and
places apecified as a bus zone.
Section 8: HOSPITAL ZONE5 TO BE E5TABLISHED,
(a) The TraPfic Authority is hereby authorized to eatablish
hospital zones on atreets bordering any hoapital.
� (b) No hospital zone shall extend more than one block from
the property line oP said hospital.
(c) The TraPfic Authority shall paint a red line stenciled
with the white lettere, °HOSPITAL QUIET", upon the
street entrances to said.zone..
ARTICLE.XIV ,
PARKING LIMITED
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Section 1: When authorized signs are in place giving notice
�thereo.f, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle upon Alameda
Boulevard or portions thereof at any �ime, for anq purpoae other than
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.the limitations imposed by Section 2 of Article XIII,oP this Ordinance.
Section 2: When authorized signs are in place giving notice
thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle upon any of the
following streets or portions thereof for a longer period than two hours
between the hours of 8:00 o'clock a, m, and 6:00 o'clock P. M. of any dAy,
except Sunday, for a�v purpose other than the loadin� or unloading of pass-
engers or materials, sub�ect, however, to the limita_tions imposed by Section
2 of Article XLII of this Ordinance, to-t�it:
(a) State Street'from Lynwood Road to Century Boulevard.
(b) Gra.pe Street, Apricot Street, Peach Street between ,
Imperial Highway on.the North and Fernwood Avenue on
the 8outh. ' •
(c} On the P/esterly side of Court Street between 3anborn
Avenue on the West and Fernwood Avenue on the East,
(d) Oakwood Avenue between Bellinger Street on the 4Jest and
Long Beach Boulevard on the East.
(e} On the North side of Imperial Highway between Bellinger
Street on the West and Long Beach Boulevard on the East.
(f) On the Southerly side of Imperial Highv�ay between Long '
Beach Boulevard on the East and Fernv�ood Avenue on the
We st.
(g) On Beachwood Avenue between Fernwood Avenue on the West
and Long Beach Boulevard on the East.
(h) On Sanborn Avenue between Peach Street on the West and
Long Lea.ch Boulevard on the East,
(i), On the Easterl,y eid.e.of Plaza Street.
{,j) On the Northerly side of the Northerly lane of Fernwood
Avenue from Long Beach Boulevard_ on the East to Imperial
� , Highway on the West,
(k) Long Beach $oulevard between Imperial Highway and
Fernwood Avense.
(1) On California Avenue between Imperial Highway and Fernwood
Avenue.
(m) On Pla.tt Avenue between Long Beach Boulevard and Calif6�r-
° nia Avenue.
(n) On Ntulford Avenue between California Avenue a.nd Court
� Street.. , '. :
Section 3:. When authorized signa are in place giving notice
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thereoP, no person shall atop, stand or parl� any vehicle upon the Weat side
oP Santa Fe Avenue between Lynwood Road and Imperial Highway between the
hours of 6*00 o�clock p, m. and 8:00 o�clock a, m. oP any daq, for any
purpose other than the Ioading or unloading oP passengers,or materials,
sub,�ect, however, to the limitations imposed by Section 2 of Article 7CIII
of thia Ord3nance.
Sectlon 4: No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle on any
street for a period of time longer than two hours between the hours of
1:00 o�clock a. m, and 6:.00 o�clock a. m. ot,any day.
• 8ection 5: UNT�lYVfFUL PARKTNG__PEDDLERB, VENDORS.
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(a) Except as othercviae provided in this section no peraon
shall atand or park any vehicle, wagon or push-cart from
wt}ich goods, warea, merchandise, fruits, vegetablea or
Yood atufPs are aold, displayed, solieited or offered
for sale or bartered or exchanged, or any Iunch wagon
or e ating car or vehicle, on any portion of any atreet
within said City, except that such vehiclea, wagons or
push-carts,may atand or park enly the request of a
' bona-fide purchaser for a period of time not to exceed
' ten (10) minutes at any one place. The provisions of
this sub-.section ahall not apply,to persons delivering
' auch article,upon order of, or by agreement with a cus-
tomer from a store or other fixed place of busineas or
distribution, .
_ (b) No person shall park or atand on any street, any lunch
wagon, eating cart or vehiele, or push-cart,from mhich
tsmalea, peanuts, popcorn, candy or other articles oP
Pood or -refreshment are sold or ofYered for eale without
• first obtaining a written permit to do ao from the City
Council which shaTl designate the speciPic section in
� which auch cart ahall atand.
(c) No person shall parJc or atand any vehicle, or wagon
used or intended to be used in the tranaportation of
property for,hire on any street while awaiting patronage
for euch vehicle or wagon without firs.t obtaining a
written permit to do ao from the City Council which
, shall deaisnate the specific loea'Cion where such v ehicle
may atand.
