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Ordinance Number 295ORDINANCE NO. 295 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR VEHICLE REGULATIONS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, AND REPEALING ORDINANCES NOS. 84, 129, 266 AND 285 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Repeal. Ordinances Nos. 84, 129, 266 and 285 are hereby repealed. SECTION 2. Effective Date. This Ordinance is an urgency Ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, adopted _ pursuant to Section 36937 of the Government Code, and shall, accordingly, take effect immediately. The facts constituting the urgency are as follows: The City of San Juan Capistrano is presently without an ordinance regulating vehicles and traffic within its jurisdiction, and such ordinance is immediately needed in order to facilitate the movement of traffic within the City, to protect property, and to protect the public health and safety of its citizens and visitors. INDEX CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS Article 1-1 . . . Vehicle Code Definitions to be Used Section 1-1.01 City 1-1.02 Council 1-1.03 Curb 1-1.04 Darkness 1-1.05 Department 1-1.06 Divisional Island 1-1.07 Gross Weight 1-1.08 Loading Zone 1-1.09 Official Time Standard 1-1.10 Overload 1-1.11 Parkway 1-1.12 Passenger Loading Zone 1-1.13 Peace Officer 1-1.1.4 Penal Code 1-1.15 Person 1-1.16 Public Utility Vehicle 1-1.17 City Traffic Engineer 1-1.18 Vehicle Code CHAPTER 2. ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE Article 2-1 . . . Authority of Peace Officers Article 2-2 Pei -sons Other Than Officials Shall Not Direct TS•aIf fc Article 2-3 . . . Ohedience to Peace Officers or Authorized Officers Article 2-4 . . . Ordinance Compliance by Person Riding Bicycles or Animals -1- 2/1'1.0 I Article 2-5 . . . Obstruction or Interference with official Article 2-6 . . . Public Employee Regulation Compliance Article 2-7 . . . Certain Vehicles Exempted Section 2-7.01 Dnergency Vehicles 2-7.02 Government Vehicles or Public Utility 2-7.03 Obligation to Exercise Care CHAPTER 3. PARKING REQUIREMENTS Article 3-1 . . . Application of Regulations Section 3-1.01 Shall Apply at all Times 3-1.02 Duty to Observe Other and More Restrictive Code Provisions 3-1.03 Council to Designate Parking Areas Article 3-2 . . . Traffic Engineer to Properly Mark Areas Designated Section 3-2.01 Traffic Engineer to Mark by Appropriate Signs or Paint 3-2.02 No Operator to Park Adjacent to Legible Curb Markings Article 3-3 . . . Curb Markings Section 3-3.01 Red, Yellow, and White Curb Markings 3-3.02 Unauthorized Painting of Curbs Article 3-4 . . . No Parking Areas Section 3-4.01 No Parking Areas 3-4.02 Tow Away Zone 3-4.03 Parking on Grades 3-4.04 Parking for Certain Purposes Prohibited 3-4.05 Use of Streets for Storage of Vehicles Prohibited 3-4.06 Standing or Stopping in Parkways 3-4.07 No Parking - Street Sweeping Article 3-5 . . . No Stopping Zone Article 3-6 . . . Loading Zone Section 3-6.01 Council to Determine Loading Zones 3-6.02 Limits of Loading Zones 3-6.03 Yellow to Designate Loading Zone 3-6.04 Unlawful to Park in Loading Zone Contrary to Provisions Article 3-7 . . . Passenger Loading Zones Section 3-7.01 Council to Determine Passenger Loading Zones 3-7.02 passenger Loading Zones to be White 3-7.03 Unlawful to Park in Passenger Loading Zone Contrary to Provisions Article 3-8 . . . Bus Stops Article 3-9 . . . Emergency Parking Signs Section 3-9.01 City Traffic Engineer to Erect Signs 3-9.02 Unlawful to Park -2- 241 Article 3-10 . . . Restricted Parking of Commercial Vehicles Section 3-10.01. Unlawful to Park 3-10.02 Exception 3-10.03 Buses Article 3-11 . . . Restricted Parking of Trailers Section 3-11.01 Unlawful to Park 3-11.02 Exception Article 3-12 . . . Peddler and Vendor Restrictions Section 3-12.01 Limit of Ten (10) Minutes 3-12.02 Permit Required for Lunch Wagon 3-12.03 Permit Required 3-12,04 Parking Contrary to Permit Article 3-13 . . . Riding Horses on Sidewalks CHAPTER 4. PARKING METERS Article 4-1 . . . Parking Meter Zones Article 4-2 . . . Establishment of Parking Meter Zones Article 4-3 . . . Manner of Installation Article 4-4 . . . Council to Prescribe Meter Operation Article 4-5 . . . Operational Procedure to be Followed Article 4-6 . . . Fees Article 4-7 . . . Time Expiration Article 4-8 . . . Time Extension Beyond Limit Article 4-9 . . . Improper Use of Meter Article 4-10 . . . Unauthorized Coin Deposit Article 4-11 . . . Use of Meters and Standards Restricted Article 4-12 . . . Rule of Evidence CHAPTER 5, TURNING MOVEMENTS Article 5-1 . . . Authority to Place Turning Markers, Inter- sections, Multiple Lanes Article 5-2 . . . Authority to Place Restricted Turn Signs Article 5-3 . . . Signal Controlled Intersections - Right Turns Section 5-3.01 Right Turn Against Posted Signal 5-3.02 City Traffic Engineer to Post Signs CHAPTER 6. SPEED LIMITS Article 6-1 . . . Establishing Speed Limits CHAPTER 7. Article 7-1 ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS . . . CityTraffic Engineer to Sign One -Way Streets and Alleys -3- 242 CHAPTER 8. TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES Article 8-1 . . . Installation of Authority Section 8-1.01 Authority of City Traffic Engineer 8-1.02 Vehicle Code Requirements 8-1.03 Basis of Installing Traffic Control Devices Article 8-2 . . . Signs Required for Enforcement Article 8-3 . . . Obedience to Traffic Control Devices Article 8-4 . . . Installation of Traffic Signals Section 8-4.01 City Traffic Engineer to Place and Maintain Traffic Signals 8-4.02 City Traffic Engineer to Determine Locations 8-4.03 City Engineer to Maintain Street Name Signs Article 8-5 . . . Lane Markings Article 8-6 . . . Distinctive Roadway Markings Article 8-7 . . . Authority to Remove Relocate, and Discontinue Article 8-8 . . . Determination of Hours of Operation Article 8-9 . . . Erection of Stop Signs Article 8-10 . . . Yield Signs CHAPTER 9. MOVEMENT OF OVERLOADS - PERMIT REQUIRED Article 9-1 . . . Purpose of Application Section 9-1.01 Purpose of Application 9-1.02 Movement by Government Authorities Article 9-2 . . . Permit for Overload Section 9-2.01 Permit Required for Overload 9-2.02 Unlawful to Move Overload Contrary to Permit 9-2.03 Filing Fee 9-2.04 Application for Overload Permit Article 9-3 . . . Application Section 9-3.01 Contents of Application 9-3.02 Processing Permit Application Article 9-4 . . . Issuance of Permit Section 9-4.01 Displacement of Property of Public Utility 9-4.02 Issuance of Permit 9-4.03 City Engineer to Determine Time and Route for Moving Overload 9-4.04 Content of Permit 9-4.05 Permit Carried in Vehicle or with Operator 9-4.06 When Unlawful to Move an Overload Without an Escort 9-4.07 Waive Requirements 9-4.08 Assignment of Escort Artic:c 9-5 . . . Parking and Night Moving Section 9-5.01 Parking of Overload Vehicles 9-5.02 Moving Overload at Night -4- 2c Article 9-9 . . . Insurance and Bonds Section 9-6.01 Insurance and Bond Requirements 9-6.02 Bond Required 9-6.03 Report of Damage 9-6.04 Responsibility for Damage CHAPTER 1.0. PERMIT TO CONDUCT A PARADE Article 10-1 . . . Definition Article 10-2 . . . Permit Required Article 10-3 . . . Compliance With Permit Article 10-4 . . . Interference With Parade Article 10-5 . . . Time of Filing Article 10-6 . . . Contents of Application Article 10-7 . . . Issuance of Permit Section 10-7.01 City Clerk to Issue Permit 10-7.02 City Council to Deny or Grant Application Article 10-8 . . . Permit Contents Article 10-9 . . . License Fee Article 10-10. . . Officials to be Notified -5- CIIAPTLH 1 DPH NITIONS Article 1-1. Vehicle Code Definitions to be Used Whenever any words or phrases used in this Ordinance are not defined, but are defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California, and any amendments thereto, the definitions con- Lained in the Vehicle Code, shall apply. As used in this Ordinance, the words and phrases hereinafter set forth in Chapter 1 shall have the meaning indicated. Section 1-1.01: City - The City of San Juan Capistrano. Section 1-1.02: Council The Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano. Section 1-1.03: Curb The lateral boundary of a roadway, generally along and defining the edge of a roadway. Section 1-1.04: Darkness One-half hour after sunset until one-half hour before sunrise on the next day. Section 1-1.05: Department The Department of Public Works of the City of San Juan Capistrano. Section 1-1.06: Divisional Island A raised or painted island, not less than two (2) feet in width, located in a roadway and separating or dividing opposing or conflicting traffic stream. Section 1-1.07: Gross Weight The combined weight of a vehicle and its load. Section 1-1.08: Loading Zone The space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of materials. Section 1-1.09: Official Time Standard Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean standard time or daylight saving time as may be in current use in the City. Section 1-1.10: Overload Any vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeding the limitations set forth in Division 15 of the California Code relating to height, width, length, size, or weight of a vehicle or load. Section 1-1.11: Parkway That portion of a street other than a roadway or a sidewalk. -6- Section 1-1.12: PasscnEor Loading Zone 245 The space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the unloading or loading of - passengers when so marked pursuant to Chapter 3 hereof. Section 1-1.13: Peace Officer Any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations, or any peace officer as defined in Chapter 4.5 of the Penal Code. Section 1-1.14: Penal Code The Penal Code of the State of California. Section 1-1.15: Person Any person, firm, individual, corporation, partnership, trust or other organization, and shall include an owner, lessee, agent or employee of any person, firm, individual, corporation, partnership, trust or other organization. Section 1-1.16: Public Utilitv Vehic Any vehicle owned and operated by a public utility operating under the rules and regulations of the Public Utilities Commission. Section 1-1.17: City Traffic Engineer The City Engineer of the City of San Juan Capistrano. Section 1-1.18: Vehicle Code The Vehicle Code of the State of California. -7- CHAPTER 2 ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE Article 2-1. Authority and Peace Officers Peace officers are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand or other signal in conformance with all laws, ordinances, rules and regulations administered by the City of San Juan Capistrano and other governmental agencies, except that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, peace officers may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary contained in this Ordinance or the Vehicle Code. Article 2-2. Persons Other Than Officials Shall Not Direct Traffic No person other than a peace officer, funeral director or his agent when directing a funeral procession or a person authorized by law shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal, except that persons may operate, when and as herein provided, any mechanical pushbutton signal erected by order of the City Council. Article 2-3. Obedience to Peace Officers or Authorized Officers No person shall fail or refuse to comply with or to perform any act forbidden by any lawful order, signal, or direc- tion of a peace officer, or a person authorized by the designated law enforcement agency or by law. Article 2-4. Ordinance Compliance by Person Riding Bicycles or Animals Every person riding a bicycle or driving an animal upon a street has all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this Ordinance, except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application. Article 2-5. Obstruction or Interference with Official No person shall interfere with or obstruct in any way any peace officer or employee of this City in his enforcement of the provisions of this Ordinance. The removal, obliteration or concealment of any chalk mark or other distinguishing mark used by any peace officer or other employee or officer of this City in connection with the enforcement of the parking regulations of this Ordinance, shall, if done for the purposes of evading the provisions of this Ordinance, constitute such interference or obstruction. Article 2-6. Public Employee Regulation Compliance The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to the operator of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Government, this state, any county or city, and it is unlawful for any said operator to violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance except otherwise permitted in this Ordinance or by the Vehicle Code. Article 2-7. Certain Vehicles Exempted Section 2-7.01: Emergency Vehicles The provisions of this Ordinance regulating the opera- tion, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles operated by the law enforcement agencies, any public ambulance, or any public utility vehicle or private ambulance that has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle when such vehicles mentioned in this section are operated in the manner specified by the Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call. -8- 247 Section 2-7.02: Government Vehicles or Publi: "'ility The provisions of this Ordinance regulating the _..._tring or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehic:o of a City department or public utility while necessarily in use for construction or repair work or any vehicle owned or operated by the United States Post Office Depart- ment while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of the United States mail. Section 2-7.03: Obligation to Exercise Care The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, relieve the operator of any such vehicle from obligation to exercise due care for the safety of others or the conse- quences of his willful disregard of the safety of others. -9- CHAPTER 3 PARKING REQUIREMENTS Article 3-1. Application of Regulations Section 3-1.01: Shall Apply at all Times The provisions of this Ordinance prohibit the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle and shall apply at all times or at the times herein