West Covina Municipal Code § 22-188 Parking in fire lanes on private property

(a) The provisions of this article prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified, 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 article 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 Vehicle Code or the ordinances of this city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(Code 1960, § 3165)

(a) The public works director, city engineer, or designee are hereby authorized and directed to maintain appropriate signs or paint upon the curb surface to designate all no-stopping zones, no-parking areas and restricted parking areas, as defined and described in this chapter.

(b) When such curb markings or signs are in place no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.

(c) No person other than a person acting under the city council's authority shall paint markings upon the curb or place traffic signs within the city.

(Code 1960, § 3166; Ord. No. 2531, § 22, 7-15-25)

No-stopping shall be indicated by a red painted curb or by appropriate signing. When such markings or signs are in place, no vehicle may stop, stand or park 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. When signs are in place prohibiting stopping during certain hours of certain days, no vehicle may stop, stand or park during the times indicated, except as permitted by the Vehicle Code.

(Code 1960, § 3167)

No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, park or leave standing such vehicle in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized officer, or traffic sign or signal:

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

(b) On either side of any street between the projected property lines of any public walk, public steps, street or thoroughfare terminating at such street, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface.

(c) In any area where the city council determines that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface.

(d) At any place so signed or marked adjacent to and within thirty-five (35) feet of any streetcar tracks, interurban car tracks or railroad tracks within the city.

(e) At any place so signed or marked adjacent to, in front of or opposite any fire station, police station, theater, school ground or public assembly hall, bus or passenger station, or other public place.

(f) At any place so signed or marked between a safety zone and the nearest curb.

(g) At any place so signed or marked within twenty-five (25) feet of the approach to a stop sign, yield sign, or traffic signal, except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop.

(h) At any place within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk 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.

(i) At any place within twenty (20) feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the mid-block end of a safety zone, when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface.

(Code 1960, § 3167; Ord. No. 2531, § 23, 7-15-25)

No persons shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, or any portion thereof, in any of the following places:

(a) Within any parkway.

(b) Within any intersection.

(Code 1960, § 3173; Ord. No. 1516, § 2, 6-8-81)

(a) The city council may establish bus zones opposite curb space for the loading or unloading of buses or common carriers of passengers and to determine the location thereof subject to the directives and limitations set forth herein.

(b) Bus zones shall normally be established on the far side of an intersection.

(c) No bus zone shall exceed eighty (80) feet in length, except that when satisfactory evidence has been presented to the city council showing the necessity therefor, the city council, based on recommendations of the traffic committee, may extend bus zones not to exceed a total length of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet. No bus zone shall be established opposite and to the right of a safety zone.

(d) The public works director or designee shall paint a red line stenciled with white letters "No Standing," together with the words "Bus Zone" upon the top or side of all curbs and places specified as a bus zone.

(Code 1960, § 3168; Ord. No. 2531, § 24, 7-15-25)

No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle except a bus in a bus zone.

(Code 1960, § 3169)

(a) The traffic committee is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon 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 prohibiting parking upon a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.

(Code 1960, § 3170)

(a) The public works director or designee is hereby 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 (1) side of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty (30) feet.

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

(Code 1960, § 3171; Ord. No. 2531, § 25, 7-15-25)

(a) Whenever authorized signs prohibiting or restricting parking or standing of vehicles on certain streets or portion thereof have been determined by the city council, based on recommendations from the traffic committee, to be necessary for the welfare of the general public and are in place giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to stand or park any vehicle at any time during the hours, day or days indicated by such signs.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of this section, a resident or merchant adjacent to a street with restricted or prohibited parking may be issued a permit for parking a vehicle on such streets in accordance with Section 22507 of the California Vehicle Code and the following requirements. The police chief or designee may issue a permit to a resident or merchant providing the following conditions are met:

(1) Insufficient on-site parking exists on the property of the applicant as determined by the city engineer or designee.

(2) No more than four (4) permits may be issued per dwelling unit or business.

(c) Permits will be issued at no cost to the permittee.

(d) Permits will be issued on a permanent basis with replacement upon loss or destruction permitted.

(e) Any permit issued pursuant to this section shall be displayed in plain view on the exterior of the vehicle when the vehicle is parked on streets with parking restrictions or prohibitions during the time parking restrictions or prohibitions are in effect.

