Lodi Municipal Code Ch. 10.44 Stopping, Standing and Parking

A. The public works director is authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb surface, all no stopping zones, no parking areas and restricted parking areas, as required in the Vehicle Code and as described in this title or established by the council in the traffic resolution.

B. When such curb markings or signs are in place, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation of any of the provisions of this title or the traffic resolution. (Vehicle Code § 22500 et seq.)

(Ord. 1402 § 1 (part), 1987)

No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether unattended or attended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized person or official traffic control device, in any of the following places:

A. In any area established by the council in the traffic resolution as a no parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

B. Within any parkway or on a sidewalk;

C. In any alley, except for the purpose of the loading or unloading of persons or materials;

D. On any street or public right-of-way where the use of such street or right-of-way or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair, or construction of the street or the installation of underground utilities; or where the use of the street or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic; or where the use of the street or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, tractors or structures of unusual size and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided, that signs giving notice of such no parking are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior to the effective time of such no parking;

E. On one side of the South Hutchins Street and Lower Sacramento Frontage Roads; such side to be the one adjacent to the major street;

F. In any area one hundred feet or less in length, where the public works director determines that the parking or stopping of any vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property, or on the approach to a traffic control device when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

G. In front of a wheelchair ramp when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface. (Vehicle Code § 22500-1)

(Ord. 1680 § 1, 1999; Ord. 1402 § 1 (part), 1987)

No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or public right-of-way for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two hours.

(Ord. 1402 § 1 (part), 1987)

The city council finds and declares that the display of vehicles, vessels, or trailers for sale on public streets, right-of-ways, and public property causes a hazardous distraction for drivers and pedestrians and is therefore a nuisance.

A. It is unlawful to park upon any public street, right-of-way or public property any vehicle, vessel, or trailer for the principal purpose of displaying such vehicle, vessel, or trailer for sale.

The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to vehicles parked for sale at the residence of the owner of said vehicle and the public streets immediately adjacent thereto.

B. It is unlawful for any person or firm to have parked contemporaneously on the public streets or rights-of-way anywhere within the city, three or more vehicles, vessels, or trailers for the principal purpose of displaying such vehicles, vessels, or trailers for sale.

C. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, it is unlawful to park upon any public street, right-of-way or public place within two hundred feet of any signalized intersection or all-way stop controlled intersection or within seventy-five feet of any other intersection, any vehicle, vessel or trailer for sale. The city council finds and declares that vehicles, vessels or trailers parked within the stated distances of an intersection constitute a traffic hazard by distracting the attention of passing motorists and pedestrians away from other traffic moving through and about such intersections.

D. It is unlawful for any person or firm, upon property belonging to another, to park or display within thirty feet of the adjacent public street or right-of-way, as measured from the rear edge of the curb, gutter or sidewalk, or from the edge of the pavement if no curb, gutter or sidewalk exists, any vehicle, vessel, or trailer for sale, without first obtaining the express consent of the owner or person having control of such property. This section shall not apply to any private property appropriately zoned and licensed for the sale, repair, or storage of such vehicles, vessels, or trailers.

E. It is unlawful upon any public street, right-of-way or public property to park any vehicle, vessel, or trailer for the purpose of painting, greasing, or repairing such vehicle, vessel or trailer except for emergency repairs.

F. It is unlawful to park any vehicle, vessel, or trailer upon any public street or right-of-way for the purpose of washing or polishing such vehicle, vessel, or trailer or any part thereof when a charge is made for such service.

(Ord. No. 1924, § 1, 7-6-2016)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1924, § 1, adopted July 6, 2016, repealed the former § 10.44.040, and enacted a new § 10.44.040 as set out herein. The former § 10.44.040 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. 1685, § 1, adopted 1999; Ord. 1450, § 1, adopted 1989.

No person shall park any vehicle in such a position as to obstruct the normal movement of traffic or within the roadway as defined by a painted edge line.

(Ord. 1402 § 1 (part), 1987)

No operator of any vehicle shall enter any intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle being operated without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed.

(Ord. 1402 § 1 (part), 1987)

No person shall park or leave standing a vehicle which is six feet or more in height, including any load thereon within one hundred feet of any intersection so designated.

(Ord. 1680 § 2, 1999)

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or food stuffs are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale or bartered or exchanged, or any lunch wagon or eating car or vehicle, on any portion of any street or public right-of-way within the city except that such vehicles, wagons or pushcarts may stand or park only at the request of a bona fide purchaser for a period of time not to exceed ten minutes at any one place. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons delivering such chapters upon order of or by agreement with a customer from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution.

