Chapter 10.34 — LIMITED PARKING

The City Council or as designated, the Traffic Commission, may from time to time by resolution or ordinance establish parking time limits on various streets in the City. Notice of the passage of the resolution or ordinance shall be deemed effective when the street has been posted or painted, as the case may be, with the appropriate signage. After such signage has been posted or painted in accordance with the applicable resolution or ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in the posted zone beyond the time limits. (Prior code 10.16.010; Ord. 22-62; Ord. 19-82; Ord. 9-04)

The City Council shall, as the necessity arises, determine and order the location of 15 minute zones and shall cause the City Traffic Engineer to paint and maintain a green line upon the entire curb surface of every such zone with the words "15 minutes," painted in white letters thereon. (Prior code 10.16.020; Ord. 366; Ord. 19-82)

No person shall stop or park a vehicle longer than 30 minutes during designated hours of designated days in any 30 minute parking zone. (Ord. 19-82; Ord. 19-03, 2003)

No person shall park and leave standing on any public street; any public or dedicated alley; any public property; or, in any residentially developed area as defined in this section, any private property; any of the following vehicles, except while mechanically disabled, or while loading or unloading merchandise, goods, or building materials; or when such vehicle is parked in connection with, and in the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which such vehicle is parked or left standing:

• A. Any non-motorized vehicle such as a trailer, camper shell, tent trailer, etc., or any motorized recreational vehicle such as a boat, recreational off-road vehicle, etc., unless such vehicle is attached to a passenger vehicle or oversized vehicle, as defined in this section, which is otherwise parked in compliance with the Orange Municipal Code;

• B. Any bus, as defined by the California Vehicle Code;

• C. Farm machines;

• D. Special purpose machines;

• E. Any unlicensed vehicles; and

• F. Any motor truck, any truck tractor with or without attached trailer, and any trailer as defined by the California Vehicle Code, with any two of the following four features:

  1. A diameter of the wheel rim of 17 inches or larger;

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City of Orange, CA

VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

§ 10.34.060

§ 10.34.060

2. Having more than two axles;

3. Having more than two wheels on any one axle; or

4. Having a storage bed or platform of greater than 16 feet in length. This feature shall be applied only in residentially developed areas as defined in this section and shall not be applied to recreational vehicles as defined in the Health and Safety Code.

• G. Oversized vehicles, which are defined as any vehicle or combination of vehicles that exceed 22 feet in length or 84 inches in width.

  1. Exceptions:

     • a. A person may park an oversized vehicle in a City street for no more than two consecutive days for the purpose of loading, unloading or other related activity incidental to preparing the oversized vehicle for travel or returning from travel. This exception shall only apply if the oversized vehicle is parked immediately adjacent to the front of its registered owner's residence.

     • b. Upon first obtaining a permit from the Chief of Police or designee, oversized vehicles which are the sole means of transportation as of the effective date of the ordinance (May 12, 2004) codified in this section and the parking of such vehicle upon the registered owner's residence is not authorized under the Orange Municipal Code; provided that such vehicle can be parked immediately adjacent to the registered owner's residence and the owner of the oversized vehicle presents sufficient evidence that the oversized vehicle was the sole means of transportation as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section. The permit shall expire 12 months from the date of issuance and shall be renewed annually thereafter.

     • c. Upon first obtaining and in compliance with a permit from the Chief of Police or designee, a visiting non-City resident may park immediately adjacent to the residence being visited for a period not to exceed seven consecutive days provided that no more than six such permits may be issued annually for any single address and/or person.

     • d. Any permit issued under this subsection shall be prominently displayed in the front window of the vehicle to which it applies.

  2. Any person who is issued a permit under this subsection who is convicted, pleads guilty or pleads nolo contendere to a violation of this subsection, shall not apply or be issued a permit for six months from the date of the conviction, guilty plea or plea of nolo contendere is entered with the court. In addition no person shall be issued a permit for the address to which such permit was issued.

  3. Any person applying for a permit under this subsection shall pay a fee to the City to recover the estimated reasonable costs of processing the permit. Such fee shall be set by resolution of the City Council.

  4. Any person who intentionally submits false information in order to obtain a permit under this subsection shall, in addition to any penalties provided under state law, be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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City of Orange, CA § 10.34.060

ORANGE CODE

§ 10.34.080

• H. In areas other than residentially developed areas, this parking prohibition does not apply when:

  1. The vehicle is parked for less than 30 minutes to accommodate the seeking of directions, the opening of gates or facilities, or for refreshments; or

  2. When the self-propelled vehicle is occupied by a duly licensed operator awaiting the opening of a closed facility for purposes of loading or unloading.

  Any commercial vehicle parked upon any street or alley in the commercial or industrial areas for any purposes during the hours of darkness shall be required to place and maintain a minimum of three reflective triangular parked vehicle delineators evenly spaced over a distance of 100 feet behind the parked vehicle or equipment.

• I. As used in this section, "residentially developed area" shall mean that portion of a highway and the property contiguous thereto, other than a business district:

  1. Upon one side of which highway, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property is occupied by 13 or more dwelling units; or

2. Upon both sides of which highway, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property is occupied by 16 or more dwelling units, whether or not the dwelling units front on said highway and whether or not the dwelling units are singlefamily or multiple-family in character.

• J. Any passenger vehicle, any vehicle described in subsection A or any oversized vehicle defined in subsection G which a person has parked for the purpose of sleeping except when necessary or prudent to prevent potential injury to persons or property or if a person has obtained a valid visitor's permit pursuant to subsection (G)(1)(c) and is in compliance with the permit's requirements.

