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 in 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 Vehicle Code or the ordinances of this City prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
(Prior code § 13.51)
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb surface, all no-stopping zones, no-parking areas and restricted parking areas, as defined and described in this chapter.
B. 
When such curb markings or signs are in place, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation of any other provisions of this chapter.
C. 
The City Manager may issue temporary or permanent parking permits for a restricted parking zone in the parking lot located at 328 North Yale Avenue in order to implement the parking lease approved by the City Council.
(Prior code § 13.53; 84-13)
A. 
The City Engineer is authorized to restrict parking on residential streets on dates and at times scheduled for street sweeping and/or for collection of waste matter, garbage and/or recyclable materials.
B. 
The City Engineer is authorized to place signs and/or markings upon any residential street indicating no parking during stated dates and times for scheduled street sweeping and/or for scheduled collection of waste matter, garbage, and/or recyclable materials.
C. 
When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected on any residential street as authorized in this section, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking.
(14-07)
A. 
Whenever the City Traffic Engineer determines that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or for other reasons, the City Traffic Engineer shall have the 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 City Traffic Engineer 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 City Traffic Engineer shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.
B. 
When such 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 § 13.63)
A. 
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.
B. 
When such parking space markings are placed on the highway, 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 or shape of such vehicle makes compliance impossible.
(Prior code § 13.68)
A. 
When authorized signs or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park for a period of time longer than thirty minutes at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sunday.
B. 
When authorized signs or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation thereof.
(Prior code § 13.64)
When authorized signs or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle for a period of time longer than twenty minutes at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday.
(96-12)
A. 
When authorized signs or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any date except Saturday and/or Sunday, as expressly stated on such sign or curb markings, for a period of time longer than two hours, except as hereinafter specified.
B. 
The City Manager may issue permanent parking permits for the parking spaces directly abutting the City hall building, and may issue temporary parking permits for the parking lot north and west of the City hall building.
(09-15)
A. 
When authorized signs or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Saturday and/or Sunday, as expressly stated on such sign or curb markings, for a period of time longer than three hours, except as hereinafter specified.
B. 
The City Manager may issue permanent parking permits for the parking spaces directly abutting the City hall building, and may issue temporary parking permits for the parking lot north and west of the City hall building.
(09-15)
A. 
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 such vehicle except:
1. 
At the angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits of such allotted space;
2. 
With the front wheel nearest the curb within six inches of such curb.
B. 
The provisions of this section shall not apply when such vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading passengers, freight or goods, in which event the provisions in Section 10.32.080 shall be complied with.
(Prior code § 13.67)
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, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are in place permitting such standing or parking.
C. 
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to determine when standing or parking shall be prohibited upon the left-hand side of any one-way street, or when 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.
D. 
The requirement of parallel parking imposed by this section shall not apply in the event any commercial vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading freight or goods, in which case such vehicle may be backed up to the curb; provided, that such vehicle does not extend beyond the centerline of the street and does not block traffic thereby.
(Prior code § 13.66)
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer 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 in this section, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking.
(Prior code § 13.60)
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a highway upon any grade exceeding three percent without blocking the wheels of such vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means.
(Prior code § 13.61)
An operator of any vehicle shall not park within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant on any private road or alley.
(Prior code § 13.54-1)
An operator of any vehicle shall not park on any private road or alley so as to block access of any emergency vehicle.
(Prior code § 13.54-2)
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his or her opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
B. 
When official signs are erected prohibiting 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 § 13.59)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway.
(Prior code § 13.52)
No person shall wash or cause to be washed, polish or cause to be polished, any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street in this City when a charge is made for such service.
(Prior code § 13.58)
No person shall 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 in this City. Temporary emergency repairs may be made upon a public street.
(Prior code § 13.57)
No person shall park or store any commercial vehicle having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more, or any special construction equipment vehicles or special mobile equipment vehicles incapable of movement under its own power, in any residential district, except as follows:
A. 
For the purpose of making pick-ups or delivery of goods, wares, services, or merchandise from or to any building or structure located at, or adjacent to, the location where the vehicle is parked, for only the time necessary to complete such work.
B. 
For the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building or structure for which a building permit has previously been obtained.
C. 
For the purpose of making repairs, for a period not to exceed five hours, when the need for the repairs arises suddenly and unexpectedly due to an accident or mechanical breakdown, while conducting business.
(Prior code § 13.71; 04-04)
A. 
Except as otherwise provided in this section, 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 ten minutes to any one place. 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 or distribution.
B. 
No person shall park or stand on any street any lunch 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.
C. 
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.
D. 
Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of this section, 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. 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 this section, such 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 date of such revocation.