(f) Any permit issued pursuant to this section shall only be valid if the vehicle displaying the permit is parked on the street for which the permit is issued during the hours parking prohibitions or restrictions are in effect.

(g) The following streets or portions thereof are herein designated as street for which preferential parking permits may be issued:

Avington Avenue from Mobeck Street to Larkwood Street, both sides.

Baymar Avenue between Garvey Avenue North and Shamwood Street, both sides.

Carlton Avenue from Carvol Avenue west to the cul-de-sac, both sides.

Carvol Avenue from Swanee Lane north to Carolton Avenue, west side.

Carvol Avenue from Carlton Avenue to one hundred thirty (130) feet south, east side.

Charlinda Street from Fernwood Street to Fleetwell Avenue, both sides.

Craig Drive between Holly Place and Cameron Avenue, both sides.

Dawley Avenue from Cameron Avenue to Mobeck Street, west side.

Del Norte Street between Nora Avenue and Sunset Avenue, south side.

Eckerman Avenue from Lark Ellen Avenue east to the cul-de-sac, both sides.

Fleetwell Avenue from Charlinda Street to Mobeck Street, both sides.

Foxdale Avenue between Del Norte Street and Workman Avenue, both sides.

Hollow Avenue between Del Norte Street and Workman Avenue, both sides.

Idahome Street from Phillips Avenue to the cul-de-sac, both sides.

La Breda Avenue between Rowland Avenue and Thelborn Street, both sides.

Mardina Street between Baymar Avenue and Hollenbeck Avenue, both sides.

Mardina Street from Maplewood Avenue to the end of the cul-de-sac, both sides.

Mardina Street between Toland Avenue and Idahome Street, both sides.

Mobeck Street from Dawley Avenue to Avington Avenue, both sides.

Mobeck Street from Fernwood Street to Fleetwell Avenue, south side.

Nora Street from Rowland Avenue to Workman Avenue (except for the segment/portion directly west of Del Norte Park), west side.

Phillips Avenue from Workman Avenue to Shamwood Street, both sides.

Rowland Avenue north side and south side between Sunset Avenue and Shadydale Avenue.

Shamwood Street from the dead-end west of Phillips Avenue to the cul-de-sac, both sides.

Shamwood Street between Toland Avenue and Mardina Street, both sides.

The alley east of Sunset Avenue, south of Carlton Avenue and west of Eckerman Avenue, west side.

Toland Avenue between Garvey Avenue North and Shamwood Street, both sides.

Yaleton Avenue between Del Norte Street and Workman Avenue, both sides.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, each person to whom a preferential parking permit is issued shall comply with all street sweeping parking regulations, including, but not limited to, the prohibition set forth in section 22-193 of this chapter.

(Code 1960, § 3172; Ord. No. 1623, § 1, 1-23-84; Ord. No. 1643, § 1, 8-27-84; Ord. No. 1697, § 1, 10-28-85; Ord. No. 1797, §§ 1, 2, 10-10-88; Ord. No. 1817, § 1, 6-28-89; Ord. No. 1958, §§ 1, 2, 8-1-95; Ord. No. 1963, § 1, 1-16-96; Ord. No. 2526, § 3, 2-4-25; Ord. No. 2531, § 26, 7-15-25)

(a) Whenever authorized signs prohibiting or restricting parking or standing of vehicles on certain streets or portion thereof between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. have been determined by the city council to be necessary for the welfare of the general public and set for the area designated specifically herein, and are in place giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to stand or park any vehicle at any time during the hours indicated by such signs.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the police chief, city engineer, or designee may issue a permit to a resident adjacent to a street with restricted or prohibited parking for parking a vehicle on such streets in accordance with section 22507.5 of the California Vehicle Code if the following conditions are met:

(1) Insufficient on-site parking exists on the property of the applicant as determined by the city engineer or designee.

(2) No more than four (4) permits may be issued per dwelling unit.

(c) Permits will be issued at no cost to the permittee.

(d) Permits will be issued on a permanent basis with replacement upon loss or destruction permitted.

(e) Any permit issued pursuant to this section will be registered to a specific address and may be transferred from vehicle to vehicle.

(f) The following streets or portions thereof are herein designated as streets for which preferential parking permits may be issued:

La Breda Street from Rowland Avenue to Thelborn Street, both sides.

Hillborn Avenue from Rio Verde Drive south to the centerline intersection on

Olin Place, both sides.

