As used in this chapter, the following terms are defined in this section:
"Abut"
means to border on; touch.
"Alley"
means a secondary means of access to property and is located at the rear or side of the property. Minimum right-of-way width shall be 20 feet.
"Commercial vehicle"
means a vehicle of a type required to be registered under the California Vehicle Code used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation or profit or designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more.
"Exceptions"
means the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following.
"Highway or street"
is a right-of way within which improvements are constructed for conveyance of vehicular, pedestrian and other permitted traffic and includes all streets, roads, and alleys. Such rights-of-way and improvements shall be in conformance with the city of Moreno Valley standards and specifications.
"Nonresidential"
means any area in the city zoned for office/commercial, industrial, open space or agricultural use.
"Parkway"
means the area adjoining the outer edge of the roadbed, extending to right-of-way line in which sidewalks, plantings, utilities, banked slopes and related facilities may be located.
"Residential district"
means any area in the city zoned for residential purposes.
"Restricted parking"
means no on-street parking is permitted along the street frontage, or where on-street parking is prohibited during specified hours on certain days or on all days.
"Traffic control device"
means any sign, signal, marking or device placed or erected by the city for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
"Trailers/semi-trailer"
as defined in Sections 242, 550, 630, 635, 636, and 666 of the California Vehicle Code.
"Vacant lot"
means any unimproved, unoccupied property.
"Vehicle"
means a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(Ord. 555 § 2.1, 1999)
A. 
It is unlawful to park or leave standing any of the following:
1. 
Any vehicle or trailer which is used to transport animals or which harbors vermin or pestilence or which emits noxious or nuisance odors on any highway, street, road, alley or on any public or private property within the city;
2. 
Any vehicle or trailer which contains any hazardous substance as defined in Section 2452 of the California Vehicle Code on any highway, street, road, alley or on any public or private property within the city;
3. 
Any trailer, utility trailer, boat trailer, boat, camper, camper shell, camp trailer, trailer coach, or semi-trailer which is non-self-propelled, nonmotorized, or not capable of movement under its own power which is unattached to a vehicle on any highway, street, road or alley within the city;
4. 
Any vehicle on any highway, street, road or alley within the city for the purpose of servicing or repairing such vehicle except when necessitated by an emergency.
B. 
It is unlawful to park or leave standing any commercial vehicle, truck, trailer or semi-trailer having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating (Vehicle Code Section 390) of 10,000 pounds or more as described in the following:
1. 
On any highway, street, road, alley or private property within any residential district within the city;
2. 
On any vacant lot or unimproved nonresidential property in the city;
3. 
On any nonresidential property so that any part of such vehicle is within 100 feet of any human dwelling;
4. 
Within 150 feet of any driveway opening;
5. 
Within any commercially zoned property for the purpose other than doing business at the site, or for the purpose not related to such business operation, or remaining parked or standing for longer than reasonably appropriate to do such business or acts related to such business operations;
6. 
On any nonresidential property so that any part of such vehicle is within 15 feet of the property line, a public sidewalk, or of a public or private roadway edge;
7. 
On any alley within the city;
8. 
On any highway, street or road which is adjacent to a parcel upon which there exists a public facility. Within the meaning of this subsection, "public facility" includes, but is not limited to, parks, schools and civic buildings;
9. 
Any unattached semi-trailer on a public highway, street, road or alley within the city.
C. 
While adjacent to a developed residential area within the city, the operator shall not idle the vehicle's engine for longer than five minutes.
(Ord. 555 § 2.1, 1999; Ord. 912 § 11, 2016)
A. 
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following:
1. 
Any vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares or merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted highway, street, road or alley, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted streets or highways for which a building permit has previously been obtained, or parking for the purpose of lodging at a motel or hotel;
2. 
Any vehicle parked in connection with and in the aid of the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which such vehicle is parked;
3. 
Any school or passenger bus under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission;
4. 
Any vehicle owned by the city, county, state, public utility or licensed contractor engaged in the installation, maintenance or repair of any public property, utility or highway;
5. 
Any authorized emergency vehicle as defined by the California Vehicle Code;
6. 
Any commercial vehicle which is lawfully parked on a public highway or street designated for commercial vehicle parking;
7. 
Any attached or unattached trailer parked on improved commercially or industrially zoned property and in conjunction with loading or unloading activity related to the business location or at a commercial vehicle storage facility which complies with city land use and zoning requirements.
(Ord. 555 § 2.1, 1999)
A. 
No person who owns or who has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any highway, street, road or alley for a consecutive period of longer than 72 hours.
B. 
In the event that any vehicle is parked upon a highway, street, road or alley for longer than a consecutive period of 72 hours in violation of subsection A of this section, any member of the police department authorized by the chief of police may remove such vehicle from the highway, street, road or alley in the manner prescribed by the California Vehicle Code.
C. 
Whenever a vehicle is illegally parked on a highway, street, road or alley in violation of this code, any regularly employed and salaried police officer of the city, or deputy of the sheriff of Riverside County, or member of the California Highway Patrol, or any regularly employed city employee engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws may cause such vehicle to be impounded, driven or towed away and stored. The costs of such impoundment, towing and storage shall be charged to the owner of the vehicle and to the operator who committed the violation, if different from the owner of the vehicle.
(Ord. 555 § 2.1, 1999)
Whenever this or any other chapter of this code imposes any parking or standing prohibition or restriction on commercial or other vehicles, the city traffic engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs as may be necessary to implement the provisions thereof.
(Ord. 555 § 2.1, 1999)
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a final determination of a court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter. The city council declares it would have enacted this chapter, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases might be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
(Ord. 555 § 2.1, 1999)