San Joaquin Municipal Code Ch. 71 Stopping, Standing, Parking Rules

Section

General Provisions

Regulations Applicable to Certain Private Streets and Areas

Commercial Vehicles

GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE DEFINITIONS USED. When any words and phrases used in this chapter are not herein defined, but are defined in the CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE and amendments thereto, the definitions shall apply.

CURB. The lateral boundary of the roadway, whether the curb shall be marked by curbing construction or shall not be so marked; the word CURB, as used in this subchapter, shall not include the line dividing the roadway of a street from parking strips in the center of a street, nor from tracks or rights-of-way of public utility companies.

HOLIDAYS. The first day of January, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, December 25 and Thanksgiving Day. For purposes of this subchapter only, if any holiday falls upon a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be treated as a holiday, and if any holiday falls upon a Sunday, the following Monday shall be treated as a holiday.

LOADING ZONE. The space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.

OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD. Whenever certain hours are named in this subchapter, they shall mean standard time or daylight saving time as may be in current use in the city.

PARKWAY. The portion of a street other than a roadway or a sidewalk.

PASSENGER LOADING ZONE. The space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.010 - 10.08.018) (Ord. 97-102, passed 10-14-1997)

(A) Parking violations are infractions. Parking violations specified in this subchapter are infractions subject to civil penalty unless the violation is specified as a misdemeanor or felony by applicable provisions of the State Vehicle Code. The enforcement of civil penalties for parking violations shall be governed by the civil administrative procedures set forth in Cal. Vehicle Code Article 3, Chapter 1, of Division 17 (§§ 40200 et seq.), and by the procedures established by the City Council.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.020)

(B) Violations generally. Parking violations as used in this subchapter shall include violations of local and state laws regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles or means of conveyance.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.021)

(C) Persons authorized to issue citation for parking violation. Any peace officer, as that term is defined in Cal. Penal Code Chapter 4.5 (commencing with § 830) of Title 3 of Part 2, who is authorized to enforce the laws of the state within the boundaries of the city, the City Code Enforcement Officer or any employee of the city authorized to direct traffic or enforce parking laws and regulations is authorized to issue citations for parking violations pursuant to this chapter.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.022)

(D) Incorporation of State Vehicle Code. Any person authorized to issue a citation for a parking violation pursuant to this subchapter, shall be authorized to issue a citation for any violation of any provision of the State Vehicle Code regarding standing, stopping or parking, which currently are in force, or which may be enacted. The provisions are hereby incorporated by reference.

(1) The foregoing authorization shall not be construed:

(2) (a) To authorize the issuance of citations where the local agency is required to make specific findings or take articular action to make the provisions effective, and the findings or actions have not been made or taken; or

(b) To permit a code enforcement officer or person employed to direct traffic or to enforce parking laws to perform any task or take any action which the State Vehicle Code authorizes only a peace officer to perform.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.023) (Ord. 97-102, passed 10-14-1997)

(A) Authority to direct traffic. Law enforcement officers, members of a fire department and Code Enforcement Officers are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, audible or other signal in conformance with traffic laws, except that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, the persons may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary contained in this subchapter or the State Vehicle Code.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.030 - 10.08.031)

(B) Persons other than officials shall not direct traffic. No person, other than a person authorized by law, shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand, or other signal, except that persons may operate, when and as provided in this subchapter, any mechanical pushbutton signal erected by order of the Director of Public Works.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.032)

(C) Obedience to Police and authorized officers. No person shall fail or refuse to comply with, or to perform, any act forbidden by any lawful order, signal or direction of a traffic or police officer, a member of the Fire Department, the Code Enforcement Officer or a person authorized by the Chief of Police or by law.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.033)

(D) Obstruction or interference with police or authorized officers. No person shall interfere with or obstruct, in any way, any police officer or other officer or employee of the city in his or her enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter. The removal, obliteration or concealment of any chalk mark or other distinguishing mark used by any police officer or other employee or officer of the city in connection with the enforcement of the parking regulations of this subchapter shall, if done for the purpose of evading the provisions of this subchapter, constitute the interference or obstruction.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.034)

(E) Public employees to obey traffic regulations. The provisions of this subchapter shall apply to the operator of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States government, the state or any country or city, and it shall be unlawful for the operator to violate any of the provisions of this subchapter except as otherwise permitted in this subchapter or by the State Vehicle Code.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.035)

(F) Exemption of certain vehicles.