specified, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the directions of a peace officer or official traffic control device. Section 3-1.02: Duty to Observe Other and More Restrictive Code Provisions The provisions of this Chapter shall not relieve any person from the duty of observing other and more restrictive provisions of the Vehicle Code or this Ordinance pertaining to the parking of the vehicles in specified places or at specified times. Section 3-1.03: Council to Designate Parking Areas A. Designate certain streets or portions of streets as "No Parking" areas, or as "No Stopping" zones; B. Designate portions of streets as "Loading Zones;" C. Designate portions of streets as "Passenger Loading Zones;" D. Designate portions of streets as 'Bus Stops." Article 3-2. Traffic Engineer to Properly Mark Areas Designated Section 3-2.01: Traffic Engineer to Mark by Appropriate Signs or Paint Following action by the City Council designating an area as one of the parking zones set forth in Section 3-1.03 above, the City Traffic Engineer shall mark by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb surface of street and shall thereafter maintain: A. All such no parking areas, no stopping zone areas, loading zones, passenger loading zones and bus stops as defined or described in this Ordinance. B. All curb markings described in Article 3-3 herein- below. C. Parking space markings necessary or desirable to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbing where authorized parking is permitted. Section 3-2.02: No Operator to Park Adjacent to Legible Curb Markings When such curb markings or signs are in place, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, or park such vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb markings or sign in violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance. When such parking space markings are placed on the highway, subject to other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be stopped, left standing or parked other than within a single space unless the size or shape of such vehicle makes compliance impossible. -10- Article 3-3. Curb Markings 24 Section 3-3.01: Red, Yellow, and White Curb Markings The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to place, and when required herein shall place the follow- ing curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and said curb markings shall have the meanings as herein set forth: A. Red means 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. B. Yellow means no stopping, standing or parking at any time between seven (7) A.M. and six (6) P.M. or any day except holidays for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials, pro- vided 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. C. White means no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passen- gers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mail box, which shall not exceed three (3) minutes and such restrictions shall apply between seven (7) A.M. and six (6) P.M. of any day except holidays and except as follows: When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mail box, the restrictions shall apply at all times. When such zone is in front of a theatre the restric- tions shall apply at all times except when such theatre is closed. Section 3-3.02: Unauthorized Painting of Curbs No person, unless authorized by this City shall paint any street or curb surfaces, provided, however, that this Section shall not apply to the painting of numbers on a curb surface by any person who has complied with the provisions of any official action of this City pertaining thereto. Article 3-4. No Parking Areas Section 3-4.01: No Parking Areas No operator of any vehicle or person riding any horse shall stop, stand, park or leave standing such vehicle or horse in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a peace officer: A. Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings; B. In any area established by resolution of the Council as a "No Parking" area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface; C. On any street or highway where the use o; such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street, or highway or the installation of underground utilities or where the use of Che street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the -11- normal flow of traffic .,r .acre the use of the street or highway or any nor` -tea thereof is necessary for the movement of egni.p;�•.L, articles or structures of unusual size, and t: .acing of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere ,_Uu such use or movement; provided that signs gi.*.ink .notice of such no parking are erected or placed _. least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the effective time of such no parking. Section 3-4.02: Tow Away Zone Whenever the City Council by resolution shall have established any area as a no parking area as in this article provided, the City Council may, at the same time or thereafter, by resolution determine that any one or more of the circumstances described in Section 22652 of the Vehicle Code of the State of California exist as to such area, and may designate such area as a tow away zone. whenever the City Council shall have designated any area as a tow away zone it shall be the duty of the City Traffic Engineer to cause signs to be posted, giving notice that any vehicle parked in such tow away zone may be removed. Section 3-4.03: Parking on Grades No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a highway upon any grade exceeding three percent (3%) without blocking the wheels of the vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means. Section 3-4.04: Parking for Certain Purposes Prohibited No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principle purpose of: A. Displaying such vehicle or property thereon for sale, hire or rental; B. Painting, greasing or repairing such vehicle or property thereon except repairs necessitated by an emergency; C. washing or polishing such vehicle or any part thereof when a charge is made for such service. Section 3-4.05: Use of Streets :for Storage of Vehicles Prnhi hi I a,i No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street for more than a consecutive period of 72 hours. Section 3-4.06: Standing or Stopping in Parkways No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway. Section 3-4.07: No Parking - Street Sweeping The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to place "No Parking -Street Sweeping" signs on those streets where it is determined by an engineering study that such control is necessary to maintain proper sanitation standards in the public right-of-ways and such signs when placed shall indicate the hours and day when parking is prohibited. -12- Article 3-5. No Stopping Zone Whenever the City Council designates all area as a no stopping zone, the City Traffic Engineer shall place appropriate signs indicated the hours and day when stopping is prohibited. During the hours and on the days designated on the signs, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop said vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets established by resolution of the City Council as no stopping zones. Article 3-6. Loading Zone Section 3-6.01: Council to Determine Loading Zones The City Council shall determine loading zones as follows: A. At any place in the business district; B. 