El Monte Municipal Code Ch. 10.04 Uniform Traffic Ordinance Adopted

With the exception of the deletions in Section 10.04.020, and as amended in Section 10.04.030, there is adopted by reference the following code for the city, in Section 10.04.030: The Uniform Traffic Ordinance, 1964 Edition, adopted and published by the League of California Cities, and all of the provisions of said Uniform Traffic Ordinance, 1964 Edition, adopted and published by the League of California Cities, except Sections 1.11, 2.7, 2.8, 10.11, 11.1, 11.8, all of Article XIII consisting of Sections 13 through 13.4, all of Article XIV consisting of Sections 14 through 14.12, and Sections 16, 16.1 and 16.2, are incorporated herein, and is adopted as the traffic ordinance of the city of El Monte. Three (3) copies of said Uniform Traffic Ordinance, 1964 Edition, are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the city for use and examination by the public and attached as an appendix to the end of this chapter.

(Amended during 1999 recodification; prior code § 3200)

Sections 1.11, 2.7, 2.8, 10.11, 11.1, 11.8 all of Article XIII consisting of Sections 13 through 13.4 all of Article XIV consisting of Sections 14 through 14.12, and Sections 16, 16.1 and 16.2 of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance, as adopted by Section 10.04.010, are deleted therefrom and repealed.

(Prior code § 3201)

The Uniform Traffic Ordinance, as adopted by Section 10.04.010, is amended as follows:

Section 1.2. Central Traffic District.

All streets and portions of streets within the area described as follows: Area bounded by Valley Boulevard on the North, Ramona Boulevard on the South, and Santa Anita Avenue on the West.

Section 1.4. Council. The Council of the City of El Monte.

Section 1.7. Holidays.

Within the meaning of this Chapter, holidays are the first day of January, the third Monday in February, the last Monday in May, the fourth day of July, the first Monday in September, the ninth day of September, the twenty-fifth day of December, and Thanksgiving Day. If the first day of January, the fourth day of July, the ninth day of September or the twenty-fifth day of December falls upon a Sunday, the Monday following is a holiday. If it falls upon a Saturday, the Friday preceding is a holiday.

Section 2.4. Traffic Division to Submit Annual Traffic Safety Report.

The traffic division shall annually prepare a traffic report which shall be filed with the City Council. Such a report shall contain information on traffic matters in this City as follows:

1. The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the number of persons injured, and other pertinent traffic accident data;

2. The plans and recommendations of the division for future traffic safety activities.

Section 2.5. City Traffic Engineer.

The office of City Traffic Engineer is hereby established. The City Engineer shall ex-officio be the City Traffic Engineer and he shall exercise the powers and duties as provided in this Ordinance and in the traffic ordinance of the City. Whenever the City Traffic Engineer is required or authorized to place or maintain official traffic control devices or signals, he or she may cause such devices or signals to be placed or maintained.

Section 3.8. When Vehicles May Be Removed From Public Property.

Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the El Monte Police Department or any Parking Control Officer of the City may remove or cause to be removed:

(a) Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway for 72 or more consecutive hours.

(b) Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. when such parking or standing is prohibited by ordinance or resolution of this City and signs are posted giving notice of such removal.

(c) Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a 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 for 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 signs giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the removal.

(d) Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing contrary to the provisions of this title upon any streets specified in Section 10.12.010 of this Title when signs are posted giving notice of such removal.

(e) Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing in a fire lane or access road way for fire apparatus in violation of Section 10.16.060 of this Title or Section 22500.1 of the California Vehicle Code when such fire lane or access roadway is posted with signs or other distinctive markings giving notice of such removal.

(f) Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a City-owned parking facility in violation of this Title when signs are posted on the parking facility giving notice of such removal.

(g) No person shall park any vehicle between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. on any day on or in any parking lot or facility owned by the city of El Monte. Violators will be subject to a fine and the vehicle may be towed away at the vehicle owner's expense. The City of El Monte shall post "No Parking" signs in the areas subject to this subsection.

