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Paloma Avenue, Laguna Avenue, Chula Vista Avenue, Carolan
Avenue and Rollins Road within two hundred feet of the centerline of Broadway.
.l3.04.040
Coach.
Any motor bus, motor coach, trackless trolley or passenger
stage used as a colmon carrier of passengers.
.l3.04.050
Conrnerc i a I Busi ness or Residence Districts.
'13 . 04. 060 Counci I .
The City Council of the City of Burlingame.
13.04.070 Cu rb.
The lateral boundary of the roadway whether such curb be
marked as curbing, construction, or not so marked; the word 'curb'
as herein used shall not include the line dividing the roadway of
a street from parking strips in the center of a street, nor from
tracks or rights-of-way of public utility companies.
13.04.080 Divisional Isl and.
or
A deliniated/raised island located in the roadway and separating
opposing or conflicting streams of traffic.
.l3.04.090 Freisht.
Property, goods or merchandise carried for hire or picked up
or delivered as a part of the comnercial use of a vehicle by the
owner or operator thereof.
.l3.04.100 Holidays.
Hithin the meaning of this tit1e, holidays are the first day of
January, the third l'londay of February, the last Monday of May, the
fourth day of July, the first Monday of September, the eleventh day
of November, the fourth Thursday in November and the twenty-fifth
day of December. If the first day of January, the fourth day of Ju1y,
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Those certain districts, zones of the City as defined and
delimited in Title 25 of this Code. Business district shall include
cormercial district.
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the eleventh day of llovember, or the twenty-fifth day of December
fal'ls upon a Sunday, the l4onday following is a holiday.
13.04. I l0 Loading Zone.
The space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of
vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or freight.
.l3.04. I20 0fficial Time Standard.
l.lhenever certain hours are named herein they shall mean standard
time or daylight savinq time as may be in cument use in this city.
13.04. I 30 Parkinq Meter.
A mechanical device installed within or upon the curb,sidewalk ar: pav
ment irrnediateiy adjacent to a parking space for the purpose of
controlling the period of time of occupancy of such parking meter space
by any vehi cl e.
,l3.04. .l40 Passenqer Loadi n Zone.
The space adjacent to a curb reserved for" the exclusive use of
vehicles during the loading or unload.ing of passengers.
I3.04. I50 Pol ice 0fficer.
Every member of the poiice Department of this city, or any
person authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrest
for violations of traffic regulations.
I 3.04. I 60 Stop.
Compl ete cessation of movernent.
I3.04..l70 Vehicle Code.
The Vehicle Code of the State of California.,,
section 2. chapter 13.08 of said code is amended to read as foirows:
,.CHAPTER 'I3
. 08
ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC
REGULATIONS
I3.08.0I0 Authority of police and Fire Department 0ffi ci al s.
0fficers of the Porice Department and such officers as are assigned
by the chief of pol ice are hereby authorized to direct a1 l traffic by
voice, hand,audible or other signal in conformance w'ith traffic laws,
except that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite
traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the Police Department
or members of the Fire Department may direct traffic as conditions may
require notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary contained in
this title or the Vehicle Code.
I3.08.020 Perso ns 0ther Than 0fficials Shall i'lot Direct Traffic.
No person other than an officer of the Pol ice Department or
members of the Fire Deoartment or a person authorized by the Chief of
Pol ice or a person authorized by 1aw shalI direct or attempt to
direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal , except that persons
may operate, when and as herein provided, any mechanical pushbutton
s'igna'l erected by order of the city engineer.
13.C8.030 Obedience to Police or Authorized 0fficers.
No person shall fail or refuse to comply with or to perform any
act forbidden by any 1awfu1 order, signal , or direction of a traffic
or police officer, or a member of the Fire Department' or a person
authorized by the Chief of Pol ice or by 1aw.
I3.08.040 Traffic Begqlqlion! ApplJ le !eI!
Riding Bicy cl es or Animal s.
Every person riding a bicycle or riding or driving an animal upon
a highway has all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the
duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this title, except
those provisions which by their very nature can have no application.
,l3.C8.050 Obstruction or Interference with Pol ice
or Authorized Offi cers.
[]o person shall interfere with or obstruct in any way any police
officers or other officers or employee of this City in their enforce-
ment of the provisions of this title. The removal , obliteration or
concealment of any chalk mark or other distinguishing marks used.by any
police officer or other empl oyee or officer of this city in connection
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with the enforcement of the parking regulations of this title shall,
if done for the purpose of evading the provisions of this title'
constitute such interference or obstruction.
I3.08.060 Publ ic Emp I oyees to Obey Traffic Requl ati ons.
The provisions of this title shall appl.y to the operator of any
vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Govern-
ment, this state or any county or city, and it shall be unlawful
for an;r said operator to violate any of the provisions of this title
except as otherwise permitted in this title or by the Vehicie Code.
'l3.08.070 Exemption of Certain Vehicles.
(a) The provisions of this title regulating the operation,
parking and standing of vehicles shall not apoly to vehicles operated
by the Police or Fire Department, any public ambulance or any public
utility vehicle or any private ambulance, which public utility vehicle
or private ambulance has qualified as an authorized emergenc-v vehicle,
when any vehicle mentioned in this section is operated in the rnanner
specified by the Vehicle Code in response to an emergency ca1 l.
(b) The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, relieve the
operator of any such vehicle from obl igation to exercise due care for
the safety of others or the consequences of his willful disregard of
the safety of others.
