A. All of the streets and highways in the city now existing or which may be hereafter created or dedicated are declared to be boulevards for the purpose of this section. Every operator of a vehicle traversing any street intersection any boulevard shall stop such vehicle at the place where such street meets the nearest property line of the boulevard before entering the boulevard, provided the property line is clearly marked or signposted as required in this section and Sections
10.24.020 through
10.24.070, and Chapters
10.04,
10.08,
10.20,
10.40,
10.48, and
10.56.
B. The
City Council shall, by order entered in the minutes, designate the
places where vehicle shall stop before crossing the intersecting streets
and boulevards.
C. The
City Engineer is authorized and required to place and maintain, or
cause to be placed and maintained in the street at the designated
places, appropriate signs or devices or marks, to bear the words "BOULEVARD
STOP" or the word "SLOW" in such places and with
such letters thereon of a size to be legible from a distance of 50
feet along the street intersection the boulevard.
(Ord. 10 §22, 1946)
The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or
garage shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a
sidewalk.
(Ord. 10 §20, 1946)
It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to drive between
the vehicles comprising a funeral procession.
(Ord. 10 §27, 1946)
A. It
is unlawful for any person to stop, park or leave standing any vehicle,
attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic, or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer
or traffic-control signal device, in any of the following places,
subject, however, to the exception hereinafter mentioned:
3. Between
a safety zone and the adjacent curb, or within 20 feet of a point
on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone;
4. Within
15 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station;
5. In
front of a private or public highway;
6. On
or blocking a sidewalk;
7. At
or along any curb within 15 feet of the entrance to any hospital;
8. At
or along any curb within 15 feet of the entrance to any police station;
9. At
or along the curb within 15 feet of any fire hydrant located within
areas zoned for commercial, industrial, or high density use. At or
along the curb within 10 feet of any fire hydrant located within areas
zoned for residential (low density) or residential (medium density).
The exception shall be when a vehicle is attended by a licensed operator
or chauffeur who is seated in the front seat and who can immediately
move such vehicle in case of necessity;
10. Adjacent to any intersection, driveway, or in locations where traffic
movement, sight distance, and/or public safety may be a consideration;
11. On any street other than as provided in Section
10.24.060.
B. The
City Engineer shall designate the provisions of subsections (A)(3)
to (A)(5) and (A)(7) to (A)(10) of this section by placing and maintaining
red paint on the entire curb surface within such areas, omitting any
crosswalk area.
(Ord. 87-277 §1)
The operator of a vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk
area except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
(Ord. 10 §21, 1946)
A. The
operator of a vehicle shall not stop, stand or park such vehicle in
a roadway other than parallel with the curb and the 2 right-hand wheels
of the vehicle within one foot of the regularly established curblines,
except that on those streets which have been marked for angle parking,
as provided in this section, vehicles shall be parked at the angle
to the curb indicated by such marks.
B. The
City Council shall determine the streets on which all vehicles shall
be so parked by painting lines on the surface on the roadway thereof,
indicating the proper angle for such parking; provided, that angle
parking shall not be permitted on any street where such parking would
diminish the width of the roadway available for vehicular travel to
less than 20 feet.
(Ord. 10 §36, 1946)
It is unlawful for the owner or operator of any vehicle to park
such vehicle on Guadalupe Street from 750 Guadalupe Street to Tenth
Street within the city between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
of any days except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, and no trucks,
trailer or truck and trailer shall be parked in any residence district
between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day.
(Ord. 10 §35, 1946; Ord. 147 §2, 1975; Ord. 171 §1, 1977)
The parking of trucks and/or commercial trailers for a period
in excess of one hour is prohibited on the following portions of truck
routes:
A. Guadalupe
Street, from the north city limit to the south city limit, on the
east and west sides;
B. Eleventh
Street, from Guadalupe Street to the east city limit, on the north
side;
C. Eleventh
Street, from Guadalupe Street to the east city limit, on the south
side;
D. Obispo
Street, from Eleventh Street to 620 feet south of Ninth Street, on
the east and west sides;
E. Obispo
Street, from Fourth Street to Main Street, on the west side;
F. Main
Street, from Guadalupe Street to Julia Drive, on the north and south
sides.
