(a) The
provisions of this article 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 direction of a police officer
or official traffic-control device.
(b) The
provisions of this article 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 this
city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in
specified places or at specified times.
(Code 1957, §§ 6061, 6061.1)
The provisions of this article regulating the parking or standing
of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a city department or
public utility while necessarily in use for construction or repair
work or any vehicle owned by the United States Post Office Department
while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United
States Mail.
(Code 1957, § 6026.2)
(a) The
city traffic engineer is authorized to place and maintain vertical
signs or to mark curbs to designate no parking, stopping or standing
near safety zones, intersections, and traffic control signals or devices,
and within street cleaning zones and in any other area when necessary
to eliminate traffic hazards or to promote public health and safety.
A safety zone is defined as an area or space lawfully set apart within
a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected,
or which is marked or indicated by vertical signs, raised markers
or raised buttons.
(b) No
person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended
or unattended, in an area where a sign or a marked curb indicates
a parking restriction.
(c) No
person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle within a median
strip between roadways, or within any traffic island or in an area
designed to separate or guide the safe and orderly movement of traffic.
(Ord. No. 2017-04, § 2, 3-8-17)
(a) The
city traffic engineer with the approval of the city council, is hereby
authorized to install and maintain signs and markings upon any street
or municipally owned parking lot where it is deemed necessary to restrict
parking to a certain period of time.
(b) When
a street or parking lot is signed or marked by the city traffic engineer
to indicate time limitations for parking, it is unlawful for any person
to park, leave, or stand any vehicle in any of the places marked for
any period of time in excess of that specified on the sign or marking.
If a time limitation is imposed on parking within any municipally
owned parking lot, the time limitation shall apply to all vehicles,
regardless of the location of the vehicle within the lot.
(c) It
is unlawful for any person to remove, obliterate, or conceal any marking
placed upon any vehicle by a peace officer or other authorized parking
enforcement official for the purposes of enforcing the time limitations
of the area in which the vehicle is parked, or to rotate the wheels
of a vehicle with the intent of changing the location of the marking.
(d) Any
vehicle moved or relocated to an area within 300 feet of the original
parking place shall be deemed to have remained stationary for the
purpose of this section.
(e) A
violation of paragraphs (c) and (d) is an infraction and shall be
punished as provided in this chapter, but in no case shall the punishment
be less than a fine of $50.
(Ord. No. 73-18, § 1, 3-28-73; Ord. No. 86-62 § 1, 9-17-86)
The city traffic engineer is authorized to install and maintain
parking-space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings
where authorized parking is permitted.
(Code 1957, § 6062)
When parking-space markings are placed in the street subject
to other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be stopped,
left standing or parked other than within a single space unless the
size and shape of such vehicle makes compliance impossible.
(Code 1957, § 6062.1)
Whenever any ordinance of the city designates and describes
any street or portion thereof upon which angle parking shall be permitted,
the city traffic engineer may mark or sign such street indicating
the angle at which vehicles shall be parked.
(Code 1957, § 6063)
When signs or markings are in place indicating angle parking,
no operator of a vehicle shall back his vehicle into such space.
The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to erect signs
indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any
school property when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere
with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
(Code 1957, § 6065.1)
The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to place signs
or markings indicating no parking upon any street 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.
(Code 1957, § 6065.3)
Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle
may be stopped or parked within 18 inches of the left-hand curb facing
in the direction of traffic movement upon any one-way street unless
signs are in place prohibiting such stopping or standing.
(Code 1957, § 6064)
In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways
and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway,
no person shall stand or park any vehicle upon the left-hand side
of such one-way roadway unless signs are in place permitting such
standing or parking.
(Code 1957, § 6064.1)
The city traffic engineer is authorized to determine when standing
or parking shall be prohibited upon the left-hand side of any one-way
roadway of a street having two or more separate roadways and shall
erect signs giving notice thereof.
(Code 1957, § 6064.2)
No person shall park in any roadway in such a manner as to obstruct
the flow of traffic thereon.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose
other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in any
alley.
(Code 1957, § 6078)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway.
(Code 1957, § 6065.5)
No person shall park a vehicle:
(1) Upon
a private street or parking lot, or any other public or private property
for the purpose of displaying such vehicle thereon for sale, hire
or rental, unless the property is duly licensed and zoned by the city
to transact that type of business at that location.
(2) Subsection
(1) of this section shall not prohibit persons from parking vehicles on private residential property belonging to the owner, or person lawfully in possession, of the vehicle as may be permitted by other laws or regulations of the City of Escondido.
(3) Upon
any roadway, public property or public parking lot, for the principal
purpose of painting, servicing or repairing such vehicle thereon;
however, repairs necessitated by an emergency may be made in an expeditious
manner.
(4) Upon
any roadway for the principal purpose of washing or polishing such
vehicle or any part thereof when a charge is made for such service.
(Code 1957, § 6066; Ord. No. 83-5, § 1, 2-23-83; Ord. No. 88-67, § 1, 1-4-89)
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 72 hours.
(Code 1957, § 6068.1)
In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street
in excess of a consecutive period of 72 hours, any member of the police
department authorized by the chief of police may remove said vehicle
from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of Vehicle
Code, Section 22650 et seq.
(Code 1957, § 6068.11)
No person driving, operating or propelling any vehicle shall
fail to stop not less than 25 feet from and before reaching the nearest
side of a school pedestrian crossing where any signal device, flagman
or other person is stationed giving warning that children are about
to cross or are crossing the street.
