Yuba County Municipal Code Art. 8 Stopping, Standing, and Parking

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State Law reference— Stopping, standing and parking, Vehicle Code § 22500 et seq.

(a) The provisions of this Chapter 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 direction of a police officer or official traffic control device.

(b) The provisions of this Chapter 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 an ordinance of this County prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(Prior Code, § 9.10.450; Ord. No. 232)

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within any median strip between roadways or within any traffic island or other area designed to separate or guide the movement of traffic.

(Prior Code, § 9.10.460; Ord. No. 232)

(a) Subject to other and more restrictive limitations a vehicle may be stopped or parked within 18 inches of the left-hand curb facing the direction of traffic movement upon any one-way street unless signs or curb markings as described in Section 9.10.600 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 may stop, stand, or park adjacent to the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are in place permitting such standing or parking.

(c) Whenever the Board determines upon the basis of a traffic engineering investigation that standing or parking of vehicles shall be prohibited upon the left-hand side of any one-way street or when standing or parking may be permitted upon or adjacent to the left-hand side of any one-way roadway of a highway having two or more separate roadways, the Board shall by resolution direct the Road Commissioner to place signs, pavement markings, or curb markings as described in Section 9.10.600 on such street or highway giving notice thereof.

(d) Whenever the Board upon the basis of a traffic engineering investigation finds that the conditions because of which parking was either prohibited or permitted as provided in Subsection (c) above, no longer exist, it shall by resolution direct the Road Commissioner to remove such signs, pavement markings, and curb markings from such portion of street or highway.

(Prior Code, § 9.10.470; Ord. No. 232)

State Law reference— Parallel parking, Vehicle Code § 22502.

(a) The Road Commissioner is hereby authorized upon the basis of a traffic engineering investigation to place signs or curb markings as described in Section 9.10.600, indicating no parking upon any highway when the width of the roadway and shoulders of such highway does not exceed 20 feet or upon one side of a highway when the width of the roadway and shoulders of such highway does not exceed 30 feet.

(b) Whenever the Road Commissioner finds that, due to widening, the conditions as set forth in Subsection (a) no longer exist, the Road Commissioner shall remove such signs and curb markings from such portion of such highway.

(Prior Code, § 9.10.480; Ord. No. 232)

(a) The Road Commissioner is hereby authorized upon the basis of a traffic engineering investigation to place signs or curb markings described in Section 9.10.600 indicating no parking upon either side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.

(b) Whenever the Road Commissioner upon the basis of a traffic engineering investigation finds that the conditions, because of which parking was prohibited as provided in Subsection (a) above, no longer exist(s), the Road Commissioner shall remove such signs and curb markings.

(Prior Code, § 9.10.490; Ord. No. 232)

(a) The Road Commissioner is hereby authorized to prohibit stopping, standing, or parking and to place signs or curb markings as described in Section 9.10.600, at any of the following places when such prohibition as indicated by a traffic engineering investigation will alleviate dangerous hazardous traffic conditions, facilitate the full use of the roadway, or serve the convenience of the public:

(1) At any place within 100 feet of the intersection of two or more highways.

(2) At any place within 25 feet of a railroad grade crossing.

(3) Adjacent to either side of a crosswalk or driveway entrance for a distance not to exceed 20 feet from either side of such crosswalk or driveway.

(4) Adjacent to any fire hydrant when it has been determined that stopping, standing or parking of any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, would present some special hazard or would prevent ready access to the fire hydrant.

(5) At any place in connection with a street or highway vehicular parking layout or plan.

(6) On either side of a highway in those areas where any highway has been cleared of snow by snow plows, and the width of the highway is restricted by reason of snow conditions.

(7) In any designated bicycle lane for one-way bicycle travel identified by special signs, lane striping or other pavement markings, except for emergency purposes.

(b) Whenever the Road Commissioner upon the basis of a traffic engineering investigation finds that the conditions, because of which stopping, standing or parking was prohibited as authorized in Subsection (a) above, no longer exist, the Road Commissioner shall remove such signs and such curb markings from such portion of such street or highway.

(Prior Code, § 9.10.500; Ord. No. 232; Ord. No. 1482)

State Law reference— Prohibited parking generally, Vehicle Code § 22500; parking near railroad track, Vehicle Code § 22521.

(a) Whenever the Board determines upon the basis of a traffic engineering investigation that it is necessary to prohibit stopping, standing or parking of vehicles on certain highways or portions thereof at all or certain hours of the day in order to facilitate the movement of traffic or to eliminate hazardous conditions, the Board shall by resolution direct the Road Commissioner to place appropriate signs or curb markings as designated in Section 9.10.600 on such highways or portions thereof.

(b) Whenever the Board upon the basis of a traffic engineering investigation finds that the conditions, because of which it was necessary to prohibit the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles at all or certain hours of the day as provided in Subsection (a) above, no longer exist, the Board shall by resolution direct the Road Commissioner to remove such signs and curb markings from such highways or portions thereof.

(Prior Code, § 9.10.510; Ord. No. 232)

Whenever the Road Commissioner determines that traffic congestion or traffic hazard of an emergency nature is likely to result from the operation, stopping, standing or parking of vehicles during the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings, or functions, or during the construction, alteration, repair or improvement of any highway, or for any other reason the Road Commissioner may place or caused to be placed, temporary signs prohibiting the operation, stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles during the existence of such emergency.

(Prior Code, § 9.10.520; Ord. No. 232)

(a) No person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of 72 hours.

(b) In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street or alley in excess of a period of 72 hours, the Sheriff or Code Enforcement Officer or any member of the California Highway Patrol may remove said vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of the Vehicle Code.

(Prior Code, § 9.10.530; Ord. No. 232; Ord. No. 692; Ord. No. 1129)

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

(1) Displaying such vehicle for sale.

(2) Washing, greasing, or repairing such vehicle except repair necessitated by an emergency.

(3) Using such vehicle to support a sign.

(Prior Code, § 9.10.540; Ord. No. 232)