CITY OF HAYWARD TRAFFIC CODE

CITY OF HAYWARD

TRAFFIC CODE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1.00 TITLE

1.01 CITING IN PROSECUTIONS

1.02 AMENDATORY ORDINANCES

1.03 FORMER ORDINANCES

1.04 PRIOR ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS

1.05 SAVING CLAUSE

1.06 ORDINANCES REPEALED

1.10 VIOLATIONS. A MISDEMEANOR

1.20 STATE HIGHWAYS. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

ARTICLE 2

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 2.00 DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND PHRASES

2.01 ALLEY

2.02 CENTRAL TRAFFIC DISTRICT

2.03 HOLIDAYS

2.04 LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY

2.05 LOADING ZONE

2.06 OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD

2.07 OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

SECTION 2.08 OFFICIAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS

2.09 PARK

2.10 PARKWAY

2.11 PASSENGER LOADING ZONE

2.12 PEDESTRIAN

2.13 PERSON

2.14 POLICE OFFICER

2.15 STOP

STOP OR STAND

2.16 STREET OR HIGHWAY

2.17 TRAFFIC

2.18 VEHICLE

2.19 MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS

2.20 BICYCLE

ARTICLE 3

TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION

SECTION 3.00 POLICE ADMINISTRATION

3.01 DUTY OF TRAFFIC DIVISION

3.02 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT STUDIES

3.03 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTS

3.035 REPRODUCTION OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTS

3.04 TRAFFIC DIVISION TO SUBMIT ANNUAL TRAFFIC

SAFETY REPORT

3.05 DUTIES OF TRAFFIC ENGINEER

3.06 REGULATION OF SPEED BY TRAFFIC SIGNALS

ARTICLE 4

ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

SECTION 4.00 AUTHORITY OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT

OFFICERS AND MEMBERS

4.01 TRAFFIC CONTROL AT SCHOOL CROSSINGS OR OTHER

PLACES

4.02 OBEDIENCE TO POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT

OFFICIALS

4.03 PERSONS RIDING ANIMALS

4.04 PERSONS OTHER THAN OFFICIALS SHALL NOT DIRECT

TRAFFIC

4.05 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO OBEY TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

4.06 EXEMPTIONS TO CERTAIN VEHICLES

4.07 REPORT OF DAMAGE TO CERTAIN PROPERTY

ARTICLE 5

TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

SECTION 5.00 AUTHORITY TO INSTALL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

5.01 WHEN TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES REQUIRED FOR

ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES

5.02 OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

5.03 INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS

5.04 LANE MARKINGS

5.05 AUTHORITY TO REMOVE, RELOCATE OR DISCONTINUE

TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

5.06 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES - HOURS OF OPERATION

5.07 UNAUTHORIZED PAINTING OF CURBS

SECTION 5.10 ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS

5.20 AUTHORITY TO PLACE AND OBEDIENCE TO TURNING

MARKERS

5.21 AUTHORITY TO PLACE RESTRICTED TURN SIGNS

5.22 OBEDIENCE TO NO-TURN SIGNS

5.23 AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT RIGHT TURNS AGAINST

TRAFFIC STOP SIGNAL

5.24 PARKING ON CITY PROPERTY

5.30 TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO ERECT STOP SIGNS

5.31 STOP AT THROUGH STREET OR STOP SIGN

5.32 EMERGING FROM ALLEY OR PRIVATE DRIVEWAY

5.33 YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY SIGNS

ARTICLE 6

SPECIAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

SECTION 6.00 LOADING ZONES. ESTABLISHMENT

6.01 CURB MARKINGS TO INDICATE NO STOPPING AND

PARKING REGULATIONS

6.02 EFFECT OF PERMISSION TO LOAD OR UNLOAD

6.03 STANDING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY

6.04 STANDING IN PASSENGER LOADING ZONE

6.05 STANDING IN ANY ALLEY

6.06 BUS ZONES. ESTABLISHMENT

6.07 BICYCLE LANES. ESTABLISHMENT

6.10 RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS. ADVERTISING

VEHICLES

6.11 RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS. TRUCK

ROUTES

SECTION 6.12 RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS. COMMERCIAL

VEHICLES

6.20 SPECIAL SPEED ZONES. INCREASE OR DECREASE OF

PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT

6.22 SPEED LIMIT. MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS AND CITY

PROPERTY

6.23 SPECIAL REGULATIONS. MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS

AND CITY PROPERTY

6.24 SELLING MERCHANDISE ON CITY PROPERTY

6.30 PARKING LIMITS

6.32 PARKING PROHIBITION - COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ON

DESIGNATED STREETS

6.33 PARKING PROHIBITION - COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN

RESIDENCE DISTRICTS

6.34 PARKING PROHIBITED. REMOVAL

6.35 PARKING WITHIN DESIGNATED AREA

6.36 PERMIT PARKING - ON DESIGNATED STREETS.

PENALTIES

6.37 INTERSTATE TRUCK TERMINALS

6.38 PARKING PROHIBITION - LARGE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

ON SIGNED STREETS

6.39 VEHICLE PARKING AND STORAGE REQUIREMENTS

ARTICLE 7

PARKING METER ZONES

SECTION 7.00 PARKING METER ZONES

7.01 PARKING METER DEFINED

7.02 PARKING METERS - INSTALLATION

7.03 PARKING METERS – OPERATION

SECTION 7.04 PARKING METERS - TIME LIMITS

7.05 PARKING METERS - DAMAGE TO

7.06 PARKING METER RATES

7.10 RATES FOR ATTENDANT MUNICIPAL PARKING

FACILITIES

ARTICLE 8

MISCELLANEOUS TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

SECTION 8.00 DRIVING THROUGH FUNERAL PROCESSIONS

8.02 VEHICLES SHALL NOT BE DRIVEN ON THE

SIDEWALK

8.03 NEW PAVEMENT

8.04 LIMITED ACCESS

8.05 RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF FREEWAYS

8.06 TOW SERVICE SOLICITATION PROHIBITED

8.07 NO ENTRANCE INTO INTERSECTIONS AND KEEP

CLEAR ZONES

8.08 EXCESSIVE ACCELERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES

8.09 ATTENDANT PARKING - PAYMENT OF FEES

8.10 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING. GENERAL

8.11 STANDING IN PARKWAYS PROHIBITED

8.12 USE OF STREETS FOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES

PROHIBITED

8.13 PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES PROHIBITED

8.13.01 PARKING ON STREETS AND PUBLIC LANDS

WITHIN THE CITY FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF

ADVERTISING THE PRIVATE SALE OF VEHICLES

PROHIBITED

8.14 VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY

8.15 HANDICAPPED PARKING - PRIVATE PROPERTY

SECTION 8.16 PARKING ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS

8.17 PARKING ON NARROW STREETS

8.18 PARKING ON HILLS

8.19 PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS

8.20 STOPPING OR PARKING - SIGNS REQUIRED

8.21 PARKING PARALLEL WITH CURB

8.22 ANGLE PARKING

8.23 PERMIT FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING AT AN ANGLE

TO THE CURB

8.30 EMERGENCY PARKING SIGNS

8.40 DISPLAY OF WARNING DEVICES WHEN COMMERCIAL

VEHICLE DISABLED

8.50 PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS

8.51 WHEN PEDESTRIANS MUST USE CROSSWALKS

8.515 PROHIBITED CROSSWALKS

8.52 CROSSING AT RIGHT ANGLES

8.53 STANDING IN ROADWAYS

8.54 PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS

8.60 TRAINS. RAILWAY GATES

8.62 TRUCKS PROHIBITED ON STATE HIGHWAY 238

8.63 EXCEPTIONS TO PROHIBITION

ARTICLE 9

OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS

SECTION 9.01 OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS

PROHIBITED

SECTION 9.02 OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS

PROHIBITED. EXCEPTIONS

9.03 OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS

PROHIBITED. SCOPE

9.04 OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS

PROHIBITED. ENFORCEMENT

9.05 OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS

PROHIBITED. REMEDIES

ARTICLE 10

BICYCLES, ROLLER SKATES, SKATEBOARDS, AND SIMILAR DEVICES

SECTION 10.01 RIDING BICYCLES AND SKATEBOARDS ON SIDEWALKS

IN DOWNTOWN PROHIBITED

10.02 RIDING BICYCLES ON STREETS

10.03 PARKING OF BICYCLES

10.05 USE OF ROLLER SKATES, SKATEBOARDS, COASTERS

AND SIMILAR DEVICES PROHIBITED IN CITY-OWNED

PARKING LOTS, GARAGES, OR OTHER PARKING

FACILITIES

10.06 USE OF ROLLER SKATES, SKATEBOARDS, COASTERS,

AND SIMILAR DEVICES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY

10.07 FACILITIES FOR TRICK RIDING PROHIBITED

10.08 USE OF HUMAN OR MOTOR-PROPELLED DEVICES BY

HANDICAPPED PERSONS

10.09 EXEMPTIONS

HAYWARD TRAFFIC CODE

ARTICLE 1.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1.00 TITLE. This ordinance shall be known and may officially be cited as

the "HAYWARD TRAFFIC CODE".

