Weed Municipal Code Ch. 10.28 Stopping, Standing and Parking

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* For statutory provisions authorizing cities to regulate parking, see Vehicle Code §22506 et seq.; for statutory provisions on stopping, standing and parking, see Vehicle Code §22500 et seq.; for provisions on local parking curb markings, see Vehicle Code §21458.

A. The provisions of this chapter prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times specified in this chapter, 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 official traffic-control device.

B. The provisions of this title imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of the State Vehicle Code or the ordinances of the city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(Ord. 110-71 §10, 1971) .

The "chief of police shall appropriately sign or mark the following places and, when so signed or marked, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of these places:

A. At any place within twenty feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the midblock end of a safety zone;

B. At any place within twenty-five feet of any intersection in any business district, except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop;

C. Within twenty-five feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign or official electric flashing device;

D. At any place where the chief of police determines that it is necessary in order to eliminate dangerous traffic hazards.

(Ord. 110-71 §10.10, 1971).

A. The city administrator is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this section, to place, and when required in this section shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and the curb markings shall have the meanings as set forth in this section:

1. Red means 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.

2. Yellow means 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.

3. White means no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers 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:

a. When such zone is in front of a hotel, the restrictions shall apply at all times.

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

4. Green means no standing or parking for longer than twenty-four minutes at any time between nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays.

B. When the city administrator, as authorized under this section, has caused curb markings to be placed, 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. 110-71 §12.1 (part), 1971).

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

(Ord. 110-71 §10.1, 1971).

No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street for more than a period of seventy-two consecutive hours.

(Ord. 182-78 §8, 1978: Ord. 110-71 §10.2, 1971).

No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway or in or upon any public parking lot for the principal purpose of:

A. Displaying such vehicle for sale;

B. Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency.

(Ord. 110-71 §10.3, 1971).

The chief of police is authorized to issue special permits to allow the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials subject to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such permits may be issued either to the owner or lessee of real property or to the owner of the vehicle. The permit shall grant to such person the privilege as therein stated and authorized in this section; and it is unlawful for any permittee or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any such permit. No such permit shall be issued without prior approval of the city council.

(Ord. 110-71 §10.6, 1971).

A. The chief of police is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.

B. When official signs are erected indicating no parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.

(Ord. 110-71 §10.7, 1971).

A. The chief of police, upon resolution of the city council, shall 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.

B. When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized in this section, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking.

(Ord. 110-71 §10.8, 1971).

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 the vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means.

(Ord. 110-71 §10.9, 1971).

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, except that such vehicles, wagons or pushcarts may stand or park only at the request of a bona fide purchaser for a period of time not to exceed ten minutes at any one place. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons delivering such articles upon the order of or by agreement with a customer from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution.

B. No person shall park or stand on any street any lunch wagon, eating cart, vehicle, or pushcart from which tamales, peanuts, popcorn, candy or other articles of food are sold or offered for sale without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the legislative body which shall designate the specific location in which such cart shall stand.

C. No person shall park or stand any vehicle or wagon used or intended to be used in the transportation of property for hire on any street while awaiting patronage for such vehicle or wagon without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the legislative body which shall designate the specific location where such vehicle may stand.

D. Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of this section and a particular location to park or stand is specified therein, no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon or pushcart on any location other than as designated in such permit. In the event that the holder of any such permit is convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction for violating any of the provisions of this section, such permit shall be revoked forthwith by the legislative body upon the filing of the record of such conviction with the legislative body, and no permit shall thereafter be issued to such person until six months have elapsed from the date of such revocation.

(Ord. 110-71 §10.11, 1971).

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

B. 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 in place permitting such standing or parking.

C. The chief of police 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.

D. 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 may be backed up to the curb, provided that such vehicle does not extend beyond the center line of the street and does not block traffic thereby.

(Ord. 110-71 §11.4, 1971).

A. On any of the streets or portions of streets established by resolution of the council as diagonal parking zones, when signs or pavement markings are in place indicating such diagonal parking, it shall be 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.

B. 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 applicable in Section 10.28.120 shall be complied with.

(Ord. 110-71 §11.5, 1971).

A. The city administrator is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings where authorized parking is permitted.

B. When such parking space markings are placed on the highway, 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. 110-71 §11.6, 1971).

A. Whenever the chief of police determines 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 chief of police shall have the 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 chief of police directs during the time such temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such emergency and the chief of police 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.

(Ord. 110-71 §10.12, 1971).

A. The city administrator shall designate established no-stopping zones by placing and maintaining appropriate signs indicating that the 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 the signs, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop said vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets established by resolution of the council as no-stopping zones.

