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TABLE OF CONTENTS.....................................................................................1
CHAPTER 10.01 WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED..................................6
10.01.010 Definition of Words and Phrases............................................................................6
10.01.020 Coach.......................................................................................................................6
10.01.030 Curb........................................................................................................................6
10.01.040 Divisional Island.....................................................................................................6
10.01.050 Gross Weight...........................................................................................................6
10.01.060 Holidays...................................................................................................................6
10.01.070 Loading Zone..........................................................................................................6
10.01.080 Official Time Standard...........................................................................................6
10.01.090 Ordinance................................................................................................................6
10.01.100 Parkway..................................................................................................................6
10.01.110 Passenger Loading Zone.........................................................................................6
10.01.120 Police Officer...........................................................................................................6
10.01.130 Railroad Train........................................................................................................6
10.01.140 Traffic Division.......................................................................................................7
10.01.150 Vehicle Code...........................................................................................................7
CHAPTER 10.02 TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATOR..........................................8
10.02.010 Police Administration—Traffic Services................................................................8
10.02.020 Traffic Services Responsibilities.............................................................................8
10.02.030 Traffic Engineer......................................................................................................8
10.02.040 Powers & Duties of Traffic Engineer Delegation...................................................8
10.02.050 Traffic Accident Studies.........................................................................................8
10.02.060 Traffic Accident Reports........................................................................................8
10.02.070 Police Department to Submit Annual Traffic Safety Report................................8
10.02.080 Emergency and Experimental Regulations............................................................9
CHAPTER 10.03 ENFORCEMENT & OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC
REGULATIONS..................................................................10
10.03.010 Authority of Police Officials.................................................................................10
10.03.020 Required Obedience to Traffic Regulations........................................................10
10.03.030 Unauthorized Persons Shall Not Direct Traffic...................................................10
10.03.040 Traffic Regulations Apply to Persons Pushing Cart............................................10
10.03.050 Obstruction or Interference with Police or Authorized Officers.........................10
CHAPTER 10.04 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES......................................11
10.04.010 Authority to Install Traffic Control Devices........................................................11
10.04.020 Official Traffic Control Devices Required for Enforcement Purposes...............11
10.04.030 Installation of Traffic Signals...............................................................................11
10.04.040 Traffic Lanes.........................................................................................................11
10.04.050 Distinctive Roadway Markings............................................................................11
10.04.060 Authority to Remove, Relocate and Discontinue Traffic Control Devices.........11
10.04.070 Traffic Control Devices; Hours of Operation......................................................11
10.04.080 Unauthorized Painting of Curbs..........................................................................11
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CHAPTER 10.05 SPEED REGULATIONS....................................................12
10.05.010 Decrease of State Law Maximum Speed.............................................................12
10.05.020 Town Prima Facie Speed......................................................................................12
10.05.025 Increases to Local Limits......................................................................................12
10.05.030 Prima Facie Speed on Non-Local Streets.............................................................13
10.05.040 Regulation of Speed by Traffic Signals................................................................13
10.05.050 Erection of Speed Limit Signs..............................................................................13
CHAPTER 10.06 TURNING MOVEMENTS..................................................14
10.06.010 Authority to Place Devices Altering Normal Course for Turns..........................14
10.06.020 Authority to Place Restricted Turn Signs............................................................14
10.06.030 Signal Controlled Intersection—Right Turns......................................................14
CHAPTER 10.07 ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS.................................15
10.07.010 Authority to Sign One-Way Streets and Alleys...................................................15
10.07.020 One-Way Streets Designated................................................................................15
10.07.030 Authority to Restrict Direction of Movement on Streets....................................15
CHAPTER 10.08 STOP AND YIELD INTERSECTION................................16
10.08.010 Authority for Stop Signs and Yield Signs............................................................16
CHAPTER 10.09 MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES............................17
10.09.010 Stop When Traffic Obstructed.............................................................................17
10.09.020 Driving Through Funeral Procession...................................................................17
10.09.030 Drivers in a Funeral Procession............................................................................17
10.09.040 Funeral Processions to be Identified....................................................................17
10.09.050 When Permits Required for Parades and Processions........................................17
10.09.060 Driving on New Pavement or Freshly Painted Markings....................................17
10.09.070 Limited-Access Roadway......................................................................................17
CHAPTER 10.10 BOARDING OR ALIGHTING VEHICLES & RAILROAD
TRAINS................................................................................18
10.10.010 Boarding or Alighting Vehicles............................................................................18
10.10.020 Railroad Trains Not to Block Crossings..............................................................18
CHAPTER 10.11 PEDESTRIANS’ RIGHTS & DUTIES...............................19
10.11.010 Traffic Engineer to Establish Crosswalks............................................................19
CHAPTER 10.12 ANGLE PARKING..............................................................20
10.12.010 Signs or Markings Indicating Angle Parking......................................................20
10.12.020 Permits for Loading or Unloading at an Angle to the Curb...............................20
CHAPTER 10.13 STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING PROHIBITED IN
SPECIFIED PLACES.........................................................21
10.13.010 Traffic Engineer to Designate No Stopping Zones & No Parking Areas............21
10.13.020 Prohibited Stopping, Standing, or Parking.........................................................21
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10.13.030 No Parking in Alleys.............................................................................................21
10.13.040 Parking for Certain Purposes Prohibited............................................................21
10.13.050 Parking Adjacent to Schools................................................................................21
10.13.060 Parking Prohibited on Narrow Streets.................................................................22
10.13.070 Standing or Parking on One-Way Streets...........................................................22
10.13.080 Standing or Parking on One-Way Roadways......................................................22
10.13.090 Parking on Grades................................................................................................22
10.13.100 Traffic Engineer to Designate Loading Zones and Passenger Loading Zones...22
10.13.110 Effect of Permission to Load or Unload...............................................................22
10.13.120 Emergency Parking Signs.....................................................................................22
10.13.130 Parking for Consecutive Period Exceeding 72 Hours Prohibited.......................23
10.13.140 Parking for Consecutive Period Exceed 72—Removal of Vehicle.......................23
10.13.150 Traffic Engineer to Designate Public Carrier Stops & Stands............................23
10.13.160 Parking Regulations - Truckee Intermodal Transportation Terminal...............23
CHAPTER 10.14 STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING RESTRICTIONS
..............................................................................................24
10.14.010 Authority of Traffic Engineer..............................................................................24
10.14.020 Time Limit Parking Zones....................................................................................24
10.14.030 Parking Prohibited During Designated Hours for Street Sweeping...................24
10.14.040 Parking on Private Property................................................................................24
10.14.050 Parking on Town Property...................................................................................24
10.14.060 Vehicles for Sale....................................................................................................24
10.14.070 Parking Space Markings......................................................................................24
10.14.080 Parking Within Parking Space.............................................................................24
10.14.090 Leaving Vehicle Parked After Receipt of Parking Violation Citation................25
CHAPTER 10.15 REGULATING CLASSES & KINDS OF TRAFFIC ON
CERTAIN HIGHWAYS......................................................26
10.15.010 Routes Designated.................................................................................................26
10.15.020 Application of the Article; Traffic Engineer to Designate Parking Restrictions.26
10.15.025 Weight Limit for Commercial Vehicles on Northwoods Boulevard..................26
10.15.030 Routes Designated.................................................................................................26
10.15.040 Golf Carts on Town Streets..................................................................................26
10.15.050 Golf Cart Crossing Zones.....................................................................................27
CHAPTER 10.16 BLUE CURB PARKING....................................................28
10.16.010 Use of Blue Curb Spaces.......................................................................................28
10.16.020 On-Street Parking.................................................................................................28
10.16.030 Off-Street/Publicly Owned Facilities....................................................................28
10.16.040 Off-Street/Privately Financed Facilities...............................................................28
10.16.050 Parking In Spaces for the Disabled......................................................................28
10.16.060 Obstruction of Parking Stalls or Spaces..............................................................28
10.16.070 Parking Space Identification................................................................................28
10.16.080 Collection of Fines for Violation of Blue Curb Parking......................................28
CHAPTER 10.17 SNOW REMOVAL...............................................................29
10.17.010 Declaration of Snow Season.................................................................................29
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10.17.020 Definitions.............................................................................................................29
10.17.030 Obstructing Snow Removal Equipment Prohibited............................................29
10.17.035 Seasonal Parking Exception.................................................................................29
10.17.040 Parking Prohibited...............................................................................................30
10.17.041 Obstructing Travel Lane Prohibited....................................................................30
10.17.050 Vehicle Removal....................................................................................................30
10.17.060 Warning Signs.......................................................................................................30
10.17.070 Additional Signs....................................................................................................30
10.17.080 Removal of Snow from Town Streets Without Permit Prohibited; Exceptions.30
