Clovis Municipal Code § 4.5.1000 Application of regulations

(a) 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 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 device.

(b) The provisions of this chapter imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of the Vehicle Code or the laws of the City prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965)

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

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965)

The City Engineer is hereby authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb surface, all no stopping zones, no parking areas, and restricted parking areas as defined and described in this chapter.

When such curb markings or signs are in place, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, or park such vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb markings or sign in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, park, or leave standing such vehicle in any of the following places except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized officer, or of a traffic sign or signal:

(a) Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings;

(b) On either side of any street between the projected property lines of any public walk, public steps, street, or thoroughfare terminating at such street when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(c) In any area where the City Engineer determines that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(d) In any area established by resolution of the Council as a no parking area for all or certain types or weights of vehicles, as specified in such resolution, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(e) Upon, along, or across any railway track in such manner as to hinder, delay, or obstruct the movement of any car traveling upon such track;

(f) In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property;

(g) On any street or highway where the use of the street or highway, or any portion thereof, is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the street or highway, or any portion thereof, is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles, or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement provided signs giving notice of such no parking are erected or placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the effective time of such no parking;

(h) At any place within twenty feet (20') of a point on the curb immediately opposite the mid-block end of a safety zone when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(i) At any place within twenty feet (20') of a crosswalk at an intersection in the Central Traffic District or in any business district when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface, except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop;

(j) Within twenty feet (20') of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign, or official electric flashing device; and

(k) In parking spaces designated by proper signing for use only by disabled persons, unless the vehicle displays the placard or distinguishing license plate which is available for a vehicle registered to a disabled person or is a vehicle which is not registered to such disabled person but is used primarily to transport such disabled person and which would otherwise qualify for such distinguishing license plate if the vehicle were registered to the disabled person.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965; as amended by § 1, Ord. 78-13, eff. March 23, 1978, § 1, Ord. 78-20, eff. May 31, 1978, and Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

(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 seventy-two (72) hours.

(b) For purposes of this section, if a person moves a vehicle less than five hundred feet (500') on a public street or alley within a seventy-two (72) hour period, the person shall be considered to have parked continuously and a new seventy-two (72) hour time period shall not start.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965; § 5, Ord. 14-09, eff. August 6, 2014)

(a) No person shall park or place a vehicle upon a public or private street parking lot, or any public or private property for the purpose of displaying such vehicle thereon for sale, hire, or rental, unless said property is properly zoned by city for such purpose, and the vendor is duly licensed to transact such business at that location.

(b) Subsection (a) shall not prohibit any person from parking or placing a vehicle on private residential property belonging to or occupied by the owner of such vehicle, nor on the public street immediately adjacent to said private residential property, for the purpose of displaying same for sale, hire, or rental.

(c) The parking or placing of any vehicle with a sign or other advertising device thereon or proximate thereto, indicating such vehicle is for sale, hire, or rental when such vehicle is parked within the same block or property lot as two or more other vehicles marked for sale, shall constitute prima facie evidence that such vehicle was parked or placed for the purpose of displaying same for sale, hire, or rental.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965; as amended by § 1, Ord. 88-46, eff. November 7, 1988)

No person shall construct, or cause to be constructed, repair, or cause to be repaired, grease, or cause to be greased, dismantle, or cause to be dismantled, any vehicle, or any part thereof, upon any public street in the City. Temporary emergency repairs may be made upon a public street.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965)

No person shall wash, or cause to be washed, or polish, or cause to be polished, any vehicle, or any part thereof, upon any public street in the City when a charge is made for such service.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965)

(a) The City 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 or create a hazardous situation.

(b) When official signs are erected prohibiting parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

(a) The City Engineer is hereby authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed twenty (20') feet or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty (30') feet.

(b) When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets, as authorized in this chapter, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a highway when upon any grade exceeding three (3%) percent (within any business or residence district) without blocking the wheels of such vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965)

(a) No person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon, bicycle, or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables, or foodstuffs are sold, displayed, solicited, or offered for sale or bartered or exchanged, or any lunch wagon or eating car or vehicle, on any portion of any street within the City except as provided in Chapter 33 or 34 of Title 5 as applicable. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons delivering such articles upon order of, or by agreement with, a customer from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution.

