(a) 
The provisions of this title or any ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle, shall apply at all times or at those times specified, 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 other authorized officer or official traffic control device.
(b) 
The provisions of this title or any ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code 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 this code prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
(a) 
The traffic engineer and chief of police are authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb surface, all no stopping zones, no parking areas and restricted parking areas.
(b) 
The traffic engineer and chief of police shall designate established no stopping zones by placing and maintaining appropriate signs and curb markings indicating the hours and days when stopping is prohibited.
(c) 
The traffic engineer and chief of police are authorized to place signs or curb markings upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed twenty feet or upon one side of a street when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty feet.
(d) 
The traffic engineer and chief of police are authorized to place signs or curb markings indicating no parking upon the side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in their opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
(e) 
When signs or curb markings are in place it is unlawful for any operator of any vehicle to stop, stand or park such vehicle in violation of any such legible curb marking or sign.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
(a) 
The traffic engineer and chief of police are authorized to determine and to mark loading zones as follows:
(1) 
At any place in a business district.
(2) 
In front of the entrance to any place of business or in front of any hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly.
(b) 
In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.
(c) 
Loading zones shall be indicated by appropriate curb markings or by putting signs in place at each end of the loading zone.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
The traffic engineer and chief of police are authorized to place curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations. Curb markings shall have the following meanings:
(a) 
Red means no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.
(b) 
Yellow means no stopping, standing or parking at any time between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day, except Sundays and holidays, for any purpose other than the loading of passengers or materials.
(c) 
White means no stopping, standing or parking at any time for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mailbox, between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays.
(1) 
When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox the restrictions shall apply at all times.
(2) 
When such zone is in front of a theater the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater is closed.
(d) 
Green means no standing or parking for longer than twenty-four minutes at any time between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays unless otherwise noted.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
(a) 
The traffic engineer and chief of police are authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings where authorized parking is permitted.
(b) 
It is unlawful for any vehicle to be stopped, left standing or parked in other than a marked or designated parking space.
(c) 
When such parking space markings are placed on the highway, subject to other and more restrictive limitations, it is unlawful for any vehicle to be stopped, left standing or parked, other than within a single space, unless such vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading passengers and/or freight goods.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
(a) 
Whenever the traffic engineer and chief of police determine that traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions and/or repairing of streets or hazardous conditions or for other reasons, the traffic engineer and chief of police 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. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of the emergency and the traffic engineer and chief of police 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, it is unlawful for any person to operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and provisions of such signs.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings are in place giving notice thereof, it is unlawful for any operator of any vehicle to stop, stand or park the vehicle between the designated hours of any day except Sundays or holidays for a period of time longer than posted. Unless otherwise indicated, it is permissible to load and unload passengers or materials provided that the loading or unloading conforms with the posted limits.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
(a) 
Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parked within eighteen 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.
(b) 
In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, it is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are in place permitting such stopping, standing or parking.
(c) 
The traffic engineer and chief of police are authorized to determine when stopping, standing or parking is prohibited upon the left-hand side of any one-way street or when stopping, standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any one-way roadway of a highway having two or more separate roadways and shall erect signs giving notice thereof.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
On any of the streets or portions of streets established by resolution of the council as diagonal parking zones, when signs or pavement markings are in place indicating such diagonal parking, it is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park the vehicle except:
(a) 
At the angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits of the allotted spaces;
(b) 
With the front wheel nearest the curb within six inches of the curb.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
The requirements of parallel parking and diagonal parking imposed by this chapter shall not apply in the event any commercial vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading passengers, freight or goods, in which case such vehicle may be backed up to the curb, provided that such vehicle does not ex-tend beyond the center line of the street and does not block traffic thereby.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
(a) 
Permission to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and the pickup or delivery of express and parcel post packages and United States mail and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than twenty minutes.
(b) 
Permission to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than five minutes.
(c) 
The provisions of this section shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting abuse of the privileges granted.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
(a) 
It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow loading zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or material for such time as is specified herein.
(b) 
It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle in any white loading zone for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is specified herein.
(c) 
It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in an alley or lane of any business district for more than twenty minutes. In no event shall a vehicle parked under the provisions of this section be allowed to completely obstruct the flow of vehicular traffic.
