A. The
provisions of this chapter prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking
of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times specified
by this chapter, 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 state
Vehicle Code, this code or any
other ordinances of the city, prohibiting or limiting the standing
or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
(Prior code § 27-81)
A. The
traffic and transportation administrator shall establish, designate
and maintain parking spaces on any roadway where parallel parking
is required, by white lines upon the surface of such roadway or portion
thereof when the traffic and transportation administrator determines
that uncontrolled parking of vehicles at such location will tend to
cause parking or traffic congestion.
B. Whenever
this chapter or any other ordinance of the city designates and describes
any street or portion thereof upon which angle parking shall be permitted,
the traffic and transportation administrator shall mark such street
indicating the angle at which vehicles shall be parked.
C. Whenever
the council, by ordinance, has established parking meter zones, the
traffic and transportation administrator shall designate parking meter
spaces by white lines upon the surface of the roadway or pavement.
(Prior code § 27-82)
A. When
markings are in place designating spaces or the angle for parking,
as provided in this chapter, no person shall park a vehicle, except
entirely within such parking spaces or between lines indicating angle
parking.
B. Whenever
the parking of vehicles is required within parallel parking spaces,
a vehicle, or combination of connected vehicles, exceeding the dimensions
of such a space may also occupy one or more adjoining spaces; provided,
that all other provisions of this chapter applicable to each such
space must be observed.
(Prior code § 27-83)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within or upon
any portion of any parkway.
(Prior code § 27-84)
A. No
person shall park, stop or let stand any motor vehicle licensed for
street use by the state of California on any city street or city property
from which food or drinks intended for human consumption, or goods,
wares or merchandise are sold for a period of time exceeding fifteen
minutes at any one location, or within one thousand feet of the same
location, or within one thousand feet of any park or school.
B. Within
any three hour period, no person shall return to and park, stop or
let stand at the same location any motor vehicle licensed for street
use by the state of California on any street or property from which
foods or drinks intended for human consumption, or goods, wares or
merchandise are sold.
C. Exemptions
to the time and distance limits described by this section may be granted
by the city clerk upon written application and for good cause shown
with the time and distance exemptions being noted on the license issued
under provisions of section 5.08.310
D. Any
convictions or nolo contendere plea for a violation of this section
which is a first offense shall be an infraction. Every conviction
or nolo contendere plea thereafter within one year for violations
of this section, shall be misdemeanors.
(Prior code §§ 27-84.1, 27-84.2.1)
No peddler as described in section 5.08.310 shall peddle from ten p.m. to six a.m. of the next succeeding day. Notwithstanding Title
30 of this code, exemptions for the time periods prescribed by this section may be granted by the city clerk upon good cause shown by written application therefor, with the exemptions being noted on the license issued under the provisions of section 5.08.310.
(Prior code § 27-84.2)
A. Industrial catering vehicles and mobile food preparation vehicles are exempt from the provisions of sections
10.28.050 and
10.28.060
B. Industrial
catering vehicles and mobile food preparation vehicles may park on
private property at the request and with the consent of the person
who is in legal possession of the property or is performing lawful
construction on the property for sale of food and drink to the employees
of the person who is in legal possession of the private property or
is performing lawful construction on the property. No sales shall
be made to the general public.
C. No
sales are permitted between the hours of eleven p.m. and five a.m.
of the next succeeding day.
D. No person shall park, stop or let stand, any industrial catering vehicle or mobile preparation vehicle on any street or city property from which foods or drinks intended for human consumption are sold for a period of time exceeding fifteen minutes at any one location, or within one thousand feet of the same location, or within one thousand feet of any school, or within one thousand feet of any park unless such person is serving the employees described in subsection
B of this section.
E. Within
any three hour period, no person responsible for the operation of
an industrial catering vehicle or mobile food preparation vehicle
shall return to and park, stop or let stand at the same location any
industrial catering vehicle or mobile food preparation vehicle on
any city street or city property.