(1) The provisions of this subchapter regulating the operation, parking, and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles operated by law enforcement or fire protection agencies, any public ambulance, any public utility vehicle or any private ambulance, which public utility vehicle or private ambulance has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle, when any vehicle mentioned in this section is operated in the manner specified by the State Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call.

(2) The exemptions set forth in division (A) of this section shall not, however, relieve the operator of the vehicle from obligation to exercise due care for the safety of others or the consequences of his or her willful disregard of the safety of others.

(3) The provisions of this subchapter regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a city department or public entity while necessarily in use for construction or repair work to any vehicle while in use for the collection, transportation, or delivery of United States mail.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.036)

(G) When vehicles may be removed from streets. Any peace officer may remove or cause to be removed:

(1) Any vehicle which has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway for 72 or more consecutive hours;

(2) Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway where the use of the street or highway, or a portion thereof, is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or for the installation of underground utilities, or where the use of the street or highway, or any portion thereof, is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic, or where the use of the street or highway, or any portion thereof, is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures or unusual sizes and the parking of the vehicle would prohibit or interfere with the use or movement; provided, however, signs giving notice that the vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least 24 hours prior to the removal.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.037)

(H) Traffic control signs required for enforcement purposes. No provisions of the State Vehicle Code or of this subchapter for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless appropriate legible signs are in place giving notice of the provisions of the traffic laws.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.038)

(I) Obedience to traffic control devices.

(1) The operator of any vehicle or train shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device placed in accordance with this subchapter or state law unless otherwise directed by a police officer or other authorized person, subject to the exceptions granted the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls.

(2) No person, public utility or department in the city shall erect or place any banner or sign on any street, unless of a type approved by the City Engineer or Director of Public Works, nor disobey the instructions, nor remove, tamper with or destroy any barrier or sign lawfully placed on any street by any person, public utility or by any department of the city.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.039) (Ord. 97-102, passed 10-14-1997) Penalty, see § 10.99

(A) Application of regulations.

(1) The provisions of this subchapter prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times specified in this subchapter, 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.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.040)

(2) The provisions of this subchapter 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 State Vehicle Code or the laws of the city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.041)

(B) Commercial vehicles using private driveways.

(1) No person shall operate or drive a commercial vehicle in, on or across any private driveway approach, sidewalk area or the driveway itself without the consent of the owner or occupant of the property if a sign or markings are in place indicating that the use of the driveway is prohibited.

(2) For the purposes of this division, a COMMERCIAL VEHICLE shall mean a vehicle having a rated capacity in excess of one-half ton.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.042)

(C) Riding or driving on sidewalks. No person shall ride, drive, propel or cause to be propelled any vehicle or animal across or upon any sidewalk except over permanently constructed driveways and except when it is necessary for any temporary purpose to drive a loaded vehicle across a sidewalk; and provided, further, that, the sidewalk area shall be substantially protected by wooden planks two inches thick, and written permission shall be previously obtained from the Director of Public Works. The wooden planks shall not be permitted to remain upon the sidewalk area during the hours from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.045)

(D) New pavement and markings. No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly-made pavement or freshly-painted markings in any street when a barrier sign, cone marker or other warning device is in place warning persons not to drive over or across the pavement or marking, or when the device is in place indicating the street, or any portion thereof, is closed.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.46)

(E) Motor vehicles on private property. No person shall operate any motor vehicle, motorcycle, motor, driven cycle, mini-bike or other vehicle or device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved or drawn, excepting a vehicle or device moved by human power, so as to allow the vehicle to enter or remain upon any private property without the express permission of the owner or other person in legal possession or control of the property.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.047)

