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Home My WebLink About24-Police Department -- 1 ORDINANCE NO. 2 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTIONS 10.24.210 AND 10.24.220 TO THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE 3 TO PERMIT POLICE OFFICERS TO REGULATE THE CRUISING OF VEHICLES IN CONGESTED AREAS SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATE NOTICES AND SIGNS 4 AND TO DIVERT VEHICLES WHEN THERE IS LITTLE TRAFFIC FLOW AND VEHICLES ARE NOT MOVING PROMPTLY AT OPPORTUNE TIMES. 5 6 THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: 7 8 SECTION 1. Section 10.24.210 is added to the San 9 Bernardino Municipal Code to read: 10 11 "10.24.210 Cruising regulations. A. No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a street or 12 highway past a traffic control point in traffic which is 13 congested at or near the traffic control point, as determined 14 by the ranking peace officer on duty within the affected area, 15 three or more times in one direction within a three hour 16 period and after a peace officer has given written notice to 17 said person passing the control point the second time that 18 passing the control point a third time shall constitute a 19 misdemeanor in violation of this section. The beginning and 20 end of the portion of the street or highway subject to 21 cruising controls shall be clearly identified by signs that 22 state the appropriate provisions of Section 21100(k) of the 23 California Vehicle Code and this section. 24 B. This section shall not apply to the vehicle operators 25 of the following vehicles: emergency vehicles as defined in 26 / / / / / / / / 27 28 12/23/86 1 021. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Section 165 of the California Vehicle Code, taxicabs for hire, buses, vehicles being driven for business purposes, and any publicly owned or leased vehicle of any city, county, district, state, or federal agency. C. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor which upon conviction thereof is punishable in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.12.010 of this Code." SECTION 2. Section 10.24.220 is added to the San Bernardino Municipal Code to read: "10.24.220 Traffic diversion. A. If a peace officer determines pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 21101.2 and this section that the traffic load on a particular street or highway in the City, or a portion thereof, is such that little or no vehicular flow is occurring and, additionally, if the peace officer finds that a significant number of vehicles are not promptly moving when an opportunity arises to do so, then the peace officer may divert vehicles, excepting pUblic safety or emergency vehicles from that street or highway, or a portion thereof, subject to traffic congestion until such time as reasonably flowing traffic is restored. B. Such diversion of vehicles by a uniformed peace officer shall constitute the performance of duties under Section 2800 of the California Vehicle Code which requires / / / / / / / / 12/23/86 2 1 compliance with the lawful order, signal or direction of the 2 peace officer." 3 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly 4 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San 5 Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on 6 the , 1987, by the following day of 7 vote, to wit: 8 9 Council Members AYES: 10 NAYS: 11 ABSENT: 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 City Clerk The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this day of , 1987. Mayor of the City of San Bernardino Approved as to form: -] 211-2.... / . .'. e ~- L a~~;? ~~- ci ty At:torney 28 12/23/86 3 1 ORDINANCE NO. 2 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTIONS 10.24.210 AND 10.24.220 TO CHAPTER 10.24 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO 3 MUNICIPAL CODE TO PERMIT POLICE OFFICERS TO REGULATE THE CRUISING OF VEHICLES IN CONGESTED AREAS SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATE NOTICES AND 4 SIGNS AND TO DIVERT VEHICLES WHEN THERE IS LITTLE TRAFFIC FLOW AND VEHICLES ARE NOT MOVING PROMPTLY AT OPPORTUNE TIMES: AN~~CLA~ING 5 l:.flE. _UR.GEN..<:Y. ...:I:JiEREill'_. 