South El Monte Municipal Code Ch. 10.14 Operation and Parking of Private Buses

As used in this chapter:

"Park"

means to stand or leave standing any vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading of passengers or materials.

"Private bus"

means any bus, as defined in the California Vehicle Code, used or maintained by or for a charter party carrier of passengers for compensation or profit, a passenger stage corporation, or any highway carrier of passengers required to register with the California Public Utilities Commission.

"Public transit bus"

means any bus owned or operated by a publicly owned or operated transit system, or operated under contract with a publicly owned or operated transit system, and used to provide to the general public, regularly scheduled transportation for which a fare is charged.

"Stop or stand"

means any stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device.

(Ord. 1197 §1, 2015)

No person shall park, stop or stand a private bus in any part of the public right-of-way within the city for any purpose including loading and unloading passengers, except for:

A. Emergencies.

B. The purpose of loading and unloading passengers at hotels and motels where bus passengers are registered guests.

C. Transporting passengers to and from specific cultural or entertainment events within the city.

(Ord. 1197 §1, 2015)

Operators of private buses using private property to park, stop or stand the buses to load or unload passengers shall first obtain a city business license in accordance with Chapter 5.06 of this Code, and provide documentation to the city that the owner and tenants thereof approve of such use of the property.

(Ord. 1197 §1, 2015)

The regulations imposed by this chapter shall not be effective until such time as signs giving notice of such restrictions are conspicuously posted on streets at the entrances to the city. The public works director is authorized to post conspicuous signs giving notice of the restrictions contained in this chapter.

(Ord. 1197 §1, 2015)

A violation of any provision of this chapter is an infraction, punishable as set forth in Chapter 1.16 of this Code.

(Ord. 1197 §1, 2015)