No person shall leave a vehicle standing, other than one temporarily disabled as set forth in Section
10.40.120, on any portion of a public highway unless a clear and unobstructed width of not less than twenty feet is left for other vehicles, unless such vehicle is disabled and it is impracticable to move the vehicle.
(Prior code § 3348.10)
No person shall park in an alley, except to unload materials
(twenty minutes) or passengers (three minutes); except that, where
the alley is within a block which dead-ends and is dedicated and improved
to standard width, the city council may authorize times other than
those specified in this section and the same shall be so designated.
(Prior code § 3348)
The driver of a vehicle, the operator of a motor-driven vehicle,
and pedestrians approaching or coming into contact with a blind person
carrying a white or white-and-red cane shall come to a full stop,
and take necessary precautions to avoid accident or injury to such
person.
(Prior code § 3348.12)
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.
(Prior code § 3346)
No person shall park a vehicle without removing the ignition
key.
(Prior code § 3348.9)
No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a roadway or street
other than parallel with the edge of a roadway, headed in the direction
of traffic, and with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle within eighteen
inches of the curbline or edge of the roadway.
(Prior code § 3345)
A. No
operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, park or leave standing
such vehicle, 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:
1. 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
2. Where
the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized
for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic, such as the holding
of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions; or
3. 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 twelve hours prior to the effective
time of such no parking.
B. The
director of public works shall have power and authority to order temporary
no-parking signs to be erected or posted for the aforementioned purposes,
provided that such signs shall remain in place only during the existence
of the foregoing emergency, and that the director of public works
shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.
(Prior code § 3350.1)
A person shall not stop, park or leave standing any vehicle,
whether attended or unattended, upon any highway where the roadway
is bordered by adjacent curbs, or upon any private street which is
open to the public, whether bordered by curbs or not, unless not less
than eight feet of the width of a paved or improved or main-traveled
portion of such highway or private street opposite such stopped, parked
or standing vehicle is left clear and unobstructed for the free passage
of other vehicles.
(Prior code § 3348.5)
A. No
person shall park within one hundred feet of an intersection.
B. No
person shall park along curb within fifty feet of either end of a
safety zone.
C. No
person shall park within fifty feet of the entrance to a sheriff's
station or fire station.
D. No
person shall park in front of the City Hall.
E. No
person shall park within one hundred feet of the entrance to school
property.
F. No
person shall park within one hundred feet of any street, alley or
driveway that enters onto Rosemead Boulevard.
(Ord. 897 § 1, 1997)
The foregoing Section
10.40.090 shall not apply to any state highway until approval has been obtained as provided in the
Vehicle Code, nor to utility vehicles under those conditions exempted by state law.
(Prior code § 3348.7)
No person shall park in a passenger loading zone for more than
three minutes.
(Prior code § 3348.4)
No person shall park or leave standing on any street, alley
or public place any vehicle, for the purpose of storing, servicing,
dismantling, rebuilding or otherwise working upon any such vehicle,
other than a vehicle which temporarily is disabled in such a manner
and to such an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping such
vehicle on such street, alley or public place, and any such temporarily
disabled vehicle shall not be parked or left standing in any such
place for more than four hours.
(Prior code § 3353)
A. No
person shall park or leave standing any motor vehicle with a sign,
placard, or writing on the vehicle for the purpose of displaying the
vehicle for sale or rent in or upon the following thoroughfares within
the boundaries of the city of Pico Rivera:
6. San
Gabriel River Parkway;
11. On any and all streets intersecting with the above thoroughfares
for a distance of two hundred feet therefrom.
B. Pursuant to Section 22651.9 of the California
Vehicle Code, a vehicle in violation of subsection
A shall be issued a notice of parking violation by the city's local authority; the owner/seller of the vehicle shall have a period of twenty-four hours commencing with the issuance of the notice of parking violation to remove the prohibited sign, placard, or writing from their vehicle(s) when parked upon the thoroughfares and intersecting streets specified in subsection
A.
C. Failure to remove the prohibited sign, placard, or writing on the vehicle, or the presence of the same vehicle(s) with the prohibited sign, placard, or writing parked at a different location on the thoroughfares and intersecting streets specified in subsection
A of this section, within the twenty-four hour period, shall subject the vehicle to a fine and/or impoundment pursuant to the procedure set forth in Section 22651.9 of the California
Vehicle Code at the owner's/seller's expense.
(Prior code § 3348.3; Ord. 1042 § 1, 2008)
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle upon that
portion of a public street or place where the city council, or some
person or agency pursuant to the directions of the city council, shall
erect or cause to be erected appropriate signs upon that portion of
the public street or place, and such signs shall clearly specify between
what hours and for what period of time it shall be unlawful to stand
or park vehicles.
