TRAFFIC REGULATION IN PARKS

Los Angeles Municipal Code ch. VIII, div. R

in effect

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 86.00 BOULEVARD STOPS IN PARKS.

SEC. 86.00. BOULEVARD STOPS IN PARKS. The Board is hereby authorized and directed to establish and maintain boulevard stops at appropriate points, places or intersections in public parks; provided, such boulevard stops are posted. (Amended by Ord. No. 153,027, Eff. 11/16/79.)

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 86.01 BOULEVARD STOPS IN PARKS - OBSERVANCE REQUIRED.

SEC. 86.01. BOULEVARD STOPS IN PARKS - OBSERVANCE REQUIRED. The driver of any vehicle on any street or roadway in any public park in the City of Los Angeles upon approaching any entrance of a highway or intersection sign-posted with a stop sign as provided in this division shall stop at such sign before entering or crossing such highway or intersection.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 86.02 SPEED OF VEHICLES IN PARKS.

SEC. 86.02. SPEED OF VEHICLES IN PARKS. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle on any park road or other way, or travel in any public park at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent, having due regard for the traffic on and the surface and width of the road or way, and in no event at a speed in excess of 25 miles per hour; provided, however, that the maximum speed limit on Riverside Drive from Los Feliz Boulevard northerly on Riverside Drive to the junction of the City limits of the City of Los Angeles and the City of Glendale shall be 45 miles per hour; and provided, further, that the maximum speed limit established herein shall not apply to those streets in and through park lands which are opened, established and maintained by virtue of permission given by the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners, approved by the City Council by ordinance. (b) The Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners is authorized and directed to erect and maintain sign posts indicating the speed limits herein established at each entrance into any park of each such roadway or street, except those roadways hereinabove expressly excepted. The Board may erect and maintain such signposts at other appropriate places along the roadways or streets within any park. (c) No person shall drive a vehicle in any parking area owned by or under the management and control of the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent, having due regard for the traffic on, and the surface and width of the roadway, and in no event at a speed in excess of ten miles per hour. (d) The Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners is authorized and directed to erect and maintain sign posts indicating the speed limits herein established at each entrance into any such parking area. The Board may erect and maintain such sign posts at other appropriate places within the parking area in any park or recreation area. (e) No person shall drive any vehicle upon property owned by or under the management and control of the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property. (f) No person shall engage in any motor vehicle speed contest, drag race, or exhibition of speed upon property owned by or under the management and control of the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners. No person shall aid or abet in any such motor vehicle speed contest, drag race, or exhibition of speed upon property owned by or under the management and control of said Board. (g) Nothing contained in this section shall apply to any activity sponsored, directed, or approved by the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners and the City Council. (Added by Ord. No. 107,937, Eff. 10/11/56.) Roadways within parks are not general arteries of travel and regulation of traffic thereon is a municipal affair and therefore regulations established by City Ordinance will prevail over State law. People v. Jackman, (1938) CR A 1502.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 86.03 STANDING OR PARKING OF VEHICLES - IN PARK.

SEC. 86.03. STANDING OR PARKING OF VEHICLES - IN PARK. The Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to post and maintain appropriate signs indicating that parking is limited or prohibited on any park-drive, park-road, or at any other place within parks, playgrounds and recreation areas owned or controlled by the City during such hours, or on such days, or both, as is necessary for the safety of the public or the reasonable use or enjoyment by the public of the park, playground or recreation area, and whenever such authorized signs are in place, giving notice thereon that parking is limited or prohibited during such hours or on such days as are indicated on the signs, it shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle, motor vehicle or motorcycle at any time during such hours or on such days, or for any length of time prohibited as indicated by such signs.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 86.04 BICYCLES IN PARKS, ETC.

SEC. 86.04. BICYCLES IN PARKS, ETC. No person shall drive a vehicle or bicycle on any path designated or posted as a “trail” by the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 86.05 BRIDLE PATHS IN PARKS, ETC.

SEC. 86.05. BRIDLE PATHS IN PARKS, ETC. No person shall drive a saddlehorse on any road other than a road designated and posted as a “Bridle Path,” except that roads not designated as bridle paths may be crossed at crossings designated by the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners and appropriately posted therefor.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 86.06 POSTING OF SIGNS - DRIVING AND PARKING PROHIBITED.

SEC. 86.06. POSTING OF SIGNS - DRIVING AND PARKING PROHIBITED. (Amended by Ord. No. 168,782, Eff. 7/12/93.) (a) No person shall drive any vehicle, motor vehicle or motorcycle upon any path, trail, bridle path, or in any other area, unless it is posted for parking, within a public park, playground or recreation area owned or controlled by the City. (b) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle, motor vehicle or motorcycle upon any path, trail, bridle path, or in any other area, unless it is posted for parking, within a public park, playground or recreation area owned or controlled by the City.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 86.07 CROSSWALKS IN PARKS, ETC.

SEC. 86.07. CROSSWALKS IN PARKS, ETC. The Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to establish and mark crosswalks within parks, playgrounds and recreation areas owned or controlled by the City where it determines that such crosswalks are necessary in order to eliminate hazards to pedestrians crossing any park-drive or park-road. The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing a park-drive or park-road within any marked cross-walk.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 86.08 RED FLAG DAY PARKING.

SEC. 86.08. RED FLAG DAY PARKING. (Added by Ord. No. 179,578, Eff. 3/17/08.) (a) Upon declaration of a Red Flag day and issuance of Red Flag restrictions in the Mt. Washington area by the Los Angeles Fire Department, residents shall be permitted to park in the parking lots of the following Recreation and Parks facilities: (1) the Carlin G. Smith Recreation Center (in designated “Red Flag Day” parking spaces only); (2) Ramona Hall; (3) the Sycamore Grove Bandshell. (b) During the period of Red Flag restrictions, residents shall be permitted to enter the parking lots of the Recreation and Park facilities listed in Subsection (a) in order to access their vehicles. (c) Parking restrictions and enforcement at the parking lots of the Recreation and Parks facilities listed in Subsection (a) shall resume at the regular closing time of the facilities one day after the Los Angeles Fire Department declares that Red Flag conditions in the Mt. Washington area have ceased and the Red Flag restrictions are lifted.

Source: City of Los Angeles, Charter and Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/lamc/0-0-0-168645Fetched: 10/24/2026