Redding Municipal Code Ch. 11.24 Stopping, Standing and Parking

Except when it is actively loading or unloading, it is unlawful to stand or park any vehicle immediately in front of the corridor, passageway, exit or door of any theater, school, church or other place of public assembly, during such times as people are assembled therein.

(Prior code § 18-25)

(Ord. No. 2651, § 3, 7-19-2022)

The following no-parking zones are established in all areas of the city except the parking area defined in Section 11.24.030:

A. Within thirty feet of any intersection controlled by a traffic signal;

B. Within thirty feet of any intersection controlled by stop signs;

C. Within twenty feet of any painted crosswalk;

D. Within twenty feet of the intersection of any two residential streets not controlled by a traffic signal or a stop sign, except in those situations where special sight distance problems exist, in which case no-parking zones of a larger dimension may be established by the city council by resolution as provided for in Section 11.24.040.

(Ord. 1266 § 1, 1976: prior code § 18-25.1)

The parking area of the city shall include all streets and alleys within the area bounded by the west side of Court Street, the east side of East Street, the south side of South Street and the Sacramento River.

(Prior code § 18-26)

It is unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to stop or park for any period of time whatever at any point within the parking area designated in Section 11.24.030 or business district immediately in front of theaters, or within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant or intersection, or at any other place which the city council shall by resolution declare to be unsuitable, dangerous or inconvenient for parking and wherein parking is therefore prohibited.

(Prior code § 18-27)

The city engineer shall have signs erected along the curbs in the parking area, not less than two on each side of the street in each block, at an approximate elevation of eight feet, indicating how long vehicles are allowed to stand on such portion of the street.

(Prior code § 18-28)

A. Pursuant to California Vehicle Code section 22503, angle parking is authorized on the following streets:

1. Arboretum Drive, on the north side;

2. Butte Street, on both sides, between West Street and Oregon Street;

3. Butte Street, on the north side, west from the Market-Pine alley to Pine Street;

4. Butte Street, on the north and south sides, between Pine Street and East Street;

5. Center Street, on both sides, between Shasta Street and Division Street;

6. Center Street, on the east side, from one hundred thirty feet south of the south curbline of Placer Street to Sacramento Street;

7. Civic Center Drive, on the east side;

8. Division Street, on the north side of the westerly half, between California Street and Center Street;

9. Eureka Way, on the north side, between East Street and Pine Street;

10. Eureka Way, on the south side, between East Street and Liberty Street;

11. Gold Street, on the north side, between West Street and Railroad Avenue;

12. Gold Street, on the south side, between Market Street and Pine Street;

13. Liberty Street, on the east side, between Placer Street and Butte Street;

14. Market Street, on the west side, between Placer Street and Gold Street;

15. Oregon Street, on the east side, between Sacramento and the Eureka Way overpass;

16. Oregon Street, on the west side, between Tehama Street and Yuba Street;

17. Oregon Street, on the west side, from one hundred feet south of the south curbline of Placer Street to South Street;

18. Oregon Street, on the west side, north of Shasta Street;

19. Pine Street, on the west side, from Eureka Way to Trinity Street;

20. Sacramento Street, on the north side, between Court Street and Railroad Avenue;

21. Sacramento Street, on the south side, between Oregon Street and Railroad Avenue;

22. Sacramento Street, on the north side, from East Street to Center Street;

23. Sacramento Street, on the south and north sides, between California Street and Pine Street;

24. Sacramento Street, on the south side, between West Street and Oregon Street;

25. South Street, on the north side, from West Street easterly for one hundred ninety feet;

26. Tehama Street, on the north and south sides, between West Street and UPRR tracks;

27. West Street, on the east side, between Placer Street and South Street;

28. Yuba Street, on both sides, between West Street and Court Street;

29. Yuba Street, on the north and south sides, between Court Street and Oregon Street;

30. Yuba Street, on the north side, between California Street and Court Street;

31. Yuba Street, on the north side, between East Street to the Market-Pine alley;

32. Yuba Street, on the south side, between Pine Street and the Pine-East Alley.

B. The city engineer shall have the pavement on all paved streets within the parking area whereon angle parking is authorized marked off with straight white lines running obliquely from the curb, and vehicles shall be parked between such lines. Where no pavement exists, vehicles shall be parked as closely as possible to the edge of the roadway at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees.

