Culver City Municipal Code Ch. 7.03 Stopping, Standing and Parking

Section

General Provisions

Prohibited and Limited Parking

Preferential Parking Program

Loading and Unloading Zones; Public Carrier Zones

Parking Meters

Prohibited and Limited Parking of Oversized, Non-motorized and Commercial Vehicles

Specified Veterans’ Parking Exemptions

Cross-reference:

Use of streets for bus benches, see §§ 9.08.500 et seq.

Parking and street closures for filming activity, see § 11.14.025

Off-street parking and loading zoning regulations, see Chapter 17.320

GENERAL PROVISIONS

On any of the streets or portions of streets established by resolution of the Council as diagonal parking zones, when signs or pavement markings are in place indicating such diagonal parking, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park said vehicle except:

A. At the angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits of said allotted space;

B. With the front wheel nearest the curb within six (6) inches of said curb.

('65 Code, § 21-12.1) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

A. The City Engineer is hereby authorized to establish time limits for the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles at certain locations whenever he determines that access to property would be improved or a more equitable distribution of available curb parking would be obtained.

B. When such limits are so established, the Public Works Director shall erect and maintain appropriate signs or markings indicating such limits.

('65 Code, § 21-14.1) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

A. The Public Works Director is hereby authorized to establish requirements for off-street and on-street parking spaces for the exclusive use of disabled persons.

B. The Public Works Director is hereby authorized to establish single on-street parking spaces for the exclusive use of disabled persons upon recommendation thereof from the City Traffic Committee.

C. The City Council may, by resolution, establish a zone containing multiple on-street parking spaces for the exclusive use of disabled. Such action shall follow the receipt of a recommendation from the Public Works Director and the City Traffic Committee.

D. When such spaces are established, the Public Works Director shall cause signs and/or markings to be erected and maintained indicating such restrictions.

('65 Code, § 21-14.2) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1; Ord. No. 2001-004, §1)

A. In the event a highway includes two (2) or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs, markings or meters are in place permitting such standing or parking.

B. The City Engineer may determine where such standing or parking shall be permitted.

C. Where such parking is permitted, the Public Works Director shall install and maintain appropriate signs, markings or meters.

('65 Code, § 21-14.3) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

A. The City Engineer is hereby authorized to determine where marked parking spaces shall be established.

B. The Public Works Director shall place and maintain parking space markings to indicate such parking spaces.

C. When such markings are placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle other than within a single marked space, unless the size or shape of the vehicle makes compliance impossible.

('65 Code, § 21-14.4) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle on any street for a period of time longer than thirty (30) minutes, between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. of any day, except physicians, persons on emergency calls or persons who have been issued a permit pursuant to § 7.03.035.

('65 Code, § 21-14.5) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

Applications for Night Parking Permits shall be submitted to the City Engineer on a form supplied by him, which form shall contain the address and telephone number of the applicant, a brief description of the vehicle to which it is to be attached, including the make, model and type of vehicle the license and motor number thereof, a statement as to the necessity for such Night Parking Permit and such other pertinent information as the City Engineer may require. If it is determined, upon investigation, that there is not adequate parking space available to applicant at his place of residence or business, or within a radius of five hundred (500) feet therefrom, a Night Parking Permit shall be issued. No permit, or renewal thereof, shall be effective for more than one year from date of issuance, and may be revoked at any time by the City Engineer on three (3) days' written notice to the permittee, after determination by the City Engineer, and approval of the City Manager, that on-street parking is no longer required for the vehicle for which said permit was issued. A Night Parking Permit sticker shall carry a permit number, expiration date, a brief description of the vehicle to which it applies, and the limits of the parking area. Such sticker shall at all times be displayed on the lower left-hand portion of the rear window of the vehicle, plainly visible from the exterior thereof. Permits are non-transferable, as shown on the face thereof, and shall be returned to the City Engineer for cancellation upon expiration or revocation thereof. There shall be a fee for investigation of an application for a Night Parking Permit, a further fee for each renewal permit, and a fee to replace a vehicle sticker which is lost or destroyed or substituted for a different vehicle. Such fees are established by resolution of the City Council.

('65 Code, § 21-14.6) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1; Ord. No. 2006-009 § 22 (part); Ord. No. 2007-002 § 5)

OVERTIME PARKING is herein defined as the parking of any vehicle for a period of time longer than is permitted under any of the provisions of this Chapter. Every hour of overtime parking in any designated parking space or curb parking area shall constitute a separate and additional violation and shall be punishable as such. Such additional and separate violation shall not apply where the vehicle has been entirely moved from the original parking space or curb parking area in which it was located when the overtime parking occurred.

