Imperial Beach Municipal Code Ch. 10.36 Parking, Standing, and Stopping

A. The provisions of this title prohibiting the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times specified, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a law enforcement officer or official traffic-control device.

B. The provisions of this title 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 Vehicle Code or the ordinances of the City prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(Prior code §§ 6051, 6051.1; Ord. 53 § 110, 1957)

A. No person may park, stand, or stop any vehicle unless both right wheels are within 18 inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the street. On streets designated as one-way pursuant to Section 10.32.010, the City Council may by resolution permit parking when both left wheels are within 18 inches of the left-hand curb or edge of the street.

B. When markings or lines indicating parking stalls are designated on the surface of a street or roadway, no person may park, stand, or stop any vehicle across any marking or line or in such a position that the vehicle is not entirely within the bounds of a single parking stall.

(Ord. 2003-1010 § 1)

The City Traffic Engineer shall, at any place where he or she determines that it is necessary in order to eliminate dangerous traffic hazards, appropriately sign or mark and when so signed or marked, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any such places.

(Prior code § 6055; Ord. 53 § 115, 1957)

No person shall use a vehicle, including, but not limited to, an automobile, bus, truck, camper, trailer or recreational vehicle, while it is parked or standing upon any street, avenue, alley, or other public way, for human habitation between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. except in a designated public campground, recreational park, or licensed mobile home park.

"Human habitation"

shall mean the use of a vehicle for dwelling. Evidence of human habitation shall include activities such as sleeping, setting up housekeeping or cooking, eating or resting or any other activity where it reasonably appears, in light of all the circumstances, that a person or persons is using the vehicle as a living accommodation. The use of a vehicle for six or more consecutive hours for eating, resting, recreating and/or sleeping shall per se constitute "human habitation" for purposes of this section.

(Ord. 2006-1047 § 1; Ord. 2015-1149 § 1)

A. Whenever the City Traffic Engineer determines 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 directs 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 the signs to be removed promptly thereafter.

B. When signs authorized by the provisions of this section are in place giving notice, no person shall operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and provisions of such signs.

(Prior code §§ 6056—6056.2; Ord. 53 § 116, 1957)

By resolution, the City Council may permit angle parking on any street. Lines indicating angled parking stalls must be shown upon the surface of such street.

(Ord. 2003-1010 § 2)

The Traffic Engineer is authorized to install limited-parking signs up to two hours wherever deemed necessary as determined by proper investigation and/or based upon the recommendation of the Traffic Commission.

(Prior code § 6058; Ord. 53 § 153, 1957; Ord. 89 § 1, 1957)

A. When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicles on any street so designated for a period of time longer than indicated on such sign.

B. The Traffic Engineer shall designate streets where no standing or parking will be permitted as well as parking or standing for one hour and parking or standing for two hours will be permitted.

(Prior code §§ 6059, 6059.1; Ord. 53 § 154, 1957; Ord. 89 § 1, 1957)

Parking or standing in the one-hour and two-hour designated areas shall be effective between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Sundays and holidays excepted, provided that the Traffic Engineer is authorized to waive or extend effective hours and days wherever deemed necessary as determined by proper investigation.

(Prior code § 6059.2; Ord. 53 § 154, 1957; Ord. 89 § 1, 1957; prior code Am. No. 11 § 1, 1964)

A. The City Council may establish, by resolution, permit parking areas where persons may, when a special permit is purchased and displayed on their vehicle, be exempted from the limited time parking restriction. Residents, merchants and visitors may purchase and display a nontransferable permit, for which a nonrefundable fee is charged as established by resolution of the City Council.

B. All streets within the permit parking area shall have lines or markings placed or painted on the street surface for the purpose of designating parking spaces.

C. It is unlawful and a violation of this section to park any vehicle across any such line or marking or to park any vehicle in such a position that the same shall not be entirely within the area so designated by such lines or markings.

D. Violations of this section shall be an infraction, the penalty for which is defined in Chapter 1.12 of this code.

(Ord. 782 § 1, 1989)

A. Any vehicle which is overparked without a valid permit displayed thereon may be issued a citation.

B. Violations of this section shall be an infraction, the penalty for which is defined in Chapter 1.12 of this code.

(Ord. 782 § 1, 1989)

A vehicle shall not be stopped or parked on any street facing opposite to the direction of the movement of traffic.

