A. 
There exist within the city large commercial vehicles which travel or park in such a way that they pose a threat to public health and safety because they generate a disproportionate number of calls for police services, thus reducing the general availability of police officers to other areas of the community, and unduly pose a burden on police services.
B. 
The city council has received reports from the police department documenting substantial occurrence of problems associated with large commercial vehicles that are parked or traveling in areas that create hazardous conditions for residents and other drivers.
C. 
The city council has received numerous complaints from citizens, including residents and business owners, regarding excessive noise and safety hazards resulting from the presence of large commercial vehicles within residential areas. The city council finds that the operation of large commercial vehicles within residential areas detrimentally affects the community and its neighborhoods, as well as a considerable number of persons and businesses surrounding these areas.
D. 
It is for the best interests of the residents of the city, and the orderly handling of traffic, that truck routes and parking regulations be established within the city for trucks, tractors, trailers and other commercial vehicles exceeding a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight of ten thousand (10,000) pounds, or ten feet or more in height (referred to herein as “commercial vehicle(s)” or “vehicle(s)”).
E. 
All California Vehicle Codes shall be applicable and adhered to in the administration of parking violations. Nothing in this chapter shall supersede any provisions of the Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 162 § 1, 1997)
A. 
Except as provided for in this section:
1. 
It is unlawful for any person to park, or allow to be parked, any commercial vehicle consisting of a truck tractor, motor truck, semi-trailer, or a combination thereof, exceeding a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight of ten thousand (10,000) pounds, upon any street, highway, alley, public right-of-way or residential property within the city.
2. 
It is unlawful for the owner or operator of any commercial vehicle consisting of a truck tractor, motor truck, semi-trailer or a combination thereof, exceeding a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight of ten thousand (10,000) pounds, to allow such vehicle to remain standing upon any street, highway, alley, public right-of-way or residential property within the city.
3. 
It is unlawful for any person to park, or allow to be parked, any trailer which has been detached from a truck tractor or truck, or which is not in itself capable of being driven, upon any street, highway, alley or public right-of-way within the city.
4. 
It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing within one hundred (100) feet of any street intersection, or within one hundred (100) feet of any official traffic control device, any vehicle which is ten feet or more in height, including the height of any load thereon.
5. 
It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing on any street, highway, alley or public right-of-way within the city, any commercial vehicle consisting of a truck tractor, motor truck, trailer, semi-trailer or combination thereof, exceeding a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight of ten thousand (10,000) pounds, so that any part of such vehicle is within thirty (30) feet of any driveway opening, other than the driver’s own driveway.
6. 
It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing on any street, highway, alley or public right-of-way within the city, any commercial vehicle consisting of a truck tractor, motor truck, trailer, semi-trailer or combination thereof, exceeding a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight of ten thousand (10,000) pounds, so that any part of such vehicle is within fifty (50) feet of any part of any other truck tractor, motor truck, trailer, semi-trailer or combination thereof.
B. 
Commercial truck tractors, motor trucks, semi-trailers, or combinations thereof, exceeding a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight of ten thousand (10,000) pounds, may be parked on public streets, highways, alleys, public rights-of-way, or residential property as follows:
1. 
On designated truck routes for a period of time not exceeding two consecutive hours;
2. 
While making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares or merchandise from or to any property adjacent to or abutting upon streets or highways which are not designated truck routes;
3. 
When such vehicle is parked in connection with, and in aid of, the ongoing performance of a service to, or on, a property in the block in which such vehicle is parked or left standing;
4. 
The restrictions and prohibitions set forth in subsection A.1, A.2 and A.3 of this section shall not apply to commercial vehicles which have valid and effective permits issued pursuant to Section 10.04.030.
C. 
The provisions of this section shall not apply in the community industrial land use district.
(Ord. 162 § 2, 1997)
A. 
Any owner or operator of a vehicle or property which is subject to this chapter may apply to the city planner, or the designee of the city planner for, and the city planner, or the designee of the city planner, may issue, a permit for an exemption from the restrictions and prohibitions of Section 10.04.020(A)(1) through (3). The permit shall be in such form as may be approved by the city planner. Application for such a permit shall be made on a form approved by, and subject to such verification as may be required by the city planner.
B. 
Permits shall expire one year after the date of issuance. Applications for renewal of a permit shall be submitted to the city planner at least ten (10) days prior to the expiration date of the then-current permit.
C. 
Permits, if issued to nonresident visitors, shall expire three days after the date of issuance. Not more than three nonresident visitor permits may be issued to any one person in any twelve (12) month period of time.
D. 
Permits shall be nontransferable and shall apply only to the particular property or location described in the application, and the rights granted therein shall be limited to the term of the permit.
E. 
The city planner may revoke any permit issued hereunder prior to the permit’s expiration date upon a determination by the city planner that good cause exists for such revocation. Good cause for revocation is established by a finding by the city planner that the permittee, or any person operating a permitted vehicle with the permittee’s consent, has violated one or more of the provisions of this chapter or any other provision of this code or of state law relating to the operation, licensing, maintenance or parking of vehicles.