('65 Code, § 21-14.7) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

No parking, standing or stopping shall be permitted at any time on both sides of Sepulveda Boulevard between Slauson Avenue and Centinela Avenue.

('65 Code, § 21-14.8) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

PROHIBITED AND LIMITED PARKING

A. The provisions of this Subchapter 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 Chapter 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 State law prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

('65 Code, § 21-13.1) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1; Ord. No. 2004-017 § 1)

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

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

('65 Code, § 21-13.2) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

The Public Works Director is hereby authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs or paint upon the curb surface, all no stopping zones, no parking areas, and restricted parking areas, as defined and described by this Chapter.

('65 Code, § 21-13.3) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

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 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 right-of-way lines of any public walk, public steps, street, or thoroughfare terminating at such street, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or markings.

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 markings.

D. In any area established by resolution of the Council as a no parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or markings.

E. On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or the installation of underground utilities or 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 that appropriate signs or markings are erected or placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the effective time of such no parking.

F. At any place within twenty-five (25) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection in any business district when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or markings, except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop.

G. Within twenty-five (25) feet of the near side of an intersection controlled by any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign, or official electric flashing device.

H. Upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed twenty (20) feet, and provided that appropriate signs or markings are erected and maintained.

I. Upon one side of a street when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty (30) feet provided appropriate signs or markings are erected and maintained.

J. Upon one side of a street adjacent to any school property, when such parking would interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation provided that appropriate signs or markings are erected and maintained.

('65 Code, § 21-13.4) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

A. 1. 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.

2. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street in excess of a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours may be removed by any member of the Police Department authorized by the Chief of Police, in the manner and subject to the requirements of the California Vehicle Code.

B. Any vehicle parked or left standing on any City-owned or controlled property or any City-owned, controlled or operated parking lot, or on any privately owned or operated parking lot in violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter or of State law, may be removed by any member of the Police Department authorized by the Chief of Police, in the manner and subject to the provisions of the California Vehicle Code.

C. Exemptions. The provisions of Subsections (A) and (B) above shall not apply to the following:

1. Any government, public utility or emergency vehicle; or

2. Any motor vehicle, large motor vehicle, non-motorized vehicle or commercial vehicle that is parked on any public street highway parkway, roadway, alley or thoroughfare pursuant to a permit lease, license or other entitlement issued by the City

('65 Code, § 21-13.5) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1; Ord. No. 87-031 § 1; Ord. No. 97-009 § 6; Ord. No. 2005-009 §§ 2-4)

Cross-reference:

Commercial vehicles restricted to certain streets, see § 7.02.205

No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:

A. Displaying such vehicle for sale;

B. Washing, greasing, or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency;

C. Advertising or promoting any business or other commercial event or endeavor.

('65 Code, § 21-13.6) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

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

('65 Code, § 21-13.7) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

A. Parking on city parking lots and property prohibited.

1. No person shall park or leave standing, or permit to be parked or left standing, any vehicle at any time on or in any parking lot or other property owned or controlled by the City, provided that signs or markings giving notice of such prohibition are erected and maintained on said lot or property.

2. The Public Works Director is hereby authorized to erect and maintain, on any City-owned or City-controlled parking lot, signs or markings reserving individual stalls to be used only by designated persons, and specifying a time limit for parking and standing in certain stalls and areas and no person shall park or leave standing or permit to be parked or left standing any vehicle contrary to the directions of said signs or markings.

3. A vehicle in violation of this Section may be removed by the Police Department provided that the lot, stall, area or property has a sign or marking containing the words “VEHICLES MAY BE TOWED,” or something similar, and the phone number of the Police Department.

('65 Code, § 21-13.8)

B. Use of city parking lot restricted. No person shall use or be upon any portion of any City-owned or City-controlled parking lot unless said person is lawfully parking a vehicle or going to or from a lawfully parked vehicle.

('65 Code, § 21-13.9)

C. After hours use of a city parking lot. The City Council may designate the hours that a City-owned or City-controlled parking lot is open and no person shall use or be upon such lot when such lot is not open, provided that signs or markings are erected and maintained by the Public Works Director indicating when the lot is open.

('65 Code, § 21-13.10)

(Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in an alley for any purpose other than the loading and unloading of persons or materials; provided that upon such stopping, standing or parking, for such loading or unloading, the vehicle shall not impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.

