Ukiah Municipal Code Art. 15 Miscellaneous

No person shall cause or permit any railway train or railway cars or similar vehicle on rails to stop or stand or to be operated in such a manner as to prevent the use of any street for the purposes of travel for a period of time longer than ten (10) minutes, except that this provision shall not apply to railway trains, cars or similar vehicles on rails while blocking or obstructing a crossing because of an accident which requires the operator of the train, railway car or similar vehicle on rails to stop at or near the scene of the accident.

(Ord. 553, § 1, adopted 1963)

Whenever this Chapter delegates authority to a City Officer or authorizes action by the City Council to regulate traffic upon a state highway in any way, for which by State law prior approval of the Department of Public Works[1] of the State of California is required, no such authority or action shall 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 the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 553, § 4 adopted 1963)

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State Law requires approval of Department of Public Works as certain regulations affecting state highways; see Vehicle Code Sections 21104, 21353, 22501, 22506, and 22508.

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Code or the Vehicle Code, any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not exceeding six (6) months, or by such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 553, § 4, 5, adopted 1963; amd. by Ord. 863, § 7, adopted 1986)