Section 1.01 CITING IN PROSECUTIONS. In any prosecution for the violation of

any provision of this Code, it shall be sufficient to refer to the Code as the "HAYWARD

TRAFFIC CODE".

Section 1.02 AMENDATORY ORDINANCES. Any ordinance adding to

amending or repealing this Code may be designated as an addition, amendment to, or repeal

of, the "Hayward Traffic Code".

Section 1.03 FORMER ORDINANCES. The provisions of this Code, insofar as

they are substantially the same as ordinances heretofore adopted by the City of Hayward,

shall be construed as restatements and continuations thereof and not as new enactments.

Section 1.04 PRIOR ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS. Prosecution for violation of

ordinances committed prior to the effective date of this Code shall not be affected by the

adoption of the Code or its repeal of such ordinances.

Section 1.05 SAVING CLAUSE. If any article, section, subsection, sentence,

clause or phrase of this Code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such

decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Code, and the Council

of the City of Hayward hereby declares that it would have adopted this Code and each

article, section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that

any one or more of other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases by declared

invalid or unconstitutional.

Section 1.06 ORDINANCES REPEALED. Ordinance No. 450 N.S., and all

amendments thereto, and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the

provisions of this Code are hereby repealed.

Section 1.10 VIOLATIONS. A MISDEMEANOR. Any person violating any of

the provisions of this Code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of a

misdemeanor under the provisions of this Code shall be punishable by a fine of not more

than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for a period of not more than six

(6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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Section 1.20 STATE HIGHWAYS. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS. Any provision

of this Code which regulates traffic or delegates the regulation of traffic upon state

highways in any way for which the approval of the Department of Public Works is required

by state law, shall cease to be operative six months after receipt by the City Council of

written notice of withdrawal of approval of the Department of Public Works.

Whenever this code delegates authority to a city officer, or authorizes action by the

City Council to regulate traffic upon a state highway in any way which by state law requires

the prior approval of the Department of Public Works, no such officer shall exercise such

authority nor shall such action by the City Council be effective with respect to any state

highway without the prior approval in writing of the Department of Public Works when and

to the extent required by Division 9 and Division 11 of the Vehicle Code. (As added by

Ord. 131 C.S., adopted January 7, 1958)

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ARTICLE 2.

DEFINITIONS

Section 2.00 DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND PHRASES. The following words

and phrases, when used in this Code shall for the purpose of this Code have the meanings

respectively ascribed to them in this Article.

Whenever any words or phrases used in this Code are not defined herein, but are

now defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California, such definitions are

incorporated herein and shall be deemed to apply to such words and phrases used herein as

though set forth herein in full.

Section 2.01 ALLEY. The word "Alley" means any unnamed street, or any street

designated as an alley in its name having less than twenty-five (25) feet between property

lines.

Section 2.02 CENTRAL TRAFFIC DISTRICT. The Central Traffic District

comprises all streets and portions of streets within an area designated by the Traffic

Engineer, subject to the approval of the Council, as the Central Traffic District.

Section 2.03 HOLIDAYS. Holidays are New Year's Day, Lincoln's Birthday,

Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Admission Day,

Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. If New Year's Day,

Lincoln's Birthday, Independence Day, Admission Day, Veterans Day, or Christmas Day

falls upon a Sunday, the Monday following is a holiday. (As amended by Ord. 78-038 C.S.,

adopted November 21, 1978)

Section 2.04 LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY. Every highway, street, or roadway

in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting property or lands, and other persons,

have no legal right of access to or from the same, except at such points only and in such

manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such

highway, street or roadway.

Section 2.05 LOADING ZONE. The space adjacent to a curb reserved for the

exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.

Section 2.06 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

this City.

Section 2.07 OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. All signs, signals,

markings and devices not inconsistent with this Code placed or erected by authority of a

public body or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding

traffic.

Section 2.08 OFFICIAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS. Any device, whether manually,

electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and

proceed and which is erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction.

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Section 2.09 PARK. To stand or leave standing any vehicle, whether occupied or

not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or

unloading of passengers or materials.

Section 2.10 PARKWAY. That portion of a street other than a roadway or a

sidewalk.

Section 2.11 PASSENGER LOADING ZONE. The space adjacent to a curb

reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.

Section 2.12 PEDESTRIAN. Any person afoot.

Section 2.13 PERSON. Every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, or

corporation.

Section 2.14 POLICE OFFICER. Every officer of the Police Department of this

City.

Section 2.15 a. STOP. When required, means complete cessation of movement.

b. STOP OR STAND. When prohibited, means any stopping or

standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with

other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control

device.

Section 2.16 STREET OR HIGHWAY. A way or place, of whatever nature,

publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel or

parking.

Section 2.17 TRAFFIC. Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other

conveyances either singly or together while using any street for purposes of travel.

Section 2.18 VEHICLE. A device, in or upon or by which any person or property

is or may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved by

human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

Section 2.19 MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS. Municipal parking lots are those

off-street areas maintained by the City of Hayward and open to the use of the public for

purposes of vehicular parking. (As added by Ord. 219 C.S., adopted May 5, 1959)

Section 2.20 BICYCLE. A device upon which a person may ride, which is

propelled by human power through a system of belts, chains, or gears and which has one or

more wheels at least 20 inches in diameter or a frame size of at least 14 inches.

(As added by Ord. 93-21, adopted September 14, 1993)

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ARTICLE 3.

TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION

Section 3.00 POLICE ADMINISTRATION. There is hereby established in the

Police Department of this City a Traffic Division to be under the control of an officer of

police appointed by and directly responsible to the Chief of Police.

Section 3.01 DUTY OF TRAFFIC DIVISION. It shall be the duty of the Traffic

Division with such aid as may be rendered by other members of the Police Department to

enforce the street traffic regulations of this City and all of the State vehicle laws applicable

to street traffic in this City, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate traffic

accidents and to cooperate with the Traffic Engineer and other officers of the City in the

administration of the traffic laws and in developing ways and means to improve traffic

conditions, and to carry out those duties especially imposed upon said division by this Code.

Section 3.02 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT STUDIES. Whenever the accidents at any

particular location become numerous, the Traffic Division shall cooperate with the Traffic

Engineer in conducting studies of such accidents and determining remedial measures.

Section 3.03 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTS. USE AND DISCLOSURE. The

Traffic Division shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic accident reports, and such

reports shall be available for the use and information of the Traffic Engineer and other

interested officers and departments of the City. The contents of such reports shall be

available for inspection by and shall be disclosed to those persons entitled thereto and in the

manner provided therefor by the provisions of the Vehicle Code of the State of California,

including Section 20012, except when such reports or parts thereof are made confidential by

other provisions of law. (As amended by Ord. 66-006 C.S., adopted February 15, 1966)

Section 3.035 REPRODUCTION OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTS. The

Police Department is authorized and directed, upon payment of fees hereinafter provided, to

furnish copies of traffic accident reports by any suitable means to the Traffic Engineer and

other interested officers and departments of the City, and to those persons entitled thereto as

set forth in the immediately preceding section, except when such reports or parts thereof are

made confidential by other provisions of law.

The City Council, from time to time, shall fix by resolution the fees to be charged by

the Police Department for furnishing copies of traffic accident reports.

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Neither Federal, State, County, local nor other governmental agency nor officer nor

political subdivision, acting in its official capacity, shall be required to pay the fees

hereinabove provided. (As amended by Ord. 66-006 C.S., adopted February 15, 1966)

Section 3.04 TRAFFIC DIVISION TO SUBMIT ANNUAL TRAFFIC SAFETY

REPORT. The Traffic Division shall annually prepare a traffic report which shall be filed

with the City Council. Such a report shall contain information on traffic matters in this City

as follows:

1. The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the number of

persons injured, and other pertinent traffic accident data;

2. The number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent data on the

safety activities of the police.

3. The plans and recommendations of the division for future traffic safety activities.

Section 3.05 DUTIES OF TRAFFIC ENGINEER. It shall be the general duty of

the Traffic Engineer under this Code to determine the installation and proper timing and

maintenance of traffic control devices and signals, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic

accidents and to devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering investigation of traffic

conditions and to cooperate with other City officials in the development of ways and means

to improve traffic conditions.

Section 3.06 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 may erect appropriate signs

giving notice thereof.

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ARTICLE 4.

ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Section 4.00 AUTHORITY OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS

AND MEMBERS. It shall be the duty of the officers of the Police Department or such

officers as are assigned by the Chief of Police to enforce all traffic laws of this City and all

of the State vehicle laws applicable to traffic in this City. Civilian employees of the City,

when designated by the Chief of Police, shall enforce those provisions of the Hayward

Traffic Code, Hayward Traffic Regulations, and the State Vehicle Code relating to the

standing or parking of vehicles that legally may be enforced by persons other than peace

officers.