(Prior code § 6057; Ord. 53 § 117, 1957; Ord. 100 § 3, 1958)

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

A. Displaying Such Vehicle for Sale. A vehicle shall not be considered to be displayed for sale when it is parked upon any highway if the vehicle contains a "For Sale" sign inside the car and it does not exceed the size of the window and is consistent with safety considerations;

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

(Prior code § 6052; Ord. 53 § 111, 1957; Ord. 676 § 1, 1986)

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

(Ord. 2008-1065 § 1)

A. 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 his or her opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.

B. 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 §§ 6053, 6053.1; Ord. 53 § 113, 1957)

A. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed 20 feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed 30 feet.

B. When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized in this section, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking.

(Prior code §§ 6054, 6054.1; Ord. 53 § 114, 1957)

A. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

"Recreational vehicle (RV)"

means any trailer, camper trailer, boat and trailer, camper, mobilehome, motor home, or similar vehicle (this is not meant to include vans or van conversions not exceeding an overall height of eight feet).

"Street"

means and includes all streets, highways, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, squares, curbs or other public ways in this City which have been or may hereafter be dedicated and open to public use, or such other public property so designated in any law of this state.

B. On-Street Parking. It is unlawful to park a recreational vehicle for a period in excess of 48 hours on any street in the City. (Successive acts of parking within a two-tenths of a mile area shall be presumed to be a single act of parking.)

1. The intent of this section is to allow recreational vehicle owners the use of the street, immediately adjacent to their private property, for the loading, unloading and general pre-trip/post-trip preparation generally associated with extended vacations only. The day-to-day parking and/or short- or long-term storage of the recreational vehicles on the street is specifically prohibited.

2. An encroachment permit may be granted by the City Manager or designee for the parking of recreational vehicles, which are suitable as temporary construction offices, etc., on streets as long as these vehicles are parked immediately adjacent to the enterprise for which they are to service and are promptly removed when their reasonable use has expired. The term "temporary" and "reasonable" shall be that determined by the granting official.

C. Off-Street Parking. The off-street parking of recreational vehicles is limited to the personal real property of the registered vehicle owner or the personal real property of another, so long as the registered vehicle owner is a legal resident of the property and obtains written permission from the real property owner, who must be the holder in fee, of the property.

1. No portion of a recreational vehicle may overhang a sidewalk or encroach upon any public right-of-way.

2. No recreational vehicle shall be parked in such a way as to violate any other city, state or federal law, or to constitute a safety hazard, as determined by any city or other competent authority who legally possesses the authority and responsibility to make such determination.

3. RVs parked in areas visible from any public street, shall be parked in a manner that exposes the smallest profile of that RV to the street.

4. RVs stored or parked on corner parcels shall be positioned so that the smallest profile is oriented towards the street nearest to which it is parked. The largest profile must be obscured from visibility to as great an extent as feasible. RVs shall not be stored or parked in the required front-yard setback, for the particular zone, as prescribed in Sections 19.12.030, 19.14.030, 19.15.030 and 19.16.030.

(Ord. 859 § 2, 1992)

There shall be reserved during such time as the Council is in session for each Councilmember and the Mayor an adequate parking space on the west side of the Civic Center in proximity to the Council Chambers. The Traffic Engineer shall give notice to the public by posting a sign indicating "No Parking - Reserved for Council Member."

(Prior code §§ 6060, 6060.1; prior code Am. No. 20 §§ 1, 2, 1965; Ord. 471 § 2, 1979; amended during 1991 republication; Ord. 866 § 1, 1993)

There shall be reserved, during such time as personnel of the City's police agency are on duty, adequate parking spaces on the west and south sides of the Imperial Beach Police Station. The Traffic Engineer shall give notice to the public by posting a sign or signs indicating "No Parking - Police Department."

(Prior code §§ 6060.2, 6060.3; prior code Am. No. 36 §§ 1, 2, 1966; Ord. 471 § 3, 1980; amended during 1991 republication; Ord. 866 § 1, 1993)

A. No person shall park or stand any vehicle in a disabled persons' parking zone unless the operator or the passenger being transported by such vehicle is physically disabled and the vehicle displays a license issued under the provisions of Section 9105 or 22511.5 of the California Vehicle Code.

B. Disabled persons' parking zones shall be operative 24 hours a day (Sundays and holidays included); provided, however, that the City Manager may determine and declare limited periods during which any disabled persons' parking zone shall be operative, and such limited operative period shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected.

