§ 23-13.11. Prohibiting the use of highways by certain vehicles.  


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  • The Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara, in accordance with Section 21101(c) of the Vehicle Code of the State of California, may by ordinance adopt rules and regulations prohibiting the use of particular highways by certain vehicles, except as otherwise provided by the public utilities commission pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 1031) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code.

    Rules and regulations prohibiting the use by certain vehicles are hereby established for the following highways:

    BALLARD CANYON ROAD; from a point one thousand forty feet south of the centerline of Foxen Canyon Road to a point two thousand seven hundred thirteen feet south of the centerline of Foxen Canyon Road:

    Motor trucks, over thirty feet in combined length, with three or more axles are prohibited.

    The designated alternate route for prohibited vehicles shall be Grand Avenue-Alamo Pintado Road.

    HARRIS GRADE ROAD, from Burton Mesa Boulevard to State Route 135:

    Autos with trailers over thirty feet in combined length, and trucks over thirty feet in combined length are prohibited.

    The designated alternate route for prohibited vehicles shall be State Route 1.

    PAINTED CAVE ROAD, from State Route 154 to East Camino Cielo:

    Autos with trailers over thirty feet in combined length, and trucks over thirty feet in combined length are prohibited. The designated alternate route for prohibited vehicles shall be State Route 154.

    PAINTED CAVE ROAD, at a point one and one-half miles north of the centerline of State Route 154:

    Vehicles over twelve feet in height are prohibited. The designated alternate route for prohibited vehicles shall be State Route 154.

    SAN MARCOS ROAD, from Via Los Santos to State Route 154:

    Autos with trailers over thirty feet in combined length, and trucks over thirty feet in combined length are prohibited. The designated alternate route for prohibited vehicles shall be State Route 154.

    Pursuant to Section 21103 of the California Vehicle Code, no provision of this section 23-13.11 shall be effective until signs giving notice of the local traffic laws are posted at all entrances to the highway or part thereof affected.

    Pursuant to Section 21104 of the California Vehicle Code, a person who violates any provision of this section 23-13.11 shall be guilty of an infraction and subject to a fine of one hundred dollars.

    Exemptions to any aforementioned prohibitions include emergency vehicles and any vehicles with the purpose of providing services, making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise or delivering construction materials to sites within the restricted highway segment that have no other means of access utilizing the most direct route.

(Ord. No. 4758, § 1, 9-7-2010; Ord. No. 4878, § 1, 3-11-2014; Ord. No. 5008, § 1, 8-29-2017)