Officers of the Police Department or such officers as are assigned by the Chief of

Police are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand or signal in conformance

with traffic laws, provided that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite

traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the Police Department may direct traffic as

conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws.

Officers of the Fire Department, when at the scene of a fire, may direct or assist the

Police in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity. (Amended by Ord. 70-023

C.S., adopted September 22, 1970)

Section 4.01 TRAFFIC CONTROL AT SCHOOL CROSSINGS OR OTHER

PLACES. It shall be the duty of any person appointed by the Chief of Police for such

purpose, to control traffic at school crossings or other places designated by him. It shall be

unlawful for any person, at any school crossing, to refuse or fail to comply with any order,

signal or direction of any person appointed by the Chief of Police to control traffic at school

crossings or such other designated places, provided that such person giving any order, signal

or direction shall at the time be wearing some insignia indicating such authority.

It shall be unlawful for any minor to direct or attempt to direct traffic unless

authorized to do so by the Chief of Police.

Section 4.02 OBEDIENCE TO POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT

OFFICIALS. No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order of a

police officer or Fire Department official when directing traffic.

Section 4.03 PERSONS RIDING ANIMALS. Any person riding or driving an

animal upon a City street shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the

duties applicable to a driver of a vehicle by this Code, except those provisions which by

their very nature have no application.

(As amended by Ord. 93-21, adopted September 14, 1993)

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Section 4.04 PERSONS OTHER THAN OFFICIALS SHALL NOT DIRECT

TRAFFIC. No person other than an officer of the Police Department or a person authorized

by the Chief of Police, or person authorized by law, shall direct or attempt to direct traffic

by voice, hand or other signal, except, that persons may operate any mechanical push-button

signal erected by order of the Traffic Engineer.

Section 4.05 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO OBEY TRAFFIC REGULATIONS. The

provisions of this Code shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned by or used in the

service of the United State Government, this state, any county or city, and it shall be

unlawful for any said driver to violate any of the provisions of this Code except as

otherwise permitted in this Code or by State statute.

Section 4.06 EXEMPTIONS TO CERTAIN VEHICLES. The provisions of this

Code regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to any

vehicle of the Police or Fire Department, any public ambulance or any public utility vehicle

or any private ambulance, which public utility vehicle or private ambulance has qualified as

an authorized emergency vehicle, when any vehicle mentioned in this Section is operated in

the manner specified in the Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call.

The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, protect the driver of any such vehicle

from the consequences of his willful disregard of the safety of others.

The provisions of this Code regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not

apply to any vehicle of a City department or public utility while necessarily in use for

construction or repair work, or any vehicle owned by the United States while in use for the

collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail.

Section 4.07 REPORT OF DAMAGE TO CERTAIN PROPERTY. The driver of

a vehicle or the person in charge of any animal involved in any accident resulting in damage

to any property publicly owned or owned by a public utility, including but not limited to any

fire hydrant, ornamental lighting post, telephone pole, electric light or power pole, or

resulting in damage to any ornamental shade tree, traffic control device or other property of

a like nature located in or along any street, shall within twenty-four (24) hours after such

accident make a written report of such accident to the Police Department of this City.

Every such report shall state the time when and the place where the accident took

place, the name and address of the person owning and of the person driving or in charge of

such vehicle or animal, the license number of every such vehicle, and shall briefly describe

the property damaged in such accident.

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A driver involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements of this

Section if, and during the time, such driver is physically incapable of making a report, but in

such event said driver shall make a report as required herein within twenty-four (24) hours

after regaining ability to make such report. (As amended by Ord. 213 C.S., adopted April 7,

1959)

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ARTICLE 5.

TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

Section 5.00 AUTHORITY TO INSTALL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. The

Traffic Engineer shall have the exclusive power and duty to place and maintain, or cause to

be placed and maintained, official traffic control devices when and as required under the

traffic regulations of this City to make effective the provisions of said regulations.

Whenever the Vehicle Code of this State requires, for the effectiveness of any

provision thereof, that traffic control devices be installed to give notice to the public of the

application of such law, the Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to install the necessary

devices subject to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law applicable thereto.

The Traffic Engineer may also place and maintain such additional traffic control

devices as he may deem necessary to regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic, but he shall

make such determination only upon the basis of traffic engineering principles and traffic

investigations and in accordance with such standards, limitations and rules as may be set

forth in the traffic regulations of this City.

Section 5.01 WHEN TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES REQUIRED FOR

ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. No provisions of the Vehicle Code or of this Code for

which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless appropriate

signs are in place and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person,

giving notice of such provisions of the traffic laws.

Section 5.02 OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. The driver of

any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable

thereto placed in accordance with the traffic regulations of this City, unless otherwise

directed by a police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized

emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls.

Section 5.03 INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS. Official traffic signals

shall be installed and maintained 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.

The Traffic Engineer shall ascertain and determine the locations where such signals

are required by resort to field observation, traffic counts and other traffic information as

may be pertinent.

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Section 5.04 LANE MARKINGS. The Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to

mark, when deemed necessary, center lines and lane lines upon the surface of the roadway

to indicate the course to be traveled by vehicles and may place signs temporarily

designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the

center line of the highway.

When authorized signs have been placed designating off-center traffic lanes, no

person shall disobey the instructions given by such signs.

Section 5.05 AUTHORITY TO REMOVE, RELOCATE OR DISCONTINUE

TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. The Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to remove,

relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic control device not specifically required

by State law or this Code whenever he shall determine in any particular case that the

conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist or obtain.

Section 5.06 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 Code.

Section 5.07 UNAUTHORIZED PAINTING OF CURBS. It shall be unlaw-

ful for any person, without authority from the City of Hayward, to place or maintain paint or

other material upon any curb, sidewalk or pavement in the City of Hayward in a manner

which purports to be, or is, an imitation of or resembles official indication of parking

regulations.

Section 5.10 ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS. Whenever any traffic

regulation of this City designates any one-way street or alley, the Traffic Engineer shall

place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulations shall be effective

unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement

shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is

prohibited.

Section 5.20 AUTHORITY TO PLACE AND OBEDIENCE TO TURNING

MARKERS. The Traffic Engineer is authorized to place markers, buttons, or signs within

or adjacent to intersections, indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such

intersections, and the Traffic Engineer is authorized to allocate and indicate more than one

lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right or left hand turns, and such

course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law

or this Code.

When authorized markers, buttons, or other indications are placed within an

intersection indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat, no driver of a

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Section 5.21 AUTHORITY TO PLACE RESTRICTED TURN SIGNS. The

Traffic Engineer is hereby 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.

Section 5.22 OBEDIENCE TO NO-TURN SIGNS. Whenever authorized signs are

erected indicating that NO right or left or "U" turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall

disobey the directions of any such sign.

Section 5.23 AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT RIGHT TURNS AGAINST TRAFFIC

STOP SIGNAL. The Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine those intersections

at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right turn against a red or stop signal and shall

erect proper signs giving notice of such prohibition. No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the

directions of any such sign.

Section 5.24 PARKING ON CITY PROPERTY. Subject to approval of the City

Manager, whenever the Traffic Engineer determines that the orderly, efficient conduct of

the business of this City requires that parking or standing of vehicles on off-street property

possessed and used by this City, other than municipal parking lots, be prohibited, limited, or

restricted, the Traffic Engineer shall have the power and authority to erect or emplace signs

or markings indicating that the parking of vehicles is thus prohibited, limited, or restricted.

(As added by Ord. 219 C.S., adopted May 5, 1959)

Section 5.30 TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO ERECT STOP SIGNS. Whenever any

traffic regulation of this City designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a

through street, the Traffic Engineer shall erect and maintain stop signs at each and every

street intersecting such through street or portion thereof so designated.

Whenever the Traffic Engineer determines that stop signs are necessary at other

intersections or at one or more entrances thereto, he shall erect and maintain stop signs as

the circumstances warrant.

Whenever the Traffic Engineer determines that unusual hazard exists at a railroad

grade crossing and that flashing light signals or other suitable warning devices have not

been installed, he shall erect and maintain stop signs on the street approaches to such

railroad grade crossing.

Every such sign shall conform with and shall be placed as provided in Section 471

of the Vehicle Code. (As amended by Ord. 243 C.S., adopted August 11, 1959)

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Section 5.31 STOP AT THROUGH STREET OR STOP SIGN. Those streets and

parts of streets described in such traffic regulations, and those streets and parts of streets

heretofore designated and signed by this City as through streets until other designations are

made, are hereby declared to be through streets for the purposes of this Section.

The provisions of this Section shall also apply at one or more entrances to the

intersections as such entrances and intersections have been heretofore designated and signed

by this City until other designations are made, or as may be hereafter described in such

traffic regulations.

The provisions of this Section shall also apply at those railroad grade crossings as

such railroad grade crossings have been heretofore designated and signed by this City until

other designations are made, or as may be hereafter described in such traffic regulations.

