Truckee Municipal Code Ch. 10.13 Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited in Specified Places

(a) The traffic engineer is authorized to determine the location of no stopping zones and no parking areas for the purpose of establishing left-turn lanes, right-turn lanes, vehicle maneuvering zones and sight clearance zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs or markings indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this Chapter and the Vehicle Code are applicable.

(b) No stopping zones and no parking zones for purposes other than specified in Section 10.13.010(a) shall be established by resolution of the Council.

(c) No stopping zones and no parking areas shall be indicated by signs or by red paint upon the top and face of all curbs in such zones and areas.

It is unlawful for any person to stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or official traffic-control device, in any of the following places:

(a) Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings.

(b) In any area where the traffic engineer determines that for the purpose of establishing left-turn lanes, right-turn lanes, vehicle maneuvering zones and sign clearance zones such as no stopping or no parking are needed.

(c) In any area 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.

(d) Within any parkway.

(e) On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway 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 no parking are erected or placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the effective time of such no parking.

(f) At any place 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.

(g) Within five feet of the vehicle approach side of any unmarked or marked crosswalk where curb extensions are present.

(h) Within twenty feet of a marked or unmarked crosswalk where no curb extension is present pursuant to Section 22500 of the Vehicle Code.

(ORD 2024-06 12-10-24)

It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle within an alley except for the active process of loading or unloading persons or freight.

It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:

(a) Displaying such vehicle for sale;

(b) Washing, polishing, greasing, or repairing such vehicle except repair necessitated by an emergency.

The traffic engineer is authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon either or both sides of any street adjacent to any school property, when such parking would interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.

The traffic engineer is authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed twenty (20) 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 (30) feet.

The traffic engineer is authorized to erect signs upon the left-hand side of any one-way street to prohibit the standing or parking of vehicles.

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 erected to permit such standing or parking. The traffic engineer is authorized to determine when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any such one-way roadway and to erect signs giving notice thereof.

It is unlawful for any person driving, or in control of, or in charge of, a motor vehicle to permit it to stand on any highway unattended when upon any grade exceeding three percent within any business or residence district without blocking the wheels of the vehicle by turning them against the curb.

(a) The traffic engineer is authorized to determine the location of loading zones and passenger loading zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs or marking indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this article and the Vehicle Code are applicable.

(b) Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the surface of all curbs in said zones. Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time of any day for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers and freight and shall not consume more than three minutes or the loading or unloading of freight more than twenty (20) minutes.

(c) Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones. White shall mean no stopping, standing or parking of 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 any day as follows:

(i) When such zone is in front of a hotel, residence, or in front of a mailbox, the restrictions shall apply at all times;

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

(a) 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 time necessary therefore and in no event for more than three minutes.

(b) 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.

Whenever the traffic engineer determines that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private processions or assemblages, temporary signs shall be placed indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such emergency and the traffic engineer shall remove such signs thereafter.

It is unlawful for any person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle to park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours.

In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street in excess of a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours, any member of the police department authorized by the chief of police may issue a citation therefor, or may remove the vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of the State Vehicle Code.

The traffic engineer is authorized to establish bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands and stands for other passenger common-carrier motor vehicles on such streets in such places and in such number as shall be determined to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public, and every such bus stop, bus stand, taxicab stand or other stand shall be designated by appropriate official traffic-control devices.

(ORD 93-23 09-02-93)

(a) No vehicle shall be parked for more than two hours (6:00 AM to 10:00 PM) at the Truckee Intermodal Transportation Terminal.

(b) Curbs shall be painted yellow to designate loading and unloading (21458(2) CVC) and a time limit of ten (10) minutes shall be set. Curbs shall be painted red to designate "No Parking".

(c) It shall be unlawful and an infraction for any vehicle to park in an area designated "reserved" for physically handicapped persons.

(d) Parking is prohibited from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM to allow for sweeping and snow removal.

(e) The Town or its designee may, at any time, issue a parking permit to an individual or business which would exempt that individual or business from the above regulations.

(f) Vehicles may be towed from this lot if they impede sweeping or snow removal.

(g) It is unlawful and an infraction for any operator of a vehicle to permit such vehicle to remain parked in a parking space after receipt of a violation citation for exceeding the parking time limit. Violation of this section will incur only after the passage of the succeeding time limit of the parking space as recorded by the preceding violation citation. Each successive maximum period of time during which the maximum legal parking time has been extended shall constitute a separate violation and be subject to issuance of a citation.

(ORD 96-05 1996)