(Prior code 10.16.120; Ord. 53-73; Ord. 55-77; Ord. 18-80; Ord. 19-82; Ord. 25-89; Ord. 1-94; Ord. 10-04; Ord. 03-25, 2/25/2025)

No person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of any vehicle shall park or leave standing such vehicle upon any street or alley for a period in excess of 72 consecutive hours. Upon written notice of a violation of this section, the vehicle must be driven at least one mile as evidenced by the car's odometer, or the vehicle must be removed from the street or alley. In the event a vehicle is not moved as required or removed upon written notice of a violation or in the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street in excess of a consecutive period of 72 hours, any member of the Police Department authorized by the Chief of Police may remove the vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of California Vehicle Code Section 22650, et seq.

(Prior code 10.16.130; Ord. 581; Ord. 52-73)

No person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of any dismantled, wrecked, or inoperative vehicle, as such is defined in Section 10.02.260, shall park or leave standing such vehicle upon any street or alley for a period in excess of 72 consecutive hours. If such a vehicle is not removed from the street or alley within the consecutive period of 72 hours, any member of the Police Department authorized by the Chief of Police may remove the vehicle from the street

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City of Orange, CA

VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

§ 10.34.080

§ 10.34.090

or alley in the manner and subject to the requirements of California Vehicle Code Section 22650, et seq.

(Prior code 10.16.140; Ord. 53-73; Ord. 19-82)

• A. No person may park or place a vehicle or vessel on private residential property for the purpose of displaying same for sale, hire or rental, except as provided in subsection D of this section.

• B. No person shall park or allow to be parked on their property more than one vehicle or vessel on private property for the purpose of displaying same for sale, hire or rental, except as provided in subsection D of this section.

• C. No person shall stop, park or place a vehicle or vessel on a public street in a district which is not a residential district for the principal purpose of displaying same for sale, hire or rental.

• D. A state licensed automobile sales or rental agency or business having the appropriate business and zoning licenses and permits may park or place their vehicle or vessel on their private real property in a commercial or industrial district in compliance with the zoning laws of the City of Orange. The state licensed automobile sales or rental agency or business may also place signs and advertising devices as set forth in the zoning laws. A person who owns or has lawful possession of real property in a commercial or industrial zone having the appropriate business and zoning licenses and permits may allow a vehicle or vessel of another person to be parked or placed on said real property provided that the person who owns or has lawful possession of said real property shall place inside the vehicle on a window where it can be read from outside the vehicle a written notice with the following information:

  1. The name of the owner or person in lawful possession of the real property;

  2. Whether the person is the owner or is in lawful possession of the real property;

  3. The address of the real property;

  4. The vehicle license number or vessel number;

  5. A statement that the owner of the real property or person in lawful possession is allowing the parking of such vehicle or vessel;

  6. The time and dates during which the vehicle or vessel will be parked;

  7. The signature of the owner or person in lawful possession of the real property.

The written notice shall be on a document not less than three inches by five inches and no larger than eight inches by 11 inches.

• E. No person shall park or place a vehicle or vessel on the real property of another person in a commercial or industrial district for the principal purpose of displaying same for sale, hire or rental, unless there is posted a written notice from the owner of the real property as set forth in subsection D above.

• F. No person who owns or has lawful possession of real property in a commercial or industrial

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City of Orange, CA § 10.34.090

ORANGE CODE

§ 10.34.090

zone, except as set forth in subsection D above, shall park or place or allow to be placed or parked any vehicle or vessel on said property for the purpose of displaying the vehicle or vessel for sale, hire or rental.

• G. A person may place two signs of up to nine inches by 12 inches each on a vehicle or vessel that is parked or placed for the purpose of being displayed for sale. No person, except as provided in subsection D above, shall place more than two signs on a vehicle or vessel that is parked or placed for the purpose of being displayed for sale. Such signs shall not exceed a size of nine inches by 12 inches each.

• H. "Vehicle" as used in this section shall mean a vehicle as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 670 as the same now reads or may hereafter be amended.

• I. "Vessel" as used in this section shall mean a vessel as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 9840(a), as the same now reads or may hereafter be amended.

• J. The parking or placing of any vehicle or vessel with a sign or other advertising device thereon or proximate thereto, indicating such vehicle or vessel is for sale, hire or rental, shall constitute prima facie evidence that such vehicle or vessel was parked or placed for the purpose of displaying same for sale, hire or rental.

• K. The parking or placing on one parking lot or within 100 feet of each other of three or more vehicles or vessels with signs or advertising devices thereon or proximate thereto, indicating such vehicles or vessels are for sale, hire or rental, shall constitute prima facie evidence that such vehicle or vessels were parked or placed for the principal purpose of displaying same for sale, hire or rental.

• L. In any prosecution for violation of this section against the registered owner of a motor vehicle or vessel, proof that the particular vehicle or vessel described in the complaint was in violation of said section, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time the registered owner of the vehicle or vessel, shall constitute prima facie evidence that the registered owner of the vehicle or vessel was the person who placed the vehicle or vessel at the point, where, and for the time during which, the violation occurred. The foregoing provisions shall apply only when the notice procedure as established by California Vehicle Code Section 40202, as the same now reads or may hereafter be amended, is complied with.

• M. Any charge under this section shall be dismissed when the person charged has made a bona fide sale or transfer of the vehicle or vessel and has delivered possession thereof to the purchaser and has complied with the requirements of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 5602 or subdivisions (a) or (b) of Section 9905 of the California Vehicle Code prior to the date of the alleged violation and has advised the court of the name and address of the purchaser, and of the date of sale.

• N. A violation of this section shall constitute an infraction punishable in the same manner as provided in Section 1.08.010 of this code as the same now reads or may hereafter be amended.

• (Ord. 32-83; Ord. 5-86; Ord. 4-00)

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City of Orange, CA

VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

§ 10.38.010

§ 10.38.040