Los Gatos Municipal Code Div. 1 Generally

(a) The provisions of this article 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.

(b) The provisions of this article 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 State Vehicle Code, or the regulations of this Town, prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(Code 1968, § 16-44)

When provided by resolution of the Town Council and appropriate signs or markings are in place giving notice, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle on any highway in the Town or in any off-street parking facility the Town owns or operates at a time or for a longer period than such resolution provides.

(Code 1968, § 16-45)

(a) The provisions of this chapter regulating the operating, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of the police department or fire department, any public ambulance, or any public utility vehicle, or any private ambulance, which public utility or private ambulance has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle, when any vehicle mentioned in this section is operated in the manner specified in the Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call.

(b) The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of the driver's willful disregard of the safety of others.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19; Ord. No. 2320, § III, 9-7-21)

When provided by resolution of the Town Council, and in accordance with State Law, the Chief of Police or any regularly employed and salaried employee of the Town who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations and who is designated by the Chief of Police may remove a vehicle from a highway when the vehicle is parked or left standing under circumstances prohibited by such resolution. No vehicle may be removed unless signs are posted warning of the circumstances under which vehicle removal will occur.

(Code 1968, § 16-46.1; Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

Removal of vehicles under the provisions of section 15.40.020 may be done by employees of the Town or persons engaged by the Town to do such work. The Town Manager is authorized to contract with persons such as operators of automotive towing services to perform the work of removal and to store removed vehicles.

(Code 1968, § 16-46.2)

Subject to the provisions of sections 15.40.035 through 15.40.055, the person who removes the vehicle and stores it under the provisions of sections 15.40.020 through 15.40.055 has a lien of the sort described in Vehicle Code section 22851.

(Code 1968, § 16-46.4)

Any person to whom a vehicle may lawfully be released under the provisions of sections 15.40.020 through 15.40.055 who asserts for any reason that there is no proper obligation to pay for the removal and storage of the vehicle may obtain possession of the vehicle if the person deposits with the keeper of the place where the vehicle is stored either a sum equal to the charge claimed for removal and care of the vehicle or a surety bond issued by a surety company licensed in the State guaranteeing that such payment will be made if the final determination resulting from the postremoval hearing is that the towing and storage were proper.

(Code 1968, § 16-46.5)

When a vehicle is removed and stored under the provisions of sections 15.40.020 through 15.40.030, a post-storage hearing to determine the propriety of the removal and storage shall be provided upon request of the registered or legal owner of the vehicle or the owner's agent. Any such hearing shall be held within forty-eight (48) hours, excluding weekends and holidays, of the time the Town receives the request. The hearing shall be conducted by the Chief of Police or a person designated by the Chief of Police.

(Code 1968, § 16-46.6)

When a vehicle is removed and stored under the provisions of sections 15.40.020 through 15.40.030 the section 15.040.040 notice shall be mailed or personally delivered to the registered and legal owners within forty-eight (48) hours, exclusive of weekends or holidays. The notice shall inform the addressees that they have the right to a post-storage hearing if they request it within ten (10) days of the date on the notice, that request may be made in writing, personally, or by telephone, and that the request must be received by the Police Department before the end of the ten-day period shown in the notice. The notice shall include the following information:

(1) Name, address, and telephone number of the Town Police Department;

(2) The location and description of the vehicle, including, if reasonably ascertainable, the name or make, the manufacturer's serial number, the license plate number, and the mileage;

(3) The authority and purpose of the removal;

(4) The right to make a deposit or post a bond to obtain prehearing release of the vehicle.

(Code 1968, § 16-46.7)

Failure to request a hearing or to attend one (1) that has been scheduled is a waiver of the right to a hearing.

(Code 1968, § 16-46.8)

If, as a result of the hearing, it is determined that the vehicle was not stored in compliance with the provisions of sections 15.40.020 and 15.40.025, the Town shall be responsible for the costs of towing and storage.

(Code 1968, § 16-46.9)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2284, § 1, adopted June 18, 2019, repealed § 15.10.045, which pertained to sleeping in vehicles after warning prohibited and derived from Code 1968, § 16-47.

(a) No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street, alley or publicly owned parking lot for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours. For the purposes of this section, a vehicle shall be considered to have been parked or left standing for seventy-two (72) or more consecutive hours if it has not been moved at least five-tenths of a mile or more during said seventy-two (72) hour period.

