Camarillo Municipal Code Ch. 11.20 Stopping, Standing and Parking

A. No person shall park any vehicle, or cause any vehicle to be parked, on any highway for the purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale.

B. No person shall park any vehicle, or cause any vehicle to be parked, on private property other than that owned by such person or to which he has a right of possession, where the principal purpose of such parking is to display, advertise, offer the vehicle for sale, or sell unless the written consent of the owner, lessee or authorized representative of the property has first been obtained.

1. The written consent shall specify the location where the vehicle may be parked; the date(s) on which the vehicle can be parked; and the license number of the vehicle.

2. The written consent shall be displayed in the vehicle so as to be visible from the outside of the vehicle.

3. For purposes of this subsection, when a vehicle is parked on private property for three or more consecutive hours with a sign thereon indicating that the vehicle is for sale, it is presumed that the registered owner of the vehicle has parked it there for the principal purpose of displaying, advertising, or offering the vehicle for sale.

(Ord. 746 § 2, 1991: Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3115.)

No operator of any vehicle shall park or stop for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials; provided, that no stop for the loading or unloading of passengers shall be made for more than three minutes, nor for the loading or unloading of materials for more than twenty minutes, in any loading zone specified by a resolution of the council. The director of public works is authorized to place signs and curb paint markings at such authorized zones in accordance with the terms of the State Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3116.)

(Ord. No. 1064, § 2, 9-14-2011)

No operator of any vehicle shall park the same or stop the same for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers; providing, that no stop for the loading or unloading of passengers shall be made for more than three minutes, in any of the places set forth in the following subsections:

A. For a distance of thirty feet along any curb at the main entrance to any hotel;

B. At any curb in front of any portion of the main entrance and outside vestibule of any theater during any time such theater is open for public performance;

C. In any passenger loading zone when the council shall by resolution determine the location of such passenger loading zone. The road commissioner is authorized to place curb paint markings at such authorized zones in accordance with the terms of the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3117.)

Except as provided in Section 11.20.050, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle in a roadway, other than parallel with the curb or right-hand edge of the roadway with the two right-hand wheels of the vehicle within one foot of the regularly established curbline, or, where no curbline exists, as near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practicable.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3118.)

The city council by resolution may determine the location of highways or parts of highways where angle parking shall be permitted.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3119.)

When the city council determines the location of highways or parts of highways where angle parking shall be permitted, no person shall stop, stand, or park, cause or permit to be stopped, stood or parked, any vehicle in any roadway otherwise than at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees with the curb thereof, with the nearest wheel not to exceed one foot from the curb.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3119.1.)

The road commissioner shall indicate the proper angle for such parking upon such portions of such highways by the painting of white lines upon the surface of the roadway adjacent to the curbline thereof.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3119.2.)

No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon any highway within any business or residence district unless not less than eight feet of the width of the paved or improved or main traveled portion of the highway opposite such stopped, parked or standing vehicle is left clear and unobstructed for the free passage of other vehicles.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3120.)

No operator of any vehicle shall park or stop such vehicle in any of the places set forth in the following subsections when there is in place red paint or other red material upon the curb surface adjacent to such places or when plainly marked by warning signs, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with a traffic sign or signal, or direction of a police officer:

A. Within fifty feet of any intersection; provided, that this provision shall not be construed to prevent motor buses stopping to receive or discharge passengers at such locations, when such locations are appropriately marked as bus loading zones;

B. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within fifty feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite either end of a safety zone;

C. For a distance of fifty feet along any curb at the entrance to any hospital;

D. For a distance of fifty feet along any curb immediately in front of the main entrance to any substation office of the sheriff of the county;

E. Within a distance of one hundred feet along any curb immediately in front of any entrance to any school property occupied by school buildings or appurtenances;

F. Along any curb immediately adjacent to any public elementary school property occupied by school buildings or appurtenances when such property is not provided with fences preventing ordinary ingress and egress by pedestrians;

G. In any "no parking or stopping any time zone" or "emergency parking only zone" determined and designated by the city engineer; provided, however, such zones shall be designated by red curb painted markings or by signs.

(Ord. 357 § 1, 1977; Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3121.)

No person shall park, stop or leave standing any vehicle, on a public street, or on a public or private parking facility, except entirely within a designated space or the defined limits of a parking space.

(Ord. 885 § 1, 1997.)

No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle upon a public street segment or public parking lot in violation of any time restriction or limitation of such stopping or standing or parking as posted or marked on said public street segment or public parking lot by the director of public works. A vehicle in violation of such parking time restriction or limitation is subject to citation and removal.

(Ord. 348 § 1, 1977.)

(Ord. No. 1164, § 3, 5-22-2019)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1084, § 5, adopted Feb. 26, 2014, repealed § 11.20.110, which pertained to prohibition on camping in vehicles and derived from Ord. No. 1037, § 2, adopted June 24, 2009. The user's attention is directed to Chapter 10.42.