B. No person shall park or stand on any street or public right-of-way any lunch wagon, eating cart, vehicle or pushcart from which any chapters of food are sold or offered for sale without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the council which shall designate the specific location in which such cart shall stand.

C. No person shall park or stand any vehicle or wagon used or intended to be used in the transportation of property for hire on any street while awaiting patronage for such vehicle or wagon without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the council which shall designate the specific location where the vehicle may stand.

D. Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of this section and a particular location to park or stand is specified therein, no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon or pushcart on any location other than as designated in such permit. In the event that the holder of any such permit is convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction for violating the provisions of this section, such permit shall be forthwith revoked by the council upon the filing of the record of such conviction with the council and no permit shall thereafter be issued to such person until six months have elapsed from the date of such revocation. (Vehicle Code § 22455)

(Ord. 1402 § 1 (part), 1987)

A. Restrictions. Whenever the public works director or the police chief determine that a traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or for other reasons, they 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 as they 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.

B. Permit. Whenever construction work or other temporary activities interfere with normal parking, the finance director may issue temporary parking permits exempting vehicles from the street parking restrictions described in the traffic resolution.

(Ord. 1402 § 1 (part), 1987)

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

A. At the angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parking vehicles and entirely within the limits of said allotted space.

B. With the front wheel nearest the curb within six inches of said curb. (Vehicle Code § 22503)

(Ord. 1402 § 1 (part), 1987)

A. The public works director is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces where authorized parking is permitted.

B. When such parking space markings are placed on the street or parking lot, 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. 1402 § 1 (part), 1987)

The public works director is authorized to designate exclusive disabled persons' parking stalls both on-street and in city operated parking lots in accordance with the provisions of the Vehicle Code. (Vehicle Code § 22511.7)

(Ord. 1402 § 1 (part), 1987)

A. A person shall not park or leave standing a vehicle in a stall or space in a city-owned parking lot designated pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22511 unless the vehicle is connected for electric charging purposes.

B. A person shall not obstruct, block, or otherwise bar access to parking stalls or spaces described in subsection A except as provided in subsection A.

(Ord. No. 1881, § 1, 8-7-2013)

A. The council may, in the traffic resolution, provide for and establish time restrictions and permit parking in city maintained parking lots and charge for the use of a parking space in said lots.

B. No person shall park or stand any vehicle in a permit parking lot contrary to the provisions of council resolutions adopted pursuant to this title.

(Ord. 1402 § 1 (part), 1987)

A. The city manager shall have the authority to prohibit, limit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles in parking lots at city facilities in order to provide orderly, efficient conduct of city business. City facilities include, but are not limited to, the Civic Center, Municipal Service Center, Hutchins Street Square, fire houses, parks and other city buildings, but do not include downtown public/permit parking lots.

(Ord. 1402 § 1 (part), 1987)

A. The public works director is authorized to determine the location of loading zones and passenger loading zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs or markings indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this chapter and the Vehicle Code are applicable, except as provided in this title.

B. "Loading zones" means no stopping, standing or parking at any time as indicated for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or freight; provided, that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes nor the loading or unloading of freight more than twenty minutes. Unless indicated otherwise, loading zone restrictions shall be in effect between ten a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays.

C. "Passenger loading zones" 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 nine a.m. and six pm. 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, school, park or church, the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such facility is closed.

(Ord. 1402 § 1 (part), 1987)

The public works director is authorized to establish bus stops, bus stands, taxicabs stands, school bus stops and stands for other passenger common-carrier motor vehicles on such streets, and time restrictions for those stops and stands, in such places, and in such number as the public works director shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public, and every such bus stop, bus stand, taxicab stand, or other stand shall be designated by appropriate official traffic control devices.

(Ord. 1653 § 1, 1997: Ord. 1402 § 1 (part), 1987)

A. No person shall violate the disabled parking related regulations set forth in Vehicle Code Sections 4461 or 22507.8. Any person cited for violating any provision of Vehicle Code Section 4461 or 22507.8 shall, in addition to any fine imposed by those sections, be assessed an additional penalty of one hundred dollars.

B. A violation of this section shall be an infraction punishable solely by the imposition of the fine set forth in subsection A of this section.

C. All revenue generated from the imposition of the penalty set forth in subsection A of this section shall be used to implement the enforcement provisions of the Vehicle Code relating to disabled parking spaces and placards within the city, and may not be used to supplant funds used for other general parking enforcement purposes. (Vehicle Code 4461.3).

(Ord. 1749 § 1, 2004)