Inglewood Municipal Code Art. 2 Parking Regulations

It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle, or any portion thereof, at any of the following places:

(1) Within any tunnel or upon any bridge, viaduct or approach thereto.

(2) Within any parkway.

(3) Within any intersection.

(4)

(a) Where signs, painted curbs or markings prohibit or limit stopping, standing or parking during certain peak traffic hours to clear additional lanes for vehicular traffic.

(b) Where signs prohibit stopping, standing or parking for street sweeping and/or refuse collection. Exception: such parking prohibition is not applicable when the specific street sweeping and/or refuse collection day, as posted on the signs, is observed as one of the following holidays: New Year's Day; Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day, or any additional holiday identified by City Council resolution or ordinance as being exempt from such parking prohibition.

(c) Where red painted curb prohibits stopping, standing or parking at anytime, except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.

(d) Where blue painted curb and/or signs designate a blue or handicapped zone, except by a vehicle displaying a distinguishing license plate or placard issued to a disabled person pursuant to Section 22511.5 of the California Vehicle Code or to a disabled veteran as specified in Section 9105 of the California Vehicle Code.

(e) Where signs, markings or painted curbs, other than red or blue, limit stopping, standing or parking.

(5) In any public parking lot owned or controlled by the city or any other governmental agency for a period of time in excess of the posted time limit.

(Ord. 2165 1-22-74; Ord. 2216 4-15-75; Ord. 96-33 12-3-96; Ord. 07-14 8-7-07)

Signs or marks prohibiting or limiting parking, stopping or standing may be installed upon the order of the Public Works Director when he or she shall have determined that traffic congestion or hazard would be reduced or eliminated by such prohibition at any of the following places:

(1) At any place between a safety zone and the nearest curb and any place within twenty feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the midblock end of a safety zone.

(2) At any place within thirty feet of an intersecting roadway in any business district except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop.

(3) At any place adjacent to, in front of, or opposite any fire station, police station, theater, school ground or public assembly hall, bus or passenger station, or other gathering place.

(4) At any place adjacent to and within thirty-five feet of any railroad tracks.

(5) At any place within one hundred fifty feet of an intersection.

(6) Within twenty-five feet of the approach to the nearest line of a crosswalk.

(7) At any place between the portal of a tunnel and the nearest street intersection.

(8) Upon any viaduct or upon the approach to any viaduct or bridge.

(9) Upon any street or portion thereof contiguous to the frontage of any elementary school, junior or senior high school, where it is determined that parking will create a hazard to life or property, or a serious obstruction to vehicles or pedestrian passage.

(10) Upon any street or portion thereof where, because of the narrowness of the street, the unusual characteristics thereof, parking would create a hazard to life or property or a serious obstruction to vehicular or pedestrian passage.

(11) At any curb where the grade of the street exceeds twelve percent.

(12) In front of any hall or place used for the purpose of public assemblage.

(13) In front of the entrance to any place in use for business outside of any business district.

(14) At any place between the northerly line of Manchester Boulevard and the southerly line of Mercantile Place in the unvacated portions of the public alley which runs northerly and southerly in the partial block bounded on the north by Mercantile Place, on the east by Market Street, on the south by Manchester Boulevard and on the west of La Brea Avenue.

(15) Mercantile Place between the easterly line of La Brea Avenue and the westerly line of Market Street.

(16) At any other place where special traffic conditions or hazards exist.

(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)

It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle upon private or public property contrary to a restriction to do so indicated upon a clearly visible sign. The owner or operator of private property may cause a vehicle parked upon such property contrary to the restrictions upon said sign to be towed away subject to the requirements of Vehicle Code Sections 22852 and 22853; provided, however, that no vehicle shall be towed away unless the words "Tow Away Zone" or equivalent words appear on a clearly visible sign posted on such property.

(Ord. 1664 7-24-62)

No person or business shall install, remove or alter any curb markings on any public street or alley without the prior authorization of the Public Works Director. The Public Works Director is hereby authorized to install curb markings with meanings as follows:

(1) "Red" shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time, except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.

(2) "Yellow" shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sunday for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials, provided that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty minutes.

Loading zones shall be indicated by a yellow paint line stenciled with black letters at least three inches in height, "LOADING ONLY," upon the tops of all curbs within such zones.

