HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #3457 ORDINANCE NO. 3457
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING CHAPTER 8.44 OF THE HUNTINGTON BEACH
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO VEHICLES, MOTORCYCLES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby ordain as follows: -
SECTION 1. Section 8.44.020 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
8.44.020 Definitions. Unless a different meaning is apparent from the context or is specified
elsewhere in the code, the following are to be as defined by the California Vehicle Code:
(a) "Highway" (California Vehicle Code §360).
(b) "Motorcycle" (California Vehicle Code §400).
(c) "Motor-driven cycle" (California Vehicle Code §405).
(d) "Motorized bicycle" or"moped"is any two-wheeled or three-wheeled device having
fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power, or having no pedals if powered
solely by electrical energy, and an automatic transmission and a motor which produces
less than two (2) gross brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the device at a
maximum speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on level ground(California Vehicle
Code §406).
(-e) A"motorized bicycle"is also a device that has fully operative pedals for propulsion by
human power and has an electric motor that meets ail of the following requirements:
(1) Has a power output of not more than 1,000 watts.
(2) Is incapable of propelling the device at a speed of more than 20 miles per
hour on ground level
(3) Is incapable of further increasing the speed of the device when human power
is used to propel the motorized bicycle faster than 20 miles per hour.
(e) "Motorized scooter." A motorized scooter shall be defined as in §402.5 of the California
Vehicle Code. A motorized scooter is regulated as a bicycle under Chapter 10.84 of this
Code.
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(f) "Motorized skateboard." A skateboard to which a motor is attached whether the motor is
running or not.
(g) "Unimproved private property" under this chapter means any parcel of land or parcels of
land under common ownership which contain no buildings or which are not surfaced with
cement, concrete, asphaltic concrete, or other similar material, or which do not have a _
hard surface made up of a mixture of rock, sand or gravel bound together with a chemical
or mineral substance other than natural soil.
(h) "Vehicle" means a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or -
drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved by human power or used exclusively
upon stationary rails or tracks. Farm, construction and commercial vehicles are exempted
from this definition.
SECTION 2. Section 8.44.025 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
8.44.025 Motorized Scooter No motorized scooter shall be propelled on any sidewalk, or on
any bikeway, bicycle path or trail, unless such path or trail is part of a highway or street shared
with general vehicular traffic, equestrian trail, hiking, recreational trail, or the municipal pier,
except in areas where use is permitted by state law.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 17th day of April , 2000.
Mayor -
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City Clerk
ity Attorney
REVIEWED AND APPROVED:
INIT D AND AP O ED:
City Ad inistrator
Police Chie
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Ord. No. 3457
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the
City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do -
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of April, 2000, and was again read to -
said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th day of April, 2000, and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members
of said City Council.
AYES: Julien, Sullivan,Harman, Garofalo, Green, Dettloff, Bauer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
I,Connie Brockway CITY CLERK of the City of
Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council,
do hereby certify that a synopsis ofthis ordinance has been
published in the Independent on �,���J'�fiG�
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In accordance with the City Charter of said City City Clerk and ex-officio Glerk
Connie Brockwa ._City Clerk of the City Council of the City
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