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. Section 3-6.02: Limits of Loading Zones In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes. Section 3-6.03: Yellow to Designate Loading Zone Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top of all curbs within such zones. Section 3-6.04: Unlawful to Park in Loading Zone Contrary to Provisions No operator of any vehicle or person riding any horse shall stop, stand, park or leave standing such vehicle or horse, within any loading zone contrary to the provisions of Chapter 3 hereof. Article 3-7. Passenger Loading Zones Section 3-7.01: Council to Determine Passenger Loading Zones City Council shall determine passenger loading zones as follows: A. At any curb in front of any mail box; B. At any curb in front of any portion of the main entrance and outside vestibule of any theatre. Section 3-7.02: Passenger Loading Zones to be White Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all curbs in said zone. Section 3-7.03: Unlawful to Park in Passenger Loading Zone Contrary to Provisions No operator of any vehicle or person riding a.iy horse shall stop, stand, park or leave standing such vehicle or horse within any passenger loading zone contrary to the provisions of Chapter 3 hereof. -13- Article 3-8. Bus Stops Whenever the City Council has by resoltuion established bus zones for the purpose of loading and unloading of buses of common carriers of passengers, no person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle except a bus in a bus zone. Article 3-9. Emergency Parking Signs Section 3-9.01: City Traffic Engineer to Erect Signs Whenever the City Traffic Engineer shall determine that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public orprivateassemblages, gatherings, or functions or for other reasons, the City 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 City 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 City Traffic Engineer shall cuase such signs to be removed promptly thereafter. Section 3-9.02: Unlawful to Park 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. Article 3-10. Restricted Parking of Commercial Vehicles Section 3-10.01: Unlawful to Park No person shall stop, stand or,park any commercial vehicle, as defined in Section 260 of the Vehicle Code, for more than one (1) hour on any street in the City. Section 3-10.02: Exception The provisions of section 3-10.01 above do not apply to any commercial vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares or merchandise from or to any building or structure on the restricted streets or when deliver- ing materials to be used in the actual and bonafide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure. Section 3-10.03: Buses The provisions of section 3-10.01 above do not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission. Article 3-11. Restricted Parking of Trailers Section 3-11.01: Unlawful to Park No person shall stop, stand or park any trailer on any street in the City having a width of forty (40) feet or less, curb to curb, or cul-de-sac thereof, during the hours of darkness. This shall include trailers of all sizes and dimensions, including but not limited to travel trailers, utility trailers, boat trailers, trailer coaches, and all other trailers including those defined in Sections 242, 550, 630, 635 and 666 of the California Vehicle Code. "Darkness" means one-half hour after sunset until one- half hour before sunrise on Lhe next day. -14- Section 3-11.02: Exception 253 A special permit to allow overnight parking may be obtained from the City Traffic Engineer in accordance with the following: A. No such permit shall be issued for a period longer than seventy-two (72) hours from the time of granting thereof. The City Traffic Engineer may extend such period of time a maximum of seventy-Lwo (72) hours. B. Permittee shall be required to prominently display the permit number, owner's name and address, and the date and time of termination of said permit on the rear or side window of the vehicle for which the permit has been issued. icle 3-12. Peddler and Vendor Restrictions Section 3-12.01: Limit of Ten (10) Minutes Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or food stuffs are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale or bartered or exchanged, or any lunch wagon or eating car or vehicle, on any portion of any street within this City: provided, however, that such vehicles, wagons or pushcarts may stand or park only at the request of a bonafide purchaser for a period of time not to exceed ten (10) minutes at any one place without the necessity of first obtaining a permit from the City Traffic Engineer pursuant to Section 3-12.02 herein- below. The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons delivering such articles from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution, upon order of, or by agreement with a customer. Section 3-12.02: Permit Required for Lunch Wagon No person shall park or stand on any street any lunch wagon, eating cart or vehicle or pushcart from which articles of food are sold or offered for sale for a period in excess of ten (10) minutes at any one place, without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the City Traffic Engineer, which shall designate the specific location in which such cart, vehicle or push- cart shall stand. Section 3-12.03: Permit Required No person shall park or stand any vehicle or wagon, used or intended to be used in the transportation of persons or property, for hire on any street while await- ing patronage for such vehicle or wagon without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the City Traffic Engineer which shall designate the specific location where such vehicle may stand. Section 3-12.04: Parking Contrary to Permit Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of this section and a particular location to park or stand is specified therein, no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon, or pushcart on any location other than as designated in such permit. In the event that the holder of any such permit is convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction for violating any of the provisions of this section, such permit shall be forthwith revoked by the City Traffic Engineer, upon the filing of the record of such conviction and no permit sh911 thereafter be issued to such person until six (0) months have elapsed from the date of such revocation. -15- 2 �'- v� Article 3_13. Riding; Horses on Sidewalk_ No person shall ride an- •,rse upon a sidewalk except as may he necessary to enter oma- '_ave adjacent property. -16- CHAPTER 4 c PARKING METERS Article 4-1. Parkinf, deter Zones Parking meter zones are those certain streets within the City in which the parking of vehicles upon streets or City -owned or leased land