When stop signs are erected, as herein provided, at the entrance to any intersection

or at any railroad grade crossing, every driver of a vehicle shall stop, as required by the

Vehicle Code.

Section 5.32 EMERGING FROM ALLEY OR PRIVATE DRIVEWAY. The

driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building, shall stop such vehicle

immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across any

alley way.

Section 5.33 YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY SIGNS. Whenever the Traffic Engineer

determines that the right of way at an intersection should be assigned to one or more

entrances thereto, he shall erect and maintain yield right-of-way signs. Every such sign

shall conform with and be placed as provided in Section 471.1 of the Vehicle Code.

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ARTICLE 6.

SPECIAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Section 6.00 LOADING ZONES. ESTABLISHMENT. Subject to approval of

Council, the Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine and to mark loading zones

and passenger loading zones as follows:

1. At any place in the Central Traffic District or any business district.

2. Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business or in front of any hall

or place used for the purpose of public assembly.

In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved

for loading zone purposes.

Loading zones shall be indicated by a yellow paint line stenciled with black letters,

"LOADING ONLY", upon the top of all curbs within such zones.

Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by a white line stenciled with black

letters, "PASSENGER LOADING ONLY" upon the top of all curbs in said zones.

Section 6.01 CURB MARKINGS TO INDICATE NO STOPPING AND

PARKING REGULATIONS. The Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized, subject to the

provisions and limitations of this Code to place, and when required herein, shall place, the

following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and said curb markings

shall have the meanings as herein set forth.

1. Red shall mean no stopping, standing, or parking at any time except as permitted

by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus

zone.

2. Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing, or parking at any time between 9 a.m.

and 6 p.m. of any day except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays for any purpose other than

the loading or unloading of passengers and materials, provided that the loading or unloading

of passengers shall not consume more than three (3) minutes nor the loading or unloading of

materials more than twenty (20) minutes, and except that a taxicab may stand in a yellow

zone marked or signed as the taxi stand for the taxicab owner or operator to whom said taxi

stand has been allotted. Provided, further, that the driver of a passenger vehicle may

temporarily stop at a taxi stand for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, loading or

unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any taxicab waiting to

enter or about to enter such zone.

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3. White shall mean no stopping, standing, or parking for any purposed other than

loading or unloading of passengers which shall not exceed three (3) minutes, and such

restrictions shall apply between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. of any day except Saturdays, Sundays,

and holidays.

When such zone is in front of a school, said restrictions shall apply at all

times of any day except Saturdays and Sundays, and school holidays.

When such zone is in front of a hotel or hospital, said restrictions shall

apply at all times.

When such zone is in front of a theater or church, said restrictions shall

apply at all times of any day except when such theater or church is closed.

(As amended by Ord. 03-17, adopted December 16, 2003)

4. Green shall mean no standing or parking for longer than twenty-four (24)

minutes or as posted at any time between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. of any day except Saturdays,

Sundays, and holidays.

5. Blue shall mean parking for the exclusive use of physically handicapped persons

whose vehicles display State Vehicle Code-authorized, distinguishing license plates or

placards.

When the Traffic Engineer, as authorized under this Code, has caused curb

markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle adjacent to any such

legible curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of this section.

(As amended by Ord. 79-044 C.S., adopted December 18, 1979)

Section 6.02 EFFECT OF PERMISSION TO LOAD OR UNLOAD. Permission

herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading of materials

shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary

therefor, and in no event for more than twenty (20) minutes.

The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries, and

the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail.

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 therefor and in no event for more than three (3) minutes.

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.

Section 6.03 STANDING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY. No person

shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow loading zone for any purpose other than

loading or unloading passengers or material for such time as is permitted in Section 6.02.

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Section 6.04 STANDING IN PASSENGER LOADING ZONE. No person shall

stop, stand or park a vehicle in any passenger loading zone for any purpose other than the

loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is specified in Section 6.02.

Section 6.05 STANDING IN ANY ALLEY. No person shall stop, stand or park a

vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in any

alley.

Section 6.06 BUS ZONES. ESTABLISHMENT. The Traffic Engineer is hereby

authorized to establish bus zones opposite curb space for the loading and unloading of buses

of common carriers of passengers and to determine the location thereof subject to the

directives and limitations set forth herein.

The word "bus" as used in this Section shall mean any motor bus, motor coach, or

passenger stage used as a common carrier of passengers.

No bus zone shall exceed fifty (50) feet in length, except that when satisfactory

evidence has been presented to the Traffic Engineer showing the necessity therefor, the

Traffic Engineer may extend bus zones not to exceed a total length of eighty (80) feet.

Bus zones shall normally be established on the far side of an intersection.

The Traffic Engineer shall paint the curb red and stencil with white letters the words

"BUS ZONE" upon the top or side of all curbs and places specified as a bus zone.

No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle except a bus in a bus zone.

Section 6.07 BICYCLE LANES. ESTABLISHMENT. Whenever any regulation

of this City describes any street or portion thereof to have bicycle lanes, such lanes shall be

deemed established as required by the provisions of State Vehicle Code Section 21207. The

Traffic Engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs and markings to indicate the

existence of bicycle lanes on all streets or portions thereof where such bicycle lanes have

been established. (As added by Ord. 80-017 C.S., adopted June 10, 1980)

Section 6.10 RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS. ADVERTISING

VEHICLES. No person shall operate or drive any vehicle used for advertising purposes or

any advertising vehicle equipped with a sound-amplifying or loud-speaking device upon

any street or alley at any time within the Central Traffic District.

Section 6.11 RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS. TRUCK ROUTES.

Whenever any regulation of this City designates and describes any street

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or portion thereof as a street the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding a

maximum gross weight limit of three (3) tons, the Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to

designate such street or streets by appropriate signs as "Truck Traffic Routes" for the

movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three (3) tons.

When any such truck traffic route or routes are established and designated by

appropriate signs the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of

three (3) tons shall drive on such route or routes and none other except that nothing in this

Section shall prohibit the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of

three (3) tons coming from a "Truck Traffic Route" having ingress and egress by direct

route to and from restricted streets when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or

deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on

such restricted streets 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 restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained therefor.

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.

Those streets and parts of streets so marked are hereby declared to be truck traffic

routes for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight of three (3) tons.

Section 6.12 RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS. COMMERCIAL

VEHICLES. Whenever any regulation of this City designates and describes any street or

portion thereof as a street the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle, the

Traffic Engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets affected by such

regulation.

Those streets and parts of streets so marked are hereby declared to be streets the use

of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle. The provisions of this Section shall not

apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.

Section 6.20 SPECIAL SPEED ZONES. INCREASE OR DECREASE OF

PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT. It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering

and traffic survey that a speed limit as indicated hereafter would facilitate the orderly

movement of traffic on the streets indicated and is reasonable and safe. It is hereby declared

that the prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth on those streets or parts of streets herein

designated when signs are erected giving notice thereof:

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Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 15 Miles per Hour

Halifax Place, between a point 450 ft. south of Roxbury Lane to the end

of Halifax Place

(As added by Ord. 80-029 C.S., adopted October 7, 1980)

Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 25 Miles per Hour

Arden Road between Baumberg Avenue and Corporate Avenue

(As added by Ord. 77-005 C.S., adopted January 18, 1977)

Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 30 Miles per Hour

"A" Street between Second Street and easterly City Limits

"A" Street and West "A" Street between a point 150 feet west of Grand

Street and S. Garden Avenue

Campus Drive between Second Street and Highland Boulevard

Hayward Boulevard between Highland Blvd. and Call Ave.

