Except as otherwise defined herein, the definition of any term used in this chapter is the definition of such term as it is defined and described in the Vehicle Code of the State of California and amendments thereto.
(Ord. 331 § 1, May 15, 1946)
For the purposes of the regulations contained or authorized in this title relating to limitations on stopping, standing and parking, any vehicle moved a distance of less than one-tenth of a mile during the limited parking period shall be deemed to have remained stationary. A vehicle parked with the odometer obscured from view from without the vehicle shall be presumed to have remained stationary.
(Ord. 1003 § 1, March 21, 1983)
Officers of the Police Department, or person deputized by Chief of Police, shall, by voice, hand or other signal, direct all traffic, and it is unlawful for any person to refuse or fail to comply with any lawful order, signal or other lawful direction of a police officer, or such other lawfully deputized person; and, further, it is unlawful for any other person other than an officer of the Police Department, or such other deputized person, to direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal.
(Ord. 331 § 2, May 15, 1946; Ord. 1261 § 6, November 4, 2013)
The City Council, by resolution, may determine, designate and establish the following:
A. 
Location of through highways and stop intersections;
B. 
Parking time limits within any designated area within the City;
C. 
"One-way" streets and highways on which traffic shall move in a single direction only;
D. 
Closed streets upon which vehicular traffic and parking are prohibited;
E. 
Parking areas on City-owned property which shall be reserved exclusively for use by City-owned vehicles or vehicles owned and/or operated by City officers or employees.
No resolution adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be effective until appropriate signs, markers, painted curbs or other official traffic-control devices have been established giving notice of the matters referred to in such resolution.
(Ord. 331 § 3, May 15, 1946; Ord. 823 § 1, July 15, 1974)
The Director of Public Works is authorized and he or she shall determine and designate the location of loading zones, bus loading zones and safety zones and/or the method of turning at intersections, and/or the location of mechanical signals; and he or she is authorized and directed to place, paint and maintain, or cause to be placed, painted or maintained, the necessary signs, markers or painted curbings in accordance with the Vehicle Code of California and amendments thereto. Such determinations and designations shall be made pursuant to accepted principles and practices of traffic engineering.
(Ord. 1054 § 1, July 6, 1986)
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It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle or any pedestrian to disobey the instructions of any signal, traffic sign or mark upon any street, placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
It is unlawful for the driver or operator of any vehicle to park the vehicle in disregard of any traffic sign or mark upon the street or curb.
C. 
No public utility or department in this City shall erect or place any barrier or sign unless of a type first approved by the Chief of Police. It is unlawful for any operator or pedestrian to disobey the instructions of any barrier or sign approved, as above provided, erected or placed by a public utility or by any department of this City.
(Ord. 331 § 5, May 15, 1946; Ord. 1261 § 6, November 4, 2013)
It is unlawful for any person to place or maintain or to display any device, other than an official warning or direction sign or signal erected under competent authority, upon or in view of a street, which purports to be, or is an imitation of, or resembles, an official warning or direction sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or the action of operators, and any such prohibited device is a public nuisance, and the Chief of Police may remove it, or cause it to be removed, without notice.
It is unlawful for any person to willfully deface, injure, move or interfere with any official warning or direction sign or signal.
(Ord. 331 § 5, May 15, 1946; Ord. 1261 § 6, November 4, 2013)
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The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing a roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection.
B. 
Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point other than an intersection or within a marked crosswalk shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles moving upon the roadway.
C. 
It is unlawful for any person to stand in a roadway for the purpose of or while soliciting a ride from the operator of any private vehicle.
(Ord. 221 § 7, May 15, 1946)
If the operator of any business so conducts his or her business that customers' automobiles obstruct the normal movement of traffic on a public street, block the entrances of driveways or otherwise create a hazard to other traffic on a public street, the Chief of Police may, by written notice, require such operator at his or her own expense to provide a traffic-control program designed to eliminate such conditions. Within two days after receiving such written notice, the business operator shall institute a traffic-control program approved by the Chief of Police.
(Ord. 812 § 1, March 12, 1974; Ord. 1261 § 6, November 4, 2013)
Every driver of a vehicle shall stop such vehicle before entering or crossing any through highway and before entering or crossing any intersection designated as a stop intersection at any entrance thereto designated as a stop entrance. All such stops shall be made at the prolongation of the property line of such through highway or intersection or at such other place properly marked and designated as a "stop" location; provided, however, that no such stops need to be made when traffic is signaled to proceed by any stop-and-go signal or by a police officer.
(Ord. 331 § 9, May 15, 1946)
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The following streets or portions thereof are declared to be restricted streets and it is unlawful for any person to operate a commercial vehicle on said streets:
1. 