(Prior code § 13.62)
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 seventy-two hours.
(Prior code § 13.55)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle on any street for a period of time longer than one hour between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles in any of the following circumstances:
A. 
A vehicle being used by a regularly licensed physician when actually engaged in making professional calls;
B. 
A vehicle for which an exemption has been granted from the Police Chief or designee as follows:
1. 
An exemption up to three nights, per vehicle, within a one-month period per dwelling by calling the Police Department or utilizing the online overnight parking (ONP) exemption system through the City's Internet website and providing the required information to receive an exemption;
2. 
A longer exemption may be granted upon written request demonstrating good cause as determined by the Police Chief or designee.
(14-07)
A. 
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle equipped with sleeping facilities, in the Metrolink parking lot (on the south side of First Street east of College Avenue) between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. For purposes of this subsection A only, a vehicle equipped with sleeping facilities may include any one of the following:
1. 
A vehicle designed to be used on a highway, capable of human habitation for camping or recreational purposes;
2. 
A vehicle attached to a structure designed to be mounted upon a motor vehicle in order to provide facilities for human habitation or camping or recreational purposes; or
3. 
Any passenger or commercial vehicle which has been altered or equipped to provide facilities for human habitation.
B. 
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in the Village parking structure (on the south side of First Street west of Indian Hill Boulevard) between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. without a City-approved parking permit.
C. 
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in the City-leased parking spaces in the parking lot on the northwest corner of Bonita Avenue and Grinnell Drive between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. This overnight parking restriction does not apply to any parking spaces marked and reserved for the property owner's vehicles.
D. 
An exemption for these parking facilities may be granted upon written request to the Chief of Police, or designee, demonstrating good cause.
(05-04; 19-06)
Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the police department 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 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 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;
D. 
Any vehicle as provided in Section 22651 of the Vehicle Code;
E. 
Any vehicle that is parked in a location within the City where parking is prohibited, as established through: (1) red curb striping; (2) no parking signage; (3) provisions of Chapters 10.32, 10.44, 10.68 and 10.69 of this Code; or (4) provisions of the California Vehicle Code, and where signs are posted giving notice of the removal.
(Prior code § 13.17; 13-09)
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer shall designate established no-stopping zones by placing and maintaining appropriate signs indicating that stopping of vehicles is prohibited, and indicating the hours and days when stopping is prohibited.
B. 
During the hours and on the days designated on the signs, it is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop such vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets established by resolution of the Council as no-stopping zones.
(Prior code § 13.69)
Whenever the City Traffic Engineer designates any street or portion thereof as a through street, or at any intersection at which vehicles are required to stop at one or more entrances thereto, he or she shall erect and maintain stop signs as follows:
A stop sign shall be erected on each and every street intersecting such through street or portion thereof so designated and at those entrances of other intersections where a stop is required; provided, however, stop signs shall not be erected or maintained at any entrance to an intersection when such entrance is controlled by an official traffic-control signal. Every such sign shall conform with, and shall be placed as provided in the Vehicle Code.
(Prior code § 13.34)
A. 
Those streets and parts of streets designated by the City Traffic Engineer are declared to be through streets for the purposes of Sections 10.32.240 through 10.32.260.
B. 
The provisions of Sections 10.32.240 through 10.32.260 shall also apply at one or more entrances to the intersections as such entrances and intersections are designated by the City Traffic Engineer.
C. 
The provisions of Sections 10.32.240 through 10.32.260 shall apply at those highway railway grade crossings as designated by the City Traffic Engineer, subject to the approval of the state public utilities commission.
(Prior code § 13.35)
The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway or driveway.
(Prior code § 13.36)
A. 
A vehicle transporting a hazardous material or substance as identified in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations must be attended at all times by its driver or a qualified representative of the motor carrier that operates it, and shall not be parked on any highway, highway shoulder, street, alley, public way or public place, or within five feet of the traveled portion thereof within a residential zone or within one thousand feet of any school, hospital, hotel, motel, convalescent home, or similar use where large numbers of people congregate and could not be readily evacuated; or any bridge or tunnel, except for brief periods when mechanical or equipment failure or disablement or malfunction of the vehicle, or the necessities of operation require the vehicle to be parked and make it impractical to park the vehicle in any other place.
B. 
Repair, maintenance, refuse, utility, termite and pesticide vehicles, fuel delivery vehicles, and vehicles delivering life support and health commodities, while servicing residential areas or schools, are exempt from the provisions of subsection A of this section. Additionally, such exempt vehicles need not be attended while the drivers are performing duties that are evident and necessary as the operator of the vehicles or the provider of the service.
C. 
