West Covina Municipal Code § 22-22 When vehicles may be removed from streets

(a) Officers of the police department are authorized to enforce the traffic regulations of this chapter.

(b) Officers of the police department, code enforcement, and such employees, agents, or contractors as are assigned by the city manager or the chief of police are authorized to enforce the parking regulations of this chapter.

(c) Officers of the police department are authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand or signals, in conformance with traffic laws, whenever and wherever necessary in the interests of safety, or to expedite the flow of traffic.

(Code 1960, § 3110; Ord. No. 2526, § 2, 2-4-25)

State Law reference— Authority to direct traffic by means of traffic officers, Veh. Code, § 21100(c).

Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the police department may remove or cause to be removed:

(a) Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway for seventy-two (72) or more consecutive hours; as used in this subsection "parked or left standing" shall mean a vehicle parked or left standing anywhere within either (1) a five hundred-foot radius of the place where the vehicle has been parked or left standing upon the street or highway or (2) within seven hundred fifty (750) linear feet along the curb or pavement in either direction measured from the place where the vehicle has been parked or left standing. "Place" shall mean the center of the area covered by the vehicle, measured from each end thereof, where the vehicle is parked or left standing. Once a vehicle has been moved in accordance with this section, it shall not be returned to any place for twenty-four (24) hours after its removal from that place.

(b) Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway when such parking or standing is prohibited by this city and signs are posted giving notice of such removal.

(c) Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a 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 for 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 that such vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the removal.

(d) Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a city-owned or operated off-street parking area where such area has been prohibited or restricted for use of certain elected officials, city employees, city vehicles or police officers or employees or where such parking or standing occupies more than one (1) vehicle stall.

(Code 1960, § 3116; Ord. No. 1465, 2-11-80; Ord. No. 1840, § 1, 4-9-90)

State Law reference— Authority to remove, Veh. Code, § 22652.

The size of the sign required by section 22658 of the California Vehicle Code shall be twenty-four (24) inches by eighteen (18) inches and have a minimum of one-inch letters.

(Ord. No. 1600, § 1, 6-27-83)