Newark Municipal Code Ch. 10.24 Stopping, Standing and Parking

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

(Ord. 158 Art. IX § 1, 1979)

A. It is unlawful for any person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of any vehicle to park such vehicle or leave it standing upon any highway, street, or alley for more than seventy-two hours in the aggregate during any period of seventy-three consecutive hours. For the purposes of this section, a vehicle shall be considered to have been parked or left standing for such seventy-two hours if it has remained inoperable or has not been moved at least one mile during the seventy-two hour period. An inoperable vehicle is a vehicle that cannot be moved under its own power or a vehicle which cannot operate safely and legally on the highways of the state. Pushing or moving a vehicle a short distance or attempting to rub away the tire marking will not be considered compliance with this section. The mileage reflected on the odometer of the vehicle shall be presumed to be the accurate indication of the distance that the vehicle has or has not been moved. Obstruction of the odometer of the vehicle will result in a presumption that the vehicle has not been moved.

B. In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing as set forth in subsection A of this section, any member of the police department authorized by the police chief may remove the vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of the vehicle code.

(Ord. 374 § 1, 2001; Ord. 158 Art. IX § 2, 1979)

No trailer or other vehicle which is designed to be towed by a motor vehicle shall be parked or left standing on any street at any time unless it is attached to the towing vehicle. Exception: Notwithstanding other provisions of this code and California Vehicle Code, trailers and other nonmotorized vehicles may be parked on the street for a period not to exceed four consecutive hours for the purpose of making bona fide pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise to properties within one-half mile.

(Ord. 258 § 1, 1989)

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

A. Displaying the vehicle for sale;

B. Washing, greasing or repairing the vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency;

C. Displaying advertising signs.

(Ord. 158 Art. IX § 3, 1979)

The city traffic engineer is authorized to determine when standing or parking shall be prohibited upon the left-hand side of any one-way street or when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any one-way roadway or a highway having two or more separate roadways and shall erect signs giving notice thereof.

(Ord. 158 Art. IX § 4, 1979)

A. The city traffic engineer is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.

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

(Ord. 158 Art. IX § 5, 1979)

A. The city traffic engineer is authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed twenty 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 feet.

B. When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized in this section, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking.

(Ord. 158 Art. IX § 6, 1979)

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or foodstuffs are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale or bartered or exchanged, or any lunchwagon or eating cart, on any portion of any street within this city, except that such vehicle, wagon, pushcart, lunchwagon or eating cart may stand or park only at the request of and to serve any bona fide purchaser for a period not to exceed ten minutes at any one place. At the completion of the sale or the maximum permitted ten minute stop, whichever occurs first, a peddler or vendor must continue to be mobile and not stand or park less than five hundred feet from the previous stop location. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons delivering such articles upon order of, or by agreement with, a customer from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution.

B. A single-event permit may be issued to vendors. Such single-event permit shall be issued only in the vicinity of and for the duration of any individual parade, procession, race or other similar event in the city street which has received the review and approval of the city council. However, no person shall stand or park on any portion of any street any vehicle, pushcart, lunchwagon or eating cart from which hot dogs, peanuts, popcorn, candy or other articles of food or nonalcoholic beverages are sold or offered for sale at such an event without first obtaining approval of the city council to do so and a written permit from the city traffic engineer which shall designate the specific location at which the cart shall stand.

C. No person shall park or stand any vehicle or wagon used or intended to be used in the transportation of persons or property for hire on any street while awaiting patronage for such vehicle or wagon without first obtaining approval of the city council to do so and a written permit from the city traffic engineer which shall designate the specific location where such vehicle shall stand.

D. Whenever any permit is granted under 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 the permit. In the event that the holder of any such permit is convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction for violation any of the provisions of this section the permit shall be forthwith revoked by the city traffic engineer upon the filing of the record of the conviction with the city traffic engineer and no permit shall thereafter be issued to the person until six months have elapsed from the date of such revocation.

(Ord. 209 §§ 1, 2, 1985: Ord. 158 Art. IX § 7, 1979)

It is unlawful for any person to drive or park a vehicle upon land or premises where the owner or the person occupying or having possession of, or the agents thereof, have posted on such property or premises a notice in substantially the following form, and where the permission therein referred to has not been granted:

"NOTICE

"Notice is hereby given that this property is privately owned. Parking hereon without written permission of the owner or agent thereof shall constitute a violation of Article IX Section 9 of City of Newark Ordinance No. 158.