10.17.090 Snow Removal.......................................................................................................31
10.17.100 Regulating Deposit of Snow on Town Street Right of Way................................31
10.17.200 Prohibition............................................................................................................31
10.17.300 Infraction..............................................................................................................31
CHAPTER 10.18 PARKING REGULATIONS..............................................32
10.18.010 Definition of Words and Phrases..........................................................................32
10.18.020 No Parking............................................................................................................32
10.18.030 Two-Hour Parking................................................................................................32
10.18.040 No Parking Anytime.............................................................................................32
10.18.040.1 No Parking Except by Permit............................................................................32
10.18.050 Bail........................................................................................................................32
10.18.060 Parking Meter Areas Created..............................................................................32
10.18.070 Rates......................................................................................................................32
10.18.080 Installation............................................................................................................33
10.18.090 Unlawful to Exceed Allowed Time.......................................................................33
10.18.100 Unlawful to Increase Allowed Time.....................................................................33
10.18.110 Injury or Tampering.............................................................................................33
10.18.120 Unauthorized Attachments Prohibited................................................................33
10.18.130 Evidentiary Presumption......................................................................................33
10.18.140 Motorcycle Spaces................................................................................................33
10.18.150 Other Provisions...................................................................................................33
10.18.160 Permit Parking......................................................................................................33
10.18.170 Creation of Residential Permit Parking Areas....................................................33
10.18.180 Limitations on Parking in Residential Parking Areas.........................................34
10.18.190 Permit Issuance.....................................................................................................34
10.18.200 Violations..............................................................................................................34
CHAPTER 10.19 SKATEBOARD PROHIBITIONS.....................................35
10.19.010 Prohibitions...........................................................................................................35
10.19.020 Erection of Signs...................................................................................................35
10.19.030 Violation................................................................................................................35
CHAPTER 10.20 ABANDONED VEHICLES..................................................36
10.20.010 Purpose..................................................................................................................36
10.20.020 Applicability of Article.........................................................................................36
10.20.030 Exceptions.............................................................................................................36
10.20.040 Town's Remedies Nonexclusive............................................................................36
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10.20.050 Enforcement Responsibility..................................................................................36
10.20.060 Public Nuisance Determination............................................................................37
10.20.070 Notice of Intention to Abate and Remove Vehicle...............................................37
10.20.080 Required Contents of Abatement Notice.............................................................37
10.20.090 Exceptions of Requirement of Abatement Notice................................................38
10.20.100 Hearing Rights......................................................................................................38
10.20.110 Public Hearings - Notice.......................................................................................38
10.20.120 Public Hearings - Procedure.................................................................................38
10.20.130 Public Hearings - Decision....................................................................................38
10.20.140 Vehicle Disposition................................................................................................39
10.20.150 Vehicle Disposition - By Director.........................................................................39
10.20.160 Vehicle Disposition - Notice to Department of Motor Vehicles...........................39
10.20.170 Vehicle Disposition - Low-Valued Vehicle...........................................................39
10.20.180 Assessment of Costs Against Real Property.........................................................39
10.20.190 Recordation of Abatement Lien...........................................................................39
10.20.200 Release of Abatement Lien...................................................................................40
10.20.210 Recovery of Costs - Abandoned Vehicles.............................................................40
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CHAPTER 10.01 WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED
10.01.010 Definition of Words and Phrases.
(a) The following words and phrases when used in this Title shall for the purpose of this Title have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them in this Chapter.
(b) Whenever any words and phrases used herein are not defined herein but are defined in the Vehicle Code
of the State of California and amendments thereto, such definitions in the Vehicle Code shall apply.
10.01.020 Coach.
Any motor bus, motor coach, trackless trolley, or passenger stage used as a common carrier of passengers.
10.01.030 Curb.
The lateral boundary of the roadway whether such curb be marked by curbing construction, or not so marked; the
word “curb” as herein used shall not include the line dividing the roadway of a street from parking strips in the
center of a street, nor from tracks or rights-of-way of public utility companies.
10.01.040 Divisional Island.
A raised island located in the roadway and separating opposing or conflicting streams of traffic.
10.01.050 Gross Weight.
The weight of a vehicle without load plus the weight of any load thereon.
10.01.060 Holidays.
Within the meaning of this Title, holidays are those days set forth in Chapter 2.60 of this Code.
10.01.070 Loading Zone.
The space reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or freight.
10.01.080 Official Time Standard.
Whenever certain hours are named herein they shall mean standard time or daylight-saving time as may be in
current use in the State.
10.01.090 Ordinance.
A rule or regulation adopted by the Council in form of an ordinance or resolution relating to the movement of
vehicular traffic or enforcement thereof.
10.01.100 Parkway.
That portion of street right-of-way other than roadway or sidewalk.
10.01.110 Passenger Loading Zone.
The space reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles while receiving or discharging passengers.
10.01.120 Police Officer.
Every officer of the police department of the Town or any civilian authorized to direct or regulate traffic.
10.01.130 Railroad Train.
An engine, locomotive, either diesel, steam or driven, electric or other motor driven with or without cars coupled
thereto operated upon rails, except streetcars.
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10.01.140 Traffic Division.
A division within the Engineering Department. (ORD 98-01 03-05-98)
10.01.150 Vehicle Code.
The Vehicle Code of the State of California.
(ORD 93-23 09-02-93)
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CHAPTER 10.02 TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATOR
10.02.010 Police Administration—Traffic Services.
There is hereby established in the police department of the Town a traffic services responsibility to be under
the control of the operations division of the department.
10.02.020 Traffic Services Responsibilities.
Traffic services responsibilities shall include: Enforcement of the street traffic regulations of the Town and all of
the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the Town to make arrests for traffic violations; investigation of
traffic accidents; cooperation with the traffic engineer and other officers of the Town in the administration of the
traffic laws and in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out those duties
specially imposed by this Title.
10.02.030 Traffic Engineer.
The position of Traffic Engineer is hereby established. The Town Engineer shall exercise the powers and duties
of the Traffic Engineer as provided in this chapter. The Traffic Engineer shall be responsible for all traffic
engineering division functions in the Engineering Department.
(ORD 98-01 03-05-98)
10.02.040 Powers & Duties of Traffic Engineer Delegation.
(a) It shall be the general duty of the traffic engineer to determine the installation and proper timing and
maintenance of traffic control devices and signals; to conduct engineering analysis of traffic accidents
and to devise remedial measures; to conduct engineering analysis of traffic conditions and to cooperate
with other Town officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to
carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by ordinances of the Town.
(b) Whenever the traffic engineer is required or authorized to place or maintain official traffic control devices
or signals, the traffic engineer may cause such devices or signals to be placed or maintained.
(c) Whenever, by the provisions of this Chapter, a power is granted to the traffic engineer or a duty imposed,
the power may be exercised or the duty performed by a person authorized in writing by the traffic
engineer.
(d) When appropriate, the traffic engineer shall seek the participation of the traffic services function of the
operations division when significant traffic control changes are proposed by the traffic engineer.
10.02.050 Traffic Accident Studies.
Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous, the operations division of the police
department shall cooperate with the traffic engineer in conducting studies of such accidents and determining
remedial measures.
10.02.060 Traffic Accident Reports.
The operations division of the police department shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic accident reports.
Such reports shall be available for the use and information of the supervising officer of traffic services and the
traffic engineer.
10.02.070 Police Department to Submit Annual Traffic Safety Report.
The police department, or other authority designated by the Council, shall prepare a traffic report which shall be
filed with the Town council. Such a report shall contain information on traffic matters as follows:
(a) The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the number of persons injured, and other
pertinent traffic accident data;
(b) The number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent data on the safety activities of the police;
(c) The plans and recommendations of the police department for future traffic safety activities.
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10.02.080 Emergency and Experimental Regulations.
(a) The chief of police by and with the approval of the traffic engineer is hereby empowered to make
regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of this Title and to make and enforce temporary or
experimental regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions. No such temporary or experimental
regulation shall remain in effect for more than ninety (90) days.
(b) The traffic engineer may test traffic control devices under actual conditions of traffic with the approval of
California Traffic Control Devices Committee.
(c)The chief of police may authorize the temporary placing of official traffic control devices when required
by an emergency. The chief of police shall notify the traffic engineer of such action as soon thereafter as
is practicable.
(ORD 93-23 09-02-93)
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CHAPTER 10.03 ENFORCEMENT & OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC
REGULATIONS
10.03.010 Authority of Police Officials.
Officers of the police department, members of fire districts, and such civilians as are directed by a member of the
police department are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, audible or other signal in conformance
with traffic laws, notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary contained in this Title or the Vehicle Code.
10.03.020 Required Obedience to Traffic Regulations.
It is unlawful for any person to violate the traffic regulations as specified or promulgated by this Title. A
violation of any such traffic regulations shall constitute an infraction punishable by a fine as provided in Section
1.02.130 of this Code.
10.03.030 Unauthorized Persons Shall Not Direct Traffic.
No person other than an officer of the police department or members of a fire district, or a civilian authorized by
the chief of police or a person authorized by law shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other
signal, except that persons may operate, when and herein provided any mechanical pushbutton signal erected by
order of the traffic engineer.
10.03.040 Traffic Regulations Apply to Persons Pushing Cart.
Every person propelling any push cart upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all
of the duties applicable to a pedestrian by this Title and by the rules of the road portion of the Vehicle Code,
except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application.
