Avalon Municipal Code Art. 10 Stopping, Standing, and Parking

[§ 120, Ord. 452, as amended by § 1, Ord. 552, eff. May 31, 1972]

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:

(a) When it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid a conflict with other traffic; or

(b) In compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device; or

(c) To authorized emergency vehicles.

[§ 121, Ord. 452]

No person shall park a vehicle in a private driveway or on private property without the direct or implied consent of the owner or person in lawful possession of such driveway or property.

[§ 122, Ord. 452]

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within any parkway.

[§ 123, Ord. 452; § 2, Ord. 1010-02, eff. October 17, 2002]

(a) 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 72 hours.

(b) No person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of a trailer shall park such trailer upon any street or alley except while loading or unloading property thereto or therefrom or pursuant to a permit issued under § 4-9.101 et seq. Such permits shall be issuable by the City Manager as minor encroachment permits.

(c) In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street or alley in excess of a consecutive period of 72 hours, or a trailer is parked upon a street or alley in violation of subsection (b) above, any peace officer or any regularly employed and salaried employee, who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations of the City may remove such vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of the Vehicle Code.

[§ 124, Ord. 452]

(a) The Traffic Engineer is hereby 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 indicating no parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.

[§ 126, Ord. 452]

No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon any roadway when it is practicable to stop, park, or leave the vehicle off such portion of the roadway, but in every event an unobstructed width of the roadway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of the stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon the highway.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled in such a manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle on the roadway.

[§ 127, Ord. 452]

(a) Whenever the Traffic Engineer 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 Traffic Engineer shall have 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 Traffic Engineer 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 Traffic Engineer 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 directions and provisions of such signs.