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City of Palo Alto
City Manager’s Report
HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
1 2CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: POLICE
DATE:APRIL 19, 1999 CMR:215:99
SUBJECT:RESPONSE TO POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE
DIRECTION TO MAKE CHANGES TO, AND PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, REGARDING THE
RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND CHAPTERS 10.04, 10.36,
10.40, 10.44 AND 10.60 OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE
REGULATING THE STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING OF
VEHICLES
REPORT IN BRIEF
When staff presented recommendations to the Policy and Services Committee
regarding amendments to Chapters 10.04, 10.36, 10.40, 10.44 and 10.60 of the Palo
Alto Municipal Code (PAMC), Committee members requested that two changes be
made to the draft and that information be provided about two related issues.
Specifically, Committee members directed changes to Section 10.40.045 (d) regarding
~he length of time special parking permits for construction are issued be modified from
60 to 30 days and that Section 10.44.015 be changed to include a more precise
definition of oversized vehicles equipped for disabled persons. Additionally, staff was
asked to research and provide information regarding possible parking restrictions
adjacent to intersections and driveway cutouts; and other cities’ experiences with
ordinances prohibiting sleeping in vehicles. The attached draft ordinance reflects the
Committee’s requested changes and provides the information that was requested.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that Chapters 10.04’, 10.36, 10.40, 10.44, and 10.60 of the Palo Alto
Municipal Code (PAMC) regulating parking, stopping, and standing of vehicles be
amended. The recommended revisions address overnight parking regulations,
oversized vehicles, and loading zones for the disabled. The recommendations also
bring the City’s ordinance into compliance with the California Vehicle Code (CVC) .
and City practices, and clarify enforcement issues related to the parking and towing of
vehicles.
BACKGROUND
At the Policy and Services Committee meeting of March 9, 1999, Committee members
discussed staff’s recommended amendments to the chapters in the PAMC regulating
parking, stopping, and standing of vehicles. The committee voted to change the
language in two specific sections. Two other related issues were raised by members
of the public and Committee members and staff was requested to return to Council with
additional information.
DISCUSSION
Section 10.40.45 (d) Construction Vehicle Permits
This section deals with length of time special permits for construction or maintenance
work may be issued by the Chief Transportation Official. Currently, the maximum
initial period is restricted to five working days with provisions for renewal of permits
not to exceed five working days. Staff had recommended an increase to 60 working
days for both the initial and renewal permits. Policy and Services Committee members
expressed concern about the length of time construction vehicles were monopolizing
on-street parking spaces and directed that the maximum time be increased to 30
working days for both the initial permit period and for subsequent renewal periods.
After reviewing recent requests for construction permits, staff has determined that the
majority of initial and renewal permits are issued for 30 days or less, and believes the
change to 30 days is reasonable and feasible. It should be noted that while the PAMC
currently does not restrict the number of renewals that are issued, Transportation staff
makes every effort to approve renewals based upon actual need.
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Section 10.44.015(1 ) Oversized Vehicles
This section provides the definition for oversized vehicles. The current definition
provides for an exemption for vehicles which lawfully display disabled placards or
licenses. Specifically, the current language allows all vehicles which are legally
identified as being driven by disabled persons, regardless of size,, to be parked in
residential or public facility zones between the hours of two a.m. and six a.m.
Committee members voiced concern about the exemption and directed that only those
vehicles that are actually modified or equipped to accommodate a disability and that
have a disabled placard or license plate be exempted from the provisions of this
Chapter. The attached ordinance draft reflects that change.
Parking Restrictions Adjacent to Driveway Cutouts
Staff frequently responds to complaints about citizens’ difficulty in exiting/entering
their driveways due to vehicles parked too close to the driveway that impairs visibility.
If a vehicle is blocking the ingress/egress of a driveway according to the CVC
definition, the owner is located and the vehicle is moved, a citation is issued, or the car
is towed. Actual obstruction to the driveway must occur prior to those actions being
taken.
Officers also respond to complaints from citizens who have difficulty exiting their
driveways due to cars parked in close proximity to either side of their driveway cutouts.
While the vehicles are not actually blocking any part of the driveway, they may prevent
the motorist from safely exiting the driveway. Several factors are usually apparent
upon investigation of the complaints. In many instances, the vision of the motorist
backing out of a driveway may be impaired due to vehicles that are parked so that there
is not any curb space left between the front/back of the vehicle and the actual cutout.
The majority of these complaints are received from neighborhoods that have vertical
curbs as opposed to rolled curbs. In certain neighborhoods, narrow driveways result
in added problems, especially when the cars are larger and/or the drivers are older.