10.03.050 Obstruction or Interference with Police or Authorized Officers.
It is unlawful for any person to interfere with or obstruct in any way any police officer or other officer or
employee of the Town in their enforcement of the provisions of this Title. The removal, obliteration or
concealment of any chalk mark or other distinguishing mark used by any police officer or other employee or
officer of the Town in connection with the enforcement of the parking regulations of this Title shall, if done for
the purpose of evading the provisions of this Title, constitute such interference or obstruction.
(ORD 93-23 09-02-93)
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CHAPTER 10.04 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
10.04.010 Authority to Install Traffic Control Devices.
The traffic engineer shall place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained official traffic control devices
upon streets and highways as required under the Vehicle Code or the traffic ordinances of the Town to make
effective the provisions of the Vehicle Code or ordinances, and may place and maintain or cause to be placed and
maintained, such appropriate official traffic control devices as may be deemed necessary properly to indicate and
to carry out the provisions of the Vehicle Code or ordinances or to warn or guide traffic.
10.04.020 Official Traffic Control Devices Required for Enforcement Purposes.
No provision of the Vehicle Code or of this Title for which official traffic control devices are required shall be
enforced against an alleged violator unless appropriate official traffic control devices are in place giving notice of
such provision of the traffic laws.
10.04.030 Installation of Traffic Signals.
(a) The traffic engineer shall, subject to the fiscal determination of the Town Council, install and maintain
official traffic signals at those intersections and other places where traffic conditions are such as to
require that the flow of traffic be alternately interrupted and released in order to prevent or relieve traffic
congestion or to protect life or property from exceptional hazard.
(b) The traffic engineer shall ascertain and determine the locations where such signals are required by an
engineering and traffic survey and determinations therefrom shall be made in accordance with those
traffic engineering and safety standards and instructions set forth in the Department of Transportation
Traffic Manual.
(c) The traffic engineer shall erect and maintain at each signal-controlled intersection street name signs
clearly visible to traffic approaching from all directions.
10.04.040 Traffic Lanes.
The traffic engineer shall have authority to mark traffic lanes upon the roadway of any street or highway where a
regular alignment of traffic is necessary.
10.04.050 Distinctive Roadway Markings.
The traffic engineer is to place and maintain upon highways distinctive roadway markings as described in the
Vehicle Code.
10.04.060 Authority to Remove, Relocate and Discontinue Traffic Control Devices.
The traffic engineer is to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic control device not
specifically required by the Vehicle Code or this Title whenever it shall be determined in any particular case that
the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist.
10.04.070 Traffic Control Devices; Hours of Operation.
The traffic engineer shall determine the hours and days during which any traffic control device shall be in
operation or be in effect, except in those cases where such hours or days are specified in this Title.
10.04.080 Unauthorized Painting of Curbs.
It is unlawful for any person or agency, unless authorized by the traffic engineer, to paint any street or curb
surface; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the painting of numbers on a curb surface by any
person who has complied with the provisions of any ordinance or resolution of the Town pertaining thereto.
(ORD 93-23 09-02-93)
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CHAPTER 10.05 SPEED REGULATIONS
10.05.010 Decrease of State Law Maximum Speed.
It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed limit of 55 miles
per hour permitted by state law outside of business and residence districts is greater than is reasonable or safe
under the conditions found to exist within the Town, and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit shall
be as herein set forth on those streets or parts of streets herein designated when signs are erected giving notice
thereof.
(ORD 98-01 03-05-98)
10.05.020 Town Prima Facie Speed.
As provided in Section 40802, California Vehicle Code, “Local streets and roads” are recognized as those not
designated as arterial, minor arterial, major collector or minor collector on the functional usage and federal-aid
system maps on file with the Federal Highway Administration. The prima facie speed limit is established as 25
miles per hour on all Town local streets unless specifically listed in Section 10.05.25, Increases to Local Limits.
(ORD 98-01 03-05-98)
10.05.025 Increases to Local Limits.
It is hereby determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that the speed limit
of 25 miles per hour permitted by state law upon the following streets is less than is necessary for safe
operation of vehicles thereon by reason of the designation and sign posting of said streets as “through
highways” and/or by reason of widely spaced intersections, and it is hereby declared that the prima
facie speed limit shall be as hereinafter set forth on those streets or parts of streets herein designated
when signs are erected giving notice thereof:
A) Declared Prima Facie Speed Limit 40 Miles Per Hour:
1. Joerger Drive: From Soaring Way to End of Public Roadway
(ORD 98-01 03-05-98; ORD 2005-10 19-21-05)
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10.05.030 Prima Facie Speed on Non-Local Streets.
The following streets within the Town of Truckee are designated as minor arterial, major collector or minor
collector and the prima facie speed is set on each as follows:
Street Name Begin End Speed
Limit
Alder Creek Road SR 89 100’ East of Campground (3.25 miles) 45
Alder Creek Road 100’ East of Campground Fjord Road 25
Bridge Street Donner Pass Road Jibboom Street 25
Brockway Road SR 267 Palisades Drive 45
Brockway Road Palisades Drive South River Street 35
Brockway Road S. River Street Donner Pass Road 25
Donner Lake Road I-80 Interchange Donner Pass Road 35
Donner Pass Road SR 89/SR 267 Glenshire Drive 45
Donner Pass Road Glenshire Drive Just south of Church Street 35
Donner Pass Road Just south of Church Street Brockway Road/Bridge Street 25
Donner Pass Road Brockway Road/Bridge St. HWY 89 Extension 25
Donner Pass Road HWY 89 Extension Town Limit (West) 35
Dorchester Drive Glenshire Drive (South) Roland Way 30
Dorchester Drive Roland Way Glenshire Drive (North) 25
Fjord Road Alder Creek Road Northwoods Blvd 25
Glenshire Drive Donner Pass Road West End of Glenshire Subdivision 45
Glenshire Drive West End of Glenshire Roland Way 30
Subdivision
Glenshire Drive Roland Way Town Limit (East) 25
Jibboom Street Bridge Street Spring Street 25
Martis Valley Road Brockway Road Old Mill Road 30
Northwoods Blvd All All 35
Palisades Drive Brockway Road Torrey Pine Road 25
Pioneer Trail Donner Pass Road End 25
Prosser Dam Road SR 89 Easterly 1.3 Miles 45
Prosser Dam Road 1.3 Miles East of SR 89 Town Limit (East) 35
South Shore Drive Donner Pass Road End 25
Spring Street Jibboom Street Commercial Row 25
The Strand Glenshire Drive Donnington Lane 25
West River Street River Park Place County Line (West) 45
West River Street Brockway Road River Park Place 25
(ORD 98-01 03-05-98; 98-07 12-17-98; ORD 2005-10 10-21-05)
10.05.040 Regulation of Speed by Traffic Signals.
The traffic engineer is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic
in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the speeds otherwise applicable within the
district or at intersections, and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
10.05.050 Erection of Speed Limit Signs.
The traffic engineer is authorized to place and erect speed limit signs giving notice of the 25 mile-per-hour prima
facie limit within the Town whenever and wherever appropriate to enforce and direct attention to the prima facie
limit, and to place and erect speed limit signs giving notice of the speed limit as may be increased or decreased by
Sections 10.05.010 or 10.05.020 of this Chapter.
(ORD 93-23 09-02-93)
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CHAPTER 10.06 TURNING MOVEMENTS
10.06.010 Authority to Place Devices Altering Normal Course for Turns.
The traffic engineer is authorized to place official traffic control devices within or adjacent to intersections
indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and such course to be traveled as so
indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed bylaw.
10.06.020 Authority to Place Restricted Turn Signs.
The traffic engineer is authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a
right, left or U-turn, and shall place proper signs at such intersections. The making of such turns may be
prohibited between certain hours of any day and permitted at other hours, in which event the same shall be plainly
indicated on the signs or they may be removed when such turns are permitted.
10.06.030 Signal Controlled Intersection—Right Turns.
The traffic engineer is authorized to erect appropriate signs prohibiting right turn against a red or “stop” signal at
any intersection.
(ORD 93-23 09-02-93)
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CHAPTER 10.07 ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
10.07.010 Authority to Sign One-Way Streets and Alleys.
Whenever the Town Council by ordinance designates one-way streets or alleys, the traffic engineer shall place and
maintain official traffic control devices giving notice thereof. No such designation shall be effective unless such
devices are in place.
10.07.020 One-Way Streets Designated.
In accordance with the preceding section and when properly sign-posted, traffic shall move only in the direction
indicated upon the following streets:
10.07.030 Authority to Restrict Direction of Movement on Streets.
The traffic engineer is authorized to determine and designate streets, parts of streets or specific lanes thereon upon
which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction during one period and the opposite direction during another
period of the day and shall place and maintain appropriate markings, signs, barriers or other devices to give notice
thereof. The traffic engineer may erect signs temporarily designating lanes to be the centerline of the roadway.