(Ord. 502 §§ 1, 2, 3, 1980; Ord. 622 § 1, 1984; amended during 1991 republication; Ord. 866 § 1, 1993)

A. No person shall park any commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds, or a trailer, semitrailer, boat or boat trailer on any street in any residential district except:

1. For a reasonable period of time while loading or unloading property; or

2. When such vehicle is parked in connection with, and in aid of, the performance of a service to or on the property in the block in which such vehicle is parked.

B. No camper body which has been detached from a motor vehicle shall be left standing on a City street at any time.

C. Violation of this section is an infraction, and is punishable as provided in Chapter 1.12 of this code.

(Ord. 496, 1980; Ord. 504, 1980; amended during 1991 republication; Ord. 931 § 6, 1998)

No person shall drive, park or leave unattended any vehicle upon the beach area of the City any time, including Sun-days and holidays, except in designated parking spaces. "Beach area" shall include the beach, sand, pier, dunes, boardwalk, parks, and grass area west of Seacoast Drive.

(Ord. 93-866, § 1, 1993; Ord. 555 § 1, 1981; Ord. 613 §1, 1983; amended during 1991 republication; Ord. 2014-1147 § 1)

A. Beachfront street-end parking west of Seacoast Drive shall be allowed as follows:

1. Between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and midnight (12:00 a.m.) on the following beachfront street-ends: Dahlia Avenue, Date Avenue, Elm Avenue, Elkwood Avenue, Ebony Avenue, and Imperial Beach Boulevard;

2. Between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on the Daisy Avenue beachfront street-end, including Dunes Park;

3. Between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Admiralty Way, Beach Avenue, Cortez Avenue, and Descanso Avenue beachfront street-ends.

B. It is unlawful to park in the beachfront street-ends west of Seacoast Drive at times other than as listed in subsection A.

C. The parking regulations in this section shall apply at all times, including Sundays and holidays.

D. The parking regulations in this section shall not apply to the beachfront street-end on Palm Avenue.

(Ord. 2014-1147 § 2)

A. No person shall park or cause to be parked or allow to remain standing any vehicle upon any street or highway in excess of 72 consecutive hours.

B. A vehicle shall be considered parked or standing for 72 hours when it has been left standing on a street without having been moved more than two-tenths of a mile within a 72-consecutive-hour period.

(Ord. 642 § 1, 1984)

No person shall leave standing or cause or allow to be left standing any inoperable vehicle on any street for more than four consecutive hours. A vehicle is considered to be inoperable when it is wrecked, burned, dismantled, or lacks a motor, transmission or wheel or wheels, or is on blocks, or is otherwise incapable of being driven upon the highways in conformity with the requirements of the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 642 § 2, 1984)

No person shall park any vehicle that is eight feet tall or taller (including any load on the vehicle) within 100 feet of any intersection on the following streets:

A. 9th Street and Highway 75 north and south of the intersection.

B. 13th Street and Highway 75 north (only on the west side of 13th Street) and south (both the west and east side of 13th Street) of the intersection.

(Ord. 2002-975 § 1)

No person shall park any vehicle on a street in a commercial zone between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on the following streets:

A. Florida Street (only on the west side of Florida Street) between Highway 75 and Calla Avenue.

B. 13th Street (only on the west side of 13th Street) between Highway 75 and Donax Avenue.

(Ord. 2002-975 § 2; Ord. 2003-1010 § 3)

A. Any regularly employed or salaried officer of the agency providing police services to the City, or such officers as are assigned to enforce all street traffic laws of this City and all the State Vehicle Code laws applicable to the City, are authorized to remove or cause to be removed any vehicle found to be in violation of any provisions of this chapter. The registered owner of the vehicle shall be responsible for all towing and storage charges incurred.

B. Procedure. Any officers removing a vehicle as provided in this section shall comply with the procedure set forth in related sections of this code.

(Ord. 93-866 § 1; Ord. 559 § 1, 1981)

A. The City Council may, by resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles on designated streets or highways, or portions thereof, for the purposes of street sweeping.

B. Such resolutions shall not apply to any commercial vehicle making pick-ups or deliveries of goods, wares, or merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted street or highway, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the repair, alteration, remodeling, or reconstruction of any building or structure for which a building permit has previously been obtained.

C. The provisions of this section shall not be in force on the holidays defined in Section 10.04.020 of this code, whenever such holidays coincide with designated restricted parking days.

(Ord. 93-873 § 2)

Violation of any provisions of this chapter shall be an infraction, the penalty for which is defined in Chapters 1.12 and 1.24 of this code.

(Ord. 93-866 § 3; Ord. 2013-1139 § 1)