Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Tehama Municipal Code Ch. 10.16 Stopping, Standing and Parking
Tehama Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-18 · Tehama
Cite as: Tehama Municipal Code Chapter 10.16 · Text as of 2026-10-18
10.16.010 - Length of time.¶
No vehicle or part thereof shall be stopped or left standing upon any street or public way of any kind for a period to exceed seventy-two (72) consecutive hours. ;hn0; (Ord. 126 § 1, 1986)
10.16.020 - Authority to remove vehicle.¶
The city has authority to remove or have removed a vehicle left standing on any street or public way for more than seventy-two (72) consecutive hours when such vehicle is in violation of any section of this chapter upon any street or public way of whatever kind. The removal of any vehicle under this section shall comply with all regulations of the Vehicle Code of California contained in Division 11, Chapter 10, commencing with Section 22650. ;hn0; (Ord. 126 § 2, 1986)
10.16.030 - Parking for repairs.¶
No vehicle undergoing repairs or which has been partially dismantled will be left standing or stopped on any street or public way of whatever kind or description during the hours between sundown and sunup of the next following day. ;hn0; (Ord. 126 § 3, 1986)
10.16.040 - Obstructions.¶
No vehicle shall be stopped or left standing in such a manner as to obstruct the free and uninterrupted use of such street or public way. ;hn0; (Ord. 126 § 4, 1986)
10.16.050 - Intersections.¶
No vehicle shall be parked or left standing within twenty (20) feet of any intersection of streets, computing such distance from the extended property line. Intersections must be kept clear at all times. ;hn0; (Ord. 126 § 5, 1986)
10.16.060 - Angle parking.¶
All parking on public streets shall be parallel parking unless council approved and signed for angle parking. ;hn0; (Ord. 126 § 6, 1986)
10.16.070 - Other vehicles.¶
It is unlawful for any person to place or cause to be placed, any house trailer, motor home, farm machinery, truck or vehicle other than a motor vehicle (automobile, car, pickup) or any other obstruction or thing upon the streets of the city without first obtaining from the city council a use permit to do so. Such permit shall be entered upon the minutes of such meeting a certified copy of which shall be attached to such obstruction, house trailer, or other vehicle left upon the street or public way. ;hn0; (Ord. 126 § 7, 1986)
10.16.080 - Parking off traveled way.¶
Vehicles shall not park on the traveled roadway. The city has provided eighty (80) foot street rights-of-way to provide for parking off the traveled way. ;hn0; (Ord. 126 § 8, 1986)
10.16.090 - Penalties.¶
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of an infraction, punishable as set forth in Vehicle Code Section 42001. ;hn0; (Ord. 152 § 5(B), 2000: Ord. 126 § 9, 1986)
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