Huntwood Way and Huntwood Avenue between Gading Road and southerly City

Limits

Point Eden Way - In its entirety

Whitman Street between Harder Road and Sorenson Road

Winton Avenue between Jackson Street and the Southern Pacific Railroad

(As amended by Ord. 81-010 C.S., adopted March 10, 1981)

Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 35 Miles per Hour

Cabot Boulevard between Depot Road and W. Winton Avenue (As added by

Ord. 85-03 C.S., adopted February 19, 1985)

Carlos Bee Boulevard - In its entirety

Clawiter Road - In its entirety

Fairview Avenue between Hayward Boulevard and City limits

Grand Street between "A" Street and Jackson Street

Harder Road between Santa Clara Street and easterly City limits

Hayward Boulevard between Call Avenue and Fairview Avenue

Hesperian Boulevard between "A" Street and the southerly City limits

Industrial Boulevard between Clawiter Road and Baumberg Avenue

Industrial Parkway between Mission Boulevard and Dixon Street

Industrial Parkway Southwest between Whipple Road and Industrial

Parkway West

Palomares Road - In its entirety

Santa Clara Street between Harder Road and Jackson Street

Tennyson Road between Mission Boulevard and Baldwin Street and

between Harvey Avenue and Industrial Boulevard

West "A" Street between Hesperian Boulevard and S. Garden Avenue

West Winton Avenue between Soto Road-Myrtle Street and the westerly

City limits

(As amended by Ord. 78-025 C.S., adopted August 8, 1978)

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Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 40 Miles per Hour

Industrial Parkway West between Hopkins Street and a point 2,000 feet

easterly

Whipple Road between Industrial Parkway Southwest and easterly City

limits

(As amended by Ord. 77-005 C.S., adopted January 18, 1977)

Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 45 Miles per Hour

Industrial Boulevard between Baumberg Avenue and Hesperian Boulevard

Industrial Parkway and Industrial Parkway West between Hesperian

Boulevard and Hopkins Street between 2,000 feet easterly of

Hopkins Street and Dixon Street

(As amended by Ord. 76-022 C.S., adopted December 7, 1976)

Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 50 Miles per Hour

(Deleted by Ord. 72-037 C.S., adopted September 26, 1972)

Section 6.22 SPEED LIMIT. MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS AND CITY

PROPERTY. No person shall drive a vehicle upon any municipal parking lot or upon other

off-street property possessed and used by this City, at a speed greater than is reasonable or

prudent, having due regard for the traffic thereon and the surface and width of the roadways

and moving lanes thereof, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons

or property, and, when heretofore or hereafter provided by regulations of this City, and

appropriate signs or markings are placed giving notice thereof, in no event at a speed which

is in excess of the posted speed limit. (As amended by Ord. 219 C.S., adopted May 5,

1959)

Section 6.23 SPECIAL REGULATIONS - MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS AND

CITY PROPERTY. Where heretofore and hereafter provided by regulations of this City,

and appropriate signs or markings are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall drive,

operate, stop, stand, or park any vehicle contrary to such regulations upon any municipal

parking lot or upon other off-street property possessed and used by this City.

In the absence of any such regulations all the provisions of the Vehicle Code of the

State of California and the Hayward Traffic Code relating to traffic upon streets and

highways shall be applicable to traffic upon said municipal parking lots and other off-street

City property, except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application.

(As amended by Ord. 75-008 C.S., adopted April 1, 1975)

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Section 6.24 SELLING MERCHANDISE ON CITY PROPERTY.

a. No persons shall sell, offer for sale, or exchange for donations, any solid or

liquid food or beverage, or any type of goods or merchandise, or conduct any commercial

activity upon any City street, municipal parking lot, or other off-street property possessed

and used by the City.

b. Notwithstanding the prohibition of subsection (a), the City may issue a

temporary permit for a period not to exceed seven (7) days that authorizes certain specified

commercial activity upon a City street, municipal parking lot, or other off-street City

property in conjunction with street fairs, parades, and other community events or in other

special circumstances. Requests for a permit for such temporary activity shall be made in

writing to the Director of Public Works at least two weeks in advance of the desired

commencement of the temporary activity. The Director of Public Works, in consultation

with the Chief of Police, shall deny the permit if the proposed activity would necessarily

impair the public health, safety, or general welfare. If that determination is not made, the

Director of Public Works, in consultation with the Chief of Police and Risk Manager shall

have the authority to issue a permit upon such conditions as are considered appropriate by

them to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare. (As added by Ord 86-027

C.S., adopted September 2, 1986)

Section 6.30 PARKING LIMITS. When heretofore or hereafter provided by

regulations of this City, and appropriate signs are in place giving notice thereof, no person

shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle upon any street or Municipal off-street parking lot

during the hours and days indicated below for a period of time longer than indicated upon

such signs and set forth in said regulations:

1. Between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. of any day except Saturdays, Sundays,

and holidays.

2. During other hours and days established by regulations of this City.

(As amended by Ordinance No. 79-044 C.S., adopted December 18, 1979; and as amended

by Ord 86-037 C.S., adopted October 28, 1986)

Section 6.32 PARKING PROHIBITION - COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ON

DESIGNATED STREETS. Whenever any regulations of this City designates and describes

any street or portion thereof as a street the parking or standing on which is prohibited for

any commercial vehicle, the Traffic Engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on

those streets or portions thereof affected by such prohibition.

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No person shall park or leave standing on such street or portion thereof for a period

in excess of three (3) hours any commercial vehicle having a manufacturer's gross vehicle

weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more. The prohibition hereby imposed shall not apply to

the parking or standing of such a vehicle for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries

from or to any building or structure located on such restricted streets or for the purpose of

delivering materials to be used in the repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any

such building or structure for which a building permit has been obtained.

The prohibition imposed by this section is enacted pursuant to the authority of State

Vehicle Code Sec. 22507. (As added by Ord. 77-013 C.S., adopted April 5, 1977)

Section 6.33 PARKING PROHIBITION – COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN

RESIDENCE DISTRICTS. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.32, no person

shall park or leave standing on any street or portion thereof in a residence district

(defined by the State Vehicle Code) any commercial vehicle. For purposes of this

section, a "commercial vehicle" is defined as any vehicle having a manufacturer’s gross

vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more or any vehicle with commercial license

plates which is equipped with dual rear wheels, and is not used for recreational housing

purposes.

The prohibition hereby imposed shall not apply to the parking or standing of such

a vehicle for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries from or to any building or

structure located within such residence district, or for the purpose of delivering materials

to be used in the repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any such building or

structure for which a building permit has been obtained.

The prohibition imposed by this section is enacted pursuant to the authority of

State Vehicle Code Sec. 22507.5 (As added by Ord. 11-09, adopted September 20,

2011).

Section 6.34 PARKING PROHIBITED. REMOVAL. Any vehicle parked

or left standing in violation of a parking prohibition established under this Code may be

removed by a Police Officer as provided in the State Vehicle Code, provided that signs are

posted giving notice of the removal. (As amended by Ord. 64-049 C.S., adopted November

10, 1964)

Section 6.35 PARKING WITHIN DESIGNATED AREA. Whenever the Traffic

Engineer shall cause to have lines or markings painted or otherwise designated upon the

parkway, curb, sidewalk or street in such manner as to identify the parking area, it shall be

unlawful to park or leave standing any vehicle across any such line or marking or in any

position other than within the parking area so designated.

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Section 6.36 PERMIT PARKING - ON DESIGNATED STREETS. PENALTIES.

(a) Whenever any regulation of this City designates and describes any street or

portion thereof as a street the parking or standing on which shall be restricted to holders of

permits therefor, the Public Works Department shall erect and maintain appropriate signs

on those streets or portions thereof affected by such restriction.

No person shall park or leave standing on such street or portion thereof any vehicle

unless such vehicle has displayed thereon an appropriate permit issued by the Finance

Department which entitles the holder thereof to preferential parking privileges on the street

or portion thereof in question. Motor vehicles identified as used by disabled persons

meeting the requirements of Section 22511.5 of the California Vehicle Code shall be

exempt from this subsection.

(b) No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle on any street or portion

thereof designated for BART commuter parking unless the vehicle has the appropriate

parking permit and/or validation issued by BART.

(As added by Ord 13-04, adopted February 26, 2013)

set forth in Sections 40000.l and 40000.28 of the California Vehicle Code and Section

36900 of the California Government Code, and by revocation of any permit currently held:

(l) For any person to falsely represent himself or herself as eligible for a parking

permit or to furnish false information in an application therefor.

(2) For any person holding a valid parking permit issued pursuant hereto to

permit use or display of or to use or display such permit on a motor vehicle

other than that for which the permit was issued.

(3) For any person to copy, reproduce or otherwise bring into existence a

facsimile or counterfeit parking permit or permits without written

authorization from the Finance Department of the City of Hayward.

(4) For any person to knowingly use or display a facsimile or counterfeit

parking permit in order to evade time limitations on parking applicable in a

preferential residential parking permit area.

(5) For any person holding a valid parking permit issued pursuant hereto to sell,

give, loan, transfer, or exchange said permit to any other person except as is

specifically authorized in the Traffic Regulations of the City.

(6) For any person to knowingly commit any act which is prohibited by the

terms of this Section or any permit parking regulations enacted pursuant to

authority granted by California Vehicle Code Section 22507.

(As amended by Ord. 87-035 C.S., adopted December 1, 1987)

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Section 6.37 INTERSTATE TRUCK TERMINALS -

(a) Permit: Upon application to operate an Interstate Truck Terminal, and

verification that an acceptable interstate truck route is available between the proposed

terminal and routes identified by the State of California Department of Transportation, the

City of Hayward Department of Public Works, subject to applicable planning and zoning

regulations, is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a permit to operate an Interstate

Truck Terminal. These permits shall be renewed annually. A City of Hayward Business

License shall also be required to operate the terminal.

(b) Route: The City of Hayward Department of Public Works shall erect and

maintain appropriate signs along the interstate truck route accepted in (a) above. Interstate

trucks to and from the said terminal are permitted to use this signed route only. All costs of

signing shall be determined by the Department of Public Works and paid by the applicant.

will be set from time to time by a City Council Resolution.

