Chapter 10.98 — COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

• A. It is unlawful to park or leave standing any of the following:

  1. Any vehicle or trailer which is used to transport animals or which harbors vermin, trash, yard waste or pestilence or which emits noxious or nuisance odors on any highway, street, road, alley or on any public or private property within the city;

  2. Any vehicle or trailer which contains any hazardous substances as defined in Section 2452 of the California Vehicle Code on any highway, street, road, alley or on any public or private property within the city;

  3. Any trailer, utility trailer, boat trailer, boat, camper, camper shell, camp trailer, trailer coach, or semitrailer which is non-self propelled, non-motorized, or not capable of movement under its own power which is unattached to a vehicle on any highway, street, road or alley within the city;

  4. Any vehicle on any highway, street, road or alley within the city for the purpose of servicing or repairing such vehicle except when necessitated by an emergency;

  5. Businesses located within the city that maintain a commercial vehicle or any vehicle fleet related to any business activity must use only city approved off street parking;

  6. Vehicles used as advertising devices; means any sign that is attached to or painted on a vehicle or trailer that is parked on or adjacent to any property, the principal purpose of which is to direct people to a business, or attract attention to a product sold or business located on the same property or nearby. On street legal vehicles, the following signs or insignia are not considered to be "vehicle signs," and are not regulated as vehicle signs:

     • a. Messages on a vehicle where the primary purpose of which is to be used in the regular course of business to transport the personnel or products, or to provide the services (not including general advertising) that are advertised on the vehicle;

     • b. Commercial messages that do not exceed a total of three square feet in size; and

     • c. Commercial messages on mass transit that pass through the city.

• B. It is unlawful to park or leave standing any commercial vehicle, truck, trailer or semitrailer having a manufacturers gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or more as described in the following locations:

  1. On any highway, street, road, alley or private property within any residential district within the city;

  2. On any vacant lot or unimproved property in the city;

  3. On any nonresidential property so that any part of such vehicle is within one hundred feet of any residential dwelling;

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City of Palm Desert, CA

VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

§ 10.98.010

§ 10.98.020

4. Within one hundred fifty feet of any driveway opening;

5. Within any commercially zoned property for the purpose other than doing business at the site, or for the purpose not related to such business operation, or remaining parked or standing for longer than reasonably appropriate to do such business or acts related to such business operations;

6. On any property so that any of such vehicle is within fifteen feet of the public sidewalk, or of a public or private roadway edge;

   7. On any alley within the city;

   8. On any highway, street or road which is adjacent to a parcel upon which there exists a public facility. Within the meaning of this subsection, public facility includes, but is not limited to, parks, schools and civic buildings.

• C. While adjacent to a developed residential area within the city, the operator shall not idle the vehicle's engine for longer than fifteen minutes.

• (Ord. 793 § 1, 1996; Ord. 1025, 2002; Ord. 1295 § 2, 2015)

• A. This chapter shall not apply where the commercial vehicle is making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on a street within a residential zone.

• B. This chapter shall not apply where the commercial vehicle is being used for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building or structure located on a street within a residential zone.

• (Ord. 793 § 1, 1996)

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City of Palm Desert, CA

VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

§ 10.99.010

§ 10.99.030