Lois Street from Loraine Street to Lainie Street, both sides.

Loraine Street from Lois Street to Leanna Drive, both sides.

Rio Verde Drive from the centerline intersection of Rodilee Avenue East to

Hollenbeck Street, both sides.

(Ord. No. 1642, § 1, 8-13-84; Ord. No. 1698, § 1, 10-28-85; Ord. No. 1726, § 1, 7-28-86; Ord. No. 1877, § 1, 3-25-91; Ord. No. 1897, § 1, 4-7-92; Ord. No. 1958, § 3, 8-1-95; Ord. No. 2531, § 27, 7-15-25)

The city council may establish "Loading Only" zones, "Passenger Loading Only" zones, "Curb Mail Drop Only" zones, "Short Time Limit" zones, and "Time Limit Parking," when satisfactory evidence has been presented showing the necessity therefor, and shall cause them to be marked as follows:

(a) Loading only. "Loading Only" shall be indicated by a yellow painted curb stenciled "Loading Only" or by appropriate signing. When such markings or signs are in place, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials. Such loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three (3) minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty (20) minutes. Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than twenty (20) minutes. No more than one-half of the total curb length in any block shall be reserved for loading purposes.

(b) Passenger loading only. "Passenger Loading Only" shall be indicated by a white painted curb stenciled "Passenger Loading Only" or by appropriate signing. When such markings or signs are in place, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers, or the loading or unloading of personal baggage. Such loading or unloading of passengers or baggage shall not consume more than three (3) minutes. When such zone is in front of a theater, the restrictions shall not apply when such theater is closed.

(c) Curb mail drop only. "Curb Mail Drop Only" shall be indicated by a white painted curb stenciled "Curb Mail Drop Only" or by appropriate signing. When such markings or signs are in place, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the depositing of mail into an adjacent curbside mail deposit box. Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of depositing mail shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor.

(d) Short time limit parking. "Short Time Limit Parking" shall be indicated by a green painted curb stenciled "Passenger Cars Only—Minute Limit," or by appropriate signing. When such markings or signs are in place, no person shall stand or park a vehicle for longer than the time as indicated at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays.

(e) Time limit parking. Whenever authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stand or park any vehicle for a period of time in excess of the parking time limit indicated by such signs on all days except as may be further indicated by such signs.

(f) Parking for physically handicapped persons. When any curb is painted blue, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in the street adjacent thereto, unless such vehicle displays a license plate issued to a handicapped person or a disabled veteran, pursuant to the state Vehicle Code.

(Code 1960, § 3175; Ord. No. 1295, § 1, 3-22-76; Ord. No. 2531, § 28, 7-15-25)

At places where large numbers of people and vehicles are to gather or have gathered, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent any police officer from prohibiting any person from parking any vehicle upon or using any street or sidewalk, or from prohibiting any pedestrian from using any street or sidewalk, and such police officer shall have authority to direct the parking of vehicles in any reasonable manner, way or direction, and it is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person to fail to promptly obey the police officer's order, signal or command, regardless of any other provision of this chapter.

(Code 1960, § 3176)

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any alley for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials, except when appropriate signs approved by the city council are erected giving notice that parking is permitted.

(Code 1960, § 3177; Ord. No. 1329, § 1, 2-28-77; Ord. No. 2531, § 29, 7-15-25)

(a) The public works director or designee 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 person shall stand or park a vehicle other than within a single space unless the size or shape of such vehicle makes compliance impossible.

(Code 1960, § 3178; Ord. No. 2531, § 30, 7-15-25)

No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a roadway or street other than parallel with the edge of the roadway headed in the direction of traffic and with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle as near to the curb or edge of the roadway as is practicable, so that such vehicles shall not interfere with traffic on such street. Upon those streets which have been marked or signed by the city for angle parking, vehicles shall be parked at the angle to the curb indicated by such marks or signs.

(Code 1960, § 3179; Ord. No. 2531, § 31, 7-15-25)

(a) It is hereby determined that diagonal parking zones may be established by ordinance of the city council on any of the streets or portions of the street within its jurisdiction, and it is hereby determined and declared that the diagonal parking zones shall be as hereinafter set forth on those streets herein designated when signs or pavement markings are in place indicating such diagonal parking:

Name of Street or Portion Affected:

California Avenue from West Covina Parkway to Garvey Avenue South.

