Salinas Municipal Code Div. 5 Parking Lots

Whenever any land or premises is acquired, owned, leased, or occupied by the city for parking lot purposes, the council may by either resolution or ordinance designate such land or premises, or any portions thereof, as public parking lots.

(Ord. No. 2670(NCS), § 2, 9-12-2023)

Whenever the council, by ordinance or resolution, has designated any land or premises, or any portions thereof, as public parking lots, the city traffic engineer shall appropriately sign and mark such land or premises as public parking lots.

(Ord. No. 2670(NCS), § 2, 9-12-2023)

(a) Whenever the council, by ordinance or resolution, has established public parking lots, the city traffic engineer shall designate parking spaces by white lines upon the surface of the roadway or pavement.

(b) When markings are in place designating spaces or the angle for parking as herein provided, no person shall park a vehicle except entirely within such parking spaces or between lines indicating angle parking.

(c) Whenever the parking of vehicles is required within parallel parking spaces, a vehicle or a combination of connected vehicles exceeding the dimensions of such a space may also occupy one or more adjoining spaces, provided that all other provisions of this chapter applicable to each such space shall be observed.

(d) Whenever blue pavement markings and a sign consisting of a profile view of a wheelchair with occupant in white on a blue background are in place designating spaces or the angle for parking as herein provided, no person shall park at any time except handicapped persons as permitted by the California Vehicle Code.

(e) Whenever yellow pavement markings and a pavement stencil consisting of the words CITY VEHICLE ONLY are in place designating spaces or the angle of parking as herein provided, no person shall park other than a city vehicle within such parking space or such lines indicating angle parking.

(Ord. No. 2670(NCS), § 2, 9-12-2023)

(a) When authorized signs are in place on any public parking lot or parking structure giving notice of time limit parking regulations, no person shall park any vehicle on any such public parking lot or parking structure for a period of time longer than the posted time limit between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays. The council may at any time, by resolution or ordinance, provide for the erection and maintenance of such signs, and may at any time change the length of such parking periods or the hours prescribed for parking in such parking lots or parking structures, or otherwise provide for the use or occupation of such parking lots or parking structures by resolution. Any such changes so provided for shall become effective when authorized signs are in place giving notice of such change or changes.

(b) When authorized signs or curb markings are in place on any such municipal parking lots or any portion thereof giving notice of any parking time limitations, it shall be unlawful for any operator of a motor vehicle to move such vehicle or allow or permit others to move such vehicle within that municipal parking lot or to remove such vehicle from that lot and return to the same lot, within one hour or less, for the purpose of parking in excess of the established time limit.

(c) Intention and Purpose. In establishing parking time limits in municipal parking lots, it is the intention and purpose of the city council to provide short-term parking for customers and business visitors, and to prohibit the use of such parking lot spaces for a total cumulative period of time longer than the posted time.

(Ord. No. 2670(NCS), § 2, 9-12-2023)

A commercial vehicle, while actually engaged in construction or repair work upon the public streets or property adjacent thereto, may be parked and remain parked in a parking space for a period time in excess of the prescribed period of time upon special written permit therefor being first issued by the chief of police. The chief of police shall issue such permits only when circumstances indicate to him that there is a need to exempt the applicant from parking control for reason of convenience and necessity and upon the applicant paying such parking fees as the council by resolution shall determine.

(Ord. No. 2670(NCS), § 2, 9-12-2023)

Every police officer, acting in accordance with instructions issued by the chief of police, shall take the state vehicle license of any vehicle parking in violation of any of the provisions of this division; the time and place of such violation; the nature of the violation; the make of such vehicle; and such other facts a knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation; and issue, in writing, a citation for such violation.

(Ord. No. 2670(NCS), § 2, 9-12-2023)