Ordinance - 1489f.
ORDINANCE NO. 1489
AN ORDINANCE -OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
• WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 22,
ARTICLE.V OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE, BY
THE. ADDITION OF SECTION.22-186 - "PARKING OF
VEHICLES TRANSPORTING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS".
WHEREAS.,, City.streets, highways and arterials designated
as truck routes, are from time to time used by vehicles carry-
ing hazardous materials as defined by Title 49 of the United
States Code; and
WHEREAS, such vehicles may wish to.park for other than
emergency reasons on such designated streets, highways and
arterials; and
WHEREAS, it is in the public and City of West Covina's
interest to protect users of these streets, highways and art-
erials from the risk associated with such non -emergency parking
of said vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County
have taken such action, .to whit, restricting such parking by
County Ordinance,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West
Covina, does ordain as follows:
• 1. The attached Exhibit ,l is hereby adopted as Section
22-186 of Article V, Section 22 of the West Covina Municipal Code.
2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required
by l aw. .
PASSED AND APPROVED this 8th day of September , 1980.
ATTEST,.
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City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles) ss.'
City of West Covina )
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Mayor
I, HELENE M. MOONEY, City Clerk of the City of
West Covina, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 1489, was regularly introduced and placed
upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City
Council on the 25th day of August , 1980.
That thereafter said ordinance was duly adopted and passed
at an adjourned regular meeting of the City Council on
the 8th day of ; September , 1980, by the following- vote
of Council, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Tennant, Chappell, Shearer, Browne
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: Tice
City Clerk
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EXHIBIT I
SECTION 22-186 - WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE
A vehicle transporting a hazardous material or sub-
stance as identified in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regula-
tions must be attended at all times by its driver or a qualified
representative of the motor carrier that operates it, and shall
not be parked on any highway, highway shoulder, street, alley,
public way or public place, or within 5 feet of the traveled
portion thereof, within a residential zone or within 1,000
feet of any school or within 300 feet of any bridge or tunnel,
except for brief periods when mechanical or equipment failure
or disablement or malfunction of the vehicle, or the necessities
of operation require the vehicle to be parked and make it
impractical to park the vehicle in any other place.
Repair, maintenance, refuse, utility, termite and
pesticide vehicles, fuel delivery vehicles, and vehicles deliver-
ing life support and health commodities, while servicing resi-
dential areas or schools, are exempt. Additionally, such exempt
vehicles need not be attended while the drivers are performing
duties that are evident and necessary as the operator of the
vehicle,or the provider of the service.
For purposes of this section:
• (a) A motor vehicle is attended when the person in
charge of the vehicle is on the vehicle, awake,
and not in a sleeper berth, or is within 100
feet of the vehicle and has it within his un-
obstructed field of view.
(b) A qualified representative of a motor carrier
is a person who:
1. Has been designated by the carrier to
attend the vehicle.
2. Is aware of the nature of the hazardous
material or substance contained in the
vehicle he attends.
3. Has been instructed on the procedures.he
must follow in emergencies concerning
hazardous materials or substances.
4. Is authorized to move the vehicle and has
the means and ability to do so.
The rules of this section do not relieve a driver
from any obligation imposed by federal, state or local laws
relating to the transportation of hazardous materials or
explosives, motor carrier safety regulations or the placement
of warning signs or devices when a motor vehicle is stopped
on a public street or highway.
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CERT IF ICAT ION
State of California. )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of West Covina. )
I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the City of
West Covina., State of California, do hereby certify
that a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No.l-l"By
was published, pursuant to law, in the West Covina.
Tribune, a. newspaper of general circula.tion published
and circulated in the City of West Covina..
Da.t ed
Jan Berry, Depu y City Clerk
Cit of West Covina, California
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