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Title 10 — Vehicles and Traffic

Live Oak, Sutter County Municipal Code Ch. 10.44 Restricted Parking Areas

Live Oak, Sutter County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Live Oak, Sutter County

Cite as: Live Oak, Sutter County Municipal Code Chapter 10.44 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 10.44.010. Twenty-four-minute parking.

A. Green curb marking means no standing or parking for a period of time longer than 24 minutes at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays.

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

(Ord. 149 § 11, 1968)

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§ 10.44.020. Forty-minute parking.

When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Committee to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park the vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays, for a period of time longer than 40 minutes.

(Ord. 149 § 11, 1968)

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§ 10.44.030. One-hour parking.

When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Committee to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park the vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer than one hour.

(Ord. 149 § 11, 1968)

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§ 10.44.040. Two-hour parking.

When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Committee to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park the vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer than two hours.

(Ord. 149 § 11, 1968)

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§ 10.44.050. Parallel parking on one-way streets.

A. Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parked within 18 inches of the left-hand curb facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any one-way street unless signs are in place prohibiting such stopping or standing.

B. 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 stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are in place permitting such standing or parking.

C. The City Traffic Committee is authorized to determine when standing or parking shall be prohibited upon the left-hand side of any one-way roadway of a highway having two or more separate roadways and shall erect signs giving notice thereof.

D. The requirement of parallel parking imposed by this section shall not apply in the event any commercial vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading freight or goods, in which case such vehicle may be backed up to the curb; provided, that such vehicle does not extend beyond the centerline of the street and does not block traffic thereby.

(Ord. 149 § 11, 1968)

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§ 10.44.060. Diagonal parking.

A. On any of the streets or portions of streets established by resolution of the Council as diagonal parking zones, when signs or pavement markings are in place indicating such diagonal parking, it is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park the vehicle except:

  1. At the angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits of the allotted space;

  2. With the front wheel nearest the curb within six inches of the curb.

B. The provisions of this section shall not apply when such vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading passengers, freight or goods, in which event the provisions applicable in Section 10.44.050 shall be complied with.

(Ord. 149 § 11, 1968)

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§ 10.44.070. Parking space markings.

A. The City Traffic Committee is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings where authorized parking is permitted.

B. When such parking space markings are placed on 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.

(Ord. 149 § 11, 1968)

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§ 10.44.080. No stopping zones.

A. The City Traffic Committee shall designate established no stopping zones by placing and maintaining appropriate signs indicating that stopping of vehicles is prohibited and indicating the hours and day when stopping is prohibited.

B. During the hours and on the days designated on the signs, it is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop the vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets established by resolution of the Council as no stopping zones.

(Ord. 149 § 11, 1968)

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§ 10.44.090. Loading zones.

A. The City Traffic Committee is authorized to determine and to mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows:

  1. At any place in the central traffic district or 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.

B. In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.

C. Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top of all curbs within such zones.

D. Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones.

(Ord. 149 § 12, 1968)

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§ 10.44.100. Curb markings.

The City Traffic Committee is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this title, to place, and when required in this title shall place the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and the curb markings shall have the meanings as set forth in this section:

A. Red means no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.

B. Yellow means no stopping, standing or parking at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays 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 20 minutes.

C. White means no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mailbox, which shall not exceed three minutes and such restrictions shall apply between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays and except as follows:

  1. When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox, the restrictions shall apply at all times.

  2. When such zone is in front of a theater the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater is closed.

D. Blue means parking at all times shall be limited exclusively to the vehicles of physically handicapped persons.

E. When the City Traffic Committee as authorized under this title has caused such curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of this section.

(Ord. 149 § 12, 1968; Ord. 256 § 1, 1980)

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§ 10.44.110. Applicability of loading or unloading provisions.

A. Permission granted in this chapter to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than 20 minutes.

B. The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries, also the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail.

C. Permission in this chapter granted to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than three minutes.

D. Within the total time limits specified in subsections A and C of this section, the provisions of this section shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting abuse of the privileges granted by this chapter.

(Ord. 149 § 12, 1968)

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§ 10.44.120. Yellow loading zones.

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow loading zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or material for such time as is permitted in Section 10.44.110.

(Ord. 149 § 12, 1968)

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§ 10.44.130. Passenger loading zones.

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any passenger loading zone for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is specified in Section 10.44.110.

(Ord. 149 § 12, 1968)

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§ 10.44.140. Loading or unloading in alleys.

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

(Ord. 149 § 12, 1968)

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§ 10.44.150. Bus and coach zones authorized.

A. The City Traffic Committee is authorized to establish bus zones opposite curb space for the loading and unloading of buses or common carriers of passengers and to determine the location thereof.

B. Coach zones shall normally be established on the far side of an intersection.

(Ord. 149 § 12, 1968)

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