(c) The provisions of this title regulating the parking or
standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a c'ity depart-
ment or public utility while necessarily engaqed in city business
or any vehicle owned or operated by the United States Postal Service
while in use for the collection, transportation or de1 ivery of United
States mail.
I3.08.080 Report of Damag e to Certain Property.
(a) The operator of a vehicle or the person in charge of any
animal involved in any accident resulting in damage to any property
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publicly owned or owned by a public utility, including but not limited
to any fire hydrant, parking meter, lighting post, telephone pole,
electric light or power pole, or resulting in damage to any tree,
traffic control device or other property of a iike nature Iocated in
or along any street, shall within twenty-four (24) hours after such
accident make a written report of such accident to the Police
Department of this City.
(o) Every such report shall state the time when and the place
where the accident took p1ace, the name and address of the person
owning, and of the person operating or in charge of, such vehicle
or animal , the Iicense number of every such vehicle, and shall briefly
describe the property damage in such accident.
(c) The operator of any vehicle or person in charge of any
animal involved in an accident shall not be subject to the require-
ments or penalties of this section if and during the time he is
ph_vsically incapable of making a report, but in such event he shall
make a report as required in subdivision (a) within twenty-four (24)
hours after regaining ability to make such report.
,l3.08.090
When Vehicles Ma.y be Removed from Streets.
Any po1 ice officer may reflove or cause to be removed:
(a) Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a
street or highway for seventy-two (72) or more consecutive
hours.
(b) Any vehicle which is parked or Ieft standing upon a street
or highway between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. when
such parking or standing is prohibited by ordinance or
resolution of this City and signs are posted giving notice
of such removal.
(c) Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street
or highway where the use of such street or highway or a
portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or
construction of the street or highway or for the installation
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of underground utilities or where the use of the street
or highway or any portion thereof .is authorized for a
purpose other than the nonnal flow of traffic, or where
the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is
necessary for the movefient of equipment, articles or structures
of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit
or interfere with such use or movement; provided that signs
giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected
or placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the
removal .
13.08.100 Authority of Poiice in C rowds.
At places where Iarge numbers of people and vehicles are to
gather or have gathered, nothing in this title shall be construed
to prevent any police officer from prohibiting any person from parking
any vehicle upon or using any street or sidewalk, or from prohibiting
any pedestrian from using any street or sidewalk, and said poiice officer
shali have authority to direct the parking of vehicles in any reasonable
manner, way or direction, and it is hereby declared to be unlawful for
any person to fail to promp y obey the said pol ice officer,s order,
signal or connmand, regardless of any other provision of this ti e.
Section 3.Chaoter 13.12 of said Code is hereby amended to read
as fol I ows:
,'CHAPTER 13.I2
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS
13.12.010 Authori to InstalI Traff ic Control
Dev ces , s qns a r rngs.
(a) The city engineer shall have the power and duty to place and
maintain or cause to be praced and maintained officiar traffic contror
devices, signs and markings when and as required to make effective
the provisions of this ti e. He shall also install and maintain
traffic signals as directed by the Council.
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(b) Whenever the Vehicle Code requires for the effectiveness
of any provision thereof that traffic control devices be installed
to give not.ice to the pubiic of the application of such law, the
city engineer is hereby authorized to install or cause to be in-
stalled the necessary devices subject to any limitations or restric-
tions set forth in the law applicable thereto.
(c) The city engineer may a] so place and maintain, or cause to be
placed and and maintained, such additional traffic control devices,
signs and markings as he may deem necessary or proper to regulate traffic
or to guide or warn traffic, but he shall make such determination only
upon the basis of traffic engineering principles and traffic investi-
gations and in accordance with such standards, limitations and rules
as may be set forth in this title or as may be deterrnined by ordinance
or resolution of the Council. He shall be custodian of all records
regarding traffic control , including special surveys.
13.12.020 Traffic Control Signs Required for Enforcement Purposes.
No provision of the Vehicle Code or of this title for which signs
are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless
approoriate legible signs are in place giving notice of such provisions
of the traffic I aws.
,l3.12.030 0bedience to Traffic Control Devices, Signs and l'larkings.
The operator of any vehicle shail obey authorized signs, markings
and traffic control devices placed in accordance with this title unless
otherwise directed by a police officer or other authorized person
subject to the exceptions granted the operator of an authorized
emergency vehicle when responCing to emergency calls.
13. l2 .040 Traffic Control Device s: Hours of Operati on.
The city engineer shal l determine the hours and days during
which any traffic control device shall be in operation or be in effect,
except in those cases where such hours or days are specified in this
ti tl e.
13.12.050 Unauthorized Paintinq of Curbs.
lio person, unless authorized by this City, shall paint any
street or curb surface. "
Section 4.Chapter 13.16 is arnended to read as follows:
"CHAPTER I3.'I 6
DRIVING RULES
13.16.0.10 Authority to Place Re stri cted Turn Siqnal s.
The city engineer is hereby authorized to determine those inter-
sections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left
or U turn, and shall piace proper signs at such intersections. The
rnaking of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of any
day and permitted at other hours, in which event the same shall be
p1 ainly indicated on the signs, or they may be removed when such
turns are permi tted.
,l3.-l6.020
S i qnal Controlled Inter sections - Right Turns.
(a) f{o driver of a vehicle shall rnake a right turn against a
red or stop signal at any intersection which is sign posted giving
notice of such restriction as hereinafter provided in this section.
