San Anselmo Municipal Code Art. 10 Stopping, Standing, and Parking

(a) Limited curb parking space defined. For the purposes of this section, a "limited curb parking space" shall mean an area open for lawful parking along side of, and adjacent to, a curb, which area is not of sufficient length to permit two (2) or more vehicles to freely move for parking therein at the same time.

(b) Curb parking: Right of way. Any person seeking to park his vehicle in a limited curb parking space, whose vehicle arrives at said parking space prior to any other vehicle, and who proceeds beyond said space a distance not to exceed ten (10′) feet for the purpose of backing his vehicle therein, shall have the right of way over any person driving or attempting to drive any other vehicle directly into such limited curb parking space or who in any manner obstructs such limited curb parking space. The driver of such other vehicle shall yield the right of way to the driver who first arrived at said parking space.

(§ 57, Ord. 452)

(a) The provisions of this chapter prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device.

(b) The provisions of this chapter imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of the Vehicle Code of the State or the laws of the City prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(§ 58, Ord. 452)

No person shall park a vehicle in a private driveway without the consent of the owner or person in lawful possession of such driveway or property.

(§ 59, Ord. 452, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1022, eff. February 21, 2002)

(a) Whenever the Traffic Engineer shall determine that the orderly and efficient conduct of the Town's business requires that parking or standing of vehicles on streets (defined in Section 1-3.13 (t)) be prohibited, limited, or restricted, he or she shall have the power and authority to order signs to be erected or posted indicating that the parking of vehicles is thus prohibited, limited, or restricted.

(b) When signs authorized by the provisions of this Section are in place giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful and constitute a public nuisance for any person to park any vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of such signs.

(c) Any vehicle parked contrary to the directions or provisions of signs prohibiting, limiting or restricting the parking of vehicles shall be removed in the manner provided in Vehicle Code Section 22651 (n) and as amended from time to time.

(§ 60, Ord. 452, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1022, eff. February 21, 2002)

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within any parkway.

(§ 61, Ord. 452)

(a) No person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours.

(b) In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street in excess of a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours, any member of the Police Department authorized by the Chief of Police may remove such vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of the Vehicle Code of the State.

(c) No person shall store, leave, or abandon any licensed or unlicensed vehicle or vehicle parts which are wrecked, junked, dismantled, or inoperative upon any public or private real property within the City for a period of time in excess of seventy-two (72) hours unless:

(1) The same is completely enclosed within a building; or

(2) The same is in connection with a business enterprise lawfully situated, licensed, and operated upon the same premises.

(d) No person in charge or control of any real property within the City, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee, or otherwise, shall cause or allow any partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, junked, or discarded licensed or unlicensed vehicle or vehicle parts to remain on such property longer than seventy-two (72) hours; provided, however, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the following circumstances:

(1) With regard to vehicles or vehicle parts in an enclosed building; or

(2) With regard to vehicles or vehicle parts on the same premises as a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner when necessary for the operation of such business enterprise.

(§ 62, Ord. 452, as amended by § 1, Ord. 527, eff. March 23, 1966)

It shall be unlawful for any person to stand, place, park, or leave unattended any bicycle upon any public street or sidewalk within the business districts of the Town, save and except when such bicycle shall be parked in such a manner as to not block the street or sidewalk to public traffic. The Council hereby determines and declares that any bicycle left standing, lying, parked, or unattended upon any street or sidewalk within the business districts of the Town in such a manner as to obstruct the free use and passage in the customary manner of such public street or sidewalk shall be, and is hereby declared to be, a public nuisance and shall be summarily abated by any member of the Police Department by impounding such bicycle and placing the bicycle in a place of safety for storage. The owner of any bicycle so impounded may redeem such bicycle upon the payment of a reasonable charge for the storage thereof. Such charges shall be paid to the Police Department, and such money shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Town. Any bicycle which shall not have been redeemed within a period of three (3) months after the date of impounding shall be sold by the Chief of Police at public auction, and the price paid therefor shall be transferred to the General Fund.

(§ 63, Ord. 452, as amended by § 1, Ord. 802, eff. June 11, 1981)

No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale.

(§ 64, Ord. 452)

(a) Whenever parallel parking is designated upon the surface of any paved street by lines at right angles to the curb with cross bars parallel with the curb, the space between such right angle lines shall designate and represent an individual parking space or stall. Any person stopping, standing, or parking any motor vehicle upon the area of any street so marked shall stop, stand, or park such motor vehicle with the two (2) right-hand wheels thereof not more than one foot from the regularly established curb line and in the center of such designated parking space or stall, and any person stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle in such areas contrary to the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Whenever angle parking is designated upon the surface of any paved street by lines so indicating, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such markings.

(§ 65, Ord. 452, as amended by § 1, Ord. 802, eff. June 11, 1981)

It shall be the duty of the Traffic Engineer to approximately mark and set off, in accordance with his sole judgment, by signs and ground markings, suitable stalls and directional information for the parking of motor vehicles in the public parking lots of the Town. Any person operating, driving, parking, stopping, or standing a motor vehicle in violation of, or contrary to, any such sign or marking shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(§ 66, Ord. 452)

(a) Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parked within eighteen (18″) inches of the left-hand curb facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any one-way street, unless signs are in place prohibiting such stopping or standing.