(Ord. 2000-349 §3; Ord. 2006-373 §1; Ord. 2008-394 §1)
A. Pacheco
Street between Tenth Street and Eleventh Street is hereby designated
a fire lane as that term is defined by the Uniform Fire Code as adopted
by the City of Guadalupe.
B. No
person shall park a vehicle of any kind along Pacheco Street between
Tenth Street and Eleventh Street at any time. Public safety personnel,
including members of the Fire Department and Police Department, are
exempt from this requirement.
C. No
person shall place any obstruction of any kind in Pacheco Street between
Tenth and Eleventh Street.
D. The
Chief of Police and/or the Fire Chief are hereby authorized to remove
any vehicle parked along Pacheco Street between Tenth Street and Eleventh
Street and impound any such vehicle at the owner's expense.
E. This
section shall become effective when appropriate signs and/or markings
are in place giving notice to the public that parking is prohibited
on Pacheco Street between Tenth and Eleventh Street.
(Ord. 2005-371 §1)
A. It
is unlawful for any person to park any vehicle for longer than 2 hours
on any portion of Guadalupe Street between 6th Street and 12th Street
between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday
and legal holidays. Signs shall be erected and maintained not more
than 300 feet apart, designating the restricted parking spaces under
the provisions of this section.
B. It
is unlawful for any person to park any vehicle on any portion of Guadalupe
Street between 6th Street and 12th Street, or in any City parking
lot, at any time between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. each
day. Signs shall be erected and maintained not more than 300 feet
apart, designating the restricted parking spaces under the provisions
of this section. This subsection shall not apply to parking in the
City's parking lot located at the train station.
(Ord. 37 §1(a), 1949; Ord. 2017-462 §1)
It is unlawful for any person, except a City of Guadalupe employee
who has been issued a permit by the Director of Public Safety or designee,
to park any vehicle in a parking space designated as "Employee
Parking" on the east side of Obispo Street between Ninth and
Tenth Streets during the hours between 7:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m.
of any day except Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays observed by
the City of Guadalupe. Signs shall be erected, and the curbs shall
be painted with black letters, designating the restricted parking
spaces under the provisions of this section as "Employee Parking."
(Ord. 2023-510 §1)
The City Council shall have the power to locate and designate
parking spaces upon the public streets of the city, in which it is
unlawful for any person to park any vehicle for a period longer than
20 minutes between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Sundays and
legal holidays excepted, by order duly entered in the minutes of a
regular or adjourned regular meeting. Such spaces so located and designated
shall be painted with green paint on the curb surface and plainly
marked "20-minute parking." It is unlawful for any person
to park any vehicle in any space so located, designated, painted,
and marked as provided in this section for a period longer than 20
minutes.
(Ord. 37 §1(b), 1949; Ord. 2023-510 §2)
The City Council shall have the power to locate and designate
parking spaces wherein parking is at all times prohibited, by order
duly entered in the minutes of a regular or adjourned regular meeting.
Such spaces so located and designated shall be painted with red paint
on the curb surface. It is unlawful for any person other than police
officers to park any vehicle in any space so located, designated,
painted and marked as provided in this section.
(Ord. 37 §1(c), 1949)
A. The
Public Works Director is hereby authorized to place signs or markings
indicating no parking upon any street or alley when the width of the
roadway does not exceed 20 feet or upon one side of a street as indicated
by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed
30 feet.
B. When
official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow
streets or alleys as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle
upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking.
C. Violation
of this section shall be punishable as an infraction with a fine of
$100.00 per occurrence.
(Ord. 2006-376 §1)
The City Council shall have the power to locate and designate
parking spaces to be used only for unloading freight and merchandise,
and parking spaces to be used only for unloading passengers. The former
shall be known as "loading zones," and the latter as "passenger
loading zones." Loading zones shall be painted with yellow paint
on the curb surface, and passenger loading zones shall be painted
with white paint on the curb surface. It is unlawful for any person
to park in any space so designated except for the purposes set forth
in this section.