(b) In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon any street, alley or publicly owned parking lot in excess of a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours, any member of the Police Department may remove such vehicle from the street in the manner, and subject to the requirements of sections 22650 to 22652 and 22850 to 22854 of the Vehicle Code of this State.

(Code 1968, § 16-48; Ord. No. 2084, § I, 5-21-01; Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall abandon such vehicle upon any street, alley, or publicly owned parking lot. For purposes of this section, a vehicle shall be considered to be abandoned if it is inoperable, wrecked, disabled, dismantled, or determined to be in a condition indicating its sustained disuse.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

In addition to and in accordance with the determination made and the authority granted by the state under Section 22660 of the Vehicle Code to remove abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof as public nuisances, the Town Council makes the following findings and declarations:

The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof on private or public property not including highways is found to create a condition tending to reduce the value of private property, to promote blight and deterioration, to invite plundering, to create fire hazards, to constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, to create a harborage for rodents and insects and to be injurious to the health, safety and general welfare. Therefore, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle or parts thereof on private or public property not including highways, except as expressly hereinafter permitted, is declared to constitute a public nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

This chapter shall not apply to:

(1) A vehicle or parts thereof which is completely enclosed within a building in a lawful manner where it is not visible from the street or other public or private property; or

(2) A vehicle or parts thereof which is stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with the business of a licensed dismantler, licensed vehicle dealer, a junk dealer, or when such storage or parking is necessary to the operation of a lawfully conducted business or commercial enterprise.

Nothing in this section shall authorize the maintenance of a public or private nuisance as defined under provisions of law other than Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 22650) of Division 11 of the Vehicle Code or this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

This chapter is not the exclusive regulation of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles within the Town. It shall supplement and be in addition to the other regulatory codes, statutes and ordinances heretofore and hereafter enacted by the Town, the state or any other legal entity or agency having jurisdiction.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, provisions of this chapter shall be administered and enforced by the Chief of Police or Town Manager or designees. In the enforcement of this chapter, such officer may enter upon private or public property to examine a vehicle or parts thereof, or obtain information as to the identity of a vehicle (and to remove or cause the removal of a vehicle or parts thereof) declared to be a nuisance pursuant to this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

When the Town Council has contracted with or granted a franchise to any person or persons, such person or persons shall be authorized to enter upon private property or public property to remove or cause the removal of a vehicle or parts thereof declared to be a nuisance pursuant to this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

The Town Council shall from time to time determine and fix an amount to be assessed as administrative costs (excluding the actual cost of removal of any vehicle or parts thereof) under this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

Upon discovering the existence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle, or parts thereof, on private property or public property within the Town, the Chief of Police or designee shall have the authority to cause the abatement and removal thereof in accordance with the procedure prescribed in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

A ten-day notice of intention to abate and remove the vehicle, or parts thereof, as a public nuisance, shall be mailed by certified mail to the owner of the land and to the owner of the vehicle, unless the vehicle is in such condition that identification numbers are not available to determine ownership. The notices of intention shall be in substantially the following forms:

"NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ABATE AND REMOVE

AN ABANDONED, WRECKED, DISMANTLED, OR

INOPERATIVE VEHICLE OR PARTS THEREOF AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE

_____________________________________

(Name and Address of owner of the land)

As owner shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the land located at ____________ (address) ____________ you are hereby notified that the undersigned pursuant to Section 15.40.067 et seq. of the Los Gatos Town Code has determined that there exists upon said land an (or parts of an) abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle registered to ____________ , license number ____________ / ____________ / ____________ , which constitutes a public nuisance pursuant to the provisions of the Los Gatos Town Code.

You are hereby notified to abate said nuisance by the removal of said vehicle (or said parts of a vehicle) within 10 days from the date of mailing of this notice, and upon your failure to do so the same will be abated and removed by the Town of Los Gatos and the costs thereof, together with administrative costs, assessed to you as owner of the land on which said vehicle (or said parts of a vehicle) is located.

