MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES

Riverside Municipal Code tit. 10, ch. 10.36

in effect

Riverside Municipal Code § 10.36.010 Driving through funeral or other procession.

10.36.010 - Driving through funeral or other procession. No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion and when such vehicles are conspicuously designated as required in this title. This provision shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or police officers. (Ord. 2940 § 9.1, 1961)

Riverside Municipal Code § 10.36.020 Drivers in a procession.

10.36.020 - Drivers in a procession. Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as near to the right hand edge of the roadway as practicable and shall follow the vehicle ahead as closely as is practicable and safe. (Ord. 2940 § 9.2, 1961)

Riverside Municipal Code § 10.36.030 Funeral processions to be identified.

10.36.030 - Funeral processions to be identified. A funeral composed of a procession of vehicles shall be identified as such by the display upon the outside of each vehicle of a pennant or other identifying insignia or by such other method as may be determined and designated by the Chief of Police. (Ord. 2940 § 9.3, 1961)

Riverside Municipal Code § 10.36.040 When permits required for parades and processions.

10.36.040 - When permits required for parades and processions. No funeral, procession or parade shall occupy, march or proceed along any street except in accordance with a permit issued by the City and such other regulations as are set forth herein which may apply. (Ord. 7362 § 3, 2017; Ord. 2940 § 9.4, 1961)

Riverside Municipal Code § 10.36.050 Vehicle shall not be driven on a sidewalk.

10.36.050 - Vehicle shall not be driven on a sidewalk. The driver of a vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk or parkway area except at a permanent or temporary driveway. (Ord. 2940 § 9.5, 1961)

Riverside Municipal Code § 10.36.060 New pavement and markings.

10.36.060 - New pavement and markings. No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted marking in any street when a barrier, sign, or other warning device is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or when any such device is in place indicating that the street or any portion thereof is closed. (Ord. 2940 § 9.6, 1961)

Riverside Municipal Code § 10.36.070 Clinging to moving vehicles.

10.36.070 - Clinging to moving vehicles. No person shall attach himself with his hands, or to 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. (Ord. 2940 § 9.7, 1961)

Riverside Municipal Code § 10.36.080 Controlled access.

10.36.080 - Controlled access. No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any controlled access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority. (Ord. 2940 § 9.8, 1961)

Riverside Municipal Code § 10.36.090 Restrictions on use of freeways.

10.36.090 - Restrictions on use of freeways. No person shall drive or operate any bicycle, motor driven cycle, or any vehicle which is not drawn by a motor vehicle upon any street established as a freeway, as defined by State law, nor shall any pedestrian walk across or along any such street so designated and described except in space set aside for the use of pedestrians, provided official signs are in place giving notice of such restrictions. (Ord. 2940 § 9.9, 1961)

Riverside Municipal Code § 10.36.100 Riding horse on improved sidewalk.

10.36.100 - Riding horse on improved sidewalk. It is unlawful for any person to ride a horse upon improved City sidewalks, except as necessary to enter or leave adjacent property. Improved City sidewalks shall include concrete sidewalks and decomposed granite sidewalks or similarly improved sidewalks. (Ord. 3657 § 1, 1969)

Riverside Municipal Code § 10.36.110 Riding horse on landscaped City parkways.

10.36.110 - Riding horse on landscaped City parkways. Except along designated bridle trails it is unlawful to ride a horse on landscaped City parkways. (Ord. 4498 § 1, 1978)

Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT10VETR_CH10.36MIDRRUFetched: 11/1/2026