Garvey Avenue South from California Avenue to 2,700 feet east of West Covina Parkway.

Glendora Avenue from State Street to Garvey Avenue South.

(b) No operator of any vehicle shall park such 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 such allotted space.

(2) With the front wheel nearest the curb within six (6) inches of said curb.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply when such vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading freight or goods, in which event the applicable provisions of this chapter shall be complied with.

(Code 1960, § 3180; Ord. No. 1517, § 1, 6-8-81; Ord. No. 1968, § 6, 3-19-96)

(a) Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parked within eighteen (18) 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 (2) or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one (1) 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 city council, based on the recommendation of the traffic committee, may 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 lefthand side of any one-way roadway of a highway having two (2) or more separate roadways and shall caused to be erected 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.

(Code 1960, § 3181; Ord. No. 2531, § 32, 7-15-25)

No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:

(a) Washing, servicing, repairing, or otherwise working on such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency.

(b) Selling therefrom or therein any article, service or thing; provided that, any peddler or canvasser licensed under the provisions of any ordinance of the city may take orders or deliver any commodity from a vehicle on that part of any street immediately adjacent to the premises of any purchaser.

(Code 1960, § 3182; Ord. No. 1596, § 1, 5-23-82; Ord. No. 1996, § 2, 5-20-97)

(a) No more than two (2) vehicles owned by one (1) person or firm and displaying a sign indicating or advertising such vehicle for sale may be parked on any roadway at any one time.

(b) No person shall park a vehicle with a sign advertising such vehicle for sale within the public right-of-way of any of the following streets within the city limits of the City of West Covina: Amar Road, Azusa Avenue, Azusa Canyon Road, Badillo Street, Barranca Street, Cameron Avenue, Citrus Street, Francisquito Avenue, Garvey Avenue North, Garvey Avenue South, Glendora Avenue, Grand Avenue, Lakes Drive, Lark Ellen Avenue, Merced Avenue, Nogales Street, Pacific Avenue, Plaza Drive, Puente Avenue, San Bernardino Road, Sunset Avenue, Valley Boulevard, Vincent Avenue, West Covina Parkway, or Willow Avenue.

(c) Except upon a lot operated by a licensed automobile dealership, no person shall park a vehicle with a sign advertising such vehicle for sale upon any portion of any private nonresidential property within one hundred (100) feet of the right-of-way of the following streets: Amar Road, Azusa Avenue, Azusa Canyon Road, Badillo Street, Barranca Street, Cameron Avenue, Citrus Street, Francisquito Avenue, Garvey Avenue North, Garvey Avenue South, Glendora Avenue, Grand Avenue, Lakes Drive, Lark Ellen Avenue, Merced Avenue, Nogales Street, Pacific Avenue, Plaza Drive, Puente Avenue, San Bernardino Road, Sunset Avenue, Valley Boulevard, Vincent Avenue, West Covina Parkway, or Willow Avenue.

(Ord. No. 1996, § 3, 5-20-97; Ord. No. 2171, § 1, 3-4-08)

(a) Findings. The city has set forth operational requirements regulating sidewalk vendors operations within the city in this section to protect the public's health, safety, and welfare while promoting entrepreneurship and supporting individuals who engage in the businesses of sidewalk vending. The city council finds:

(1) Prohibiting sidewalk vending in streets and medians is necessary to protect the health and safety of vendors, because they are at risk of being struck by vehicles and/or causing vehicular accidents if they vend in streets or medians.

(2) Limiting sidewalk vendors' hours of operation within residential neighborhoods to daylight hours consistent with a residential atmosphere is necessary to protect the safety of peddlers and residents who would be more vulnerable to criminal activities during evening hours, and to promote the welfare of the residents by prohibiting commercial activities and associated noise and traffic during hours when residents should be able to enjoy peace and quiet. Further, preventing stationary sidewalk vendors in residential neighborhoods and limiting the amount of time a roaming sidewalk vendor may stay in one location within a residential neighbor is necessary for the welfare of the residents of the city, because allowing sidewalk vendors to operate at a fixed location in residential neighbors may subject to residents to increased noise and traffic, which may be appropriate for commercial areas, but will interfere with the peace and quiet that residential occupants should enjoy while in their homes.