('65 Code, § 21-13.11) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

A. Except in a verifiable emergency, no person shall use any vehicle parked or standing upon any public street, alley, right-of-way, public park or other public property as a temporary or permanent substitute for a residence or dwelling unit.

B. For purposes of this section:

1. Evidence that a vehicle is being used as a temporary or permanent substitute for a residence or dwelling unit shall include, but not be limited to, use of the vehicle for living sleeping, cooking and/or bathing purposes;

2. The term VEHICLE shall include any boat and any device, operable or inoperable with or without wheels, by which any person or property may be propelled, moved or drawn upon any street or highway, including but not limited to, a motor vehicle, mobile home and trailer.

(Ord. No. 2005-009 § 5)

A. No person shall drive, park or store any vehicle, as defined in the California Vehicle Code, on any private property unless the surface thereof has been improved to meet the minimum standards for parking areas, as prescribed in the Zoning Code, as set forth in Title 17 of this Code.

B. No owner or occupant of private property shall drive, park or store or cause or permit to be driven, parked or stored on any surface of said property any vehicle as defined in the California Vehicle Code unless the surface has been improved to meet the minimum standards for parking areas, as prescribed by resolution of the City Council.

C. No owner of a vehicle parked or stored in violation of this Section shall fail or refuse to remove the unlawfully parked or stored vehicle within twelve (12) hours after personal notice, provided that said vehicle may be removed within said twelve (12) hour period in accordance with applicable provisions of the Vehicle Code.

D. Exceptions. This Section shall not apply:

1. During the performance of construction operations pursuant to any public works project or pursuant to a valid grading or building permit issued by the Building Department so long as all surfaces used for vehicular access or parking are in compliance with applicable dust control regulations, as prescribed by the City Engineer.

2. To the rear yard of a one-family dwelling.

('65 Code, § 21-13.12) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

Whenever the term CITY is used within this Subchapter, it shall be deemed to include within its meaning the Culver City Redevelopment Agency.

('65 Code, § 21-13.13) (Ord. No. 85-001 § 1)

PREFERENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM

A. Pursuant to California Vehicle Code § 22507, the City Council may, by resolution, designate certain streets as preferential parking zones, and establish rules and procedures regulating the evaluation and recommendation of such zones, and the issuance of permits allowing preferential parking within these zones.

B. Prior to the City Council considering any resolution designating any preferential parking zone, the City Engineer shall first have evaluated and recommended to the City Council the establishment of any preferential parking zone. The City Engineer's evaluation and recommendation regarding any preferential parking zone shall be conducted pursuant to the rules and procedures adopted, by resolution of the City Council, pursuant to § 7.03.300 A.

C. The City Council may, by resolution, establish fees relating to the administration of the preferential parking zones.

(Ord. No. 2004-017 § 2 (part))

When preferential parking zones have been authorized by the City Council, and signs have been posted giving notice of preferential parking zone restrictions, it shall be unlawful:

A. 1. For any person to park a vehicle on any public street or alley subject to a “Time-Limited Parking Except By Permit” limitation for a period longer than the subject time limitation, unless a

preferential parking zone permit therefor has been issued by the City of Culver City and is displayed on the vehicle. For purposes of this Section, successive acts of parking upon any public street subject to a “Time-Limited Parking Except By Permit” limitation, or portion of such street within the same preferential parking zone, shall be deemed a single act of parking, subject to the time-limit parking restriction applicable to that preferential parking zone.

2. This restriction shall not apply to government vehicles, public utility vehicles, emergency vehicles or any vehicle parked while it is being loaded or unloaded.

B. 1. For any person to park a vehicle on any public street subject to a “No Parking Anytime Except By Permit” limitation, unless a preferential parking zone permit therefor has been issued by the City of Culver City and is displayed on the vehicle.

2. This restriction shall not apply to government vehicles, public utility vehicles, emergency vehicles or any vehicle parked while it is being loaded or unloaded.

C. For any person to represent himself/herself as eligible for a preferential parking zone permit or to furnish false information in an application therefor presented to the City Engineer, the Chief of Police, their designees or any other City employee or City official having a duty to act upon such application.

D. For any person holding a preferential parking zone permit to allow the use or display of such permit on a motor vehicle other than the motor vehicle for which the permit was issued.

E. For any person to copy, produce or otherwise bring into existence a facsimile or counterfeit preferential parking zone permit.

