Compton Municipal Code § 12-3 Parking Prohibitions

[Ord. #856, § 3441; Ord. #947]

No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge of the roadway headed in the direction of traffic and with the right hand wheels of the vehicle within 18 inches of the curb line or edge of the roadway; provided, however, that upon recommendation of the Traffic Authority the City Council may by resolution authorize diagonal or angle parking, with the front end of the vehicle headed into the curb, upon any street or portion of a street. Such resolution, if adopted, shall contain instruction to the Traffic Authority to paint parking lines on the surface of the streets where angle parking is authorized, and no such angle parking shall be permitted until the painting of such parking lines has been completed. The City Council also may by resolution order the removal of any street or portion of a street from among those where angle parking is permitted.

It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle other than as indicated by visible marks on the street, and it shall be unlawful for any person to so park a vehicle as to straddle said mark or marks or in such a manner as to cause a vehicle to occupy more than one parking stall.

[Ord. #856, § 3442]

a. The provisions of this section prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified, 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 section imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions hereof or of law prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

[Ord. #856, § 3443; Ord. #886]

Regardless of the existence of warning signs, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in or upon any of the following places:

a. Within any parkway.

b. Upon any bridge, viaduct or approach thereto.

c. Within any pedestrian crosswalk.

d. In front of any space or area used as the means of vehicle ingress or egress to or from the adjoining property, which space and area is commonly known and referred to as a "driveway."

e. So that any portion of the vehicle is within, upon, or extends over any portion of any sidewalk.

[Ord. #856, § 3444]

The Traffic Authority shall appropriately sign or mark the following places and when so signed or marked no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of said places:

a. At any place between a safety zone and the nearest curb and any place within 20 feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the midblock end of a safety zone.

b. At any place within 30 feet of an intersecting roadway in the Central Traffic District or in any business district except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop.

[Ord. #856, § 3445]

The Traffic Authority may appropriately sign or mark the following places and when so signed or marked no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of said places:

a. At any place within 30 feet of an intersection other than hereinbefore mentioned.

b. Within 25 feet of the approach to the nearest line of the crosswalk.

[Ord. #856, § 3446; Ord. #1562, § 1]

a. The Traffic Authority is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this section, to place, and when required herein shall place, the following curb markings which shall have the meanings as herein set forth:

1. Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time; except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.

2. Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials, provided, that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than 20 minutes.

3. White shall mean no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers which shall not exceed three minutes and such restrictions shall apply between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday and except as follows:

When such zone is in front of a hotel the restrictions shall apply at all times;

When such zone is in front of a theater the restrictions shall apply at all times except when the theater is closed.

4. Green shall mean no standing or parking for longer than 20 minutes at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday.

5. Blue shall mean parking only for the exclusive use of disabled persons and disabled veterans who are issued and who display either a distinguishing license plate or a placard issued pursuant to either California Vehicle Code Section 22511.5 or CVC Section 9105. Any vehicle parked adjacent to a blue curb or alley edge marking without such distinguishing place or placard displayed thereon shall be parked in violation of this subsection regardless of whether or not the owner or operator thereof was then in fact either eligible for or in possession of the required plate or placard.

b. When the Traffic Authority as authorized under this section has caused curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of this subsection.

[Ord. #856, § 3447]

a. The Traffic Authority is hereby authorized to determine and to mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows:

1. At any place in the Central Traffic District or any business district.

2. Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business or in front of any hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly.

b. In no event shall more than 1/2 of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes exclusive of the passenger loading zones at the entrance to public theaters.

c. Loading zones shall be indicated only by a yellow paint line stenciled with black letters, "LOADING ONLY," upon the tops of all curbs within such zones.

d. Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by a white line stenciled with black letters, "PASSENGER LOADING ONLY," upon the tops of all curbs in said zones.

[Ord. #856, § 3448]

a. Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for the purpose of loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than 20 minutes.

b. The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries, also the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail.

c. Permission herein granted to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than three minutes.

d. Within the total time limits above specified the provisions of this section shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting abuse of the privileges hereby granted.