(Prior code § 3350)
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle in front
of any entrance to any garage, or in front of any driveway, or upon
that portion of any public street or place in the city where the city
council, or some person or agency pursuant to the direction of the
city council, shall erect or cause to be erected a sign or cause to
be painted in red a portion of the curbline.
(Prior code § 3349)
It is hereby ordered that all existing signs now placed within the corporate limits of the city shall be deemed to have been placed there by the city pursuant to the authority given in Sections
10.40.140 and
10.40.150 of this chapter.
(Prior code § 3351)
Green curb markings shall mean no standing or parking for a
period of time longer than twenty-four minutes at any time between
nine a.m. and six p.m. on any day except Sunday and holidays or Saturday,
if so marked, unless indicated otherwise in any resolution of the
city council establishing such limited parking zone. No operator of
any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle between the hours
of nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sunday, holidays or Saturday,
if so posted, for a period of time longer than that authorized by
such posting.
(Prior code § 3350.2)
One hour or more limited parking shall be indicated by signposting
to that effect, unless directed otherwise by any resolution of the
city council establishing such a limited parking zone. No operator
of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle between the
hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sunday, holidays
or Saturday, if so posted, for a period of time longer than that authorized
by such posting.
(Prior code § 3350.3)
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle, whether
attended or unattended, in, over or upon any public property where
the use thereof or access thereto by the public has been withdrawn
or restricted by resolution of the city council, and appropriate signs
have been erected giving notice of such regulation or restriction.
(Prior code § 3355)
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle in a private
driveway or on private property without the actual or implied consent
of the owner or person in lawful possession of such driveway or property.
(Prior code § 3354)
Any regularly employed and salaried law enforcement officer
of the city may remove or cause to be removed:
A. Any
vehicle 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
where the same has been prohibited by ordinance or resolution, and
signs have been posted giving notice of such removal;
C. Where
a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street or highway in violation
of an ordinance forbidding standing or parking, and the use of the
highway, or a portion thereof, is necessary for the cleaning, repair
or construction of the highway or for the installation of underground
utilities, and signs giving notice that such vehicles may be removed
are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior to the removal;
D. Where
the use of the highway, or any portion thereof, is authorized by the
city council for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic,
or 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 signs giving notice that such
vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four
hours prior to removal.
(Prior code § 3348.8)
A. The
city council finds and determines that, upon approval of the city
manager, city streets may be marked with designated parking spaces,
and vehicles parked on such streets shall be parked only in the designated
spaces provided.
B. Pursuant
to the provisions of Section 22508 of the
Vehicle Code, the city council
declares that the provisions of this title and the
Vehicle Code shall
apply to all vehicles parked on streets with designated parking spaces.
The city council further finds and determines that, as long as such
parking spaces are not so designated, parking shall be subject to
all the provisions of this code and the
Vehicle Code.
(Prior code § 3350.4)
A. Employees
of the city employed in the classification of parking enforcement
officer are authorized and shall, in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the California
Vehicle Code, have the duty to issue
notices of violation of any statute of the state or any ordinance
of the city, or appropriate regulations issued thereunder relating
to the standing or parking of a vehicle.
B. Parking
enforcement officers are designated and authorized to remove or cause
the removal of a vehicle from a highway or other public property in
accordance with the provision of Section 22669 of the
Vehicle Code,
when such employees have been duly designated, authorized and assigned
to perform such duties by the chief of police.
C. Parking
enforcement officers are authorized to regulate and direct traffic
in accordance with the provisions of Section 21100 of the Vehicle
Code when such employees have been duly assigned or appointed to perform
such duties.
D. Nothing in this section is intended to operate either in addition to or in contravention of Title
3, Chapter 4.5 of the California
Penal Code, which expressly designates those persons who are classified as peace officers. Further, nothing in this section is intended to or shall operate to change, or shall have the effect of changing, the status of the officers and employees authorized to act pursuant to this section from public or miscellaneous officers and employees to individual peace officers or safety members for purposes of retirement, workers' compensation, or similar injury or death benefits, or any other employees' benefit or benefits to which such officer or employee would not have been entitled as a public or miscellaneous officer or employee prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this section.
(Prior code § 3350.5; Ord. 696 § 2, 1985)
In addition, to the circumstances set forth in California Vehicle
Code Section 40202(d) for the use of citation by mail, if the vehicle
is inaccessible due to the presence of a locked gate; or cannot safely
be issued a citation due to the presence of a potentially harmful
animal or a belligerent or otherwise threatening owner which threatens
the life or limb of the parking enforcement officer, then said officer
shall file notice with the city, and the city shall mail, within fifteen
calendar days of issuance of the notice of parking violation, a copy
of the notice of parking violation, or transmit an electronic facsimile
of the notice, to the registered owner.
(Ord. 947 § 1, 2000)