Chapter 10.40 — STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING - LOADING AND UNLOADING

(a) The city manager is hereby authorized to determine and to mark by signs or curb markings loading zones and passenger loading zones and disabled parking zones as follows:

(1) On any street, alley, or public parking facility within any business district;

(2) On any street, alley, or public parking facility in front of or adjacent to any place of business, school, park, public building, hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly.

(b) In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.

(c) Whenever curb marking is used, loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint and posted with a sign indicating "LOADING ZONE".

(d) Whenever curb marking is used, passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint and posted with a sign indicating "PASSENGER LOADING ZONE".

(e) Disabled parking spaces shall be indicated by blue space markings and, in addition, an adjacent and appropriately posted sign conforming to the requirements of the California Vehicle Code.

(f) Disabled parking loading areas shall be indicated by white cross-hatched lines adjacent to a disabled parking space.

(Ord. 4558 § 4 (part), 1999)

(a) The city manager is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this title, to place signs or the following curb markings on any street, alley, or public parking facility to indicate parking or standing regulations, and curb markings shall have the meaning as herein set forth:

(1) Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time whether the vehicle is attended or unattended 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 during the period of time designated by posted signage for any purpose other than the active 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 minutes by commercial vehicles during which the operator must be in attendance, under any circumstances during times when parking is restricted at a yellow zone.

(3) White shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time, unless limited to specific hours and/or days by posted signs, for any purpose other than the active loading or unloading of passengers which shall not exceed three minutes.

(4) Green shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than the specified time limit and on the days indicated by the posted signs.

(5) Blue shall mean no stopping, standing or parking except for vehicles that lawfully display a disabled placard or disabled license plate while transporting a disabled person. Such restrictions shall apply at all times.

(b) When the city manager, as authorized under this chapter, has caused signs or curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible sign or curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of this title except as specifically authorized by law.

(Ord. 5531 § 5 (part), 2021: Ord. 4558 § 4 (part), 1999)

No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in any pavement area marked by cross-hatched lines and adjacent to a parking stall or space designated for disabled persons or disabled veterans, upon any street or upon any city-owned or operated public parking facility or upon any private off-street parking facility. These cross-hatched areas are designated for the loading and unloading of vehicles for disabled persons or disabled veterans only.

(Ord. 4558 § 4 (part), 1999)

(a) Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of active loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than twenty minutes.

(b) The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries including the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail.

(c) Permission herein granted to stop or park for purposes of active loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than three minutes.

(d) The provisions of this section shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting abuse of the privileges hereby granted.

(Ord. 5531 § 5 (part), 2021: Ord. 4558 § 4 (part), 1999)

(a) No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, unless both right-hand wheels (or either both right- hand wheels or both left-hand wheels on a one-way street) are parallel with and within eighteen inches from the curb edge of a street or highway except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device.

(b) No person shall stop, park or leave standing any commercial vehicle for the purpose of loading, delivering or unloading of freight or materials in any business district between the hours of eleven a.m. and six p.m. unless such vehicle is parked so that both right-hand wheels (or either both right-hand wheels or both left-hand wheels on a one-way street) are parallel with and within eighteen inches of the curb or unless said vehicle is legally parked in any angle parking space.

(c) The chief transportation official, in case of undue hardship such as extremely large commercial vehicles or commercial vehicles at the terminal of a long haul, is authorized to issue a permit for parking to load or unload in the business district between the hours of eleven a.m. and six p.m. even though curb space may not be readily available. Permits, when issued, shall contain the make and type of vehicle, the license number, the name of the applicant, the location where and time when the permit shall be in effect, and the manner of parking or other restrictions necessary to insure the usual flow of traffic. The permit shall be attached to the windshield of the vehicle at all times when the permit is in effect.

(Ord. 4558 § 4 (part), 1999)

(a) The chief transportation official may issue a permit for the temporary use of any parking space in a public street or in a public parking facility upon a showing that the applicant will be moving property or conducting construction and/or maintenance work in the immediate area and that no alternative off-street site for the parking of vehicles or for the temporary storage of equipment and/or materials is available reasonably near the work site. Such permit shall entitle the holder temporarily to use a designated parking space or spaces in a public street or a public parking facility as specified in the permit without regard to time limits otherwise imposed, but shall not permit illegal parking or use and parking or use of unauthorized places.

(b) A permit, when issued for the use of a vehicle, shall contain the name of the permittee, the make and type of vehicle, the license number, and the location where and time when the permit shall be in effect. A permit, when issued for the temporary storage of equipment and/or materials, shall contain the name of permittee, the specific type of equipment and/or materials to be stored and the location where and the time when the permit shall be in effect. When a single permit is issued for both parking and storage, the information required for both parking and storage permits, as set forth in this chapter, shall be contained therein.

(c) When issued for parking or for storage, the permit shall be displayed as directed by the city.