For purposes of this section:
1. 
A motor vehicle is attended when the person in charge of the vehicle is on the vehicle, awake, and not in a sleeper berth, or is within one hundred feet of the vehicle and has it within his or her unobstructed field of view.
2. 
A qualified representative of a motor carrier is a person who:
a. 
Has been designated by the carrier to attend the vehicle;
b. 
Is aware of the nature of the hazardous material or substance contained in the vehicle he or she attends;
c. 
Has been instructed on the procedures he or she must follow in emergencies concerning hazardous materials or substances;
d. 
Is authorized to move the vehicle and has the means and ability to do so.
D. 
The rules of this section do not relieve a driver from any obligation imposed by federal, state or local laws relating to the transportation of hazardous materials or explosives, motor carrier safety regulations, or the placement of warning signs or devices when a motor vehicle is stopped on a public street or highway.
(80-5)
When the City Council, after a public hearing, has adopted a resolution restricting the hours or location or both, of parking in any City-owned or operated off-street parking facility, and when signs have been placed by the City Engineer giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall park in violation of such restrictions. When the hours of operation of a City-owned or operated off-street parking facility are established in this Code, no operator of any vehicle shall park in such parking facility in violation of such hours of operation.
(91-5; 13-01)
A. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the below words shall have the meanings ascribed to them herein:
1. 
"Designated space" shall mean a parking stall or space in an off-street parking facility owned or operated by the City designated by the City Council by ordinance or resolution to be used for the exclusive purpose of charging and parking a vehicle that is connected for electric charging purposes and that has posted an electric vehicle parking sign in conformity with this section.
2. 
"Electric vehicle parking sign" shall mean a sign placed by the City Engineer or designee at an off-site parking facility containing a designated space. An electric vehicle parking sign shall be no less than 17 by 22 inches in size with lettering not less than one inch in height that clearly and conspicuously states the following: "Unauthorized vehicles not connected for electric charging purposes will be towed away at owner's expense. Towed vehicles may be reclaimed at (Address) or by telephoning (Telephone # of City Police Dept.)." An electric vehicle sign shall be posted either: (a) immediately adjacent to, and visible from, a designated space; or (b) in a conspicuous place at each entrance to the off-street parking facility containing the designated space.
3. 
"Garage" shall mean a building or other space wherein the business of storing or safekeeping vehicles of a type to be registered under the California Vehicle Code and which belong to members of the general public is conducted for compensation.
B. 
A person shall not park or leave standing a vehicle in a designated space unless the vehicle is connected for electric charging purposes.
C. 
A person shall not obstruct, block, or otherwise bar access to a designated space unless the vehicle is connected for electric charging purposes.
D. 
The City, as owner or operator of the off-street parking facility containing a designated space, after notifying its police department, may cause the removal of a vehicle in violation of subsection B or C of this section from a designated space to the nearest garage that is owned, leased, or approved for use by the City.
E. 
The provisions of this section do not exempt a person or his or her vehicle from compliance with any and all other parking regulations set forth in the Claremont Municipal Code, including, but not limited to, parking time limitations.
F. 
Vehicles accessing a designated space for electric charging purposes shall be permitted to back-in to the designated space, including facilities where back-in parking is not otherwise permitted.
(15-01)
A. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter limiting or restricting the parking or standing of vehicles on certain streets or highways, or portions thereof, during all or certain hours of the day, no vehicles shall park on Via Santa Catarina for those days/times as posted on the street except those vehicles displaying the appropriate preferential parking permit as hereafter provided, and said exempted vehicles shall not be subject to applicable parking limitations or restrictions;
B. 
Residential permit parking will be allowed on surrounding streets, including, but not limited to High Point Drive, Via Montevideo, and Via Santo Tomas, if deemed necessary to control Wilderness Park parking by the Police Chief or his/her designee;
C. 
The Police Chief or his/her designee shall issue a residential permit not to exceed four permits per dwelling, to persons whose residence is adjacent to Via Santa Catarina and surrounding streets, if deemed necessary. A fee shall not be required for issuance or reissuance of any preferential parking permit;
D. 
The residential permit parking on Via Santa Catarina shall remain permanently in place, subject to evaluation and modification as follows: The permit parking shall be re-evaluated at such time when any of the following take place: (1) when the new parking lot is approved and constructed by others north of the current Mountain Avenue terminus; or (2) when evaluation is deemed necessary by the City Council or staff; or (3) when requested by the residents of Via Santa Catarina;
E. 
The permit shall be displayed on the vehicle as directed by the Claremont Police Department; and
F. 
Additional permits will be available for special occasions through the Claremont Police Department.
(08-10; 11-02)