Corcoran Municipal Code Ch. 2 Parking Regulations

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway. (Ord. 178, 4-20-1959)

A. Prohibited Parking: No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle, including any recreational vehicle as defined in this title, shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy two (72) hours. (Ord. 489, 5-20-1991)

B. Removal Authorized: In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street in excess of a consecutive period of seventy two (72) hours, any member of the police department authorized by the chief of police may remove said vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of the Vehicle Code. (Ord. 377, 4-20-1981)

The requirement of parallel parking shall not apply in the event any commercial vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading freight or goods, in which case that vehicle may be backed up to the curb, provided that such vehicle does not extend to a point less than twelve feet (12') from the centerline of the street and does not block traffic thereby. (Ord. 178, 4-20-1959)

A. The public works director 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 the public works director's 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. (Ord. 178, 4-20-1959; amd. 1996 Code)

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

B. When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking. (Ord. 178, 4-20-1959; amd. 1996 Code)

A. Parking Space Markings: The public works director is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings where authorized parking is permitted.

B. Curb Markings: The public works director is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this title, to place, and when required herein shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations. Such curb markings or signs shall have the following meanings:

1. Red: No stopping, standing, or parking, whether the vehicle is attended or unattended, at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code and except that a bus may stop at a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.

2. Yellow: No stopping, standing or parking at any time between seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M. on any day except Sundays and legal holidays for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers or materials, provided that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not exceed five (5) minutes and the loading or unloading of materials shall not exceed twenty (20) minutes.

3. White: No stopping, standing, or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mailbox, which shall not exceed five (5) minutes, and such restrictions shall apply between seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M. on any day except Sundays and legal holidays and except as follows:

a. When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox, the restriction shall apply at all times.

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

4. Blue: Parking is limited exclusively to the vehicles of disabled persons with a placard so stating or with a distinguishing license plate, pursuant to section 22511.5 of the California Vehicle Code.

5. Green: No stopping, standing or parking for longer than twenty (20) minutes at any time between seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M. of any day, except Sundays and legal holidays.

C. Stop/Stand/Park: When the public works director has caused curb markings or signs to be placed, no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb markings or sign in violation of any of the provisions of this section.

D. Authorized/Unauthorized Curb Painting: No person, unless authorized by this city, shall paint any street or curb surface, provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply to the painting of numbers on a curb surface by any person who has complied with the provisions of any resolution or ordinance of this city pertaining thereto. (Ord. 555, 10-16-2001)

A. Conditions And Restrictions: Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall stand or park any vehicle wagon 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 cart or vehicle, on any portion of any street within the city, except that such vehicles, wagons or pushcarts may stand or park only at the request of a bona fide purchaser for a period of time not to exceed twenty (20) minutes at any one place. The provisions of this section 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. Permit Required:

1. Food Sales: No person shall park or stand on any street any lunch wagon, eating cart or vehicle, or pushcart from which tamales, peanuts, popcorn, candy or other articles of food are sold or offered for sale without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the chief of police which shall designate the specific location where said cart shall stand. (Ord. 178, 4-20-1959; amd. 1996 Code)

2. Transportation: No person shall park or stand any vehicle or wagon used or intended to be used in the transportation of 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 chief of police which shall designate the specific location where such vehicle may stand.

C. Revocation Of Permit: Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of this section and a particular location to park or stand is specified therein, no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon, or pushcart on any location other than as designated in such permit. In the event that the holder of any such permit is convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction for violating any of the provisions of this section, such permit shall be forthwith revoked by the chief of police, and no permit shall thereafter be issued to such person until six (6) months have elapsed from the date of such revocation. (Ord. 178, 4-20-1959)

A. Residentially Zoned Areas: Except as otherwise herein specifically provided, no person shall stop, stand or park any commercially licensed bus, truck, truck tractor and/or trailers, having a gross vehicle weight rating of thirty thousand (30,000) pounds or a gross combination weight rating of thirty thousand (30,000) pounds and/or having more than two (2) axles on any street within a residentially zoned area at any time between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and five o'clock (5:00) A.M. of any day. Said vehicles shall be permitted to park for the purpose of loading or unloading or providing any service connected with such vehicle for the length of time it takes to provide said service from said vehicle. Provided further that such vehicles shall be permitted to park in case of mechanical difficulties for a period not to exceed twelve (12) hours and for rest stops by drivers for periods not to exceed three (3) hours.

B. Near Intersections:

1. No person shall park or permit to be parked any bus, truck, truck tractor and/or trailers having a gross vehicle weight in excess of eighteen thousand (18,000) pounds and/or having more than two (2) axles or park or permit to be parked any recreational trailer or camper in excess of eighteen feet (18') in length or eight feet (8') in height closer than thirty feet (30') from any city street and alleyway intersection.

2. Said vehicles shall be permitted to park for the purpose of loading or unloading or providing any service connected with such vehicle for the length of time it takes to provide said service from said vehicle. Provided, further, that such vehicles shall be permitted to park in case of mechanical difficulties for a period not to exceed twelve (12) hours.

C. Enforcement: Enforcement of this section shall be as prescribed in section 6-1-3 of this title. (Ord. 295, 1973)

The public works director 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. Within three feet (3') of a crosswalk at the end of the block in the direction in which the traffic moves and within twenty feet (20') of the crosswalk at the beginning of the block in the direction in which the traffic moves.

B. At any place where the public works director determines that it is necessary in order to eliminate dangerous traffic hazards. (Ord. 178, 4-20-1959; amd. 1996 Code)

A. Whenever the public works director 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 public works director 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 public works director 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 public works director 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. (Ord. 178, 4-20-1959; amd. 1996 Code)

Every motor truck having an unladen weight of four thousand (4,000) pounds or more, and every truck tractor irrespective of weight when operated upon any street or highway during the time specified in the Vehicle Code 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 department of California highway patrol. When any vehicle above mentioned or any trailer or semitrailer is disabled upon streets or highways within the city and upon which street or highway there is insufficient street lighting to reveal a vehicle at a distance of two hundred feet (200') during any time mentioned in the Vehicle Code, a warning signal of the character indicated above shall be immediately placed at a distance of approximately one hundred feet (100') in advance of, and one hundred feet (100') to the rear of, such disabled vehicle by the driver thereof. The continuous flashing of at least four (4) approved type class A type 1 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 mentioned above can be placed in the required locations. The warning signals herein mentioned shall be displayed continuously during the times mentioned while such vehicle remains disabled upon such street or highway. (Ord. 178, 4-20-1959)