(b) The city engineer shal 1 post appropriate signs giving effect
to this section where he determines that the making of right turns
against traffic signal "stop" indication would seriously interfere
with the safe and orderly flow of traffic.
.l3.16.030 Driving Through Funeral Procession.
llo operator of any vehicle shall drive between the vehicles
comprising a funeral procession or a parade, provided that such
vehicles are conspicuously so designated. The directing of al1
vehicles and traffic on any street over which such funeral pro-
cession or parade wishes to pass sha11 be subject to the orders
of the Pol i ce Department.
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.l3..l6.040 Cl inqi nq to l.lovi n q Veh i cl e.
No person shall attach himself with his hands, or catch on,
or hold on to with his hands or by other means, to any moving
vehicle or train for the purpose of receiving motive power therefrom.
I3.16.050 Cormercial Vehi cl es Usi ng Private Dri vewa.ys.
No person sha11 operate or drive a corrnercial vehicle in, on
or across any private driveway approach or sidewalk area or the
driveway itself without the consent of the owner or occupant of
the property if a sign or markings are in place indicating that
the use of such driveway is prohibited.
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I 6.060 Riding or Drivin g on Sidewalk.
I'lo person sha11 ride, drive, propel , or cause to be prope.l led
any vehicle or animal across or upon any sidewalk, excepting over
permanently constructed driveways; when it is necessary for any
terporary purpose to drive a loaded vehicle across a sidewalk,
written permission shall be previously obtained from the City
Engineer. Any protective device required by the City Engineer
shall not be permitted to remain upon such sidewal k area during the
hours from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
'l3.,l6.070 New Pavement and Markin qs.
No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over
or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted markings in
any street when a barrier sign, cone manker or other warning device
is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pave_
ment or marking, or when any such device is in place indicating
that the street or any portion thereof is closed,
,l3.16.080 0bedience to Barriers and S I qns.
No person, publ ic uti'l ity or department in the City sha11
erect or place any barrier or sign on any street unless of a type
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approved by the city engineer, or disobey the instructions, remove,
tamper with or destroy any barrier or sign lawfully placed upon
any street by any person, public utility or by any departnent of
this ci ty.
13.16.090 llo Entrance Into Intersection That
Would Obstruct Traffi c.
No operator of any vehicle shall enter any intersection or a
marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side
of the intersection or crosswalk to accornmodate the vehicle he.is
operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or
pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication
to proceed.
.l3. I6. 'l00 Advertising Vehicles.
No person shaI1 operate or drive any vehicle used primarily for
advertising purposes or any advertising vehicle equipped with a sound
amplifying or loud speaking device upon any street or alley at any
times unless with the oermission of the City Council.
l3.l6.l l0 Emerqin q from AI ley. D ri veway or Buildinq.
The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or
building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a
sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across any alley way
or driveway. "
Section 5.Chapter .13.18 is hereby added to said Code to read as
fol I ows :
.,CHAPTER I3.18
PEDESTRIAN REGULATIONS
13.,l8.0] 0 Citv En ineer to Establish Marked Crosswalks.
(a) fne city engineer shall establ .ish, des.ignate and maintain
crosswalks b"v appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the
roadway at intersections, and at other locations, subject to the limi_
tations contained in (b) of this section, where he determines that
there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway.
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(b) Crosswalks may be establ ished within any block which is
more than four hundred (400) feet in'l ength. Such a crosswalk shal 1
be Iocated as nearly as practicable to mid-block.
(c) fne city engineer may place signs at or adjacent to an
intersection in respect to any unmarked crosswalk directing that
pedestrians shall not cross in the crosswalk so indicated.
13.18.020 When Pedestrians Must Use Crosswalks.
llo pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than b.y a crosswalk
in a central traffic district or in an-v business district.
t3.l 8.030 Pedestrians to 0bey SPecial Pedestrian Traffic Siqnal s.
Pedestrians shal 1 obey the indication of special traffic signals
installed for pedestrians oniy and shalI disregard the indication of
a vehicular traffic signal at any location where special pedestrian
traffic signals are in place."
Section 6. Chapter 13.32 of said Code is hereby amended to read
as fol I ows:
.l3.32.0.10 App I i cati on of Requl ati ons .
(a) The provisions of this title prohibiting the stopping'
standing or parking of a vehicle shail appl-v at all times or at
those times herein specified, except when it is necessary to stop
a vehicle to avoid confl ict with other traffic olin compliance with
the directions of a po1 ice officer or official traffic control device.
(b) The provisions of this title imposing a time limit on standing
or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe
other and more restrictive provisions of the Vehicle Code or the
ordinances of this city prohibiting or limit'ing the standing or parking
of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
.,CHAPTER I3.32
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
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13.3?.020 Extended Parkinq Penni ts.
The city engineer may issue cards, meter covers, or appropriate
indicia to allow contractors and tradesmen to park beyond the time
periods herein specified or without operation of parking meters. A
fee may be established in lieu of park'ing meter fees and a deposit
shall be established to insure the return of any indicia.
13.32.030 City Enqineer to Maintain No Stopping
Zones and No Parkinq Areas.
The city engineeLis hereby authorized to maintain, by appro-
priate signs or by paintupon the curb surface, all no stooping zones,
no parking areas, and restricted parking areas, as defined and
described in thi s title.
t^lhen said curb markings or signs are in place no operator of
any vehicle shalI stop, stand or park such vehic.le adjacent to any
such legible curb marking or sign in violation of any of the pro-
visions of this ti tl e.