6 THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO 7 ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: 8 SECTION 1. Section 10.24.210 is added to Chapter 10.24 of 9 the San Bernardino Municipal Code to read: 10 "10.24.210 Cruising regulations. 1] A. No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a street or 12 highway past a traffic control point in traffic which is congested 13 at or near the traffic control point, as determined by the ranking 14 peace officer on duty within the affected area, three or more 15 times in one direction within a three hour period and after a 16 peace officer has given written notice to said person passing the 17 control point the second time that passing the control point a 18 third time shall constitute a misdemeanor in violation of this 19 section. The beginning and end of the portion of the street or 20 highway subject to cruising controls shall be clearly identified 21 by signs that state the appropriate provisions of Section 21100(k) 22 of the California Vehicle Code and this section. 23 B. This section shall not apply to the vehicle operators of 24 the following vehicles: emergency vehicles as defined in Section 25 165 of the California Vehicle Code, taxicabs for hire, buses, 26 vehicles being driven for business purposes, and any publicly 27 owned or leased vehicle of any city, county, district, state, or 28 federal agency. 6/2/86 1 C. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision 2 of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor which upon conviction 3 thereof is punishable in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 1.12.010 of this Code." 5 SECTION 2. Section 10.24.220 is added to Chapter 10.24 of 6 the San Bernardino Municipal Code to read: 7 "10.24.220 Traffic diversion. 8 A. If a peace officer determines pursuant to California 9 Vehicle Code Section 21101.2 and this section that the traffic 10 load on a particular street or highway in the City, or a portion 11 thereof, is such that little or no vehicular flow is occurring 12 and, additionally, if the peace officer finds that a significant 13 number of vehicles are not promptly moving when an opportunity 14 arises to do so, then the peace officer may divert vehicles, 15 excepting public safety or emergency vehicles from that street or 16 highway, or a portion thereof, subject to traffic congestion until 17 such time as reasonably flowing traffic is restored. 18 B. Such diversion of vehicles by a uniformed peace officer 19 shall constitute the performance of duties under Section 2800 of 20 the California Vehicle Code which requires compliance with the 21 lawful order, signal or direction of the peace officer." 22 SEC-'r-roN- -3-.... - ~r;.g.e-n.G-y-.... - -~i:-s- ...()I:"-d-i-nanc-e- -i-s- -adop-t~ -as--an- 23 em.e..r.g..e.n.y. ~r;.d.i-n.a..n.ce- --a..nd- --Sha-1-1- --t.a-k-e- -e-f-f-ac-t- ~ ~ -ope-r-a-t-i-v-e 24 imru.e.dia.t.e.l-y..... - -~ -f-a..c-ts- -eons-tri..t..u-t-i-ng- -&uGh-...eme.r~ -a-r~ -t-h-a-t: 25 "-e..:r;..u.is.:Ulg.. '!... -~...c.o-ng..e..st.6.d- --<H'--ea-s-r -p.a-r-t-:i.-Gu-1a-r-1y- -on- -M-t-........lJe.r-non--Av-e-n-ue- 26 f-t:.oru. -M.i-l-l- -s-t-r;.&6-t- -to- -l-4-t-h- ...s.t.r-&e-t.-r -as- ~1-1- -as- -1-4-t-h- -St-r-e-e-t- -be-t.-w.e.e.n-- 27 M-t-.... -\l.Q..J;..llO..(l.. --a..nd- -Ma-&s-aGhus.e--t-s.r -4-t~ -St-r-e.a-t- -be-t.....w.e.e-n- -M-t-.-..lJe.r-fl.{).{1--Av-e-nue- 28 a-nd- -Foo-t-lri-l-l- -Bo-u-l-ev-a-rd-,- -and- --ttre- a L t:: d -or "'"Lytl"t: -cre~1c -pa-r1C, - llas-- /2/86 -2- 1 incre~sprl nr~~~~-~~-re~e~~-mo~th&-aRd-iR~ol~e8-1Q~Q-~o~S$r 2 ~~~_ lirrp.ri~~_~anrl4~is~_co~suming_alcobolic_be~erage~_a~ 3 ~~~~~~~4~-~~~~~~~-~~e-5~~ee~-jams.--N~me~e~s-e~~~~eR 4 ~~~~~~~-~~~-~~~~~~~~-~<<ve-beeR-~e~~8te~ed-witR-&R& 5 ~~~~~~-~~~-~~~~1-~embe~-~R-~Re-affe~ted-s~eaT-- 6 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly 7 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San 8 Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held 9 0 n th e 10 vote, to wit: day 0 f , 1986, by the following 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 AYES: Council Members NAYS: ABSENT: City Clerk The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this day 18 of 19 20 21 , 1986. Mayor of the City of San Bernardino Approved as to form: ~:' ~~"if::~":~/ C~ty A torney 24 25 26 27 28 6/2/86 -3-