Mountain House Municipal Code Ch. 5 Parking

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, specifying certain parking prohibitions or time limits, the prohibitions or time limits to be established by resolution, or by the City Traffic Engineer pursuant to authority vested by this Chapter, or by the Vehicle Code, no person shall stop, stand, park or leave standing any vehicle in violation of any such prohibition or time limit so specified in the signs.

(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)

The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbing where authorized parking is permitted.

(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)

Each vehicle placed in any parking space shall be parked within the lines and markings so established by the City Traffic Engineer, and no person shall park or leave standing any vehicle so that it extends across any such line or markings or is in such position that it is not entirely within the space designated by such lines or markings.

(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)

Pursuant to authority vested by other provisions of this Chapter, or by the Vehicle Code, the City Traffic Engineer is authorized to prescribe shorter time limits than those specified by resolution of the City Council, or to prescribe parking prohibitions, within a particular limited parking zone so specified by the City Council; provided, that the stricter parking limitations or prohibitions are properly indicated by appropriate signs or markings in accordance with this Title or other provisions of law.

(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)

(a) The City Manager shall from time to time examine and survey all City-owned parking lots, parking areas and other properties, and all property under the City's direct control, with respect to vehicle driving and parking uses, and the need for regulations applicable thereto, in order to assure proper and appropriate use of such public properties and to prevent interference with the orderly and efficient conduct of the City's business.

(b) Based upon the recommendation of the City Manager, the City Council may promulgate such conditions, rules and regulations governing driving, stopping, parking or leaving standing of vehicles on the particular properties involved, as shall, in its judgment, be necessary and appropriate to advance the public purposes mentioned in Subsection (a).

(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)

(a) Pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 21113, a written statement or other graphic depiction of all special conditions, rules and regulations adopted per Section 10-2-504 shall, at all times while the same remain effective, be kept on file and available at the office of the City Clerk, for examination by all interested persons.

(b) The City Manager shall erect, place and maintain appropriate signs and markings at each City-owned or City-controlled parking lot, parking area and other property, giving notice of all special conditions, rules and regulations applicable thereto, adopted per Section 10-2-504 and imposed under Vehicle Code Section 21113.

(c) Any vehicle operation, parking, stopping or leaving standing not complying with the special conditions, rules and regulations, will constitute a violation of Vehicle Code Section 21113, except that Subsection (a) of Vehicle Code Section 22507.8 shall apply with respect to unauthorized parking in stalls or spaces designated for physically handicapped persons.

(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)

Conditions and regulations concerning parking or driving on property and grounds of schools or other public agencies are imposed by the appropriate governing boards or officers and are enforced pursuant to and under the conditions of Vehicle Code Section 21113.

(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)

The City Traffic Engineer is authorized and directed to cause signs regulating or prohibiting parking to be installed in the zones now or hereafter provided by resolution of the City Council or at such places as the City Traffic Engineer is authorized to regulate parking, standing or stopping pursuant to other provisions of this Chapter or of law. Signs giving notice of a parking time limitation shall be the size and color specified in the Uniform Manual of Traffic Control Devices or the Vehicle Code specifying the particular parking time limitation applicable. Such signs shall be spaced at a maximum interval of two hundred (200) feet, and provided that there shall be a minimum of four (4) signs in one (1) block on each side of the street.

(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)

(a) The City Traffic Engineer is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this Title, to place, and when required in this Title shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and the curb markings shall have the meanings as set forth in this Section:

(1) Red means no stopping or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone and that United States Postal Service vehicles may stop in a red zone for the purpose of delivering mail to boxes adjacent to the red zone.

(2) Yellow means no stopping, standing or parking at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day for any purpose other than 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 twenty (20) minutes.

(3) White 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 (3) minutes and such restrictions shall apply between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day and except as follows:

(i) When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox the restrictions shall apply at all times.

(ii) When such zone is in front of a theater or restaurant the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater or restaurant is closed.

