Chapter 3 — STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING

Section

11-3-1 Stopping or parking prohibited in specified places

11-3-2 Standing for loading only in certain places

11-3-3 Restricted or prohibited parking on certain streets and city parking lots

11-3-4 Standing or parking close to curb

11-3-5 Parking vehicles for sale

11-3-6 Removal of parked vehicles

11-3-7 Removal of abandoned vehicles

11-3-8 Vehicle release fees

It shall be unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to stop or park such vehicle in any of the following places except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or traffic signal:

(A) In an intersection;

(B) In a crosswalk;

(C) Between a safety zone and adjacent curb or within 20 feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone;

(D) Within 30 feet of any intersecting roadway except buses at a designated bus stop. Upon all streets within the central traffic district or any business district the Chief of Police shall designate the provisions of subsection (C) of this section and this subsection (D) by placing and maintaining red paint or other red material upon the entire curb surface within such areas omitting any crosswalk area or by placing and maintaining appropriate signs directing that the stopping of a vehicle is prohibited;

(E) Restricted parking:

1. Vehicles or equipment. No person shall park any of the following types of vehicles or equipment upon any street or

parcel within the city unless so designated. This subsection (E) in no way exempts any vehicle from parking on a public roadway in excess of 72 hours. Vehicles left unattended for a period which exceeds 72 hours are subject to storage by the city.

(a) Truck tractor, which is described as every vehicle in excess of five tons, and 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, and does specifically include, but is not limited to, truck tractors used to pull semitrailers, mobilehomes and structures, vehicles or tractors; and

(b) Semitrailer, which is defined as any trailer type vehicle, designed to haul freight, liquids, gases or livestock, and

designed and used in such a way that some of its weight rests on the motor vehicle that tows it, and has an unladen weight of 6,000 pounds or greater.

2. Exceptions to the above.

(a) City or state equipment and vehicles;

(b) The driving or parking of any commercial vehicle or truck for the limited purpose of making a pick up or delivery shall

be at the specific site where the pick up or delivery is to be made;

(c) The parking of semitrucks and trailers on commercial property where the business owns and operates such vehicles

during the normal course of business; and

(d) Any private commercial truck stop within the city limits.

3. Approved truck trailer parking area within the city. The following areas are designated as approved parking for

semitrucks with trailers and other vehicles meeting the restrictions set forth in this subsection (E):

(a) Posted locations on Industrial Way;

(b) North side of Campbell Boulevard between Livingston-Cressey and Stefani Street between posted area only. (This

parking will be designated two hour parking only.); and

(3) North and south side of Crowell between Livingston-Cressey and White Street: limited two hour parking only.

4. Private parking lot located to the rear of 2255 F Street.Property owner must obtain a business permit through the city if fees are being charged for any vehicle authorized to park within the lot.

   5. Semitrailer parking.

   (a) The parking of any detached semitruck trailer meeting the guidelines set forth in subsection (E)1.(b) of this section shall not be authorized at any time within the city except for the following reasons:

   (b) Exceptions for any semitruck in the process of making a delivery to a business in the immediate area: delivery must be made within a two-hour period of the dropping of a trailer.

   6. Violation; penalty. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this subsection (E) shall be guilty of an infraction which shall be punishable as follows:

   (a) A fine of $50 for the first offense;

   (b) A fine of $200 for a second offense within a 24-month period;

   (c) A fine of $500 for a third or subsequent offense within a 24-month period; and

   (d) Subsequent offenses will be cited upon a separation period of 24 hours.

   7. Vehicle removal.

   (a) Any officer of the Police Department may remove or cause to be removed any truck tractor or semitrailer found to be in violation of subsection (E)1. of this section upon a third violation within a 24-month period. Such violation must be associated with the same tractor or trailer.

(b) Costs of such removal shall be the responsibility of the registered owner or vehicle assignee.

(F) It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle at any time to be parked within 15 feet of any fire hydrant within the corporate limits of the city; and

(G) Within a posted zone designated for semitractor/trailer parking only. This section does not apply to the following: public utility vehicles while performing a work operation.

(Ord. 468, passed 8-19-1997; Ord. 500, passed 8-1-2000; Ord. 535, passed 9-6-2005)

(A) It shall be unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to stop said vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers or materials; provided, that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes, nor shall the loading or unloading of materials consume more than 20 minutes in any of the following places:

1. In any alley;

2. In any loading zone;

3. At any curb within 50 feet of the entrance to any police station; and

4. In any marked bus stop.

(B) The City Council shall determine the location of a loading zone and shall cause to be marked by appropriate signs or as specifically required herein those places where standing for loading only is permitted under this section, subject to the following requirements and limitations:

1. Bus stops shall be designated by appropriate signs at those places determined by the City Council except that a bus

stop shall not exceed 50 feet in length and shall not be placed adjacent to a safety zone at a streetcar stop;

2. Every loading zone, also that portion of every curb reserved for loading only for subsection (A)4. of this section, shall be

designated by yellow paint or yellow material upon the entire curb surface; and

3. Within the central traffic district or any business district not more than one-half of the curb length in any one block may

be set apart as a loading zone.