(F) Motor vehicles on private off-street parking facilities. Findings and declaration. The City Council hereby finds and declares in accordance with Cal. Vehicle Code § 21107.8 that the off-street parking facilities within the city are privately-owned and maintained which are generally held open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel and parking to serve commercial establishments. The provisions of this code shall apply and be enforceable upon the privately-owned facilities.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.048)

(G) Pedestrians use of marked crosswalks. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in any business district.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.049)

(Ord. 97-102, passed 10-14-1997)

(A) Generally. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.050 - 10.08.051)

(B) Curb parking; exception.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle parallel with and within 18 inches of the right-hand curb, except that motorcycles shall be parked with at least one wheel or fender touching the right-hand curb. Where no curbs or barriers bound any two-way roadway, right-hand curb. Where no curbs or barriers bound any two-way roadway, right-hand parallel parking is required unless otherwise indicated.

(2) (a) The provisions of divisions (A) or (D) do not apply to a commercial vehicle if a variation from the requirements of divisions (A) or (D) is reasonably necessary to accomplish the loading or unloading of merchandise or passengers on, or from, the vehicle and while anything connected with the loading, or unloading, is being executed.

(b) This division shall not be construed to permit any vehicle to stop or park upon a roadway in a direction opposite to that in which traffic normally moves upon that half of the roadway on which the vehicle is stopped or parked.

(3) This division does not apply to vehicles of a public utility when the vehicles are being used in connection with the operation, maintenance or repair of facilities of the public utility or are being used in connection with providing public utility service.

(4) Upon a one-way roadway, vehicles maybe stopped or parked as provided in division (A) above or with the left-hand wheels parallel to and within 18 inches of the left-hand curb, except that motorcycles, if parked on the left-hand side, shall have either one wheel or one fender touching the curb. Where no curb or barriers bound the one-way roadway, parallel parking on either side is required unless otherwise indicated.

(5) The provisions of this division shall not apply upon the roadways of a divided highway.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.052)

(C) Disabled persons' and veterans' parking spaces; unauthorized parking or obstructing; off-street parking facilities.

(1) It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle in a stall or space designated for disabled persons and disabled veterans pursuant to Cal. Vehicle Code §§ 22511.7 or 22511.8, unless the vehicle displays either a special identification license plate issued pursuant to Cal. Vehicle Code § 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to Cal. Vehicle Code §§ 22511.55 or 22511.59.

(2) It is unlawful for any person to obstruct, block or otherwise bar access to those parking stalls or spaces, except as provided in division (A) above.

(3) It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle, including a vehicle displaying a special identification license plate issued pursuant to Cal. Vehicle Code § 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to Cal. Vehicle Code §§ 22511.55 or 22511.59 in either of the following places:

(a) On the lines marking the boundaries of a parking stall or space designated for disabled persons or disabled veterans; and

(b) In any area of the pavement within a parking lot or parking facility that is marked by crosshatched lines and is thereby designated for the loading and unloading of vehicles pursuant to any local ordinance.

(4) Divisions (A), (B) and (C) above apply to all off-street parking facilities owned or operated by the state, and to all off-street parking facilities owned or operated by a local authority. Divisions (A), (B) and (C) above also apply to any privately-owned and maintained off-street parking facility.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.053)

(D) Fire hydrants. No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, except as follows:

(1) If the vehicle is attended by a licensed driver who is seated in the front seat and who can immediately move the vehicle in case of necessity;

(2) Where the City Council, by an ordinance or resolution, has reduced that distance and arranged for the placement of appropriate signs. If the distance is less than ten feet total length when measured along the curb or edge of the street, the distance shall be indicated by signs or markings; and

(3) If the vehicle is owned or operated by a fire department and is clearly marked as a fire department vehicle.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.054)

(E) Unattended vehicles.

(1) No person driving, or in control of, or in charge of, a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand on any highway unattended without first effectively setting the brakes thereon and stopping the motor thereof.

(2) No person in control of, or in charge of, any vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, shall permit it to stand on any highway without first effectively setting the brakes thereon, or blocking the wheels thereof, to effectively prevent the movement of the vehicle.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.055)

(F) Director of Public Works to maintain no stopping zones and no parking areas.

