The provisions of this article prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times specified in this article 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 devices.
The provisions of this article imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
(§ 52, Ord. 1539, as amended by Ord. 3285-24 c.s., eff. January 2, 2025)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway.
(§ 53, Ord. 1539)
The City Manager and/or their designee shall appropriately sign or mark the following place, and when so signed or marked, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of said place: (a) Within 10 feet of any fire hydrant.
(§ 54, Ord. 1539, as amended by Ord. 3285-24 c.s., eff. January 2, 2025)
Appropriate signs or marks indicating that the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles is there unlawful shall be installed at any locations whenever the City Manager and/or their designee shall have determined, with references to any particular location, that vehicles not in motion could create traffic congestion, visibility, and/or safety issues.
(§ 55, Ord. 1539, as amended by Ord. 3285-24 c.s., eff. January 2, 2025)
(a) 
Passenger loading zones. The City Manager and/or their designee is hereby authorized to establish passenger loading zones with white-colored curbs and/or associated signage in accordance with current Federal and State accessibility standards at such places as they determine that the adjacent land uses could generate a substantial volume of passenger loading activity as part of their normally permitted operations.
(b) 
Commercial loading zones. The City Manager and/or their designee is hereby authorized to establish commercial loading zones with yellow-colored curbs and/or associated signage at such places as they determine that the adjacent land uses could generate a substantial volume of goods loading activity as part of their normally permitted business operations.
(c) 
Short-term parking zones. The City Manager and/or their designee is hereby authorized to establish time-limited short-term parking zones with green-colored curbs and/or associated signage in places where they determine that the adjacent land uses could generate a substantial volume of high turnover short-term parking.
(d) 
No parking zones. The City Manager and/or their designee is hereby authorized to establish zones with red curb and/or signage at places where the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles is prohibited by the provisions of Sections 3-7.1203 and 3-7.1204 of this article or by the California Vehicle Code, including, but not limited to, Vehicle Code Section 22500.
(e) 
Accessible parking zones. The City Manager and/or their designee is hereby authorized to establish accessible parking zones with colored curbs, markings, and signage in accordance with current Federal and State accessibility standards for the exclusive use of persons with valid Disabled Person placards and/or Disabled Person License Plates.
(f) 
Time limits. The time limits and effective hours of white, yellow, green, and red curb zones shall be as follows:
(1) 
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any white curb passenger loading zone except for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers and their personal baggage, and then only for the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than five minutes, or a different time limit and/or number of days if posted with appropriate signage and/or markings.
(2) 
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day, except Sundays and legal holidays, in a yellow curb loading zone, except that commercial vehicles may stop or stand for the purpose of loading or unloading material goods, and then only for the time necessary therefor, but in no event for more than 20 minutes or a different time limit and/or number of days if posted with appropriate signage and/or markings.
(3) 
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day in a green curb zone, except that passenger vehicles may park in green curb zones for a period of time not to exceed 20 minutes between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. or a different time limit and/or number of days if posted with appropriate signage and/or markings.
(4) 
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle at any time in any red curb "No Standing" zone or portion of a street posted with signs reading "No Stopping, Standing, or Parking at Any Time"; provided, however, a bus may stop in such a zone or portion of a street marked or designated as a bus zone.
(5) 
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle at any time in any blue curb accessible parking zone unless the vehicle displays either one of the distinguishing license plates or a placard issued pursuant to Sections 5007, 22511.5 or 22511 of the Vehicle Code of the State.
(g) 
Stencil markings. Yellow curb loading zones, green curb parking zones, and blue curb accessible parking zones shall be marked with stencils as follows:
(1) 
Yellow curb loading zones: "Commercial Loading Only - [As Determined] Minute Limit" if different than 20 minutes"; and
(2) 
Green curb parking zones: "Passenger Cars Only - [As Determined] Minute Limit"; and
(3) 
Blue curb accessible parking zones shall be marked in accordance with current State and Federal accessible parking space standards.
(§ 56, Ord. 1539 c.s., as amended by §§ 1, 2, and 3, Ord. 2202 c.s., eff. April 6, 1977, § 1(21), Ord. 2844 c.s., eff. November 4, 1999, and Ord. 3285-24 c.s., eff. January 2, 2025)
In addition to the authority granted to the City Manager for the installation of curb zones, on their own investigation the City Manager and/or their designee is further authorized and empowered to accept applications from private persons for the installation of colored curb zones and to require a service charge for the investigation and installation of the curb zones applied for in accordance with adopted policies relevant to the requested curb zone.
(§ 57, Ord. 1539 c.s., as amended by Ord. 3285-24 c.s., eff. January 2, 2025)
(a) 
Permitted vehicles. Permission granted to stop or stand a vehicle for the purposes of loading or unloading materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries and to the delivery or pickup of parcels and postage.
(b) 
Materials: Time limits. Permission granted to stop or stand a vehicle for the purposes of loading or unloading materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than 20 minutes, or a different time limit if posted with appropriate signage and/or markings.
(c) 
Passengers: Time limits. Permission granted to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage, but shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than five minutes, or a different time limit if posted with appropriate signage and/or markings.
(d) 
Abuse of privileges granted. Within the total time limits specified, the provisions of this section shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting abuse of the privileges granted.
(§ 58, Ord. 1539 c.s., as amended by Ord. 3285-24 c.s., eff. January 2, 2025)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the immediate loading or unloading of persons or materials in any alley.
(§ 59, Ord. 1539 c.s., as amended by Ord. 3285-24 c.s., eff. January 2, 2025)
The City Manager and/or their designee is hereby authorized to establish bus zones for the loading and unloading of buses and to determine the locations thereof as follows:
(a) 
Bus defined. "Bus," as used in this section, shall mean any motorbus, motor coach, trolley bus, omnibus, passenger stage or similar vehicle using either a self-contained source of power or power obtained from another source, such as an overhead trolley system not operated upon fixed tracks or rails, and primarily designed for the transportation of more than seven passengers, including the driver, and used, either directly or indirectly, as a common carrier of passengers.
(b) 
Length of zones. Lengths of bus zones shall be determined based on current or expected bus zone demand, expected bus vehicle types, and location-specific conditions.
(c) 
Curb markings. The City Manager and/or their designee shall authorize the painting of red curb stenciled with white letters, "No Standing", together with the words "Bus Zone" upon the tops of all curbs and places specified as bus zones.
(d) 
Use restricted. No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle except a bus in a bus zone."
(§ 60, Ord. 1539 c.s., as amended by Ord. 3285-24 c.s., eff. January 2, 2025)
(§ 61, Ord. 1539 c.s., repealed by Ord. 3285-24 c.s., eff. January 2, 2025)
(a) 
Definition. Volunteers in policing or "VIP's" are civilian, non-sworn volunteer citizens who assist members of the police department with specified functions as authorized by the Chief of Police.
(b) 
Authority. Volunteers in policing or "VIP's" are hereby authorized to issue parking citations to vehicles which are parked in violation of Vehicle Code Sections 22507.8(a), 22507.8(b) and 22507.8(c) and to perform such other related duties as may be required and authorized by the Chief of Police.
(§ 1, Ord. 2779 c.s., eff. October 3, 1996)