(3) "White" shall mean no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers which shall not exceed three minutes and such restrictions shall apply between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sunday and except as follows:

(a) When such zone is in front of a hotel the restrictions shall apply at all times;

(b) When such zone is in front of a church, theater, auditorium or other place of public assembly, the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such church, theater, auditorium or other place of assembly is closed.

(4) "Green" shall mean no standing or parking for longer than twenty minutes at any time between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sunday.

(5) Yellow, with the words "Taxi Stand" stenciled thereon in black letters with a minimum height of two and one-half inches; provided, however, that a taxi stand may also be indicated by the posting of a sign or signs approved by the Public Works Director indicating a taxi stand.

(6) "Blue" shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time, except by a vehicle displaying a distinguishing license plate or placard issued to disabled persons pursuant to Section 22511.5 of the Vehicle Code or to disabled veterans as specified in Section 9105 of the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 2390 11-25-80; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96; Ord. 05-12 12-20-05)

It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle or object or thing along or adjacent to any of the curbs of the center parkways or intervening spaces between traffic lanes on any street or portion thereof where traffic lanes have been designated by or pursuant to this Article; provided, however, at least one "No Parking" sign has been erected for each block in which traffic lanes have been established.

The provisions of this Article:

(a) Prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified, 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; and

(b) Imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions hereof or of State law prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

The Public Works Director is hereby authorized to determine and to designate loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows:

(1) At any place in any business district.

(2) Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business or in front of any hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly.

(3) Within fifty feet of any entrance to any school or any other building used for the transaction of governmental business.

(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)

In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes exclusive of passenger loading zones at the entrances to public theaters.

It shall be unlawful for any person to park, stop or leave standing a vehicle in a loading zone:

(a) While loading or unloading materials for more than twenty minutes; or

(b) While loading or unloading persons or personal baggage for more than three minutes.

It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle in any alley.

The Public Works Director is hereby authorized to establish bus zones opposite curb space for the loading and unloading of buses of common carriers of passengers engaged in local transportation, and to determine the location thereof.

No bus zone shall exceed fifty feet in length except that when satisfactory evidence has been presented to the Public Works Director showing the necessity therefor, said Director may extend bus zones in such places not to exceed one hundred twenty-five feet in length; nor shall any bus zone be established opposite and to the right of a safety zone.

(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)

The Public Works Director shall cause to be painted a red line stenciled with white letters, "No Standing," together with the words "Bus Zone," upon the tops of all curbs and places specified as a bus zone.

(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)

Unless permitted by other provisions of this Article, it shall be unlawful for any person to stand or park a vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge of the roadway headed in the direction of traffic and with the right hand wheels of the vehicle within eighteen inches of the curbline or edge of the roadway.

White lines at least two inches in width may be painted upon the street parallel to the curb to indicate authorized parallel parking or at an angle to indicate angle parking. When lines are painted on any street or Municipal Parking Lot indicating parallel or angle parking, it shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle in any manner so that any part of the vehicle extends over such painted lines or the front of the vehicle is not headed into the stall.

(Ord. 2165 1-22-74)

Particular streets within the City which are authorized as streets or portions thereof on which angle parking may be permitted are listed in the following ordinances which shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be repealed by the enactment of this Code: 1267, 1308, 1531.

(1) To prevent the domination of available public on-street parking spaces by a limited number of vehicles being parked and/or stored for long durations of time, the duration of such parking may be restricted as provided hereinbelow. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle on a public street for a duration exceeding the maximum time limit permitted by posted sign.

(2) Those sides of public streets that abut properties zoned (per Chapter 12 of this Code) for commercial, manufacturing and other nonresidential uses, are hereby designated as streets located within a district that may be subject to special parking time limits for on-street parking. Additionally, that portion of a street side that abuts residentially zoned property on which a church, convalescent residence, daycare facility or comparable business or nonresidential activity occurs, shall be designated with such a special parking time-limit district; and both sides of a residentially zoned street upon which a public school or a public park are immediately situated shall be designated as being within such a special parking time-limit district.

