A. 
Officers of the Police Department hereby are authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, audible or other signal in conformance with traffic laws and, in event of a fire or other emergency, members of the Fire Department may direct traffic as conditions require.
B. 
Obedience to Authorized Officials Required. No person shall fail or refuse to comply with or to perform any act forbidden by any lawful order, signal or direction of a police officer, a member of the Fire Department, or other person so authorized by this chapter or State law.
C. 
Obstruction or Interference with Authorized Officials Prohibited. No person shall interfere with or obstruct in any way any police officer or other officer or employee of this City in his or her enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
D. 
Persons Other than Authorized Officials Shall Not Direct Traffic. No person other than a police officer, member of the Fire Department, or other person so authorized by this chapter or State law shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal.
E. 
Obedience to Official Traffic-Control Signal or Device Required. The operator of any vehicle or train shall obey any official traffic-control device or signal placed in accordance with this chapter unless excepted therefrom by the California Vehicle Code or otherwise directed by a police officer or other authorized person.
F. 
Unauthorized Use of Traffic-Control Signal or Device Prohibited. No person other than an authorized official shall place, remove, interfere or tamper with a traffic-control device or signal, or cause the same to occur.
(Prior code §§ 14-3-1—14-3-6)
The provisions of this title regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles operated by the Police or Fire Department, any public ambulance, or any public utility vehicle or any private ambulance, which public utility vehicle or private ambulance has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle, when any vehicle mentioned in this section is operated in the manner specified by the Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call. In addition, the provisions of this chapter regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a City department or public utility while necessarily in use for construction or repair work or any vehicle owned or operated by the United States Post Office Department while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail. The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, relieve the operator of any such vehicle from the obligation to exercise due care for the safety of others or the consequences of his or her wilful disregard of the safety of others.
(Prior code § 14-3-9)
A. 
The operator of a vehicle or the person in charge of any animal involved in any accident resulting in damage to any property publicly owned or owned by a public utility, including, but not limited to, any fire hydrant, parking meter, lighting post, telephone pole or electric light or power pole, or resulting in damage to any tree, official traffic-control signal or device or other property of a like nature located in or along any street shall, within 24 hours after such accident, make a written report of such accident to the Police Department of this City. Every such report shall state the time when and the place where the accident took place, the name and address of the person owning and the person operating or in charge of such vehicle or animal, the license number of every such vehicle, and a brief description of the damage resulting from such accident.
B. 
The operator of any vehicle involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties of this section during the time he or she is physically incapable of making a report, but in such event he or she shall make the required report within 24 hours after regaining ability to make such report.
(Prior code § 14-3-10)
Pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22650 et seq., 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 72 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 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 24 hours prior to the removal;
D. 
Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing on City property when such parking or standing is prohibited by ordinance or resolution of this City and signs are posted giving notice of such removal.
(Prior code § 14-3-11)
Except as otherwise provided in Division 17 of the California Vehicle Code entitled "Offenses and Prosecution" (California Vehicle Code Section 40000.1 et seq.) and Division 18 of the California Vehicle Code entitled "Penalties and Disposition of Fees, Fines and Forfeitures" (California Vehicle Code Section 42000 et seq.), as the same may be amended from time to time, it is unlawful and constitutes an infraction for any person to violate, or fail to comply with any provision of this title. Each infraction is punishable in accordance with the penalties set forth in Section 1.08.070(B) (General penalty—Continuing violations—Aiding or abetting).
(Prior code § 14-3-12)
The fine to be paid for any parking violation shall be determined by reference to the schedule of parking fines. This schedule shall be adopted and may be periodically amended by resolution of the City Council.
(Prior code § 14-3-13)
The procedures to be followed in hearing any contested notice of a parking violation or notice of a delinquent parking violation shall be as set forth in the Parking Administrative Adjudication Process Manual adopted by the City Council.
(Prior code § 14-3-14)