No person shall park any automobile, truck or trailer on any portion of a public highway or public right-of-way, in front of, or within five feet on either side of a private entrance to such public highway or public right-of-way from private property, or opposite such private entrance on either side of the public highway or public right-of-way, unless the paved portion of the public highway or public right-of-way is in excess of twenty feet in width, and even in that event the automobile, truck or trailer shall not be parked in front of the private entrance to the paved public highway or public right-of-way, or within five feet of either side thereof.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3122.)

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the parking or standing of automobiles, trucks or trailers upon that unpaved portion of a public highway or public right-of-way leading into private property by the owners of such private property, or by the guest of the owners, and with their express consent.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 2133.1.)

No person shall operate any train of cars, or cause or permit the same to remain standing so as to block the movement of traffic upon any public street, road or highway within the city for a period of time longer than five minutes.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3123.)

The road commissioner is authorized to establish and locate bus zones within fifty feet of any intersection when such zones are found by him to be necessary and will not cause a safety hazard.

(Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3124.)

No person shall stop, stand or park a commercial vehicle on any roadway if such vehicle weighs more than ten thousand pounds for a period of more than two consecutive hours unless it is reasonably necessary to park such vehicle for a longer period of time to carry out work or service which reasonably requires the presence of such vehicle.

The provisions of this section shall not apply between the hours of five p.m. of one day and eight a.m. of the next day on any street in a commercial or industrial zone. For the purpose of this section, "block" means property facing each side of the roadway between the next intersecting street or alley or between the terminus of a dedicated right-of-way of the street and an intersecting street.

(Ord. 788 § 1, 1993: Ord. 292 § 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 63 § 1, 1966: Ord. 57 § 1 (part), 1965: Ord. 33 § 2 (part), 1965: prior code § 3125.)

No person shall stop, stand, or park a commercial vehicle weighing over ten thousand pounds gross on any residential street unless such action is reasonably necessary to carry out work or service which requires the presence of such a vehicle.

(Ord. 788 § 2, 1993: Ord. 762 § 1, 1992: Ord. 145 § 1 (part), 1969: prior code § 3125.1.)

No person shall operate or cause to be operated any commercial vehicle over ten thousand pounds gross weight on any residential street when such streets are posted with respect to such limitation as to use, provided, however, that the exception contained in Section 35703 of the Vehicle Code shall be applicable.

(Ord. 788 § 3, 1993: Ord. 762 § 2, 1992: Ord. 145 § 1 (part), 1969: prior code § 3125.2.)

No person, for a period of more than two hours, shall park any commercial vehicle, weighing more than ten thousand pounds on any unimproved portion of a public right-of-way or any other public property except within a roadway.

(Ord. 788 § 4, 1993: Ord. 292 § 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 57 § 1 (part), 1965: prior code § 3126.)

The parking or storage of vehicles in front yard setback areas in residential zones, on other than improved surfaces approved pursuant to the provisions of Title 19 of this code, is prohibited.

(Ord. 605 § 1, 1986.)

A. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following words or phrases are defined as follows, unless the context clearly otherwise requires:

"Commercial areas" means those commercial areas of the city identified in the city's adopted zoning map.

"Industrial areas" shall mean those industrial areas of the city identified in the city's adopted zoning map.

"Out-of-town visitor" means any natural person who does not reside in the city and who is temporarily visiting a resident of the city.

"Oversized vehicle" means any vehicle, as that word is defined in the Vehicle Code, or a combination of connected vehicles, that exceeds twenty-five feet in length and eighty inches in width or eighty-two inches in height, exclusive of such projecting lights or devices as are expressly allowed under the California Vehicle Code. "Oversized vehicle" does not mean or include a pickup truck, that is less than twenty-five feet in length and eighty-two inches in height.

"Recreational vehicle" means a motorhome, travel trailer, truck camper, camping trailer, or other vehicle or trailer, with or without motive power, designed or altered for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other human occupancy. "Recreational vehicle" may include, but is not limited to: a "recreational vehicle" as defined by California Health and Safety Code Section 18010; a "truck camper" as defined by Health and Safety Code Section 18013.4; a "camp trailer" as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 242; a "camper" as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 243; a "fifth-wheel travel trailer" as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 324; a "house car" as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 362; a "trailer coach" as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 635; a van camper; or a van conversion.

"Residential areas" means those residential areas of the city identified in the city's adopted zoning map.

B. Except as provided in subsections (C) or (D) of this section, no person may park or leave standing any oversized vehicle or recreational vehicle on any public street or highway.

C. Exceptions. This section does not apply to:

1. Any person while actually engaged in the loading or unloading of an oversized vehicle or recreational vehicle;

2. Any person while actually engaged in making temporary or emergency repairs to an oversized vehicle or recreational vehicle;

3. Any person while actually engaged in the pickup or delivery of goods, wares and merchandise, including, without limitation, building materials, from or to a property or building located in a residential, commercial, or industrial area;

4. Any person who has been issued a valid oversized or recreational vehicle parking permit under this section; or

5. Any public emergency vehicle.

D. Permits.

1. Oversized and Recreational Vehicle Parking Permit. An oversized vehicle or recreational vehicle may be parked on a highway in a residential, commercial, or industrial area if an oversized or recreational parking permit is issued by the city pursuant to the following:

(a) Purpose. The purpose of authorizing the issuance of oversized or recreational vehicle parking permits is to give owners of oversized or recreational vehicles an opportunity, for a limited time, to park the oversized or recreational vehicles on a highway adjacent to their residences or businesses for the purpose of loading or unloading such oversized or recreational vehicles, and to allow an out-of-town visitor to park on a highway adjacent to the residence that the out-of-town visitor is visiting for a limited time period, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (B) of this section.