(Ord. 162 § 3, 1997)
Each permit issued pursuant to Section 10.04.030 shall be subject to the following conditions:
A. 
No vehicle shall be parked or left standing on the paved portion of any street, highway or alley unless the paved portion of the half-width roadway is at least twenty-two (22) feet wide.
B. 
No vehicle shall be parked or left standing on any street, highway, alley, public right-of-way, or vacant property within one hundred fifty (150) feet of any dwelling except with the written consent of the owner of the parcel on which the vehicle is left parked or standing, and from the owners or residents of the adjacent parcels.
C. 
No vehicle shall be parked or left standing on that portion of any roadway which abuts a parcel upon which there exists a public facility, including, but not limited to, parks, schools and civic buildings.
D. 
The operator of the vehicle shall not idle the vehicle’s engine for longer than thirty (30) minutes within any four-hour period, nor race the vehicle’s engine, nor blow its air horns.
E. 
No vehicle shall be loaded or unloaded or have cargo transferred to or from the vehicle except during the first twenty-four (24) hours during which a vehicle is mechanically disabled.
F. 
No refrigeration unit on the vehicle shall be operated between the hours of eight p.m. and eight a.m.
G. 
One truck tractor with a trailer or semi-trailer may be parked on the owner or operator’s residential lot if such lot is at least twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in size. One additional truck tractor with a trailer or semi-trailer, up to a maximum of three such vehicles, may be parked on the owner or operator’s residential lot for each additional twenty thousand (20,000) square feet which said lot contains. No vehicle shall be parked or left standing pursuant to this subsection unless all parts of the vehicle are at least five feet from each interior property line and at least fifteen (15) feet from all public rights-of-way and easements, and unless the owner/operator has obtained the express written consent of the current residents of all adjacent parcels.
H. 
Truck tractors may be parked in the driveway of the owner or operator’s residential lot of any size, subject to the following conditions:
1. 
The truck tractor must be completely clear of all public streets, sidewalks and easements, except that this condition may be waived or modified by the city planner on original review, or on appeal to the city planner by an applicant from a decision by a delegate of the city planner, that a permit may not be issued without this condition. Exercise of the discretion to waive or modify this decision may not be delegated by the city planner.
2. 
No mechanical work, nor any routine maintenance or repair work which causes an excessive amount of noise may be performed before eight a.m. or after eight p.m.
3. 
The owner/operator provides the express written consent of the current residents of all adjacent parcels.
(Ord. 162 § 4, 1997; Ord. 211 § 3, 2001; Ord. 223 § 2, 2003)
Commercial vehicles consisting of a truck tractor, motor truck, semi-trailer, or a combination thereof, exceeding a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight of ten thousand (10,000) pounds, that were parked on residential property that was registered with the state as a truck terminal as of the first reading of the ordinance codified in this chapter, or which are verified by the director of community development, based on objective evidence submitted by the property owner, to have been parked on residential property for a period of at least five years prior to the introduction of said ordinance, shall not be subject to the limitation on vehicle numbers herein contained in Section 10.04.040(G). The number of allowed vehicles in excess of those permitted by this chapter shall be established pursuant to the criteria set forth herein, and shall not be expanded thereafter. Parking of said vehicles shall in all other ways fully comply with the requirements of all other sections of this chapter. Any alteration or expansion of a nonconforming use shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 8 of Division 4 of the Yucaipa development code.
(Ord. 162 § 5, 1997)
A. 
Except as otherwise permitted herein, the operator of any vehicle exceeding a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight of ten thousand (10,000) pounds shall only use designated truck routes except when necessary to traverse another street to a destination for the purpose of loading or unloading, or parking pursuant to a permit issued under Section 10.04.030, but then only by such deviation from the nearest truck route as is reasonably necessary. The provision of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission.
B. 
Official truck routes shall be limited to those public streets and highways so designated by resolution of the city council.
(Ord. 162 § 6, 1997)
No person shall violate any provision, or fail to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter. Every act prohibited or declared unlawful and every failure to perform an act made mandatory by this chapter is punishable as an infraction. Where the city attorney determines that such action would be in the interest of justice, he/she may specify in the accusatory pleading that the offense shall be a misdemeanor. Each person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this chapter is committed, continued or permitted by such person and shall be punishable accordingly.
It shall be a defense to a citation issued for a violation of Section 10.04.030(C) that the violation occurred at a time when City Hall was closed so that a permit could not be issued, and that the infraction would have been legal had the permit been available.
(Ord. 162 § 7, 1997)
An applicant may contest the denial of an application for any permit described in this chapter by filing an appeal to the city council that conforms with the city’s appeal requirements. A written notice of the appeal concisely stating the facts of the case and the grounds of appeal shall be filed with the city clerk within ten calendar days of service of the letter denying the permit, and it shall be accompanied by the required appeal processing fee. Any appeal not timely filed shall be rejected. The city clerk shall have the matter set for hearing at a regular meeting of the city council and shall give the appellant written notice of the time and place of the hearing at least ten days before the hearing. The decision of the city council taken after the appellant has had an opportunity to be heard is final.
(Ord. 223 § 3, 2003)