[Ord. #856, § 3449]

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in any alley.

[Ord. #856, § 3450]

When authorized signs or marks are in place giving notices thereof, no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or materials for such time as is permitted herein in any of the following places:

a. In any yellow loading zone; or

b. Within 50 feet of any entrance to any school or any other building used for the transaction of governmental business.

[Ord. #856, § 3451]

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any passenger loading zone for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is permitted under this section.

[Ord. #856, § 3452]

Whenever the Traffic Authority has determined that parking shall be limited and authorized signs or marks are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or materials in any of the following places:

a. On any part of the roadway having a width of not more than 25 feet;

b. In front of any hall or place used for the purpose of public assemblage;

c. In front of the entrance to any place in use for business outside the Central Traffic District; or

d. At any other place where the parking of vehicles would result in traffic congestion or particular hazard.

[Ord. #852, § 3453]

a. The Traffic Authority is hereby authorized to establish bus zones opposite curb spaces for the loading and unloading of buses or common carriers of passengers engaged in local transportation and to determine the location thereof.

b. No bus zone shall exceed 50 feet in length except that when satisfactory evidence has been presented to the Traffic Authority showing the necessity therefor, the Traffic Authority may extend bus zones in such places not to exceed 125 feet in length.

c. No bus zone shall be established opposite and to the right of a safety zone.

d. The Traffic Authority shall paint a red line stenciled with white letters "NO STANDING," together with the words "BUS ZONE," upon the tops of all curbs and places specified as a bus zone.

[Ord. #856, § 3457; Ord. #1224; Ord. #1246; Ord. #1726, § 1]

a. Parking, Stopping, or Standing Limited on Public Streets or Off-Street Parking Facilities. The Traffic Authority may erect signs, limiting parking, stopping, or standing on public streets or any off-street parking facility owned or controlled by the City of Compton Parking Authority, and when such authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle on any of said streets or off-street parking facilities for a period of time longer than so designated by said signs.

b. The Designation of Disabled Person Parking Facilities. The Traffic Authority may designate stalls or spaces for the exclusive use of physically disabled persons as defined under California Vehicle Code Section 22511.5 and California Vehicle Code Section 22511.9 on public streets and within publicly-owned, leased or controlled off-street parking facilities and to denote them through the use of appropriate signs and markings.

c. Parking or Standing in Disabled Persons Parking Zones Prohibited. No person shall park or stand any vehicle in a disabled persons parking zone unless the operator or the passenger being transported by said vehicle, is physically disabled and the vehicle displays a license plate or placard issued under the provisions of Section 22511.5 or Section 22511.9 of the California Vehicle Code.

Disabled persons parking zones shall be operative 24 hours a day (Sundays and holidays included).

[Ord. #856, § 3458]

No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle upon that portion of any public street or place in the City where the Traffic Authority shall erect, or cause to be erected, a sign prohibiting such parking or cause to be painted in red a portion of the curbline.

[Ord. #856, § 3459; Ord. #1180; Ord. #1212; Ord. #1565, § 1]

No person shall park any vehicles, except those vehicles hereinafter expressly excluded, for a period of time more than five hours on any street except:

a. Passenger automobiles designed to carry not more than nine persons; and

b. Pickup trucks and campers used and maintained primarily for the transportation of persons and as to which any and all property which may be located thereon is covered in such a manner as not to be visible to public view; providing that such pickup trucks are not designed or modified to a capacity for carrying loads in excess of 3/4 tons, are equipped with truck bed with outside dimensions of not over 10 feet in length and seven feet in width, which bed does not have a permanent type cover, and having solid sides and rear or not over four feet six inches above grade, and such campers are designed for living and sleeping purposes with the camper unit not more than 11 feet to the rear of the cab and having a width not over eight feet and height not over nine feet above grade.

[Added by Ord. #1565, § 3459.1]

No person shall park any nonmotorized vehicle or trailer unless such nonmotorized vehicle or trailer is attached to a motorized vehicle, and then only in compliance with the provisions in the Traffic Ordinance of this City; provided, however, that nonmotorized recreational vehicles, attached or unattached to a vehicle, may be parked for the sole purpose of loading and unloading for a period of time not to exceed 72 consecutive hours.