(d) No person ahall deposit, leave, place or park in any
, street any cement or concrete mixer, v�heelbarrow, pueh-
cart, handdrawn or hand-propelled vehicle or other
ob�ect, thing or property (other than those referred to
under sub-divisiona (a), {b) and {c),of this Section 5
of this Article XIV of this Ordinance) in auch a manner
or Yor such a time as to interPere with traffic, either
vehicular or pedestrian, in or upon such street or
such a manner as to constitute a hazard to the safety
of traHfic or of any person or peraons or property in
, and upon auch etreet, or fail to immediately remove the
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same,upon order of any police or traf?ic officer of said "
Gity, provided, however, that the Traffic AuthoM ty shall
have the right and power to authorize, in writing, for
- limited perioda of time, the olacing or parkin� oP atty
sueh venicle, ob,�ect and/or thing on any street in such
manner aa will not conatitute the same a nuisance or a
hazard.to life or propertp or unreasonably interfere
° with traffic in or upon such street.
(e) No person shall stand or park a vehicle upori any street
fro the purpose oY diaplaying such vehicle for sale by
sign or otherwise.
(f} YGhenever any permit is granted under the provisions of
this Section and a particular location to park or etand
is specified therein, no person shall park or stand
. any nehicle, wagon, or push-cart on any location other
than as designated in such permit. In the enent that
the holder of any such permit is convicted in any court
oP competent Jurisdiction for violating any of the pro-
visions of this Section, such per mit shall be forth-
with revoked by the City Council upon the filing of the
record of such conviction�with the said City Council,
and no permit shall thereafter be issued to such person
until six (6) months have elapaed from the date oP
such revocation.
3ection 6: SIGNS OR N?ARKENGS TO INDICATE LINITED PARKIiQG. 2�hat
in addition to the streets and portions thereof hereinabove designated for
limited parking the Traffic Authori�y may appropriately sign or mark such .
other and additional streets, places, or portiona thereoP, as in the opinion
oY the Traffie Authority may require such marking for limited parkin�, and
when so si�ned or marked no person ahall stop, stand or park a vehicle, or
any portion thereof, in any of such reapective p�aces for a longer period `
of time than that designated in the si�n or signs, or marking or markings,
, for auch place or location.
Section 7: WASHING VEHIGLES IN STREE,T. No person shall dust,
' wipe� wash or otherwiae clean,-use or employ any method of dusting, wiping,
washing or otherwise cleanin� anq vehicle or portion thereof while on any
stree'C unless such vehicle is owned by or under the direct control or super-
vision oY the person doing any oY the acts herein enumerated.
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Seetion 8: EMERGENCY PARKING SIF£NS.
� � � �� (.a ' Whenever the� TraY�'ic;Authority;ahall_,deterrnine _that an
emergency traffic congestion is likely to result'from
' the holding of public or private asaemblagea, gatherings
� or functiona,'or for other reasons, the Traffic Authority
-shall,have power and authority to order temporary signa
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� to be erected or poated indicating that the operation,
parking or atanding of vehiclea ia prohibtted on such
streets and alleys as the Traffic Authority shall clirect
during the time such temporary signs are in place.
Such aigns shall remain in place only durin� the exietence
` of such emergency and the Traffic Authority ehall cause
such signs to be removed oromptly thereafter.
(b) Plhen sl�na authorized by the provisions of this Section _
are in place giving notice thereof, no peraon shall
operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the
direction and� provisions of such signs.
ARTICLE XV
Section 1: BICYCLES AND ANIMALS, Every person riding a bicycle ,
or driving an animal upon a highway is eub�ect to the provisiona of this
Ordinance appllcable to the driver of a vehicle, except those provisions
which by their nature can have no application.,
. ARTZ (;LE XVZ
Section l: TANiPERING VftTH TRAFFIC SIGN3, SIGNALS, PdARKIIQGS OR
CONTROL DEVICES. It shall be unlawful for any person or peraona to tamper
with, or deface, or remove, or cause to be removed, without authority of
the Traffic Authority so to do, ar�y sign or signs, marking or markings, or
traffic control devices, erected under or pursuant to the provisons of
this Ord.i&ance.