shall be controlled, regulated and inspected with the aid of timing devices and meters, herein referred to as "parking meters" or "meters." Article 4-2. Establishment of Parking Meter Zones Parking meter zones may be established and determined by resolution of the City Council. Article 4-3. Manner of Installation Upon establishment of a parking meter zone, the City Traffic Engineer shall cause parking meters to be installed and maintained in such zone. Parking meters shall be installed upon the curb or side- walk and immediately adjacent to each parking space. Each meter shall be placed in such manner as to show or display by a sign or signal that the parking space adjacent thereto is or is not legally in use. _ Each parking meter shall be set to display, after the operational procedure has been completed, a sign or signal indi- cating legal parking for that period of time conforming to the limit of parking time as indicated on the meter. Each parking meter shall indicate the limit of parking time in the parking space adjacent to the parking meter, and shall continue to oper- ate from the time of the completion of the operational procedure until the expiration of the time 'fixed as the parking limit and said meter shall also be so arranged that upon the expiration of said legal parking time it will indicate by a, mechanical operation and by proper signal that the lawful parking period has expired. Article 4-4. Council to Prescribe Meter Operation The parking time allowed following deposit of such coins as is provided in this Chapter, the hours which such deposits are required and the directions which shall appear on the parking meters, shall be such as may be prescribed by the Council, by resolution. Article 4=5. Operational Procedure Lo be Followed ILmnediately after occupancy of a parking meter space, the operation of a vehicle shall deposit a coin of the United States in said parking meter and if necessary, turn a crank, knob or handle in accordance with the instructions posted on the face of the parking meter. Article 4-6. Fees The parking meter Cees for the parking meter zones shall be as prescribed by resolution of the City Council. Article 4-7. Time Expiration No operator of any vehicle shall permit said vehicle to remain parked in any parking space during any time that the meter is showing a signal indicating that such space is illegally in use other than such time immediately after the original occupancy as is necessary to operate the meter to show legal parking. -17- OX D .;1 Article 4-8. Time Extension Beyond Limit No person shall :follow tho ..,_.•ational procedure or any part of the operational procedu­"_r the purpose of increasing or extending the parking any vehicle beyond the legal parking time which ho- u- established for the parking space adjacent to wh+Cit a I- parking meter is placed. Article 4-9. Imerouer Use of Metei No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any defaced or bent coin, or any slug, device or metallic substitute for a coin of the United States or deface, injure, tamper with open or willfully break, destroy or impaire the usefulness of any parking meter. Article 4-10. Unauthorized Coin Deposit No person, other than the owner or operator of a vehicle or his agent shall deposit any coin in any parking meter without the knowledge or consent of said owner or operator of the vehicle using the parking space immediately adjacent to said meter. Article 4-11. Use of Meters and Standards Restricted No person shall attach anything to or allow a bicycle, newsrack or any other article or thing to lean against a parking meter or a parking meter standard. Article 4-12. Rule of Evidence The parking or standing of any motor vehicle in a park- ing space, at which space the parking meter displays the sign or signal indicating illegal parking, shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the vehicle has been parked or allowed to stand in such space for a period longer than permitted by this Ordinance. -18- 17 CHAPTER 5 2 5 TURNING MOVEMENTS Article 5-1. Authority to Place Turning Starkers, Intersections Multiple Lanes The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to place offical traffic control devices within or adjacent to intersec- tions and indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and the City Traffic Engineer is authorized to locate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right or left hand turns, and the course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by the Vehicle Code or this Ordinance. Article 5-2. Authority to Place Restricted Turn Signs The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to deter- mine those intersections or between any designated intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left or U turn, and shall place proper signs at such intersections or alleys. 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. Article 5-3. Signal Controlled Intersections - Right Turns Section 5-3.01: Right Turn Against Posted Signal No driver of a vehicle shall make a right turn against a red or stop signal. at any intersection or alley which is sign -posted giving notice of such restriction as hereinafter provided in this section. Section 5-3.02: City Traffic Engineer to Post Signs The City Traffic Engineer shall post appropriate signs giving effect to this section where it is determined that the making of right turns against traffic signal "stop" indication would seriously interfere with the safe and orderly flow of traffic. -19- 2 CHAPTER 6 SPEED TS��' Article 6-1. Establ_isbin�_Speed Limits l'i I,c,,ever the City Council determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that a speed greater than that which is designated the minimum prima facie limit as directed under Section 22357 of the Vehicle Code or that the maximum speed limit as directed under Section 22353 of the Vehicle Code is more than is reasonable and safe upon any street to facilitate the orderly movement of vehicle traffic, the City Council may by resolution determine and declare the prima facie speed limit set forth on those streets or parts of streets when appropriate signs are erected giving notice thereof. -20- CHAPTER 7 259 ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS Article 7-1. City Traffic Engineer to Sign One -Way Streets and Alleys Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this City designates any one-way street or alley, the City 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. -21- CHAPTER 8 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES Article 8-1. Installation of Authority Section 8-1.01: Authority of City Traffic Engineer The City Traffic Engineer shall have the power and duty to place and maintain or cause to be placed and main- tained official traffic control devices when and as required to make effective the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 8-1.02: Vehicle Code Requirements Whenever the Vehicle Code requires for the effective- ness of any provisions thereof that traffic control devices be installed to give notice to the public of the application of such law, the