12.32 — PARKING

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, specifying certain parking prohibitions or time limits, said prohibitions or time limits to be established by the city council by resolution, or by the city traffic engineer pursuant to authority vested in him 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 by the said signs. (Prior code § 618-A1; Ord. 914 § 4(C), 1971)

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. (Prior code § 618-A2)

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.

(Prior code § 618-A3; Ord. 915 § 2, 1972)

Pursuant to authority vested in him 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 said stricter parking limitations or prohibitions are properly indicated by appropriate signs or markings in accordance with this chapter or other provisions of law.

(Prior code § 618-A4; Ord. 915 § 2, 1972)

• (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 interferences with the orderly and efficient conduct of the city's business.

• (b) Based thereon, the city manager shall submit such conditions, rules and regulations governing driving, stopping, parking or leaving standing of vehicles on the particular properties involved, to the city council for adoption, as shall, in his judgment, be necessary and appropriate to advance the public purposes mentioned in subsection (a) of this section.

• (c) A written statement or other graphic depiction of such special conditions, rules and regulations shall, upon adoption by the city council, be filed in the office of the city clerk.

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City of Palm Springs, CA

VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

§ 12.32.050

§ 12.32.080

(Prior code § 618-A5; Ord. 915 § 2, 1972; Ord. 1080 § 2, 1978; Ord. 1232 § 1, 1984)

• (a) Pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 21113, a written statement or other graphic depiction of all special conditions, rules and regulations adopted per Section 12.32.050 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 12.32.050 and imposed under Vehicle Code Section 21113.

• (c) Any vehicle operation, parking, stopping or leaving standing not complying with the said 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.

• (Prior code § 618-A6; Ord. 915 § 2, 1972; Ord. 1080 § 2, 1978)

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. (Prior code § 618-A7; Ord. 915 § 2, 1972; Ord. 1080 § 2, 1978)

The city traffic engineer is authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs, markings, or by paint upon the curb surface, certain no stopping zones, no parking areas, and restricted parking areas, as hereinafter defined and described in this section. No person shall stop, stand, park or leave standing any vehicle in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized officer or traffic sign or signal:

• (1) Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings;

• (2) On either side of any street between the projected property lines of any public walk, public steps, street, or thoroughfare terminating at such street, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

• (3) In any area where the city traffic engineer determines that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

• (4) In any area established by resolution of the council as a no parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

• (5) In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard

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City of Palm Springs, CA § 12.32.080

PALM SPRINGS CODE

§ 12.32.100

or would endanger life or property;

• (6) On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or the installation of underground utilities or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided that signs giving notice of such no parking are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior to the effective time of such no parking;

• (7) At any place within twenty feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the mid-block end of a safety zone, when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

• (8) At any place within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop;

• (9) In any area of approach to any traffic signal, left turn lane, boulevard stop sign, or official electric flashing device when such area is determined by the city traffic engineer to be valuable in the interest of promoting traffic safety or convenience, and the area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop.

(Prior code § 618-A8; Ord. 915 § 2, 1972)

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 approximately twelve inches by eighteen inches in size, with green lines on a white background specifying the particular parking time limitation applicable. Such signs shall be spaced at a maximum interval of two hundred feet, and provided that there shall be a minimum of four signs in one block on each side of the street. (Prior code § 618-A9; Ord. 915 § 2, 1972)

• (a) The city traffic engineer is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this title, to place, and when required herein shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and said curb marking shall have the meanings as herein set forth:

  • (1) Red shall mean 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;

  • (2) Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between seven a.m. and six 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 minutes, nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty

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City of Palm Springs, CA § 12.32.100

VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

§ 12.32.100

minutes;

• (3) White shall mean 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 minutes and such restrictions shall apply between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day and except as follows:

  • (A) When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox or on the Palm Springs municipal air-port property the restrictions shall apply at all times,

  • (B) 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;

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

• (4) Green shall mean no standing or parking for longer than twenty minutes at any time between nine a.m. and six p.m. or any day.

• (5) Blue shall mean 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.

• (Prior code §§ 617-B2—617-B2.1; Ord. 1056 § 1, 1977)

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City of Palm Springs, CA

VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

§ 12.40.010

§ 12.40.090