ARTICLE XVII
Section 1: TRAFFIC AUTHORITY ONLY TO PLACE SIGNS AND NIARKINGS. gt
shall be unlawful for any peraon other than the Traffic Authority, or person
acting under his authority, to markings upon the curba or place any
traff ic aigna within said City. '
ARTICLE XVIII
Section 1: CURB AND SIDEWALK NUST BE PROTECTED. It shall be
unlawful for any pereon to drive or lesd any vehicle, horse, mule or cow
across or over any curb or sidewalk '(except private driveway) in the City
oP Lynwood, California, without thoroughly and effectively protecting such
curb or sidewalls with l�oard.planking or other suitable material so as to -
prevent in,�f�ry thereto; such use of the aidewalk or curb must be temporary
only and on the termination of ,such use, the planking or protective material
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ARTICLE XIX
TRAFFIC CITATIONS
Section 1: WHEN PERSON AF3RESTED �NNST BE TAKEN IP�iIEUTATELY BEFORE -
JUHGE OR MAGISTRATE, Whenever any pereon is arrested for any violation of
this Ordinance the arrested person shall be immediately taken before the
City Jud�e ofr!the City of Lynv�ood or a magistrate acting for and on behalf
of.said City Judge:.
�(a) VVI'hhen the person arrested demands an immediate appearance
be9ore a magistrate; or
(b) When the peraon,arrested refuses to �ive his written
. promise to anpear in Court as hereinafter provided �
for in this Ordinance.
Section 2: COURT PROCEDURE WHEN PERSON ARRESTED IS INIMEDIATELY
TAKEN BEFORE A JUDGE OR inIGIBTRATE.
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(a) Whenever any person is arrested for a violatlon oP any
. provision of this Ordinance,and is i�¢ediately taken
-, before the City Judge or a magistrate a.cting for and
' on behalP of the City Judge, the arresting officer shall
file with said Judge or magiatrate a complaint stating
the ofPense with which such person 3s charged.
� (b) The person so taken before said Judge.or magistrate
• shall be entitled to at least five days continuance of
, his case in which to plead and prepare for trial and sAid
peraon shall not be required to blead or be tried within �
said five days unlesa he waives such time in writing
or in open Court,
; (c) The person so taken before such City Jizlge or magistrate
ahall thereupon be released from custoc'�y upon hi�e
own recognizance or upon such bail as the City Judge or
magiatrate may fix.
Sectlon 3: V9KEN PERSON ARRESTED TO BE GIVEN NOTICE TO APPEAR
IN COURT.
(a) Whenever any person is arrested for any violation of
� anq provision or provisions of this Ordinance and such
person is not immediately taken before the City Judge
, or a magistrate acting Por and on behalf of said City
Judge as hereinbefore required or permitted, the arrestingl
officer shall prepare in duplicate a written notice to
• appear in court containing the name and addreas of such
' peraon, the licenae number of his vehicle, iP any, the
offenae charged and the time and place when and where
_ such person shall appear in Court,
(b) The time specified in said notice.to appear must be at
� least five days after such arrest,
(c) The place specified"in said notice.to appear shall be
either:
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1. Before said City Judge or magistrate acting for and
on behalf of said City Judge, within said City of
Lynwood, or
2. .Before an officer authorized by the City Jixige or
n4agiatrate acting for and on behalf oP the City Judge�
' to receive a deposit of bail.
(d} Said officer shall deliner one copy of said notice tq. ,
appear to the arrested person and said arr.est person,
in order to secure release, must give his written
promise so to appear in Court by signing the duplicate
notice which shall be retained by said oYficer. There-
upon the arreating officer shall forthwith release the
person arreated from custody. , .
(e) Said ofPicer shall, as soon as practicable,, Yile said
duplicate notice with the City Judge or magistrate acting
. for and on behalf of sald Judge, Thereupon the,
' said City Judge or magiatrate ahall fix the amount oP
bail which in hie ,�udgment, in accordance with the pro-
� vlsions oP 8ection 1275 oP the Penal Code of the State
oY CaliPornia, will be reasonable and auYficient for the
' appearance of the defendant and shall endorse upon'said
notice a statement signefl by him in the form set forth
° in Section 815A of said Penal Code. The def endant may,
' prior to the date upon which he promised to.appear in
Court, depoeit with the City Judge or magistrate or
,� officer authorized by such Judge or magistrate to receive
a deposit of bail, the amount of bail thus set. There-
after at the time when the case is called for arraign-
. ment before the City Judge or magistrate if the de-
" fendant shall not appear, eitrier in person or by counsel
the magistrate may declare the bail forfeited and may in
hia discretion order that no further proceedin$s shall
be had in such case.
Upon the making of aueh order that no further proceedinga
be had, all sums deposited as bail shall forthwith be
paid into the City Treasury of said City.
(P) PIo warrant shall' issue on sucli charge for the arrest
oP a peraon who has given such written promise to appear
in Court unless and until he has violated such,promise
or hr�s failed to deposit bail, to appear Por arraignment,
trial or �ud�ment, or to comply with the terms and pro-
vieions of the �udgment, as required by law, or unlesa
in the discretion of the Citq Judge or magistrate such
person ahould be required to appear before auch Judge
' or magistrate.