C. Pursuant to California Vehicle Code section 22503, the City Council may, by ordinance, designate additional streets whereon angle parking is authorized.

D. It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to:

1. Park a vehicle in such a manner that interferes with vehicles traveling in the driving lane; or

2. Park a vehicle in any orientation other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by signs or markings, or in any paid parking space in any orientation other than with the front of the vehicle closest to the curb, unless the space is expressly designated for "back in only" parking; or

3. Park with the front wheel nearest the curb further than six inches of such curb.

(Ord. 1871 § 1, 1988; Ord. 1385 § 1, 1978)

(Ord. No. 2453, § 1, 4-20-2010; Ord. No. 2489, § 1, 10-16-2012; Ord. No. 2496, § 1, 5-7-2013; Ord. No. 2499, § 1, 8-20-2013; Ord. No. 2580, § 1, 12-19-2017; Ord. No. 2618, § 1, 12-3-2019; Ord. No. 2651, § 4, 7-19-2022)

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, no person shall park in any of the following places any commercial vehicle or trailer which has an unladen vehicle weight of ten thousand pounds or greater or is more than twenty-five feet in length:

1. In a residential district.

2. On or adjacent to any City right-of-way, street, alley, roadway, or highway that is adjacent to any residential district.

B. This section shall not apply to:

1. Commercial vehicles or trailers temporarily parked while actively unloading or loading persons or property, or when the commercial vehicle or trailer is temporarily parked in connection with, and in aid of, the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which the commercial vehicle or trailer is parked.

2. A single tow truck or roll-back carrier when the operator of the tow truck or roil-back carrier is on-call pursuant to a valid tow service agreement with a state or local agency and/or on-call for a twenty-four-hour tow service. This exemption for single tow trucks and roll-back carriers shall apply only to Class A and Class B vehicles, as those vehicles are defined by the city police department's most current tow service agreement.

C. For purposes of this section:

1. The term "residential district" shall be defined as any area that is zoned as a residential district or any area that is zoned as an unclassified district and is also classified by the Redding General Plan as residential.

2. The terms street, alley, roadway, highway, commercial vehicle, truck tractor, trailer, utility trailer, semitrailer, tow truck, roll-back carrier, auto-dismantler's tow vehicle, and bus shall be defined as those terms are defined in the California Vehicle Code.

3. Commercial vehicles shall include, without limitation, the following:

a. A vehicle which was originally designed and manufactured primarily for commercial purposes, whether or not the vehicle is currently used for commercial purposes.

b. A truck tractor whether or not other vehicles, trailers, or other wheeled loads are attached.

c. A dump truck or boom truck.

d. A tow truck, roll-back carrier, or auto-dismantler's tow vehicle.

e. A bus, including a school bus, general public paratransit vehicle, farm labor vehicle, or youth bus.

4. Commercial vehicles shall not include any vehicle owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor while necessarily in use in the construction, installation, or repair of any public utility or public utility property.

5. Commercial trailers shall include, without limitation, the following:

a. A trailer or semitrailer which was originally designed and manufactured primarily for commercial purposes, whether or not the trailer or semitrailer is currently used for commercial purposes.

b. A trailer or semitrailer, whether or not the wheels are attached, primarily used or maintained for the transportation of people or property for hire, compensation, or profit.

c. A trailer or semitrailer, whether or not the wheels are attached, designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of people or property not primarily the personal property of the owner.

d. A roofing asphalt kettle used to process, heat, or hold roofing materials for heating, whether or not attached to a vehicle or trailer regardless of weight or length.

6. Commercial trailers shall not include the following:

a. Utility trailers.

b. Any trailer owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor while necessarily in use in the construction, installation, or repair of any public utility or public-utility property.

D. A fine of seventy-five dollars is established for vehicles or trailers in violation of this section.

(Ord. 2256 § 1, 1999: Ord. 2213 § 1, 1998: Ord. 1873 § 1, 1989)

(Ord. No. 2651, § 5, 7-19-2022)

In addition to loading zones established in this chapter, the city council may from time to time designate by resolution special passenger loading zones, and it is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park in such a passenger loading zone or to stop his vehicle for a longer time than is necessary for the active loading or unloading of passengers, which time shall not be more than three minutes' duration.

