A. 
The purpose of this part is to safeguard the public health, safety and general welfare by prohibiting parking of vehicles on public highways, roads and streets in the unincorporated areas of Placer County to permit effective and speedy removal of snow by the Placer County department of public works and the California Department of Transportation or other persons engaged, hired, contracted or otherwise authorized to remove snow from public highways, roads or streets and to prevent hazardous traffic conditions on said public highways.
B. 
In order to implement this purpose, the department of public works of Placer County adopts California Department of Transportation policy and procedure regarding snow removal and levels of service, Bulletin Number 75-24.
(Prior code § 16.600)
A. 
Except as provided in subsection B of this section, no person shall park any vehicle on the roadway side of a row of snowstakes installed by highway maintenance authorities to guide snow removal equipment except in areas specifically designated by signs to permit such parking.
B. 
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, it is unlawful to park on any public roadway, or on the shoulders of the roadway, in that portion of the county lying east of a north-south line two miles west of, and parallel to, the dividing line between Range 11E and Range 12E, M.D.B.& M., during the period commencing November 1st of each year, and continuing to the following May 1st, except in areas specifically designated by signs to permit such parking.
(Prior code § 16.605)
A. 
It is unlawful for any person to park on the roadway side of such snowstakes at any time snow is on the roadway adjacent to such vehicle sufficient to obscure the pavement.
B. 
It is unlawful for any person to park on the roadway side of such snowstakes so as to block any snowplow, police, or fire vehicle, ambulance, or other motor vehicle.
(Prior code § 16.606)
Whenever any officer, as defined in Section 22651 of the California Vehicle Code, finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of this part, the officer may move the vehicle or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same to the nearest available position off the roadway or to the nearest parking location, or may remove and store the vehicle if moving it off the roadway to a parking location is impracticable.
(Prior code § 16.607)
For purposes of this part, "park" or "parking" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaging in active loading or unloading of merchandise or passengers.
(Prior code § 16.608; Ord. 6301-B, 3/4/2025)