Canyon Lake Municipal Code Ch. 12.01 Parking, Standing and Stopping Prohibition

The following words and phrases shall, for the purposes of this Chapter, be defined as follows, unless it is clearly apparent from the context that another meaning is intended.

(a) “Parking” shall mean the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the loading or unloading of merchandise or passengers.

(b) “Police Chief” shall mean the Riverside County Sheriff or his or her designee.

(c) “Stop” or “Stopping” shall mean any cessation of movement of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or official traffic control device or signal.

(d) “Vehicle” shall mean a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved exclusively by human power and used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

(Ord. 239, passed 12-13-2023)

It shall be unlawful to and no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, park, or leave standing such

vehicle on any side or any place along any public highway or street within the City limits at any time or any hour of the day or night or where curb markings or signs prohibit such parking, standing, or stopping.

(Ord. 239, passed 12-13-2023)

(a) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of an infraction. Any person convicted of an infraction under the provisions of this Chapter shall be punished upon a first conviction by a fine not exceeding $100, and for a second conviction of a fine not exceeding $200, and for a third or any subsequent conviction within a one-year period by a fine not exceeding $500. Such infractions shall be processed in accordance with California Vehicle Code Sections 40200-40230.

(b) Each such person is 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 punished accordingly.

(c) When, in the opinion of the Police Chief, or his or her designee, any public highway or street is so obstructed by stopped, standing, or parked vehicle or other object or material, that it poses a risk to the traveling public, then such vehicle, object, or material shall be immediately removed upon order of the Police Chief or his or her designee. When such obstruction is a vehicle, it shall be immediately removed by the owner or the Police Chief or his or her designee may order it removed and impounded.

(Ord. 239, passed 12-13-2023)