City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to install or cause to be installed the necessary devices subject to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law applicable thereto. Section 8-1.03: Basis of Installing Traffic Control Devices The City Traffic Engineer may also place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained such additional traffic control devices as he may deem necessary or proper 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 this Ordinance or as may be determined by ordinance or resolution of the Council. Article 8-2. Signs Required for Enforcement No provisions of the Vehicle Code or of this Ordinance for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless appropriate legible signs are in place giving notice of such provision of the traffic laws. Article 8-3. Obedience to Traffic Control Devices The operator of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device placed in accordance with this Ordinance unless otherwise directed by a peace officer or other authorized person subject to the exceptions granted to the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls. Article 8-4. Installation of Traffic Signals Section 8-4.01: City Traffic Engineer to Place and Maintain Traffic Signals The City Traffic Engineer is hereby directed to install and maintain official traffic signals at those inter- sections and other places where traffic conditions are such as to require that the flow of traffic be alter- nately interrupted and released in order to prevent or relieve traffic congestion or to protect life or property from exceptional hazard. Section 8-4.02: City Traffic Engineer to Determine Locations The City Traffic Engineer shall ascertain and determine the locations where such signals are required by field investigation, traffic counts and other traffic -22- information as may be pertinent and his determinations 6 1 therefrom shall be. made in accordance with those traffic engineering and safety standards and instructions set forth in the California Traffic Manual issued by the Department of Transportation. Section 8-4.03; City Engineer to Maintain Street Name Signs Whenever the City Traffic Engineer installs and main- tains an official traffic signal at any intersection, he shall likewise erect and maintain at such inter- section, street name signs clearly visible to traffic approaching from all directions unless such street name signs have previously been placed and are main- tained at any said intersection. Article 8-5. Lane Markings The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to makr centerlines 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 centerline of the highway. Article 8-6. Distinctive Roadway Markings The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to place and maintain distinctive roadway markings as described in the Vehicle Code on those streets or parts of streets where the volume of traffic or the vertical or other curvature of the roadway renders it hazardous to drive on the left side of such marking or signs and markings. Such markings or signs and marking shall have the same effect as similar markings placed by the State Department of Public Works pursuant to provisions of the Vehicle Code. Article 8-7. Authority to Remove, Relocate and Discontinue The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic control device not specifically required by the Vehicle Code or City Ordi- nance whenever he shall determine in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist or remain. Article 8-8. Determination of Hours of Operation The City Traffic Engineer shall determine the hours and days during which any traffic control device shall be in opera- tion or be in effect except in those Cases where such hours or days are specified in this Ordinance. Article 8-9. Erection of Stop Signs Whenever it is determined upon the basis of an engineer- ing and traffic study that mandatory stop control and right-of- way assignment is necessary, the City Council may designate any City street or portion thereof as a through street and may direct the City Traffic Engineer to erect stop signs at entrances there- to. The City Council may designate an intersection at which vehicles are required to stop and may direct the City Traffic Engineer to erect stop signs at one or more entrances thereto. Article 8-10. Yield Signs The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to place yield signs at those intersections where it is determined by an engineer- ing study that right-of-way control and assignment is necessary. -23- 6� CHAPTER 9 MOVEMENT 01' OVERLOADS - PERMIT REQUIRED Article 9-1. Purpose of Application Section 9-1.01: Purpose of Application The purpose of this chapter is to regulate and limit the use of certain public streets and public property within the City by any vehicle defined in this chapter as an overload, in order to prevent damage to street foundations, surfaces or structures, to protect bridges and other public or private property and life from damage or injury resulting from the moving, or having upon a public street an overload, and to promote the general health, welfare and safety of the citizens of this City. Section 9-1.02: Movement by Government Authorities The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the United States, this State, counties, municipal corporations, school districts and to all other governmental bodies, agencies or instrumentalities; provided, however, that if any such governmental agency shall file with the City Traffic Engineer an agreement in writing to pay all damages, costs of expenses which may be suffered or incurred by this City as a result of the movement of any overload by such agency, then such agency need not pay any permit fee or post any deposit or policy of liability insurance required by this chapter. This exemption shall not apply to any private contractor engaged by any governmental agency, nor to any equip- ment or vehicle not operated by any employee of the governmental agency moving the overload under the supervision and control of an officer thereof. Article 9-2. Permit for Overload Section 9-2.01: Permit Required for Overload It shall be unlawful for any person to move, permit or cause to be moved, any overload upon any public street or place in the City, without first obtaining a permit therefore from the City Traffic Engineer as required by this chapter. Section 9-2.02: Unlawful to Move Overload Contrary to Permit It shall be unlawful for any person to move, or permit or cause to be moved, any overload upon a public street or place in the City contrary to the terms and condi- tions of the permit issued by the City Traffic Engineer, in violation of any provision of this chapter, other applicable provisions of this Ordinance, or of the California Vehicle Code, over a route or at a time other than that specified on the permit, on a day other than a regular day for the department, or in rainy or foggy weather. This section shall not apply to an overload being moved at the request of an authorized officer in the event of flood, fire, earthquake or other public disaster or exigency, or for the purposes of national defense. Any permit may be revoked by the City Traffic Engineer at any time for a violation by permittee of this Ordinance or when public health, safety or welfare requires such revocation. -24- Section 9-2.03: Piling Fee 263 A fee of two dollars ($2.00) per trip shall be paid by the applicant upon the filing of each application for a permit. Section 9-2.04: AO L,_cation for Overload Permit Application for a permit to move an overload upon the public streets of this City, together with the fee required for the type permit requested shall be filed with the City Traffic Engineer at least 72 hours prior to the time such overload is to be moved upon the public streets of the City. Article 9-3. Application Section 9-3.01: Contents of Application The application of an overload permit shall be made on a form furnished by the City Traffic Engineer and shall contain the following information: 1. Length of time for which the permit is requested. 