(Ord. 1541 § 1, 1981)

(Ord. No. 2651, § 6, 7-19-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2651, §§ 7—9, adopted July 19, 2022 repealed Sections 11.24.090—11.24.110, which pertained to bus loading zones, and derived from Prior Code §§ 18-35, 18-36, and Ord. 1561, § 1, adopted in 1981.

A. The city council may, by resolution, designate any of the streets, or portions thereof as loading zones for such days and periods of time as deemed necessary. It is unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to stop his vehicle for a longer time than is necessary for the active loading or unloading of passengers or materials, which time shall not be more than three minutes for active loading or unloading passengers, and not more than twenty minutes for active loading or unloading materials. Loading zones shall be marked as required by California Vehicle Code section 21458.

B. Any vehicle that has not moved a distance of at least one hundred fifty feet after the exceedance of the zone time limit shall be deemed to have remained stationary.

(Prior code § 18-37)

(Ord. No. 2651, § 10, 7-19-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2651, § 11, adopted July 19, 2022 repealed Section 11.24.130, which pertained to school bus loading zones, and derived from Prior Code § 18-38.

The city engineer shall cause the entire curb surface of school bus loading zones to be painted white, with the words "SCHOOL BUS LOADING ZONE" or other appropriate language in green letters thereon.

(Prior code § 18-39)

(Ord. No. 2651, § 12, 7-19-2022)

It is unlawful for any vehicle except a school bus to park or stand in any area marked as a school bus loading zone during the operating times designated by authorized signage or curb markings. Appropriate signs showing the times when parking is allowed in the school bus zones shall be placed in the area or immediate vicinity of the area of the school bus zones.

(Prior code § 18-40)

(Ord. No. 2651, § 13, 7-19-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2651, § 14, adopted July 19, 2022 repealed Section 11.24.160, which pertained to parking near hospitals, and derived from Prior Code § 18-41.

A. The city council may, by resolution, establish time limited parking zones for such days and periods of time deemed necessary.

B. It is unlawful for any person to allow any vehicle under his control or in his custody to remain, stand or park for longer than the time limit during operating hours designated by authorized signage or curb markings, or by paid parking device indication, placed in the area or immediate vicinity of on-street parking spaces or in parking facilities. Locations of time limited parking zones shall be shows on the traffic control map established pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.04.020 and on file in the office of the city clerk.

C. It is unlawful for any person to re-park a vehicle under their control or in their custody within the same block face or parking facility after the expiration of the maximum posted time limit. The vehicle may not return to the initial block face or parking facility sooner than two hours following the expiration of the initial time period.

(Ord. 1286 § 1, 1976: prior code § 18-43)

(Ord. No. 2651, § 15, 7-19-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2651, §§ 16—20, adopted July 19, 2022 repealed Sections 11.24.180—11.24.220, which pertained to various time-limited parking zones, and derived from Prior Code §§ 18-44—18-47; and Ord. 1268, adopted in 1976.

A. It is unlawful to park any vehicle in any of the alleys within the city, except as follows:

1. Where posted, vehicles may park in such alleys while actively loading and unloading only, for a period of time not to exceed fifteen minutes;

2. Where a temporary permit is obtained from the city clerk, vehicles may temporarily park in such alleys for a longer period than fifteen minutes, as specified in the permit, for loading and unloading purposes;

3. At no time shall an alley be blocked so as to prevent the movement of traffic.

B. Loading zones shall be established pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.04.120, and the areas so established shall be designated on the traffic control map on file in the office of the city clerk and designated by signage and/or curb markings.

(Ord. 1460 § 1, 1979)

(Ord. No. 2651, § 21, 7-19-2022)

No person who owns, or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle, shall park his vehicle upon any street, alley, public highway or public property for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two hours.

(Prior code § 18-49.1)

(Ord. No. 2651, § 22, 7-19-2022)

A. It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park or stand his vehicle in any private parking area within the city, and which is situated on private property, without consent of the owner, manager, or lessee, provided the area is conspicuously posted against such parking with signs referring to the ordinance codified in this section and bearing the name and telephone number of the police department.