(d) 
It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand, park or double park a commercial vehicle adjacent to another vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked or double parked for the purposes of pickup or delivery or loading or unloading if there is a legal parking space of sufficient size within fifty feet of the nearest location to which a pickup or delivery is being made.
(e) 
It is unlawful for any person to use a public parking lot for the loading or unloading of commercial vehicles.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
(a) 
No bus zone shall exceed fifty feet in length, except that when satisfactory evidence has been presented to the traffic engineer and chief of police showing the necessity therefor, the traffic engineer and chief of police may extend bus zones.
(b) 
The traffic engineer and chief of police shall require that the curb be painted red and the words “Bus Zone” be stenciled in white letters upon the top or side of all curbs and places specified as a bus zone. Bus zones shall normally be established on the far side of an intersection.
(c) 
It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park any vehicle except a bus in a bus zone.
(Ord. 1109 §2, 1992)
(a) 
The traffic engineer and chief of police shall establish taxicab stands and determine the location thereof.
(b) 
The curb surface within each taxicab stand shall be painted white and marked “Taxicab Stand” in red lettering, or shall be designated by signs of a type and size approved by the traffic engineer and chief of police.
(c) 
It is unlawful for any operator of any vehicle, other than a taxicab or automobile for hire, to park the vehicle in such taxicab stand.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
When the traffic engineer and chief of police 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 public streets or to safeguard life or property, they are 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 them to be the best suited for the accomplishment of the purposes set forth in this section. When a bicycle parking zone is established, the traffic engineer and chief of police shall cause appropriate signs to be posted during such hours giving notice that parking of other vehicles is prohibited. It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park any other vehicle in front of such zone while such signs are in place.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
(a) 
It is unlawful for any person who owns or has possession or control of any vehicle to park such vehicle upon any public street, lane or public parking lot for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two hours.
(b) 
In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a public street, lane or public parking lot in excess of a consecutive period of seventy-two hours, any employee of the police department, authorized by the chief of police, may remove the vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of the Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a highway when upon any grade exceeding three percent (within any business or residential district) without blocking the wheels of the vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle on any street within a business district between the hours of three am. and five am., or as otherwise posted.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
(a) 
It is unlawful for any person to operate, drive or leave any vehicle in, over or upon any private property without the express permission of the owner or occupant thereof.
(b) 
The owner or person in lawful possession of any private property may cause the removal of a vehicle parked on the property to the nearest public garage if:
(1) 
There is displayed, in plain view at all entrances to the property, a sign, with dimensions not less than seventeen inches vertically by twenty-two inches horizontally, prohibiting public parking and indicating that vehicles will be removed at the owner’s expense, and containing the telephone number of the South San Francisco police department; or
(2) 
The lot or parcel upon which the vehicle is parked is improved with a single family dwelling.
(c) 
Any person causing the removal of a vehicle parked on private property pursuant to the provisions of this section shall first notify the South San Francisco police department by telephone, or, if impractical, by the most expeditious means available and shall comply with all other relevant provisions of Vehicle Code Section 22658 or its successor.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
Every motor truck having an unladen weight of four thousand pounds or more, and every truck tractor, irrespective of weight, when operated upon any street or highway during darkness shall be equipped with and carry at least two flares or two red lanterns or two warning lights or reflectors, which reflectors shall be of a type approved by the Department of California Highway Patrol. When any vehicle above mentioned or any trailer or semi-trailer is disabled upon streets or highways outside of any business or residence district and upon which street or highway there is insufficient street lighting to reveal a vehicle at a distance of two hundred feet during darkness, a warning signal of the character indicated above shall be immediately placed at a distance of approximately one hundred feet in advance of, and one hundred feet at the rear of, such disabled vehicle by the driver thereof. The continuous flashing of at least four approved Class A-type I turn signal lamps, at least two toward the front and at least two toward the rear of the vehicle shall be considered to meet the requirements of this section until the devices mentioned above can be placed in the required locations. The warning signals herein mentioned shall be displayed continuously during darkness while such vehicle remains disabled upon such street or highway.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
It is unlawful for any person to park any commercial vehicle (as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 260) in excess of two consecutive hours on any public street in any residential district as follows:
(a) 
Any commercial vehicle having a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight of ten thousand pounds or more; or
(b) 
Any commercial vehicle or combination of vehicles twenty-two feet or more in overall length; or
(c) 
Any commercial vehicle, load, or any portion of said commercial vehicle over eight feet five inches in overall height measured from the surface upon which the vehicle stands.