(d) No permit shall be issued for any initial period greater than thirty working days, but the chief transportation official may renew the permit for additional periods not to exceed thirty working days each. The fee for such permit shall be established in the municipal fee schedule. No permit shall be issued until said fee has been paid to the city.

(e) In addition to the permits described in this section, the chief transportation official may issue permits authorizing the temporary use by commercial vehicles of any parking space in a public street or in a public parking facility upon a showing that the applicant provides emergency repair work. Such permit shall entitle the holder to use a parking space in a public street or a public parking facility without regard to the limits otherwise imposed, but shall not permit illegal parking or parking in unauthorized places; the permit shall authorize parking for the duration of the emergency only. Each use of the permit shall be recorded with the date, time, place, and nature of the emergency, as well as with other information required by the forms provided for reporting purposes. The completed form shall be submitted to the chief transportation official on a monthly basis for verification.

A permit shall be effective for one year and shall contain the name of the permittee, the make and type of vehicles, the license numbers and the effective dates of the permit. The permit shall be displayed as directed by the city. No person shall reproduce a permit. The annual fee for such permit shall be established in the municipal fee schedule. No permit shall be issued until said fee has been paid to the city.

It is unlawful and an infraction for any person:

(1) To use an emergency repair parking permit for other than parking for emergency repair work;

(2) To use an emergency repair parking permit for other than commercial vehicles;

(3) To use an expired or revoked emergency repair parking permit; or

(4) To reproduce an emergency repair parking permit. Two violations in any calendar year shall automatically revoke privileges for the next succeeding twelve months.

For purposes of this subsection, "emergency repair work" means repair work done to a structure or to mechanical, electrical, or plumbing devices where there exists a threat to life or property.

(Ord. 5531 § 5 (part), 2021: Ord. 4558 § 4 (part), 1999)

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow loading zone for any purpose other than active loading or unloading passengers or materials for such time as is permitted in Section 10.40.030.

(Ord. 5531 § 5 (part), 2021: Ord. 4558 § 4 (part), 1999)

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any passenger loading zone for any purpose other than the active loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is specified in Section 10.40.030.

(Ord. 5531 § 5 (part), 2021: Ord. 4558 § 4 (part), 1999)

When official signs prohibiting such parking are in place, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the active loading or unloading of materials in any alley. Such parking shall not exceed twenty minutes. In no event shall the driver of such vehicle leave less than one traffic lane for unobstructed passage. When an alley is designated as a one-way alley, such parking by vehicles shall be permitted on the right side only.

(Ord. 5531 § 5 (part), 2021: Ord. 4558 § 4 (part), 1999)

(a) The city manager is authorized to designate and establish bicycle and motorcycle parking spaces for use at such places and during such times as the city manager may deem suitable and necessary. The city manager may also authorize the placing of bicycle parking racks in the spaces so designated.

(b) When official signs or markings restricting parking to bicycles only are in place, only bicycles shall be parked in such places, and it is unlawful for any person to park or stand any vehicle other than a bicycle or other nonpowered two-wheeled vehicles in such space.

(c) When official signs or markings restricting parking to motorcycles only are in place, only motorcycles shall be parked in such places, and it is unlawful for any person to park or stand any vehicle other than a motorcycle or other self-propelled two or three wheeled vehicles in such space.

(Ord. 4558 § 4 (part), 1999)

(a) The city manager is authorized to determine the location of and to mark taxi stands.

(b) Such taxi stands shall be indicated by signs or a white line stenciled with the words "TAXI ONLY" upon the tops of all curbs and places specified for taxicabs only.

(c) No driver of any taxicab shall park or stand the same upon any public highway in any business district in the city for any period of time longer than is necessary to discharge or receive passengers then occupying or then waiting for such taxicab; provided, that a taxicab may be parked in a taxi stand established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(d) When official signs or markings designating such taxi stands are in place, no person other than the driver of a taxicab shall park or stand any vehicle in any taxi stand.

(Ord. 4558 § 4 (part), 1999)

(a) The city manager is authorized to establish bus zones for the loading and unloading of buses or common carriers of passengers and to determine the location thereof subject to the limitations set forth in this section.

(b) The word "bus," as used in this section, means any motor bus, motor coach or passenger stage used as a common carrier of passengers.

(c) No bus zone shall exceed eighty feet in length, except that when satisfactory evidence has been presented to the city manager showing the necessity therefor, the city manager may extend bus zones not to exceed a total length of one hundred thirty feet.

(d) Bus zones shall normally be established on the far side of an intersection.

(e) Such bus zones shall be indicated by signs or by red curbing marked as a bus loading zone.

(f) No bus shall stand in any bus zone longer than necessary to load or unload passengers.

(g) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle except a bus in any bus zone.

(Ord. 4558 § 4 (part), 1999)

No owner or driver of a TNC vehicle shall park or stand the same upon any public highway or street for any period of time longer than is necessary to discharge or receive passengers.

(Ord. 5531 § 6, 2021)