(a)
The provisions of this title prohibiting the stopping, standing or
parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein
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 official traffic control device.
(b)
The provisions of this title 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 or of this
code prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in
specified places or at specified times.
(Prior code § 3251)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway.
(Prior code § 3252)
(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)
In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street in
excess of a consecutive period of seventy-two hours, any member 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.
(Prior code § 3253; Ord. 1328 § 1, 1972)
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal
purpose of:
(1)
Displaying such vehicle for sale;
(2)
Washing, greasing, or repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated
by an emergency.
(Prior code § 3254)
No owner or operator of a public garage, vehicle repair shop,
service station or other business that performs any kind of service
on vehicles or parts appurtenant thereto shall park or cause a vehicle
to be parked on any street or alley for the principal purpose of storage
of such vehicle prior to repairing or servicing it, during the course
of repairing or servicing it, or after such repair or service is completed.
For the purpose of this section, repair or service includes any type
of mechanical service, major or minor, body or fender work, painting,
or detail work, including steam cleaning the engine, cleaning the
upholstery, or waxing the vehicle, or any other type of service on
the engine, body, wheels, tires or other parts appurtenant to a vehicle.
(Ord. 1488 § 1, 1978; Ord. 1503 § 1, 1979)
(a)
Whenever this code designates and describes any street or portion
thereof upon which angle parking shall be permitted, the city engineer
shall mark or sign such street indicating the angle at which vehicles
shall be parked.
(b)
When signs or markings are in place indicating angle parking as herein
provided, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the
angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or
markings.
(c)
Angle parking shall be permitted upon those streets and parts of
streets described in the street schedules which are on file in the
office of the city clerk.
(Prior code § 3255; Ord. 2190 § 6, 2020)
(a)
The city engineer is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking
upon either 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 indicating no parking upon a street
adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in
any such designated place contrary to the provisions of such signs.
(Prior code § 3257; Ord. 2190 § 6, 2020)
(a)
The city 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 herein, no person shall park a vehicle
upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking.
(Prior code § 3258; Ord. 2190 § 6, 2020)
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 said
vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means.
(Prior code § 3259)
The city engineer 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 said places:
(1)
At any place within twenty-five feet of an intersection in any business
district except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop;
(2)
Within twenty-five feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard
stop sign, or official electric flashing device;
(3)
At any place where the city engineer determines that it is necessary
in order to eliminate unusual traffic hazard.
(Prior code § 3260; Ord. 2190 § 6, 2020)
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful for
persons to park any vehicle from which goods, wares, merchandise,
fruits, vegetables or food stuffs are sold, displayed, solicited or
offered for sale or bartered or exchanged, or eating car or vehicle,
on any portion of any street within the city, except that such vehicles,
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. This
section does 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.
(Prior code § 3261; Ord. 2067 § 7, 2009; Ord. 2159 § 7, 2019)
(a)
Whenever the city 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 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 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 engineer 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 § 3262; Ord. 2190 § 6, 2020)
Every motor truck having an unladen weight of four thousand
pounds or more, and every truck tractor irrespective of weight shall
comply with the provisions of Section 25300 of the Vehicle Code.
(Prior code § 3263)
Whenever the city council shall, by resolution, designate certain
parking restrictions within a business district and shall order signs
posted in such business district giving notice of such restrictions,
after such signs have been posted, no person shall park any vehicle
in the business district in violation of such restriction. Such restrictions
shall apply between the hours of eight a.m. and six p.m. of any day
except Sundays and holidays.
(Prior code § 3272; Ord. 1942 § 1, 1998)
When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof no
person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle on any of the streets
enumerated in the street schedules which are on file in the office
of the city clerk, for a period of time longer than one hour at any
time between the hours of eight a.m. and six p.m. of any day except
Sundays and holidays.
(Prior code § 3273)
(a)
Whenever the city council shall, by resolution, restrict parking
during all or certain hours of the day upon certain streets, with
or without granting the right to preferential parking privileges,
and shall, by resolution, order signs posted thereon giving notice
of such restrictions, after such signs have been posted, no person
shall park any vehicle upon such streets in violation of said restrictions.
(b)
Whenever the city council shall, by resolution, restrict parking
during all or certain hours of the day for street sweeping purposes,
and shall, by resolution, order signs posted thereon giving notice
of such restrictions, after such signs have been posted, no person
shall park any vehicle upon such streets in violation of said restrictions.