This section does not apply to any commercial vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located in a residential district, or when such vehicle is parked in connection with and in aid of the performance of a service to property in the district, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any structure for which a building permit has previously been obtained, when time in addition to the two-hour period is necessary to complete such work.
(Ord. 1109 §2, 1992; Ord. 1241 § 1 1999; Ord. 1375 1, 2006)
It is unlawful for any operator of any vehicle to stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any of the following places except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized officer or traffic sign or signal:
(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, streets or thoroughfare terminating at such street when the area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;
(c) 
In any area where the traffic engineer and chief of police determine that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;
(d) 
In any area established by resolution of the council as a no parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;
(e) 
Upon, along or across any railway track in such manner as to hinder, delay or obstruct the movement of any train or railway car traveling upon such track.
(f) 
In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property;
(g) 
On any street or highway where the use of the 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 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 twenty-four hours prior to the effective time of such no parking.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle on a street within a commercial or industrial area where that street has been established as a specific complaint street and where the city has posted signs indicating such prohibition is in effect. The traffic engineer and the chief of police are authorized to designate specific complaint streets by placing and maintaining appropriate signs indicating the hours and days when stopping, standing and parking are prohibited.
(Ord. 1253 § 1, 1999)
It is unlawful for any person to construct or cause to be constructed, repair or cause to be repaired, grease or cause to be greased any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street, lane or public parking lot, except to make temporary emergency repairs necessary to move the vehicle.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
It is unlawful for the proprietor or operator of any garage in which vehicles are repaired to permit or allow any damaged vehicle or any vehicle needing repair or adjustment to stand upon any municipal parking lot, street or other public thoroughfare more than one hour before such vehicle is repaired or adjusted.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
(a) 
It is unlawful to deposit, store or leave standing any vehicle, or part or parts of any vehicle, or of any wrecked or dismantled vehicle, upon any property, not covered by a building conforming to the building regulations. In the event any wrecked or dismantled vehicle is parked or left standing, deposited or stored upon any property in the city, in excess of a consecutive period of seventy-two hours, any member of the police department authorized by the chief of police may remove, or cause to be removed the wrecked or dismantled vehicle and any parts from such property.
(b) 
The removal of any stored or wrecked vehicle and any expense incurred by the removal shall be paid for by the owner or owners of the vehicle.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
It is unlawful for any person to wash or cause to be washed, polish or cause to be polished any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street, or upon any public parking lot without prior city council authorization, when a charge is made for such service.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
(a) 
Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful for any person to stand or park any vending vehicle, as defined in Chapter 6.90, for the purpose of selling or offering for sale any goods or merchandise on any street within the city except that such vending vehicles may stand or park adjacent to the curb in a lawful manner as more fully set forth in Chapter 6.90 of this code.
(b) 
In the interest of traffic and pedestrian safety, it is unlawful for any vending vehicle to be parked, stopped or left standing in any manner which blocks or impedes vehicular access to any driveway, or restricts the free movement of other vehicles or pedestrians on the public street and sidewalk or creates or constitutes a traffic safety hazard. The provisions of this subsection 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 of distribution.
(c) 
Whenever a street vending permit is granted under the provisions of Chapter 6.90 of this code, and a particular location to park or stand is specified therein, no person shall park or stand any vending vehicle in any location other than that designated on the permit.
(d) 
Street vendors are more specifically defined and regulated by Chapter 6.90 of this code. All regulations set forth in Chapter 6.90 are applicable to the designation of street vendor or street peddler.
(Ord. 1109 §2, 1992)
(a) 
It is unlawful for any person to use or occupy or permit the use or occupancy of any vehicle for human habitation on any street, park, alley, public parking lot or other public way. For purposes of this section “human habitation” means the use of a vehicle for a dwelling place and does not include use of a vehicle for alleviation of sickness or temporary physical inability to operate the vehicle.
(b) 
Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as set forth in Chapter 1.24 of this code.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)