(Legislative History: Ordinance No. 1137 N.S., 7/9/58; Ordinance No. 1197 N.S., 3/2/59; Ordinance No. 69-4, 1/20/69; Ordinance No. 77-27, 6/13/77; Ordinance No. 79-40, 12/17/79; Ordinance No. 82-084, 11/1/82; Legislative History: Ordinance No. 83-031, 11/7/83; Ordinance No. 83-08, 2/22/83; Legislative History: Ordinance No. 88-020, 9/6/88; Ordinance No. 96-015, 10/21/96 (Section 6-1-430); Ordinance No. 2001-25, 11/5/01 (Section 6-1-430); Ordinance No. 2007-003, 2/20/07 (Section 430); Ordinance No. 2007-010, 5/21/07 (Section 6-1-430); Ordinance No. 2011-002, 3/21/11 (Section 6-1-430); Ordinance No. 2018-001, 3/19/18 (Section 6-1-415))
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or park a motor vehicle upon land or premises where the owner or the person occupying or having possession of or the agent thereof shall have posted on such property or premises a notice of a size at least 17 inches by 22 inches with letters at least one inch high in substantially the following form, and where the permission therein referred to shall not have been granted:
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that this property is privately owned. Public parking or driving hereon without written permission of the owner or his or her agent shall constitute a violation of Section 6-1-400 of the San Leandro Municipal Code of 1985. Vehicles will be towed at the vehicle owner's expense. For towed vehicles call San Leandro Police Department (577-3201)
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Owner
It shall also be unlawful for any person without permission of the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof to park any motor vehicles in or upon any private property, so as to interfere with the use thereof.
This section is substantially identical to Section 6-1-199 which was repealed on the effective date of this Chapter; consequently, any reference to Section 6-1-199 of the San Leandro Municipal Code of 1957 shall be deemed to be a reference to this section.
Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the Police Department, and any regularly employed and salaried employee who is designated a Parking Aide by the Chief of Police and who is engaged in the direction of traffic or enforcement of parking laws and regulations, may remove a vehicle from a street under the following circumstances:
(a) 
When a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street for 72 or more consecutive hours;
(b) 
When a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street when such parking or standing is prohibited by ordinance or resolution of the City Council and signs are posted giving notice of such removal.
(c) 
When any vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street where the use of such street or portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or for the installation or repair of underground utilities or where the use of the street or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the street 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.
Any person described in Section 6-1-405 may cause the removal, from a stall or space designated for the exclusive use of vehicles of physically handicapped persons in an off-street parking facility owned or operated by the City, to the nearest garage, of any vehicle not displaying one of the distinguishing placards or license plates described in Section 22511.8 of the Vehicle Code of the State of California, if signs giving notice of such removal are posted in compliance with the provisions of said section.
The City Manager may designate these streets on which angle parking shall be permitted, provided that the City Manager shall mark or sign any such street indicating the angle at which vehicles shall be parked. To park a vehicle in any orientation other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by signs or markings, or in any parking space equipped with a parking meter in any orientation other than with the front of the vehicle closest to the parking meter or curb, unless the space is expressly designated for "back in only" parking. A list of the streets on which angle parking is permitted shall be maintained in the Traffic Code.
No person driving, or in control of, or in charge of, a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand on any street or highway unattended when upon any grade exceeding 3%, without blocking the wheels of said vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means.
(a) 
Residential Streets:
(1) 
No motor vehicle having more than two axles, or any single vehicle or combination of vehicles, which exceed 20 feet in length, or any single vehicle or combination of vehicles seven feet or more in height, or any single vehicle or combination of vehicles having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more shall be parked or left standing upon any street in any Residence District as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 515 between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Emergency vehicles as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 165 are exempt from this provision.
(2) 
No motor vehicle shall be parked or left standing upon any street in any Residence District as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 515 between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., if any portion of such vehicle, when so parked or left standing, extends beyond eight feet from the face of the curb. Emergency vehicles as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 165 are exempt from this provision.