F. For any person to knowingly use or display a facsimile or counterfeit preferential parking zone permit.

G. For any person to buy, sell or use a preferential parking zone permit in violation of the rules and procedures adopted, by resolution of the City Council, pursuant to § 7.03.300 A.

(Ord. No. 2004-017 § 2 (part); Ord. No. 2013-011 §§ 1, 2)

A. Any violation of this Subchapter shall be deemed an infraction and subject to the penalties set forth in § 1.01.045 of this Code.

B. Any violation of this Subchapter shall be cause for denial. nonrenewal or revocation of any preferential parking zone permit.

(Ord. No. 2004-017 § 2 (part))

Any denial, nonrenewal or revocation of any preferential parking zone permit may be appealed to the City Council within twenty (20) days of such denial, nonrenewal or revocation.

(Ord. No. 2004-017 § 2 (part))

LOADING AND UNLOADING ZONES; PUBLIC CARRIER ZONES

A. The City Engineer is hereby authorized to determine and to mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows:

1. At any place in 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 one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.

('65 Code, § 21-15.1) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

A. Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes 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 twenty (20) minutes.

B. The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries, and also the delivery or pick-up 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 (3) 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.

('65 Code, § 21-15.2) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

The City Engineer is authorized to establish bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands and stands for other passenger common-carrier motor vehicles on such streets in such places and in such number as he shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public, and every such bus stop, bus stand, taxicab stand or other stand shall be designated by appropriate signs or markings.

('65 Code, § 21-15.3) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

A. The operator of a bus shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than a bus stand so designated as provided herein.

B. The operator of a bus shall not stop such vehicle upon any street at any place for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or their baggage other than at a bus stop, bus stand, or passenger loading zone so designated as provided herein, except in case of an emergency.

C. The operator of a taxicab shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than in a taxicab stand so designated as provided herein. This provision shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers.

('65 Code, § 21-15.4) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop, or other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately signed, except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus, or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter such zone.

('65 Code, § 21-15.5) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

PARKING METERS

The purpose of this Subchapter is to establish parking meter zones, parking meter fees and regulations applicable to parking meters.

(Ord. No. 2011-002 § 1 (part))

All public streets within the City are hereby established as parking meter zones within which the City may install parking meters for the purpose of controlling and regulating the parking of vehicles. The specific locations for the installation of parking meters within the City's parking meter zones shall be established by resolution of the City Council.

(Ord. No. 2011-002 § 1 (part))

A. The Public Works Director/City Engineer shall cause parking meters to be installed and maintained in all parking meter locations established pursuant to § 7.03.505.

B. Except for multi-space meters, parking meters shall be installed in the sidewalk or parkway area immediately adjacent to each parking space and shall be placed in such manner as to conspicuously show or display by a sign or signal that the parking space adjacent thereto is or is not legally in use.

C. Multi-space parking meters shall be installed at various nearby locations to provide metering for more than one parking space at a time. Parking spaces that are controlled by multi-space parking meters shall be clearly designated by a posted sign, pavement marking, or other clearly visible means. A “multi-space parking meter” is a pay station for multiple parking spaces placed at various locations along streets for the payment and control of parking thereon. The term “parking meter,” as hereinafter used in this Subchapter, shall include “multi-space parking meter.”

(Ord. No. 2011-002 § 1 (part))

Except as otherwise provided in this Subchapter, immediately after occupancy of a metered parking space, the vehicle operator shall pay the required fee for use of the metered parking space in accordance with the directions prescribed by the parking meter adjacent to or assigned to the metered parking space, unless the parking meter indicates an unexpired portion remains of the period of time for which payment previously had been deposited.

(Ord. No. 2011-002 § 1 (part))

The City Council shall establish by resolution the parking meter fees for the various parking meter locations established within the City's parking meter zones. Said resolution shall specify the parking meter location, the amount of the parking meter fee for that location, the time period covered by the fee and the time of operation for the meters therein.

(Ord. No. 2011-002 § 1 (part))

No operator of any vehicle shall permit said vehicle to remain parked in any parking space during any time that the meter is showing a signal indicating that such space is illegally in use other than such time necessary for the operator to comply with § 7.03.515.

('65 Code, § 21-17.6) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

A. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any defaced or bent coin, or any slug, device, foreign matter, metallic substitute for a coin of the United States; or deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter.

B. Violation of this provision shall constitute a misdemeanor, subject to a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), six months in jail, or both.

