MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES

Los Angeles Municipal Code ch. VIII, div. F

in effect

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.25 FOLLOWING OR PARKING NEAR FIRE APPARATUS.

SEC. 80.25. FOLLOWING OR PARKING NEAR FIRE APPARATUS. (Amended by Ord. No. 168,782, Eff. 7/12/93.) (a) No driver of a vehicle shall follow any fire apparatus answering a fire alarm, or another vehicle answering an emergency call, closer than one block. (b) No person shall park any vehicle within the block where any fire apparatus or other emergency vehicle has stopped in response to an emergency call.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.26 DRIVING THROUGH FUNERAL PROCESSIONS.

SEC. 80.26. DRIVING THROUGH FUNERAL PROCESSIONS. No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion and when the vehicles in such procession are conspicuously so designated (Amended by Ord. No. 134,523, Eff. 7/17/67.)

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.27 RIDING ON BICYCLES.

SEC. 80.27. RIDING ON BICYCLES. A person operating a bicycle shall not ride other than upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, nor carry any other person upon such bicycle other than upon a firmly attached seat to the rear of the operator, nor shall any person ride upon a bicycle other than as above authorized. (Amended by Ord. No. 122,716, Eff. 10/5/62.)

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.28 CLINGING TO MOVING VEHICLES.

SEC. 80.28. CLINGING TO MOVING VEHICLES. Any person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, roller skates or any toy vehicle, shall not attach the same or themself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway. (Amended by Ord. No. 134,523, Eff. 7/17/67.)

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.29 VEHICLES SHALL NOT BE DRIVEN ON THE SIDEWALK.

SEC. 80.29. VEHICLES SHALL NOT BE DRIVEN ON THE SIDEWALK. The driver of a vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk area or any parkway except at a permanent or temporary driveway.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.30 NEW PAVEMENT.

SEC. 80.30. NEW PAVEMENT. No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or any freshly painted marking placed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter in any street when a barrier or sign is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or where a sign is in place stating that the street is closed.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.30.1 CURB PARKING - RIGHT OF WAY.

SEC. 80.30.1. CURB PARKING - RIGHT OF WAY. (a) Definition – Limited Curb Parking Space. For the purpose of this section, a “limited curb parking space” shall mean an area open for lawful parking along side of, and adjacent to, a curb, which area is not of sufficient length to permit two or more vehicles to freely move for parking therein at the same time. (b) Parking at Curb – Right of Way. Any person seeking to park their vehicle in a limited curb parking space, whose vehicle arrives at said parking space prior to any other vehicle, and who proceeds beyond said space a distance not to exceed ten feet for the purpose of backing the person’s vehicle therein, shall have the right of way over any person driving or attempting to drive any other vehicle directly into such limited curb parking space or who in any manner obstructs such limited curb parking space and the driver of such other vehicle shall yield the right of way to the driver who first arrived at said parking space.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.30.2 HORSE DRAWN VEHICLES.

SEC. 80.30.2. HORSE DRAWN VEHICLES. No person shall drive any animal drawn vehicle into or within the Central Traffic District between the hours of 4:30 o’clock P.M. and 6:00 o’clock P.M. of any day. (Amended by Ord. No. 122,716, Eff. 10/5/62.)

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.31 VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

SEC. 80.31. VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. (Amended by Ord. No. 139,223, Eff. 11/9/69.) Upon private property of another which is held open to the public for any vehicular use and which is not subject to the provisions of the Vehicle Code. (a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the surface and conditions of the area of such operation, and the welfare and safety of persons or property thereon. (b) No person shall engage in or aid or abet in any motor vehicle speed contest or motor vehicle exhibition of speed thereon, without prior written authorization therefor from the owner, lessee or other person in legal possession.

Source: City of Los Angeles, Charter and Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/lamc/0-0-0-165662Fetched: 10/24/2026