I3.32.040 llo Parkin Areas.
No operator of any vehicle shal 1 stop, stand, park or leave
standing such vehicle in any of the following places, except when
necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance
with the direction of a po1 ice officer or other authorized officer,
or traffic sign or signal:
(a) l,Jithin any divisional island unless authorized and
clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings.
(b) In any area where the city engineer determines that the
parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic
hazard or would endanger life or property, when such area
is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the
curb surface.
(c) In any area established as a no parking area, when such
area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint
upon the curb surface.
(d) Upon, along or across any railway track in such manner as
to hinder, delay or obstruct the movement of any rail or
l ight raii vehicie traveling upon such track.
(e) In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle
would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life
or property.
(f) 0n any street or highway where the use of such street or
highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning,
repair or construction of the street or highway or the
installation of underground utilities, or where the use of
the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized
for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic,or where
the use of the street or highway or any port'ion thereof is
necessary for the movernent of equipment, articles or struc-
tures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would
prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided
that signs giving notice of such no parking are erected or
placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the effec-
tive time of such no parking.
I3.32.050 Use of Streets for Stora e of Vehi cl es Prohibited.
l{o person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any
vehicle shali park such vehicle upon an,v street or alley for more than
a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours.
.l3.32.060 Parkinq for Demonstrati on.
No operator of any vehicle shal 1 park said vehicle upon the
right-of-way of any street or upon any pubiicly owned property in
this city for the principal purpose of advertising or displaying it
for sale or for selling merchandise from said vehicle, unless authorized
by the City Counci I .
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,l3.32.070 0vernight Parking.
(a) Permit required. It is unlawful for the owner or driver
of any vehicle to park such vehicle upon any street or alley in the
city between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. without a permit
therefor.
(b) Issuance of permit. In cases of hardship where the owners
of vehicles cannot obtain suitable storage or parking facilities,
permits for parking between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. may be issued by
the chief of police. The application for a permit shall be signed
by the applicant, shall state the make. model and license number of
the vehicle and shall contain a statement of the necessity and reasons
for the pennit. If, upon investigation, it is found that the necessity
exists therefor and that the aoplicant has no reasonable means for
night storage of the vehicle during the above stated hours, the chief
of po1 ice shall issue the permit for an annual or semi-annual period,
as the appiicant may request, based upon a calendar year. The fee
for such permit shall be four dollars ($4.00) payable annually in
advance, or two dollars ($2.00) payable semi-annually in advance, to
the chief of pol i ce.
The permit shall not be bansferable and shall be displayed
on the left side window to the rear of the driver of the vehicle for
which it is issued at all times during which the vehicle is parked
upon the street between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. The
chief of police shall revoke the permit when the necessity under
which it was issued and the reasons therefor cease to exist, or may
renew such permit if the hardship st.ill exists.
(c)Exempti ons. The provisions of this section shall not
apply to a cornmercial vehicle of any regularly l icensed business in
a conmercial olindustrial zone or to public utility vehicles while
on service or emergency ca11s, or to veh.icles of any regularly I'icensed
physician when actual ly engaged in making professional ca1 Is.
13.32.080 Parkinq Adjacent to Schools.
(a) The city engineer is hereby authorized to erect signs
indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any
school propert-y when such parking wou1d, in his opinion, interfere
with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
(b) When official signs are erected prohibiting parking upon
that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person
shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
13.32.090 Parking Prohibited on llarrow Streets.
I3.32.I00 Parkin on Grades.
No person shal) park or leave standing any vehicle unattended
on a highway when upon any grade exceeding three percent (3%) without
biocking the wheels of said vehicle by turning them against the curb
or by other means.
13.32.-] I 0 Emergency Parkin q Si qns.
(a) l,,lhenever the police chief or city engineer shall determ.ine
that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the
holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or
for other reasons, the police chief or city engineer shalt have power
and authority to order tefiDorar-y signs to be erected or posted indica-
ting that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited
on such streets and alleys as the police chief or city engineer shail
direct during the time such temporary signs are in place. Such signs
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(a) The city engineer is hereby authorized to place signs
or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width
of the roadway does not exceed twent-v (20) feet, or upon one side
of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width
of the roadway does not exceed thirty (30) feet.
(b) l,lhen official signs or markings prohibiting parking are
erected upon narrow streets as authorized herein, no person shall
park a vehic'l e upon any such street in violation of any such sign
or mark i ng .
shall remain in place only during the existence of such emergency
and the city engineer shall cause such signs to be removed promptly
thereafter.
(b) tlhen signs authorized by the provisions of this section
are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall operate, park
or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and provisions of
such signs.
13.32.120 Taxicab Stands.
(a) The city engineer shall establish taxicab stands and
determine the I ocations thereof.
(b) The curb surface within each taxicab stand shall be painted
white and marked 'Taxicab Stand' in red lettering, or shall be
designated by signs of a type and size approved by the city engineer.
(c) No operator of any vehicie, other than a taxicab or
automobile for hire, shall park said vehicle 'in such taxicab stand.
13.32..l30 Parking on City Property.
(a) l,lhenever the city manager shal I determine that the orderly
efficient conduct of the city's business requires that parking or
standing of vehicies on parking facil ities maintained for city build-
ings, city parks, or other such municipal operation, be prohibited,
limited or restricted, the city manager shall have the power and
authority to order signs to be erected or posted indicating that the
parking of vehicles is thus prohibited, I imited or restricted.