(ORD 93-23 09-02-93)
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CHAPTER 10.08 STOP AND YIELD INTERSECTION
10.08.010 Authority for Stop Signs and Yield Signs.
The traffic engineer is authorized to erect and maintain stop signs, yield signs, or other official traffic control
devices to designate through streets or to designate intersections or other roadway junctions at which vehicular
traffic on one or more of the roadways should yield or stop and yield before entering the intersection or junction.
(ORD 93-23 09-02-93)
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CHAPTER 10.09 MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
10.09.010 Stop When Traffic Obstructed.
It is unlawful for any driver to enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the
other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle being operated without obstructing any
traffic control signal indication to proceed.
10.09.020 Driving Through Funeral Procession.
It is unlawful for any driver to drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral while they are in motion and when
such vehicles are conspicuously designed as required in this chapter.
10.09.030 Drivers in a Funeral Procession.
Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as
practicable and shall follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practicable and safe.
10.09.040 Funeral Processions to be Identified.
A funeral composed of a procession of vehicles shall be identified as such by the display upon the outside of each
vehicle a pennant or other identifying insignia or by other method.
10.09.050 When Permits Required for Parades and Processions.
No procession (except funeral processions) or parade shall occupy, march, or proceed along any street except in
accordance with authorization of the chief of police and such other regulations as are set forth in this Code.
10.09.060 Driving on New Pavement or Freshly Painted Markings.
It is unlawful for any person to ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly-made pavement
or freshly-painted marking in any street when a barrier or sign is in place warning persons not to drive over or
across such pavement or marking, or when a sign is in place stating that the street or any portion thereof is closed.
10.09.070 Limited-Access Roadway.
It is unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle onto or from any limited-access roadway except at such entrances
and exits as are established by public authority. (ORD 93-23 09-02-93)
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CHAPTER 10.10 BOARDING OR ALIGHTING VEHICLES & RAILROAD
TRAINS
10.10.010 Boarding or Alighting Vehicles.
It is unlawful for any person to board or alight from any vehicle while such vehicle is in motion.
10.10.020 Railroad 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 ten (10) 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.
(ORD 93-23 09-02-93)
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CHAPTER 10.11 PEDESTRIANS’ RIGHTS & DUTIES
10.11.010 Traffic Engineer to Establish Crosswalks.
(a) The traffic engineer shall establish, designate and maintain marked crosswalks at intersections and other
places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway where there is particular
danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway.
(b) The traffic engineer is authorized to install signs at or adjacent to an intersection in respect to any
crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not cross in the crosswalk so indicated.
(ORD 93-23 9-2-93)
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CHAPTER 10.12 ANGLE PARKING
10.12.010 Signs or Markings Indicating Angle Parking.
(a) The traffic engineer shall determine upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall mark or
sign such street but such angle parking shall not be indicated upon any State Highway unless the
Department of Transportation has determined that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle
parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.
(b) Angle parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be
caused or required to drive upon the left side of the street.
10.12.020 Permits for Loading or Unloading at an Angle to the Curb.
(a) The traffic engineer is authorized to issue special permits to authorize the backing of a vehicle to the curb
for the purpose of loading or unloading property subject to the terms and conditions to such permit. Such
permits may be issued either to the owner or lessee of real property alongside the curb or to the owner of
the vehicle and shall grant to such person the privilege as therein stated any herein authorized.
(b) It is unlawful for any permittee or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any
such permit. (ORD 93-23 09-02-93)
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CHAPTER 10.13 STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING PROHIBITED IN
SPECIFIED PLACES
10.13.010 Traffic Engineer to Designate No Stopping Zones & No Parking Areas.
(a) The traffic engineer is authorized to determine the location of no stopping zones and no parking areas for
the purpose of establishing left-turn lanes, right-turn lanes, vehicle maneuvering zones and sight
clearance zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs or markings indicating the same and
stating the hours during which the provisions of this Chapter and the Vehicle Code are applicable.
(b) No stopping zones and no parking zones for purposes other than specified in Section 10.13.010(a) shall
be established by resolution of the Council.
(c) No stopping zones and no parking areas shall be indicated by signs or by red paint upon the top and face
of all curbs in such zones and areas.
10.13.020 Prohibited Stopping, Standing, or Parking.
It is unlawful for any person to stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle whether attended or unattended, except
when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or
official traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
(a) Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings.
(b) In any area where the traffic engineer determines that for the purpose of establishing left-turn lanes,
right-turn lanes, vehicle maneuvering zones and sign clearance zones such as no stopping or no parking
are needed.
(c) In any area established by resolution of the Council as a no parking area, when such area is indicated by
appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface.
(d) Within any parkway.
(e) On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the
cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or the installation of underground utilities or
where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the
normal flow of traffic or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the
movement of equipment, articles, or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would
prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided that signs giving notice of such no parking are
erected or placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the effective time of such no parking.
(f) At any place when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface
except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop.
10.13.030 No Parking in Alleys.
It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle within an alley except for the active process of loading or unloading
persons or freight.
10.13.040 Parking for Certain Purposes Prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:
(a) Displaying such vehicle for sale;
(b) Washing, polishing, greasing, or repairing such vehicle except repair necessitated by an emergency.
10.13.050 Parking Adjacent to Schools.
The traffic engineer is authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon either or both sides of
any street adjacent to any school property, when such parking would interfere with traffic or create a hazardous
situation.
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10.13.060 Parking Prohibited on Narrow Streets.
The traffic engineer is authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width
of the roadway does not exceed twenty (20) feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs or
markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty (30) feet.
10.13.070 Standing or Parking on One-Way Streets.
The traffic engineer is authorized to erect signs upon the left-hand side of any one-way street to prohibit the
standing or parking of vehicles.
10.13.080 Standing or Parking on One-Way Roadways.
In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any
such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless
signs are erected to permit such standing or parking. The traffic engineer is authorized to determine when
standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any such one-way roadway and to erect signs
giving notice thereof.
10.13.090 Parking on Grades.
It is unlawful for any person driving, or in control of, or in charge of, a motor vehicle to permit it to stand on any
highway unattended when upon any grade exceeding three percent within any business or residence district
without blocking the wheels of the vehicle by turning them against the curb.
10.13.100 Traffic Engineer to Designate Loading Zones and Passenger Loading Zones.
(a) The traffic engineer is authorized to determine the location of loading zones and passenger loading zones
and shall place and maintain appropriate signs or marking indicating the same and stating the hours
during which the provisions of this article and the Vehicle Code are applicable.
(b) Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the surface of all curbs in said zones. Yellow
shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time of any day for any purpose other than the loading
or unloading of passengers and freight and shall not consume more than three minutes or the loading or
unloading of freight more than twenty (20) minutes.
(c) Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones. White
shall mean no stopping, standing or parking of any purpose other than loading or unloading of
passengers or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mailbox, which shall not exceed three
minutes and such restrictions shall apply any day as follows:
(i) When such zone is in front of a hotel, residence, or in front of a mailbox, the
restrictions shall apply at all times;
(ii) When such zone is in front of a theater, the restrictions shall apply at all times except
when such theater is closed.
10.13.110 Effect of Permission to Load or Unload.
(a) Permission herein granted to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include
the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefore
and in no event for more than three minutes.
(b) Within the total time limits above specified, the provisions of this section shall be enforced so as to
accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting abuse of the
privileges hereby granted.
10.13.120 Emergency Parking Signs.
Whenever the traffic engineer determines that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding
of public or private processions or assemblages, temporary signs shall be placed indicating that the operation,
parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys. Such signs shall remain in place only
during the existence of such emergency and the traffic engineer shall remove such signs thereafter.
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10.13.130 Parking for Consecutive Period Exceeding 72 Hours Prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle to park such vehicle
upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours.
10.13.140 Parking for Consecutive Period Exceed 72—Removal of Vehicle.
In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street in excess of a consecutive period of seventy-two (72)
hours, any member of the police department authorized by the chief of police may issue a citation therefor, or may
remove the vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of the State Vehicle Code.
10.13.150 Traffic Engineer to Designate Public Carrier Stops & Stands.
The traffic engineer is authorized to establish bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands and stands for other passenger
common-carrier motor vehicles on such streets in such places and in such number as shall be determined to be of
the greatest benefit and convenience to the public, and every such bus stop, bus stand, taxicab stand or other stand
shall be designated by appropriate official traffic-control devices.
(ORD 93-23 09-02-93)
10.13.160 Parking Regulations - Truckee Intermodal Transportation Terminal
(a) No vehicle shall be parked for more than two hours (6:00 AM to 10:00 PM) at the Truckee Intermodal
Transportation Terminal.
(b) Curbs shall be painted yellow to designate loading and unloading (21458(2) CVC) and a time limit of ten
(10) minutes shall be set. Curbs shall be painted red to designate “No Parking”.
(c) It shall be unlawful and an infraction for any vehicle to park in an area designated “reserved” for
physically handicapped persons.
(d) Parking is prohibited from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM to allow for sweeping and snow removal.
(e) The Town or its designee may, at any time, issue a parking permit to an individual or business which
would exempt that individual or business from the above regulations.
(f) Vehicles may be towed from this lot if they impede sweeping or snow removal.
