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.
"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.
"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)
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)