Section 10.5. Displaying Vehicle For Sale.

No person shall place or park a vehicle on any public street which bears more than one sign advertising that the vehicle is for sale. No sign permitted by this Section shall be larger than twelve (12) inches by twenty (20) inches in size nor shall any such sign be placed on the exterior of the vehicle. No person shall place or park a vehicle on any public street on which the words "For Sale" or similar words advertising that such vehicle is for sale or painted on the windows or exterior body of the vehicle.

Section 10.5(b). Displaying Vehicle For Sale.

A. No person shall place or park a vehicle on any public or private parking lot or any private property for the purpose of displaying such vehicle thereon for sale, lease, hire, or rental unless the property is duly licensed, permitted, and zoned by the city to transact that type of business at that location.

B. Subsection A shall not apply to residentially zoned private property if the registered owner of the vehicle displayed for sale thereon lawfully resides at the residence where the vehicle is parked provided that the vehicle is in compliance with all other laws and regulations and that no more than one vehicle shall be displayed for sale thereon at any one time.

C. Any vehicle remaining displayed in violation of subsections A or B of this section for five (5) consecutive twenty-four (24) hour periods or longer is declared to be a public nuisance under Chapter 8.44 of this Code and shall be abated under the provisions of Chapter 8.44 of this Code.

Section 10.6. Repairing or Greasing Vehicles.

No person shall construct or caused 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 and/or public property in the City of El Monte. Temporary emergency repairs may be made upon a public street and/or public property.

Section 11. Twenty Minute Parking.

Green curb marking shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than twenty (20) minutes at any time between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays.

When authorized signs or curb markings have been determined by the city Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation thereof.

Section 11.2. One Hour Parking.

When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday and holidays for a period of time longer than one hour.

Section 11.3. Two Hour Parking.

The Community Development Director or his designee is hereby authorized to maintain by appropriate signs all two-hour parking zones and to designate the days of the week and times of the day that the two-hour parking restriction is applicable. When said signs are in place no operator of any vehicle shall stop stand or park such vehicle for more than two hours during the period indicated in the signs.

Section 12.1, subsection (a), part 3 of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance is amended by the addition thereto of subpart "c" to read as follows:

c. When such is located at or in a recreational facility as defined in Section 12.48.020 of the El Monte Municipal Code.

(Ord. 2578 § 1, 2002; Ord. 2577 § 1, 2002; Ord. 2535 § 1, 2001; amended during 1999 recodification; prior code §§ 3202—3202.7)

The Uniform Traffic Ordinance, as adopted by Section 10.04.010, is amended by the additions as follows:

Section 3.9. Notices of Parking Violations.

Any full-time regular employee of the El Monte Police Department or part-time employee of the El Monte Police Department, when authorized by the Chief of Police pursuant to the authority of Section 836.5 of the Penal Code of the State of California, may issue notices of parking violation pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Vehicle Code of the State of California.

Section 10.14. Parking of Trailers or Semi-trailers.

No person shall park any trailer or semi-trailer upon any highway, street, alley, public way or public place unless the trailer or semi-trailer is at all times while so park attached to a vehicle capable of moving the trailer or semi-trailer in a normal manner upon the highway, street, alley, public way or public place.

This section shall not apply to trailers or semi-trailers while in the process of being loaded or unloaded, nor shall it apply to any trailer or semi-trailer which is disabled in such a manner and to such an extent that it is impossible to void stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled trailer or semi-trailer on that portion of the highway, street, alley, public way or public place ordinarily used for vehicular parking.

Section 9.2. When Pedestrians Cannot Cross City Streets.

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk when there are signs posted prohibiting pedestrian crossing.

(Ord. 2519 § 1, 2000; amended during 1999 recodification; prior code §§ 3203—3203.2)

(Ord. No. 2750, § 1, 1-5-2010)