(g) It is unlawful and an infraction for any operator of a vehicle to permit such vehicle to remain parked in a
parking space after receipt of a violation citation for exceeding the parking time limit. Violation of this
section will incur only after the passage of the succeeding time limit of the parking space as recorded by
the preceding violation citation. Each successive maximum period of time during which the maximum
legal parking time has been extended shall constitute a separate violation and be subject to issuance of a
citation. (ORD 96-05 1996)
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CHAPTER 10.14 STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING RESTRICTIONS
10.14.010 Authority of Traffic Engineer.
The traffic engineer is authorized on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, to prohibit, regulate or limit
stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles and shall place and maintain official traffic-control devices indicating
the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this Chapter and the Vehicle Code are applicable.
10.14.020 Time Limit Parking Zones.
Any time limit parking zone, indicated by a posted sign, shall mean no parking or standing for a time period
longer than time posted. This is in effect 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM on any day.
(URGENCY ORD 94-060 4-07-94)
10.14.030 Parking Prohibited During Designated Hours for Street Sweeping.
When signs are erected in conformity to Section 22507.6 of the Vehicle Code, it is unlawful for any person to
park a vehicle upon any street or highway located within the Town on the days and during the hours designated on
such signs in order that the Department of Public Works may more efficiently sweep the streets.
10.14.040 Parking on Private Property.
It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in a private driveway or on private property without the direct or
implied consent of the owner or person in lawful possession of such driveway or property.
10.14.050 Parking on Town Property.
Whenever the Town Manager determines that the orderly, efficient conduct of the Town’s business requires that
parking or standing of vehicles on Town property be prohibited, limited or restricted, the Town Manager shall
have the power and authority to order signs be erected or posted indicating that the parking of vehicles is thus
prohibited, limited or restricted.
When signs authorized by the provisions of this section are in place, giving notice thereof no person shall park or
stand any vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of such signs or pavement markings.
Any motor vehicle parked on Town property in violation of this section may be towed away and stored by a police
officer, person or private towing service designated by the chief of police under the direction of a police officer.
Before this provision shall apply, however, the area must be conspicuously posted giving notice that any vehicle
parked in violation thereof shall be subject to removal and storage at the expense of the owner of the vehicle. The
owner of any vehicle so removed and stored may reclaim it, but said owner shall first pay the cost that is incurred
in removing and storing such vehicle.
10.14.060 Vehicles for Sale.
It is unlawful for any person to advertise vehicles for sale on public property. (ORD 93-23 09-02-93)
10.14.070 Parking Space Markings.
The traffic engineer is authorized to install and maintain parking space marking to indicate parking spaces for on-
street and off-street parking.
10.14.080 Parking Within Parking Space.
It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle on or across any line or marking or park a vehicle in such a position
that the vehicle is not entirely within the space designated by such lines or markings. The Traffic Engineer is
authorized to paint, place or install appropriate lines, markings, or buttons to designate parking spaces, and each
vehicle parked shall be parked within the lines or markings so established.
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10.14.090 Leaving Vehicle Parked After Receipt of Parking Violation Citation.
It is unlawful for any operator of a vehicle to permit such vehicle to remain parked in a parking space after receipt
of a violation citation for exceeding the parking time limit. Violation of this section will incur only after the
passage of the succeeding time limit of the parking space as recorded by the preceding violation citation. Each
successive maximum period of time during which the maximum legal parking time has been extended shall
constitute a separate violation and be subject to issuance of a citation.” (ORD 93-30 10-21-93)
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CHAPTER 10.15 REGULATING CLASSES & KINDS OF TRAFFIC ON
CERTAIN HIGHWAYS
10.15.010 Routes Designated.
Truck routes shall be adopted by resolution. After signs are erected giving notice of the adopted routes, those
streets or portions of streets are hereby declared to be truck routes for movement of commercial vehicles
exceeding the maximum gross weight of three tons.
(ORD 95-04 03-02-95 replaced ORD 93-23)
10.15.020 Application of the Article; Traffic Engineer to Designate Parking Restrictions.
(a) Whenever any ordinance of this Town designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street,
the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons, the
traffic engineer is hereby authorized to designate such street by appropriate signs as “truck routes” for
the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons.
(b) When any such truck routes are established and designed by appropriate signs, the operator of any
vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons shall not park said vehicle on such routes
and none other except for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise
from or to any building or structure located on streets not designated truck routes or for the purpose of
delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of
any building or structure upon such streets not designated truck routes for which a building permit has
previously been obtained therefor.
(c)The provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public
Utilities Commission, or to any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the
construction, installation or repair of any public utility.
(ORD 93-23 09-29-93)
10.15.025 Weight Limit for Commercial Vehicles on Northwoods Boulevard.
The County of Nevada restriction on gross weight exceeding 14,000 pounds is hereby adopted for the southerly
direction of travel on Northwoods Boulevard (downgrade or western lane) in that portion extending from the
intersection of Donner Pass Road for a distance of 3,700 feet plus or minus northerly to Station 9 plus 100.
The Nevada County code reference is Section G-IV3.B.3 F No. 18 as authorized by Section 35715 of the
California Vehicle Code.
(ORD 95-05 06-04-95)
10.15.030 Routes Designated.
Truck routes shall be adopted by resolution. After signs are erected giving notice of the adopted routes, those
streets or portions of streets are hereby declared to be truck routes for movement of commercial vehicles
exceeding the maximum gross weight of three tons.
10.15.040 Golf Carts on Town Streets
In accordance with California Vehicle Code Section 21115, the Town finds that the Tahoe Donner Planned
Community Development is a “real estate development offering golf facilities” which allows golf carts as defined
in Section 345 of the California Vehicle Code to be operated on public streets subject to the following regulations:
(a) Golf carts shall only be operated to and from the golf course.
(b) Golf carts shall be operated on public streets only between Sunrise and Sunset.
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10.15.050 Golf Cart Crossing Zones.
In accordance with California Vehicle Code Section 21115.1, the following golf cart crossing zones shall be
established:
(a) Reynolds Way between Hole 9 and Hole 1;
(b) Reynolds Way between Hole 2 and Hole 3;
(c) Sierra Glen Way between Hole 8 and Hole 9;
(d) Snowpeak Way between Hole 6 and Hole 7;
(e) Swiss Lane between Hole 17 and Hole 18.
(ORD 95-04 03-02-95)
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CHAPTER 10.16 BLUE CURB PARKING
10.16.010 Use of Blue Curb Spaces.
Persons using blue curb parking spaces shall comply with the following:
(a) Blue curb parking spaces shall be operative twenty-four hours a day, Sundays and holidays included;
(b) Parking zones for the physically handicapped are subject to any temporary parking prohibitions
established by the Town.
10.16.020 On-Street Parking.
The traffic engineer is authorized to designate special blue curb parking spaces for the purpose of providing on-
street parking for exclusive use by physically handicapped persons.
10.16.030 Off-Street/Publicly Owned Facilities.
The traffic engineer shall designate parking stalls or spaces in publicly owned, leased, or controlled off-street
parking facilities for exclusive use of physically handicapped persons.
10.16.040 Off-Street/Privately Financed Facilities.
The Town hereby declares that there are privately owned and operated parking facilities which may reserve
parking stalls for exclusive use by physically handicapped persons.”
(ORD 93-23 09-02-93)
10.16.050 Parking In Spaces for the Disabled.
It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle in any stall or space designated for disabled
persons and disabled veterans unless the vehicle displays either a special identification license plate or placard
issued to disabled persons pursuant to the California Vehicle Code Sections: 5007, 22511.55 and 22511.59.
10.16.060 Obstruction of Parking Stalls or Spaces.
It is unlawful for any person to obstruct, block or otherwise bar access to those parking stalls or spaces in either
of the following places:
1) On the lines marking the boundaries of a parking stall or space designated for disabled persons or
Veterans.
2) Blocking the sidewalk access ramps for wheelchair occupants.
10.16.070 Parking Space Identification.
A disabled person parking space shall be identified by a combination of the following:
1) On-Street Parking: The posting of a disabled person metal sign and one of the following:
a. A blue curb or
b. A painted profile view of an outline depicting a wheelchair with occupant.
2) Off-Street Parking: Posting a disabled persons parking sign and a blue curb marking, or by outlining or
painting the stall or space in blue and outlining (on the ground in the staff or space in white or suitable
contrasting color) a profile view depicting a wheelchair with occupant.
10.16.080 Collection of Fines for Violation of Blue Curb Parking.
Violation of this section shall be punishable per offense by a fine set forth in the Town of Truckee Fee
schedule Item S-193. Adjudication of any such violation shall occur using the administrative hearing
process established by the Town for Town code violations. In addition if a violation is found to have
taken place the hearing officer may also require payment of the Town’s reasonable costs of
processing and collection.
(ORD 2004-02 3-4-04)
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CHAPTER 10.17 SNOW REMOVAL
10.17.010 Declaration of Snow Season
It is necessary and for the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the Town that Town streets and rights-of-
way be kept clear of snow and other obstructions during the snow season which is generally from November 1
through April 30 of each year.