(d) Revoke Permit: The City of Hayward Department of Public Works has the right

to revoke any permit issued under this section when there is evidence which indicates that

the terminal and/or interstate truck route does not provide for the safe operation of interstate

trucks, or designate an alternate route. All costs involved in establishing an alternate route

shall be paid by the terminal operator.

(e) Definitions. For the purposes of this section the following definitions shall

apply:

(1)Interstate Truck. A combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor and

semi-trailer, or of a truck tractor, semi-trailer, and trailer that conform to the conditions set

forth in Section 35401.5(a) of the California Vehicle Code.

(2)Interstate Truck Terminal. A facility at which freight is consolidated to be

shipped by and where full-load consignments may be off-loaded from interstate trucks, or at

which interstate trucks are regularly maintained, stored, or manufactured.

The prohibition imposed by this section is enacted pursuant to the authority of

California Vehicle Code Section 35401.5. (As added by Ord. 84-031, C.S., adopted

November 27, 1984)

Section 6.38 PARKING PROHIBITION - LARGE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

ON SIGNED STREETS. The Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine those

streets or portions thereof where the parking or standing of commercial vehicles 25 feet or

more in length or having a vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more should be

restricted or prohibited. Whenever the Traffic Engineer determines that such restrictions or

prohibitions are appropriate, the Traffic Engineer shall erect and maintain signs on those

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No person shall park or leave standing on such street or portion thereof any such

large commercial vehicle in violation of the posted regulations. The prohibition hereby

imposed shall not apply to the parking or standing of such vehicle for the purpose of making

pickups or deliveries from or to any building or structure located on such regulated streets

or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the repair, alteration, remodeling, or

construction of any such building or structure for which a building permit has been

obtained.

The prohibition imposed by this section is enacted pursuant to the authority of

California Vehicle Code Section 22507. (As added by Ord. 86-01 C.S., adopted January

14, 1986)

Section 6.39 VEHICLE PARKING AND STORAGE REQUIREMENTS. The

term 'vehicle' as used in this section shall include an automobile or truck (excluding truck

tractor), recreational vehicle, trailer, boat mounted on a trailer, special interest vehicle, or

other vehicle referenced in California Vehicle Code section 5051, and other vehicles of

similar kind and use.

(a) Parking or Storage on Property Zoned or Used for Single Family Purposes.

(1) Vehicles shall be parked in the required front yard only on the paved

driveway which provides direct access to the garage from a public

street or an approved private street.

(2) No vehicle shall be parked on the paved driveway in the required

front yard other than perpendicular to the street, unless parked on an

approved curved driveway.

(3) No vehicle shall be parked or stored in a required side yard or side-

street yard, with the following exceptions: a recreational vehicle

such as a boat, compact trailer tent, or similar recreational vehicle

less than six feet in height can be stored in a required side yard if

screened from view from the street by a six-foot high solid fence.

(b) Parking or Storage on Property Zoned or Used for Multi-Family Residential

Purposes.

Parking or storage of truck tractors or vehicles that are not self-propelled

(trailers, boats mounted on trailers, and other vehicles or equipment of

similar kind and use) are prohibited except within designated storage areas

approved as part of the site plan review, use permit, planned development,

or building permit.

in violation of this section.

(d) Nothing in this section shall preclude any other remedy available whether it

is criminal or civil, at law or in equity.

(As added by Ord. 95-08, adopted February 7, 1995)

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ARTICLE 7.

PARKING METER ZONES

Section 7.00 PARKING METER ZONES. Subject to approval of Council, parking

meter zones shall be established by the Traffic Engineer upon such streets, portions of

streets or in municipal parking lots within the City of Hayward as may be necessary for

traffic or parking control purposes.

The City Manager shall cause parking meters to be installed and maintained in such

designated parking meter zones and the existence of a parking meter installed shall

designate its location as a parking meter zone for the purposes of this Article.

Section 7.01 PARKING METER DEFINED. For the purposes of this Article, the

term "parking meter" shall mean any receptacle, instrument, device, indicator, or machine

which upon the deposit therein of an authorized token or coin of the United States as may

be required, shows, indicates, registers, displays or permits legal parking in the parking

meter zone wherein or adjacent to which such parking meter is situated.

Section 7.02 PARKING METERS - INSTALLATION. Parking meters shall be

installed upon the street, parkway, curb, sidewalk, or municipal parking lot area

immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces designated as herein prescribed.

The Traffic Engineer shall cause to have lines or markings painted or otherwise

designated upon the parkway, curb, sidewalk, street, or municipal parking lot area adjacent

to each parking meter in such manner as to identify the parking space with each respective

parking meter.

It shall be unlawful to park or leave standing any vehicle across any such line or

marking or in any position other than within the parking area so designated.

Section 7.03 PARKING METERS - OPERATION. It shall be unlawful for any

person to park or leave standing any vehicle in any parking meter zone at any time during

which the parking meter indicates that the parking space is illegally in use, except during the

time necessary to deposit tokens or coins in said parking meters, or on Saturdays, Sundays,

and holidays, or between the hours of 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. on all other days. (As amended by

Ord. 79-044 C.S., adopted December 18, 1979; and as amended by Ord. 86-037 C.S.,

adopted October 28, 1986)

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Section 7.04 PARKING METERS - TIME LIMITS. Notwithstanding the fact that

a parking meter shall indicate legal parking, it shall be unlawful for any person to park or

leave standing any vehicle in any area or parking space for a period of time in excess of

parking limits prescribed and established by traffic regulations of this City. (As amended by

Ord. 63-006 C.S., adopted March 12, 1963)

Section 7.05 PARKING METERS - DAMAGE TO. It shall be unlawful for any

person to deface, injure, tamper with, or willfully break, destroy, or impair the usefulness of

any parking meter.

Section 7.06 PARKING METER RATES. The sum of 10¢ per hour is hereby

established as a schedule of rates for parking meters. (As added by Ord. 80-025 C.S.,

adopted September 2, 1980)

Section 7.10 RATES FOR ATTENDANT MUNICIPAL PARKING FACILITIES.

The following rates are hereby established for attendant municipal parking facilities:

1. Ten cents (10¢) or merchant validation for the first hour or portion thereof;

2. Twenty-five cents (25¢) for each additional hour or portion thereof.

The above rates are effective between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, holidays excepted. (As added by Ord. 81-021 C.S., adopted June

9, 1981)

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ARTICLE 8.

MISCELLANEOUS TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Section 8.00 DRIVING THROUGH FUNERAL PROCESSIONS. No driver of a

vehicle shall drive between vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in

motion and when the vehicles in such processions are conspicuously so designated.

Section 8.01 CLINGING TO MOVING VEHICLES. (Deleted by Ord. 93-21,

adopted September 14, 1993)

Section 8.02 VEHICLES SHALL NOT BE DRIVEN ON THE SIDEWALK. The

driver of a vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk area or any parkway except at a

permanent or temporary driveway.

Section 8.03 NEW PAVEMENT. No person shall 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, when a sign is in place stating that the street or any portion thereof is closed.

Section 8.04 LIMITED ACCESS. No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any

limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public

authority.

Section 8.05 RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF FREEWAYS. No person shall drive

or operate any bicycle, motor driven cycle, or any vehicle which is not drawn by a motor

vehicle upon any street established as a freeway, as defined by Section 604.5 of the Vehicle

Code, nor shall any pedestrian walk across or along any such street so designated and

described except in space set aside for the use of pedestrians, provided official signs are in

place giving notice of such restrictions.

Section 8.06 TOW SERVICE SOLICITATION PROHIBITED. No person shall at

the location of any vehicular accident collision or other catastrophe or calamity, solicit or

offer the sale of any tow service, or the sale of any other services.

The prohibition contained in this section shall apply from the time of the happening

of any of the aforesaid occurrences until a reasonable time thereafter, and at all times while

law enforcement officers, public health personnel, emergency personnel, and other persons

discharging duties imposed by law, are actively engaged in the performance of duty at the

location of said occurrences. (As added by Ord. 129 C.S., adopted December 17, 1957)

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Section 8.07 NO ENTRANCE INTO INTERSECTIONS AND KEEP CLEAR

ZONES. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to enter an intersection, a

marked crosswalk, or a marked "Keep Clear" zone unless there is sufficient space on the

other side of the intersection, crosswalk, or "Keep Clear" zone to accommodate the vehicle

he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians,

notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed. (As amended by Ord.

