A. The
provisions of this chapter 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 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 California
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 § 72.01)
No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether
attended or unattended, within any parkway.
(Prior code § 72.02)
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. When such curb markings or authorized 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 chapter.
(Prior code § 72.03)
No operator of any vehicle shall stop, park or leave standing
any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, 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, other authorized
officer or official traffic-control device:
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, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or
by red paint upon the curb surface.
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 24 hours prior to the effective time
of such no parking.
H. At
any place within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection 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.
I. At
any place within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection (in the
central 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
20 feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign
or official electric flashing device.
(Prior code § 72.04)
A. No
person shall park or leave standing any vehicle or trailer upon any
street, public right-of-way or alley within the City for 72 consecutive
hours or longer.
B. In the event a vehicle or trailer is parked or left standing upon a street, alley, public right-of-way or portion thereof for a period of 72 consecutive hours or longer, such vehicle or trailer may be removed pursuant to Section
10.16.320 or as otherwise permitted by Section 22651 of the California
Vehicle Code. For purposes of this section, a vehicle or trailer shall be considered parked or left standing for 72 consecutive hours or longer if it has not been moved to a location at least 500 feet away from its original location.
(Prior code § 72.05; Ord. 640 11-21-17)
No person shall park a vehicle on any street, parking lot or
other property for the purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale,
hire or rental, unless the person is duly licensed and the property
zoned for such activity. This section shall not prohibit the parking
of a vehicle on a residential lot which belongs to the vehicle owner
or on a street immediately adjacent to such a residential lot.
(Prior code § 72.06)
No person shall construct or cause to be constructed, repair
or cause to be repaired, or park or cause to be parked for repair,
grease or lubricate or cause to be greased or lubricated, dismantle
or cause to be dismantled any vehicle or any part thereof upon any
public street within the City. Temporary emergency repairs may be
made upon a public street.
(Prior code § 72.07)
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
within the City, when a charge is made for such service.
(Prior code § 72.08)
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 § 72.10)
A. Peddling
and Soliciting Near Schools. No person shall solicit or peddle by
placing, keeping, maintaining, stopping, parking, conducting or allowing
to stand at any time within 300 feet of the nearest property line
of any property upon which a school building is located during the
hours that such school is being attended by students or within 30
minutes prior to the attendance hours of such school or within 30
minutes after the attendance hours of such school any lunch, meal
or eating cart, stand, wagon or vehicle, or any stand, cart, wagon
or vehicle of any kind used in the selling, vending, soliciting or
peddling of candy, ice cream, popcorn, peanuts, fruit, vegetables
or any other edibles or merchandise; provided, however, that any such
person who shall place, keep, maintain, stop, park, conduct or allow
to stand or remain in or upon any street, alley, park or other public
place beyond 300 feet of the nearest property line of any property
upon which a school building is located, any such stand, cart, wagon
or vehicle may do so for a reasonable period of time, not to exceed
ten minutes, but shall not make a second stop after moving from the
last place of parking, stopping or standing within a distance of 100
feet from the last place of parking, stopping or standing; and provided,
further, that this section shall not apply to persons engaged in delivering
goods, wares and merchandise from or to any store, fixed place of
business or residence; and provided, further, that any person engaged
in peddling and soliciting fruits, vegetables or other edibles and
merchandise from house to house may stand a vehicle in front of any
dwelling house only for the purpose of selling or soliciting the sale
of such fruits, vegetables or other edibles or merchandise to the
occupants of such dwelling house; and, provided, further, that nothing
provided in this subsection shall prohibit the sale of newspapers.
B. Prohibitions.
It is unlawful for any person who is peddling or soliciting by wagon,
cart, automotive vehicle or any other type of conveyance:
1. To
stop such conveyances anywhere within 25 feet of a street intersection
when making a sale or attempting to make a sale;
2. To
drive or propel such conveyance backwards or make or attempt any sale;
3. To
sell to any person who is standing in a street or alley;
4. To
permit a person to hang on such conveyance or permit any person to
ride in or on the conveyance, except a bona fide assistant of such
peddler or solicitor.
