Section 21117 Of Article 3. Local Regulation From California Vehicle Code >> Division 11. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
21117
. (a) Local authorities may, notwithstanding Section 21101 or
21101.6, by written agreement approved by their legislative bodies,
transfer among themselves the responsibility for maintaining,
operating, or controlling public access to any highway under their
respective jurisdictions located in or adjacent to an ecological
reserve or an environmentally sensitive area within their respective
jurisdictions.
(b) An agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) may
authorize the local authority having responsibility for the highway
under the agreement to do all of the following:
(1) Limit access by motor vehicles to the highway during certain
hours of the day or certain days of the week.
(2) Prohibit access by motor vehicles during certain hours of the
day or certain days of the week.
(3) Provide for the construction or erection of barricades or
other devices designed or intended to separate pedestrians from
vehicles or motor vehicles.
(4) Establish and operate a program by which vehicular access is
permitted only in conjunction with specified educational programs or
for disabled persons, or both.
(5) Issue temporary permits for special events valid for less than
one day.
(c) As used in this section, the term "ecological reserve" has the
same meaning as defined in Section 1584 of the Fish and Game Code,
and "environmentally sensitive area" has the same meaning as defined
in Section 30107.5 of the Public Resources Code.