Sierra Madre Municipal Code Ch. 10.24 Stopping, Standing and Parking

City ordinances and resolutions prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times therein specified, 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 traffic control device.

(Ord. 1265 § 13, 2007: prior code § 4370)

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway.

(Prior code § 4371)

The city manager, or his or her designee, is 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 chapter.

(Ord. 1265 § 14, 2007: Ord. 1084 § 1 (part), 1992; prior code § 4372)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), adopted October 11, 2022, amended the title of § 10.24.030 to read as herein set out. The former § 10.24.030 title pertained to city manager to maintain restricted parking and stopping areas.

No owner and/or operator of any motor vehicle shall stop, stand, park, or leave standing such vehicle in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized officer, or traffic sign or signal:

A. Within or alongside of any divisional island, unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings;

B. Upon, along or across any railway track in such manner as to hinder, delay or obstruct the movement of any train traveling upon such track;

C. On any street or alley where the restricted use of such street or alley or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or 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 of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided that signs giving notice of such restriction are erected or placed in said areas;

D. At any place within twenty feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the midblock end of a safety zone, when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

E. At any place within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection when such 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;

F. At any location where the city manager, or his or her designee, determines that parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

G. At any location established by resolution of the council as a no parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

H. At the approaches to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign, or official electric flashing device, within a distance determined by the city manager, or his or her designee, to be sufficient to permit a safe orderly movement of traffic at the location of such traffic devices.

I. On certain city streets during yellow and red flag alert days as set forth in Chapter 10.52.

(Ord. 1265 § 15, 2007; Ord. 1084 § 1 (part), 1992; prior code § 4373)

(Ord. No. 1284, § 2, 10-28-08; Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

No person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of any vehicles shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two hours. This section does not apply to an oversized recreational or commercial vehicle which is subject to Section 10.24.310, and may not be parked overnight on any street or alley.

(Prior code § 4374)

(Ord. No. 1414, 6-25-19; Ord. No. 1474, § 6, 12-10-24)

No operator of any vehicle shall park said vehicle upon any street in the city for the purpose of advertising or displaying it for sale.

(Prior code § 4375)

No person shall construct, or cause to be constructed, repair, or cause to be repaired, grease, or cause to be greased, dismantle, or cause to be dismantled, any vehicle or any part thereof, upon any public street or alley in the city; except for temporary emergency repairs.

(Prior code § 4376)

The city manager, or his or her designee, is authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed twenty feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty feet. Placement of signs or markings must be placed a distance of no more than three hundred feet from each other.

(Ord. 1265 § 16, 2007: prior code § 4377)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a highway when upon any grade exceeding three percent within any business or residence district without blocking the wheels of said vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means.

A. Unless a special permit is obtained pursuant to provisions of subsection B of this section, no person shall park or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a highway upon any grade exceeding three percent within any business or residence district without blocking the wheels of said vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other lawful means.

B. The city manager, or his or her designee, is authorized to issue exemptions from the requirements of subsection A of this section provided such vehicle is equipped with a special braking system of a type authorized and recommended by the California Highway Patrol and the city manager, or his or her designee.

C. Any such special permit issued by the city manager, or his or her designee, shall be null and void if:

The brake locking device is not placed on the "on" position in all unattended vehicles, and if such special braking equipment is not inspected by licensed CHP brake adjusters every ninety days and a certificate of satisfactory condition submitted to the city manager at the beginning of each ninety-day period.

(Ord. 1265 § 17, 2007; prior code § 4378)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or food-stuffs 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 for more than one hour. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons delivering such articles upon order of, or by agreement with a customer from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution.

B. No person shall park, stand or maintain any lunch wagon, eating cart, or any other food vending vehicle or conveyance, in or upon any public street or other public property within four hundred feet of any property line of any property upon which a public school is located.

C. No person shall park, stand or maintain an ice cream vending vehicle or other child oriented vending vehicle in or upon any street unless the vehicle is equipped at the front and rear with roof mounted flashing amber or yellow lights. These lights shall remain flashing during every service stop. Additionally, each vehicle shall have a sign "caution/children" in six inch high letters across the rear.

