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 the
city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in
specified places or at specified times.
(Ord. 36 § 10, 1974)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway.
(Ord. 36 § 10.1, 1974)
The city traffic engineer is authorized to maintain, by appropriate
signs or by paint upon the curb surface, all no-stopping signs, no-parking
areas, and restricted parking areas, as defined and described in this
title.
When the 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 of the provisions
of this title.
(Ord. 36 § 10.2, 1974)
No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, park, or leave
standing such 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, as follows:
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;
C.
In
any area where the city traffic engineer determines 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 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 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 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;
H.
At
any place within twenty feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite
the midblock end of a safety zone, when such place is indicated by
appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;
I.
At
any place within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection in
the general traffic district or 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;
J.
Within
twenty feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop
sign, or official electric flashing device.
(Ord. 36 § 10.3, 1974; Ord. 1326 § 1, 2017)
A.
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.
B.
Businesses
located within the city that repair or cause to be repaired, grease
or cause to be greased, dismantle or cause to be dismantled, any vehicle
or any part thereof must use only city-approved off-street parking
for such repair, greasing or dismantling. Otherwise, the storing of
vehicles is prohibited on public streets.
(Ord. 36 § 10.4, 1974; Ord. 1355 § 9, 2020)
No operator of any vehicle shall park the vehicle upon any street
in the city for the principle purpose of advertising or displaying
it for sale, unless authorized by resolution of the council.
(Ord. 36 § 10.5, 1974)
No person shall construct or cause to be constructed, repair
or cause to be repaired, grease or cause to be greased, dismantle
or cause to be dismantled any vehicle or any part thereof upon any
public street in the city. Temporary emergency repairs may be made
upon a public street.
(Ord. 36 § 10.6, 1974)
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.
(Ord. 36 § 10.7, 1974)
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.
(Ord. 36 § 10.8, 1974)
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.
(Ord. 36 § 10.9, 1974)
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle unattended
on a highway when upon any grade exceeding three percent within any
business or residence district, without blocking the wheels of the
vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means.
(Ord. 36 § 10.10, 1974)
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 lunchwagon or eating
car or vehicle, on any portion of any street within the 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 at 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 lunchwagon, eating cart
or vehicles, or pushcart 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 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 the date of such revocation.
(Ord. 36 § 10.11, 1974; Ord. 1296 § 8, 2015)
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 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 there-after.
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.
(Ord. 36 § 10.12, 1974)
Every motor truck having an unladen weight of four thousand
pounds or more, and every truck tractor, irrespective of weight, 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 the California Highway Patrol. When any vehicle mentioned
in this section or any trailer or semitrailer is disabled upon streets
or highways outside of any business or residence district within the
city, and upon which street or highway there is insufficient street
lighting to reveal a vehicle at a distance of two hundred feet, warning
lights shall be immediately placed at a distance of approximately
one hundred feet in advance of, and one hundred feet to the rear of,
such disabled vehicle by the driver thereof. The continuous flashing
of at least four approved class A-type 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 in this section can be placed in the required
locations. The warning signals mentioned in this section shall be
displayed continuously during darkness while such vehicle remains
disabled upon such street or highway.
(Ord. 36 § 10.13, 1974)
Green curb marking means no standing or parking for a period
of time longer than twenty minutes at any time between nine a.m. and
six p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays.
(Ord. 36 § 11, 1974; Ord. 1296 § 9, 2015)
When authorized signs, parking meters 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 the vehicle between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m.
of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer
than forty minutes.
(Ord. 36 § 11.1, 1974)
When authorized signs, parking meters 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 the vehicle between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m.
of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer
than one hour.
(Ord. 36 § 11.2, 974)
When authorized signs, parking meters 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 the vehicle between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m.
of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer
than two hours.
(Ord. 36 § 11.3, 1974)
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 lefthand 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.
(Ord. 36 § 11.4, 1974)
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 the vehicle except:
B.
It
is unlawful to park any oversize vehicle within diagonally marked
spaces at any time when the length of the vehicle creates an obstruction
to the normal flow of traffic, or which causes a reduction in the
width of the normally traveled portion of the roadway. For the purposes
of this section only, an oversize vehicle shall be defined as any
vehicle that exceeds the dimensions of a marked parking space due
to its length and/or width.
(Ord. 36 § 11.5, 1974; Ord. 1393 § 3, 2023)
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.
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.
(Ord. 36 § 11.6, 1974)
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.
During the hours and on the days designated on the signs, it
is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop the vehicle on
any of the streets or parts of streets established by resolution of
the council as no-stopping zones.
(Ord. 36 § 11.7, 1974)
A.
No
person shall have possession, custody or control of any vehicle, either
motored or towed, upon any street in the commercial district between
the hours of two a.m. and six am. of any day.
B.
The
commercial district shall consist of the streets of El Paseo, Palm
Desert Drive North and Palm Desert Drive South in their entire length
from curb to curb.
(Ord. 36 § 11.8, 1974; Ord. 458 §§ 1, 2, 1986)
Each parking lot or parking structure where parking is provided
for the public as clients, guests and employees shall contain handicapped
accessible parking and which is to be clearly marked at all times
as described and mandated by State Chapter 71 of the Uniform Building
Code.
(Ord. 733 § 1, 1993)
A.
It
is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle in
a stall or space designated for disabled persons and disabled veterans
pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22511.7 or 22511.8, unless the vehicle
displays either a special identification license plate issued pursuant
to Vehicle Code Section 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant
to Vehicle Code Section 22511.55 or 22511.59.
B.
It is unlawful for any person to obstruct, block, or otherwise bar access to those parking stalls or spaces except as provided in subsection A of this section.
(Ord. 1090 § 1, 2005)
A.
It
is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle,
including a vehicle displaying a special identification license plate
issued pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 5007 or a distinguishing placard
issued pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22511.55 or 22511.59, in either
of the following places:
1.
On
the lines marking the boundaries of a parking stall or space designated
for disabled persons or disabled veterans.
2.
In
any area of the pavement adjacent to a parking stall or space designated
for disabled persons or disabled veterans that is marked by crosshatched
lines and is designated, pursuant to any local ordinance, for the
loading and unloading of vehicles parked in the stall or space.
(Ord. 1090 § 1, 2005)
