Shafter Municipal Code Art. II Restrictions and Prohibitions

A. Green curb marking shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than twenty-four minutes at any time.

B. When authorized signs or curb markings have been determined by the traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park the vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation thereof.

(Prior code § 10-11-1)

When authorized signs, or curb markings have been determined by the traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park the vehicle for a period of time longer than forty minutes.

(Prior code § 10-11-2)

When authorized signs or curb markings have been determined by the traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park the vehicle for a period of time longer than one hour.

(Prior code § 10-11-3)

When authorized signs or curb markings have been determined by the traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park the vehicle for a period of time longer than two hours.

(Prior code § 10-11-4)

A. Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parked within eighteen 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 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 roadway unless signs are in place permitting such standing or parking.

C. The traffic engineer is authorized to determine when standing 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 requirement 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.

(Prior code § 10-11-5)

A. 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 is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park the vehicle except:

1. 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;

2. With the front wheel nearest the curb within six inches of the curb.

B. 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 Section 10.40.170 shall be complied with.

(Prior code § 10-11-6)

No person shall park any vehicle at any time in any alley.

(Prior code § 10-11-9)

No person shall park any motor truck in excess of eighteen feet in length, or any truck tractor, or any road tractor, or any trailer or semitrailer, on any street in any residential area between the hours of eight p.m. of any day and eight a.m. of the day immediately following.

(Prior code § 10-11-10)

A. The traffic engineer is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings where authorized parking is permitted.

B. 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.

(Prior code § 10-11-7)

A. The 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.

B. During the hours and on the days designated on the signs, it is 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.

(Prior code § 10-11-8)