F. Exemptions
to the time and distance limits described by this section may be granted
by the city clerk upon written application and for good cause shown
with the time and distance exemptions being noted on the license issued
under provisions of section 5.08.310
(Prior code § 27-84.3)
No person shall park a vehicle in a private driveway or on private
property without the express or implied consent of the owner or person
in lawful possession of such driveway or property.
(Prior code § 27-85)
No persons shall park any vehicle on the improved or unimproved
portion of a front setback or yard, including the lawn area thereof
in a residential zone, except on an improved driveway or in an approved
garage or carport.
(Prior code § 27-85.5)
No person shall park any vehicle upon any street, alley or city-owned
property for more than a period of seventy-two consecutive hours.
(Prior code § 27-86)
Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the police division
of this city may remove or cause to be removed:
A. Any
vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway
for seventy-two or more consecutive hours;
B. Any
vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway
between the hours of seven a.m. and seven p.m. when such parking or
standing is prohibited by ordinance or resolution of this city and
signs are posted giving notice of such removal;
C. Any
vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a 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 for 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 that such vehicle
may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior
to the removal.
(Prior code § 27-86.5)
A. In
the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street, alley
or city-owned property in excess of a period of seventy-two consecutive
hours, any police officer or regularly employed and salaried employee,
who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and
regulations, may remove such vehicle therefrom in the manner prescribed
in and subject to the requirements of the State
Vehicle Code.
B. In
the event any police officer or such regularly employed and salaried
employee removes a vehicle from city-owned property as authorized
by this section, such police officer or such regularly employed and
salaried employee, shall give the same notices as are required by
chapter 10 of Division 11 of the State
Vehicle Code (beginning with
section 22650). The keeper of any garage in which any such vehicle
is stored may have a lien thereon for his or her compensation for
towage and for caring for and keeping such vehicle and may satisfy
such lien upon compliance with and under the conditions stated in
the State
Vehicle Code.
(Prior code § 27-87; Ord. 5147 § 1, 1996)
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal
purposes of washing, greasing, painting or repairing such vehicle,
except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(Prior code § 27-88)
A. Whenever
the traffic and transportation administrator determines that in his
or her opinion it is necessary that parking be prohibited upon the
side of any street adjacent to any school property in order to prevent
interference with traffic or the creation of a hazardous situation,
the traffic and transportation administrator is authorized to erect
signs indicating no parking at such location.
B. When
official signs are erected indicating no 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 § 27-89)
A. The
traffic and transportation administrator is authorized to place signs
or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width of
the roadway does not exceed twenty feet, or upon one side of a street
as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway
does not exceed thirty feet.
B. When
official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow
streets as authorized, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such
street in violation of any such sign or marking.
(Prior code § 27-90)
A. Pursuant
to section 22507.8 of the California
Vehicle Code, it is unlawful
for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle in a stall or
space designed for physically handicapped persons, if, immediately
adjacent to and visible from such stall or space, there is posted
a sign consisting of a profile view of a wheelchair with occupant
in white on a blue background, unless the vehicle displays either
one of the distinguishing license plates or a placard issued pursuant
to section 22511.5 of the State
Vehicle Code or to disabled veterans,
as specified in section 9105 of the State
Vehicle Code.
B. The provisions of subsection
A of this section shall apply to all off-street parking facilities owned or operated by the city, and shall also apply to any privately owned and maintained off-street parking facility as provided in section 21107.8 of the State
Vehicle Code.
(Prior code § 27-90.5)
The traffic and transportation administrator shall appropriately
sign or mark the following places and when so signed or marked no
person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of such places:
A. At
any place within twenty feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite
the mid-block end of a safety zone;
B. At
any place within thirty feet of an intersection in any business district,
except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop;
C. Within
thirty feet of the approach to any crosswalk, traffic signal, boulevard
stop sign, yield-right-of-way sign or official electric flashing device;
D. At
any place where the traffic and transportation administrator determines
that it is necessary in order to eliminate unusual traffic hazard
or congestion.