As owner of the land on which said vehicle (or said parts of vehicle) is located, you are hereby notified that you may, within 10 days after the mailing of this notice of intention, request a public hearing and if such a request is not received by Chief of Police within such 10-day period, the Chief of Police shall have the authority to abate and remove said vehicle (or said parts of a vehicle) as a public nuisance and assess the cost as aforesaid without a public hearing. You may submit a sworn written statement within such 10-day period denying responsibility for the presence of said vehicle (or said parts of a vehicle) on said land, with your reasons for denial, and such statement shall be construed as a request for hearing at which your presence is not required. You may appear in person at any hearing requested by you or the owner of the vehicle or, in lieu thereof, may present a sworn written statement as aforesaid in time for consideration at such hearing.

Notice Mailed _____ s/ _____

(date) (locally designated officer)"

"NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ABATE AND REMOVE AN

ABANDONED, WRECKED, DISMANTLED, OR INOPERATIVE

VEHICLE OR PARTS THEREOF AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE

(Name and address of last registered and/or legal owner of record of vehicle - notice should be given to both if different)

As last registered (and/or legal) owner of record of ____________ vehicle ____________ make ____________ model ____________ license etc. you are hereby notified that the undersigned pursuant to Section 15.40.067 et seq. of the Los Gatos Town Code has determined that said vehicle (or parts of a vehicle) exists as an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle at ____________ (address) ____________ and constitutes a public nuisance pursuant to the provisions of the Los Gatos Town Code.

You are hereby notified to abate said nuisance by the removal of said vehicle (or said parts of a vehicle) within 10 days from the date of mailing of this notice.

As registered (and/or legal) owner of record of said vehicle (or said parts of a vehicle), you are hereby notified that you may, within 10 days after the mailing of this notice of intention, request a public hearing and if such a request is not received by the Chief of Police within such 10-day period, the Chief of Police shall have the authority to abate and remove said vehicle (or said parts of a vehicle) without a hearing.

Notice Mailed _____ s/ _____

(date) (locally designated officer)"

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

Upon request by the owner of the vehicle or owner of the land received by the Police Department within ten (10) days after the mailing of the notices of intention to abate and remove, a public hearing shall be held by Chief of Police or designee on the question of abatement and removal of the vehicle or parts thereof as an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle, and the assessment of the administrative costs and the cost of removal of the vehicle or parts thereof against the property on which it is located.

If the owner of the land submits a sworn written statement denying responsibility for the presence of the vehicle on the owner's land within such ten-day period, the statement shall be construed as a request for a hearing which does not require the owner's presence. Notice of the hearing shall be mailed, by certified mail, at least ten (10) days before the hearing to the owner of the land and to the owner of the vehicle, unless the vehicle is in such condition that identification numbers are not available to determine ownership. If such a request for hearing is not received within the ten (10) days after mailing of the notice of intention to abate and remove, the Town shall have the authority to abate and remove the vehicle or parts thereof as a public nuisance without holding a public hearing.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19; Ord. No. 2320, § III, 9-7-21)

All hearings under this chapter shall be held before the Chief of Police or designee which shall hear all facts and testimony it deems pertinent. The facts and testimony may include testimony on the condition of the vehicle or parts thereof and the circumstances concerning its location on the private property or public property. The Hearing Officer shall not be limited by the technical rules of evidence. The owner of the land may appear in person at the hearing or present a sworn written statement in time for consideration at the hearing, and deny responsibility for the presence of the vehicle on the land, with the owner's reasons for such denial.

The Hearing Officer may impose such conditions and take such other action as it deems appropriate under the circumstances to carry out the purpose of this chapter. It may delay the time for removal of the vehicle or parts thereof if, in its opinion, the circumstances justify it. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the Hearing Officer may find that a vehicle or parts thereof has been abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or is inoperative on private or public property and order the same removed from the property as a public nuisance and disposed of as hereinafter provided and determine the administrative costs and the cost of removal to be charged against the owner of the land. The order requiring removal shall include a description of the vehicle or parts thereof and the correct identification number and license number of the vehicle, if available at the site.

If it is determined at the hearing that the vehicle was placed on the land without the consent of the owner of the land and that the owner has not subsequently acquiesced in its presence, the Hearing Officer shall not assess the costs of administration or removal of the vehicle against the property upon which the vehicle is located or otherwise attempt to collect such costs from such owner of the land.