80-009 C.S., adopted March 18, 1980)

Section 8.08 EXCESSIVE ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR OTHER

OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES. It shall be unlawful for any person in operating a

motor vehicle within the City of Hayward on a street or other public place or on

publicly-owned property or privately-owned property to so accelerate, decelerate, or

otherwise operate same as to cause audible noise by tire friction on the pavement or surface

on which the motor vehicle is being operated or to cause the tires of said vehicle to leave

skid marks upon such pavement or surface except when such acceleration, deceleration, or

other operation is reasonably necessary to avoid collision or upset of the motor vehicle or

injury to person or damage to property. (As amended by Ord. 81-031 C.S. adopted

September 8, 1981)

Section 8.09 ATTENDANT PARKING - PAYMENT OF FEES. No person shall

drive a vehicle from any attendant Municipal parking lot without paying the required fee,

either to the attendant on duty or by deposit into a receptacle provided for that purpose. (As

added by Ord. 81-018 C.S., adopted May 5, 1981)

Section 8.10 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING. GENERAL. The

provisions of this Code prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply

at all times or at those times herein specified, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to

avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or

official traffic control device.

The provisions of this Code imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not

relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of the

State Vehicle Code or the regulations of this City, prohibiting or limiting the standing or

parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

Section 8.11 STANDING IN PARKWAYS PROHIBITED. No person shall stop,

stand or park a vehicle within any parkway.

Section 8.12 USE OF STREETS FOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES PROHIBITED.

No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such

vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two (72)

hours.

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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 remove said vehicle from the street in the manner and

subject to the requirements of the State Vehicle Code. (As amended by Ord. 64-049 C.S.,

adopted November 10, 1964)

Section 8.13 PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES PROHIBITED. It shall be

unlawful for any person to park any vehicle wholly or partly within any roadway, for the

purpose of selling therefrom or therein or advertising the sale of any article, service, or

thing, or of storing, servicing, repairing, or otherwise working upon any such vehicle, other

than upon a vehicle which is temporarily disabled. (As amended by Ord. 92-35, adopted

November 24, 1992)

The provisions of this section shall not prohibit a seller from taking orders or

delivering any commodity from a vehicle on that part of any roadway immediately adjacent

to the premises of the purchaser; nor shall the provisions of this section prohibit an owner or

operator of a vehicle, or a mechanic, from servicing, repairing or otherwise working upon

any vehicle which is temporarily disable in such a manner and to such an extent that it is

impossible to avoid parking such vehicle within such roadway. (As amended by Ord. 189

C.S., adopted September 30, 1958)

Section 8.13.01 PARKING ON STREETS AND PUBLIC LANDS WITHIN THE

CITY FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF ADVERTISING THE PRIVATE SALE OF

VEHICLES PROHIBITED. The parking of vehicles on streets and/or all public lands

within the City of Hayward for the primary purpose of advertising the vehicle for private

sale to the public is prohibited. City of Hayward Police Officers and Parking Enforcement

Officers are authorized to remove a vehicle so parked after notice has been given and

procedures followed pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22651.9, as amended from time to

time.

(As added by Ordinance 97-04, adopted April 22, 1997)

Section 8.14 VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. It shall be unlawful for any

person to operate, drive or leave any vehicle in, over or upon any private property without

the express permission of the owner or occupant thereof.

Section 8.15 HANDICAPPED PARKING - PRIVATE PROPERTY. It shall be

unlawful for any person to stop, stand, or park any vehicle upon any private parking facility

in areas designated by appropriate sign markings for the exclusive use of physically

handicapped persons unless said vehicle has displayed thereon State Vehicle Code

authorized distinguishing license plates or placards. (As added by Ord. 77-042 C.S.,

adopted October 4, 1977)

Section 8.16 PARKING ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS. The Traffic Engineer is

hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent

to any school property when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or

create a hazardous situation.

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When official signs are erected indicating no parking upon that side of a street

adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.

Section 8.17 PARKING ON NARROW STREETS. The Traffic Engineer is

hereby 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.

When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets

as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any

such sign or marking.

Section 8.18 PARKING ON HILLS. No person shall park or leave standing any

vehicle unattended on a highway when upon any grade exceeding three (3) percent within

any business or residence district without blocking the wheels of said vehicle by turning

them against the curb or by other means. (As amended by Ord. 66-025 C.S., adopted May

10, 1966)

Section 8.19 PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Notwithstanding any other

provision of this Code, any disabled person entitled to and using a vehicle equipped with

special attachments and devices to enable such person to operate said vehicle, may park or

leave standing such vehicle free of charge and overtime in any area or zone during all hours

when it is otherwise lawful to park in the same area or zone subject to the following

requirements:

1. Such disabled person shall possess an identification card to be exhibited when

requested by any peace officer, issued by the Chief of Police certifying he meets the

requirements of this Section and identifying the vehicle.

2. The vehicle shall bear a sticker, indicating the right to park as in this Section

provided, to be issued by the Chief of Police and to be at all times displayed on the lower

right hand corner of the windshield.

3. Disabled person, as used in this Section, shall mean any person who has

completely lost the use of one or both feet, or one or both legs, or who has had one or both

feet, or one or both legs amputated. Whenever requested by the Chief of Police, any

disabled person applying for the privileges provided by this Section must supply satisfactory

medical proof of his physical disability.

Section 8.20 STOPPING OR PARKING PROHIBITED - SIGNS REQUIRED.

The Traffic Engineer shall appropriately sign or mark the following places and when so

signed or marked no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of said places:

1. At any place within ten (10) feet of an intersection in the Central Traffic District

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2. Within twenty (20) feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign,

or official electric flashing device.

3. At any place where the Traffic Engineer determines that the parking of vehicles

constitutes a dangerous traffic hazard or causes traffic congestion during certain or all hours

of the day.

(As amended by Ord. 64-049 C.S., adopted November 10, 1964)

4. No Parking – Street Sweeping Zone, Bail Amount amended to $75.00.

(As amended by Resolution No. 12-162, adopted October 23, 2012)

Section 8.21 PARKING PARALLEL WITH CURB. Subject to other and more

restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parked within eighteen (18) inches of the

left-hand curb facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any one-way street unless

signs are in place prohibiting such stopping or standing.

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 in place permitting such

standing or parking.

The Traffic Engineer is authorized to determine when standing or parking shall be

prohibited upon the left-hand side of any one-way street or when standing or parking may

be permitted upon the left-hand side of any one-way roadway of a highway having two or

more separate roadways and shall erect signs giving notice thereof.

Section 8.22 ANGLE PARKING. Angle parking of vehicles shall be authorized

only on those streets or portions of streets within the City of Hayward which have been

designated for such parking by regulations of this City and appropriate signs or markings

are in place giving notice thereof.

This section is enacted pursuant to the authority of State Vehicle Code Section

22503.

(As amended by Ord. 79-005 C.S., adopted January 23, 1979)

Section 8.23 PERMIT FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING AT AN ANGLE TO

THE CURB. The Chief of Police is authorized to issue special permits to allow the backing

of a vehicle to the curb for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials

subject to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such permits may be issued either to the

owner or lessee of real property or to the owner of the vehicle and shall grant to such person

the privilege as therein stated and authorized herein, and it shall be unlawful for any

permittee or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any such

permit.

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Section 8.30 EMERGENCY PARKING SIGNS. Whenever the Traffic Engineer

shall determine that the emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of

public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or for other reasons, the Traffic

Engineer shall have power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted

indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets

and alleys as the Traffic Engineer shall direct during the time such temporary signs are in

place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such emergency and the

Traffic Engineer shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.

When signs authorized by the provisions of this Section are in place giving notice

thereof, no person shall operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and

provisions of such signs.

Section 8.40 DISPLAY OF WARNING DEVICES WHEN COMMERCIAL

VEHICLE DISABLED. Every motor truck having an unladen weight of 4,000 pounds or

more, and every truck tractor irrespective of weight when operated upon any street or

highway during the time specified in Section 618 of the Vehicle Code shall be equipped

with and carry at least two flares or two red lanterns, or two warning lights or reflectors,

which reflectors shall be of a type approved by the Department of California Highway

Patrol.

When any vehicle above mentioned or any trailer or semi-trailer is disabled upon

streets or highways outside of any business or residence district within this City and upon

which street or highway there is insufficient street lighting to reveal a vehicle at a distance

of five hundred (500) feet during any time mentioned in Section 618 of the Vehicle Code, a

warning signal of the character indicated above shall be immediately placed at a distance of

approximately one hundred (100) feet in advance of, and one hundred (100) feet to the rear

of such disabled vehicle, by the driver thereof. The warning signals herein mentioned shall

be displayed continuously during the times mentioned in Section 618 while such vehicle

remains disabled upon such street or highway.

Section 8.50 PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS. The Traffic Engineer shall

establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at the intersections and other places by

appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway as follows:

Crosswalks shall be established and maintained at all intersections within the

Central Traffic District and at such intersections outside such district where the Traffic

Engineer determines necessary or desirable for the public safety and the orderly and

efficient use of the streets by the public.

The Traffic Engineer shall also establish and maintain crosswalks at other locations

than intersections which have been determined necessary or desirable for the public safety

and the orderly and efficient use of the streets by the public and so designated by regulations

of this City.

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This section is enacted pursuant to the authority of State Vehicle Code Section

21106. (As amended by Ord. 79-005 C.S., adopted January 23, 1979)

Section 8.51 WHEN PEDESTRIANS MUST USE CROSSWALKS. No

pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in the Central Traffic District or

in any business district.