(b) In the event a highway includes two (2) or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway, unless signs are in place permitting such standing or parking.

(c) The Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine when standing or parking shall be prohibited upon the left-hand side of any one-way street, or when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any one-way roadway of a highway having two (2) or more separate roadways, and shall erect signs giving notice thereof.

(d) The requirement of parallel parking shall not apply in the event any commercial vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading freight or goods, in which case such vehicle may be backed up to the curb provided such vehicle does not extend beyond the center line of the street and does not block traffic thereby.

(§ 67, Ord. 452)

(§ 68, Ord. 452; repealed by § 1, Ord. 802, eff. June 11, 1981)

(§ 69, Ord. 452; repealed by § 1, Ord. 802, eff. June 11, 1981)

Every vehicle parked on a Town Street shall be so parked as to leave a space of at least twelve (12′) feet of unimpaired roadway to the side of the parked vehicle exposed to traffic for an unimpaired distance of twelve (12′) feet to the front and twelve (12′) feet to the rear of such space. This restriction is to maintain a minimal clearance on narrow roadways for emergency vehicles.

(§ 70, Ord. 452, as amended by § 1, Ord. 515, eff. May 25, 1965, and § 1, Ord. 802, eff. June 11, 1981)

No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a highway when upon any grade exceeding three (3%) percent within any business or residence district without blocking the wheels of such vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means.

(§ 71, Ord. 452)

The Traffic Safety Committee may order appropriate signs and/or markings along Town streets prohibiting parking. When so signed or marked, no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any of such places.

(§ 72, Ord. 452, as amended by § 1, Ord. 802, eff. June 11, 1981)

(a) No person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon, or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables, or foodstuffs are sold, displayed, solicited, offered for sale, bartered, or exchanged or any lunch wagon, eating car, or vehicle on any portion of any street within the Town; provided, however, such vehicles, wagons, and pushcarts may stand or park at the request of a bona fide purchaser for a period of time not to exceed ten (10) minutes at any one place and shall be limited to those areas of the Town outside the business districts thereof. The foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons delivering such articles upon an order of, or by agreement with, a customer from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution; nor shall the foregoing provisions apply to institutions or organizations qualifying for a business license pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of Section 6-1.07 of Chapter 1 of Title 6 of this Code. In lieu thereof any such institution or organization shall be required to first obtain a written permit from the Chief of Police, which permit shall designate the number of vehicles, wagons, or pushcarts to be used, the times and places such mobile units may be used, and any other reasonable condition necessary to promote the public health, welfare, or safety.

(b) No person shall park or stand any vehicle or wagon used or intended to be used in the transportation of property for hire on any street while awaiting patronage for such vehicle or wagon without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the Chief of Police, which permit shall designate the specific location where such vehicle may stand.

(c) Whenever any permit is granted pursuant to the provisions of this section, and a particular location to park or stand is specified therein, no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon, or pushcart at any location other than as designated in such permit. In the event the holder of any such permit is convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction for violating any of the provisions of this section, such permit shall be forthwith revoked by the Chief of Police upon the filing of the record of such conviction with the Chief of Police. No permit shall thereafter be issued to such person until six (6) months have elapsed from the date of such revocation.

(§ 73, Ord. 452, as amended by Ord. 688, eff. April 10, 1975)

(a) Whenever the Chief of Police shall determine that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings, or functions, or for other reasons, the Chief of Police shall have the power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted indicating that the operation, parking, or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys as the Chief of Police shall direct during the time such temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such an emergency, and the Chief of Police shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.

(b) When signs authorized by the provisions of this section are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall operate, park, or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and provisions of such signs.

(§ 74, Ord. 452, as amended by § 1, Ord. 802, eff. June 11, 1981)

Pursuant to the provisions of subsection (d) of Section 22652 of the Vehicle Code of the State, the Council hereby establishes the north side of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard from and between the Hub Intersection and El Cerrito Avenue as a no parking or stopping zone at all times and declares such area to be a zone where illegally parked or stopped automobiles will be towed away during the hours such parking or stopping is prohibited. The Chief of Police or any member of the Police Department is hereby authorized to remove and tow away, or cause to be removed or towed away, by a commercial towing service any motor vehicle illegally parked or stopped in such zone. The removal and storage of such offending motor vehicle shall be accomplished in accordance with the provisions of Sections 22850 through 22856 of the Vehicle Code of the State. The Traffic Engineer is hereby ordered to promptly post and maintain appropriate traffic signs designating such area as a towaway zone.

(§ 1, Ord. 588, eff. October 28, 1969, as amended by § 1, Ord. 802, eff. June 11, 1981)

The removal, obliteration, or concealment by any person of any chalk mark or other distinguishing mark used by any police officer or other officer or employee of the Town in the enforcement of the parking regulations of the Town for the purpose of evading such parking regulations shall constitute an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in Section 36900 of the Government Code of the State.

(Ord. 757, eff. March 29, 1979)