LIGHT RAIL RIGHTS-OF-WAY

Sacramento City Code tit. 10, ch. 10.72

in effect

Sacramento City Code § 10.72.010 "Light rail right-of-way" defined.

10.72.010 "Light rail right-of-way" defined. For purposes of this chapter, the "light rail right-of-way" is the area between light rail tracks and extending seven and one-half feet on either side of any track. (Prior code § 25.13.280)

Sacramento City Code § 10.72.020 Stopping, standing, parking prohibited.

10.72.020 Stopping, standing, parking prohibited. No person shall stop, stand or park any motor vehicle upon any light rail track or within any light rail right-of-way. Any vehicle found in violation of this section may be removed as authorized by the vehicle code or this title. (Prior code § 25.13.281)

Sacramento City Code § 10.72.030 Exceptions.

10.72.030 Exceptions. The provisions of Section 10.72.020 of this chapter shall not apply to the following: A. Fire vehicles, police vehicles, and ambulances while responding to emergency calls; B. Utility vehicles or building services vehicles engaged in the repair of hazards or the correction of disruptions of essential services; C. Light rail vehicles operated by the Sacramento regional transit district; D. Sacramento regional transit district supervisory, maintenance, and revenue collection vehicles; E. Motor vehicles traversing the right-of-way and stopped pursuant to a traffic control device or in a traffic queue; F. City solid waste division vehicles while engaged in collection of refuse or street cleaning. (Prior code § 25.13.282)

Sacramento City Code § 10.72.040 Bicycles, roller skates, skateboards, other wheeled devices prohibited.

10.72.040 Bicycles, roller skates, skateboards, other wheeled devices prohibited. No person shall ride any bicycle, roller skates, skateboard or other wheeled device within any light rail right-of-way; provided, however, that a person may ride a bicycle across a light rail right-of-way perpendicular to the tracks. (Prior code § 25.13.283)

Sacramento City Code § 10.72.050 Kite-flying and other air space intrusions prohibited.

10.72.050 Kite-flying and other air space intrusions prohibited. No person shall fly a kite within, operate a remote-controlled or radio-controlled device within, or cause or any other object to intrude into the lowest twenty-five (25) feet of airspace above a light rail right-of-way. (Prior code § 25.13.284)

Source: City of Sacramento, Sacramento City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/sacramentoca/latest/sacramento_ca/0-0-0-22691Fetched: 10/24/2026