Chapter 7.28 — MISCELLANEOUS PARKING REGULATIONS

The Board of Supervisors shall designate such stopping, standing or parking restrictions or prohibitions as may be necessary, and shall designate said restrictions or prohibitions on such streets, portions of streets or County-owned property by appropriate signs or markings giving effect to such parking, stopping or standing restrictions or prohibitions. When authorized signs and/or curb markings are in place giving notice of such prohibition or limitation, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in violation of such signs and/or curb markings. Whenever the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle has been prohibited,

restricted or limited as to time by an ordinance or resolution, the continued standing or parking of such vehicle after a citation therefor has been issued constitutes a separate and additional violation of the provisions for which the citation was issued when such standing or parking continues for an additional period longer than the maximum permissible period of parking in such space or location after issuance of such citation, or if no such period of time is designated, when such stopping, standing or parking after a citation therefor continues for an additional period longer than one hour.

(Prior code § 3731.0; Ord. 850, 07/21/49; Ord. 3234, 06/19/90; Ord. 4195, 10/21/03; Ord. 4268, 07/12/05)

The Director of Public Works is authorized to place signs and/or curb markings to indicate parking regulations. Curb markings shall have the following meanings:

(a)

Red means no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.

(b)

Yellow means no stopping, standing or parking at any time for any purpose other than the loading of passengers or materials.

(c)

White means no stopping, standing or parking at any time for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mailbox.

(d)

Green means no stopping, standing or parking for longer than the period of time authorized by resolution of this Board. To facilitate use and maintenance of green zones, the Director of Public Works may cause the curb to be stenciled with the allowed period of time and/or erect signs indicating the allowed period of time.

(e)

Blue means no stopping, standing or parking by other than a vehicle displaying a disabled parking license plate or current disabled parking placard issued by a State Department of Motor Vehicles.

(Prior code § 3731.1; Ord. 850, 07/21/49; Ord. 3113, 06/16/87; Ord. 4268, 07/12/05)

No person, firm or corporation, nor any agent or employee thereof, shall stop, leave standing, or park for the period of more than one (1) hour any commercial vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon a street, road, highway or other thoroughfare, or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel, located in any residential zone in the

unincorporated area of said County, except when such vehicle is in actual use for the transaction of any lawful business in said zone or is temporarily disabled.

(Prior code § 3731.2; Ord. 951, 08/07/51)

It shall be unlawful for any person driving, or in control of, or in charge of, a motor vehicle to permit it to stand unattended on any highway in any business or residential district within the unincorporated territory of the County of San Mateo, when upon any grade exceeding three percent (3%) without effectively blocking the wheels of said vehicle by turning them against a vertical curb or by other means.

(Prior code § 3731.3; Ord. 880, 02/03/50)

a)

The owner or person in lawful possession of any private property may subsequently notify, by telephone or, if impractical, by the most expeditious means available, the County Sheriff, and cause the removal of a vehicle parked on such property to the nearest public garage, if there is displayed, in plain view, at all entrances to property, a sign prohibiting public parking and indicating that vehicles will be removed at the owner's expense, and containing the telephone number of the local traffic law enforcement agency.

b)

The size of such sign prohibiting public parking, as described in subsection (a), shall be at least twelve inches by eighteen inches in size and no more than six (6) square feet in area. The bottom of the sign shall be mounted between five feet and seven feet measured from the ground.

(Prior code § 3731.4.5; Ord. 2849, 07/12/83)

Parking zone development fees shall be paid by the parties requesting parking restrictions upon County approval of requests to establish parking restrictions in residential, commercial or industrial areas. In no event shall any fee be charged to persons requesting a disabled parking zone in a residential area.

The following parking zone development fees shall be charged:

Parking Zone Fee Effective 7/01/08 Fee Effective 7/01/09 Fee Effective 7/01/10 Fee Effective 7/01/11 Development Fee

No Parking, Time Limited $50 + $10/foot for paint $52 + $10/foot for paint $53 + $10/foot for paint $55 + $10/foot for paint Parking, Loading, and and/or signs and/or signs and/or signs and/or signs Miscellaneous Zones

(Ord. 4427, 6/24/08)

The Board of Supervisors shall, by Resolution, determine and declare those parking zones or parking spaces, upon the public highways over which the County has jurisdiction, which prohibit parking for oversized vehicles, which are for the purposes of this section vehicles over six (6) feet in height, or any trailer, as the term "trailer" is defined in Vehicle Code Section 630, whether connected or unconnected, in order to prevent obstruction of vehicular and pedestrian traffic and to maintain the safe and efficient flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic on the County's public highways.

The Director of Public Works shall cause to be marked by signs, markings, curbs, or other practical manner, the parking spaces where the parking of oversized vehicles is prohibited or where parking of any trailer is prohibited.

No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any oversized vehicle or trailer, whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in cases of emergency, or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or else be subject to fines in accordance with the Chapter

No person shall park or store a vehicle, as defined in the Vehicle Code, or a boat of any type, or any boat trailer, or camper shell(s), in the front yard of a lot, whether improved or unimproved, including the lawn area thereof, in any residential zone within the territory of the Broadmoor Police Protection District, except upon that improved area which shall comprise the driveway to a garage or carport; provided that this section

shall not cover abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or vehicle parts within the scope of chapter 7.60. For the purposes of this section "front yard" shall not have that definition established in section 6102.85 but shall mean that space on a lot which is not covered or obstructed by any structure and is visible from the street. The violation of this section shall be an infraction.

(Prior code § 3731.21; Ord. 3096, 02/17/87; Ord. 3301, 03/12/91)

No person shall stand or park a vehicle upon any street or roadway for the principal purpose of either:

(a)

Displaying such vehicle for sale by sign or otherwise.

(b)

Greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency.

A violation of this section shall be an infraction and is punishable by (1) a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first violation; (2) a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second violation of this section within one year; and (3) a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each additional violation of this section within one year.

(Ord. 3639, 3/14/95)