(3) Limiting sidewalk vendors' hours of operation in commercial areas to daylight hours or to the same hours as other open businesses in the vicinity where the sidewalk vendor operates in the evening hours is necessary to protect the vendors' health safety, as they are more vulnerable to crime during nighttime hours, especially if operating where no other businesses are open.

(4) Prohibiting soliciting within one thousand (1,000) feet of schools is necessary to protect the health and safety of the school children, because if vendors operated closer there is a danger that they children may run into traffic and be injured or killed trying to reach the vendor.

(5) Preventing soliciting from residences with "No Solicitation" or "Do Not Disturb" signs protects the health and welfare of those who wish to avoid commercial activities while in their residences from unwanted interruptions.

(6) Preventing sidewalk vendors from physical contact without permission, from persistently soliciting a person after the person rejects the offer, and from threating injury or damage to a person while peddling or soliciting are necessary to protect the safety and health of persons who may feel threatened or in physical danger if these activities occur.

(7) Preventing sidewalk vendors from intentionally obstructing the free movement of people on any street, sidewalk, or other place open to the public is necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of those who may be seeking emergency services or who are otherwise uninteresting in the goods or services offered and desire to pass through the public area unimpeded.

(8) Preventing soliciting from a captive audience is necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of those people who are not able to walk away or otherwise retreat from an unwanted solicitation.

(9) Preventing sidewalk vendors from using sound amplifying devices is necessary to protect the welfare of residents and visitors to the city by preventing excessive noise from disturbing the peace and quiet of residential areas or from an accumulation of excessive noise in commercial and other area. Further, sound amplifying devices may cause traffic hazards by distracting drivers resulting in automobile accidents and harm to pedestrians, so prohibiting their use is necessary for the health and safety of motorists and pedestrians.

(b) Definitions.

(1) Certified famers' market means a location operated in accordance with Chapter 10.5 of Division 17 of the Food and Agricultural Code and nay regulations adopted pursuant to that chapter.

(2) Roaming sidewalk vendor means a sidewalk vendor who moves from place to place and stops only to complete a transaction.

(3) Sidewalk vendor means a person who sells food or merchandise from a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other nonmotorized conveyance, or from one's person, upon a public sidewalk or other pedestrian path.

(4) Stationary sidewalk vendor means a sidewalk vendor who vends from a fixed location.

(c) Operating requirements.

(1) Sidewalk vendors are prohibited from operating within a median or on the street.

(2) Sidewalk vendors may operate in areas zoned for residential use from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In residential areas, stationary sidewalk vendors are prohibited and roaming sidewalk vendors cannot stay in one location for more than ten (10) minutes.

(3) Sidewalk vendors may operate in any area zoned for any non-residential use between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., except they may operate during 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. in areas zoned for commercial use where businesses are open during those hours, provided the sidewalk vendor is located within two hundred (200) feet of the open business.

(4) Sidewalk vendors shall dispose of all trash into trash receptacles. Used cooking oil or grease must be disposed of in a sink with a grease trap.

(5) Sidewalk vendors shall not setup or operate in areas that block disabled access. Street vendors must provide a minimum of forty-eight (48) inches of access to allow for disabled access and may not set up any closer than thirty (30) feet to a bus stop to allow for disabled access and space for transit riders access.

(6) No person shall solicit for commercial purposes at any dwelling, including, but not limited to, a house, apartment, or condominium, where there is a sign indicating "No Solicitations," "Do Not Disturb," or otherwise indicating that the occupants do not wish to be solicited or in any other way have their privacy disturbed.

(7) No sidewalk vendor shall touch, come into physical contact with, or affix any object to any member of the public, without first receiving express permission therefor from such member of the public.

(8) No sidewalk vendor shall persistently solicit any member of the public after such member of the public expresses his or her desire not to be solicited.

(9) No sidewalk vendor shall intentionally obstruct the free movement of any member of the public on any street, sidewalk or other place open to the public generally.

(10) No sidewalk vendor shall solicit from a captive audience. "Captive audience" shall be defined as purposefully stationary persons, such as persons in line or seated in public areas.

(11) No peddler or commercial solicitor shall threaten any injury or damage to any member of the public who declines to be solicited.

(12) Sidewalk vendors shall be required to obtain a business license to operate (no Social Security number shall be required as per state law). The application shall provide a mailing address and description of merchandise. In addition to a business license, each sidewalk food vendor shall be required to obtain a license to operate from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The street vendor shall have a copy of the business license and license from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health available and clearly visible at all times they are operating.

