Mono County Municipal Code Ch. 11.24 Overnight Parking

Except as specifically provided in this chapter, the words used in this chapter shall be as defined in the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 77-464 § 1 (part), 1977.)

No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle between the hours of ten p.m. and four-thirty a.m. in the following-described areas:

A. Walker Community Park;

B. Bridgeport Marina;

C. Bridgeport Community Park;

D. Lee Vining Park (Gus Hess Park);

E. Mono Lake Park;

F. June Lake Park;

G. Mammoth Community Park;

H. Hilton Creek Community Park;

I. Twin Lakes County Road. That portion of Twin Lakes County Road contiguous to the lake shore commencing at Twin Lakes Resort and continuing along said lake to Mono Village, excepting the north and south portion of said road within the Twin Lakes subdivision designated for winter off-road parking;

J. Crowley Lake. Crowley Lake Drive from five hundred feet east of South Landing Road to Hilton Creek Trail and South Landing Road from Crowley Lake Drive to Highway 395.

(Ord. 06-15 § 1, 2006; Ord. 80-464-B, 1980; Ord. 77-464 § 1 (part), 1977.)

Vehicles, trailers, semitrailers and other wheeled or sledded vehicles authorized under Article 2, Chapter 5, Part 1, Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code, laws of the state, any and all emergency vehicles, and any and all vehicles owned, operated, or otherwise controlled by the county are excepted from the provisions of Section 11.24.020.

(Ord. 77-464 § 1 (part), 1977.)

A. A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the California Penal Code, or any regularly employed and salaried employee of Mono County engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations of the county may remove a vehicle which is parked, stopped, left standing, or otherwise left in violation of this chapter, provided that the vehicle is located within the territorial limits in which the officer or employee may act.

For the purposes of this chapter, employee means the county director of transportation, the county road operations manager, any county district road supervisor, and the county code compliance specialist. Notwithstanding their authority to direct removal, an employee designated by this section may refer a violation of this chapter to an officer for determination of whether removal is justified. If the officer directs the removal and/or storage of the vehicle, then the agency employing the officer shall be deemed to be the agency directing the removal and/or storage.

B. Whenever an officer or employee, as defined above, directs the storage of a vehicle pursuant to this chapter, the agency or officer directing the storage shall provide the vehicle's registered and legal owners of record, or their agents, with notice of the storage and the opportunity for a post storage hearing in accordance with Section 22852 of the California Vehicle Code.

1. The notice shall be mailed or personally delivered to the registered and legal owners within forty-eight hours of storage, excluding weekends and holidays, and shall include all of the following information:

a. The name, address, and telephone number of the agency providing the notice;

b. The location of the place of storage and description of the vehicle, which shall include, if available, the name or make, the manufacturer, the license plate number, and the mileage;

c. The authority and purpose for the removal of the vehicle;

d. A statement that, in order to receive their post storage hearing, the owners, or their agents, shall request the hearing in person, writing, or by telephone within ten days of the date appearing on the notice.

2. Post storage hearings shall be conducted within forty-eight hours of a request, excluding weekends and holidays. Any officer or employee, as defined above, excluding the officer or employee who directed the storage, may conduct the hearing.

3. At the hearing, the agency directing the storage shall have the burden of establishing the authority for, and the validity of, the removal. If it is determined at the hearing that reasonable grounds for the storage were not established, then the agency directing the storage shall be responsible for the costs incurred for towing and storage.

C. If the officer or employee does not know and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner or for any other reason is unable to give notice to the owner as required by this section, then the officer shall immediately notify, or cause to be notified, the Department of Justice, Stolen Vehicle System, of the vehicle's removal in accordance with California Vehicle Code Section 22853.

D. If the vehicle removed to storage is determined to have a value not exceeding five hundred dollars pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22670, then the agency directing the storage shall comply with the procedures and requirements set forth in California Vehicle Code Section 22851.2.

E. In accordance with Section 22850.5 of the California Vehicle Code, the board of supervisors may adopt a resolution establishing procedures for the release of properly impounded vehicles and for the imposition of a charge equal to the administrative costs relating to the removal, impound, storage, or release of the vehicles.

(Ord. 06-15 § 2, 2006: Ord. 77-464 § 1 (part), 1977.)

Any person violating this chapter shall be guilty of an infraction and subject to a fine, and late payment penalties if applicable, in those amounts set forth by resolution adopted by the board of supervisors. Each calendar day that a vehicle is left parked or standing between the hours of ten p.m. and four-thirty a.m. in an area prohibited for overnight parking by this chapter shall be considered a separate violation.

(Ord. 06-15 § 3, 2006.)

Regulation state highway signs shall be placed as necessary to indicate the parking permitted or prohibited by the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 77-464 § 1 (part), 1977.)