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Blackstone HOA wins board approval to apply California vehicle code to private roads
Summary
El Dorado County supervisors voted 5-0 to apply the California Vehicle Code to private streets in the Blackstone community, a change that would allow the CHP to enforce traffic laws on those roads if the homeowners association contracts for patrols.
El Dorado County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to apply the California Vehicle Code to private streets in the Blackstone planned community, a change the homeowners association says will let it request California Highway Patrol patrols on its private roads.
The petition, presented by John Hansen, legal counsel for the Blackstone Master Association, asks the board “to apply the vehicle code to the private streets in the Blackstone private plan development” so the HOA could request CHP patrols and citations for reckless or speeding drivers, Hansen said.
Board action rescinds the existing status under which most provisions of the Vehicle Code do not apply on private property and makes the code enforceable on the named private streets if the board’s resolution is later used by the HOA to contract with…
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