(Prior code § 72.11)
A. Whenever
the City Traffic Engineer determines that periods of traffic congestion
are 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 emergency parking
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 so long as such
periods of traffic congestion are likely to continue and the City
Traffic 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 § 72.12)
A. Every
vehicle 80 inches or more in overall width and every truck tractor,
irrespective of weight when operated upon any street or highway within
the City during darkness, shall be equipped with and carry at least
three red emergency reflectors of a type authorized by the California
Vehicle Code. When any vehicle above mentioned or any trailer or semitrailer
is disabled upon any roadway in the City, reflectors of the type indicated
above shall be immediately placed as follows:
1. One
at the traffic side of the disabled vehicle, not more than ten feet
to the front or rear thereof;
2. One
at a distance of approximately 100 feet to the rear of the disabled
vehicle in the center of the traffic lane occupied by such vehicle;
and
3. One
at a distance of approximately 100 feet to the front of the disabled
vehicle in the center of the traffic lane occupied by such vehicle.
B. The
warning signals mentioned in this section shall be displayed continuously
during darkness while such vehicle remains disabled upon such street
or highway.
C. Until
the reflectors required by this section can be placed properly, the
requirements of this section may be complied with temporarily by either
placing lighted red fuses in the required locations or by use of turn
signal lamps, but only if front turn signal lamps at each side are
being flashed simultaneously and rear turn signal lamps at each side
are being flashed simultaneously.
(Prior code § 72.13)
No person driving or in control or charge of a motor vehicle
shall permit it to stand unattended upon any private property within
150 feet of any public street, highway, alley, place or way without
first effectively setting the brakes and stopping the motor of the
motor vehicle.
(Prior code § 72.14)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any alley for
any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials.
Such person shall be actually loading or unloading such vehicle during
all times such vehicle is so parked, which period of time shall not
exceed 20 minutes.
(Prior code § 72.15)
No person, except a public officer acting within the scope of
his or her public duties, shall park, or permit to be parked, any
vehicle upon any fire lane which has been marked, posted or designated
as a fire lane.
(Prior code § 72.16)
A. Subject
to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped
or parked within 18 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 center line of the street and does not
block traffic thereby.
(Prior code § 72.17)
A. On
any 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 shall be 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; and
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 applicable in Chapter
10.40 shall be complied with.
(Prior code § 72.18)
No person driving, or in control of, or in charge of, a motor
vehicle shall park or leave standing such vehicle unattended on a
highway when upon any grade exceeding three percent (within any business
or residence district) without blocking the wheels of such vehicle
by turning them against the curb or by other means.
(Prior code § 72.19)
No person shall park a vehicle in a private driveway or on private
property without the direct or implied consent of the owner or person
in lawful possession of such driveway or property if there is displayed
in plain view on the property a sign prohibiting public parking and
containing the telephone number of the local traffic law enforcement
agency.
(Prior code § 72.20)
No person shall park any vehicle upon a street, other than an
alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available
less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of
vehicular traffic.
(Prior code § 72.21)
No person shall park or stand any motor vehicle, motorcycle,
motor-driven cycle or motorized bicycle upon any portion of any public
park, except those portions designated by City regulation for the
standing and parking of such vehicles.
(Prior code § 72.22)
A. Green
curb markings shall mean no standing or parking at any time between
the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sundays and
holidays for a period of time longer than the time shown on the face
of the curb.
B. When
authorized 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 in violation thereof.
C. The
City Traffic Engineer may determine the appropriate limits of parking
to be stenciled on the face of curbs painted green, which shall best
suit the public convenience and necessity, and these time limits may
be: three minutes, ten minutes, 20 minutes, and 40 minutes.
(Prior code § 72.23)
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 such vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer
than one hour.
(Prior code § 72.24)
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 shall stop, stand or park
such vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day
except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer than two hours.