(3) 
The City Manager may exempt an individual vehicle from the provisions of subsection (a)(1) of this section for owners of recreational vehicles upon request by the person in possession and control of such recreational vehicle of a reasonable need therefor. Such exemption shall expire at a specified time within 72 hours, except that the City Manager or designee may extend such exemption for no more than one additional period of 72 hours upon a request by a person in possession and control of such recreational vehicle that because of unusual circumstances, enforcement of said provision as to such recreational vehicle would cause undue hardship to such person. Such exemption and extension may be allowed 24 times per year, equating to 24 roundtrip permits per year for each San Leandro household. Vehicle owners requesting an exemption must register each request for exemption with the San Leandro Police Department. For purposes of this section, a recreational vehicle is as defined in Sections 18009.3 and 18010 of the California Health and Safety Code.
(4) 
The City Manager shall grant a variance from the provisions of subsection (a)(1) of this section if, from the information presented in an application for such variance, the following facts are established:
(i) 
The vehicle in question would otherwise be subject to the provisions of subsection (a)(1) of this section; and
(ii) 
Such vehicle is the sole vehicle registered to persons residing at the premises in question and is customarily parked at such premises; and
(iii) 
Such vehicle is unable to be parked off-street in compliance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.
A variance granted pursuant to these provisions shall remain valid only so long as the necessary facts established in order to obtain the variance continue to exist.
(b) 
Off-Street Parking of Vehicles of Certain Size—Residential:
(1) 
No motor vehicle exceeding the following two dimensions: 20 feet in length and seven feet in height shall be parked or left standing within 20 feet of the front yard or Street side yard (on a corner lot) side of the sidewalk; provided, however, that such motor vehicles may be so parked or left standing on the driveway portion thereof, if space is not available upon the driveway of the vehicles to be parked beyond said 20 feet, or if space is not available in the rear yard or side yard, or there is no reasonable access to either the rear yard or side yard; a corner lot is presumed to have reasonable access to the rear yard.
(2) 
Notwithstanding subsection (b)(1) of this section, no part of any motor vehicle may extend over the public sidewalk.
(c) 
Non-Motorized Vehicles: Except as provided herein, no vehicle other than a motor vehicle as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 415 shall be parked or left standing upon any street, except:
(1) 
Non-motorized vehicles owned, operated, or controlled by the City, so long as such non-motorized vehicles are parked or left standing for purposes reasonably related to official City business.
(2) 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, a fifth-wheel travel trailer as defined in Section 324 of the California Vehicle Code, a travel coach as defined in Section 635 of the California Vehicle Code, a vehicle designed for recreational purposes to carry persons or property on its own structure and so constructed as to be drawn by a motor vehicle, or any other trailer, whether attached or unattached to a motor vehicle, may be granted an exemption by the City Manager to park in a residence district, as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 515, under the same conditions applicable to motor vehicles as set forth in subsection (a)(3), of this section.
(d) 
Parking of Commercial Vehicles—Residential:
(1) 
No vehicle having more than two axles, or any single commercial vehicle or combination of said vehicles, which exceed 20 feet in length or seven feet or more in height, any single commercial vehicle or combination of said vehicles seven feet or more in width, or any single commercial vehicle or combination of said vehicles having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more shall be parked or left standing upon any street in any Residence District as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 515, except:
(i) 
For such reasonable time in excess of two hours that may be necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used for repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building or structure upon a restricted street or highway; or
(ii) 
For such reasonable time in excess of two hours that may be necessary when such vehicle is parked in connection with the performance of a service to or on a property in which such vehicle is parked; or
(iii) 
For such reasonable time in excess of two hours that may be necessary time to make emergency repairs. No regulations adopted in this section shall apply to any vehicle owned by a public utility or licensed contract while necessarily in use in the construction, installation, or repair of any public utility.
The City Manager may cause parking spaces on streets or in municipal parking lots to be marked with white lines designating such parking space. No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle on a street or in a municipal parking lot in any manner other than wholly within a parking space so designated.