Section 8.515 PROHIBITED CROSSWALKS. The Traffic Engineer may install

signs at or adjacent to an intersection directing that pedestrians shall not cross in a

crosswalk indicated at the intersection. It is unlawful for any pedestrian to cross at the

crosswalk prohibited by a sign. (As added by Ord. 62-067 C.S., adopted November 13,

1962)

Section 8.52 CROSSING AT RIGHT ANGLES. No pedestrian shall cross a

roadway at any place other than a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to

the opposite curb except in a marked crosswalk.

Section 8.53 STANDING IN ROADWAYS. No person shall stand in any roadway

other than in a safety zone or in a crosswalk if such action interferes with the lawful

movement of traffic. This Section shall not apply to any public officer or employee, or

employee of a public utility when necessarily upon a street in line of duty.

Section 8.54 PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS. Whenever special pedestrian control

signals exhibiting the word "WALK" or exhibiting the color red are in place, said term and

color shall indicate and apply to pedestrians as follows:

"WALK". Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway in the

direction of the signal and shall be given the right of way by the drivers of all vehicles.

RED. No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of such signal,

but any pedestrian who has partially completed his crossing on the "WALK" signal shall

proceed to a sidewalk or safety zone while the color red is showing.

Section 8.60 TRAINS. RAILWAY GATES. No person shall drive any vehicle

through, around, or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing while such

gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.

Section 8.61 TRAINS NOT TO BLOCK STREETS. (Repealed by Ord. 75-002

C.S., adopted February 18, 1975)

Section 8.62 TRUCKS PROHIBITED ON STATE HIGHWAY 238. The

maximum gross weight of vehicle and load on those segments of State Route 238 not

presently nor hereafter designated Mission Boulevard or Foothill Boulevard and located

in the City of Hayward is 9,000 pounds per truck or per truck and full trailer or semi-trailer

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hereby designated as alternate routes for the use of such vehicles prohibited from using

Route 238.

(As added by Ordinance 96-21, adopted November 12, 1996)

Section 8.63 EXCEPTIONS TO PROHIBITION. The following shall be excepted

from the vehicular weight restriction imposed by Section 8.62: Police and Fire Department

vehicles, passenger busses, recreation vehicles, and utility vehicles needed to service

sections of State Route 238 restricted by Section 8.62 of this Code.

(As added by Ordinance 96-21, adopted November 12, 1996)

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ARTICLE 9.

OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS

(Added by Ordinance 332 C.S., adopted October 18, 1960)

Section 9.01 OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS

PROHIBITED. On property at any corner formed by intersecting streets, it shall be

unlawful to install, set out, or maintain, or to allow the installation, setting out, or

maintenance, of any sign, hedge, shrubbery, natural growth, or other obstruction to the view

higher than three (3) feet above the level of the center of the adjacent intersection within

that triangular area between the property lines and a diagonal line joining points on the

property lines thirty (30) feet from the point of their intersection, or, in the case of rounded

corners, within the triangular area between the tangents to the curve and a diagonal line

joining points on said tangents thirty (30) feet from the point of their intersection. The

tangents referred to are those at the beginning and at the end of the curve at the corner.

Section 9.02 OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS

PROHIBITED. EXCEPTIONS. The foregoing section shall not apply to intersections at

which vehicular traffic is controlled by either traffic signals or signs and when and to the

extent that the City Traffic Engineer finds and determines that same is not necessary to

traffic safety; nor to existing buildings; public utility poles; trees trimmed (to the trunk) to a

line at least eight (8) feet above the level of the intersection; saplings; plant species of open

growth habits and not planted in the form of a hedge, which are so planted and trimmed as

to leave at all seasons a clear and unobstructed crossview; supporting members of

appurtenances to permanent buildings existing on the date this Article becomes effective;

official traffic control devices; places where the contour of the ground is such that there can

be no cross-visibility at the intersection; nor signs mounted ten (10) feet or more above the

ground and whose supports do not constitute an obstruction as defined in Section 9.01. (As

amended by Ord. 66-014 C.S., adopted March 22, 1966)

Section 9.03 OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS

PROHIBITED. SCOPE. No obstruction to cross-visibility shall be deemed to be excepted

from the application of this Article because of its being in existence at the time of the

adoption hereof, unless expressly excepted by the terms of this Article.

Section 9.04 OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS

PROHIBITED. ENFORCEMENT. The enforcement of this Article shall be under the

direction of the Director of Public Works. The City Traffic Engineer shall investigate

violations of this Article, give such notices as may be required to carry out this Article, and

perform such other duties in connection with the enforcement of this Article as may be

required.

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Section 9.05 OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS

PROHIBITED. REMEDIES. Any obstruction maintained in violation of this Article shall

be deemed a nuisance, and, upon failure to abate the same within twenty (20) days after the

posting upon the premises of notice to abate the nuisance signed by the City Traffic

Engineer, such representatives of the Director of Public Works as he may so authorize may

enter upon the premises and remove or eliminate the obstruction. In such event, the cost to

the City of the abatement of the nuisance shall be a lien upon the premises, provided a

notice thereof be given and a claim therefor be filed within the time and in the manner as

prescribed in Article 3, Chapter 2, Title 4, Part 3, of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State

of California, and said lien may be enforced as prescribed in said Chapter 2. The cost of

such abatement shall, in addition, be a personal obligation against the owner of the premises

upon which the nuisance was maintained, recoverable by the City in an action before any

court of competent jurisdiction.

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ARTICLE 10.

(Added by Ord. 93-21, adopted September 14, 1993)

BICYCLES, ROLLER SKATES, SKATEBOARDS, AND SIMILAR DEVICES

Section 10.01 RIDING BICYCLES AND SKATEBOARDS ON SIDEWALKS IN

DOWNTOWN PROHIBITED. No person shall ride or operate any bicycle, moped, or

skateboard whether powered by human or motorized means on any sidewalk in the area

bounded by 'A' Street to the north, 'D' Street to the south, Foothill Boulevard to the east, and

Watkins Street to the west, unless such sidewalk is specifically designated as a bicycle

route.

Section 10.02 RIDING BICYCLES ON STREETS. Except as otherwise provided

in the California Vehicle Code, any person riding or operating a bicycle on streets must ride

in bicycle lanes where such lanes have been established pursuant to Hayward Traffic Code

section 6.07 and are appropriate to his or her direction of travel. Where there are no

established bicycle lanes, any person riding a bicycle upon a City street or right-of-way shall

be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to a driver of a

vehicle under this code, except those provisions which by their very nature have no

application.

Section 10.03 PARKING OF BICYCLES. No person shall park a bicycle against

any store-front window or on the main-traveled portion of a sidewalk, nor in such a manner

as to constitute a hazard to pedestrians, traffic, or property. Bicycles may be parked against

parking meters only when the meter is equipped with a locking device designed for that

purpose; otherwise, bicycles shall not be parked against or locked to meters. Bicycles shall

be parked in designated bicycle locations (racks or specially equipped meters) whenever

possible.

Section 10.05 USE OF ROLLER SKATES, SKATEBOARDS, COASTERS AND

SIMILAR DEVICES PROHIBITED IN CITY-OWNED PARKING LOTS, GARAGES,

OR OTHER PARKING FACILITIES. No person shall skate with roller skates or roller

blades, propel any coaster or toy vehicle, or ride any skateboard or other similar device that

is propelled by human or motorized means upon any City-owned, City-operated or

City-controlled parking lots, garages, or other parking facilities or other City-owned

property and facilities.

Section 10.06 USE OF ROLLER SKATES, SKATEBOARDS, COASTERS, AND

SIMILAR DEVICES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. No person shall skate with roller skates

or roller blades, propel any coaster or toy vehicle, or ride any skateboard or other similar

device that is propelled by human or motorized means upon any privately owned, operated,

or controlled property without first obtaining the consent of the property owner, his or her

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owner is authorized to post or erect signs at the owner's expense, prohibiting the riding

of the devices described above, in or on those premises, if a request has been made to

and approved by the Chief of Police or his or her designee, in accordance with established

City sign standards.

Section 10.07 FACILITIES FOR TRICK RIDING PROHIBITED. No person shall

erect, construct, or place any ramp or similar device for the purpose of performing or

allowing to be performed any acrobatic, fancy, stunt, or trick riding in or upon any City

street, sidewalk, or property or facilities owned or controlled by the City of Hayward.

Section 10.08 USE OF HUMAN OR MOTOR-PROPELLED DEVICES BY

HANDICAPPED PERSONS. Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, the use of

human or motor-propelled devices on any sidewalk, street, public right of way, or upon any

land, property, or facility owned or controlled by the City of Hayward by any person who is

disabled or handicapped, or whose ability to walk is impaired, is not prohibited.

Section 10.09 EXEMPTIONS. The provisions of this article shall not apply to

peace officers operating bicycles in the performance of their official duties."

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