D. The prohibitions under this section do not apply to a sidewalk vendor operating on a public sidewalk or paved pedestrian path who has been issued a sidewalk vending permit in compliance with Section 12.12.055.

(Ord. 1140 § 1, 1997; Ord. 1084 § 1 (part), 1992; prior code § 4380)

(Ord. No. 1406-U, § 3, 12-11-18)

A. Whenever the city manager, or his or her designee, shall determine that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblies, gatherings, or functions, or for other reasons, the city manager, or his or her designee, shall have power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys as the city manager, or his or her designee, shall direct during the time such temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such emergency and the city manager, or his or her designee, shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.

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

C. Whenever the city manager, or his or her designee, posts signs prohibiting parking under emergency conditions as set forth in this section for functions relating to film making, such signs in the discretion of the city manager, or his or her designee, may exempt parking of vehicles registered to residents, and bearing a placard, sticker or other identification issued by the city manager, or his or her designee, identifying such vehicles as belonging to an exempted resident.

(Ord. 1265 § 18, 2007: Ord. 1160 § 1, 1999; prior code § 4381)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

Every motor truck having an unladen weight of four thousand pounds or more, and every truck tractor irrespective of weight when operated upon any street or highway during darkness shall be equipped with and carry at least two red lanterns or two warning lights or reflectors, which reflectors shall be of a type approved by the Department of California Highway Patrol. When any vehicle above mentioned or any trailer or semi-trailer is disabled upon streets or highways outside of any business or residential district within the city and upon which street or highway there is insufficient street lighting to reveal a vehicle at a distance of two hundred feet during darkness, a warning signal of the character indicated above shall be immediately placed at a distance of approximately one hundred feet in advance of, and one hundred feet to the rear of, such disabled vehicle by the driver thereof. The continuous flashing of at least four approved Class A-Type 1 turn signal lamps, at least two toward the front and at least two toward the rear of the vehicle, shall be considered to meet the requirements of this section until the devices mentioned above can be placed in the required locations. The warning signals herein mentioned shall be displayed continuously during darkness while such vehicle remains disabled upon such street or highway.

(Ord. 1084 § 1 (part), 1992; prior code § 4382)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

A. Green curb marking shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than twenty minutes at any time between eight a.m. and six p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays.

B. The city manager, or his or her designee, may designate locations of twenty-minute parking at his or her discretion.

C. When authorized signs or curb markings have been placed in areas designated by the city manager, or his or her designee, giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park any motor vehicle adjacent to any such area for a period of time in excess of twenty minutes.

(Ord. 1265 § 19, 2007; Ord. 1084 § 1 (part), 1992; prior code § 4390)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

When authorized signs or curb markings have been placed in areas designated by the city manager, or his or her designee, giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in such areas for a period of time longer than one hour between the hours of eight a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays. The city manager, or his or her designee, may designate locations of one-hour parking at his or her discretion.

(Ord. 1265 § 20, 2007: Ord. 1084 § 1 (part), 1992; prior code § 4391)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

When authorized signs or curb markings have been placed in areas designated by the city manager, or his or her designee, giving notice thereof, no owner and/or operator of any motor vehicle shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in such area for a period of time longer than two hours between the hours of eight a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays. The city manager, or his or her designee, may designate locations of two-hour parking at his or her discretion.

(Ord. 1265 § 21, 2007: Ord. 1084 § 1 (part), 1992; prior code § 4392)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

When authorized signs or curb markings have been placed in areas designated by the city manager, or his or her designee, giving notice thereof, no owner and/or operator of any motor vehicle shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in such area for a period longer than three hours between the hours of eight a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays. The city manager, or his or her designee, may designate locations of three-hour parking at his or her discretion.

(Ord. 1265 § 22, 2007: Ord. 1162 § 1, 1999)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

When authorized signs or curb markings have been placed in areas designated by the city manager, or his or her designee, giving notice thereof, no owner and/or operator of any motor vehicle shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in such an area for a period longer than the time specified and for any purpose other than specified. The city manager, or his or her designee, may designate locations for specific purpose parking at his or her discretion.

