A. 
The provisions of this chapter prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times specified in this chapter, 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 Vehicle Code so limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
(Prior code § 20-1201)
A. 
No person shall drive, stop, stand, or park a vehicle within any parkway.
B. 
No person shall drive, stop, stand, or park a vehicle within any city park with the following exceptions:
1. 
On a road or parking area designed and intended for vehicular use and surfaced with concrete, asphalt, or gravel;
2. 
By special permit issued through the planning department. A permit shall not be issued to allow any vehicle to travel or stop within the drip line of any tree.
(Prior code § 20-1202; Ord. 714 § 2, 2006)
A. 
The director of public works 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.
B. 
When said curb markings or 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 § 20-1 203)
No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, park, or leave standing such vehicle in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer, or traffic sign or signal:
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 streets when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;
C. 
In any area where the director of public works 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. 
In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property;
F. 
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 twenty-four hours prior to the effective time of such no parking;
G. 
At any place within twenty 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;
H. 
Within twenty feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign, or official electric flashing device.
(Prior code § 20-1204)
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.
(Prior code § 20-1205)
No operator of any vehicle shall park said vehicle upon any street in this city for the principal purpose of advertising or displaying it for sale, unless authorized by resolution of the council.
(Prior code § 20-1206)
No person shall construct or cause to be constructed, repair or cause to be repaired, grease or cause to be greased, dismantle or cause to be dismantled any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street in this city. Temporary emergency repairs may be made upon a public street.
(Prior code § 20-1207)
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 in this city, when a charge is made for such service.
(Prior code § 20-1208)
A. 
The director of public works 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 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 § 20-1209)
A. 
The director of public works is authorized to place signs or makings 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 in this section, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking.
(Prior code § 20-1210)
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a highway when upon any grade exceeding three percent (within any business or residential district) without blocking the wheels of said vehicle by turning them against the curb, or by other means.
(Prior code § 20-1211)
Except as otherwise provided in this section and in Sections 10.24.130 through 10.24.150, no person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or food stuffs are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale or bartered or exchanged, or any lunch wagon or eating car or vehicle, on any portion of any street within this city except that such vehicles, wagons, or pushcarts 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. The provisions of this section shall 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 § 20-1212 (a))
No person shall park or stand on any street any lunch wagon, eating cart or vehicle, or pushcart from which tamales, peanuts, popcorn, candy, ice cream or other articles of food are sold or offered for sale without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the chief of police, which shall designate the specific location in which such cart shall stand.
(Prior code § 20-1212 (b))
No person shall park or stand any vehicle or wagon used or intended to be used in the transportation of property for hire on any street while awaiting patronage for such vehicle or wagon without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the chief of police, which shall designate the specific location where such vehicle may stand.
(Prior code § 20-1212 (c))
Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of this section and a particular location to park or stand is specified therein, no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon, or pushcart on any location other than as designated in such permit. In the event that the holder of any such permit is convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction for violation of any of the provisions of this section, such permit shall be forthwith revoked by the chief of police upon the filing of the record of such conviction with such officer and no permit shall thereafter be issued to such person until six months have elapsed from the date of such revocation.
(Prior code § 20-1212 (d))
A. 
Whenever the chief of police shall determine 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 chief of police shall have the 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 chief of police 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 chief of police 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 direction and provisions of such signs.
(Prior code § 20-1213)
A. 
Every motor truck having an unladen weight of four thousand pounds or more and every truck tractor, irrespective of weight, when operated upon any street or highway during darkness shall be equipped with and carry at least two flares or two red lanterns or two warning lights or reflectors, which reflectors shall be of a type approved by the Department of California Highway Patrol.
B. 
When any vehicle above-mentioned, or any trailer or semi-trailer, is disabled upon streets or highways outside of any business or residential district within this city, and upon which street or highway there is insufficient street lighting to reveal a vehicle at a distance of two hundred feet during darkness, a warning signal of the character indicated above shall be immediately placed at a distance of approximately one hundred feet in advance of, and one hundred feet to the rear of, such disabled vehicle by the driver thereof.
C. 
The continuous flashing of at least four approved Class A-type I turn signal lamps, at least two toward the front and at least two toward the rear of the vehicle, shall be considered to meet the requirements of this section until the devices mentioned above can be placed in the required locations.
D. 
The warning signals mentioned in this section shall be displayed continuously during darkness while such vehicle remains disabled upon such street or highway.
(Prior code § 20-12.14)
A. 
It is unlawful for any person to park, leave standing, or store any vehicle on private property within the city, if there is displayed in plain view at each entrance to the property, a sign prohibiting public parking. The sign shall contain any of the following appropriate restrictions:
1. 
Customer parking only;
2. 
Tenant parking only, or;
3. 
Private property, no parking.
B. 
It shall also contain the telephone number of the city police department. The lettering on the sign must contrast with the background of the sign and be at least two inches high, and made with a one-half inch stroke. The sign shall also contain the words "Violators May Be Towed."
(Prior code § 20-1215)
A. 
Green curb marking shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than thirty minutes at any time between nine a.m. and six p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays.
B. 
When authorized signs or curb markings have been determined by the director of public works to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle adjacent to and such legible curb markings or sign in violation thereof.
(Prior code § 20-1301)
When authorized signs or curb markings have been determined by the director of public works to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer than one hour.
(Prior code § 20-1302)
When authorized signs or curb markings have been determined by the director of public works to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer than two hours.
(Prior code § 20-1303)
A. 
The director of public works is authorized to install and maintain 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 § 20-1304)
A. 
The director of public works 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 said vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets established by resolution of the council as no stopping zones.
(Prior code § 20-1305)