Sebastopol Municipal Code Ch. 10.40 Stopping, Standing or Parking Restricted or Prohibited on Certain Streets

Green curb marking shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than 24 minutes at any time between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays.

When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notices thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign or parking meter in violation thereof.

When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period time longer than 40 minutes.

When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer than one hour.

When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer than three hours, four hours, or such time as shall be determined by the Traffic Engineer.

A. Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parked within 18 inches of the 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 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 City Traffic Engineer is 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 or more separate roadways and shall erect signs giving notice thereof.

D. The requirements of parallel parking imposed by this section shall not apply in the event any commercial vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading freight or goods, in which case such vehicle may be backed up to the curb; provided, that such vehicle does not extend beyond the centerline of the street and does not block traffic thereby.

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 such diagonal parking, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park said 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 said allotted space.

B. With the front wheel nearest the curb within six inches of said curb. The provisions of this section shall not apply when such vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading passengers, freight or goods, in which event the provisions applicable in SMC 10.40.050 shall be complied with.

The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbing where authorized parking is permitted. When such 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 such vehicle makes compliance impossible.

The City Traffic Engineer shall designate established no stopping zones by placing and maintaining appropriate signs indicating that stopping of vehicles is prohibited and indicating the hours and days when stopping is prohibited.

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

All parking regulations of the City of Sebastopol, as provided in this chapter, shall be applicable to publicly owned off-street parking facilities.

The City Council may designate certain City-owned parking lots, upon which it charges for parking. Said charges may be collected by parking meters, parking permits, or by other means.

The City Council may, by resolution, authorize the issuance of stamps, stickers, or other methods of identification indicating upon their face the month or other period of time during which the authorization is effective for a consideration to be determined by the City Council as just and equitable, which stickers, stamp or other device shall be visibly placed in the car and shall constitute authorization for the parking of such car upon and within any parking lot owned and operated by the City of Sebastopol during the period of time indicated upon said stamp, sticker or other device. No person shall park or leave any vehicle in any space designated as “reserved” or other designation indicating its use for permit parking.

No person shall park any vehicle or cause, allow, permit, or suffer any vehicle registered in his name or operated or controlled by him, to be parked adjacent to a curb painted blue, or in any parking space on or off street painted blue or otherwise designated and identified as reserved for handicapped persons, unless said vehicle displays either one of the distinguishing license plates issued to disabled persons, pursuant to Section 22511.5 of the California Vehicle Code, or to disabled veterans as specified in Section 9105 of the California Vehicle Code.

The City Traffic Engineer shall designate special “blue curb” parking spaces for the purposes of providing on-street parking or parking in publicly owned off-street facilities for exclusive use of physically handicapped persons.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of an infraction and any person violating any section or portion of this chapter on a second or subsequent occasion shall thereafter be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction of either an infraction or a misdemeanor, shall be punishable as provided by law.