WARNING
Vehicles parked on the rights-of-way of Town streets
during snow season and the process of snow removal by
SNOW REMOVAL AREA
the Town causes obstruction and impediment to such
operations of snow removal resulting in delays, expenses
and inconvenience to the Town.
NO PARKING ON TOWN RIGHT OF
(ORD 97-02 06-05-97; ORD 2004-09 11-18-04)
WAY
NOVEMBER 1 - APRIL 30
10.17.020 Definitions
Town Code Section 10.17.030
Town Right-of-Way: For purposes of snow removal, that
area of the street and shoulder that is maintained by and
VEHICLES PARKED IN VIOLATION
under the control of the Town as defined in the Nevada
WILL BE TOWED AT OWNER’S
County Assessors Parcel Maps. Snow poles are used as
EXPENSE
visual guides for snow plow equipment and are not
representative of the Town-Right of-way.
(ORD 94-19 11-3-94)
10.17.030 Obstructing Snow Removal Equipment Prohibited
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, abandon, or otherwise leave unattended any vehicle as defined in
Section 670 of the California Vehicle Code on any Town right-of-way at any time or in any manner which will
obstruct, hinder, delay or otherwise inconvenience any Town officer, employee or Town contractor during snow
removal operations or which will leave the vehicle in such a position that it is subject to damage by Town officer,
employees or Town contractors engaged in snow removal operations. This provision shall not prohibit the
stopping of passenger vehicles for periods of time sufficient to load or discharge passengers from such vehicles.
Owners of vehicles parked in violation of this ordinance may be subject to citation or towing. Owners of vehicles
parked in violation of this ordinance shall also be held liable for any damage to snow removal equipment, which
may come in contact with said vehicle. The Town shall not be held liable for damage to any vehicles or property
parked in violation of this ordinance.
(ORD 94-19 11-3-94; 2004-09 11-18-04)
10.17.035 Seasonal Parking Exception
1) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this ordinance the Public Works Director or his/her designee may
issue a permit or enter a written agreement to allow on street parking on certain streets and at certain times
within the Town subject to conditions established by the Public Works Director or his/her designee.
2) Where snow conditions no longer exist, parking may be resumed on individual streets where designated
parking spaces are marked and have been cleared such as in the commercial areas as soon as snow plowing
has been completed on the full width of such streets, except that no overnight parking shall be allowed within
fifty (50) feet of “snow piles”.
(ORD 99-08 09-16-99; ORD 2004-09 11-18-04)
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10.17.040 Parking Prohibited
Any vehicle stopped, parked, abandoned, or otherwise left unattended in violation of Section 10.17.030 is hereby
declared to be an obstruction to the snow removal operations and shall constitute a nuisance.
(ORD 99-08 09-16-99)
10.17.041 Obstructing Travel Lane Prohibited
The conditions of snow season create narrow travel ways when snow berms become road shoulder obstructions.
It is unlawful to park or stand in any roadway in a manner that would restrict the travel of any vehicle. A
violation of this Section is an infraction. (ORD 95-02 01-24-95)
10.17.050 Vehicle Removal.
In the event any vehicle is stopped, parked, abandoned or left unattended in violation of the provisions of this
Chapter, any Police Officer or person authorized by the Town to issue citations is hereby authorized to remove or
cause to be removed any such vehicle and to have such vehicle towed or otherwise removed to any public or
private garage or parking area and to have such vehicle stored in such garage or parking area until claimed by the
owner thereof.
10.17.060 Warning Signs.
Signs giving notice of the provisions of this Chapter shall be erected at each entrance to the Town. Such signs
shall be at least three feet square and shall be worded substantially as follows: No vehicles shall be removed
pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter unless the signs required by this Section have been erected at least
twenty-four (24) hours prior to the removal. (ORD 94-13 11-03-94)
10.17.070 Additional Signs.
Additional signs, smaller in size but containing substantially the same wording, may be erected at such places
within the Town, as the traffic engineer shall deem appropriate.
10.17.080 Removal of Snow from Town Streets Without Permit Prohibited; Exceptions.
It is unlawful for any person to move or remove any snow from any portion of the right-of-way of any street
without first having obtained a permit therefore from the Director of Public Works, except in the following cases:
(a) The removal of snow from directly in front of a private driveway for purposes of ingress and egress from
the driveway to the cleared portion of the streets.
(b) The removal of snow by Town forces or by contractors employed by the Town.
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10.17.090 Snow Removal.
No person shall construct, maintain, or utilize any fence, wall, structure, landscaping, or similar barrier on any
parcel of real property in the Town upon which snow is or may be placed for purposes of snow removal
operations unless one or more of the following exists:
(a) The fence, wall, or other barrier is set back twenty (20) feet or more from the property line.
(b) A snow storage easement over the real property has previously been granted to the Town and the barrier
is outside of such easement.
(c) The fence, wall, structure, landscaping, or other barrier has been marked at intervals not less than ten
(10) feet with distinctively colored stakes or poles a minimum of eight (8) feet in height with a white
reflector facing traffic affixed to the topmost portion thereof. Such stakes or markers shall be put in
place by the property owner not later than November 1 of every year and shall remain in place until May
1 of every year. Any person electing to utilize this procedure shall additionally file with the Director of
Public Works a certificate executed by a licensed engineer that the fence, wall, or barrier can withstand
the storage of snow on, in and around it in an amount equal to or greater than a pile eight (8) feet in
height without damage to the fence, wall or barrier.
(d) Any damage sustained to any fence, wall, structure, landscaping, or barrier not meeting the requirements
of sub-paragraph (c) above as the result of snow removal operations other than direct contact by snow
removal equipment, shall be the sole responsibility of the property owner and the Town shall have no
liability whatsoever therefore. In no event shall the Town have any liability for any barrier erected on
public property without all necessary permits having been obtained.”
(ORD 93-27 10-07-93; ORD 99-08 09-16-99)
10.17.100 Regulating Deposit of Snow on Town Street Right of Way.
(a) That snow removed from private driveways and parking lots may not be dumped, deposited, placed, or
pushed into a Town street or other public right of way.
(b) Snow removed from private property may not be piled so as to block or cover a fire hydrant, snow pole,
street sign, culvert inlets and outlets, or other drainage structures.
10.17.200 Prohibition.
The prohibition of this ordinance shall not apply to the area forty eight (48) inches outside the snow poles to the
property line. (ORD 99-08 09-16-99)
10.17.300 Infraction.
(a) A violation of this ordinance shall constitute an infraction which shall be subject to a fine not to exceed
$100 for a first offense and not to exceed $200 for a second or subsequent offense.
(b) The other provisions of this ordinance notwithstanding, a violation of this ordinance shall be subject to
civil enforcement for injunctive relief and recovery of additional costs of snow removal incurred by the
Town of Truckee in the removal of snow deposited in violation of this ordinance.
(ORD 96-07 12-05-96)
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CHAPTER 10.18 PARKING REGULATIONS
10.18.010 Definition of Words and Phrases.
(a) The following words and phrases when used in this Title shall, for the purpose of this Title, have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them in this Chapter.
(b) Whenever any words and phrases used herein are not defined herein but are defined in the Vehicle Code
of the State of California and amendments thereto, such definitions in the Vehicle Code shall apply.
10.18.020 No Parking.
Donner Pass Road on both sides of the roadway from Northwoods Boulevard to Cold Stream Road from
November 1 to April 1.
10.18.030 Two-Hour Parking.
Parking is designated on the following streets from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM seven (7) days a week:
(a) Donner Pass Road between Spring Street and Bridge Street.
(b) Highway 267 (north side) from Bridge Street to 200 feet east.
(c) Bridge Street between Donner Pass Road and Jibboom Street.
(d) Spring Street between Donner Pass Road and High Street.
(e) Donner Pass Road on the north side between Vista Avenue and Lake Avenue.
(f) Church Street at the intersection of Bridge Street on the south side to a point 130 feet east.
(g) Church Street from a point 80 feet east of the intersection of Bridge Street easterly for 200 feet, which
would end at the front stairs of the Recreation & Park District Building.
(h) On the right side of Highway 267 from 110 feet east of Bridge Street to Bridge Street.
10.18.040 No Parking Anytime.
No parking at any time is designated on the following streets:
(a) Jibboom Street on the south side from the intersection of Bridge Street westerly to a point of 355
feet.
(b) On Deerfield Drive on the south side from the intersection of Highway 89 South westerly for 442 feet.
On the north side westerly for 396 feet.
(c) On South Shore Drive from Donner Pass Road to Summit Creek.
(d) Any designated “no parking” zone or painted red curb designated by the Town of Truckee.
(e) On the left side of Highway 267 from 470 feet east of Bridge Street to 220 feet east of Bridge Street
(MPM 0.72 to 0.76).
(f) Both sides of Highway 267 from Old Brockway Road to Reynolds Way (MOM 1.10 to 1.8l).