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

A. The city manager, or his or her designee, may designate locations for parallel parking at his or her discretion.

B. Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle shall be stopped or parked within eighteen inches of the curb facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any street unless signs are in place prohibiting such stopping or standing.

C. In the event a street is designated as one-way, or a street includes two or more roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction on each side of 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.

D. The city manager, or his or her designee, 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.

E. 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 does not extend beyond the center line of the street and does not block traffic thereby.

(Ord. 1265 § 23, 2007; prior code § 4393)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

A. The city manager, or his or her designee, may designate locations diagonal parking at his or her discretion.

B. On any of the streets or portions of streets established 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 said 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 said allotted space;

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

C. 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 of subsection 10.24.160D shall be complied with.

(Ord. 1084 § 1 (part), 1992; prior code § 4394)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

The city manager, or his or her designee, is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbs where parking is permitted. When such parking space markings are placed on the highway, any city property, or city parking lot, 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.

(Ord. 1265 § 24, 2007: Ord. 1045 § 1, 1988: prior code § 4395)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

A. The city manager, or his or her designee, shall designate 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 such signs, it is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop said vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets established as no stopping zones.

(Ord. 1265 § 25, 2007; Ord. 1084 § 1 (part), 1992; prior code § 4396)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), adopted October 11, 2022, repealed § 10.24.200, which pertained to stopping, standing or parking prohibited during certain hours on certain streets and derived from prior code § 4397.

When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Section 10.32.060.

(Prior code § 4398)

The city manager, or his or her designee, may from time to time provide for the establishment of regulations for the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in, or upon any municipal parking lot in the city and when authorized signs are erected and in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in, on or upon any such municipal parking lot for a period of time longer than that specified.

(Prior code § 4399)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

A. No person shall park a vehicle on any public street between the hours of two a.m. and five a.m. on any day except in accordance with an all-night parking permit issued to such vehicle as hereinafter provided.

B. In cases of hardship, where the owners of vehicles cannot obtain suitable parking capabilities, permits for all night-parking may be issued by the city manager, or his or her designee, to any vehicle, which together with any structure thereon, does not exceed a width or height of seven feet. The application for an all-night permit shall be filed in writing with the city manager, or his or her designee, upon a form to be furnished by him/her and shall be accompanied by the permit fee hereinafter prescribed. Each such application shall set forth the name and address of the applicant, the license number of the vehicle, the make, model and type of vehicle, a statement of the necessity and reasons for the permit and such other information as the city manager, or his or her designee, may require.

C. Upon the filing of each such application, the city manager, or his or her designee, shall cause to be made such investigation as he/she may deem proper to ascertain the necessity for the permit and whether such permit shall be granted. If upon investigation it is found that such necessity exists and that the applicant has no reasonable means for night storage of the vehicle described in the application or that there is no adequate off-street parking space reasonably obtainable by the applicant at his/her residence or within six hundred feet thereof, in order to comply with subsection A of this section, the city manager, or his or her designee, shall issue the permit for a period not to exceed one year upon payment of a permit fee, in an amount established by resolution of the city council. No portion of the permit fee shall be refunded whether the application is granted or denied or if the permit issued thereunder is subsequently revoked or modified. Each permit shall contain a brief description of the vehicle to which it is attached, the area or areas within which such vehicle may be parked and the expiration date thereof. The permit shall be effective only as to such vehicle and at the location identified on the permit application. The location(s) in which a vehicle may be parked shall be determined with respect to:

1. The character of surrounding neighborhood;

2. The availability of parking in off-street locations;

3. Other permits issued in the vicinity; and

4. Other criteria which the city manager, or his or her designee, determines to be relevant to the goal of accommodating hardship for permittees without unduly burdening neighbors.

The permit shall be displayed on the left side of the rear bumper of the vehicle for which it is issued at all times during which the vehicle is parked upon the street between the hours of two a.m. and five a.m. of any day.

D. The city manager may revoke the permit when the necessity under which it was issued and the reasons therefore cease to exist.

E. This section shall not apply to any vehicle displaying a license plate or distinguishing placard issued to a person or veteran pursuant to California Vehicle Code Sections 5007, 22511.55 or 22511.59.