If the owner of the land submits a sworn written statement denying responsibility for the presence of the vehicle on the owner's land but does not appear, or if an interested party makes a written presentation to the Hearing Officer but does not appear, the owner or interested party shall be notified in writing of the decision.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19; Ord. No. 2320, § III, 9-7-21)

(a) Any person aggrieved by an administrative decision of the Hearing Officer on an abatement hearing may obtain review of the administrative decision by filing a petition for review with the Superior Court in Santa Clara County in accordance with the time lines and provisions set forth in California Government Code section 53069.4.

(b) Any person who is seeking review of the administrative decision pursuant to this section must provide written notice to the Chief of Police of their intent to do so within five days after adoption of the order declaring the vehicle or parts thereof to be a public nuisance or five days from the date of mailing of notice of the decision if such notice is required by Section 15.40.067 et. seq.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

If no notice of appeal is received by the Chief of Police then five (5) days after adoption of the order declaring the vehicle or parts thereof to be a public nuisance, or five (5) days from the date of mailing of notice of the decision if such notice is required by Section 15.40.067 et. seq., or fifteen (15) days after such action of the governing body authorizing removal following appeal, the vehicle or parts thereof may be disposed of by removal to a scrapyard or automobile dismantler's yard. After a vehicle has been removed it shall not thereafter be reconstructed or made operable.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

Within five (5) days after the date of removal of the vehicle or parts thereof, notice shall be given to the Department of Motor Vehicles identifying the vehicle or parts thereof removed. At the same time there shall be transmitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles any evidence of registration available, including registration certificates, certificates of title and license plates.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

If the administrative costs and the cost of removal which are charged against the owner of a parcel of land pursuant to Section 10.44.100 are not paid within thirty (30) days of the date of the order or the final disposition of an appeal therefrom, such costs shall be assessed against the parcel of land pursuant to Section 38773.5 of the Government Code and shall be transmitted to the tax collector for collection. The assessment shall have the same priority as other city taxes.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

It is unlawful to assemble or disassemble, construct, reconstruct, repair and/or service motor vehicles, motorcycles, boats, construction equipment, household appurtenances and appliances upon any residential yard and/or driveway between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Pacific standard time. No such work shall be done on any front yard and/or driveway on any of the aforementioned items of property for anyone other than the resident except for emergency purposes; provided said emergency service does not extend over a period of two (2) hours. No such work shall be done on any front yard and/or driveway by the resident except for emergency purposes; provided said emergency service does not extend over eight (8) hours.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

(a) Residential zones are the RC, HR, R-1, RD and R-M zones, and any other zone designated by chapter 29 of this Code as a residential zone, and any other zone designated as a Planned Development Overlay for Residential Uses.

(b) Between 5:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. no person shall park or leave parked a commercial vehicle having a manufacturer's rated gross vehicle weight exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds on the portion of a street which abuts property in a residential zone.

(c) Vehicles used to perform emergency or commercial services are exempt from the provisions of this section, but only while the services are being performed, and when the vehicle is reasonably necessary to the performance of the services and is parked as close as is practical to the place where the services are performed.

(Code 1968, § 16-48.1; Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

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

(1) Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency.

(Code 1968, § 16-49; Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

(a) The Town Council may by resolution establish preferential parking zones. The resolution shall include the following, as well as any other matters deemed pertinent by the Council:

(1) The boundaries of the zone.

(2) The hours during which preferential parking shall apply.

(3) The procedure for obtaining preferential parking permits, including the fee therefor.

(b) Upon adoption of a preferential parking resolution, no person shall park in the designated area during the hours specified for preferential parking without a preferential parking permit or guest parking permit.

(c) No person shall alter, forge, counterfeit, or falsify any guest parking permit relating to a preferential parking program or display or cause or permit to be displayed any such altered, forged, counterfeited or false permit with intent to represent the permit as issued by the Town.

(Code 1968, § 16-50)

(a) Whenever the Chief of Police or Town Engineer shall determine 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 Chief of Police or Town 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 Chief of Police or Town Engineer 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 Chief of Police shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.

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

(Code 1968, § 16-54; Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

The Downtown Parking Meter Zone is established as a parking meter zone or pay-to-stay zone. The Director of Parks and Public Works is authorized to direct the installation of parking meters in those streets or parts of streets or in any off-street parking facility owned or operated by the Town within the Downtown Parking Meter Zone where it is determined on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the installation of parking meters will be necessary to regulate parking.