(13) Sidewalk vendors may not operate within two hundred (200) feet of any certified farmers' market.

(14) Sidewalk vendors may not operate within one thousand (1,000) feet of any public schools.

(15) During an urgent or emergency public safety event such as a traffic accident, medical emergencies, gas leaks, natural disasters, fires, etc., the city may temporarily require sidewalk vendors to relocate to another location if doing so is necessary to protect the public's health, safety, or welfare.

(16) Sidewalk vendors may operate in a public park except if the city has a third-party exclusive agreement for exclusive concessions inside the park. Sidewalk vendors may only operate during posted park hours. The city may adopt further regulations by resolution to limit the number, location, or concentration of sidewalk vendors in city parks due to health, safety and welfare concerns, when necessary to ensure the public's use and enjoyment of the park or to prevent an undue concentration of commercial activity that unreasonably interferes with the character of the park.

(17) Sidewalk vendors cannot utilize sound amplifying equipment or devices.

(d) Enforcement of the chapter.

(1) Administrative citations exclusive remedy. Notwithstanding any other provision of the West Covina Municipal Code, this section 22-183.2 shall be enforced exclusively through the city's administrative citation process, and citation fees shall not exceed the limits set forth in state law (Government Code section 51039 and as may be amended from time to time). No other civil or criminal remedies may be used to enforce the provisions of this chapter unless allowed by state law.

(2) City's determination of violators' ability to pay administrative fines. When assessing an administrative fine for a violation of this chapter, if the violator meets the criteria contained in Government Code section 68632, subdivision (a) or (b), the city shall accept in full satisfaction, twenty (20) percent of the administrative fine imposed as satisfaction of the fine.

The city's administrative citation enforcement official shall give notice to the violator of his or her right to request an ability-to-pay determination by including the notice and a checklist for eligibility of the reduced fine amount under Government Code section 68632 along with the other information contain in section 15-223(b) of this Code. If eligible for the reduced fine, the violator must indicate, by signing under penalty of perjury, which criteria he/she meets and return the form together with the fine to the city. If the violator fails to return the form to the city prior to any hearing requested under section 15-223, he or she may claim eligibility for the reduced fine amount at adjudication or while the judgement remains unpaid, including when a case is delinquent or has been referred to a comprehensive collection program.

(Ord. No. 1996, § 3, 5-20-97; Ord. No. 2451, § 2, 12-18-18; Ord. No. 2453, § 2, 11-20-18)

(a) No operator of any commercial vehicle having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more shall stop, stand, park or leave standing such vehicle in any of the following places:

(1) On any city street, or portion thereof, in a residential district.

(2) On any city street, or portion thereof, in a nonresidential district, where signs are in place giving notice that parking is prohibited.

(3) On a city street, or portion thereof, in a nonresidential district, where signs are in place giving notice that parking is restricted, in violation of the posted restrictions.

(b) This section shall not apply to any vehicle owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility or to any commercial vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted street or delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted street for which a building permit has previously been obtained.

(c) The traffic authority is authorized to install and maintain signs, as necessary, to give the notice required by this section.

(Code 1960, § 3188; Ord. No. 1275, § 2, 8-25-75; Ord. No. 1536, § 1, 2-22-82; Ord. No. 1572, § 1, 1-24-83)

(a) No person shall park or leave standing any trailer, semitrailer or trailer coach on any city street unless attached to a vehicle capable of moving the trailer, semitrailer or trailer coach in a normal manner upon the street.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vehicle owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility, or to any commercial vehicle actually being used for the pickup or delivery of goods, wares and merchandise or for the delivery of materials to be used in the repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building.

(Code 1960, § 3189; Ord. No. 1275, § 3, 8-25-75)

A vehicle transporting a hazardous material or substance as identified in title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations must be attended at all times by its driver or a qualified representative of the motor carrier that operates it, and shall not be parked on any highway, highway shoulder, street, alley, public way or public place, or within five (5) feet of the traveled portion thereof, within a residential zone or within one thousand (1,000) feet of any school or within three hundred (300) feet of any bridge or tunnel, except for brief periods when mechanical or equipment failure or disablement or malfunction of the vehicle, or the necessities of operation require the vehicle to be parked and make it impractical to park the vehicle in any other place.