(1) The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb surface, all no stopping zones, no parking areas and restricted parking areas as defined and described in this subchapter.

(2) When the curb markings or signs are in place, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park the vehicle adjacent to the legible curb markings or sign in violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.056)

(G) Prohibited stopping, standing or parking. No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or official traffic control device, in any of the following places:

(1) Within an intersection, except adjacent to curbs as may be permitted by local ordinance;

(2) On a crosswalk, except that a bus engaged as a common carrier or a taxicab may stop in an unmarked crosswalk to load or unload passengers when authorized by the City Council by ordinance;

(3) Between a safety zone and the adjacent right-hand curb or within the area between the zone and the curb as may be indicated by a sign or red paint on the curb, which sign or paint was erected or placed by local authorities pursuant to ordinance;

(4) Within 15 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station. This division does not apply to any vehicle owned or operated by a fire department and clearly marked as a fire department vehicle;

(5) In front of a public or private driveway, except that a bus engaged as a common carrier, school bus or a taxicab may stop to load or unload passengers when authorized by local authorities pursuant to ordinance;

(6) On a sidewalk, except an electric carts operated by a disabled person or person 50 years of age or older who has received a permit and identification sticker to so operate the cart;

(7) Alongside or opposite any street or highway excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;

(8) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped, parked, or standing at the curb or edge of a highway, except for a schoolbus when stopped to load or unload pupils in a business or residence district where the speed limit is 25 miles per hour or less;

(9) Except as provided under Cal. Vehicle Code § 22500 of the alongside curb space authorized for the loading and unloading of passengers of a bus engaged as a common carrier in local transportation when indicated by a sign or red paint on the curb erected or painted by local authorities pursuant to ordinance;

(10) Within three feet of or in front of that portion of a curb which has been cut down, lowered or constructed to provide wheelchair accessibility to the sidewalk and which is designated for wheelchair access by either a sign or red paint on the curb pursuant to an ordinance of the local authority;

(11) Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings;

(12) On either side of any street between the projected property lines of any public walk, public steps, street or thoroughfare terminating at the street when the area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(13) In any area where the Director of Public Works determines that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property when the area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(14) In any area established by resolution of the Council as a no parking area for all or certain types or weights of vehicles, as specified in the resolution, when the area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(15) Upon, along, within seven and one-half feet of the nearest rail of or across any railway track in the manner as to hinder, delay or obstruct the movement of any car traveling upon the track;

(16) In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property;

(17) On any street or highway where the use of the street or highway, or any portion thereof, is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the street or highway, or any portion thereof, is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of the vehicle would prohibit or interfere with the use or movement provided signs giving notice of no parking are erected or placed at least 24 hours prior to the effective time of no parking;

(18) At any place within 20 feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the mid-block end of a safety zone when the place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(19) At any place within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection in any business district when the place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface, except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop; and/or

(20) Within 20 feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign or official electric flashing device.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.057)

(H) Fire lanes; parking violations; signs.

(1) No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or official traffic control device along the edge of any highway, at any curb, or in any location in a publicly- or privately-owned or operated off-street parking facility, designated as a fire lane by the fire department or fire district with jurisdiction over the area in which the place is located.

(2) The designation shall be indicated by a sign posted immediately adjacent to, and visible from, the designated place clearly stating in letters not less than one inch in height that the place is a fire lane, by outlining or painting the place in red and, in contrasting color, marking the place with the words "Fire Lane", which are clearly visible from a vehicle, or by a red curb or red paint on the edge of the roadway upon which is clearly marked the words "Fire Lane". Vehicles unlawfully parked in a fire lane designated and marked as indicated in this division whether on public or private property, shall be subject to removal pursuant to the procedures of Cal. Vehicle Code §§ 22650 et seq.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.058)

(I) Vehicle removal; location; private sale advertisement.

(1) Any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with § 830) of Cal. Penal Code Title 3 of Part 2, or any regularly employed and salaried employee, who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations, of the city, may remove a vehicle located within the territorial limits in which the officer or employee may act, when the vehicle is found upon a street or any public lands, if all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(a) Because of a sign or placard on the vehicle, it appears that the primary purpose of parking the vehicle at that location is to advertise to the public the private sale of that vehicle.