('65 Code, § 21-17.7) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1; Am. Ord. No. 97-009 § 7)

No person shall attach anything to or allow a bicycle, newsrack or any other article or thing to lean against a parking meter or a parking meter standard unless said meter or meter standard has been altered by the City or approved designee to include a bicycle rack and has been designated as such by the Public Works Director/City Engineer.

('65 Code, § 21-17.8) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1; Ord. No. 2011-002 § 2)

The parking or standing of any motor vehicle in a parking space, at which space the parking meter displays the sign or signal indicating illegal parking, shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the vehicle has been parked or allowed to stand in such space for a period longer than permitted by this Chapter.

('65 Code, § 21-17.9) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

No Section of this Subchapter shall be construed as permitting any parking in violation of any other provision of this Code.

('65 Code, § 21-17.10) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1)

All moneys deposited in parking meters in the City shall be collected by duly authorized agents of the City Treasurer and shall be placed in a Parking Meter Fund, which fund shall be devoted exclusively to the following purposes:

A. Purchasing, leasing, otherwise acquiring, improving and maintaining of on-street parking meters and off-street parking facilities in the City.

B. Security for the payment of and interest on, off-street parking revenue bonds issued by the City, or any parking district organized within the City.

C. Personnel, software, hardware, tools and equipment to be used to collect current data and make other improvements to further traffic safety, efficiency, and enforcement.

D. Such other purposes related to on-street or off-street parking as shall be determined from time to time by the City Council.

('65 Code, § 21-17.11) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1; Ord. No. 2011-002 § 3)

A. Any person unintentionally violating any provision of this Subchapter, by reason of a mechanical failure of a parking meter not caused by such person, may be acquitted of such violation upon establishing such facts by a preponderance of the evidence.

B. Exception: A violation of § 7.03.530 is a strict liability offense. Even unintentional deposit of a coin substitute and/or damage to a parking meter under the provisions of § 7.03.530 shall subject the offender to the penalty established.

('65 Code, § 21-17.12) (Ord. No. 83-027 § 1; Am. Ord. No. 97-009 § 8)

PROHIBITED AND LIMITED PARKING OF OVERSIZED, NON-MOTORIZED AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

For the purposes of this Subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Any term that is not defined herein shall have the meaning as set forth in the California Vehicle Code.

CHIEF OF POLICE. The Chief of Police of the City of Culver City or his or her designee.

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. Any vehicle having more than two axles, or any single COMMERCIAL VEHICLE or combination of said vehicles that exceed twenty (20) feet in length, or any single COMMERCIAL VEHICLE or combination of said vehicles eighty-four (84) inches or more in width, or any single COMMERCIAL VEHICLE or combination of said vehicles having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more. A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE includes a truck tractor, but does not include a large motor vehicle or non-motorized vehicle, as defined herein, or a pick-up truck without a camper, or a sports utility vehicle.

LARGE MOTOR VEHICLE. Any house car, pick-up truck with camper, recreational vehicle, or any other vehicle, or combination of vehicles, that measures more than twenty (20) feet in length, or is both more than eight-four (84) inches in width and eighty-four (84) inches in height. The term LARGE MOTOR VEHICLE does not include a commercial vehicle, as defined herein, a pick-up truck without a camper, or a sports utility vehicle.

NON-MOTORIZED VEHICLE. Any trailer, boat, or any other device that can be used for transporting persons or property, and is not self-propelled.

MOTOR VEHICLE. Any passenger vehicle, pick-up truck without a camper, sports utility vehicle motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, but shall not include a house car.

POLICE DEPARTMENT. The Culver City Police Department.

RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. Any area within the City that is zoned RI, R2, R3, RLD, RMD, RHD, and those portions of PD Zone districts that are specified for residential uses.

VEHICLE OWNER. The registered owner or person who has possession, custody or control of any motor vehicle, large motor vehicle or non-motorized vehicle.

(Ord. No. 2005-009 §1 (part))

To determine the width or length of the vehicles defined in this Subchapter, any extension to the vehicle caused by mirrors, air conditioners, or similar attachments shall not be included.

(Ord. No. 2005-009 §1 (part))

A. No person shall, at any time, park or leave standing any large motor vehicle or non-motorized vehicle on any public street, highway, parkway or alley, except:

1 In residential districts, large motor vehicles or non-motorized vehicles attached to a motor vehicle or large motor vehicle, which are parked adjacent to the vehicle owner’s residence, are allowed for a period of time not to exceed forty-eight (48) consecutive hours, for the sole purpose of loading, unloading, cleaning, battery-charging, or other activity preparatory or incidental to travel.