(iii) Taxicabs shall comply with this subdivision unless authorized to maintain a taxicab stand adjacent to the white curb marking, and provided the area for the taxicab stand is sign-posted at either end indicating "TAXICAB ZONE ONLY."

(4) Green means no standing or parking for longer than twenty (20) minutes at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day.

(5) Blue means parking limited exclusively to the vehicles of physically handicapped persons.

(b) When the City Traffic Engineer, as authorized under this Title, 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 parking, standing or stopping regulations so indicated.

(Ord. 2024-27 Exh. A, 2024)

(a) For purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Boat" means any vessel suitable for and able to float and travel on water, including by paddle, sail, fans, or motorized jet or propeller. This definition includes but is not limited to: hovercraft, fan boats, motor boats, jet skis, personal water craft, canoes, rowboats, sailboats, submarines and submersibles or any vessel required to be registered by the State of California.

(2) "Boat Trailer" means a trailer or similar conveyance designed for the purpose of carrying or transporting a boat or vessel, whether required to be registered with the State of California or not.

(3) "Camper" means a structure on a trailer designed to accommodate persons and equipment, primarily designed and used for "camping."

(4) "Oversized Vehicle" means a Vehicle which meets one or more of the following criteria:

(A) Vehicle (including load height, if any) exceeds 7.5 feet;

(B) Vehicle (including load width, if any) exceeds 7.5 feet, as measured from the widest portion of the vehicle or load, but not including mirrors;

(C) Vehicle (including load length, if any) exceeds twenty-two (22) feet (in combination with any attached trailers); or

(D) Manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating exceeds ten thousand (10,000) pounds.

(5) "Recreational Vehicle" shall have the meaning set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 18010.

(6) "Trailer" means a structure or similar conveyance designed to be drawn, carried or towed by a motor vehicle or required to be registered with the State of California.

(7) "Prohibited Vehicles or Trailer" means a Boat, Boat Trailer, Camper, Oversized Vehicle, Recreational Vehicle or Trailer.

(b) It is unlawful for any person to park a Prohibited Vehicle or Trailer on any street except as permitted by this section or as otherwise permitted by this Code.

(c) The City Manager or designee, by written permit, may allow the temporary parking of a Prohibited Vehicle or Trailer on a street immediately abutting the permittee's residence upon a finding that the use will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare, and that the use will not unduly impair parking on the subject street.

(d) The issuance of a permit shall be subject to the following:

(1) The maximum duration of the permit is twenty-four (24) hours.

(2) The applicant is a resident of Mountain House.

(3) A permit has not been issued to a permitee at the applicant's residential address within the preceding twenty-four (24) hours.

(4) No more than two permits have been issued to a permitee at the applicant's residential address within the preceding seven (7) days.

(5) The applicant has paid a permit fee as established by the City Manager or designee.

(6) The applicant has agreed to comply with the terms of the permit, which shall be established by the City Manager or designee in conformance with this section.

(e) Any permit granted hereunder is subject to revocation at any time by the City Manager or designee upon a finding that there has been a violation of a condition of the permit or that revocation is warranted to protect public health or safety.

(f) The City Manager or designee may refuse to issue a permit upon a finding that the permit applicant has violated a condition of a prior-issued permit.

(g) Exceptions. This section shall not prohibit the parking of oversized vehicles or recreational vehicles on public streets for any of the following activities:

(1) Provision of services to a property in the vicinity;

(2) Emergency repairs or waiting for a tow operator for no longer than eight hours;

(3) Response to an emergency by any emergency vehicle as defined by Vehicle Code section 165.

(4) The vehicle is a wheelchair-accessible van displaying a valid Disabled Person Parking Placard or Plate.

(h) The City Manager or designee, shall place signage within the City sufficient to give adequate notice of this prohibition.

(Ord. 2025-05, § 1(Exh. A), 2025)