(b) Within the past 30 days, the vehicle is known to have been previously issued a notice of parking violation, under local ordinance, which was accompanied by a notice containing all of the following:

1. A warning that an additional parking violation may result in the impoundment of the vehicle;

2. A warning that the vehicle may be impounded pursuant to this subsection, even if moved to another street, so long as the signs or placards offering the vehicle for sale remain on the vehicle; and

3. A warning that the prohibition against parking to advertise for sale applied to all streets and public places in the city.

(c) The notice of parking violation was issued at least 24 hours prior to the removal of the vehicle.

(2) Cal. Vehicle Code § 22852 of the applies to the removal of any vehicle pursuant to this division.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.059) Penalty, see § 10.99

(A) One-hour parking. The city shall from time to time by resolution as traffic conditions require, establish zones to be known as one-hour parking zones upon the streets or portions of streets in the city as are selected for the location of the zones. The city may by resolution change or eliminate any of the zones so established. Regarding this division, it shall be subject to the conditions and regulations set forth in § 71.06, excepting that all references in those divisions to two-hour parking, shall be deemed one-hour parking where applicable.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.06-061)

(B) Fifteen-minute zones; established. The city shall from time to time by resolution as traffic conditions require, establish zones to be known as 15-minute zones upon the streets or portions of streets in the city as are selected for the location of the zones. The city may by resolution change or eliminate any of zones so established. Regarding this division, it shall be subject to the conditions and regulations set forth in § 71.06, excepting that all references in those subsections to two-hour parking, shall be deemed 15-minute parking where applicable.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.062)

(C) Two-hour zone established. The City Council shall, from time to time by resolution as traffic conditions require, establish zones to be known as two-hour parking zones upon the streets or portions of streets in the city as are selected for the location of the zones. The City Council may, by resolution, change or eliminate any of the zones so established.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.063)

(D) Signs. When a time limited parking zone is established by action of the City Council as is provided in § 71.06, adequate signs or markings shall be placed in the zone to give notice to the public thereof.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.064)

(E) Time limits.

(1) When a time limited parking zone is established by action of the City Council as is provided in this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park any vehicle, except a commercial delivery vehicle, in a parking space in the zone for a period of time longer than indicated by the signs applicable to that zone.

(2) When a time limited parking zone is established by action of the City Council as is provided in this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park any vehicle, except a commercial delivery vehicle, more than one time within any four consecutive hours upon the same street between the same intersections in the zone.

(3) When a time limited parking zone is established by action of the City Council as is provided in this subchapter, each period of overtime parking or violation shall constitute a separate violation, and a citation may be issued for each and every violation.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.65)

(F) Article applicability. The provisions of § 71.06 of this subsection shall not apply to the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles on the streets of the city between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., or to the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles on the streets of the city on Sundays or holidays

(1994 Code, § 10.08.066)

(G) Designation of other curb markings.

(1) At the times as the City Manager finds that the public safety and convenience require the establishment of no parking or limited parking zones for motor vehicles on the public streets in the city in addition to the requirements of this subchapter, he or she shall report this fact to the City Council at a meeting of that body. Thereafter, as directed by resolution of the City Council, he or she is authorized to place the following curb markings to indicate stopping, standing or parking regulation, and those markings shall have the meaning set forth as follows:

(a) Red means no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Cal. Vehicle Code §§ 22506, 22507, 22507.5 and 22507.6 and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone;

(b) Yellow indicates a loading zone for freight or passengers;

(c) White indicates a passenger loading zone or a postal mail zone;

(d) Green means no standing or parking for longer than the time limit specified by the signs applicable to that zone at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day, except Sundays and holidays; and

(e) Blue means no stopping, standing or parking a vehicle other than an authorized handicapped vehicle.

(2) When the city has caused curb markings to be placed pursuant to the provisions of this subsection, it is unlawful for any person to stand, stop or park a vehicle in violation of the markings or signs so placed as set forth in Cal. Vehicle Code, §§ 22507.5 and 22507.6 and related State Vehicle Code sections.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.067)

(H) No parking zones.

