Red Bluff Municipal Code Div. 3 Parking Time Limit Zones

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

GENERALLY. The definition of any term used in this division not otherwise herein defined shall be the same as the term is defined and described in the Vehicle Code of the state.

HOLIDAY. Any day designated as such in California Government Code §§ 6700 and 6701. Saturday afternoon shall not be considered a holiday for the purposes of this division.

PARK or PARKING. The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporary, for the purpose of and while actually engaged in, loading or unloading passengers or merchandise.

VEHICLES. Any device in, upon, or by which any person or property may be transported upon a street or highway, except those operating upon rails or tracks.

(`61 Code, § 13.28) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960)

The following portions of streets within the city are hereby established as parking time limit zones:

(A) Twenty-minute parking zones.

(1) The north 150 feet of the east side of the 700 block of Jefferson Street;

(2) The south side of the 400 block of Walnut Street lying west of the alley;

(3) The north 100 feet of the west side of the 500 block of Washington Street.

(B) Two-hour parking zones.

(1) Both sides of the 600, 700, 800 and 900 blocks of Main Street;

(2) Both sides of the 600 and 700 blocks of Washington Street;

(3) The north side of the 500 block of Pine Street, lying east of the alley;

(4) The west side of the 700 block of Jefferson Street for a distance of 110 feet north of the north line of Pine Street;

(5) Both sides of the 200 and 300 blocks of Walnut Street;

(6) The north side of the 400 block of Walnut Street;

(7) The south side of the 400 block of Walnut Street lying east of the alley;

(8) The median parking within the 300 block of Pine Street;

(9) The north side of Antelope Boulevard between Main Street and Rio Street;

(10) The 300 block of Oak Street;

(11) Parking Lot “B” (at the corner of Washington and Pine Streets), except for the southern most parking row that adjoins Pine Street.

(C) Enforcement.

(1) Hours of enforcement for the 20 minute and two hour parking zones will be Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

(2) The 20 minute and two hour parking zones will be patrolled and enforced by the City Police Department by tire marking and/or other means of enforcement.

(3) Removing the tire mark by means of washing and/or rubbing for the purpose of avoiding a citation will be punishable by a fine of $25 and may be imposed in addition to the parking violation fine of $36 for a total fine of $61.

(4) All vehicles utilizing the 20 minute and/or two-hour parking spaces must vacate the parking space for a period of not less than 15 minutes before a new parking time period will commence. Violators will be cited and the parking violation fine imposed.

(`61 Code, § 13.29) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 495, passed 8-19-1969; Am. Ord. 942, passed 7-1-2003; Am. Ord. 975, passed 12-5-2006; Am. Ord. 1045, passed 10-18-2016)

The City Council may by ordinance designate any changes and/or additions to these parking time limit zones as in its opinion traffic conditions require, create, modify or vacate parking time limit zones.

(`61 Code, § 13.30) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001; Am. Ord. 942, passed 7-1-2003)

(`61 Code, § 13.31) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 798, passed 8-2-1988; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(`61 Code, § 13.32) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 798, passed 8-2-1988; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(`61 Code, § 13.33) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 398, passed 2-7-1961; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(`61 Code, § 13.34) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 495, passed 8-19-1969; Am. Ord. 934, passed 6-18-2002; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(`61 Code, § 13.35) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(`61 Code, § 13.36) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(`61 Code, § 13.37) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(A) The Director of the California Department of Transportation shall cause signs to be erected in each of the parking lots described in this division, designating the entrances and exits of the lots, and shall indicate by appropriate markings on the pavement the flow and direction of traffic within the lots.

(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to enter or leave the lots other than at the points designated by entrance and exit signs or to drive or operate his or her vehicle in a direction counter to the flow or direction of traffic as designated on the pavements of the lots.

(`61 Code, § 13.38) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 798, passed 8-2-1988)

The speed of any vehicle entering, traversing or leaving the lots shall not exceed five miles per hour and the Director of the California Department of Transportation is hereby directed to cause appropriate signs to be erected on the parking lots setting forth the speed limit as herein prescribed and directing the flow of traffic within the lot.

(`61 Code, § 13.39) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 798, passed 8-2-1988)

(`61 Code, § 13.40) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 689, passed 5-4-1982; Am. Ord. 786, passed 10-6-1987; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(`61 Code, § 13.41) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(`61 Code, § 13.42) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(A) Persons who are called as and serve in the capacity of jurors, either in the justice court of the city judicial district or the superior court of the state in and for the county, and, while in the performance of their duty as jurors, receive a notice of over-parking, shall be relieved of the penalties provided for in the section upon certification to the Chief of Police of the city by the judge of the superior court or the judge of the justice court that the person was, at the time of the offense, engaged in the performance of his or her duty as a juror.

(B) Upon receiving the certification, the Chief of Police shall terminate all proceedings relative to the enforcement of the penalties prescribed.

(C) Over-parking notices received by witnesses in attendance at trials shall be processed in like manner.

(`61 Code, § 13.43) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 493, passed 7-22-1969)

(`61 Code, § 13.44) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(A) There is hereby created within the Police Department a section to be known as the Traffic Bureau.

(B) The Traffic Bureau shall be under the jurisdiction of the Chief of Police of the city and shall perform the functions and duties set out in this division and other functions and duties as the City Council shall from time to time assign to it.

(`61 Code, § 13.45) (Ord. 387, passed 7-26-1960)

(`61 Code, § 13.46) (Ord. 351, passed 3-27-1959; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(`61 Code, § 13.47) (Ord. 351, passed 3-27-1959; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(`61 Code, § 13.48) (Ord. 351, passed 3-27-1959; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(`61 Code, § 13.49) (Ord. 351, passed 3-27-1959; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(`61 Code, § 13.50) (Ord. 351, passed 3-27-1959; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(`61 Code, § 13.51) (Ord. 351, passed 3-27-1959; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)

(`61 Code, § 13.52) (Ord. 351, passed 3-27-1959; Am. Ord. 917, passed 8-21-2001)