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ORDINANCE NO. 3405 ORDINANCr~ OF THE COUNCIL OF THECITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING SECTION 10.40.010 AND 10.40.020 OF THE
PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE ESTABLISH
MEN'r OF ZONES ~"'OR AND M.hRKING CURBS DESIGNATING
HANDICAPPED PARKING
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 10.40.010 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code is
hereby amende5 to read as fellows:
•10.40~010 Authority to establish loading
~ones.. (a) 'l'he city manager is hereby uuthot' ized
to determine and to mark by signs or curb ma~kings
loading zones and passenger loading zones and hand
icapped parking zones as follows~
( 1) At any place i.n the business dis-
trict;
(2) Elsewhere in front of or adjacent to
any place of business( school, park, public build
ing, hall or place used for the purpose of public
assembly.
( b} In no event shall more than one-ha.lf of
the total curb length in any bl<)<.'k be reserved for:
loading zone pu~poses.
(c) Whenever curb :ruar.king is used, loading
zones shall be :Indicated by a yellow paint l.i.ne
stencilled with black letters 'LOADI.NG ZONE• upon
the top of all curbs within such zones.
(d) Whenever curb m~rking is used, passenger
loading zones shall be indicat~d by a white line
stencilled with black letters 'PASSENGER LOADING
ZONE' upon the top of all curbs in said zones.
(e} Handicapped parking zones shall be indi
~ated by a blue paint line and, in addition, eithet
ft stencil on the ground or posted sign displaying
the international symbol of accessibility ( Le .. ,
profile view of a wheelchair).
SECTION 2. S~ction 10.40,020 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code is
het·eby amended to x::ead as follows:
•signa or curb aarkings to indicate nQ stop
ping and parking regulations.. {a} The city man
ager is authorized, subject to the provisions and
limitations of this title, to place, and when re
quh:ed herein shall place, signs or the foll'Owi.ng
curb markings to indicate parking or standing regu
la.tions, and curb markings shall have the meaning ·
as herein set forth~
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(1) Red shall mean 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 shall mean no stopping,
standing ot· parking at any time between six 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 load
ing or: unloading of passengers shall not consume
more than three minutes nor the loading or unload
ing of materials more than twenty minutes.
{3) White shall mean no stopping, stand
ing or parking for any purpose other than loading
or unloading of passenger·s which shall not exceed
three minutes, and such restrictions shall apply at
all times .•
(4) Green shall mean no standing or
parking fot" longer" tlHH1 twenty-foul:. minutes at any
time between nine R.m. and siK p.m. of any day ex
cept Sundays and holidays.
(5) Blu~ shall mean no stopping., stand
ing ''r parking except for vehicles of physically
handicapped persons, provided that such vehicles
disp.lay a distinguishing license plate or placard
issued by the D~pa:rtment of Motox:-Vehicles. Such
restrictions shall apply at all times.
(b) When the city manager, as authot·ized
under this chapter, has caused signs or curb mark
ings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or
park a vehicle adjacaent to any such legible sign
or curb markin9 in violation of any of the provi
sions of this tltle.R
SECTION 38 The Council finds that none of the provisio;ls of this
ordinance will have a significant environment impact.
SECTION ·1. This ordinance shall become effecti•;e upon the com
mencement of the thirty-first day after the day of its passage~
INTRODUCED: October 24, 1983
PASSED: November 14, 1983
AYES: Bechtel, Cobb-, Eyerly, Fletcher, Klein, Renzel, Witherspoon
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Fazzino, levy
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APPROVED:
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