(1) The City Council shall, from time to time by resolution as traffic conditions require, establish zones to be known as no parking zones, upon the alleys and streets or portions of alleys and streets in the city as are selected for the location of the zones. The City Council may, by resolution, change or eliminate any of the zones so established.

(2) When a no parking zone is established by action of the City Council as provided in this division or any other section of city ordinances, adequate signs or markings as set forth in § 71.03(H) shall be placed in the zone to give notice to the public thereof.

(3) When a no parking zone is established by action of the City Council as provided in this subsection, it is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park any vehicle, except as set forth in Cal. Vehicle Code § 22507.6.

(4) Any vehicle so parked or left standing in violation of the provisions of this division may be removed by a peace officer in accordance with the procedures established in the State Vehicle Code.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.068)

(I) Street sweeping; restricted parking. The City Council may, by resolution, determine and fix the hours and days on which the streets in the city shall be swept by the Department of Public Works. Upon the adoption of this resolution and the posting of the streets, it is unlawful for any person to park or stand a vehicle on any street within the city at the times so designated.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.069)

(Ord. 97-102, passed 10-14-1997) Penalty, see § 10.99

The unloading and loading of all motor vehicles and other means of conveyances making deliveries to or for any person, firm or corporation operating business establishments on Main Street shall be done in the loading zones that are located immediately adjacent thereto. Any unloading or loading contrary to the foregoing provisions is unlawful.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.070) (Ord. 97-102, passed 10-14-1997)

(A) Peddlers and vendors.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division, no person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or foodstuffs are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale or bartered or exchanged, or any lunch wagon or eating car or vehicle, on any portion of any street within the city except that the vehicles, wagons or pushcarts may stand or park only at the request of a bona fide purchaser for a period of time not to exceed ten minutes at any one place. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons delivering the articles upon order of, or by agreement with, a customer from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution.

(2) No person shall park or stand on any street any lunch wagon, eating cart or vehicle or pushcart from which articles of food are sold or offered for sale without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the Planning and Development Services Department, which permit shall designate the specific location in which the cart shall stand.

(3) 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 the vehicle or wagon without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the Planning and Development Services Department, which permit shall designate the specific location which the vehicle may stand.

(4) Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of this division, 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 the permit. In the event the holder of this permit is convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction for violating any of the provisions of this subsection, the permit shall be forthwith revoked by the Planning and Development Services Director upon the filing of the record of the conviction with the officer, and no permit shall thereafter be issued to the person until six months have elapsed from the date of the revocation.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.071)

(B) Emergency parking signs.

(1) Whenever the Director of Public Works 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 Director of Public Works 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 the streets and alleys as the Director of Public Works shall direct during the time the temporary signs are in place. The signs shall remain in place only during the existence of the emergency, and the Director of Public Works shall cause the signs to be removed promptly thereafter.

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

(1994 Code, § 10.08.072)

(C) Parking commercial vehicle in residential districts.

(1) No person shall park any of the following commercial vehicles in any residential zone district or in the right-of-way adjacent to any residential zone district:

(a) Trucks of greater than one ton capacity;

(b) Buses;

(c) Commercial trailers of all types;

(2) The provisions of this division shall not apply when a vehicle is:

(a) Loading or unloading merchandise, materials or passengers; or

(b) Parked in connection with, and in aid of, the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which the vehicle is parked, for the time as is reasonably necessary to complete the service.

(3) No person shall park commercial vehicles over one ton on a public street within 500 feet of a residential district between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.075)

(D) Parking on city property.

(1) Whenever the Director of Public Works shall determine that the orderly, efficient conduct of the city's business requires that the parking or standing of vehicles on city property be prohibited, limited or restricted, the Director 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.

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

(1994 Code, § 10.08.076)

(E) Parking on private property; inoperative vehicles.

(1) It shall be unlawful to park or store a vehicle on any portion of private property visible from a public street unless the vehicle is operative and is parked on a driveway.

