A. 
The provisions of this chapter prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device.
B. 
The provisions of this chapter imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of the Vehicle Code or the ordinances of the city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
(Prior code § 17-65)
No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, park or leave standing such vehicle in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized officer, or traffic sign or signal:
A. 
Within any divisional island, unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings;
B. 
On either side of any street between the projected property lines of any public walk, public steps, street or thoroughfare terminating at such street, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;
C. 
In any area where the city traffic engineer determines that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard, or would endanger life or property, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;
D. 
In any area established by resolution of the council as a no-parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;
E. 
Upon, along or across any railway track, in such manner as to hinder, delay or obstruct the movement of any car traveling upon such track;
F. 
In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property;
G. 
On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway, or the installation of underground utilities, or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic, or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement, provided that signs giving notice of such no-parking area are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior to the effective time of such no-parking;
H. 
Within twenty feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign or official electric flashing device.
(Prior code § 17-68)
A. 
No person shall park and leave standing on any public street, any public or dedicated alley or any other public property a recreational vehicle, unattached trailer or oversized vehicle except as follows:
1. 
For not more than two consecutive days while parked immediately in front of the residence of the owner or lessee of the recreational vehicle or unattached trailer for the purpose of loading, unloading or other related activity incidental to preparing the recreational vehicle or unattached trailer for travel or returning from travel, and subject to compliance with the following conditions:
a. 
The owner or lessee first applies for and is issued a temporary loading/unloading permit by the Buena Park police department before parking the recreational vehicle or unattached trailer; and
b. 
The owner or lessee posts the temporary loading/unloading permit issued by the Buena Park police department in a clearly visible and unobstructed location in the front window of the recreational vehicle or side of the unattached trailer displaying the permit number and the start and expiration dates of the permit.
c. 
Temporary loading/unloading permits shall only be valid for two consecutive days. Absent unique or special circumstances, as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Buena Park police department, no more than two temporary loading/unloading permits shall be issued for the same person, vehicle or trailer within any 30-day period, and there shall be at least one day between the expiration date of the first permit and the effective date of the second permit.
2. 
Upon first obtaining and while in compliance with a permit issued by the Buena Park police department, a person may park a recreational vehicle immediately in front of a residence being visited by the owner or lessee of the recreational vehicle for a period not to exceed seven consecutive days and under the following conditions:
a. 
No more than six such permits will be issued annually for any single address.
b. 
A permit issued under this subsection shall be prominently displayed in the front window of the recreational vehicle to which it applies.
c. 
Any person issued a permit under this subsection who is convicted, pleads guilty or pleads no contest to a violation of this subsection, shall not apply or be issued a permit for six months from the date of the conviction, guilty plea or plea of no contest is entered with the court or a police department-designated traffic hearing officer.
d. 
Any person applying for a permit under this subsection shall pay a fee set by resolution of the city to recover the costs of processing the permit.
e. 
Any person who intentionally submits false information in order to obtain a permit under this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. 
For purposes of this section camping trailer, motor home, oversized vehicle, recreational vehicle, slide-in camper, temporary recreational vehicle and trailer shall have the following meanings:
"Camping trailer"
shall mean a vehicular portable unit designed for human habitation mounted on wheels and constructed with collapsible partial sidewalls which fold and unfold and which is towed by another vehicle.
"Motor home"
shall mean a vehicular unit designed for human habitation built on or permanently attached to a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis, chassis cab or van, which becomes an integral part of the completed vehicle.
"Oversized vehicle"
shall mean any vehicle or combination of vehicles that exceeds twenty-two feet in length or eighty-four inches in width.
"Recreational vehicle"
shall mean a camping trailer, motor home, slide-in camper, temporary recreational vehicle or trailer.
"Slide-in camper"
shall mean a portable unit, consisting of a roof, and sides, designed to be loaded onto and unloaded from the bed of a pickup truck.
"Temporary recreational vehicle"
shall mean any motor vehicle altered and equipped for sleeping or human habitation.
"Trailer"
shall mean a portable unit, mounted on wheels, of such a size and weight as not to require special highway movement permits when drawn by a motor vehicle.
C. 
This section shall not apply to any large commercial vehicle, as defined in subsection B of Section 10.36.040 of the Buena Park Municipal Code when parked as authorized in subsection D of Section 10.36.040 of the Buena Park Municipal Code.
D. 
Neither this section nor any permit or authorization issued pursuant to subsection A of this section shall authorize any person to park any oversized vehicle, recreational vehicle, or unattached trailer in violation of any other provision of the California Vehicle Code or the Buena Park Municipal Code.
E. 
This section shall not apply until signs giving adequate notice thereof have been placed at all entrances of the city.
(Ord. 1502 § 1, 2007; Ord. 1760, 10/28/2025)
No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two hours.
(Prior code § 17-69)
No person shall park any vehicle or trailer within any city-owned park between the hours of eleven p.m. and six a.m. of the day following, nor during any hours when such park is not open to the public. Any vehicle or trailer found to be in violation of this section shall be subject to citation and/or removal. The provisions of this section shall apply only to city-owned parks where at least one sign has been posted at each public entrance giving notice of the provisions hereof.
(Ord. 1396 § 1, 1999)
No person shall construct or cause to be constructed, repair or cause to be repaired, grease or cause to be greased, dismantle or cause to be dismantled, any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street in the city. Temporary emergency repairs may be made upon a public street.
(Prior code § 17-71)
No person shall wash or cause to be washed, polish or cause to be polished any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street in the city, when a charge is made for such service.
(Prior code § 17-72)
When official signs are erected prohibiting parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
(Prior code § 17-73)
When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking.
(Prior code § 17-74; Amended during 1990 codification)
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a highway when upon any grade exceeding three percent within any business or residence district without blocking the wheels of such vehicle by turning them against the curb, or by other means.
(Prior code § 17-75)
A. 
Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall stand or park any vehicle, or any trailer attached to such vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or foodstuffs are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale, or bartered or exchanged, or any lunch wagon or eating car or vehicle, within two hundred fifty feet of any intersection of any arterial (principal, major, primary or secondary) with any other arterial or local street, as those terms are defined in the "Mobility Element" of the Buena Park General Plan on any portion of any street within the city, except that such vehicles, wagons or pushcarts may stand or park only at the request of a bona fide purchaser for a period of time not to exceed ten minutes at any one place. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons delivering such articles upon order of or by agreement with a customer from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution.
B. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous subsection, no person shall park or stand on any street any lunch wagon, eating cart or vehicle from which tamales, peanuts, popcorn, candy, ice cream or other articles of food are sold or offered for sale within five hundred feet of the exterior boundary of any school.
(Prior code § 17-76; amended during 1990 codification; Ord. 1685 § 2, 2020)
When signs authorized by the provisions of this section are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and provisions of such signs.
(Prior code § 17-77; Amended during 1990 codification)