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ORDINANCE NO. NS-2185
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
PROHIBITING THE PARKING AND DRIVING OF
PRIVATE BUSES ON LOCAL STREETS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 36-49, which said
section reads as follows:
sec. 36-49
Prohibition of private buses on local streets.
(a) No person shall park or drive any private bus on or along
any local street.
(b) As used in this section, "private bus" means any bus, as
defined in section 233 of the Vehicle Code of the State of
California, which is operated by any person or entity other than a
public agency, and which is not in use solely for any of the
following purposes:
(1) The transportation of school children, the elderly, or
the physically handicapped.
(2) For nonprofit purposes, such as a vanpool as defined in
section 668 of the Vehicle Code of' the State of
California.
(3)
For pick-up or delivery of persons at their home
addresses in connection with transportation to or from an
airport or other mass transportation facility.
(c) As used in this section, "local street" includes any
point on a public or private street which has the following
characteristics:
(1)
Either side of the street in either direction is
developed primarily with residential uses as far as the
next intersecting street.
(2) The street has no more than one traffic lane in each
direction.
(3)
The street is not designated as an arterial street in the
general plan of the city.
(d) This section shall not apply to buses having a gross
vehicle weight of less than 10,000 pounds.
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~uC_T_/~]~--~: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent Jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The city Council of
the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted
this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
~: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the
repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the
prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were
committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as
affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the
collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision
applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of
any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted,
filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and
obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force
and effect.
ADOPTED this 15th day of ~arch 1993.
ATTEST:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Young Aye
Pulido Aye
Lutz Aye
Mills
Moreno Aye
Norton Aye
Richardson Aye
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY
State of California
County of Orange
I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the
attached ~ /~3-~/~' to be the original ~
adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on
City of Santa Ana