(2) For the purpose of this division (E), the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

DRIVEWAY. A poured-in-place asphalt or concrete slab which covers less than 50% of the required front yard area of the lot and is directly connected to a public right-of-way by a curb cut, or any other designated parking area. On corner lots coverage can cover up to 60% of the required lot front yard area.

PRIVATE PROPERTY. All real property in the city which is not publicly owned.

PRIVATE PROPERTY VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. All private property which can be seen while standing in a public street and which is not behind a five- to six-foot solid fence.

PUBLIC STREET. A way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular traffic.

VEHICLE, OPERATIVE. A vehicle is operative only when it displays a current vehicle registration and is in condition to be legally operated upon a public street or highway within the state.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.077)

(F) Diagonal parking.

(1) On any of the streets or portions of streets established by resolution of the Council as diagonal parking zones, when signs or pavement markings are in place indicating the diagonal parking, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park the vehicle except:

(a) At the angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits of the allotted space; and

(b) With the front wheel nearest the curb within six inches of the curb.

(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply when the vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading passengers, freight, or goods, in which event the provisions applicable to parallel parking of this subchapter shall be complied with.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.078)

(G) Parking space markings.

(1) The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbing where authorized parking is permitted.

(2) When the parking space markings are placed on the highway, subject to other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be stopped, left standing or parked other than within a single space unless the size or shape of the vehicle makes compliance impossible.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.079)

(H) No stopping zones.

(1) The Director of Public Works shall designate established no stopping zones by placing and maintaining appropriate signs indicating that stopping of vehicles is prohibited and indicating the hours and day when stopping is prohibited.

(2) During the hours and on the days designated on the signs, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop the vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets established by resolution of the Council as no stopping zones.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.081)

(I) Authority to establish loading zones.

(1) The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to determine and mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows:

(a) At any place in any business district; and

(b) Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business or in front of any hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly.

(2) In no event shall more than one-half the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.

(3) Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top of all curbs within the zones.

(4) Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all curbs in the zones.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.082)

(J) Effect of permission to load or unload.

(1) Permission granted in this subchapter to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than 20 minutes.

(2) The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries and to the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail.

(3) Permission granted in this subchapter to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage, but shall not extend the time necessary thereof, and in no event for more than three minutes.

(4) Within the total time specified in this subsection, the provisions of this subsection shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting the abuse of the privileges hereby granted.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.083)

(K) Standing for loading or unloading only. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow loading zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or materials for the time as is permitted in § 71.08 of this chapter.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.084)

(L) Standing in passenger loading zones. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any passenger loading zone for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers for the time as is specified in § 71.08 of this chapter.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.085)

(M) Standing in alleys. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in any alley. It shall be unlawful to stop, stand or park in any alley designated as a fire lane and in which adequate signs and markings indicate the destination.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.086) (Ord. 2025-01, passed 7-14-2025) Penalty, see § 10.99

(A) It shall be unlawful for any person upon roller skates, skateboard or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device to go upon any roadway, or upon the sidewalk in the business district, or upon private property open to the public where the use of the devices is expressly prohibited by posted signs.

(B) The owners of the above-mentioned private property, or their agents, are hereby authorized to post signs banning the use of the devices on the specified property.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.087) (Ord. 97-102, passed 10-14-1997) Penalty, see § 10.99

(A) It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing upon a highway, public street or way, or privately owned off-street parking facility unless it bears a current tab indicating the year of expiration as required by Cal. Vehicle Code § 5204. Whether or not a vehicle is in violation of any regulation governing the standing or parking of a vehicle but is in violation of Cal. Vehicle Code § 5204(a), a person authorized to enforce parking laws and regulations shall issue a written notice of parking violation, setting forth the alleged violation. The violation shall be processed pursuant to the procedures applicable to parking violations specified in this subchapter.

(B) This section does not apply:

(1) To any motor vehicle stored in a privately owned off-street parking facility by, or with the express permission of, the owner of the privately owned off-street parking facility.

