Hollister Municipal Code Ch. 10.20 Stopping, Standing and Parking Generally

A. The provisions of this chapter and Chapter 10.24 prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times specified in this chapter, 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 regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a city department or public utility while necessarily in use for construction or repair work or any vehicle owned by the United States while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail.

(Prior code §§ 14-56, 14-57)

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 of the state Vehicle Code or this code or any other ordinances of the city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(Prior code § 14-58)

No person shall park a vehicle upon any street, municipal parking lot or city property for the principal purpose of doing any of the following acts:

A. Greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency; or

B. Washing such vehicle, when such person is engaged in the business of washing vehicles. Nothing contained in this subsection shall prevent the owner or lawful possessor of a vehicle from having it washed on the street at his or her residence by a person employed by such owner.

(Prior code § 14-60; Ord. 1089 § 4, 2012)

A. Except as otherwise provided, every vehicle stepped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be stopped or parked with the righthand wheels of such vehicle parallel with and within 18 inches of the righthand curb, except that motorcycles shall be parked with at least one wheel or fender touching the righthand curb. Where no curbs or barriers bound any two-way roadway, righthand parallel parking is required unless otherwise indicated.

B. Upon a one-way roadway, vehicles may be stopped or parked as provided in subsection A of this section or with the lefthand wheels parallel to and within 18 inches of the lefthand curb, except that motorcycles, if parked on the lefthand side, shall have either one wheel or fender touching such curb. Where no curb or barriers bound any such one-way roadway, parallel parking on either side is required unless otherwise indicated. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply upon the roadways of a divided highway.

C. In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stop or park a vehicle upon the lefthand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are in place permitting such stopping or parking. The city traffic engineer is authorized to determine when stopping or parking may be permitted on the lefthand side of any one-way roadway of a highway having two or more separate roadways and shall erect signs giving notice thereof.

D. Requirement of parallel parking shall not apply to commercial vehicles actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading of freight, goods, merchandise or passengers on, or from, such vehicle and while anything connected with such loading or unloading is being executed, in which case the vehicle may be backed to the curb; provided, however, that such vehicle shall not extend beyond the center of the street.

(Prior code § 14-61)

A. It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle in a stall or space designated for physically handicapped persons, if, immediately adjacent to and visible from such stall or space, there is posted a sign consisting of a profile view of a wheelchair with occupant in white on a blue background or the space is outlined in blue markings and there is on the ground in the space a similar profile view depicting a wheelchair with occupant, unless the vehicle displays either one of the distinguishing license plates or a place card issued pursuant to Section 22511.5 of the Vehicle Code or to disabled veterans, as specified in Section 9105 of the Vehicle Code.

B. The provisions of this section shall apply to all off-street parking facilities owned or operated by a local authority and to any privately owned and maintained off-street parking facility.

(Prior code § 14-61.1)

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

A. At the angle and in the direction to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits of such allotted space, and with the bumper of the vehicle nearest the curb within 12 inches of the curb, or where a bike lane is marked between the diagonal parking and the curb, within 12 inches of the bike lane dividing line or buffer.

B. Upon any portion of a street where back-in diagonal parking is indicated by a traffic control device.

(Prior code § 14-62; Ord. 1199, § 1, 2020)

A. As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:

Auxiliary dolly means a vehicle, not designed for carrying persons or property on its own structure, which is so constructed and used in conjunction with a semitrailer as to support a portion of the weight of the semitrailer and any load thereon, but not permanently attached to the semitrailer, although a part of the weight of such dolly may rest on another vehicle.

Bus means any motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten persons including the driver and used or maintained for the transportation of passengers.

Farm labor bus means any bus leased, operated or owned by a farmer or a farm labor contractor used or maintained for the transportation of employees of a farmer or farm labor contractor.

Farm labor truck means any motor truck leased, operated or owned by a farmer or a farm labor contractor used or maintained for the transportation of employees of a farmer or a farm labor contractor.

Motor truck means a motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property and which has an unladen weight in excess of 6,500 pounds.

Semitrailer means a vehicle designed for carrying persons or property, used in conjunction with a motor vehicle, and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon, or is carried by, another vehicle. The semitrailer does not include a utility trailer, which is any semitrailer or trailer used solely for the transportation of the user's personal property and which does not exceed a gross weight of 6,000 pounds.

Trailer means a vehicle designed for carrying persons or property on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon any other vehicle and which has a wheel base in excess of eight feet. A trailer does not include a utility trailer, which is any semitrailer or trailer used solely for the transportation of the user's personal property and which does not exceed a gross weight of 6,000 pounds.

Truck tractor means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.

Unladen weight means the weight of the vehicle equipped and ready for operation on the road including the fenders, body, equipment required by law, any special cabinets, boxes or body parts permanently attached to the vehicle, oil in the motor, radiator full of water, with five gallons of gasoline or equivalent weight of other motor fuel.

B. No person shall stop, stand or park any auxiliary dolly, bus, farm labor bus, farm labor truck, motor truck, semitrailer, trailer or truck tractor on any street, alley or municipal parking lot between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day.

C. No person shall stop, stand or park any auxiliary dolly, semitrailer, trailer or truck tractor on any street, alley, municipal parking lot or public or private property in any residentially zoned district other than for the purpose of loading or unloading goods, wares and material.