That portion of East Blithedale Avenue extending from Sycamore Avenue easterly to Camino Alto;
2. 
That portion of Sycamore Avenue extending from La Goma Street to Camino Alto;
3. 
That portion of Nelson Avenue extending from East Blithedale to Sycamore Avenue.
B. 
The prohibition contained in this section shall not apply to any commercial vehicle which is subject to the provisions of Sections 1031 to 1036, inclusive, of the Public Utilities Code, nor to any commercial vehicle coming from an unrestricted street having ingress and egress by direct route to and from any of the restricted streets referred to in this section when necessary for the purpose of making pick-ups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted streets, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted street for which a building permit has previously been obtained.
(Ord. 331 § 9.5; Ord. 349, February 18, 1948; Ord. 875 § 1, September 20, 1976)
It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, other than one on official business, to follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm, closer than one block, or to park, stop or stand any vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
(Ord. 331 § 10, May 15, 1946)
No vehicle shall be driven over unprotected hose of the Fire Department when laid down on any street, private driveway or other place, without the consent of the Chief of Police, or assistant in command.
(Ord. 331 § 11, May 15, 1946; Ord. 1261 § 6, November 4, 2013)
The operator of a motor vehicle shall not drive or park the same upon any of the following:
A. 
Public park;
B. 
Public property;
C. 
Public sidewalk;
D. 
Private property without the property owner's written permission in his or her possession.
This provision does not apply to motor vehicles operated on public highways, streets, rights-of-way or other areas specifically designated and/or established for the operation of motor vehicles by the public, nor to vehicles operated by governmental agencies or public utilities in the performance of their authorized duties.
(Ord. 331 § 12(a), May 15, 1946; Ord. 822 § 1, July 1, 1974)
It is unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to stop, 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 direction of a traffic officer or of an official direction sign or marking:
In a roadway other than parallel with the curb and with the two wheels of the vehicle adjacent to the curb within 18 inches of the regularly established curb line, except upon those streets which have been marked for angle parking as determined by resolution duly adopted by the City Council;
In any loading zone for a period of time longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers or material;
Upon the paved or main-traveled portion of any roadway when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave such vehicle off such part or portion of the roadway;
Upon any roadway unless not less than 11 feet of the width of the paved or improved or main-traveled portion of said stopped, parked or standing vehicle is left clear and unobstructed for the free passage of other vehicles. The Director of Public Works may, by appropriate striping and/or signing, designate that part of the paved, improved or main-traveled portion of any street upon which it shall be unlawful to stop, park or leave standing any vehicle.
(Ord. 331 § 13; Ord. 446; Ord. 705 § 1; Ord. 906 § 1, February 6, 1978; Ord. 1112 § 1, September 8, 1992)
It is unlawful for any operator of a motor vehicle to stand or park any such vehicle upon any street or road having a perceptible grade without effectively setting the brakes thereon, and blocking the wheels of the vehicle by turning them against the curb, or other means.
(Ord. 331 § 13.1; Ord. 343, August 13, 1947)
It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park or leave standing such vehicle on either side of the following City streets or portions thereof:
A. 
On either side of Lovell Avenue extending from its intersection with Cascade Drive easterly a distance of 130 feet;
B. 
On either side of Cascade Drive commencing at its intersection with Lovell Avenue and extending easterly a distance of 130 feet;
C. 
On either side of Cushing Drive along its entire length, commencing at Eldridge Avenue and ending at the private roadway known as Charles Dean Road.
Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the Police Department of the City of Mill Valley is authorized to remove any vehicle which has been parked or left standing in violation of the provisions of this section, such removal to be in accordance with Division 11, Chapter 10 of the Vehicle Code of the State of California. No such vehicle shall be so removed unless and until signs are posted giving notice that vehicles violating the provisions of this section may be removed.
(Ord. 704 § 1; Ord. 771 § 1, August 30, 1972)
The purpose of this section is to regulate parking of recreational and commercial vehicles on public streets in the City of Mill Valley during certain times each day. The public streets in the City of Mill Valley are predominately narrow residential streets. The streets located in the hills of the City are steep and winding with limited on-street parking. The parking of recreational vehicles and trailers and commercial vehicles on these streets can create safety hazards to motorists and pedestrians and detract from the visual quality of the City. The purpose of Sections 10.04.190 and 10.04.195 is to limit the parking of oversized vehicles on City streets to minimize safety hazards and avoid an unsightly proliferation or concentration of such vehicles that detract from the visual quality of the City. Sections 10.04.190 and 10.04.195 exclude specified types of small trucks and van campers that are used by residents in their daily lives.