(Prior code § 3273.1; Ord. 2023 § 1, 2004)
Whenever, in the opinion of the city council, the parking of
vehicles in any area constitutes a traffic hazard during certain times
or hours, the city council may by resolution designate the same as
a hazard during such times or hours and order signs to be erected
in such area or along the curbing adjacent thereto prohibiting parking
in such area during such times or hours, and parking thereafter in
such area during such times or hours is prohibited.
(Prior code § 3274)
When signs are erected giving notice thereof no person shall
park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets described in the
street schedules which are on file in the office of the city clerk.
(Prior code § 3275)
No vehicle failing to display 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
shall stop or park in any parking space designated for use by a disabled
person.
(Ord. 2023 § 2, 2004)
When signs are in place giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful
for any person to park or place a motor vehicle in any private driveway
or on any private property without the direct or implied consent of
the owner or person in lawful possession of such driveway or property.
(Prior code § 3276)
Whenever the city council shall, by resolution, designate certain
parking restrictions for off-street parking facilities owned or operated
by the city or by Vehicle Parking District No. 1 or Vehicle Parking
District No. 2, and shall, by resolution, order signs posted on such
facility giving notice of such restrictions, after such signs have
been posted, no person shall park any vehicle in any such facility
in violation of said restrictions.
(Prior code § 3277; Ord. 1679 § 1, 1987)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, no person
shall stop, park or stand any vehicle with a rated capacity of ten
thousand pounds or more gross vehicle weight, or any nonmotorized
trailer, trailer coach, detached low-bed, or other such vehicle, or
any automotive vehicle in excess of twelve feet in height within a
residential zone for more than two hours between seven p.m. of one
day and seven a.m. of the next day. The regulations imposed by this
section shall not be effective until such time as signs giving notice
of such restrictions are erected at or near the city limits.
(Prior code § 3253.1; Ord. 1222 § 1, 1968; Ord. 1525 § 1, 1980)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, no person
shall park or stand any vehicle or any nonmotorized trailer, trailer
coach, detached low-bed, or other such vehicle upon the following
public streets in business districts, within the city limits between
two a.m. and five a.m., except as amended by city council resolution:
Atlantic Boulevard
Atlas Avenue
Corporate Center Drive
Davidson Drive
Floral Drive
Fremont Avenue
Garfield Avenue
Garvey Avenue
Kern Avenue
Monterey Pass Road
New Avenue
Pomona Boulevard
Potrero Grande Drive
Ramona Boulevard
Riggin Avenue
Saturn Street
The regulations imposed by this section shall not be effective
until such time as signs giving notice of such restrictions are erected
at or near the city limits.
(Ord. 1763 § 1, 1988; Ord. 1817 § 2, 1991; Ord. 1919 § 1, 1997)
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 or within
three hundred feet of 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.
(1)
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 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 vehicle or the provider
of the service.
(2)
For purposes of this section:
(A)
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.
(B)
A qualified representative of a motor carrier is a person who:
(i)
Has been designated by the carrier to attend the vehicle; and
(ii)
Is aware of the nature of the hazardous material or substance
contained in the vehicle he or she attends; and
(iii)
Has been instructed on the procedures he must follow in emergencies
concerning hazardous materials or substances; and
(iv)
Is authorized to move the vehicle and has the means and ability
to do so.
(3)
This section does 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.
(4)
The regulations imposed by this section shall not be effective until
such time as signs giving notice of such restrictions are erected
at or near the city limits.
(Ord. 1525 § 2, 1980)
(a)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the city engineer
may prohibit or restrict the stopping, parking or standing of large
vehicles on certain streets or highways, or portions thereof, during
all or certain hours of the day where parking such vehicle restricts
sight distance or may constitute a hazard. No such restriction shall
apply until approved by the traffic commission and after signs or
markings giving adequate notice thereof have been placed.
(b)
For the purposes of this section, a "large" vehicle is defined as
any vehicle, boat, tractor, or trailer, which exceed eight feet in
width or six feet in height (including any load thereon) or twenty-three
feet in length. Such measurement shall include all fixtures, accessories
or property, with the exception of single-post radio antennae and
side mirrors.
(Ord. 1986 § 2, 2001; Ord. 2190 § 6, 2020)
No person shall stop, park or stand any public nuisance vehicle
upon any street, alley or public way within a residential zone. This
section shall not apply to the stopping, standing or parking of public
nuisance vehicles for the purpose of and in the process of being loaded
or unloaded, or while performing work at a location in a residential
zone. For purposes of this section, a "public nuisance vehicle" means
any vehicle that, although operable, has substantial exterior body
damage, has graffiti (any inscription that is marked etched, scratched
or drawn) on the exterior, or has an open cargo storage area and cargo
is plainly visible to the public.
(Ord. 2015 § 2, 2003)