10.18.040.1 No Parking Except by Permit.
No vehicle shall be parked, except by permit, between hours of 11:00 PM and 6:00 AM upon the Town right-of-
way on the south side of Donner Pass Road from the Donner Lake boat ramp eastbound to a point 700 feet east of
Eddy Way. Permits may be obtained from the Chief of Police, located at 10879 Donner Pass Road, Truckee,
California, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
10.18.050 Bail
All bails for parking violations as contained in Town Resolution 2000-13 and shall remain in effect.
(ORD 93-23 09-02-93)
10.18.060 Parking Meter Areas Created
Parking meter areas shall be designated by resolution of the Town Council as amended from time to time. The
initial designation is contained in Resolution No. 2005-45, adopted concurrently with this ordinance.
10.18.070 Rates
The rates to be charged for metered parking and for employee permit parking within the designated areas shall be
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established by resolution of the Town Council as amended from time to time. The initial rates are contained in
Resolution No. 2005-45, adopted concurrently with this ordinance.
10.18.080 Installation
The Public Works Director or his/her designee shall cause parking meters to be installed and operated in all
described zones as required to carry out the purposes of this ordinance.
10.18.090 Unlawful to Exceed Allowed Time
No owner or operator of any vehicle shall permit the vehicle to remain parked in any parking space upon
expiration of the allowed time.
10.18.100 Unlawful to Increase Allowed Time
No person shall operate a meter for the purpose of extending or increasing the parking time established for that
parking space.
10.18.110 Injury or Tampering
No person shall deface, injure, tamper with, break, destroy, or otherwise impair the proper functioning and
usefulness of any parking meter.
10.18.120 Unauthorized Attachments Prohibited
No person shall attach any unauthorized sign, permit, or device to a parking meter or parking meter standard.
10.18.130 Evidentiary Presumption
The parking or standing of any motor vehicle in a parking space where the vehicle does not display a valid
parking permit or pay receipt shall constitute a prima facia presumption that the vehicle is parked in violation of
this chapter.
10.18.140 Motorcycle Spaces
The Public Works Director or his/her designee may designate and install metered parking spaces for the exclusive
use of motorcycles, motorized bicycles, and other similar vehicles.
10.18.150 Other Provisions
Nothing in this chapter shall authorize or allow permitting motor vehicle parking in violation of any other
provision of law.
10.18.160 Permit Parking
The Public Works Director or his/her designee is authorized to issue permits to allow the parking of motor
vehicles in designated permit parking areas without regard to the limitations on motor vehicle parking contained
in this chapter. The rules, regulations, and fees for the issuance of such permits shall be established by resolution
of the Town Council.
10.18.170 Creation of Residential Permit Parking Areas
The Town Council shall, by resolution, designate areas for residential permit parking only. Prior to establishing
such an area, written notice shall be provided to the residents of the area and a finding made by the Council that
enacting such a restriction is necessary to preserve the character of the neighborhood and for pedestrian and
vehicular traffic safety.
Upon establishment of a residential permit parking area, the Public Works Director or his/her designee shall cause
to be installed appropriate signage in the area which gives notice of the limitation on the parking of vehicles and
the time and days during which it is in effect.
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10.18.180 Limitations on Parking in Residential Parking Areas
It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand, or park a vehicle on any street identified in a resolution adopted by the
Council designating a residential permit parking area during the hours and on the days set forth in such resolution
except:
(a) Vehicles displaying a valid permit issued by the Public Works Director and parked within the street
block in front of the household to which the permit is issued or within one adjoining district block; or
(b) Any emergency vehicle, including, but not limited to, an ambulance, fire engine, or police vehicle; or
(c) A vehicle with commercial plates which is under the control of a person, who does not reside within the
district, providing service for hire to property located in the designated residential permit parking area,
including but not limited to a delivery vehicle.
10.18.190 Permit Issuance
The Public Works Director shall issue residential parking permits to the registered property owner, or the
registered property owner’s representative. Residential parking permits shall be issued by providing a: (1) current
utility bill establishing the location of residence as being within the resident permit parking area, and (2) current
vehicle registration, and (3) valid identification card. All parking permits may be picked up in person at the Town
offices.
Parking permits must be clearly displayed in the vehicle. The parking permits shall be issued annually and shall
be free of charge. The permits shall be considered part of the residential property and shall be transferred to the
new property owner upon sale of the residence. The new property owner shall be responsible for updating the
vehicle information with the Director of Public Works. The residential parking permits are only valid in parking
areas marked “residential permit parking only”.
10.18.200 Violations
Violations of this chapter shall be an infraction, punishable by fine. Additionally and without
limitation, any vehicle parked in violation may be towed upon the order of any duly authorized Town
official and the owner thereof shall be liable for all applicable impound and towing fees.
(ORD 2005-07 09-01-05)
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CHAPTER 10.19 SKATEBOARD PROHIBITIONS
10.19.010 Prohibitions.
(a) It is unlawful for any person or persons to ride or propel skateboards on any public parking facility or
private parking facility open to the public if the facility is posted with a sign stating that skateboarding is
prohibited. For the purpose of this section, public parking facility or private parking facility open to the
public include sidewalks adjacent to or within such parking facility.
(b) It is unlawful for any person or persons to willfully ride, propel or operate a skateboard on any sidewalk
or private property open to public access in such a manner as to endanger the property, safety or well-
being of any person.
10.19.020 Erection of Signs.
The Director of Public Works is authorized and directed to erect and maintain, or cause to be erected and
maintained, appropriate signs on Town property giving notice where deemed necessary.
(a) Notwithstanding any other Town ordinance to the contrary, the provisions of this ordinance shall only
apply to public parking facilities, private property generally open to the public or to business premises if
said property or premises is posted with signs expressly forbidding skateboarding. Such posting shall be
located at all clearly defined entryways and shall not be required on any property not generally open to
the public. Appropriate wording on such signs would be:
“NO SKATEBOARDING. VIOLATORS MAY
BE CITED. TOWN OF TRUCKEE ORDINANCE
NO. ___________”
10.19.030 Violation.
A violation of any regulation set forth in this Chapter shall be punishable by a fine as provided in Section
1.02.040(b). (ORD 94-11 08-18-94)
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CHAPTER 10.20 ABANDONED VEHICLES
10.20.010 Purpose
This Chapter is enacted under authority of Section 22660 of the Vehicle Code to establish procedures for the
abatement and removal, as public nuisances, of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative motor vehicles
(hereinafter referred to as vehicles) or parts thereof from private or public property in the unincorporated area of
the Town, excluding highways, and for recovery of the costs of such removal and administration of this Chapter.
The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles, or parts thereof,
creates conditions likely to reduce the value of real property in the vicinity, promote blight and deterioration,
invite plundering, create fire hazards and harborage for rodents and insects, and is injurious to the public peace,
health, safety, and general welfare. The presence of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles, or
parts thereof, within the unincorporated area constitutes a public nuisance which the Town of Truckee is
empowered to abate and remove in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
10.20.020 Applicability of Article
Except as otherwise expressly provided by Section 10.20.030, this Chapter shall apply to abandoned, wrecked,
dismantled, or inoperative motor vehicles, or any part thereof, situated upon any private or public property,
excluding publicly maintained highways and streets, within the Town of Truckee. This Chapter shall not apply to
vehicles which are not intended to be self-propelled.
10.20.030 Exceptions
This Chapter shall not apply to any vehicle or part thereof which is either:
(a) Completely enclosed within a building in a lawful manner where it is not visible from the street or other
public or private property; or
(b) Stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with the business of a licensed
dismantler, licensed vehicle dealer, a junkyard, or any other legally established use or subject to
regulation through a site plan or use permit pursuant to Title 18 of the Municipal Code.
(c) An agricultural "implement of husbandry".
(d) Located on a parcel in such a manner that no part of any vehicle subject to this Ordinance is visible to
public view up to the total number of such vehicles allowed in accordance with the following:
l. Parcels up to 3 acres in size: Two (2) vehicles allowed.
2. Parcels from 3 to 10 acres in size: Three (3) vehicles allowed.
3. Parcels over 10 acres in size: Five (5) vehicles allowed.
Such vehicles shall be completely screened from public view by a solid fence, vegetation, topography or any
combination thereof.
The exceptions provided by this Section shall not be construed to authorize the maintenance of a public or private
nuisance, as such nuisance may be defined under any provisions of law other than Chapter 10 (commencing with
Section 22650) of Division 11 of the Vehicle Code.
10.20.040 Town's Remedies Nonexclusive
This Chapter shall not be construed as excluding any other lawful remedies available to the Town for regulation,
abatement and/or removal of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles. The procedures provided
by this Chapter shall be in addition to any other applicable regulations, statutes, or ordinances heretofore or
hereinafter enacted by the State of California, the Town, or any other entity having jurisdiction in the matter.
10.20.050 Enforcement Responsibility
The Community Development Director is charged with the responsibility of administering this Chapter and
exercising the authority conferred thereby. The Director or his/her designee may enter upon private property for
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purposes of administering and enforcing this Chapter to examine a vehicle or part thereof, to obtain information
as to the identity of the vehicle, and to remove or cause to be removed a vehicle or part thereof declared to be a
nuisance pursuant to this Chapter. Any other person, firm or corporation authorized by the Town to remove
vehicles from property for purposes of enforcement of this Chapter may enter upon private property to perform
such removal, upon request by the Director.