(Code 1957, § 6054)
It shall be unlawful for any person to proceed after stopping
as required by section 28-159 until such signal has stopped, raised,
or been removed, or the flagman or person stationed at such school
pedestrian crossing has given a signal to go or has left the locality.
(Code 1957, § 6055)
(a) Except
as otherwise provided in this division, no person shall stand or park
any 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, on any portion of any street within this 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
10 minutes at any one place.
(b) The
provisions of this section 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.
(Code 1957, §§ 6067, 6067.1)
No person shall park to stand on any street any lunch wagon,
wagon, eating cart or vehicle or pushcart from which tamales, peanuts,
popcorn, candy or other articles of food are sold or offered for sale
without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the city traffic
engineer which shall designate the specific location in which such
cart shall stand.
(Code 1957, § 6067.2)
No person shall park or stand any vehicle or wagon used or intended
to be used in the transportation of property for hire on any street
while awaiting patronage for such vehicle or wagon without first obtaining
a written permit to do so from the city traffic engineer which shall
designate the specific location where such vehicle may stand.
(Code 1957, § 6067.3)
Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of sections
28-162 and 28-163, and a particular location to park or stand is specified
therein, no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon or pushcart
on any location other than as designated in such permit.
(Code 1957, § 6067.4)
In the event that the holder of any such permit is convicted
in any court of competent jurisdiction for violating any of the provisions
of sections 28-162 and 28-163, such permit shall be forthwith revoked
by the city traffic engineer, and no permit shall thereafter be issued
to such person until six months have elapsed from the date of such
revocation.
(Code 1957, § 6067.5)
No person shall park, or leave standing, any vehicle unattended
on a street, alley or highway when upon any grade exceeding three
per cent (3%) within any business or residential district without
blocking wheels of said vehicle by turning them against the curb or
by other means.
(Ord. No. 73-49, § 1, 10-10-73)
(a) No
person other than a public officer or employee acting within the course
and scope of his employment shall enter or remain upon any shopping
center property or any other place open to the public without the
implied or expressed consent of the owner, his agent, or person in
lawful possession thereof.
(b) Except
for school-sanctioned events authorized by a school site administrator,
no person shall ride any skateboard, roller blade, roller skate, or
similar type device on any property owned by any school district which
has a policy prohibiting such use, and displays a sign at the main
entrance to the property informing visitors of the policy.
(Ord. No. 75-1, § 1, 1-22-75; Ord. No. 86-18, § 14, 2-19-86; Ord. No. 2003-02, § 12, 2-5-03)
(a) No
commercial vehicle having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating
of 10,000 pounds or more shall be parked or allowed to stand on any
street, or portion thereof, in a residential district of the city.
It shall be unlawful for any person driving, or in control of or responsible
for, or in charge of any such vehicle to be unlawfully parked as provided
in this section. In accordance with Section 41102 of the California
Vehicle Code, the registered owner of any vehicle so unlawfully parked,
as determined from the registration of said vehicle in the division
of registration of the department of motor vehicles of the State of
California, shall be deemed to be prima facie liable and responsible
for the illegal parking of such vehicle.
(b) For
purposes of this section, the term "residential district" shall be
deemed to include any property zoned R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-T, RE,
RA, or (residential) PD.
(c) This
section shall not apply to any commercial vehicle making pickups or
deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building
or structure located on streets or highways within a residential district,
or making deliveries of materials to be used in the actual and bona
fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building
or structure upon streets or highways within a residential district
for which a building permit has previously been obtained.
(Ord. No. 77-6, § 1, 2-16-77; Ord. No. 77-67, § 1, 12-7-77; Ord. No. 79-26, § 1, 7-18-79)
In the event a vehicle, not displaying one of the distinguishing
placards or license plates issued pursuant to section 22511.5 of the
Vehicle Code or to disabled veterans, as specified in Section 9105
of the
Vehicle Code, is parked or left standing in a stall or space
designated for physically handicapped persons in any municipally owned
street or off-street parking facility, any member of the police department
authorized by the chief of police may remove said vehicle from the
street or parking facility to the nearest public garage subject to
and in accordance with requirements of Section 22511.8 of the Vehicle
Code, provided that there shall be posted immediately adjacent to,
and visible from, such stall or space, or if there is posted, in a
conspicuous place at each entrance to the off-street parking facility,
not less than seventeen by twenty-two inches (17 x 22) in size with
lettering not less than one inch in height, a sign which clearly and
conspicuously states the following: "Unauthorized vehicles not displaying
distinguishing placards or license plates issued for physically handicapped
persons will be towed away at owner's expense. Towed vehicles may
be reclaimed at (address) or by telephoning (telephone number of local
law enforcement agency)."
(Ord. No. 77-36, § 1, 6-29-77)
(a) No
unattached trailer or semi-trailer or any vehicle with a manufacturer's
gross vehicle weight rating of 7000 pounds or more shall be parked
in any area where signs have been placed prohibiting parking of such
vehicles. In accordance with section 41102 of the California Vehicle
Code, the registered owner of any vehicle so unlawfully parked, as
determined from the registration of said vehicle in the division of
registration of the Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of California,
shall be deemed to be prima facie liable and responsible for the illegal
parking of such vehicle.
(b) This
section shall not apply to any vehicle loading or unloading goods,
wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located
on streets or highways or making deliveries of materials to be used
in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction
of any building or structure upon streets or highways for which a
building permit has previously been obtained.
(Ord. No. 2001-33, § 1, 12-19-01)