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Title D — ZONING›Chapter I — Stopping, Standing and Parking

San Ramon Municipal Code Art. 4 Parking

San Ramon Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · San Ramon

Cite as: San Ramon Municipal Code Article 4 · Text as of 2026-10-04

B8-36. - Parking on hills.

A. No person driving, in control of, or in charge of any vehicle shall stand or park if on any street or highway where the grade exceeds three percent, in any business or residential district as defined by the California Vehicle Code, without setting the brakes and blocking the wheels of the vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means. B. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in Vehicle Code Section 42001. (Ord. 230 § 14 (part), 1992)

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B8-37. - Parking—Seventy-two or more consecutive hours.

Any vehicle parked or left standing on a street for seventy-two or more consecutive hours may be removed as provided in the vehicle code. (Ord. 230 § 14 (part), 1992)

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B8-38. - Parking—Removal of parked vehicles.

The city may have signs placed giving notice that vehicles may be removed from any city street, and twenty-four hours thereafter may have the vehicle removed in accordance with the provisions of this code and the vehicle code, when: A. The use of any city street, or a portion thereof, is either: 1. Necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the road or for the installation of underground utilities; or 2. Authorized by permit for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic, or for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size; and the parking of any vehicle would prevent or interfere with any such use; or B. A vehicle is illegally on a city street in violation of a city traffic ordinance or resolution forbidding standing or parking. (Ord. 230 § 14 (part), 1992)

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B8-39. - Parking of vehicles in fire lanes.

A. No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle in any location, in a publicly or privately owned or operated off-street parking facility, designated as a fire lane by the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District. B. The fire lane shall be indicated in the manner set forth in Section 22500.1 of the Vehicle Code. C. Any peace officer may cause to be removed any vehicle parked or left standing in violation of this section of the Municipal Code of the city of San Ramon. D. This section shall only be enforced in those fire lanes which are indicated (1) 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 and stating that the vehicle may be cited and removed at owner's expense (2) 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 "FIRE LANE," and (3) the sign displays the phone number of the city of San Ramon Police Department. (Ord. 387 § 1, 2007)

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B8-40. - Reserved.

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