(b) when signs authorized by the provisions of this section are
in place giving notice thereof, no person shal 1 park or stand any
vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of such signs.
,l3.32.'l40 Movinq Parked Vehicle to Avoid Parkin g Time Limi t.
For the prrpose of the regulations contained in this title
reiating to I imitations on stopping, standing and parking, any vehicle
moved a distance of less than one-tenth (l/.l0) of a mile during the
limited parking period shall be deemed to have remained stationary.
A vehicle parked with the odometer obscured from view from without
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the vehicle shall be presumed to have remained stationary.
13.32..l50 Repairinq or Greasing Vehicles on Public Streets.
No person shall construct or cause to be constructed, repair
or cause to be repaired, grease or cause to be greased, or dismantle
or cause to be dismantled, any vehicle or any part thereof upon any
public street in this city. Temporary emergency repairs may be made
upon a publ ic street.
13.?2..l6C t,llashing or Poi i shi nq Vehicles.
No person shail wash or cause to be washed, or po1 ish or cause
to be polished, any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public
street in this city when a charge is made for such service."
Section 7.Chapter 13.36 of said Code is hereby amended to read
as fol lows :
13.36 .01 0
,.CHAPTER I3 . 36
PARKING LIMITATIONS
No Parkinq at Any Time.
It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to park such
vehicle at any time on:
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Ai rport Boul evard
Arc Way, southwesterly side.
Bayshore Boul evard
Beach Road, cul -de-sac only
Broadway, south side from Vancouver Avenue to
EI Cami no Real
California, east side from Ncrtil Lane to Oak Grove Avenue;
east side from Sanchez A,renue to Murchison Drive
Carolan Avenue, west side from Broadway to Oak Grove Avenue
Chatham Road, at the north side intersection with
Plymouth tJay
Cortez Avenue, west side from Hillside Drive to Easton Dr.ive
Donnel ly Avenue, north side.
Easton Drive, from Cortez Avenue to El Camino Real
El Cami no Rea I
El Camino Real , ea;t scrvice road, east side from Trousdaie
Bou'l evard to Murchason Drive
Gilbreth Road, north side from Mjtten Road, south 200 feet
Hatch Lane
Laguna Avenue, east side from Broadway to Rhinette Avenue
Lang Road, cul-de-sac and south side
Rollins Road, east side from Humboldt Street to Marsten Road
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Section .l3.36.020 No Parki nq Du rln Spec i fi ed Hou rs .
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park
the vehic.le on the following streets on the designated hours and days:
i. Adrian Road, east side between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m., Sundays and holidays excepted
Broadway, south side from Chula Vista Avenue t
Califbrnia Drive between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00
Sundays excepted; north side from Rollins Ro
the Southern Pacific right-of-way between 4:
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and 6:00 p.m., Sundays and holidays excepted
Burlingame Avenue, north s'ide from El Camino Real to
Occidental Avenue between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.;
north side of Anita Road from Myrtle Road from B:00
a .m. to 6:00 p.m.
California Drive, west side from Juanita Avenue to4
5. Carolan Avenue, east sid
a.m. and 9:00 a.m., and
6:00 p.m.
e, from Burlingame Avenue to
Broadway
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Oak Grove Avenue between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.;
east side between Broadway and a point 225 feet
southerly from the southeasterly r.ight-of-way line
of Broadway from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Howard Avenue, north side, from El Camino Real to
Crescent Avenue, between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. 'Sundays and holidays excepted
Peninsula Avenue, north side from the Southern Pacific
right-of-way to Humboldt Street, between B:00 a.m.
and 6:00 p.m., Sundays and hol.idays excepted
Rhinette Avenue, south side, between 8:00 a.m. and
6:00 p.m.
Rollins Road, west side from North Carolan Avenue to
Broadway from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 P.m.
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.13 .36.030 One Hour Parkinq
It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to park such
vehicle unless elsewhere in this title otherwise provided, for a
period longer than one hour between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m. on any day, excepting Sundays and hol idays, upon any part of the
folIowing streets or portions of streets:
Broadway, between Rollins Road and the Southern Pacific
right-of-way
Buriingame Avenue, from California Drive to El Camino Real
Ca'l ifornia Drive, from Burlingame Avenue to Howard Avenue
Cal ifornia Drive, west side, from Douglas to Burlingame
Avenue
Chapin Avenue, north side, from Primrose Road to 205 feet
east of El Camino Real
Chapin Avenue, south side, from Primrose Road to 358
feet east of El Camino Real
Caro.l an Avenue, east side, from Cadjllac l^lay to Broadway
Donne)Iy Avenue, south s.ide, from Lorton Avenue to
Primrose Road
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Highland Avenue, from Bayswater Avenue to Howard Avenue
Howard Avenue, from Primrose to California Drive
Lorton Avenue, from Bellevue Avenue to Howard AvenuePark Road, from Burlingame Avenue to Howard Avenue
Primrose Road, from Floribunda Avenue to Howard AvenueSouth Lane, California Drive to Southern pacific
right-of-way
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i 3. 'l3.040 Two Hour Parkinq.