(b) Issuance of Permits. Oversized or recreational vehicle parking permits will be issued by the police chief of the city, city manager, or designee.

(c) Requirements for Oversized or Recreational Vehicle Parking Permits. Any bona fide city resident may obtain an oversized or recreational vehicle parking permit to park a designated oversized vehicle, for a limited period of time, on a highway adjacent to their residence or their commercial or industrial business. Any out-of-town visitor to a residence within the city may obtain an oversized or recreational vehicle parking permit authorizing the visitor to park a designated oversized or recreational vehicle on a highway adjacent to a specified residence where the visitor is a guest.

(d) Application Forms—Fees. Each applicant desiring an oversized or recreational vehicle parking permit must file with the police chief, city manager, or designee a completed city application form, and pay any applicable processing fee approved by a resolution of the city council.

(e) Description of Permits. Oversized or recreational vehicle parking permits will be issued in a form approved by the police chief, city manager, or designee and will include the license plate number of the oversized vehicle to which it relates, and, as to oversized or recreational vehicle parking permits, the date of the issuance and the day of its expiration.

(f) Display. All permits must be placed at the lower driver's side of the windshield of the oversized or recreational vehicle to which it relates so that it is clearly visible from the exterior of the oversized or recreational vehicle.

(g) Oversized and Recreational Vehicle Permit—Duration—Renewal. Oversized and Recreational Vehicle Parking Permit. An oversized or recreational vehicle parking permit will be valid for a period not to exceed five consecutive calendar days.

2. Upon expiration of an oversized or recreational vehicle parking permit issued under this section, the applicant may apply for and be granted additional oversized or recreational vehicle parking permits, if the applicant still qualifies under the conditions set forth in this section. In no event will oversized or recreational vehicle parking permits be issued to an applicant for a total period in excess of ten days within any consecutive ninety-day period.

(a) Signs giving reasonable notice of the prohibitions contained in this section will be erected within the City as required by Vehicle Code section 22507.

3. Oversized and Recreational Vehicle Parking Permit Denial. An oversized or recreational vehicle permit may be denied if one of the following findings are made:

(a) There are public safety concerns relating to the parking of the oversized or recreational vehicle on the street on which the parking would be provided, including but not limited to a street being too narrow to safely accommodate the recreational vehicle;

(b) The street on which parking would be provided prohibits parking of all vehicles;

(c) The applicant provided information that was materially false;

(d) There are unpaid parking citations associated with the recreational vehicle.

4. Revocation. An oversized or recreational vehicle permit may be removed if any findings necessary to deny a permit are made. Notice of the revocation must be in writing and served by mail, personal delivery, or posting on the effected vehicle.

5. Appeals. A denial of an application or revocation of a permit may be appealed by submitting a written request stating the reasons for review within ten calendar days of the decision. The effectiveness of a revocation is not stayed pending appeal. The police chief, city manager, or designee who did not make the initial decision, shall consider the request and any supporting information and may affirm, modify, or overturn the decision. The standard of review is whether the decision is supported by substantial evidence and consistent with this code. The reviewing official shall issue a brief written decision within thirty calendar days of receiving the request. The decision is final within the city after administrative review is exhausted.

E. Violation. It is unlawful for any person to park, leave standing, or permit to be parked or left standing any oversized or recreational vehicle on any public street, public right-of-way contrary to the provisions of this section. A violation of this section may be enforced through issuance of a parking citation and shall be subject to a fine in the amount established by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 928 § 1, 1999; Ord. 925 § 1, 1999; Ord. 886 § 1, 1997: Ord. 875 § 1, 1997.)

(Ord. No. 1030, §§ 2, 3, 8-27-2008; Ord. No. 2017, § 2, 1-10-2024; Ord. No. 2040, §§ 2, 3, 7-8-2026)

No person may park a nonmotorized vehicle on any street, alley, or public property for any period of time except as follows:

(A) A non-motorized vehicle, with a commercial license registration, while the nonmotorized vehicle is being loaded with, or unloaded of, any goods, wares, or merchandise from property adjacent to the non-motorized vehicle;

(B) A non-motorized vehicle required for any lawfully-authorized construction, maintenance, or repair to adjacent property for a period less than 24 hours; or,

(C) A non-motorized vehicle used solely for recreational purposes, while the nonmotorized vehicle is being loaded or unloaded, or otherwise prepared for, its intended recreational use. In no event may such a non-motorized vehicle be parked on a street, alley, or public property for a period greater than 24 hours.

(Ord. No. 1123, § 3, 5-25-2016)