2. In residential districts, large motor vehicles, or non-motorized vehicles attached to a motor vehicle or large motor vehicle, which are parked adjacent to the vehicle owner's residence, may be allowed for an additional penod of time of up to twenty-four (24) consecutive hours, but no more than a total of seventy-two (72) consecutive hours, provided an extension has been granted by the Chief of Police.

B. Any large motor vehicle, or non-motorized vehicle attached to a motor vehicle or large motor vehicle, which is parked on a public street, highway, parkway or alley, pursuant to either Subsection (A)(1) or (A)(2) herein above, shall, at the end of the permitted period of time, whether forty-eight (48) or seventy-two (72) hours, be removed from its location, and shall not be parked on any public street, highway, parkway or alley for a period of at least forty-eight (48) hours.

C. No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any commercial vehicle shall park or leave standing any such vehicle on any public street highway, parkway, roadway, alley or thoroughfare for more than three (3) hours, except:

1. For such reasonable period of time in excess of three (3) hours that may be necessary for the purpose of making pick-ups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used for repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon a restricted street or highway; or

2 For such reasonable period of time in excess of three (3) hours that may be necessary when such vehicle is parked in connection with the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which such vehicle is parked; or

3 For such reasonable time in excess of three (3) hours that may be necessary to make emergency repairs.

D. No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any motor vehicle, large motor vehicle, non-motorized vehicle or commercial vehicle, which is six (6) feet or more in height, including any load thereon, shall park or leave standing any such vehicle on any street or highway within forty-five (45) feet of any intersection.

(Ord. No. 2005-009 §1 (part))

The provisions of this Subchapter shall not apply to the following:

A. Any government, public utility or emergency vehicle; or

B. Any motor vehicle, large motor vehicle, non-motorized vehicle or commercial vehicle that is parked on any public street, highway, parkway, roadway, alley or thoroughfare pursuant to a permit, lease, license or other entitlement issued by the City.

(Ord. No. 2005-009 §1 (part))

A. Unless otherwise specified, a violation of any provision of this Subchapter shall be deemed a civil offense, and punishable by a fine established by resolution of the City Council.

B. Any vehicle found in violation of this Subchapter may be cited or removed, or both cited and removed, by any member of the Police Department authorized by the Chief of Police, in the manner and subject to the requirements of this section and Cal. Veh. Code §§ 22651 and 22651.05.

C. After any vehicle has been removed summarily, as provided in Subsection (B) above, the registered and legal owners of the vehicle shall be given the opportunity for a post-removal hearing to determine the validity of the storage of the vehicle in accordance with Cal. Veh. Code § 22852.

D. The procedures for hearings provided for in Subsection (C) above shall be established by the Chief of Police, and the hearing shall be held by the Chief of Police or his or her designee. Said designee shall not be the person who directed the storage of the vehicle.

E. The disposition of any stored vehicle shall be in accordance with Cal. Veh. Code §§22850.5 through 22855.

(Ord. No. 2005-009 §1 (part))

In the event of any conflict between this Subchapter and any other provisions of this Code, this Subchapter shall control.

(Ord. No. 2005-009 §1 (part))

SPECIFIED VETERANS’ PARKING EXEMPTIONS

For the purposes of this Subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:

CONTROLLED PARKING SPACE. A parking space in a City-owned lot, where parking is subject to a fee or a metered space. CONTROLLED PARKING SPACE does not mean a space assigned to a City employee, or a space dedicated to a disabled person.

MOTOR VEHICLE. An automobile, truck, motorcycle or other motor-driven form of transportation not in excess of 6,000 pounds gross weight.

VETERAN’S LICENSE PLATE. A valid license plate issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, pursuant to Cal. Veh. Code §§ 5101.3, 5101.4 5101.5, 5101.6 and 5101.8, or such other statutes as later enacted, which provide for the issuance of license plates to Medal of Honor recipients, Legion of Valor recipients, Purple Heart recipients, Pearl Harbor survivors, and former American prisoners of war, and such other plates issued by another state that indicate a similar status.

(Ord. No. 2006-001 § 1 (part))

A person may park a motor vehicle, upon which a veteran’s license plate is displayed, in any controlled parking space without charge.

(Ord. No. 2006-001 § 1 (part))

The provisions set forth in this Subchapter do not exempt a vehicle that displays a veteran’s license plate from compliance with any and all other parking regulations set forth in this Code, including but not limited to, vehicle height restriction, parking time limitation, street sweeping, and no parking restrictions.

(Ord. No. 2006-001 § 1 (part))