(3) Upon determination by the Public Works Director that there exists a need or public benefit to restrict the length of time vehicles may occupy on-street curbside parking spaces along a specific city block (or contiguous lengths of city blocks) if located within such a district, the Public Works Director is hereby authorized to establish maximum allowed parking durations of one hour, ninety minutes, two hours, three hours or four hours, during certain or all days of the week, and to install signs noticing such parking limitations along said street curbs. Exceptions:

(a) An on-street parking space with a parking duration limit of twenty minutes within such district shall be identified with a green curb upon which the parking limit time is stenciled and/or posted on a sign, per Section 3-44 of this Chapter.

(b) Loading zones, passenger-only loading zones and taxi stands may be established per Section 3-44 of this Chapter.

(c) The establishment of any on-street parking space(s) or length of curb with a parking duration exceeding four hours within such district, excluding unlimited (all day) parking, shall be subject to approval by the City Council following consideration and any recommendation therefor by the Parking and Traffic Commission.

(d) The establishment of any on-street parking space(s) or length of curb with a parking duration limit on any residentially zoned street, except as provided in subsection (2) of this Section, shall be subject to approval by the City Council following consideration and any recommendation made therefor by the Parking and Traffic Commission at a public hearing to which all residents along the subject street have been given and/or mailed notice of the hearing.

(e) The hours during which residential permit parking restrictions are in force shall be established per Section 3-75 et seq., of this Chapter.

(4) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to supersede the provisions for regulating municipal parking lots per Section 3-64 of this Chapter, for installing parking meters per Section 3-87 of this Chapter, for prohibiting parking, prohibiting parking during certain hours, prohibiting parking for street sweeping or refuse collection, or prohibiting parking in locations or circumstances specified in this Chapter and/or specified in the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 07-13 7-17-07)

Particular streets within the City authorized as streets or portions thereof which may be posted as tow-away zones are listed in the following ordinances which shall not be repealed by the enactment of this Code: 1267, 1748.

Tow-away signs prohibiting parking, during limited hours, on street-sweeping days may be installed on the order of the engineering director when the director shall have determined by survey, that trash and debris are accumulating on streets in a particular area as a result of vehicle parking during street-sweeping hours. Additionally, director may post tow-away/no parking signs when he or she determines by survey that additional traffic lane capacity is necessary for safe and efficient traffic movement.

(Ord. 2524 11-26-85)

Vehicles parked or left standing under the following circumstances may be removed if signs giving notice that the vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior to the removal:

1. When the use of a street, or portion thereof, is necessary for the cleaning, repair, or construction of the street, or for the installation of underground utilities;

2. When the use of the street, or a portion of the street, is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic, and the parking of a vehicle would prohibit or interfere with that use or movement;

3. When the use of the street, or a portion of the street, is authorized for the movement of equipment, articles, or structures of unusual size, and the parking of a vehicle would prohibit or interfere with that use or movement;

4. Wherever the parking or standing of a vehicle is prohibited by local ordinance.

(Ord. 14-05 3-25-14)

It shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle in or upon any public street or highway, or portion thereof, within the City for seventy-two or more consecutive hours; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as repealing or modifying any provision or provisions of this Article prescribing a lesser period for such parking or leaving standing of any vehicle in or upon any specified public street or portion thereof.

Peace officers and persons designated by the Chief of Police, who are trained in directing traffic and enforcing parking laws and regulations, are authorized to remove or cause to be removed a vehicle to the extent authorized by law.

(Ord. 14-05 3-25-14)

Whenever the Public Works Director shall determine that traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or for other reasons, the Public Works Director shall have the authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets as the Public Works Director 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 Public Works Director shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.

When signs authorized by the provisions of this Section are in place giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and provisions of such signs.

(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)

The prohibitions of this Article pertaining to parking shall not be applicable to taxicabs, sightseeing vehicles or automobiles for hire standing in any zone marked or posted for their use during the hours designated in their respective permits.

Whenever under any of the provisions of this Article a maximum period is prescribed during which a vehicle may be lawfully parked or left standing, either within or without a parking meter zone, for a period of one hour or two hours, either with or without a coin deposit, as the case may be, it shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle to remain parked or left standing in or at the same location for longer than such one-hour to two-hour period, as the case may be. Each successive one-hour or two-hour period, as the case may be, during which such vehicle remains parked or left standing in the same location shall constitute a separate violation of this Article and the enforcing officer shall issue a separate citation for each such separate violation. Nothing herein contained shall operate to void or be construed as voiding or excusing any violation of any provision of this Article where a lesser lawful parking period than one hour is prescribed, as such provisions remain unaffected hereby and citations for violations thereof shall be issued accordingly.