[Added by Ord. #1565, § 3459.2]

No person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of any motor vehicle, trailer, tractor, airplane, boat, or parts thereof shall store or park any of the foregoing within the front yard or unfenced street side yard setback area for more than a period of 72 consecutive hours without first having obtained a permit from the Traffic Committee following the procedure specified by City Council Resolution.

[Added by Ord. #1565, § 3459.3; amended by Ord. #2057, §§ 1, 2; Ord. #2208, § 1]

No person shall stand or park, when authorized signs are in place within the City giving notice of the restriction, any commercial vehicle with a manufacturer's gross vehicle rating of 10,000 pounds or more, at any time on any street in the City of Compton. In accordance with California Vehicle Code Section 350(a), a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) means the weight specified by the manufacturer as the located weight of a single vehicle.

a. Exceptions. Subsection 12-3.19 shall not apply to:

1. Emergency Vehicles. The parking, or standing of emergency vehicles upon any street in the City.

2. Commercial Vehicles. The parking or standing of trucks owned or operated by the City, public utilities, or waste removal companies; any contractor or material mover, while engaged in the repair, maintenance or construction of streets, street improvements, or street utilities within the City.

3. Recreational Vehicles. The owner of recreational vehicles who parks or stands such vehicles(s) owned by them on private property which is also owned by them. The vehicle(s) shall be operational and shall not constitute a public nuisance nor violate any other provisions of the Compton Municipal Code.

4. Delivery of Goods. Commercial vehicles or trailers making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from, or to, any building or structure located on the restricted streets.

5. Delivery of Materials. Commercial vehicles or trailers using the streets for the purpose of delivering material to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained.

6. City Council Designated Locations and Times. At locations and for the time period authorized by City Council and posted by the Street Superintendent; where parking of commercial vehicles with a gross weight of over 10,000 pounds is permitted overnight, illuminated clearance lights or safety reflectors must be provided and utilized.

[Added by Ord. #1565, § 3459.4; amended by Ord. #2048, § 1; Ord. #2231, § 4]

a. When authorized signs or markings are in place giving adequate notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park, any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, that is six feet or more in height, including any load thereon, within 100 feet of an intersection.

b. Nothing contained within this section shall prohibit the parking, standing or stopping of: emergency vehicles, buses engaged as a common carrier at a designated bus stop; trucks owned or operated by the City, public utilities or waste removal companies, contractors or material movers, while engaged in the repair, maintenance or construction of streets, street improvements or street utilities within the City; public or private school buses under the jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission; or, any person who is acting under authority of a permit granted by the City Engineer or Street Superintendent.

[Added by Ord. #1565, § 3459.5]

No person shall park or leave unattended on any street or right-of-way within the City of Compton any commercially licensed trailer or semitrailer unless such vehicle is attached to a truck, tractor or to vehicle capable of moving the trailer or semitrailer.

[Added by Ord. #1565, § 3459.6; Ord. #2208, § 2]

No person shall stand or park, when authorized signs are in place within the City giving notice of the restriction, any commercial vehicle with a manufacturer's gross vehicle rating of 10,000 pounds or more, at any time in a residential district. In accordance with California Vehicle Code Section 350(a), a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) means the weight specified by the manufacturer as the located weight of a single vehicle. For the purpose of this section, "residential district" is defined to include all areas in which any one of the following zoning classifications are applicable in accordance with Chapter 30 of the Compton Municipal Code: R-A, R-L, R-M, R-H.

a. Exceptions. Subsection 12-3.22 shall not apply to:

1. Emergency Vehicles. The parking, or standing of emergency vehicles upon any street in the City.

2. Commercial Vehicles. The parking or standing of trucks owned or operated by the City, public utilities, or waste removal companies; any contractor or material mover, while engaged in the repair, maintenance or construction of streets, street improvements, or street utilities within the City.