(b) No person shall park or stand any vehicle or wagon used or intended to be used in the transportation of people or property for hire on any street while awaiting patronage for such vehicle or wagon without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the Planning and Development Services Department, which permit shall designate the specific location where such vehicle may stand.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994; § 2, Ord. 19-15, eff. January 1, 2020)

(a) Whenever the City 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 City Engineer shall have the 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 City 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 City 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.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

Every motor truck having an unladen weight of 4,000 pounds or more, and every truck tractor, irrespective of weight, when operated upon any street or highway during darkness, shall be equipped with and carry at least two (2) flares or two (2) red lanterns or two (2) warning lights or reflectors, which reflectors shall be of a type approved by the Highway Patrol Department of the State. When any such vehicle or any trailer or semitrailer is disabled upon streets or highways outside any business or residence district within the City, and upon which street or highway there is insufficient street lighting to reveal a vehicle at a distance of 200 feet during darkness, a warning signal of the character indicated in this section shall be immediately placed at a distance of approximately 100 feet in advance of, and 100 feet to the rear of, such disabled vehicle by the driver thereof. The continuous flashing of at least four (4) approved Class A-Type I turn signal lamps, at least two (2) toward the front and at least two (2) toward the rear of the vehicle, shall be considered to meet the requirements of this section until the devices indicated in this section can be placed in the required locations. The warning signals indicated in this section shall be displayed continuously during darkness while such vehicle remains disabled upon such street or highway.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965)

(a) No person shall park any of the following commercial vehicles on any public street, alley, right-of-way, or highway, other than a state highway, in the City of Clovis for a period of more than four (4) hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period:

(1) Commercial trucks larger than one-ton size not to exceed a gross vehicle weight rating of more than fifteen thousand (15,000) pounds;

(2) Buses;

(3) Commercial trailers of all types.

(b) No person shall park commercial vehicles as defined in subsection (a) of this section on a public street within five hundred feet (500') of a residential zone district between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply when a commercial vehicle is:

(1) Loading or unloading merchandise, materials, or passengers; or

(2) Parked in connection with, and in aid of, the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which such commercial vehicle is parked, for such time as is reasonably necessary to complete such service; or

(3) An emergency vehicle utilized by a government agency or a public utility for responding to emergency incidents.

(d) For the purpose of this section: Commercial trailer shall be defined as any trailer used in conjunction with any business, for hire, or whereby compensation is derived from such use.

(e) For the purpose of this section: Trucks of a one-ton size shall be defined as those trucks of a size that falls within the manufacturer’s classification of one-ton trucks.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965; as amended by § 1, Ord. 71-6, eff. May 5, 1971; § 1, Ord. 88-3, eff. April 6, 1988; § 1, Ord. 88-42, eff. December 21, 1988; § 1, Ord. 99-19, eff. August 11, 1999; § 1, Ord. 18-27, eff. January 2, 2019)

(a) Whenever the City Superintendent shall determine that the orderly, efficient conduct of the City’s business requires that the parking or standing of vehicles on City property be prohibited, limited, or restricted, the City Engineer shall have the power and authority to order signs to be erected or posted indicating that the parking of vehicles is thus prohibited, limited, or restricted.

(b) When signs authorized by the provisions of this section are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of such signs.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

It shall be unlawful to park or store a vehicle on any portion of private property visible from a public street unless said vehicle is operative and is parked on a driveway.

For the purpose of this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them herein:

(a)

Vehicle, operative.

A vehicle is operative only when it displays a current vehicle registration and is in condition to be legally operated upon a public street or highway within the State of California.

(b)

“Public street”

shall mean a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular traffic.

(c)

“Private property”

shall mean all real property in the City of Clovis which is not publicly owned.

(d)

“Private property”

visible from the street shall mean all private property which can be seen while standing in a public street and which is not behind a five (5) to six (6) foot solid fence.

(e)

“Driveway”

shall mean a poured-in-place asphalt or concrete slab which covers less than fifty (50%) percent of the required front yard area and is connected to a public right-of-way by a curb cut, or any other designated parking area as defined in Chapter 9.32.

(§ 1, Ord. 89-2, eff. February 16, 1989)