(2) To any motor vehicle following payment of fees due for registration during the time necessary for the Department of Motor Vehicles to process and return evidence of current registration.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.088) (Ord. 97-102, passed 10-14-1997) Penalty, see § 10.99

An equipment violation entered upon the notice of parking violation attached to the vehicle pursuant to Cal. Vehicle Code § 40203 shall be processed pursuant to the procedure for parking violations.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.089) (Ord. 97-102, passed 10-14-1997)

Any peace officer, as defined in Cal. Penal Code Chapter 4.5 (commencing with § 830) of Title 3 of Part 2; or any regularly employed and salaried employee, who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations, of the city, may remove a vehicle located within the territorial limits of the city under any of the circumstances enumerated in Cal. Vehicle Code § 22651.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.090) (Ord. 97-102, passed 10-14-1997)

The notice of parking violation issued pursuant to this subchapter shall contain the information required by Cal. Vehicle Code §§ 40202 and 40203. The notice of parking violation issued for an unlawfully parked vehicle shall be accompanied by a warning that repeated violations may result in the impounding of the vehicle.

(1994 Code, § 10.08.091) (Ord. 97-102, passed 10-14-1997)

(A) Parking violations shall be punishable by a fine in the amounts specified in the parking violation bail schedule adopted by the City Council. The parking violation bail schedule may henceforth be amended as to form, violations and amount of fines by a resolution of the City Council.

(B) Until further amendment by the Council, the parking violation bail schedule shall be as follows:

Parking Violation Bail Amounts

Parking Violation Bail Amounts Unlisted vehicle code parking violations - $10 Unlisted municipal code parking violations - $10 Vehicle Code Violations

(1994 Code, § 10.08.092) (Ord. 97-102, passed 10-14-1997)

REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN PRIVATE STREETS AND AREAS

By reason of the foregoing finding and declaration, Cal. Vehicle Code §§ 22350 (basic speed law), 22507.8 (disabled persons parking space), 23103 (reckless driving) and 23109 (speed contest) shall apply to the privately-owned and maintained off-street parking areas.

(1994 Code, § 10.12.010) (Ord. 77-105, passed - -1977; Ord. 79-103, passed - -1979)

(A) Pursuant to the authority of Cal. Vehicle Code § 21107.8, the City Council does find and declare that the privately-owned and maintained off-street parking areas of the city's mobile home park within the city are generally held open for public use for the purpose of vehicular parking.

(1994 Code, § 10.12.020)

(B) The provisions of this subchapter shall be in force at such time as the owner of the city's mobile home park causes to be posted in a conspicuous place at each entrance to off-street parking areas a notice not less than 17 by 22 inches in size with lettering not less than one inch in height giving notice to the public that off-street parking areas are subject to public traffic regulation and control.

(1994 Code, § 10.12.030)

(Ord. 77-105, passed - -1977; Ord. 79-103, passed - -1979)

COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

Except for travel trailers, campers, motor homes and other recreational vehicles, it is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park any commercial vehicle having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more on any public street, highway, thoroughfare or alley in the city when the street, highway, thoroughfare or alley abuts on real property zoned R-1 or RM, provided the avenue is properly posted so as to provide notice of this parking restriction pursuant to Cal. Vehicle Code §§ 22507 et seq., except in the following cases:

(A) A commercial vehicle making a pickup or delivery of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure, located on a restricted street, highway, thoroughfare or alley;

(B) A commercial vehicle engaged in the delivery of materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alternation, remodeling or construction of any building or structure located on a restricted street. highway, thoroughfare or alley for which building or structure a building permit has been previously obtained.

(1994 Code, § 10.20.010) (Ord. 93-100, passed - -1993) Penalty, see § 10.99

(A) Except for travel trailers, campers, motor homes and other recreational vehicles, it is unlawful for any person to stop, stand, park or store any commercial vehicle as defined in the Cal. Vehicle Code § 260 as presently worded or hereinafter amended, in any front, side or rear yard in a residential district.

(B) Any commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of under 10,000 pounds is exempt from the provisions of this subsection. This division shall not be construed as authorization for the parking or storage of any vehicle in violation of other restrictions or prohibitions imposed by this code or other law.

(1994 Code, § 10.20.020) (Ord. 93-100, passed - -1993) Penalty, see § 10.99