(Ord. 2061 7-23-71; Ord. 2338 5-15-79; Ord. 23-17 9-12-23)

It shall be unlawful for any person to park or stand any vehicle to be rented, leased or hired for the transportation of persons or property on any street while awaiting the renting, leasing, or hiring of such vehicle without first having obtained a written permit from the Permits and Licenses Committee allowing such parking and designating a specific location therefor.

(Ord. 2194 7-30-74)

It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, leave, place, or park in any street any cement or concrete mixer, wheelbarrow, push-cart, hand-drawn or hand-propelled vehicle or other object, thing or property in such a manner or for such a time as to interfere with traffic, either vehicular or pedestrian, in or upon such street or in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to the safety of traffic or of any person or persons or property in and upon such street, or fail to immediately remove the same upon order of any police or traffic officer of the City; provided, however, that the Public Works Director shall have the right and power to authorize in writing, for limited periods of time, the placing or parking of any such vehicle, object and/or thing on any street in such manner as will not constitute the same a nuisance or a hazard to life or property or unreasonably interfere with traffic in or upon such street.

(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)

It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or park a vehicle upon any street for the purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale by sign or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a vehicle privately owned by a person not in the business of selling vehicles may have displayed on the inside of any side window one "For Sale" sign not exceeding two hundred square inches in size and indicating thereon the owner's address and phone number.

To protect the public health, welfare, security and peace of persons residing or conducting business in the vicinity of certain major entertainment, commercial or industrial facilities whose employees and/or patrons can cause traffic congestion, introduce transient persons and/or adversely reduce the availability of public street parking in the adjacent neighborhood, there exists the need to limit parking on the street(s) fronting their homes and local businesses to the residents and local business persons who would otherwise lack adequate parking accommodations for their respective premises. Under such circumstances, a Permit Parking District may be established for the affected neighborhood limiting on-street parking during specific days and times to those residents and business persons of the neighborhood who display a parking permit upon their vehicles. A Permit Parking District shall not be established for the purpose of creating an exclusive parking zone on public streets for the pleasure of local residents when there is no outstanding evidence of a severe and large-scale shortage of on-street parking and/or related traffic congestion caused by a neighboring facility that generates such parking demand or traffic congestion on local streets. The City of Inglewood shall maintain standards and regulations for the establishment and maintenance of a Permit Parking District, for the issuance of parking permits and for the enforcement of these regulations.

(Ord. 2339 5-22-79; Ord. 88-3 2-9-88; Ord. 90-9 3-20-90; Ord. 99-17 6-1-99; Ord. 02-05 2-5-02)

The City shall not enforce any Permit Parking District prohibition or restriction unless signs or markings giving adequate notice have been placed in accordance with Vehicle Code Section 22507. It shall be the duty of the Public Works Director to cause such signs or markings to be placed.

(Ord. 02-05 2-5-02; Ord. 20-09 6-16-20)

(a) Applications for Parking Permits. Applicants for a parking permit shall be required to present such proof as is required by the City, including, but not limited to, proof of residence, employment, or ownership of a business in the Permit Parking District for which a parking permit is sought; ownership of the vehicle, license plate number, and proof of current registration. An application for a renewal of a parking permit shall conform to the requirements of this Section.

(b) Types of Permits and Fees. City staff shall prepare a chart specifying the various types of parking permits the City may issue, including, but not limited to, residential, business, or guest permits; daily, monthly, or annual permits; the maximum number of permits that may be issued to each residence or business, by type of parking permit; the fees for each type of parking permit; and any other rules governing the use of the parking permits. The chart shall be presented to the City Council for adoption by resolution and the parking permit fees shall be made part of the Master Fee Schedule.

A residence or business applicant shall have a street address located in the Parking Permit District for which a permit is sought. An applicant whose residence or business is located on a street that is the border of two or more Permit Parking Districts may be issued a permit to park a vehicle on either side of the bordering street.