10.20.060 Public Nuisance Determination
If the Director finds that reasonable grounds exist to believe that a vehicle or part thereof is abandoned, wrecked,
or dismantled or inoperative at any location to which this Chapter applies pursuant to Section 10.20.020, the
Director shall declare such vehicle or part to be a public nuisance, and thereupon proceed to abate such nuisance
in the manner prescribed by this Chapter and the Municipal Code.
10.20.070 Notice of Intention to Abate and Remove Vehicle
Except as otherwise provided by Section 10.20.090, the Director shall issue not less than ten (10) days advance
written Notice of Intention to abate and remove any vehicle or part thereof which the Director has determined to
be a public nuisance pursuant to Section 10.20.060.
The Director shall mail such Notice by registered or certified mail to the property owner and to the vehicle owner,
unless the vehicle is in such condition that identification numbers are not available to determine vehicle
ownership. The Director shall post a copy of the Notice conspicuously upon or at the site of such vehicle or part.
10.20.080 Required Contents of Abatement Notice
The notice required by Section 10.20.070 shall contain a statement of the hearing rights of the property owner and
of the vehicle owner in accordance with Section 10.20.100. Such statement shall include notice to the property
owner that he or she may either appear in person at a hearing or submit a sworn written statement denying
responsibility for the presence of the vehicle or part thereof on his or her land, with the reasons for such denial, in
lieu of appearing.
The notice shall specify the address of the real property where such vehicle or part is situated, a description
identifying such vehicle or part and the condition thereof found to constitute a public nuisance, the Section(s) of
this Chapter found to have been violated, and state that either voluntary abatement thereof or request for hearing
must be made by the property owner or vehicle owner, in the manner prescribed by Section 10.20.090, within 10
days from the date of such Notice, and that the failure to so request such a hearing shall constitute waiver of the
right thereof.
Such notice shall specify that if the abatement is made by the Town, costs may be assessed against the property
owner in accordance with Section 25845 of the Government Code or, in the case of an abandoned vehicle, against
the last registered owner of record in accordance with Section 22524 of the Vehicle Code.
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10.20.090 Exceptions of Requirement of Abatement Notice
A notice pursuant to Section 10.20.070 shall not be required to issue if:
(a) The property owner and vehicle owner have each signed releases authorizing removal and waiving
further interest in the vehicle or part thereof; or
(b) The vehicle or part is:
l. Inoperable due to the absence of a motor, transmission or wheels, and
2. Is incapable of being towed; and
3. Is valued at less than $200.00 by a person specified in Section 22855 of the Vehicle Code; and
4. Is determined by the Director to be a public nuisance presenting an immediate threat to public
health or safety; and
5. Is located on a parcel that is either zoned for agricultural use or not improved with a residential
structure containing one or more dwelling units; and
6. The property owner has signed a release authorizing removal and waiving further interest in the
vehicle or part.
10.20.100 Hearing Rights
Either within ten (10) days after the date of the Notice of Intention prescribed by Section 10.20.070 is mailed or
at the time of signing a release pursuant to Section 10.20.090(a) or 10.20.090(b), the property owner and/or the
vehicle owner may request that a public hearing be held prior to removal of the vehicle or part thereof by the
Town. Such request shall be made in writing at the Town of Truckee Community Development Department and,
if mailed, shall be deemed timely if postmarked not later than the tenth (10th) day following the date such Notice
of Intention was mailed.
If the property owner submits a sworn written statement pursuant to Section 10.20.080 denying responsibility for
the presence of the vehicle or part on his or her land within the ten (10) day period prescribed by this Section,
such statement shall be construed a request for hearing which does not require the presence of the property owner.
In all other cases, if no request for hearing is received by the Community Development Department within the
time prescribed by this Section, the Director shall cause the vehicle or part to be removed and disposed of in the
manner authorized by this Chapter.
10.20.110 Public Hearings - Notice
Whenever a hearing is requested in accordance with Section 10.20.100, a Notice of Hearing before the
Community Development Director shall be issued. The Notice of Hearing shall specify the time, date, place, and
purpose of the hearing and shall be served upon the requesting party either personally or by certified mail, return
receipt requested, not less than five (5) calendar days prior to the hearing date.
10.20.120 Public Hearings - Procedure
Upon the date and at the time and place specified for hearing in the Notice of Hearing required by Section
10.20.110, the Community Development Director shall proceed to hear the testimony of Town Staff, the
requesting party, and any other competent persons about the condition of the vehicle or part constituting the
subject of the hearing and any other relevant facts concerning the matter. The property owner may either appear
in person at the hearing or present a sworn written statement denying responsibility for the presence of the vehicle
on his or her land, with the reasons for such denial.
During the hearing the burden of proof shall rest with the Town. It is the Town's burden to prove that the subject
vehicle is a public nuisance presenting an immediate threat to public health or safety. The provisions of the
California Administrative Procedure Act (commencing with Section 11500 of the Government Code) shall not be
applicable to such hearings; nor shall formal rules of evidence in civil or criminal judicial proceedings be so
applicable.
10.20.130 Public Hearings - Decision
Within seven (7) days following the date on which the hearing is closed, the Community Development Director
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shall issue a written decision which either affirms or reverses the determination made pursuant to Section
10.20.060 and which contains findings of fact and conclusions. If the Community Development Director affirms
the previous determination, such decision shall direct the property owner and/or vehicle owner to abate the
nuisance within the time prescribed by this Section. Such decision shall give notice that if the nuisance is not
abated, it may be abated by the Community Development Director in such manner deemed proper and that the
expense thereof may be made a lien against the real property involved, in accordance with Section 25845 of the
Government Code or, in the case of an abandoned vehicle, that such expense may be recovered from the last
registered owner of record thereof, pursuant to Section 22524 of the Vehicle Code.
If the Community Development Director has found that the vehicle or part constituting the nuisance was placed
upon the land without the consent of the property owner and the property owner has not subsequently acquiesced
to its presence, the Director shall not assess such costs from the property owner. The decision affirming the
determination shall require that abatement of the nuisance by the property owner and/or vehicle owner be
physically completed within five (5) days after service of such decision or, in the alternative, within such time as
the Director shall determine to be reasonable under all of the circumstances.
Appeals of the decision of the Community Development Director shall be handled in a manner consistent with
Chapter 18.140 of this Municipal Code.
If the decision is reversed, no further action is necessary on the part of the Director or the party requesting the
hearing.
10.20.140 Vehicle Disposition
After a vehicle has been removed pursuant to this Chapter, such vehicle shall not be reconstructed or made
operable unless it is a vehicle which qualifies for either horseless carriage license plates or historical vehicle
license plates pursuant to Section 5004 of the Vehicle Code.
10.20.150 Vehicle Disposition - By Director
The Director may dispose of a vehicle or parts thereof under this Chapter by removal thereof to a licensed
scrapyard, automobile dismantler's yard, impound yard or other site authorized by Section 22662 of the Vehicle
Code.
10.20.160 Vehicle Disposition - Notice to Department of Motor Vehicles
Within five (5) days following the date of removal of a vehicle or part thereof under this Article, notice of such
removal shall be given to the Department of Motor Vehicles identifying the vehicle or part, together with any
evidence of registration including, without limitation, the registration card, certificate of ownership, or license
plate.
10.20.170 Vehicle Disposition - Low-Valued Vehicle
Prior to final disposition of a vehicle described by Section 10.20.090(b) for which evidence of registration was
recovered, the registered and legal owners of the vehicle shall be provided with written Notice of Intent to dispose
of the vehicle or part from a site authorized by Section 22662 of the Vehicle Code. Such Notice shall state that if
the vehicle or part is not claimed and removed within twelve (12) days following the date such Notice is mailed,
final disposition shall proceed.
10.20.180 Assessment of Costs Against Real Property
Except as otherwise provided by Section 10.20.130, if the property owner fails to pay, upon demand, the costs of
abatement incurred by the Town in the enforcement and administration of this Chapter, such costs may be
specially assessed against the real property, pursuant to Section 25845 of the Government Code. Such
assessment shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as are County ad valorem property taxes.
10.20.190 Recordation of Abatement Lien
In the case of any special assessment made pursuant to Section 10.20.180, a Notice of Abatement Lien shall be
recorded in the Office of the County Recorder. Such Notice shall identify the property owner or possessor of the
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property, his or her last known address of record, the date upon which abatement was ordered by the Community
Development Director, the date that the abatement was completed, a description of the real property subject to the
lien, and the amount of the abatement costs.
10.20.200 Release of Abatement Lien
An abatement lien imposed under this Chapter may be released or subordinated in the same manner as provided
by law for release or subordination of a judgment lien on real property.
10.20.210 Recovery of Costs - Abandoned Vehicles
Pursuant to Section 22524 of the Vehicle Code, costs incurred by the Town for the removal and disposition of an
abandoned vehicle shall be recoverable from the last registered owner thereof.
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