It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to park such vehic.le,
unless elsewhere in this title otherrvise provided, for a longer
period than two hours between the hours designated any day, excepting
Sundays and hoiidays, upon any part of the following streets, or
portions of streets:
A. 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. :
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Bayswater Avenue from El Camino Real to park Road
Bel I evue Avenue
Burlingame Avenue from Myrtle to Carolan AvenueCalifornia Drive, west side, from Broadway to 300 feetsouth of Sanchez Avenue
Capuchino Avenue: vrest side, from 450 feet north ofBroadway to 365 feet south of Broadway; east sjde,fron Lincoln Avenue to Carmelita Aven-ueCarmelita Avenue, south side, fr"om El Camino Real to
Chul a Vi sta Avenue
Carolan Avenue, west side, from Oak Grove Avenue to
Bu 11 i ngame Avenue
Chapin Avenue, from Chapin Lane to El Camino RealChula Vista Avenue: v{est side, from Broadway to 205feet south-of Broadway; east side, Broadwiy to
Carmel i ta Avenue
Doug l as Avenue
East Lane, east side, from Burlingame Avenue to
Howard Avenue
El Camino Real service road between Dufferin Avenueand Trousdal e Dri ve
Howard Avenue, south side, frorn Crescent Avenue toEI Camino Real.
Juan i ta Avenue
Laguna Avenue: west side, from Lincoln to Carmel ita;east side, from 480 feet north of Broadway to 330feet south of Broadway
Lorton Avenue, from Bayiwater Avenue
Mangnolia, tvest side, from Trousdale
0ccidental Avenue, from El Camino Rea
Paloma Avenue: west side, from Lincol
Avenue; east side, from 290 feet no280 feet south of Broadway
Park Road, from Howard Avenue to El CPrimrose Road, frsn Howard Avenue toRalston Avenue, fron Occidental AvenuRhinette Avenue, north side
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Drive to Pl aza Lane'l to Ral ston Avenue
n Avenue to Carmel i tarth of Broadway to
anri no Real
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B. 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.:
Cannelita Avenue, north side, between Chula Vista
Avenue and El Camino Real
Magnol ia Avenue, east side
I3.36.042 Four Hour Parki ng.
It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to stop, stand or
pank such vehicle for a period of more than four hours between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day, Sundays and hol idays
excepted, on:
El Camino Real east service road, west side, between
Trousdale Drive and Murchison DriveCalifornia Dr.ive, west side, between Trousdale Drive
and Murchi son Drive
13.36.043 Limited Parki nq.
Green curb marking shall mean no standing or parking for 'longer
than the designated period of time between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.rn.
on any day except Sundays and holidays.
When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings are in
place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shal1 stop,
stand or park said vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking
or sign or parking meter in v.iolation thereof.
'l3.36.044 Parkinq Paral I e l on 0ne-l,lay Streets.
(a) Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle
may be stopped or parked within eighteen (lg) inches of the left_
hand curb facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any
one-way street, unless signs are in place prohibiting such stopping
or standi ng.
(b) In the event a highway includes two or more separate
roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such
roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand
side of such one-way roadway unless signs are in p'lace permitting
such standing or parki ng.
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(c) The city engineer is authorized to determine when standing
or parking shall be prohibited upon the left hand side of any one-
way street or when standing or parking may be permitted upon the
left hand side of any one-way roadway or a highway having two or
more separate roadways, and shall erect signs giving notice thereof.
(d) The requirement of parallel parking imposed by this
section shall not app'ly in the event any conmercial vehic'le is
actualiy engaged in the process of loading or unloading freight or
goods, in which case such vehicle nray be backed up to the curb,
provided that such vehicle does not extend beyond the center line
of the street and does not block traffic thereby.
13.36.045 Diaqonai Park i n q.
0n any of the streets or portions of streets established as
diagonal parking zones, when signs or pavement markings are in place
indicating such diagonal parking, it shal I be unlawful for the
operator of any vehicle to park said vehicle except:
(a) nt tne angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement
markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within
the limits of said a1 Iotted space;
(b) t^lith the front wheel nearest the curb within six (6)
'i nches of said curb.
The provisions of subsection (b) shali not apply when such
vehicle is actual 1y engaged in the process of Ioading or unloading
frei ght .
13.36.046 Parkinq Soace Marki n qs.
When such parking space markings are placed on the highway,
subject to other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shal 1
be stopped, ieft standing or parked other than within a single space
unless the size or shape of such vehicle makes compliance impossible.
No more than one vehicle may be parked within a single space.
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13.36.049 Muni c i pal Parki nq Lots
It is unlawful for any person to park any vehicle on any
property owned, possessed or maintained by the city as a public
municipal parking lot for a period of time longer than may be fixed
and determined by resolution or ordinance of the city council.
No such ordinance or resolution shall become effect'ive prior to
the installation of appropriate signs giving notice of the provisions
of such resolution or ordinance.
13.36.050 l4ovins Vehicles in Munici pal Parkinq Lots.
It is unlawful for any Derson to move a vehicle within a
municipal parking lot so that it remains therein for a period of
time in violation of Section .l3.36.049 hereof. Any vehicle observed
at two or more parking spaces within such period of time and having
an observed odometer change of less than l/10 mile, shall be presumed
to have remained within said lot. A vehicle parked with the odometer
obscured from view from without the vehicle shall be presumed to have
remai ned stati onary.
.l3.36.051 Litter and Refu se.
It is unlawful to throw, place or deposit any trash, litter,
paper or any refuse upon the pavement or in the landscaped area
of any property owned, possessed or maintained by the city as a
municipal parki ng I ot.
.I3.36.052 Appl ication of 0ther C hapters.