F. The city manager, or his or her designee, shall have the authority in cases of hardship where suitable storage or parking facilities are not available, to issue a temporary permit for any vehicle to park upon the street between the hours of two a.m. and five a.m. for a period not to exceed thirty calendar days upon payment of a permit fee, in an amount established by resolution of the city council. No portion of the fee shall be refunded if the permit issued hereunder is subsequently revoked or modified.

G. Reserved.

H. The city manager, or his or her designee, shall have the authority in an emergency to temporarily cancel any or all permits.

I. Emergency vehicles are exempt from subsection A.

J. The city manager, or his or her designee, shall have the authority to grant an exemption from overnight parking permit fees to any household that qualifies as "low income" as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) annual survey of income limits for the public housing and Section 8 Programs. Application for an exemption shall be made upon a form supplied by the city.

(Ord. 1265 § 26, 2007; Ord. 1211 § 1, 2004: Ord. 1085 §§ 3, 4, 1992; Ord. 962 §§ 1—3, 1978; prior code § 4400)

(Ord. No. 1283, §§ 1—4, 12-9-08; Ord. No. 1414, 6-25-19; Ord. No. 1426, 2-25-20; Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

A. The city manager, or his or her designee, is authorized to determine and mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows:

1. At any place adjacent to a commercial area where traffic safety permits;

2. 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, where traffic safety permits.

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

C. Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top of and face of all curbs in said zones.

D. Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of and face of all curbs in said zones.

(Ord. 1265 § 27, 2007; prior code § 4410)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

The city manager, or his or her designee, is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this chapter, to place the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and said curb markings shall have the meaning as herein set forth.

A. Red shall mean 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 shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials, provided that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty minutes.

C. White shall mean no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mailbox, which shall not exceed three minutes, and such restrictions shall apply between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays and except as follows:

1. When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox the restrictions shall apply at all times;

2. When such zone is in front of a theater, the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater is closed.

D. When the city manager, or his or her designee, has caused curb markings to be placed as authorized under this chapter, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of this section.

(Ord. 1265 §§ 28, 29, 2007; prior code § 4411)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

A. Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than twenty minutes.

B. The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries, also the delivery or pickup of United States Postal Service items.

C. Permission herein granted to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend beyond the term necessary therefor and in no event for more than three minutes.

D. Within the total time limits above specified, the provisions of this section shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting abuse of the privileges hereby granted.

(Prior code § 4412)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

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 such time as is specified in Section 10.24.260.

(Prior code § 4413)

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 except for such time as is specified in Section 10.24.260.

(Prior code § 4414)

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose, other than for the purpose of loading or unloading of persons or materials, in any alley.

(Ord. 1084 § 1 (part), 1992; prior code § 4415)

A. The city manager, or his or her designee, is authorized to establish and determine the location of bus zones opposite curb space for the loading and unloading of buses or common carriers of passengers.

B. Coach zones shall be established at locations adjacent to intersections in a manner consistent with traffic safety.

(Ord. 1265 § 30, 2007; Ord. 1084 § 1 (part), 1992; prior code § 4416)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

A. No person shall park any oversized recreational or commercial vehicle on any city street or alley except:

1. While loading property onto or unloading property from the vehicle;

2. When such vehicle is parked in the aid of the performance of a service to a property within one hundred feet; or

3. With an overnight parking permit pursuant to Section 10.24.230.

(Prior code § 4430)

(Ord. No. 1402, § 2, 9-25-18; Ord. No. 1412, § 2(Exh. A), 5-14-19; Ord. No. 1414, 6-25-19; Ord. No. 1426, 2-25-20; Ord. No. 1474, § 7, 12-10-24)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1402, § 2, adopted Sept. 25, 2018, changed the title of § 10.24.310 from "Parking commercial vehicles in residential districts" to read as herein set out.