(Prior code §§ 14-63, 14-63.1)

No person shall abandon, park, store, leave, keep or maintain, or permit to be abandoned, parked, stored, left, kept or maintained, any boat upon any public or private property, except one boat, 30 feet or less in length, may be parked, stored, left, kept or maintained in the rear or to the side of any residential unit, other than a duplex, apartment, motel or hotel, provided:

A. If such boat does not have an enclosed cabin, it is located at least 18 inches from any property line, at least three feet from any building used for human occupancy and at least three feet from any building attached to a building used for human occupancy; or

B. If such boat has an enclosed cabin, it is located at least four feet from any property line, at least five feet from any building used for human occupancy and at least five feet from any building attached to a building used for human occupancy. This section shall not be construed to prohibit parking, storing, leaving, keeping or maintaining of one boat completely within any garage appurtenant to any residential unit, other than a duplex, apartment, motel or hotel, nor to prohibit the temporary parking, storing, leaving, keeping or maintaining, for a period not in excess of seven days, any boat 30 feet or less in length in the driveway of any residential unit, other than a duplex, apartment, motel or hotel.

(Prior code § 14-63.2)

A. No person who owns, has possession, custody or control of any motor vehicle shall park such motor vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of 72 hours.

B. In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street or alley in excess of a consecutive period of 72 hours, any member of the police department authorized by the chief of police may remove such vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of the state Vehicle Code.

(Prior code §§ 14-65, 14-66)

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

(Prior code § 14-68)

A. A person shall not stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or official traffic control device, on a portion of a sidewalk or with the body of the vehicle extending over a portion of a sidewalk or blocking access to the sidewalk ramp or curb where it intersects with a roadway. Lights, mirrors, or devices that are required to be mounted upon a vehicle under this code may extend from the body of the vehicle over the sidewalk to a distance of not more than ten inches.

B. Every person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an infraction, and upon conviction of any such violation shall be punished for a first conviction by a fine not exceeding $50.00 and for a second conviction within a period of one year by a fine not exceeding $100.00 and for a third or any subsequent conviction within a period of one year by a fine not exceeding $250.00.

(Ord. 1204, 2021)

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

(Prior code § 14-69)

The city traffic engineer is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in the traffic engineer's opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation. 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.

(Prior code § 14-70)

A. No person shall park a motor vehicle upon any private property or upon property used for private parking purposes without the consent of the owner of such property, the person entitled to the possession thereof for the time being or the authorized agent of either; provided, that signs specifying conditions under which parking is permitted shall have been posted at all entrances to such property. Such signs shall be approved both as to wording and posting by the city traffic engineer.

B. Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the police department may issue a citation to the owner or driver of any motor vehicle that has been parked or left standing on any private property, driveway, private parking lot or property used for private parking purposes, in violation of this section.

(Prior code §§ 14-72, 14-73; Ord. 911, § 1, 1998)

A. Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the police department, the owner of any private property, the person entitled to the possession thereof for the time being or the authorized agent of either, may remove or cause to be removed any motor vehicle that has been parked or left standing on any private property, driveway, private parking lot or property used for private parking purposes, in violation of Section 10.20.130.

B. Any person referred to in Section 10.20.130 who removes any vehicle from any private property in the city is authorized to remove such vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety or to a garage designated or maintained by the city.

C. Any person referred to in Section 10.20.130 who removes a vehicle from private property shall give notice to the owner of the motor vehicle as provided for and required by Sections 22852 and 22853 of the state Vehicle Code. Sections 22852 and 22853 of the state Vehicle Code, as they existed on October 5, 1959, are adopted by reference as a part of this section.

D. If a vehicle removed from private property was rightfully there, the person who complained of the presence of such vehicle or the person, other than a member of the police department, who caused such vehicle to be removed, shall be liable for all charges for towage and for caring for and keeping safe such vehicle.

E. The keeper of any garage in which any vehicle is removed from private property and stored in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall have a lien thereon for his or her compensation for towage and for caring for and keeping safe such vehicle. Such keeper may satisfy such lien upon compliance with and under the conditions stated in Section 22851 of the state Vehicle Code.

(Prior code §§ 14-74—14-78)

A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or foodstuffs are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale, bartered or exchanged, or any lunch wagon or eating car or vehicle, on any street, municipal parking lot or city property, except that such vehicles, wagons or pushcarts may park or stand only at the request of a bona fide purchaser for a period of time not exceeding ten 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. No person shall park or stand on any street any lunch wagon, eating cart, 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 who shall designate the specific location in which such cart shall stand.

(Prior code §§ 14-79, 14-80)

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. Such permit shall designate the specific location where such vehicle may stand.

(Prior code § 14-81)

Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of Sections 10.20.150 and 10.20.160, 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 Sections 10.20.150 and 10.20.160, such permit shall be forthwith revoked by the chief of police upon the filing of the record of such conviction with the chief of police and no permit shall thereafter be issued to such person until six months have elapsed from the date of such revocation.

(Prior code § 14-82)

A. Whenever the city traffic engineer 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 city traffic engineer 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 city traffic engineer 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 city traffic engineer 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.

(Prior code §§ 14-83, 14-84)

The city traffic engineer is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbs where authorized parking is permitted. When such parking space markings are placed in the highway, subject to other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be stopped, left standing or parked other than within a single space unless the size or shape of such vehicle makes compliance impossible.

(Prior code § 14-85)

Any person seeking to park his or her vehicle in a limited curb parking space, whose vehicle arrives at such parking space prior to any other vehicle and who proceeds beyond such space a distance not to exceed ten feet for the purpose of backing his or her vehicle therein, shall have the right-of-way over any person driving or attempting to drive any other vehicle directly into such limited curb parking space or who in any manner obstructs such limited curb parking space and the driver of such other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to the driver who first arrived at such limited parking space.

(Prior code § 14-86)