(c) Full Payment of Fees. All parking permit applications shall include full payment of the parking permit fee. Furthermore, no parking permit shall be issued to any applicant until the applicant has paid all outstanding parking citations, including any civil penalties and related fees.

(d) Issuance and Use of Permit. A parking permit may be issued and enforced using either a virtual or physical permit. A virtual permit shall be issued to the license plate number of the applicant's registered vehicle and enforced through an Automated License Plate Reader System (ALPRS). Each virtual permit holder shall be responsible for ensuring that their license plate is capable of being read by the ALPRS.

The City may issue a physical permit, such as a sticker or hanging tag, to the applicant. The holder of a physical permit shall be responsible for making sure that the physical permit is displayed in accordance with the City's rules so as to be clearly visible from outside of the vehicle.

A parking permit is valid only for parking in the specified Permit Parking District and it does not guarantee the availability of a parking space. The parking permit holder shall be subject to each and every condition and restriction set forth in this Chapter and as provided for the Permit Parking District for which it was issued. The issuance of a parking permit does not exempt the holder from compliance with any other parking regulation, including, but not limited to, vehicle type, height or weight restrictions; zones that prohibit the stopping, parking or standing of vehicles; and street sweeping parking restrictions.

(e) Revocation of Parking Permit. A parking permit holder shall not sell, rent or otherwise transfer a parking permit to another person, unless authorized by the City, or present false or fraudulent information to obtain a parking permit. A parking permit may not be altered or reproduced. A violation of any City rule regulating the application for or use of parking permits may result in the revocation of the parking permit, the revocation of any other permits issued to the permittee, and the disqualification of the permittee from being issued any future parking permit.

(f) Replacement of Permit. A permittee seeking replacement of a lost or stolen permit shall pay a replacement permit fee as established by City Council resolution and set forth in the Master Fee Schedule.

(Ord. 14-09 7-22-14; Ord. 19-05 1-8-19; Ord. 20-09 6-16-20)

Only the following vehicles shall be exempt from enforcement of the Permit Parking District prohibitions in Section 3-80:

(a) Any vehicle displaying a valid parking permit.

(b) Any licensed physician's vehicle parked while making a professional call.

(c) Any vehicle parked in an individual curbside parking space governed by a parking meter.

(d) Any vehicle parked in an individual curbside parking space that is specifically exempt by a posted sign or marking, so long as said vehicle is in compliance with all other parking conditions or limitations specified on the sign or marking.

(e) Any vehicle exempt under any other applicable law, including, but not limited to, Municipal Code Sections 3-65(c), 3-65.1(b), 3-65.2(c), and 3-80(b).

(Ord. 92-6 6-9-92; Ord. 99-1 1-26-99; Ord. 02-05 2-5-02; Ord. 20-09 6-16-20)

Upon designation of a Permit Parking District, the Public Works Director shall determine whether permit parking restrictions apply twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week (24/7), or any portion thereof, based upon the needs of the Permit Parking District, and cause appropriate signs or markings to be placed indicating prominently thereon, the parking limitation, period of the day for its application, and the fact that vehicles with valid permits shall be exempt therefrom. Unless an exemption in Section 3-79 applies, it is unlawful for a person to park a vehicle on a City street located on or in Permit Parking District, at any time, without displaying a valid parking permit.

As authorized by Vehicle Code Section 22651(n), the City may cause to be removed any vehicle parked in violation of this Section, and the registered owner thereof shall be responsible for paying the impoundment and storage fees established by the City. It shall be the duty of the Public Works Director to identify areas where signs giving notice of removal for a violation of this Section shall be placed and cause such signs to be placed. No vehicle shall be removed for a violation of this section unless signs giving notice of removal have been placed in accordance with Vehicle Code Section 22651(n) and Municipal Code Section 3-58.

(Ord. 1961 9-13-68; Ord. 02-05 2-5-02; Ord. 06-08 6-20-06; Ord. 09-23 12-15-09; Ord. 10-11 6-22-10; Ord. 14-09 7-22-14; Ord. 15-09 2-3-15; Ord. 15-20 9-1-15; Ord. 17-10 7-11-17; Ord. 17-12 8-1-17; Ord. 17-13 8-1-17; Ord. 17-17 9-19-17; Ord. 20-09 6-16-20)