Al 1 provisions of this title, including but not limited to
those regarding parking meters, stopp'ing,standing and parking vehicles,
insofar as they are appljcable, shal'l apply to public off street
parking lots owned or operated by the Cjty of Burl ingame.
.l3.36.065 Parki nq of Heav y Vehjcles Prohibited in R Districts.
No person shal1 park or store upon the public streets or private
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property in any residential district, any vehicle exceeding 4,000
pounds gross vehicle weight and of the classes or types hereinafter
set forth:
l. Bus, excluding school bus
2. Dump truc k3. F lat bed truck
4. Truck tractor
5. Tank truck
6. Trans i t mix truck
7. Semi -trai I er
8. Trailer, excluding util ity trailers, trailer
coaches and camp tra i I ers
9. Special mobi I e equipment
10. Special constructi on
11. Implements of husbandry
Provided, however, that this sectjon shall not prohibit parking of
such vehic.les by a licensed contractor, or of one such vehicle by an
owner-builder for a period not to exceed thirty (30) continuous days,
when such vehicle or vehicles are used during the course of land-
scaping, grading, construction or repair of buildings or structures
upon such propoerty pursuant to a valid building per it. All
definit.ions of the California Vehicle Code shall apply. Trucks shall
be deemed to be 'motor trucks' as therein defined. "
Section 8.Chapter 13.38 if hereby added to said Code to read as
,,CHAPTER I3.38
STOPPING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING
.l3.38.0.l0 Authority to Establ ish Loadi ng Zones.
(a) The city engineer is hereby authorized to determined and to
mark zones and passenger loading zones as follows:
At any place in the central traffic district or any
bus i ness or commercial district.
Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any piace of
business or jn front of any ha11 or place used for the
purpose of publ i c assembly.
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(b) In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb
length in any block be reserved for 'loading zone purposes.
I 3. 38.020 Curb Markin s to Indicate Sto in
and Par nq Requ at ons.
13.38.030 Effect of Permission to L oad or Unl oad.
(a) Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for
purposes of loading or unloading of freight shall apply only to
commercial vehicles as defined in vehicle code Section 260 and shall
not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for
more than thirty (30) minutes.
(a) The City Engineer is hereby authorized, subject to the
provisions and 'l imitations of this ti e, to place, and when
required herein shall place, the fo)lowing curb markings to indicate
parking or standing regulations, and said curb markings shall have
the meanings as herein set forth:
I. Red shal I mean no stopping, standing or parking at anytime except as perm.itted by the Vehicle bode, ind exc"eptthat a bus may stop in a red zone marked or iigned as ; busstop.
2. Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at anytime between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00. p.m. oi any'day eicept Sirndaysand.holidays for any purpose othir than th; lo;ding b. rn_ --
roadtng 0f passengers or freight, provided that the loadingor.unloading of passengers shall not consuflme more than thiee(3) minutes, nor the loading or unloading of freight more thanthirty (30) mi nutes .
3. lJhite shall mean no stopping, standing or parking for anypurpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, oi forthe-purpose of depositing.mail in an adjacent maii boi, whichshal l not exceed three (3) minutes, and such restrictions shallapply between 8:00 a.m. and-6:00 p.m. of any day ercept iunJiysand holidays and except as follows:
A. When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front ofa mailbox the restrictions shall appiy at alI times.
B. When the City Engineer as authorized under this ordinancehas caused curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop,stand or.park a vehicle adjacent to any such iegible curbmarking in violation of any of the provisions oi this section.
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(b) The loading or unloading of freight sha11 apply only to
the pick-up or de'l ivery of freight in the ordinary course of business.
(c) Permission herein granted to stop or park for purposes of
loading or unloading passengers shall include the Ioading or un-
loading of personal baggage, but shall not extend beyond the time
necessary therefor and in no event for more than three (3) minutes.
(d) tlithin the total time Iimits above specified the provisions
of this section shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary
and reasonable loading or unloading, but without permitting abuse
of the privileges hereby granted.
13.38.040 Standing for Load i n q or Unl oadinq Onl y.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow
loading zone for any purpose other than )oading or unloading
passengers or freight as defined herein for such time as is per_
mitted in Section 13.38.030.
I3.38.050 Standinq in passen qer Loadinq Zone.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any passenger
loading zone for any purpose other than the Ioading or unloading
of passengers for such time as is specified in Section 'l3.3g.030.
13.38.060 Standinq in A n.y Al I ey.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose
other than the loading or unloading of persons or freight in any
alley.
,l3.38.070 Coach Zones to be Establ i shed.
The City Engineer is hereby authorized to establ .ish bus
zones opposite curb space for the loading and unloading of buses
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Section 9 Chapter i3.40 of said Code is hereby amended to read as
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.,CHAPTER 13.40
PARKING METERS
I3.40.010 Parking MeteLzqnelqld E qq.
The streets hereinafter descr.ibed are hereby defined and
established as parking meter zones. The parking of vehicles upon
such portions of said streets,and at such times as may be designated
by resolution of the City Council, shall be control led, regulated
and inspected with the aid of parking meters.
(a) Broadway from El Camino Real to California Drive.
(b) Chula Vista Avenue from Broadway to Carmelita Avenue.
(c) Laguna Avenue from Lincoln Avenue to Carmelita Avenue.
(d) Paloma Avenue from Lincoln Avenue to Carmelita Avenue.
(e) Capuchino Avenue from Lincoln Avenue to Carmelita Avenue.
(f) Cal ifornia Drive from Peninsula Avenue to Believue Avenue.
