Chapter 10.40 — COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

A.

Whenever any ordinance of the city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle, the city traffic engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets affected by the ordinance.

B.

Those streets and parts of streets established by ordinance of the council are declared to be streets, the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle.

C.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.

(Prior code § 3420.143)

A.

No person shall park or leave standing any commercial vehicle having a manufacturer's gross weight rating of ten thousand pounds or more, or any truck tractor on any street.

B.

No person shall park or leave standing unattached, on any street, any trailer, semitrailer, trailer coach, special construction equipment, or special mobile equipment on any street, except as permitted in subsection C of this section, unless the same is attached to a vehicle capable of moving the same in a normal manner.

C.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vehicle owned by the city or a public utility or licensed contractor while necessary in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility, or to any commercial vehicle actually being used for the pickup or for the 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.

D.

It shall be unlawful to park or store any commercial vehicle, of an unladen gross vehicle weight in excess of fourteen thousand pounds, tow trucks, trailers, or other related equipment on private property within residential zones within the city. A limit of one commercial vehicle fourteen thousand pounds or less is allowed per residential lot or residence, whichever is less, within residential zones. The provisions of this subparagraph do not apply to passenger vehicles, pickup trucks, passenger or cargo vans, recreational vehicles or utility trailers.

E.

For the purpose of this section, the phrases "commercial vehicle," "trailer," "semitrailer," "trailer coach," "special construction equipment", "special mobile equipment", and "tow truck" (including dismantlers' or repossessor's tow vehicles) shall be defined as set forth in the Vehicle Code of the State of California.

(Ord. 2577 § 26, 1992; Ord. 2338 § 1, 1984: prior code § 3420.144)

(Ord. No. 3018, § 1, 3-23-14)

No person shall operate or drive a commercial vehicle in, on or across any private driveway approach or sidewalk area or the driveway itself without the consent of the owner or occupant of the property, if a sign or markings are in place indicating that the use of the driveway is prohibited.

(Prior code § 3420.82)