Repair, maintenance, refuse, utility, termite and pesticide vehicles, fuel delivery vehicles, and vehicles delivering life support and health commodities, while servicing residential areas or schools, are exempt. Additionally, such exempt vehicles need not be attended while the drivers are performing duties that are evident and necessary as the operator of the vehicle or the provider of the service.

For purposes of this section:

(a) A motor vehicle is attended when the person in charge of the vehicle is on the vehicle, awake and not in a sleeper berth, or is within one hundred (100) feet of the vehicle and has it within his unobstructed field of view.

(b) A qualified representative of a motor carrier is a person who:

(1) Has been designated by the carrier to attend the vehicle.

(2) Is aware of the nature of the hazardous material or substance contained in the vehicle he attends.

(3) Has been instructed on the procedures he must follow in emergencies concerning hazardous materials or substances.

(4) Is authorized to move the vehicle and has the means to do so.

The rules of this section do not relieve a driver from any obligation imposed by federal, state or local laws relating to the transportation of hazardous materials or explosives, motor carrier safety regulations or the placement of warning signs or devices when a motor vehicle is stopped on a public street or highway.

(Ord. No. 1489, § 1, 9-8-80)

It is hereby determined that parking on bridges which have sidewalks and shoulders of sufficient width to permit parking without interfering with the normal movement of traffic on the roadway may be permitted, and it is hereby determined and declared that parking on bridges shall be as hereinafter set forth on those bridges herein designated when appropriate signs are erected giving notice thereof:

Name of Bridge:

Garvey Avenue South Bridge over Sunset Avenue.

(Ord. No. 1516, § 1, 6-8-81)

(a) Each parcel or lot used for apartments, condominiums, a hospital, or institutional, commercial or industrial purposes shall provide and maintain thereon vehicular access for emergency fire vehicles. Such lanes shall be unobstructed and not less than twenty-five (25) feet in width. Variance from the requirements of this subsection may be approved by the traffic authority only upon a determination that safety and access has been provided which is substantially similar to that available were the required lanes provided.

(b) Lanes for emergency fire vehicles within institutional, commercial and industrial uses shall be posted as follows:

(1) A metal sign with minimum dimensions of twelve (12) inches by eighteen (18) inches shall be mounted on a metal post in conformance with the city engineer's standard drawings.

(2) All of the curb faces fronting the lanes shall be painted red. The words "Fire Lane" shall be painted thereon in three-inch white letters, every twenty (20) linear feet.

(3) Where there is no curbing adjacent to the lane, the twenty-five-foot access shall be marked by a painted chrome yellow line, two (2) inches wide on each of the lanes as shown on the city engineer's standard drawings.

(4) The surface of every lane shall bear the words "No Parking—Fire Lane" in chrome-yellow paint printed letters at least twelve (12) inches high with a two-inch stroke. The wording shall be spaced to cover the entire width of the lanes, and each wording group shall not be located further than seventy-five (75) linear feet apart as shown on the city engineer's standard drawings.

(5) Deviations from these posting requirements may be permitted by the traffic authority only upon showing that:

a. Special circumstances make compliance impractical; and

b. An alternative method of posting will provide substantially similar notice to the public. Approval procedures and posting requirements for apartments, condominiums and hospitals, delineating fire lanes by signs only, shall be in accordance with the city engineer's standard drawings.

The posting requirements set forth in subsection (b)(1), (2) and (3) of this section shall apply to fire lanes established prior to the adoption of this section as well as those established subsequent thereto.

(c) Parking or the maintenance of any obstruction within any portion of a posted fire lane is prohibited. Any vehicle parked in violation of this section shall be subject to being towed away and impounded.

(d) Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).

(e) The registered owner of any vehicle parked in violation of this section shall be responsible for all expenses incurred in connection with the towing and impounding of such vehicle.

(Ord. No. 1537, § 1, 2-22-82; Ord. No. 1556, §§ 1—4, 9-13-82)

When it has been determined by the city council to be necessary for the welfare of the general public, it shall be unlawful for any person to stand or park any vehicle which is six (6) feet or more in height (including any load thereon) within one hundred (100) feet of any intersection, on certain streets or highways or portions thereof, during all or certain hours of the day.

