8-2 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. [3]

3 Editor’s Note: This section was adopted by Ord. No. 15, §1(3). For the State traffic laws regarding stopping, standing and parking, see Vehicle Code, §22500ff; for the authority of the Town to regulate parking on State highways, see Vehicle Code, §22506; for the authority to enact local parking regulations, see §22507; to regulate parking on hills, see §22509. For the statutory provisions regarding the removal of parked and abandoned vehicles, see Vehicle Code, §22650ff.

a. No person driving, in control of, or in charge of any vehicle shall stand or park if on any street or highway where the grade exceeds three (3%) percent, in any business or residential district as defined by the California Vehicle Code, without setting the brakes and blocking the wheels of the vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means.

• b. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in Vehicle Code Section 42001.

a. Prohibition . No person driving or in control or charge of any commercial vehicle, having a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more, shall stand or park it on any street or highway, or portion thereof, located in any residence district as defined by the California Vehicle Code.

b. Exemptions . This section is not effective with any commercial vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted streets or highways or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building or structure on the restricted streets or highways for which a building permit has previously been obtained.

• c. Punishment . Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in Vehicle Code Section 42001.

Any vehicle parked or left standing on a municipal road for seventy-two (72) or more consecutive hours may be removed as provided in the Vehicle Code.

The Public Works Director may cause municipal roads to be marked with white lines designating parking spaces. Where parking spaces have been so designated, no vehicle shall be parked except within such marked spaces.

The Town Manager may have signs placed giving notice that vehicles may be removed from any municipal road, and twenty-four (24) hours thereafter may have the vehicle removed in accordance with the provisions of this Code and the Vehicle Code, when:

• a. The use of any municipal road, or a portion thereof, is either:

1. Necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the road or for the installation of underground utilities; or

2. Authorized by permit for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic, or for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size; and the parking of any vehicle would prevent or interfere with any such use; or

b. A vehicle is illegally on a municipal road in violation of a municipal traffic ordinance or resolution forbidding standing or parking.

8-3—8-4 RESERVED.

ARTICLE II

TRAFFIC REGULATIONS