No person shall park any unattached trailer on any city street or alley except:

A. While loading property onto or unloading property from the oversized recreational or commercial vehicle;

B. When such vehicle is parked in the aid of the performance of a service to a property within one hundred feet; or

C. With an overnight parking permit pursuant to Section 10.24.230.

(Ord. No. 1474, § 8, 12-10-24)

A. Whenever the city manager, or his or her designee, shall determine that the orderly, efficient conduct of the city's business requires that driving, parking or standing of vehicles on city property be prohibited, limited or restricted, the city manager 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.

B. When signs authorized by the provisions of this section are in place, giving notice thereof, no person shall drive, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of such signs.

(Ord. 1185 § 2 (part), 2000; prior code § 4431)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

When the city manager, or his or her designee, determines that the establishment of a bicycle parking zone is reasonably necessary or desirable for the regulation of traffic or to provide facilities for the temporary parking of bicycles, or to safeguard life or property, he/she is authorized to set aside a space on the street not more than thirty-six feet in length for the parking of bicycles during such hours of such days as are found by him/her to be best suited for the accomplishment of the purposes set forth in this section. When a bicycle parking zone is so established, the city manager, or his or her designee, shall cause appropriate signs to be posted giving notice that parking of other vehicles is prohibited during such hours. No person shall stop, stand or park any other vehicle in front of such bicycle parking zone in violation of this section.

(Ord. 1265 § 31, 2007: prior code § 4432)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

A. The city manager, or his or her designee, may establish taxicab stands.

B. The city manager, or his or her designee, shall cause to be painted a white line stenciled with the words "FOR TAXICABS/RIDESHARE ONLY," upon the tops of all curbs and places specified for taxicabs and rideshare vehicles only.

C. No owner or driver of any taxicab or rideshare vehicle shall park or stand the same upon any public highway in the city for any period of time longer than is necessary to discharge or receive passengers then occupying or then waiting for such taxicab; provided that a taxicab may be parked in a taxicab stand established pursuant to subsection A of this section.

D. No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle, except a taxicab or rideshare vehicle, in such taxicab/rideshare stand.

(Ord. 1265 § 32, 2007; prior code § 4433)

(Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), 10-11-22)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1462, § 2(Exh. A), adopted October 11, 2022, amended the title of § 10.24.340 to read as herein set out. The former § 10.24.340 title pertained to taxicab stands to be established.

A. No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle in the city shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition and removing the key therefrom, and effectively setting the brake thereon.

B. Whenever any police officer shall find a motor vehicle standing unattended with the ignition key in said vehicle in violation of this section, such police officer is authorized to remove such key from such vehicle and to deliver such key to the police station.

C. The registered owner of a vehicle found in violation of this section shall be held prima facie responsible for any such violation.

(Prior code § 4441)

No person shall stop, stand, park or leave standing, any motor vehicle, as that phrase is defined in the Vehicle Code of the state of California, whether attended or unattended, on any private property within the city, except with the consent of the owner or person in possession of such private property. Such consent, for the purpose of this section, shall be deemed, for all purposes, not to have been given if the said private property has displayed thereon, in plain view, a sign which:

A. States that public parking is prohibited; and

B. Refers to this section; and

C. Contains the telephone number of the police department.

(Ord. 1084 § 1 (part), 1992; prior code § 4450)

The owners or persons in lawful possession of such private property may cause vehicles parked in violation of Section 10.24.360 to be removed in accordance with the provisions of the Vehicle Code of the state of California.

(Ord. 1084 § 1 (part), 1992; prior code § 4451)

No person shall:

A. Use electrical cords, extension cords, hoses, cables, or other items that cross on the parkway, street, or sidewalk from any property to a commercial or recreational vehicle or a trailer parked on a city street at any time.

B. Connect a commercial or recreational vehicle or trailer to the public sewer system or dump waste onto public or private land or into streets, gutters or storm drains.

C. Use slide outs or pop outs on a commercial or recreational vehicle or trailer that encroaches on the roadway, parkway and/or sidewalk interfering with the path of safe travel of vehicles and pedestrians.

D. Use a commercial or recreational vehicle or trailer for human habitation.

E. Leak or emit any type of grease, oil, fuel or other harmful substance from a commercial or recreational vehicle or trailer onto the public right-of-way.

(Ord. No. 1474, § 9, 12-10-24)