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Red Bluff Municipal Code § 13.20 Taxicab Stands and Spaces for Official Cars

Red Bluff Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · Red Bluff

Cite as: Red Bluff Municipal Code § 13.20 · Text as of 2026-10-03

(A) The City Council may, by resolution, from time to time designate parts of the public streets to be used exclusively for the parking of taxicabs operating in the city by consent of the City Council, official vehicles of the city bearing exempt license plates and official vehicles of other governmental jurisdictions bearing exempt license plates.

(B) Resolutions designating parts of the public streets to be used, as herein provided, shall not be effective until and unless appropriate signs designating and describing the area involved are installed.

(`61 Code, § 13.20) (Ord. 386, passed 7-19-1960; Am. Ord. 394, passed 10-4-1960)

§ 13.20-1 AUTHORITY OF CITY COUNCIL TO PROHIBIT PARKING ON CERTAIN STREETS.

(A) When necessity, convenience and safety require it, the City Council may by resolution, prohibit parking on any street or portion of any street in the city. The streets or portions of streets shall be signed accordingly.

(B) Any provision of this section which regulates traffic or delegates the regulation of traffic upon state highways in any way for which the approval of the California Department of Transportation is required by state law shall cease to be operative six months after receipt by the City Council of written notice of withdrawal of approval of the California Department of Transportation.

(C) Whenever this section delegates authority to a city officer or authorizes action by the City Council to regulate traffic upon a state highway, in any way which by state law requires the prior approval of the California Department of Transportation, no officer shall exercise the authority nor shall the action by the City Council be effective with respect to any state highway without the prior approval in writing of the California Department of Transportation when and to the extent required by the State Vehicle Code.

(`61 Code, § 13.20-1) (Ord. 458, passed 12-7-1965)

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§ 13.20-2 VALET PARKING ZONES.

(A) The City Council may by resolution, upon written application by the owners and/or lessees of restaurants located within the city, designate portions of public streets as valet parking zones to be used by designated restaurants for valet parking.

(B) The resolution shall specify the name of the restaurant which shall make use of the valet parking, the location and number of valet parking spaces granted for each valet parking zone and shall further specify the time of day during which the spaces may be used as valet parking.

(C) The valet parking spaces in each zone shall be designated by the placement of meter posts signs at each space indicating the time of day during which valet parking is permitted and allowing two-hour parking when the spaces are not authorized to be used as valet parking.

(D) (1) The valet parking zones may be modified or terminated at any time upon resolution by the City Council and upon giving the applicant restaurant owner or lessee notice of the intent to modify or terminate the valet parking zones.

(2) The notice shall be given at least 30 days prior to the City Council hearing on the resolution, shall give the time and place at which the resolution shall be heard by the City Council and shall indicate that the owner or lessee will be given a chance to be heard at that time.

(`61 Code, § 13.20-2) (Ord. 763, passed 5-6-1986)

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§ 13.20-3 PARKING FOR DISPLAY OF VEHICLES FOR SALE.

No person shall park a vehicle upon private property for the purposes of displaying the vehicle for sale without the consent of the owner of the property upon which the vehicle is located.

(`61 Code, § 13.20-3) (Ord. 792, passed 2-16-1988)

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