(Ord. 1260, April 7, 2014)
It is unlawful to camp overnight or to park a trailer coach overnight or for more than eight hours in any day upon any public highway, including the right-of-way thereof, within the City of Mill Valley. This provision shall not apply where a trailer coach is parked for the purpose of making emergency repairs or when a temporary trailer coach parking permit has been issued. This provision also shall not apply to a trailer coach that is in the process of being prepared for travel outside the City or is being unloaded and cleaned after such travel, provided that the trailer coach is not parked for more than 24 hours on a public highway in the City. At the expiration of an eight-hour period, or other permitted parking period, the trailer coach shall not be subsequently parked upon any public highway or public right-of-way within the City for the following 10 days.
A Mill Valley City resident may apply for a temporary trailer coach parking permit on behalf of themselves or their guests, without cost, to extend the legal parking of a trailer coach for a maximum of five days, up to four times each calendar year. For the purposes of this section, no more than one extension shall be granted within a seven-day period. Each resident applying for a temporary trailer coach parking permit must provide the following: vehicle make, model, license plate number and state of registration, and location where the vehicle will be legally parked.
For purposes of this section, "trailer coach" includes a trailer coach as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 635, a park trailer as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18009.3, a recreational vehicle as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18010, and any trailer attached to a vehicle. The term "trailer coach" does not include a van camper or a van camper conversion. The term "public highway" shall have the meaning defined in California Vehicle Code Section 360. For the purposes of this section, "overnight" shall be defined as between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m.
(Ord. 331 § 13.2; Ord. 343, August 13, 1947; Ord. 1260, April 7, 2014)
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to park any vehicle, or combination of vehicles, trailers or auxiliary equipment with a length or combined length of 35 feet or more, on any public highway, public right-of-way, or public property, within the City of Mill Valley between the hours of midnight to 5:00 a.m.
The parking of commercial vehicles on any public highway or public right-of-way is prohibited between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m. Commercial vehicles shall not remain parked on a public highway or public right-of-way for over two hours between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and midnight. The two-hour time limit restriction shall not apply to any of the following:
A. 
A commercial vehicle parked for the purpose of making emergency repairs;
B. 
A commercial vehicle then currently involved in the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or repair of any street or alley upon which the commercial vehicle is parked;
C. 
A commercial vehicle then currently involved in any lawful development, construction, service or delivery occurring on any adjacent property; or
D. 
A commercial vehicle employed by any governmental entity or public utility which is used for urgent response purposes including, but not limited to, ambulances and utility repair vehicles.
For the purposes of this section, "currently involved" shall mean those times when such construction, development or service activities are allowed to be and are actively in progress and not during such times as after-hours, weekends or holidays unless authorized or exempted by the City. For purposes of this section, "commercial vehicle" includes a commercial vehicle as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 260, but shall exclude a "pickup truck" as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 471, and shall further exclude a pickup truck with a bed-mounted storage compartment, commonly called a "utility body," and/or an overhead rack. The exclusions for pickup trucks are not intended to exempt tow trucks or large box-type trucks commonly used in the shipping or hauling trades.
(Ord. 1059, January 5, 1987; Ord. 1260, April 7, 2014)
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to park a trailer upon any public street in the City of Mill Valley unless such trailer is at all times attached to a motor vehicle. This provision shall not apply where a trailer is parked for the purpose of making emergency repairs.
(Ord. 331 § 13.3; Ord. 343, August 13, 1947)
A. 
No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle or leave the same standing upon any street or alley for 72 or more consecutive hours.
B. 
In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street or alley for 72 or more consecutive hours, any member of the Police Department may remove the vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of Section 22.651 of the California Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 331 § 13.4; Ord. 369; Ord. 389; Ord. 730; Ord. 1003 § 3, March 21, 1983)
The provisions of this chapter regulating the movement, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to emergency vehicles of any political subdivision of the State of California or of a public utility, while the driver of any such vehicle is engaged in the necessary performance of public emergency duties.
(Ord. 331 § 14, May 15, 1946)
Repairing, rebuilding or constructing any vehicle on any public street, highway or alley within the City of Mill Valley, except to the extent that may be reasonably necessary temporarily to repair such vehicle in order to remove it from such street, highway or alley, is hereby prohibited.
Open flares shall be used for the purpose of attracting attention to barriers or obstructions within the roadway.
(Ord. 331 § 15, May 15, 1946)
A. 
This section shall apply to all real property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the City of Mill Valley for the purpose of providing off-street public parking (City parking lot).
B. 
It is unlawful for an operator of any motor vehicle to drive through or across any City parking lot, whether vacant or not, to avoid any intersection, or obedience to, or regulation by, traffic regulation or control devices, unless specifically directed to do so by police or fire personnel.
(Ord. 1284 § 1, October 3, 2016)
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter.
(Ord. 331 § 18, May 15, 1946)