(Ord. 15, passed 8-8-1927)

(A) Parking prohibited at certain times on certain streets.

1. No person shall park a vehicle between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. of any Monday, Wednesday or Friday

(excepting city holidays) upon any of the following streets:

(a) Third Street between Front Street and F Street;

(b) B Street between Second Street and Fourth Street;

(c) C Street between Second Street and Fourth Street excepting the south side of C Street between Second Street and

the alley east of Second Street; and

(d) D Street between Second Street and Fourth Street.

2. This regulation shall become effective when appropriate signs or markings are in place giving notice of such regulations

to the public.

(B) Twenty-four hour parking prohibited. No person shall park a vehicle exceeding 24 hours of any day in the northern half of the city parking lot located on Second Street between B Street and C Street.

(C) Parking time limited in central traffic district. Subject to the prohibitions imposed under subsections (A) and (D) of this section, no person shall park a vehicle longer than two hours in the central traffic district between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday. This regulation shall become effective when appropriate signs or markings are in place giving notice of such regulations to the public.

(D) Restriction or prohibition of parking by Chief of Police. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the Chief of Police may authorize, restrict or prohibit the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in designated streets, or portions thereof, in the city if the general welfare and safety of the citizens so require it, which regulations shall become effective when appropriate signs or markings are in place giving notice of such regulations to the public.

(Ord. 253, passed 10-28-1982; Ord. 262, passed 1-26-1984; Ord. 444, passed 6-20-1995)

(A) The operator of a vehicle shall not stop, stand or park such vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the curb and with the two right hand wheels of the vehicle within one foot of the regularly established curb line, except that upon those streets

which have been marked for angle parking, as provided in this section, vehicles shall be parked at the angle to the curb indicated by such marks.

(B) The City Council, by resolution, is hereby authorized to determine upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted and to indicate such places by the painting of white lines upon the surface of the roadway to indicate the proper angle for parking; provided, that such lines not be placed upon, nor shall any angle parking be permitted upon any street where such parking would diminish the width of the roadway available for travel to less than 20 feet, nor upon any street where there is less than 30 feet between the curb and the nearest rail of any streetcar track, nor upon any street which is a continuation or part of a county trunk line highway or a state highway unless a clear width of 40 feet is left for the movement of vehicles when angle parking is permitted.

(C) The City Council is hereby authorized to prohibit the parking of vehicles, provided appropriate signs are placed and maintained to give notice thereof, on one side of a street in any block where angle parking is permitted on the opposite side of the street in such block.

(Ord. 15, passed 8-8-1927)

(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle upon any street in a commercially zoned district while offering it for sale. The first violation of this section as it relates to a commercial district shall be punishable by a warning.

(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to park more than one vehicle at a time upon any street in a residentially zoned district while offering it for sale. Said vehicle must be registered to the person or persons occupying the residence in front of which the vehicle is parked.

(C) For purposes of this section, offering it for sale shall be found when the vehicle in question contains an advertisement displaying the words “FOR SALE”.

(Ord. 357, passed 12-20-1988)

(A) When any vehicle is parked or left standing under any of the following circumstances, any city police officer, including any city reserve police officer on duty, is authorized to remove and dispose of the vehicle in accordance with the California Vehicle Code: when the vehicle is parked or left standing in the city parking lot designated in § 11-3-3(B) of this chapter for 72 or more consecutive hours.

(B) No vehicle may be removed under this section unless appropriate signs are posted giving notice that a violating vehicle may be removed.

(C) Nothing herein is intended to prohibit, restrict or otherwise limit the authority of the city police to remove a vehicle under the California Vehicle Code in those circumstances where the authority of a city ordinance or resolution is not required to remove a vehicle.

(Ord. 253, passed 10-28-1982)

(A) No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for a consecutive period of more than 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 in violation of subsection (A) of this section, any member of the Police Department authorized by the Chief of Police may remove such vehicle from the street or alley in the manner and subject to requirements of the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 315, passed 1-20-1987)

Vehicles impounded by the Police Department shall be held by the operator until the vehicle is released, in writing, by the Police Department. A vehicle release fee of $40 shall be collected from the person seeking the release to cover the cost of processing and issuing the written release. A vehicle release fee of $100 shall be collected from any person charged with driving under the influence. Fees shall be set, from time to time, by resolution of the City Council. Contents of vehicles stored shall not be removed without the prior written approval of the Police Department. Stored vehicles shall be deemed to be in the custody of the Police Department until released, in writing, by the Police Department, and in the interim shall be stored for safekeeping by the operator.

(Ord. 420, passed 6-1-1993)