A. The
city traffic engineer is authorized by the city council to determine
the location of no stopping zones and no parking areas and shall place
and maintain appropriate signs or markings indicating the same and
stating the hours during which the provisions of this chapter and
the
Vehicle Code are applicable.
B. No
stopping zones and no parking areas shall be indicated by red paint
upon the top of all curbs in such zones and areas or by signing.
(Code 1980, § 10.44.010; Ord. No. 39, § 12.0, 1978)
No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether
attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer
or official traffic control device, in any of the following places:
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 vehicles would constitute a traffic hazard or would
endanger life or property or would cause unusual delay to traffic,
when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon
the curb surface;
D. In
any area established by the city traffic engineer as a no parking
area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint
upon the curb surface;
F. 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 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
are erected or placed at least 24 hours prior to the effective time
of such no parking;
G. At
any place within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection in any
business district when such place is indicated by appropriate signs
or by red paint upon the curb surface except that a bus may stop at
a designated bus stop;
H. Within
20 feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard, stop sign,
or official electric flashing device.
(Code 1980, § 10.44.020; Ord. No. 39, § 12.1, 1978; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)
No person shall park any vehicle upon a street, other than an
alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available
less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of
vehicular traffic.
(Code 1980, § 10.44.030; Ord. No. 39, § 12.2, 1978)
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner
or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet
of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic
and no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley
in such position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting
property.
(Code 1980, § 10.44.040; Ord. No. 39, § 12.3, 1978)
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal
purpose of:
A. Displaying
such vehicle for sale;
B. Washing,
polishing, greasing, or repairing such vehicle, except for repairs
necessitated by an emergency.
(Code 1980, § 10.44.050; Ord. No. 39, § 12.4, 1978)
The city traffic engineer is authorized by the city council
to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon either or both
sides of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking
would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous
situation.
(Code 1980, § 10.44.060; Ord. No. 39, § 12.5, 1978)
The city traffic engineer is authorized by the city council
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 1980, § 10.44.070; Ord. No. 39, § 12.6, 1978; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)
The city traffic engineer is authorized by the city council
to erect signs upon the left-hand side of any oneway street to prohibit
the standing or parking of vehicles.
(Code 1980, § 10.44.080; Ord. No. 39, § 12.7, 1978)
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 a vehicle upon the left-hand side of
such one-way roadway unless signs are erected to permit such standing
or parking. The city traffic engineer is authorized by the city council
to determine when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand
side of any such oneway roadway and to erect signs giving notice thereof.
(Code 1980, § 10.44.090; Ord. No. 39, § 12.8, 1978)
No person driving, or in control of, or in charge of, a motor
vehicle shall permit it to stand on any highway unattended when upon
any grade exceeding five percent within any business or residence
district without blocking the wheels of the vehicle by turning them
against the curb or by other means.
(Code 1980, § 10.44.100; Ord. No. 39, § 12.9, 1978)
A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall stand or park any vehicle, or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise or food 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, 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. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons operating as a stationary sidewalk vendor pursuant to a valid sidewalk vending permit issued in accordance with chapter
9.35, or 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. No
person shall park or stand on any street any lunch wagon, food truck,
or vehicle from which 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 specific location where such vehicle
shall stand.
C. No
person shall park or stand any vehicle used or intended to be used
in the transportation of property for hire on any street while awaiting
patronage for such vehicle without first obtaining a written permit
to do so from the city traffic engineer which shall designate specific
location where such vehicle may stand.
D. Whenever
any permit is granted under the provisions of this section and a particular
location to park or stand is specified herein, no person shall park
or stand any vehicle or pushcart on any location other than as designated
in such permit. In the event that the holder of any such permit is
convicted in any court jurisdiction for violating any of the provisions
of this section, the permit shall be forthwith revoked by the city
traffic engineer upon the filing of the record of such conviction
with such officer and no permit shall thereafter be issued to such
person until six months have elapsed from the date of such revocation.
E. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this section to the contrary, no person shall
park, stop or stand any vehicle or pushcart upon any street of the
city for the purposes of selling any food or beverage from such vehicle
or pushcart within 1,000 feet of and from the exterior boundary of
property used or occupied by any public or private school within the
city between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., inclusive, on days
when school is in session. This subsection shall not apply to delivery
of food or beverages solely to householders or business establishments.
F. A violation of this section by a sidewalk vendor, as defined in section
9.35.010, is punishable in accordance with section
9.35.100.
(Code 1980, § 10.44.110; Ord. No. 39, § 12.10, 1978; Ord. No. 213, § 1, 1983; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014; Ord. No. 946 § 2, 2019)
Whenever the city traffic engineer determines that an emergency
traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public
or private processions or assemblages, he or she is authorized by
the local authority to place temporary signs indicating that the operation,
parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and
alleys. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence
of such emergency and the city traffic engineer shall remove the signs
thereafter.
(Code 1980, § 10.44.120; Ord. No. 39, § 12.11, 1978)
A. No
person shall park, leave standing, or store upon any publicly maintained
highway, street, alley or other place open for vehicular travel, any
vehicle, as defined in
Vehicle Code § 670, for more than
72 consecutive hours. A vehicle shall be considered to be parked,
left standing, or stored in violation of this section if it has not
been moved more than two-tenths of a mile (1,056 feet) within 72 consecutive
hours. A vehicle may be found to be in violation of this section whether
occupied or not.
B. In the event a vehicle is found to be in violation of subsection
A of this section, the vehicle may be removed as provided in
Vehicle Code § 22651, or any successor provision thereto.
(Code 1980, § 10.44.130; Ord. No. 806, § 1, 2-4-2009; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification),
2014)
City employees designated by the city manager are authorized
to remove vehicles parked on public streets, highways, off-street
parking facilities and handicapped parking spaces in accordance with
the provisions of
Vehicle Code §§ 22651, 22651.3 and
22652, or their successor provisions. The city employees are further
authorized to immobilize certain vehicles parked on public streets
and highways in accordance with
Vehicle Code § 22651.7,
or any successor provision.
(Code 1980, § 10.44.140; Ord. No. 330, § 3, 1987; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)