Wasco Municipal Code Ch. 10.44 Truck Parking

residential zone districts.

The purpose of this chapter is to regulate and control the parking of certain commercial vehicles upon residential streets and private residential property within the city having a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of twelve thousand pounds or more and promote and maintain the general health, safety and welfare of citizens residing in the city through the preservation of established residential neighborhoods. (Ord. 427 §1, 1999).

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall for the purposes of this chapter have the meanings ascribed as follows:

"Commercial vehicle" has the same meaning as set forth in California Vehicle Code Section 260 and shall also include motor trucks, road tractors, semi-trailers, trailers and truck-tractors.

"Motor truck" means a motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.

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

"Road tractor" means a motor vehicle designed and used for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry any load thereon, either independently or any part of the weight of a vehicle or load so drawn.

"Semi-trailer" means a vehicle designed for carrying persons or property and having one or more axles and one or more wheels, used in conjunction with a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon, or is carried by, another vehicle.

"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.

"Trailer" means a vehicle designed for carrying persons or property on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon any other vehicle.

"Truck tractor" means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.

"Vehicle" means a device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway, except a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. (Ord. 427 §1, 1999).

building sites in residential zone districts.

No person shall park or leave standing any commercial vehicle as defined in Division 14.85 of the California Vehicle Code upon any street, alley or private residential property within any residential zone or residentially developed property of the city, if such vehicle has a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or more and shall also include motor trucks, road tractors, semi-trailers, trailers and truck tractors for any purpose other than making pickups or deliveries of passengers, goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure, located on such street or for any purpose other than delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon such street for which a building permit has previously been obtained. This restriction shall include buses and catering trucks, regardless of weight. For the purpose of this chapter, delivery or pickup of passengers shall mean passengers riding on buses or other mass transit vehicle under the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission.

This section shall not apply to the parking of tow trucks in residential zone or residentially developed property of the city where the tow company is on-call and has a tow service agreement with the local (city of Wasco) sheriff’s department and highway patrol. (Ord. 565 §2, 2008; Ord. 427 §1, 1999).

Nothing in this chapter shall be constructed to prevent the driving, operation, parking or stopping of fire apparatus upon any streets of the city, nor shall this chapter by its terms prevent equipment owned by the city from being parked or stopped upon any streets of the city. In addition, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:

A. Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission;

B. Any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility;

C. Any vehicle owned by the United States Government or which is in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of the United States mail;

D. Any commercial vehicle making pickups or deliveries of passengers, goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located in a residential district or delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure for which a building permit has been obtained prior to such delivery. For the purpose of this chapter, delivery or pickup of passengers shall mean passengers riding on buses or other mass-transit vehicles under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission. (Ord. 427 §1, 1999).