(Ord. 110-71 §11.7, 1971).

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle within a business district between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer than two hours.

(Ord. 110-71 §13, 1971).

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle on any of the streets enumerated in Section 10.28.190 for a period of time longer than two hours at any time between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays.

(Ord. 110-71 §13.1, 1971).

In accordance with Section 10.28.180, parking is limited to two hours between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays upon any of the following enumerated streets: those streets and parts of streets heretofore or hereafter designated by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 110-71 §13.2, 1971).

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

When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the chief of police to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign or parking meter in violation thereof.

(Ord. 110-71 §11, 1971).

When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the chief of police to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle, between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays, for a period of time longer than forty minutes.

(Ord. 110-71 §11.1, 1971).

When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the chief of police to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle, between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays, for a period of time longer than one hour.

(Ord. 110-71 §11.2, 1971).

When authorized signs, parking meter or curb markings have been determined by the chief of police to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle, between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays, for a period of time longer than two hours.

(Ord. 110-71 §11.3, 19.71).

All signs, meters or markings provided for by Sections 10.28.200 through 10.28. 230, upon the request of the chief of police to the city administrator, and upon authorization of the city council, shall be made, placed or installed by the city administrator.

(Ord. 182-78 §13, 1978: Ord. 110-71 §11.3.1, 1971).

When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets described in Section 10.28.260.

(Ord. 110-71 §13.3, 1971).

In accordance with Section 10.28.260, and when signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall at any time park a vehicle upon any of the following described streets or parts of streets: those streets and parts of streets heretofore or hereafter designated by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 110-71 §13.4, 1971).

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle at any time in the following areas or locations on South Weed Boulevard and North Weed Boulevard:

1. Commencing at a point where Main Street intersects the east side of South Weed Boulevard, and extending generally south from the southeast corner of the intersections for sixty-three feet;

2. Commencing at a point on the West side of North Weed Boulevard at the beginning of the curb line beyond the Signal Service Station driveway and extending generally north some ten feet to a private driveway;

3. Commencing at the points where the west side of South Weed Boulevard is intersected by the curb lines of College Avenue, and extending for a distance of eighty feet both north and south from said points.

B. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable as provided by Chapter 1:20.

C. Any provision of this section which regulates traffic or delegates the regulation of traffic upon state highways in any way for which the approval of the Department of Public Works is required by state law shall cease to be operative six months after receipt by the city council of written notice of withdrawal of approval of the Department of Public Works.

D. Whenever this section delegates authority to a city officer, or authorizes action by the city council to regulate traffic upon a state highway in any way which by state law requires the prior approval of the Department of Public Works, no such officer shall exercise such authority, nor shall such action by the city council be effective with respect to any state highway, without the prior approval in writing of the Department of Public Works when and to the extent required by the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 192-78 §§1, 2, 1978; Ord. 61-65 §§1, 2, 3, 4, 1965).

The city has previously designated certain parking zones and violations in the city. The city council may add, delete or change any zones by resolution. The city council may change the bail and fine schedule by ordinance or resolution.

(Ord. 291-92 §1, 1992).

A. Bail may be posted and forfeited by mailing it or paying in person at the office of the city clerk, within fifteen days. An additional five dollars penalty is applicable to payments made after the fifteen-day period.

B. If payment of the parking violation bail isn't received by the city clerk's office within the fifteen days allowed, the city shall serve or mail to the registered owner a notice of delinquent parking violation, on a form AOC 508 or its equivalent.

C. Within fifteen days of a request, the city shall provide (if it hasn't already done so) to the person who received a notice of delinquent parking violations, or to his or her agent, a copy of the original notice of parking violation. The city may charge one dollar for a requested copy.

(Ord. 291-92 §2, 1992).

Appearances and payments shall be processed pursuant to California Vehicle Code Sections 40211, 40215, 40220, 40221, 40222, 40223, 40224, 40225, 40226, 40230, which are incorporated in this section by reference.

(Ord. 291-92 §3, 1992).

Except for violations of Section 10.28.050, every parking violation which continues uninterrupted may be given a notice of parking violation once per day. Section 10.28.050 violators may be given such a notice every seventy-two hours. Sections 10.28.180 and 10.28.200 violators may be given such a notice twice in one day, provided the second one is at least three hours after the first one.

(Ord. 291-92 §4, 1992).

The bail schedule shall be as set forth as follows:

(Ord. 291-92 §5, 1992).

(Res. No. 36-2017, 12-14-2017)