Maywood Municipal Code Art. 11 Stopping, Standing, and Parking for Certain Purposes or in Certain Places

(a) The provisions of this chapter prohibiting the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times, or at those times 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 chapter 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 Vehicle Code or the laws of the City prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(§ 1, Ord. 70-71, eff. June 11, 1970)

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within any parkway.

(§ 1, Ord. 70-71, eff. June 11, 1970)

The City Traffic Engineer is hereby 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 defined and described in this chapter.

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 chapter.

(§ 1, Ord. 70-71, eff. June 11, 1970)

No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, park, or leave standing 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 other authorized officer, or traffic sign or signal:

(a) Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings;

(b) On either side of any street between the projected property lines of any public walk, public steps, street, or thoroughfare terminating at such street when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(c) In any area where the City Traffic Engineer determines that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(d) In any area established by resolution of the Council as a no parking area when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(e) Upon, along, or across any railway track in such manner as to hinder, delay, or obstruct the movement of any car traveling upon such track;

(f) In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property;

(g) On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway, or a portion thereof, is necessary for the cleaning, repair, or construction of the street or highway or the installation of underground utilities, or where the use of the street or highway, or any portion thereof, is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic, or where the use of the street or highway, or any portion thereof, is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles, 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 (24) hours prior to the effective time of such no parking;

(h) At any place within twenty (20′) feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the mid-block end of a safety zone when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(i) At any place within twenty (20′) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection in the central traffic district or in any business district when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface, except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop; and

(j) Within twenty (20′) feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign, or official electric flashing device.

(§ 1, Ord. 70-71, eff. June 11, 1970)

No person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours. Any person in violation of this section shall have such vehicle impounded by the authorized City towing service consistent with the City administrative rules and regulations for impounding of vehicles.

(§ 1, Ord. 70-71, eff. June 11, 1970, as amended by § 1, Ord. 02-487, eff. June 11, 2002)

No operator of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street in the City for the principal purpose of advertising or displaying such vehicle for sale unless authorized by resolution of the Council.

(a) No operator of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any public parking area in the City for the principal purpose of advertising or displaying such vehicle for sale.

(b) The Maywood Police Department shall have the authority under this section to remove and impound any vehicle in violation of subsection (a) of this section, when said public parking area is properly posted with official signs restricting use for certain business or customer use only.

(§ 1, Ord. 70-71, eff. June 11, 1970, as amended by § 8, Ord. 03-492, eff. May 22, 2003)

No person shall construct, or cause to be constructed, repair, or cause to be repaired, grease, or cause to be greased, or dismantle, or cause to be dismantled, any vehicle, or any part thereof, upon any public street in the City. Temporary emergency repairs may be made upon a public street.

(§ 1, Ord. 70-71, eff. June 11, 1970)

No person shall wash, or cause to be washed, or polish, or cause to be polished, any vehicle, or any part thereof, upon any public street in the City.

(§ 1, Ord. 70-71, eff. June 11, 1970)

(a) The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.

(b) When official signs are erected prohibiting parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.

(§ 1, Ord. 70-71, eff. June 11, 1970)

(a) The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed twenty (20′) feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty (30′) feet.

(b) When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking.

(§ 1, Ord. 70-71, eff. June 11, 1970)

No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a highway 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.

(§ 1, Ord. 70-71, eff. June 11, 1970)

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall sell, peddle, vend, barter, or offer for sale or exchange any food or nonfood product, merchandise, goods, or services directly to the public from any catering truck, lunch wagon, eating car, ice cream truck, vegetable truck, or any other vehicle, wagon, bicycle cart, pushcart, or other apparatus containing wheels, nor from a temporary stand or apparatus set up for such purpose, or cause or permit any other person to do so, on any portion of any public street, roadway, sidewalk, parkway, or divisional island or upon any public or private property in the City.

(b) The following are hereby excepted from the provisions of this chapter, provided they possess and display to officials of the City upon request, proof of liability insurance coverage, an unexpired business license issued by the City of Maywood, and an unexpired health license issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Environmental Services (Health Department) and are operating in accordance with the rules of issuance, or are exempt from such licensing requirements, pursuant to Municipal, State or Federal law:

(1) Charitable organizations conducting fund raising sales with City Council approval;

(2) Persons who are making deliveries of products to specific homes or businesses upon prior request by the addressee from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution, so long as the delivery person does not utilize bells, music or other attention-getting devices and does not negotiate sales or make sales directly from the vehicle or other apparatus containing wheels;

(3) Persons conducting garage sales pursuant to a duly issued permit therefor;

(4) Catering trucks and lunch wagons provided that they are lawfully parked upon private property in a commercial or manufacturing zone with the permission of the owner for not more than two (2) hours during any eight (8) hour period. Such permission shall be in writing and shall be displayed to any municipal code enforcement officer, police officer or other city official, upon request of said official.

(5) Any person lawfully engaged in the business of "solicitor" as defined in Title 3 of this Code.