(Ord. No. 1747, § 1, 7-27-87; Ord. No. 2531, § 33, 7-15-25)

Upon the finding that certain streets and/or portions thereof marked with signage prohibiting or restricting parking or standing of vehicles on said streets or portions thereof continue to incur excessive and repeated violations despite the issuance of citations resulting in penalties standardized in amount with those of other agencies in the County of Los Angeles, the city council may by resolution, designate said streets and or portions thereof, as "neighborhood parking protection zones" and establish and adopt a schedule of enhanced penalties for said violations.

(Ord. No. 2118, § 1, 9-21-04)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2118, § 1, adopted Sept. 21, 2004, set out provisions intended for use as § 22-199. For purposes of classification and with the city's permission, these provisions have been included as § 22-190.

(a) Section 22-191.0. Purpose. Pursuant to section 22519 of the California Vehicle Code, the City Council of the West Covina hereby enacts this section to regulate the use of the Civic Center parking facilities owned and operated by the City and administer a parking fee, located at 1444 West Garvey Avenue South in the City of West Covina.

(b) Section 22-191.1. Regulations. The parking, stopping and standing of a vehicle on the civic center parking facility is prohibited as follows:

(1) Where vehicles do not have a valid proof of paying the parking fee;

(2) Where vehicles are not displaying a valid city parking permit;

(3) During the hours of 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m., unless with valid city parking permit;

(4) In areas marked "RESERVED" unless the vehicle bears the appropriate city markings or city parking permit;

(5) In areas marked "NO PARKING" or beyond the maximum allowed time in areas where parking is limited to a specific time;

(6) In areas designated as a "loading Zone" unless the vehicle is being utilized for loading and unloading of passengers or materials;

(7) In areas designated for use of disabled persons, if the vehicle does not display a placard or license plate for disabled persons' parking;

(8) Where the parking, stopping and standing of the vehicle blocks or retards ingress or egress to the parking facility.

(c) Section 22-191.2. Parking permit fee. Permits can be obtained from an automatic permit machine and at a fee established by resolution of the city council.

(d) Section 22-191.3. Sign posting. The city shall cause to be posted visible and legible signs giving notice of the parking restrictions. Additionally, signs shall indicate that vehicles parked in violation of restrictions may be removed as hereinafter provided.

(e) Section 22-191.4. Enforcement; issuance of citation; towing of illegally parked vehicles.

(1) The persons authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter shall be the Police Chief of the City of West Covina or his designee; any peace officer of the City of West Covina; and any community service officer of the City of West Covina. Such persons are authorized to issue citations for violation of section 22-191.

(2) Such authorized persons may order that a vehicle be towed away and stored, at owners expense, where such vehicle is in violation of section 22-191.

(Ord. No. 2189, § 1, 3-17-09)

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply.

Graffiti means any inscription that is marked, painted, etched, scratched or drawn, but excludes "advertising signs" as defined in California Vehicle Code section 21100(p)(2) and (p)(3).

Public nuisance vehicle means any vehicle that, although operable, has substantial exterior body damage, exterior graffiti, or has an open cargo storage area with cargo that is plainly visible to the public.

Work means any construction, maintenance, service or similar activity that involves periodic retrieval of items from a parked vehicle near a residence.

(b) No person shall stop, park or stand any public nuisance vehicle upon any street, alley or public way within a residential zone.

(c) The prohibition contained in subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to the stopping, standing or parking of public nuisance vehicles when such vehicles are in the process of being loaded or unloaded or while performing work at a location in a residential zone.

(Ord. No. 2266, § 1, 9-16-14)

(a) No person shall stop, park, leave standing or cause to be stopped, parked or left standing any vehicle upon any street or alley or portion thereof during the day or days and hours designated by the city council for street sweeping. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person may stop, park, or leave standing a vehicle on a restricted portion of a street or alley once the street sweeper has passed.

(b) The city council may, by resolution, designate the day or days and hours during which parking shall be prohibited on specified public streets or alleys or portions thereof or on all streets and/or alleys within a specified geographical area of the city to facilitate street sweeping.

(c) The city manager shall cause to be placed and maintained signs setting forth the day or days and hours during which parking is prohibited in order to facilitate street sweeping in accordance with California Vehicle Code section 22507.6.

(d) This section shall not apply to the parking or standing of commercial vehicles making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, or merchandise to or from any building or structure located on a restricted street in a residential district, or to the parking or standing of commercial vehicles for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the repair, alteration, remodeling, or reconstruction of any building or structure for which a building permit has been previously obtained.

(Ord. No. 2526, § 4, 2-4-25)