Holtville Municipal Code Ch. 10.08 Stopping, Standing and Parking

In cases of emergency or to facilitate the flow of traffic during special events, signs prohibiting parking may be displayed by the chief of police or the superintendent of streets.

(Ord. 235 § 5, 1956; Ord. 340 § 2, 1973)

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to park, or cause to be parked, any vehicle on any business street of the city within the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.

(Ord. 235 § 10, 1956)

A. It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing, or cause to be parked or be left standing, any vehicle upon any highway, public street, or alley in the city for 72 or more consecutive hours, whether in operating condition or not. A vehicle shall be considered to have been parked for a consecutive period of 72 hours if it has not been moved at least five-tenths of one mile for more than a period of 72 consecutive hours.

B. It shall be unlawful for the owner of an automobile junker to leave it parked on any public street for a period in excess of 72 hours, regardless of location. The 72-hour time limit includes the cumulative time spent on any public street. For the purposes of this section, an automobile junker is defined as a vehicle which is extensively damaged so as to make the vehicle inoperable and/or readily apparent to be inoperable.

C. In no instance shall a recreational vehicle, bus, camper, camp trailer, semi-trailer, trailer, trailer bus, fifth-wheel travel trailer, motor home or mobile home be stored, parked or left standing upon any street, highway or public place in the city for more than a consecutive 72 hours.

D. No vehicle listed in subsection C of this section shall at any time be parked on a public street or highway within 50 feet of any intersection or within 50 feet of any crosswalk.

(Ord. 488 § 2, 2024)

No person shall park a vehicle on any street or highway for the principal purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale, nor for washing, greasing, maintaining, restoring or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency.

(Ord. 488 § 3, 2024)

Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the police department of the city may remove or cause to be removed any vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a highway, public street, or alley for 72 or more consecutive hours and arrange for storage of said vehicle in accordance with the provisions of HMC § 10.08.010 through § 10.08.100 and Division 11, Chapter 10 of the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 235 § 10.2, 1956; Ord. 286 § 1, 1964)

Any officer removing a vehicle from the highways, public streets or alleys of the city shall remove the vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the city as the official garage for the removal of all said vehicles taken from the highways, public streets, or alleys of the city under the provisions of HMC § 10.08.010 through § 10.08.100 and the California Vehicle Code, where the vehicle shall be placed in storage.

(Ord. 235 § 10.3, 1956; Ord. 286 § 1, 1964)

The city council shall by ordinance or resolution make regulations prohibiting standing, stopping or parking at certain designated places within the city, and limiting the time of parking, the manner of parking and regulating the size of vehicles on any street in the city. Any such regulation shall provide that appropriate signs and markings conforming to State Vehicle Code be posted and marked giving notice to the public of the regulations in force. Such regulations and locations shall be as provided in HMC § 10.08.110 through § 10.08.140, and such other regulations which may from time to time be determined by the council.

(Ord. 235 § 11, 1956; Ord. 340 § 2, 1973)

No person, firm or corporation shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, for other than loading or unloading of materials, in any alley of the city.

(Ord. 235 § 12, 1956)

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to paint, post or in any manner display, at any place indicating or intending to indicate that parking is not allowed at such place, except duly authorized agents of the city, or persons acting under the authority of authorized agents of said city in places where parking is prohibited by HMC § 10.08.010 through § 10.08.100 or other ordinances of the city, or prohibited by resolution duly adopted by the city pursuant to the authority granted by ordinance.

(Ord. 235 § 13, 1956)

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to transport, drive, move or operate, or cause to be transported, driven, moved or operated, over, upon, along or across the paved portion of any street or avenue in the city any heavy plow, disc or other machine to the injury of such street or avenue.

(Ord. 235 § 14, 1956)

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway, nor shall any person stop, stand or park a vehicle within the area defined or used as the front yard of a single-family or multifamily residence without prior permission of the city. If parked in front of the house, any vehicle must be parked on a paved or improved surface. Parking surfaces adjacent to a single-family or multifamily residence or in the rear of either such residence need not be paved. Corner lots require a paved parking surface when adjacent to the house that faces the side street.

(Ord. 488 § 4, 2024)

Diagonal (angle) parking will be permitted where pavement is properly painted or marked so to designate at such locations as the city council fixes by resolution of the council.

(Ord. 281 § 2, 1963; Ord. 303 § 1, 1966; Ord. 421, 1993)

A yellow loading zone is created on the east side of Chestnut Avenue between Sixth and Seventh Streets.

(Ord. 281 § 2, 1963)

It is unlawful to park trucks exceeding 6,000 pounds on Sixth Street between Olive and Holt Avenues and on Pine, Cedar, Palm, and Olive Avenues between Fifth and Sixth Streets.

(Ord. 281 § 4, 1963)

It is unlawful to park trucks in excess of 6,000 pounds at any time on the north side of Fifth Street, between Palm and Olive Avenues.

(Ord. 281 § 6, 1963; Ord. 294 § 1, 1965)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any and every violation of the provisions of this chapter is deemed to be a civil offense and shall be subject to adjudication as provided for within the provisions of Division 17, Article 3, et seq., of the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 397, 1988; Ord. 436 § 2, 1997)