(g) Donnelly Avenue from Primrose Road to Lorton Avenue.
(h) Carolan Avenue from South Lane to North Lane.
(i) South Lane from Carolan Avenue to Cal ifornia Drive.
(j) Highland Avenue from Howard Avenue to Ca1 ifornia Drive.
(k) Lorton Avenue from Howard Avenue to Bellevue Avenue.
(1) Park Road from Howard Avenue to Bur'l ingame Avenue.
(m) Primrose Road frorn Howard Avenue to Bellevue Avenue.
(n) Howard Avenue from EI Camino Real to Highland Avenue
(o) Bur.l ingame Avenue from El Camino Avenue to California Drive.
The parking meter fees for the parking meter zones shall be
one cent (ll) for each twelve (12) minutes of parking time.
or common carriers of passengers and to determine the location
thereof. "
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1 3 .40. 020 Manner of Installation.
The city engineer shall cause parking meters to be installed
and maintained in all parking meter zones.
Parking meters shall be installed upon the curb or sidewalk
area immediately adjacent to each parking space. Each meter shall
be placed in such manner as to show or display by a sign or signal
that the parking space adjacent thereto is or is not 'legal ly in use.
Each parking meter shajl be set to display, after the opera-
tional procedure has been completed, a sign or signal indicating
Iegai parkings for that period of time conforming to the limit of
parking time as indicated on the rneter. Each parking meter shall
indicate the limit of parking time .in the parking space adjacent
to the parking neter, and shall continue to operate from the time
of the compietion of the operational procedure until the expiration
of the time fixed as the parking limit or a portion thereof for the
part of the street upon which said meter is placed. Each said
meter shall also be so arranged that upon the expiration of said
1ega1 parking time it will indicate by a mechanical operation and
by proper signal that the lawful parking period has expired.
,l3.40.030 Time of Operation of Parki nq Meters.
The provisions of this title relating to the operation of
parking meters shall be effective between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and
5:00 p.m. on every day except Sundays and holidays.
.l3.40.040 0perationa.l Procedure to be Followed.
Inrnediately after occupancy of a parking meter space, the
operator of a vehicle shall deposit a coin of the United States in
said parking meter and if necessary turn a crank, knob, or handle
in accordance with the instructions posted on the face of the parking
meter.
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'I 3 .40. 050 Parki n Meters and Park i n Ileter Standards
ot to be Used for Certain Purposes.
Ilo person shall attach anything to or allow a bicycle, nelrsrack
or any other article or thing to lean against a parking meter or a
parking meter standard vrjthout the approvai of the city engineer.
I3.40.060 Unlawful to Extend Time Be nd Limi t.
No person shall follow the operat'iona1 procedure or any part
of the operationai procedure for the purpose of increasing or
extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the 1ega1 parking
time which has been established for the parking space adjacent to
which said parking meter is placed.
.l3.40.070 Improper Use of Meter.
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking
meter any defaced or bent coin, or any slug, device or metallic
substitute for a coin of the United States, or deface, injure, tamper
with. open or wi1ful1y break, destroy or impair the usefulness of
an-v parki ng meter.
13.40.080 Deposit of Coins in Meter by Unauthorized Person.
llo person other than the owner or operator of a vehicle shall
deposit any coin in any parking meter without the knowledge or con-
sent of said owner or operator of the vehicle using the parking space
'immediately adjacent to said meter.
.l3.40.090 Corynerci a1 Vehicles Loading or Unloadinq
Exempt for Th ffi
Commercial vehicles may park in parkin_o zones to load or unload
freiqht urithout depositing coins for a period not to exceed thirty
(30) minutes. Should any truck or de1 ivery vehicle be parked longer
than thirty (30) minutes, it shall be classed as a violation hereof
and the regular penalty herein provided imposed.
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3.40..100 Unlawful to Park After Heter Time Has Expired.
llo operator of any vehicle shall permit said vehicle to remain
parked in any parking space during any time that the meter is showing
a siqnal indicating that such space is illegally in use other than
such time irrnediately after the originai occupancy as is necessary
to operate the meter to show Iegal parking.
I 3.40. I l0 Rulesof Evidence.
The parking or standing of any motor vehicle in a parking space,
at which space the parking meter displays the sign or signal indicat-
ing i11ega1 parking, sha1
.l constitute a orima facie presumption that
the vehicle has been parked or allowed to stand in such space for a
period longer than permitted by this title.
13.40..l20 Use of Funds Collected.
The specified coin or coins required to be deposited in parking
meters as herein provided are hereb.y levied and assessed as fees to
provide for the proper regulation and control of traffic upon the
public streets, and also the cost of supervision and regulating the
parking of vehicles in the parking meter zones hereby created, and
to cover the cost of purchase, acquiring, installation, operation,
maintenance, supervision, regulation and control of the parking
meters herein described and to provide for off street parking.
I 3 .40. I 30 Appl i catign of llher !!!pleE.
i,lo section of th.is chapter shall be construed as permjtting any
parking in violation of any other provision of this title."
Section 10. This ordinance shalI be published as required by 1aw.
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I, EVELYN H. HILL, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby
certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of
the Citv Council held on the l8 day of Septemhpr ' 197& and was adopted
thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Counc'i l held on the Znd day of
0ct ber .l 978 by the following vote:
AYES: C0UNCILMEN: Barton-Crosby-Mangini-Martin
NOES: C0UNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: C0UNCILMEN: Amstrup
fity clerk7
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