2. The route to be traveled. 3. A complete description of the vehicle or vehicles to be operated, including the make, license number, and weight, name of the registered owner of the truck. 4. A description of the type load to be moved and the number of trips contemplated. 5. Such other information as the City Traffic Engineer determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter. Section 9-3.02: Processing Permit Application Upon receiving an application for an overload permit, the City Traffic Engineer shall immediately transmit a copy thereof to the Sheriff's Department. The City Traffic Engineer and Sheriff's Department shall immediately cause investigations to be made concerning compliance with the state laws and local ordinances regulating vehicles, traffic safety and congestion, and the safety of all property, public and private, includ- ing any public utility which may be affected by proposed movement of an overload on the streets. The Sheriff's Department shall report his findings to the City Traffic Engineer. Article 9-4. Issuance of Permit Section 9-4.01: Displacement of Property of Public Utility Whenever the moving of any overload shall require the removal or displacement of any wire or other property of any public utility it shall be the duty of the Applicant to give notice and make such deposits as are required by the affected public utility, and of the public utility to act in an efficient and expeditious manner to remove or displace or cause to be removed or displaced, such wire or other property. Section 9-4.02: Issuance of Permit The City Traffic Engineer, as deemed necessary and reasonable may issue or refuse to issue an overload permit or may issue a permit on such terms and -25- iI / conditions as lie deems necessary to protect the public streets or property of any person, including limiting the number of trips, the weight, time of day trips are made, season during which trips are made, and requiring applicant to obtain written approval of any person whose property will be unduly disturbed or endangered by applicants moving of an overload upon the public streets. Section 9-4.03: City Traffic Engineer to Determine Time and Route for Moving Overload The City Traffic Engineer shall determine or approve the times when an overload may be moved, and shall determine or approve the route over which each over- load may be moved, in accordance with such movement permitted by underpasses, overhead wires and other obstacles, condition of the streets, and other pertinent conditions. Routes shall, whenever possible, be con- fined to arterial highways and not local streets. Section 9-4.04: Content of Permit A permit to move any overload shall set forth on its face the period of time for which it is to be effective, the routes over which the overload may be moved. Any permit which fails to contain any of the above informa- tion or which purports to grant authority to move any overload contrary to the provisions of this article is void, and the City or any employee is not liable for any damages resulting to applicant due to such permit failing to contain any of such information. Section 9-4.05: Permit Carried in Vehicle or with Operator Every overload permit shall be carried in the vehicle or with the operator of the vehicle to which it refers and shall be presented, upon demand, to any peace officers, the City Traffic Engineer, or other authorized agent of the Department of the City charged with the care and protection of the City streets. Section 9-4.06: When Unlawful to Move an Overload Without an Escort It shall be unlawful for any person, unless accompanied by an escort assigned by the City Traffic Engineer, to move upon any public street or place, any overload which falls within any of the following categories: 1. Has a gross weight in excess of 50 tons (100,000 pounds). 2. The load or vehicle exceeds in width one-half the narrowest roadway over which such overload is moved. 3. The load or vehicle exceeds 18 feet (216 inches) in width, or 16 feet (192 inches) in height. 4. The load or vehicle exceeds 75 feet overall in length Section 9-4.07: Waive Requirements If the City Traffic Engineer determines that such move- ment of the overload may be made safely, without damage to the street or injury to persons, or undue .inter- ference with traffic or the use of the streets by the public, he may waive the requirements of this section. -26- Section 9-4.08: Assignment of Escort 5 When any overload is required to be accompanied by an escort and a permit has been issued, the City Traffic Engineer shall assign an escort to accompany the over- load. It shall be the duty of the mover of any over- load to notify the City Traffic Engineer at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the time the move is to be started and the escort needed. Article 9-5. Parking and Night Moving Section 9-5.01: Parking of Overload Vehicles When it becomes impossible or impractical to remove an overload from the City and such overload must be parked upon any public place in the City, detour signs and warning lights, approved by the City Traffic Engineer, shall be so placed as to make passage of such over- load safe for regular traffic on the street. Section 9-5.02: Moving Overload at Night When any overload must be moved at night, and the City Traffic Engineer has issued a permit tte refore, warning lights must be placed upon such overload to indicate the clearance of such overload in the front and on the rear and each side. Such warning lights must be visible from a distance of 500 feet from the front, rear and each side, and there must be at least four such warning lights visible from the front, rear and each side of such overload. In addition, flagmen must be employed to warn approaching traffic of the presence of such overload. The City Traffic Engineer may require such additional warning and signs he deems necessary for the protection of other drivers. Article 9-6. Insurance and Bonds Section, 9-6.01: Insurance and Bond Requirements The applicant shall indemnify and save harmless the City, City Council, City Traffic