3. Recreational Vehicles. The owner of recreational vehicles who parks or stands such vehicles(s) owned by them on private property which is also owned by them. The vehicle(s) shall be operational and shall not constitute a public nuisance nor violate any other provisions of the Compton Municipal Code.

4. Delivery of Goods. Commercial vehicles or trailers making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from, or to, any building or structure located on the restricted streets.

5. Delivery of Materials. Commercial vehicles or trailers using the streets for the purpose of delivering material to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained.

6. City Council Designated Locations and Times. At locations and for the time period authorized by City Council and posted by the Street Superintendent; where parking of commercial vehicles with a gross weight of over 10,000 pounds is permitted overnight, illuminated clearance lights or safety reflectors must be provided and utilized.

[Added by Ord. #1565, § 3459.7; Ord. #2208, § 3; Ord. #2222, § 2]

a. Towing of Vehicles in Violation of the Law. In accordance with California Vehicle Code Section 226512(n), a peace officer or regularly employed and salaried employee, who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations of the City in which a vehicle is located is hereby authorized to remove or cause to have removed any vehicle that is parked or left standing in violation of the California Vehicle Code or the Compton Municipal Code and where signs are posted giving notice of removal for such violation. The procedure for removal and impounding of vehicles shall be as set forth in California Vehicle Code Sections 22850 et seq.

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Editor's Note: Former subsection 12-3.24, Peddlers and Vendors, previously codified herein and containing portions of Ordinance Nos. 856, 1361, 1396, 1588, 1732, 1751, 1764, 1769, 1996, 2002, 2008 and 2053, was deleted in its entirety by Ordinance No. 2243.

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Editor's Note: Former subsection 12-3.25, Definitions, previously codified herein and containing portions of Ordinance Nos. 1588 and 1679, was deleted in its entirety by Ordinance No. 2243.

[Ord. #856, § 3461]

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

[Ord. #856, § 3462; Ord. #1588, § 4; Ord. #1687, § 1; Ord. #1732, § 2]

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

[Ord. #856, § 3468]

a. Whenever the Traffic Authority 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 Authority shall have the power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected and posted indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys as the Traffic Authority 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 Authority 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.

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Editor's Note: Subsection 12-3.29, Parking and Driving Commercial Vehicles in Residential Areas, previously contained herein, has been repealed in entirety by Ord. No. 1759, § 1.

[Ord. #2168, § 1]

a. Whenever the Traffic Authority or his authorized representative finds and determines that the use of a street or highway, or portion thereof, in the City is necessary for the cleaning (including street sweeping), repair or construction of the highway or street, or for the installation of underground utilities, and that the parking or standing of vehicles hereon would prohibit or interfere with such cleaning, repair, construction or installation, he or she is authorized to erect or place signs, or have signs erected or placed, on such street, highway or portion, in the manner required and subject to the requirements of the Vehicle Code of the State of California, giving notice that the parking or standing of vehicles upon said street, highway or portion is forbidden for the day and duration stated on such signs.

b. Upon and after the erection or placing of such signs thereon and until said signs are removed, no person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle, or leave such vehicle standing, upon the street or highway or portion thereof upon which said signs are erected or placed.

[Ord. #2168, § 2]

a. Whenever he or she finds that it is or will be necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of any street or highway or portion thereof in the City, or for the installation of underground utilities therein, to remove vehicles illegally parked or left standing thereon in violation of subsection 12-3.30 of this Code, the Traffic Authority or his authorized representative is authorized to erect or place signs, or cause to be erected or placed, on said street or highway or portion thereof, in the manner provided and subject to the requirements of the Vehicle Code of the State of California, giving notice that any vehicle illegally parked or left standing thereon may be removed.

b. Upon and after the expiration of 24 hours from and after the time said signs shall have been erected or placed on said street, highway or portion thereof, any law enforcement officer with jurisdiction within the City of Compton may remove from said street, highway or portion thereof, in the manner provided and subject to the requirements of the Vehicle Code of the State, any vehicle illegally parked or left standing thereon in violation of subsection 12.3-30 of this Code.