(Ord. 37 §1(d), 1949)
The City Council shall also have the power to locate and designate
by order duly entered in the minutes of a regular or adjourned regular
meeting, parking spaces to be used only for taxicab parking and loading,
and bus or jitney parking and loading, and to designate streets, alleys,
highways and areas, or parts thereof, wherein vehicles exceeding 19
feet in overall length may park, or in which such vehicle or vehicles
may only park parallel to the curb and with the 2 right-hand wheels
parallel to and not more than 18 inches from the curb. Such areas
shall be suitably marked by signs not more than 300 feet apart. When
such spaces, streets, alleys, highways and areas, or parts thereof,
have been so designated and marked, it is unlawful for any person
to park therein or thereon in any manner except that so designated.
(Ord. 37 §1(e), 1949)
Any person guilty of violating any of the provisions of Sections
10.24.080 through
10.24.120, or performing any act declared by such sections to be unlawful, shall be deemed guilty of an infraction, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision then in effect in the City pursuant to Chapter
1.08 of this code, as amended.
(Ord. 37 §3, 1949; Ord. 85-250 §1; Ord.
86-271 §46)
A. Except for those parking meter regulations provided for in Chapter
10.28 of this title, as amended, bail for all violations limited to those specified in Sections
10.24.080 through
10.24.120 shall be established by resolution of the City Council, plus any applicable County surcharge if remittance is made within 14 days of issuance of the citation.
B. Bail
for all citations of violation of California
Vehicle Code parking
regulations shall be determined by the Uniform Bail Schedule, as from
time to time adopted by the Judicial Council of California.
C. If
the bail is not deposited as specified above, but is posted between
the 15th day and the 30th day after issuance of the violation citation,
the penalty for failure to post or appear within 14 days shall be
an additional amount as established by resolution of the City Council.
D. If the bail is not deposited or appearance made within the 30th day after issuance of the citation, the penalty for failure to post bail or appear shall be increased by an amount established by resolution of the City Council, and the Chief of Police shall cause to be issued to the registered owner of the cited vehicle a notice that the penalty for failure to post bail has been increased by such amount in addition to the original bail. This notice shall also include the admonition that the person so charged must respond to the charge within 10 days after the service of the notice or the Department of Motor Vehicles will be notified as set forth in subsection
E of this section.
E. If the bail and penalties are not deposited within 10 days after the issuance of the notice described in subsection
D of this section, the Chief of Police shall cause to be issued a legal notice to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, in accordance with Section 41103.5 of the California
Vehicle Code, requesting sanctions against the registered owner of the vehicle, in compliance with Section 4760 of the California
Vehicle Code. The administrative fee for such legal notice shall be established by resolution of the City Council, including any applicable Department of Motor Vehicles administrative fee. This administrative fee shall be in addition to the original bail and any other penalties as specified herein.
(Ord. 85-250 §2; Ord. 2013-414 §18)
A. No
person shall park a vehicle in a private driveway or on private property
without the direct or implied consent of the owner or the person in
lawful possession of such driveway or property.
B. Posting
of any sign prohibiting parking in a private driveway or on private
property shall be the sole responsibility of the owner or person in
lawful possession of such property.
C. Any person guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section, or performing any act declared by this section to be unlawful shall be deemed guilty of an infraction, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision then in effect in the City, pursuant to Chapter
1.08 of this code, as amended.
(Ord. 216 §2, 1982; Ord. 86-271 §41)
A. It
is unlawful to park or cause to be parked any commercial, produce
or vegetable trailer within a public right-of-way of the City between
the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
B. Any person guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section, or performing any act declared by this section to be unlawful, shall be deemed guilty of an infraction, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision then in effect in the City, pursuant to Chapter
1.08 of this code, as amended.
(Ord. 202 §2, 1980; Ord. 86-271 §40)
It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park on any
street any vehicle on which there is a "For Sale" sign,
or to park on any street any vehicle for the purpose of displaying
it for sale.
(Ord. 10 §37, 1946)
A. No
person shall service, repair, or make any repairs or add or install
any part or accessory to or on any vehicle while the same is upon
any street or alley.
B. The
provision of this section shall not be deemed to prohibit the driver
of any vehicle, which is disabled while upon any public street or
alley to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping, from
making or causing to be made the repairs necessary to enable such
vehicle to be moved from the public street or alley, if the necessary
repairs are completed within 24 hours of such disability.