(6) Hot dog vendors provided that they are lawfully parked upon private property in a commercial or manufacturing zone with the permission of the owner or upon public property with the permission of the City or other public agency. Such permission shall be in writing and in the case of a public agency, signed by an official of the agency with authority to issue such approvals, and shall be displayed to any municipal code enforcement officer, police officer or other city official, upon request of said official;

(c) No person shall park or stand tiny 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 City Traffic Engineer, which permit shall designate the specific location where such vehicle may stand.

(d) Whenever any permit is granted pursuant to 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 the holder of any such permit is convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction for violating any of the provisions of this section, such permit shall be forthwith revoked by the City Traffic Engineer upon the filing of the record of such conviction with such officer, and no permit shall thereafter be issued to such person until six (6) months have elapsed from the date of such revocation.

(§ 1, Ord. 70-71, eff. June 11, 1970, as amended by § 1, Ord. 85-293, eff. November 7, 1985, § 1, Ord. 88-341, eff. August 11, 1988, and § 1, Ord. 97-436, eff. April 24, 1997, and § 1, Ord. 00-463, eff. February 10, 2000)

(a) Whenever the City Traffic 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 City Traffic Engineer shall have the 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 City Traffic 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 City Traffic Engineer 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.

(§ 1, Ord. 70-71, eff. June 11, 1970)

Every motor truck having an unladen weight of 4,000 pounds or more and every truck tractor, irrespective of weight, when operated upon any street or highway during darkness, shall be equipped with and carry at least two (2) flares, or two (2) red lanterns, or two (2) warning lights or reflectors, which reflectors shall be of a type approved by the Highway Patrol Department of the State. When any such vehicle or any trailer or semitrailer is disabled upon streets or highways outside of any business or residence district within the City and upon which street or highway there is insufficient street lighting to reveal a vehicle at a distance of 200 feet during darkness, a warning device of the character described in this section shall be immediately placed at a distance of approximately 100 feet in advance of, and 100 feet to the rear of, such disabled vehicle by the driver thereof. The continuous flashing of at least four (4) approved class A-Type I turn signal lamps, at least two (2) toward the front and at least two (2) toward the rear of the vehicle, shall be considered to meet the requirements of this section until the warning devices described in this section can be placed in the required locations. Such warning signals shall be displayed continuously during darkness while such vehicle remains disabled upon such street or highway.

(§ 1, Ord. 70-71, eff. June 11, 1970)

(a) No person shall park or leave unattended on any public street or public right-of-way within the City any commercially licensed trailer or semi-trailer, unless such trailer or semi-trailer is attached to a truck, tractor, or other vehicle capable of moving the trailer or semi-trailer.

(b) No person shall park or leave unattended on any public street or public right-of-way within the City any commercially licensed vehicle in excess of six thousand (6,000) pounds where signs have been posted to prohibit the stopping or parking of such vehicles.

(§ 1, Ord. 84-266, eff. May 10, 1984)

(Ord. No. 08-10, § 1, 9-9-2008)

(a) The Council, by resolution, may establish streets or portions of streets upon which only persons holding preferential parking permits may park during all or designated portions of the day or week.

(b) Preferential parking permits shall include all temporary and all-night parking permits issued pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter. In addition, the City Clerk shall make available for issuance to adjacent residents and businesses placards suitable for placement in the vehicle's window which, when displayed, shall permit parking upon such streets during the restricted hours, but not between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.

(c) Preferential parking permits may be loaned to guests of the residents or businesses while actually visiting such residents or businesses and shall be subject to immediate revocation if the permits are loaned or sold to persons not falling within such categories.

(d) The Traffic Engineer shall cause appropriate signs to be posted warning of preferential parking restrictions on all blocks designated by Council resolution prior to such restrictions becoming effective.

(§ 1, Ord. 87-319, eff. June 25, 1987)

* Sections 4-3.1115 and 4-3.1116, as added by Ordinance No. 87-3-19, effective June 25, 1987, renumbered to Sections 4-3.1116 and 4-3.1117 by codifier because Section 4-3.1115 is in use.

The placards authorized by Section 4-3.1116 of this article shall be issued using the procedures set forth in Article 1 of this chapter, except that no special showing of justification for the first placard for a residence or business will be required. Second and subsequent placards may only be issued upon a showing of good cause therefor. All such placards shall state the address to which they are issued and shall expire at midnight on August 31 following the date of issuance.

(§ 1, Ord. 87-319, eff. June 25, 1987)

* Sections 4-3.1115 and 4-3.1116, as added by Ordinance No. 87-3-19, effective June 25, 1987, renumbered to Sections 4-3.1116 and 4-3.1117 by codifier because Section 4-3.1115 is in use.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of Title 1, Chapter 2 of the Maywood Municipal Code.

(§ 1, Ord. 95-422, eff. December 14, 1995, as amended by § 1, Ord. 02-484, eff. February 12, 2002)