(1) The rate of parking fees for the use of a metered or pay-to-stay parking space in the Downtown Parking Meter Zone shall be between zero dollars ($0.00) and five dollars ($5.00) per hour.

(2) Failure to observe the restrictions imposed or failure to pay the amount so required shall be a violation of this chapter.

(3) Time of Operation. Where parking meters are installed pursuant to this article, the parking of vehicles shall be regulated during such hours and on such days as established by Town Council resolution. Time of operation shall be in effect only after appropriate signs or markings are in place giving notice or through information provided by the parking meter.

(4) Deposit of Fees. The operator of a motorized vehicle who stops, leaves standing or parks a vehicle in a parking space in the Downtown Parking Meter Zone shall immediately thereupon deposit fees in an adjacent or nearby parking meter. The operator of a motorized vehicle, after making a proper deposit of fees, shall set into operation the timing mechanism of the parking meter. Parking fees may be deposited with United States Treasury coins and currency, credit cards or electronic bank debit. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any defaced or bent coin, or any slug, metallic device, any forged or defaced bill or other substitute of US coin or currency. No person shall deposit or cause to deposit any fraudulent credit or electronic bank debit card information.

(5) Parking After Time Has Expired. It shall be a violation of this chapter for the operator of a motorized vehicle to permit such vehicle to remain stopped, standing or parked in any parking spaces after the initial free parking period has ended and the pay-to-stay parking period has expired other than such time necessary to operate the parking meter immediately after the initial parking of the vehicle.

(6) Prima Facie Presumption. The stopping, standing or parking of a motorized vehicle in a space in which the parking meter indicates by display or signal that time has expired shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the vehicle has been parked or allowed to stand longer than the period permitted by this article.

(7) Damaging, Destroying, Defacing, A Parking Meter. It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open without authorization, willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter.

(8) Periodic Adjustment of Parking Meter Rates. The Town Council herby adopts the following process for adjusting the Downtown Parking Meter Zone meter rates to manage the use and occupancy of the parking spaces for the public benefit in all parking areas within the Downtown Parking Meter Zone.

To achieve the goal of managing the supply of parking and to make it reasonably available when and where needed, a target range of eighty (80) percent to ninety-five (95) percent occupancy is established for on-street and off-street parking with an initial starting rate of eighty-five (85) percent. The Town Manager or their designee may adjust the target rate of occupancy based on survey data collected annually.

On at least an annual basis, the Town Manager or their designee shall survey the occupancy of all parking areas (on and off-street) in the Downtown Parking Meter Zone. To achieve the set occupancy rate, the Town Manager may raise or lower the parking meter rates within the Downtown Parking Meter Zone in increments of no more than one dollar ($1.00) per hour within the rate range set forth within this article. The adjustments to the rates made pursuant to this section will become effective upon the programming of the parking meters for that rate and the proper posting of the rate. The current schedule of parking meter rates will be available at the Town Clerk's Office and on the Town's webpage. The Town Manager may also create incentive programs to encourage certain categories of parkers to use other areas of parking freeing the most convenient spaces for business customers.

(9) Preferential Residential Parking Permit Areas Exempted. Preferential residential parking permit areas located within the boundaries of the Downtown Parking Meter Zone are exempt from the provisions of this section and parking meters will not be installed in these areas.

(10) Specialized Parking Management Programs. The Town may adopt specialized parking management programs to meet the needs of the parking program which may include but is not limited to a Merchant Parking Validation Program.

(11) Use of Revenue. All parking meter revenues collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited into a designated parking fund. All funds shall be used solely to support activities benefiting the Downtown Parking Meter Zone. The specific authorized uses of revenues shall be as follows:

a. For the purchasing, leasing, installing, repairing, maintaining, operating, removing, regulating and enforcement of the parking meters in the Downtown Parking Meter Zone.

b. For the purchasing, leasing, installing, repairing, maintaining, operating and removing of vehicle occupancy counting equipment, wayfinding equipment and signage for vehicles and pedestrians along with the supporting infrastructure in the Downtown Parking Meter Zone.

c. For the purchasing, leasing, acquiring, improving, operating and maintaining on and off-street parking facilities in the Downtown Parking Meter Zone.

d. For transportation and parking planning, marketing and education programs related to the Downtown Parking Meter Zone.

e. For public safety technologies directly related to the safety and security of the public within the Downtown Parking Meter Zone.

f. For purchasing, leasing, acquiring, maintaining and operating a courtesy shuttle primarily operating in the Downtown Parking Meter Zone.

g. For the purchasing, leasing, acquiring, installing, maintaining additional traffic safety and traffic control devices within the Downtown Parking Meter Zone.

h. For supporting bicycle masterplan, pedestrian masterplan and other alternative transportation modes that directly impact traffic and parking congestion in the Downtown Parking Meter Zone.