B. The police department shall require the notarized signature of the owner, manager, or lessee of the property, parking facility, or space on a "consent to enforcement" form, which shall be kept on file at the police department, and give to the city the authorization to enforce parking restrictions in parking facilities properly posted pursuant to Section 11.24.260 of this code.

(Ord. 1486 § 1, 1980)

(Ord. No. 2651, § 23, 7-19-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2534, § 1, adopted Oct. 6, 2015, repealed § 11.24.265, which pertained to displaying vehicles or vessels for sale, hire or rental and derived from Ord. 2258, § 1, adopted 1999.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2651, §§ 24—26, adopted July 19, 2022 repealed Sections 11.24.270—11.24.290, which pertained to prohibited parking and derived from Prior Code §§ 18-51, 18-52.1, and 18-53.

A. Specific parking spaces, and such other places as the city council may hereafter specify by resolution, are reserved for parking vehicles that display either a special identification license plate issued pursuant to California Vehicle Code section 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to California Vehicle Code sections 22511.55 or 22511.59.

Such disabled persons shall be allowed to park in said spaces for unlimited periods of time without being required to pay any parking fees. As a condition to this privilege, the vehicle must display a distinguishing license plate which is issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles to disabled persons upon application therefor.

B. When authorized signs and markings are in place giving notice of such special parking for disabled persons, no other person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in the designated space for any length of time whatever.

(Ord. 1202 § 1, 1975: prior code § 18-53.1)

(Ord. No. 2651, § 27, 7-19-2022)

Whenever a private parking facility of a commercial establishment is posted with notice of special parking for disabled persons, no nondisabled person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in such designated space. A disabled person shall be allowed to use such space only when the vehicle he occupies displays the distinguishing license plate issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles to disabled persons.

(Ord. 1480 § 1, 1980)

(Ord. No. 2651, § 28, 7-19-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2651, §§ 29—31, adopted July 19, 2022 repealed Sections 11.24.320—11.24.340, which pertained to parking for law enforcement; parking at the airport and residential parking permits, and derived from Ord. 1677, § 1, adopted in 1984; Ord. 1683, § 1, adopted 1984; Ord. 1704, § 1 (part), adopted in 1984; and Ord. 2017, § 1, adopted in 1992.

A. Pursuant to California Vehicle Code section 22507, the city council may, by resolution, designate an area of the city as a residential parking permit area if the city council finds that the area is predominantly residential, non-residential parking regularly interferes with the use of eighty-five percent of the available public street parking and that limiting the parking of vehicles along the streets in the area to vehicles registered to or controlled and exclusively used by persons residing in the area is necessary in order to enhance the quality of life of persons residing in the area. Residential parking permit areas are restricted to residential zones only and also are prohibited in any parcel with a mixed-use neighborhood overlay.

1. Residents of any residential area may petition to add or to remove areas from the city's residential parking permit areas. Residents of the area must submit a general petition of interest to the city clerk representing at least sixty-five percent of the residences and businesses of the area in support of or in opposition of the addition or removal of the residential permit area.

2. Residents may submit a petition satisfying the requirements of subdivision (A)(1) to request adding or removing a street segment to an existing program area. These petitions must be submitted to the city clerk. Residents of the proposed streets segment will be given at least thirty calendar days' notice prior to implementation of the preferential parking program.

B. The resolution designating an area of the city as a residential permit parking area shall describe the designated area along which parking will be limited to vehicles registered to or controlled and exclusively used by persons residing in the area.

(Ord. 1704 § 1 (part), 1984; Ord. 1694 § 1 (part), 1984)

(Ord. No. 2651, § 32, 7-19-2022)

The annual fee and renewal fee for residential parking permits shall be established by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. No. 2651, § 33, 7-19-2022)

A residential parking area may be disestablished by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. No. 2651, § 34, 7-19-2022)

A. The following acts shall constitute fraudulent use of a permit punishable as a misdemeanor and by a fine to be established by resolution of the city council and/or may result in revocation of any permit currently held:

1. Falsely representing oneself as eligible for a parking permit or furnishing false information in an application therefore.

2. Knowingly committing any act that is prohibited by the terms of this chapter or any ordinance or resolution enacted by authority granted by this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2651, § 35, 7-19-2022)