Municipal Code, Complete - City of Santa Barbara

10.40.020 Driving Through Funeral Procession.
No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion
and when the vehicles in such procession are conspicuously so designated. (Ord. 2713 §1(part), 1959; prior Code
§31.61.)
10.40.040 Operation of Vehicles on Sidewalks.
The driver of any vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk or parking area except at a permanent or temporary
driveway; provided, that by permit granted by the City Council, upon application, a jeep propelled tourist tram may
be operated upon and along the sidewalk situated on the southerly side of Cabrillo Boulevard between Castillo Street
and State Street; such permit may be granted by the City Council upon such terms and conditions as will insure the
safety of pedestrians using such sidewalk. No such jeep and tram vehicle shall be operated under the permit without
being equipped with a warning bell adequate to warn pedestrians of the approach of such vehicle, and such vehicle
shall not be driven at a speed in excess of five (5) miles per hour upon or along the sidewalk. The permit shall also
provide that the Chief of Police may suspend the operation of such vehicle during special events in the Cabrillo
Boulevard area, including parades, pageants and other civic events attended by large crowds. (Ord. 3350 §1, 1969.)
10.40.050 Driving on New Pavement and Paint Markings.
No person shall ride or drive any animal, animal-drawn vehicle, or any vehicle over or across any newly made
pavement or freshly painted markings in any street when a barrier or sign is in place, warning persons not to drive
over or across such pavement or markings, or when a sign is in place stating that the street or any portion thereof is
closed. (Ord. 2713 §1(part), 1959; prior Code §31.65.)
10.40.055 Operating Vehicles on Private Property Prohibited.
No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle including, but not limited to a motorcycle, minibike, trailbike,
dune buggy, motor scooter, jeep or other similar motor vehicle upon the private property of another or upon any
public property which is not held open to the public for vehicular use and which is not subject to the provisions of the
Vehicle Code. The provisions of this section shall not apply to governmental agencies, emergency vehicles
responding to a call of emergency, nor to persons driving upon such property with the written consent of the owner or
the person in lawful possession of such property, nor to the owner himself, the members of his immediate family and
his duly authorized employees, agents, or tenants. (Ord. 3449 §1, 1970.)
10.40.060 Restricted 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. (Ord. 2713 §1(part), 1959; prior Code §31.66.)
10.40.070 Molesting of Traffic Counting Devices Prohibited.
Unless authorized by the Transportation Engineer, a person shall not move, molest, tamper with, or damage in any
way any traffic counting device which has been located within a City street or adjacent thereto by authority of the
Transportation Engineer. (Ord. 2713 §1,(part), 1959; prior Code §31.67.)
10.40.080 Riding Horses on Sidewalks.
No person shall ride or drive a horse or drive a horse-drawn vehicle upon any sidewalk in the City except at a
driveway. (Ord. 2713 §1(part), 1959; prior Code §31.68.)
10.40.090 Vehicles and Horses Forbidden on Public Beaches.
A. No person shall operate any vehicle along or upon any of the publicly owned beaches within the City closer
to the ocean line than one hundred feet (100') from the mean high tide line of the Pacific Ocean, except when
authorized to do so by permit from the Chief of Police, or except while such vehicle is actively and necessarily
engaged in the launching or removal of any boat upon or from the ocean.
B. No person shall ride any horse or drive any horse-drawn vehicle upon or along any of the publicly owned
beaches within the City between Lighthouse Point and the easterly City limits closer to the ocean than one hundred
feet (100') from the mean high tide line of the Pacific Ocean, except when authorized to do so by a special events
permit from the Chief of Police according to Chapter 9.12 and a use permit from the Director of Parks and Recreation
according to Chapter 15.05, and if all horses are restrained in conformance with the provisions of Section 6.08.020.
(Ord. 4943, 1996; Ord. 2713 §1(part), 1959; prior Code §31.69.)
242 rev. 3/31/96