� Section 4: WAIVER OF FILING OF WRITTEN COMPLAINT. 4Vhenever a
written notice to appeas in Court hae been delivered to and aigned bq a �
defeadant as hereinabove provided in 8ection 3 of this Article XIX of
Z'his Ordinance, or avhenever notice of illegal parkimg,has been given purauant
to any of the provisions of this Ordinance, an exact and legible duplicate
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copy of said notice shall, as soon as practicsble, be filed with the.
City Judge or magistrate specified therein and ahall notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 1426 of said Penal Code constitute a complaint
to which the defendant may plead ��guilty��.
If however, the defendant shall violate hia promise to appear
in Court or shall Yail to deposit bail, ae required by law, or if the de-
fendant ahall�not plead "guilty�� of the offense charged, an amended complaint
shall be filed which ak�all conform to the provisions of said Section 1426
of said Penal Code and thereafter such proceeding�s shall be had as may be
provided by law; provided, that a defendant'may; by an,agreement in writing
subacribed by him and Piled with the Court, waive the filing of a verified
complaint and eleet that the brosecutlon may proceed upon.the written notice
mentioned in Section 3 oP thia Article XiX of this Ordinance. A
Bection 5: APPEARANCE BY COUNSEL SUFFICIENT. A wrftten promise
to appear in Court may be complied with by an appearance of counsel.
Section 6: VIOLATION OFIPRONII�E TO APPEAR.
(a) Any person millfully violating his written promise to
a.ppear in Court shall be guilty of a mi�demeanor re-
gardless of the disposition of the charge upon which
he was origina.11y arrested.
. ARTICLE XX
° PENALTIES AND EFFECT OF ORDINANCE. REPEALS.
- Section 1: PENALTIE5, That any person violating any of the pro-
visions of this Ordinance ahall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereoP ahall be punishable by � fine of not more than Three
Hundred Dollara (,�300.00} or by imprisonment in the City Ja.il of the City
t o� Lynwood, California, or in the County Jail oP the County of Los Angeles,
California, as the committing magiatrate may direct, for a period of not
more than three (3) months, or by both auch Pine and imprisonment in the �
diacretion of ,the Court.
Section 2• 3AVING CLAUSE. If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase oP thia Ordinance ia for anp reason held to be unconstitutiona
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of ,
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thia Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed
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thia Ordinance and each aection, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase
thereof, irreapectine of the fact that any one or more sections, subaeetiona,
sentencea, clauaes or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
Section 32 ��LS•
(a) The following ordinances hereinafter specifically
mentioned, to—wit:
(1) 33, 78, 145, 194, 196� 236, 237, 255, 256
257, 259� 268, 273, 273� 304, 309, 349, 373�
are hereby specifically repealed; and
(b) All other ordinances and parts of ordinancss insofar
ae the same conflict with or are inconaistent with the
'pronieions oP thie ordinance, are hereby repealed.
It ia provided, however, that the repeals above referred
to sha.11 not affect or predent the prosecution or punieh—
ment of any person Por any act done or committed in vio—
lation of any ordinance or portion of any ordinance hereby
repealed prior to the taking effect of thia ordinance.
Section 42 That the City Clerk ehall certify to the passag'e and
adoption of thia Ordinance; ehall enter the same in the book of original
ordinances of said City; shall make a minute of the passage and adoption
thereof in the records of the proceedinga of the City Counoil of said City
in the minutea oP the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted; and
ahall, within fifteen days after the and adoption thereoY, c&uee the
same to be published once in the Lynwood Press, a vueekly newapaper of general
circulation, published and clrculated in said City, and which ie hereby
designated for that purpoae.
Section 5: That this Ordinance ahall take effect and be in Yull
force and virtue thirty (30� days from and after the date of the final
passage and adoption thereof.
Passed, approved and adopted this 5th day of December, , A,D.,
1944, , �
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- ATTEST, , � Mayor of the CS'ty of Lynvdood, Californii
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City C1erk of the City of Lynwood, California
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' STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
. COUNTY OF L03 ANGELES) 8s.
CITY OF LYNWOOD )
I,_R. W. Anderson, City Clerk of the City oP Lynwood,.
California, do hereby certify tha.t the of inembera
of the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoin�
ORDINANCE, being ORDINANCE No. 404 , wae duly passed and
� adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the
Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City�
all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the 5th
day of December , A. D., 1944, and that the same was so passed
and adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Looney, Shrock, Pdeyer, _
Tucker and Wig�ins
� Noes: None
Absent: D?one
Not Voting: _ None �_ �
� WITNESS �(y hand and the seal of said City this 5th
- day of� December , A. D., 1944.
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