Title 15 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 15.96 OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON COUNTY GROUNDS
15.96.010 Speed limits when operating vehicles on county grounds.
15.96.020 Full stops--On grounds of County Hospital.
15.96.030 Full stops--On grounds of County Farm.
15.96.040 Muffler cutouts prohibited.
15.96.050 Violation--Penalty.
15.96.010 Speed limits when operating vehicles on county grounds.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate
or drive any vehicle upon or within the grounds of any public building or
institution of the county of Los Angeles in any other than a careful and prudent
manner, or at a greater rate of speed than is reasonable and proper, or so as to
injure the life or limb of any person or the safety of any property, provided
that it shall be unlawful to operate or drive any vehicle at a rate of speed in
excess of 10 miles per hour. (Ord. 416 § 1, 1915.)
15.96.020 Full stops--On grounds of County Hospital.
A. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle traversing any
driveway within the grounds of the County Hospital to drive such vehicle into or
upon any intersecting driveway therein without having first brought such vehicle
to a full stop immediately adjacent to such intersecting driveway before
entering the same.
B. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of said
hospital to cause appropriate notices containing the provisions of this section
to be posted at each corner of each intersection of such roadways, which notices
shall be so placed as to be readily visible to the operators of vehicles
approaching such intersections. (Ord. 1777 § 1, 1930: Ord. 416 §
1-1/2, 1910.)
15.96.030 Full stops--On grounds of County Farm.
A. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle traversing within
the grounds of the County Farm, any driveway or highway hereinafter in this
section mentioned, in the direction indicated, to enter any intersecting
driveway or highway described in connection therewith without having first
brought such vehicle to a full stop before entering such intersection.
B. It
shall be the duty of the superintendent of the County Farm to cause to be placed
and maintained upon and along each of such driveways or highways, upon the
righthand side thereof as the same approaches such intersecting driveways or
highways, appropriate “stop” signs, in such position and in letters
of such size as to be clearly legible from a distance of 50 feet along such
driveway or highway.
C. Each such vehicle shall be brought to such full stop
as follows:
1. Consuelo Avenue. Each vehicle traveling easterly on Consuelo
Avenue, at its intersection with College Avenue;
2. Descanso Avenue. Each
vehicle traveling easterly on Descanso Avenue, at its intersection with
Eucalyptus Street;
3. Eucalyptus Street.
a. Each vehicle traveling
northerly on Eucalyptus Street, at its intersection with New Bonita Avenue and
with Imperial Highway (formerly known as Norton Avenue),
b. Each vehicle
traveling southerly on Eucalyptus Street, at its intersection with Descanso
Avenue;
4. Golondrinas Avenue.
a. Each vehicle traveling easterly on
Golondrinas Avenue, at its intersection with Eucalyptus Street,
b. Each
vehicle travelling westerly on Golondrinas Avenue, at its intersection with
Eucalyptus Street;
5. Hawthorn Avenue. Each vehicle traveling southerly on
Hawthorn Avenue, at its intersection with Descanso Avenue;
6. New Bonita
Avenue.
a. Each vehicle traveling easterly on New Bonita Avenue, at its
intersection with Eucalyptus Street,
b. Each vehicle traveling westerly on
New Bonita Avenue, at its intersection with Eucalyptus Street. (Ord. 1974 §
1, 1931: Ord. 416 § 1-1/3, 1910.)
15.96.040 Muffler cutouts prohibited.
It shall be unlawful to use any device known as a “muffler
cutout” upon any automobile or motorcycle upon or within the grounds of
any public building or institution of the county of Los Angeles. (Ord. 416
§ 2, 1910.)
15.96.050 Violation--Penalty.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of
this chapter is guilty of an infraction, and upon a first conviction by a fine
not exceeding $50.00, and for a second conviction within a period of one year by
a fine not exceeding $100.00, and for a third or any subsequent conviction
within a period of one year by a fine not exceeding $250.00. (Ord. 83-0081
§ 10, 1983: Ord. 416 § 3, 1910.)
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