C. Any person guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section or performing any act declared by such section to be unlawful, shall be deemed guilty of an infraction, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision then in effect in the City pursuant to Chapter
1.08 of this code, as amended.
(Ord. 220 §1, 1982; Ord. 86-271 §42)
A. No person shall park or let stand any large vehicle, whether or not attached to a trailer or other device, or any utility trailer, on a public street in a residential district for more than 72 hours except while loading or unloading property, unless additional time is reasonably necessary to complete such work; or when such large vehicle or utility trailer is parked in connection with or in aid of the performance of a service to or on property in the block in which such large vehicle or utility trailer is parked, and additional time is reasonably necessary to complete such service. A permit for the parking of a large vehicle or utility trailer may be issued by the Chief of Police as set forth in Section
10.24.200.
B. For
the purposes of this section, a "large vehicle" is defined
as any motor vehicle, house car, or recreational vehicle, which exceeds
8 feet in width or 8 feet in height or 23 feet in length. Such measurement
shall include all fixtures, accessories or property, with the exception
of single-post radio antennas and side mirrors. For the purposes of
this section a "utility trailer" is defined as a nonmotorized
vehicle of any length or height designed to carry persons, property,
boats or other watercraft, animals, waste, materials, or any other
items on its own structure and to be drawn by another motor vehicle.
C. For
the purposes of this section, "residential district" shall
mean any area within the city which is zoned as residential and specified
for residential use.
D. Any person guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section or performing any act declared by such section to be unlawful, shall be deemed guilty of an infraction, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision then in effect in the City pursuant to Chapter
1.08 of this code, as amended.
E. Vehicles
found in violation of this section may be cited or removed or both
cited and removed in accordance with other provisions of this code.
(Ord. 2011-404 §1)
A. A permit for the parking of large vehicles or utility trailers during the time prohibited under Section
10.24.190 may be issued by the Chief of Police or the Chief's representative upon application thereof. Each application shall be filed with the Chief of Police or the Chief's representative upon a form to be furnished by the City and shall contain the following:
1. The
name, residence and phone number of the applicant;
2. The
license number, make, model and type of vehicle or trailer for which
the permit is requested;
3. The
name and current address of the registered owner of said vehicle or
trailer;
4. The
dates for which the permit is requested. Such dates shall consist
of up to two 24-hour periods, to commence in all cases at 6:00 p.m.
and to end in all cases at 6:00 p.m. the following day;
5. The
application shall be accompanied by a fee established by resolution
of the City Council, which fee shall be nonrefundable;
6. Such
additional information as the Chief of Police or the Chief's
representative may require;
7. The
application shall be signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.
B. The
Chief of Police or the Chief's representative shall issue a
permit hereunder if upon investigation the Chief of Police determines
that the health, safety and general welfare of the neighborhood will
not be adversely affected thereby. Such permit shall be displayed
on the vehicle in such a manner as to be clearly visible to traffic
enforcement officers.
C. In
no event may a permit be issued under this chapter more than once
a month for the parking of the same vehicle.
(Ord. 2011-404 §1; Ord. 2013-414 §19)
A. Definitions:
For the purposes of this section, the following terms are defined:
"Charging"
means the time during which the electric vehicle is connected
to the electric vehicle charging station and electrical power is being
transferred for the purpose of recharging the electric vehicle's
onboard batteries.
"Electric vehicle"
shall mean a vehicle powered entirely by electricity stored
in an onboard battery or a hybrid electric vehicle that is primarily
powered by electricity stored in an onboard battery. Electric vehicle
does not include hybrid vehicles that are primarily powered by gasoline
or those vehicles incapable of having their onboard batteries charged
at an electric vehicle charging station by way of an electric vehicle
manufacturer-installed plug.
B. Electric
Vehicle Parking Regulations. No person shall park or cause to be parked
or allow to remain standing any vehicle at an electric vehicle charging
station located on any street or in any parking facility, unless the
vehicle is an electric vehicle, is charging, and has not exceeded
any applicable parking time limit posted at the electric vehicle charging
station.
C. Signs
shall be erected and maintained designating the restricted parking
spaces under the provisions of this section and under
Vehicle Code
Section 22511.
(Ord. 2017-463 §1)