Engineer and other City employees from any suits, claims or actions brought by any person or persons for or on account of any injuries or damages sustained because of or arising out of the movement of an overload upon City streets. The applicant shall furnish to the City and maintain during the period for which am overload permit is issued, a public liability policy in which the City is named as an additional insured. The policy shall insure the City and employees while acting within the scope of their duties, against all claims arising out of or in connection with the movement of, or having on the streets, the overload. The amount of insurance cover- age for property Damage and Bodily Injury shall be fixed by resolution of the City Council. Section 9-6.02: Bond Required A surety bond or cash deposit in the amount of $2,000,000 shall be deposited with the City Traffic Engineer to guarantee the repair or replacement of any public streets or bridges or other property which may be damaged as a result of applicant moving or having upon public streets, any overload. Section 9-6.03: Report of Damage Applicant shall report any damage to any property, public or private, as a result of moving or having upon -27- public street, any overload. Such report shall be presented to the City Tra,fl'ic Engineer within 24 hours a.f ter such damage is caused. Such report shall include the location, cause and description of any such damages, and the names of any witnesses. Section 9-6.04: ResponsibiliLy for Damage The City, the City Council, the City Traffic Engineer or any City employee shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising out of any violation or failure to comply with this Chapter. `M CHAPTER 10 7 PERMIT TO CONDUCT A PARADE Article 10-1. Definition Parade is a procession or congregation of two or more vehicles or persons moving on or along a public right-of-way, except funeral processions, including but not limited to streets and sidewalks, which obstructs either vehicular oil pedestrian traffic or draws attention to the vehicles or persons for reason other than emergency service. Article 10-2. Permit Required No person shall conduct or participate in a parade until a permit has been obtained from the City Clerk's office. Article 10-3. Compliance With Permit No person shall conduct, manage or participate in any parade in violation of or in any manner contrary to the provisions of such parade permit. Article 10-4. Interference With Parade No person shall join or particpate in a parade without the consent of the permittee, nor in any manner interfere with its progress or orderly conduct. Article 10-5. Time of Filing The application shall be filed forty (40) days before the date of the proposed parade. Article 10-6. Contents of Annlicatiou The application shall contain the following information A. The name of.the person wishing to conduct such parade. B. If the parade to be conducted for, on behalf of, or by an organization, the name, address and telephone number of the headquarters of the organization, and the authorized and responsible head of such organization. _ C. The name, address and telephone number of the person who will be parade chairman and will be responsible for its conduct. D. The date when such parade is to be conducted and the hour when such parade will start and terminate. E. The route to be traveled, the starting point, and the termination point. F. The approximate number of persons who, and animals and vehicles which will constitute such parade; the type of animals and a description of the vehicles. G. Whether such parade will occupy all or less than all of the street width. H. The description of assembly and disassembly area and streets to be used by such parade. 1. Such other information as required by the City Traffic Engineer. -29- 268 Article 10-7. Issuance of Permit Section 10-7.01: City Cleric to Issue Pcrmit The City Cleric shall, following a hearing by the City Council, issue a permit for a parade, if, from the considerations of the application and such other informa- tion that it may otherwise obtain, the City Council at such hearing finds that: A. The conduct of such parade will not substantially interrupt the safe and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route. B. The conduct of such parade will not require the diversion of such an excessive number of police officers as to prevent normal police protection to the rest of the City. C. The concentration of persons, animals and vehicles at the assembly areas of the parade will not unduly interfere with the proper fire and police protection of, or ambulance service to, areas contiguous to such assembly areas. D. The conduct of such parade will not interfere with the movement of emergency vehicles. E. The conduct of such parade is not reasonably likely to cause injury to person or property or a riot. F. Such parade will move from its point of origin to its point of termination expeditiously and without stopping enroute. G. The conduct of such parade will not obstruct any construction or maintenance work scheduled to take place upon public roads. Section 10-7.02: City Council to Deny or Grant Application Upon Clerk's receipt of the completed application, a hearing will be scheduled before the City Council for action on such permit request. Council may at its discretion grant or deny such application, but shall in no event grant any parade application without first finding requirements (A) through (G) of Section 10-7.01 have been or will be satisfied. Article 10-8. Permit Contents A. Starting time; B. Maximum speed; C. What portions of the street to be traversed may be occupied by such parade; and D. The maximum length of such parades in miles or fractions thereof. Article 10-9. License Fee No parade may be held unless a license fee is, first paid. The license fee for parades shall be set by the City Council at the time ofthe hearing on the permit application in such amount as the City Council determines will pay the costs of police protection and Public Works personnel and equipment made necessary by the parade. Such Public Works personnel and equip- ment shall be deemed necessary if the City Council determines on the basis of competent evidence that the same is necessary to protect the public health and convenience and to protect the health or safety of the paradees or the spectators. -30- Article 1010. Officials to be Notified Upon granting a parade permit, the following officials shall be notified not less than ten (10) days before the date of the parade: A. City Traffic Engineer. B. Fire Chief. C. Transit District. D. Sheriff. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of September, 1975, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Byrnes, Heckscher, Sweeney and Mayor Weathers NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Nash STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO) I, MARY ANN HANOVER, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 295, adopted by the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th day of September, 1975. (SEAL) MARY A� 4i 1NOV R, CITY CLERK -31-