(Ord. No. 2332, § I, 5-3-22)

No person shall park any vehicle whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer, or in compliance with signs authorized by this Chapter on any parkway except at a permanent or temporary driveway without obstructing pedestrian path or direct extension of the sidewalk. For purposes of this section parkway shall be defined as that space between the physical boundary of the roadway marked by curbing construction, including a rolled curb and valley gutter, and the adjacent right-of-way line.

(Code 1968, § 16-55; Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

Whenever the Town Engineer determines that the public welfare, which includes but is not limited to matters of safety, conservation of parking and public peace, requires, the Town Engineer may mark highway and public parking lot surfaces or curbs, or both, to designate angle or parallel parking spaces. Where there are such markings no person shall park or stand any vehicle unless it is entirely within a designated space.

(Code 1968, § 16-55.1)

It shall be unlawful for any person driving, or in control of, or in charge of, a motor vehicle to permit it to stand on any highway unattended when upon any grade exceeding three (3) percent within any business or residence district without blocking the wheels of such vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means.

(Code 1968, § 16-59)

(a) The Town Council may by resolution designate parking spaces or stalls on streets or in publicly owned off-street parking lots or structures for the exclusive use of vehicles which bear distinguishing license plates or in which are properly displayed placards issued to handicapped persons (Vehicle Code section 22611.5) or disabled veterans (Vehicle Code section 9105). When a stall or space is so designated, and is either marked with a blue curb or posted with a sign or both, in the manner specified in Vehicle Code sections 22507.8 and 22511.7, the provisions of Vehicle Code section 22507.8 apply, and it is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing in such a space or stall a vehicle without the distinguishing license plate or placard.

(b) The Town Council may by resolution find that there are privately owned and maintained off-street parking facilities, which must be described in the resolution, to which the provisions of Vehicle Code section 22507.8 ought to apply. Under authority of Vehicle Code section 21107.8, if the Council does adopt such resolution, the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall have effect as to such parking spaces. However, for such resolution to be effective, the provisions of section 21107.8(b) and (c) concerning posting of signs and the holding of a noticed public hearing before adoption of the resolution must be complied with.

(c) If, in the course of any zoning approval or under the terms of any zoning ordinance, parking spaces for use by handicapped persons or disabled veterans are required to be provided on privately owned and maintained off-street parking facilities, the landowner, lessee, and any person in control of the facilities is required to post the facilities in the manner required by Vehicle Code section 21107.8(b) and to mark or post or both each parking stall or space designated for use by handicapped or disabled persons in the manner specified in Vehicle Code sections 22507.8 and 22511.7. It is unlawful to fail to comply with the terms of this paragraph.

(Code 1968, § 16-60)

(a) The Town Engineer is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this chapter, to place, and when required herein shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and such curb markings shall have the meanings as herein set forth:

(1) Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code of the State, and 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 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except 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 (3) minutes, nor the loading or unloading of materials more than thirty (30) minutes.

(3) White shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time of any day for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, which shall not exceed ten (10) minutes.

(4) Green shall mean no stopping, standing or parking for longer than thirty (30) minutes at any time between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. seven (7) days a week, including holidays.

(b) Where curb markings have been heretofore placed by authority of this Town, and when the Town Engineer, as authorized under this section, has caused 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.

(Code 1968, § 16-61; Ord. No. 1797, § I, 9-5-89)

It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle exceeding eight (8) feet in height at any time upon any of the streets, or parts of street as set forth by resolution of the Town Council or where there are marked signs prohibiting such parking.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)

A person shall not park or leave standing a vehicle in a stall or space designated electric vehicle charging unless the vehicle is connected for electric charging purposes. Once full charge has been achieved, the vehicle must be removed.

(Ord. No. 2284, § 1, 6-18-19)