Date ________ Owner ___________"

(Ord. 158.1 § 2, 1980: Ord. 158 Art. IX § 9, 1979)

It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand, or park any vehicle upon any private parking facility in areas designated by appropriate sign, marking for exclusive use of physically handicapped persons, unless the vehicle displays either one of the distinguishing license plate or a placard issued pursuant to the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 158.1 § 3, 1980: Ord. 158 Art. IX § 10, 1979)

A. Whenever the city traffic engineer determines that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings, functions, construction or repair projects, or for other reasons, the city traffic engineer shall have the power and authority to order temporary traffic control devices 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 traffic control devices are in place. Such devices shall remain in place only during the existence of the emergency and the city traffic engineer shall cause such devices to be removed promptly thereafter.

B. When traffic control devices 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 devices.

(Ord. 158 Art. IX § 8, 1979)

The city traffic engineer is authorized to establish restricted parking zones in which no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle within a business district for a period of time longer than two hours between the hours of seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays. Prior to the installation of signs giving notice of such restricted parking zone, the city traffic engineer shall notify the city council as provided in Section 10.24.145.

(Ord. 305 (part), 1994: Ord. 158 Art. XI § 1, 1979)

The city traffic engineer is authorized to establish restricted parking zones in which no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle for a period of time longer than one hour at any time between the hours of seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays or holidays. Prior to the installation of signs giving notice of such restricted parking zone, the city traffic engineer shall notify the city council as provided in Section 10.24.145.

(Ord. 305 (part), 1994: Ord. 158 Art. XI § 2, 1979)

The city traffic engineer is authorized to establish restricted parking zones in which no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle for a period of time longer than two hours at any time between the hours of seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays or holidays. Prior to the installation of signs giving notice of such restricted parking zone, the city traffic engineer shall notify the city council as provided in Section 10.24.145.

(Ord. 305 (part), 1994: Ord. 158 Art. XI § 3, 1979)

The city traffic engineer is authorized to establish restricted parking zones in which no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle during the hours specified. Prior to the installation of signs giving notice of such restricted parking zone, the city traffic engineer shall notify the city council as provided in Section 10.24.145.

(Ord. 305 (part), 1994: Ord. 202 § 1, 1985)

The city traffic engineer is authorized to establish restricted parking zones in which no person shall park a vehicle at any time. Prior to the installation of signs giving notice of such restricted parking zone, the city traffic engineer shall notify the city council as provided in Section 10.24.145.

(Ord. 305 (part), 1994: Ord. 158 Art. XI § 4, 1979)

The city traffic engineer is authorized to establish restricted parking zones to prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles, between the hours of two a.m. and six a.m. Prior to the installation of signs giving notice of such restricted parking zone, the city traffic engineer shall notify the city council as provided in Section 10.24.145.

(Ord. 305 (part), 1994: Ord. 158 Art. XI § 5, 1979)

The city traffic engineer is authorized to establish restricted parking zones to prohibit or restrict the parking and standing in a residential district, of commercial vehicles having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or more. Prior to the installation of signs giving notice of such restricted parking zone, the city traffic engineer shall notify the city council as provided in Section 10.24.145.

(Ord. 305 (part), 1994: Ord. 158 Art. XI § 6, 1979)

The city traffic engineer is authorized to establish restricted parking zones in which no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in excess of twenty feet in length. The city council shall be notified of the proposed establishment of any such restricted parking zone a minimum of fifteen calendar days prior to posting. When signs are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in excess of twenty feet in length within the limits of the zone established by such signs.

(Ord. 175 § 1, 1982)

The city traffic engineer is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings where authorized parking is permitted. When such parking space markings are placed in the highway, subject to other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be stopped, left standing or parked other than within a single space unless the size or shape of such vehicle makes compliance impossible.

(Ord. 158 Art. XI § 7, 1979)

Violation or failure to comply with any provision of this chapter shall constitute an infraction.

(Ord. 158 Art. XV § 2 (part), 1979)