(Prior code § 72.25)
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 § 72.26)
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 day 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 § 72.27)
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 20 feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such
signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed 30
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 § 72.28)
A. No
person shall drive any commercial vehicle, having a maximum gross
weight exceeding 10,000 pounds, on any street other than a designated
truck route. Nor shall any person park or stand any commercial vehicle
or trailer on any street other than the area on Two Bunch Palms Trail,
between Little Morongo Road and Cabot Road. The provisions of this
section shall not be effective with respect to any commercial vehicle
making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from
or to any building or structure located on the restricted streets
and highways or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used
in the actual bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction
of any building or structure upon the restricted streets or highways
for which a building permit has previously been obtained.
B. The
City Traffic Engineer is authorized to place signs or markings at
all vehicular entrances to the City, indicating that no person shall
park or stand any commercial vehicle or trailer on any street except
on Two Bunch Palms Trail between Little Morongo Road and Cabot Road.
C. The
following streets have been designated truck routes:
1. Mountain
View between the southern City limit and Hacienda Avenue;
2. Hacienda
Avenue between Mountain View and Palm Drive;
3. Palm
Avenue between the southern City limit and Mission Lakes Boulevard;
4. Two
Bunch Palms Trail between Little Morongo Road and Miracle Hill Road;
5. Cuando
Way between Miracle Hill Road and Hacienda Avenue;
6. Mission
Lakes Boulevard between Palm Drive and Little Morongo Road; and
7. Little
Morongo Road between Mission Lakes Boulevard and the southern City
limit.
(Prior code § 72.29)
A. Recreational
Vehicle Parking. It is unlawful to park or store any recreational
vehicle, semitrailer, trailer or boat of any kind within the City
except as follows:
1. The
vehicle or boat is parked or stored in an approved storage space in
a mobile home park or designated for a mobile home park or recreation
park; or
2. The
vehicle or boat is temporarily parked for a period of time not to
exceed 48 consecutive hours and more than 72 hours shall have elapsed
since the vehicle was so temporarily parked or stored.
B. Exemptions.
Motor trucks less than six and one-half feet in height or 20 feet
in length and motor trucks used during pick up and delivery or during
construction or repair work while in service are exempt from the provisions
of this section.
(Prior code § 72.30)
It is unlawful to use any vehicle or boat for living, sleeping,
or housekeeping purposes in the City unless such a vehicle or boat
is parked or stored in a space intended for such use in a mobile home
park or recreational vehicle park.
(Prior code § 72.31)
Any regularly employed and salaried sworn officers of the Desert
Hot Springs Police Department or, under extenuating circumstances,
the Police Department Community Service Officer acting under the direction
of the shift watch commander or any regularly employed and salaried
officer of the City’s Community Preservation Division acting
under the direction of the Community Development Director, may remove
or cause to be removed:
A. Any
vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway
for 72 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 the City and
signs are posted giving notice of such removal.
C. Any
vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway
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 of the
vehicle.
(Prior code § 72.32; Ord. 615 5-16-17)
A. Definition.
For the purpose of this section, “trailer coach,” “house
car” and “camper” are defined as set forth in the
California
Vehicle Code, as it now exists or as it may hereafter be
amended.
B. Where
Permitted. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall park any
trailer coach, house car or vehicle equipped with a camper upon any
City street, alleyway or right-of-way during the hours of darkness
except in an area clearly and specifically designated to permit such
parking or when necessary to make emergency repairs.
C. Exemptions.
The following types of parking are exempt from the provisions of this
section:
1. Parking
of trailer coach, house car or vehicle equipped with a camper when
parked in front of or adjacent to property owned, leased, or otherwise
legally occupied by the owner or occupant of such trailer coach, house
car or vehicle equipped with a camper.
2. Parking
of trailer coach, house car or vehicle equipped with a camper within
the City for the purpose of purchasing or inspecting any goods or
services provided by commercial establishments within the City.
(Prior code § 72.33)