(Prior code § 27-91)
A. Whenever
the police chief shall determine that an emergency traffic congestion
or a hazardous condition is likely to result from the holding of public
or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or from the construction,
maintenance or repair of streets or utilities, or for other reasons,
the police chief shall have power and authority to order temporary
signs to be erected or posted indicating that the operation, parking
or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys as
the police chief shall direct during the time such temporary signs
are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence
of such emergency and the police chief shall cause such signs to be
removed promptly thereafter.
B. 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 § 27-92)
The traffic and transportation administrator is authorized,
subject to the provisions and limitations of this chapter, to place,
and when required by this chapter shall place:
A. The
following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations,
and such curb markings shall have the meanings as set forth:
1. Red
shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time, except as
permitted by the State
Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop
in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone,
2. Yellow
shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between nine
a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for any purpose
other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials; provided,
that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more
than three minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more
than twenty minutes,
3. White
shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time for any purpose
other than loading or unloading of passengers, which shall not exceed
three minutes,
4. White stenciled with the words "FOR TAXICABS ONLY" or "TAXI ZONE" shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time for any purpose except by a taxicab permitted pursuant to chapter
5.84
5. Green
shall mean no standing or parking for longer than twenty-four minutes
at any time between nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day, except Sundays
and holidays; or
B. The
following signs to indicate parking, loading zones or standing regulations:
1. Signs
with the words "LOADING ZONE" shall mean no stopping, standing or
parking at any time between nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day except
Sundays and holidays for any purpose other than the loading or unloading
of passengers or materials; provided, that the loading or unloading
of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes nor the loading
or unloading of materials more than twenty minutes,
2. Signs
with the words "PASSENGER LOADING ZONE" shall mean no stopping, standing
or parking at any time for any purpose other than loading or unloading
of passengers, which shall not exceed three minutes,
3. Signs with the words "FOR TAXICABS ONLY" or "TAXI ZONE" shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time for any purpose except by a taxicab permitted pursuant to chapter
5.84
(Prior code § 27-93; Ord. 5139 § 34, 1996)
When the traffic and transportation administrator, as authorized under section
10.28.190, has caused curb markings or signs to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb markings or signs in violation of any of the provisions of such section.
(Prior code § 27-94)
A. Police
officers, community service officers and other city employees as designated
by the chief of police are authorized to place chalk, crayon or other
nonpermanent marks on parked vehicles in performance of their duties
in enforcing vehicle parking laws within the city.
B. No
person shall remove any marks placed upon a vehicle pursuant to this
section unless such vehicle has been moved at least three hundred
feet from the parked location where the marking occurred.
(Prior code § 27-94.1)
No person driving, or in control of, or in charge of a motor
vehicle shall permit it to stand on any street unattended and 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 § 27-95)
Vehicles may be stopped or parked with the left-hand wheels
within eighteen inches of the left-hand curb of Forest Avenue, or
Orange Street between Colorado Street and Doran Street, and of Maryland
Avenue between Doran Street and Harvard Street, facing in the direction
of traffic movement.
(Prior code § 27-96)
The traffic and transportation administrator shall paint a white
line stenciled with the words "FOR TAXICABS ONLY" or "TAXI ZONE" upon
the tops of all curbs and places specified for taxicabs only or the
traffic and transportation administrator shall erect a sign containing
the words "FOR TAXICABS ONLY" or "TAXI ZONE" adjacent to and visible
from all curbs and places specified for taxicabs only.
(Prior code § 27-97; Ord. 5139 § 35, 1996)
When the traffic and transportation administrator shall determine
that the establishment of a bicycle parking zone is reasonably necessary
or desirable for the regulation of traffic or to provide facilities
for the temporary parking of bicycles being operated upon the public
streets, or to safeguard life or property, the traffic and transportation
administrator is authorized to set aside a space on the street not
more than thirty-six feet in length for the parking of bicycles during
such hours of such days as are found by the traffic and transportation
administrator to be best suited for the accomplishment of the purposes
set forth in this section. When a bicycle parking zone is so established,
the traffic and transportation administrator shall cause appropriate
signs to be posted thereat during such hours, giving notice that parking
of other vehicles is prohibited. No person shall stop, stand or park
any other vehicle in front of such zone while such signs are in place.
(Prior code § 27-98)