Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Pasadena Municipal Code Ch. 10.36 Driving Rules
Pasadena Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Pasadena
Cite as: Pasadena Municipal Code Chapter 10.36 · Text as of 2026-10-04
10.36.010 - 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.
(Ord. 5180 § 12, 1974; Ord. 4143 § 1 (7.01), 1950)
10.36.020 - Clinging to moving vehicles.¶
Any person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, rollerskates or any toy vehicle shall not attach the same or himself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway.
(Ord. 5180 § 13, 1974; Ord. 4143 § 1 (7.02), 1950)
10.36.030 - Driving on sidewalk prohibited.¶
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk area or any parkway except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
(Ord. 4143 § 1 (7.03), 1950)
10.36.040 - New pavement and street markings.¶
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, sign, cone-marker or other warning device is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking.
(Ord. 4143 § 1 (7.04), 1950)
10.36.050 - Obedience to traffic barriers.¶
No person shall operate a vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of any barrier or sign erected:
A. Pursuant to the provisions of any ordinance of the city of Pasadena; or
B. By any public utility; or
C. By any department of the city; or
D. By any other person pursuant to law or contract with the city, nor shall any unauthorized person move or alter the position of any such barrier or sign.
(Ord. 4143 § 1 (7.05), 1950)
10.36.060 - Restricted access.¶
No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any freeway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority.
(Ord. 5180 § 14, 1974; Ord. 4143 § 1 (7.06), 1950)
10.36.070 - Freeway use limited to motor vehicles.¶
No person shall drive or ride any animal or drive or operate any bicycle or motor driven cycle upon any street established as a freeway, nor shall any pedestrian walk across or along any such street so designated, provided official signs are in place giving notice of such restrictions.
(Ord. 5180 § 15, 1974; Ord. 4143 § 1 (7.07), 1950)
10.36.080 - Stop when traffic obstructed.¶
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(Ord. 5180 § 16, 1974: Ord. 4143 § 1 (7.08), 1950)
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