National City Municipal Code Ch. 11.12 Enforcement

A. It shall be the duty of the officers of the police department or such officers as are assigned by the Chief of Police to enforce all street traffic laws of this City and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in this City.

B. Officers of the police department or such officers as are assigned by the Chief of Police are authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand or signal in conformance with traffic laws, provided that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police department may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws.

C. Officers of the fire department, when at the scene of a fire, may direct or assist the police in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

A. The Director of Community Development is hereby authorized to designate regularly employed and/or contracted employees as parking regulations officers.

B. Parking regulations officers shall enforce the provisions of this title and the CVC related to regulation of traffic and to stopping, standing and parking of vehicles.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

It is a misdemeanor for any person to perform any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this title.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order of a police officer or fire department official or other person authorized by law when directing traffic.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

No person other than an officer of the police department or a person deputized by the Chief of Police or person authorized by law or other persons designated by resolution of the city council shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal (except that persons may operate when and as herein provided any mechanical push-button signal erected by order of the city traffic engineer).

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

The provisions of this title shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States government, this state, any county or city and it is unlawful for any said driver to violate any of the provisions of this title except as otherwise permitted in this title or by state statute.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

A. The provisions of this title regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of the police or fire department, any public ambulance or public utility vehicle or any private ambulance, which public utility vehicle 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 CVC in response to an emergency call.

B. The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of their willful disregard of the safety of others.

C. The provisions of this title regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a city department or public utility while necessarily in use for construction or repair work or any vehicle owned by the United States while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail; or during the periods of proclaimed national emergency to any vehicle owned or operated by the Department of the Army, Navy or Air Force.

D. Pursuant to the CVC, Section 22511.5 (a)(1): A disabled person (DP) or disabled veteran (DV) displaying special license plates issued under Section 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued under Section 22511.55 or 22511.59 is allowed to park for any amount of time (not to exceed seventy-two consecutive hours) in any of the following zones:

1. Blue indicates parking limited exclusively to the vehicles of disabled persons and disabled veterans next to a blue curb authorized for handicapped parking or on streets upon which preferential parking privileges and height limits have been given pursuant to Section 22507 of the CVC.

2. In any parking zone that is restricted as to the length of time parking is permitted as indicated by a sign erected pursuant to a local ordinance.

3. For free at any on-street metered parking space.

4. A disabled person or disabled veteran is allowed to park in any paid parking space without being required to pay parking fees.

5. This subdivision does not apply to a zone for which state law or ordinance absolutely prohibits stopping, parking, or standing of all vehicles, or which the law or ordinance reserves for special types of vehicles, or to the parking of a vehicle that is involved in the operation of a street vending business.

6. A disabled person or disabled veteran is allowed to park a motor vehicle displaying a special disabled person license plate or placard issued by a foreign jurisdiction with the same parking privileges authorized in this code for any motor vehicle displaying a special license plate or a distinguishing placard issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

A. The driver of a vehicle or the person in charge of any animal involved in any accident resulting in damage to any property publicly owned or owned by a public utility, including but not limited to any fire hydrant, ornamental lighting post, telephone pole, electric light or power pole, or resulting in damage, to any ornamental shade tree, traffic control device, or other property of a like nature located in or along any street, alley or other public place, shall within twenty-four hours after such accident make a written report of such accident to the police department of this city.

B. Every such report shall state the time when and the place where the accident took place, the name and address of the person owning and of the person driving or in charge of such vehicle or animal, the license number of every such vehicle, and shall briefly describe the property damaged in such accident.

C. A driver involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties of this section if and during the time such driver is physically incapable of making a report, but in such event such driver shall make a report as required in subsection A within twenty-four hours after regaining ability to make such report.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this title is guilty of an infraction and upon conviction thereof, unless otherwise provided, is punishable as prescribed in Section 1.20.010.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)

The penalties for violations of the provisions of this title and the CVC related to stopping, standing and parking of vehicles shall be established by the city council pursuant to CVC Section 40203.5.

(Ord. No. 2023-2520, 4-18-2023)