The ability to regulate on-street parking adjacent to driveway cutouts is difficult and
costly. While cities may adopt ordinances that restrict on-street parking certain
distances from driveways, either signs or curb markings are required prior to any
enforcement. The number of signs that would be required (at every driveway entrance)
would adversely impact the aesthetics of the neighborhoods. Additionally, the cost
($150 per sign) associated with the purchase and installation of signs would be
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prohibitive. Red curb markings of about three feet on either side of the driveway
cutouts could be used in place of signs. However, the cost (one dollar per foot) and the
frequent repainting that would be required (usually every year) make this an extremely
expensive alternative. Annual repainting is necessary as the City uses environmentally-
sensitive, water-based paint instead of oil-based paint. Additionally, depending upon
the length of the block face and the number of driveways on each block, up to one
space for every three driveways would be eliminated for parking.
Some cities have dealt with this problem by installing on-street parking space markers
(commonly known as parking tees) similar to those used in the downtown area. The
parking tees delineate space that motorists are allowed to park within. Motorists who
park outside of the markings would be in violation and subject to citation. The parking
tees could be installed to allow sufficient clearance adjacent to driveway cutouts. Some
cities paint the parld.ng tees on the street, but continual maintenance and repainting are
necessary. Other cities have opted to use thermoplastic markers at a cost of about $8
per marker. While parking tees would be helpful in organizing on-street parldng as well
as addressing the driveway access issue, they would result in reduced number of on-
street parking spaces. The actual number of parking spaces that would be eliminated
per block would depend upon the length of the block, the number of driveways and the
distance between the driveways. Staff estimates that three or four spaces may be lost
per block face. If Council decides to pursue this option, staff would return with more
detailed costs estimates.
Parking Restrictions Adjacent to Intersections
Staff has not determined the number of accidents, if any, that have been caused by
vehicles blocking the view of motorists attempting to enter an intersection. However,
numerous complaints have been received regarding the hazards of cars that are parked
very close to intersections and the visual obstructions they present. The California
Vehicle Code allows local authorities to prohibit or restrict by ordinance the parking
of vehicles more than six feet or more in height from parking within 100 feet of any
intersection. Intersections are defined by the CVC as the areas included in the
prolongation of lateral curb lines of two highways which join one another at fight
angles or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at
any angle may come into conflict. The intent of the regulation is to prevent visual
obstructions created by larger vehicles that may create safety hazards. CVC Section
22507(a) requires, however, that with the exception of intersections with alleys,
appropriate curb markings and/or signs must be in place prior to enforcement of a local
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ordinance. The CVC only speaks to adequate notice and staff is in the process of
determining if that means signs or curb markings must be placed at every intersection
or if signs at the entrances to the City indicating that such an ordinance would be
enforced would suffice. While curb markings are less obtrusive than signs, the cost of
curb markings is significant. As noted above, the cost to install signs would also be a
factor. If Council decides to pursue this option, staff would return with another
amendment to the ordinance with this provision and a BAO for the associated costs.
Prohibitions Against Sleeping/Living in Vehicles
Staff checked with a number of cities in both Santa Clara County and adjacent counties
to determine which ones had municipal code prohibitions against sleeping and/or living
in vehicles and found that eleven had some type of ordinance. Attachment A provides
a detailed list of the cities. Some cities, such as Los Gatos, specifically prohibit any
person from sleeping in a parked vehicle in a public place. A number of cities (e.g.
Burlingame, San Jose, San Mateo) prohibit living in any type of vehicle on public and
private property, while others (Daly City, Millbrae, and Sunnyvale) prohibit living in
vehicles only on public property. Certain cities (Daly City, Millbrae, San Bruno)
prohibit living in vehicles during nighttime hours. The majority of cities enforce their
ordinances on a complaint basis only and in most cases use it only as a tool to allow
police officers to contact the violator and request that he or she moves. Very few
citations have actually been issued. Some other cities have prohibited any parking on
City streets at night as a way to deal with the issue of people living or sleeping in their
vehicles.
A prohibition against sleeping in vehicles appears to be the most problematic in that it
is not uncommon for tired motorists to park and take short naps in their vehicles. The
City of Los Gatos will usually not enforce its ordinance in such circumstances. Some
ordinances that forbid living in vehicles include sleeping, cooking, and dwelling place
as the definition of habitation.
Staff occasionally receives complaints from Pa!o Alto residents about people living in
their vehicles. Almost all of the complaints received relate to situations in residential
areas. Currently, police officers contact the person in the vehicle and ask that he or she
move out of the residential areas and in most. cases, people comply with the requests.
Some churches allow people to use their off-street parking lots to allow people to sleep
in their vehicles at night and it is not uncommon for people who work in Palo Alto but
who live a considerable distance away to live in motor homes in commercial areas
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during the week.
If the Council decides to direct staff to draft an ordinance, staff suggests that it cover
only residential areas and public property.
RESOURCE IMPACTS
Enforcement of these ordinances would be handled by existing staff and no additional
funds would be needed. If the Council decides to pursue amendments tl~at would
prohibit parking within certain distances from intersections and!or driveway cutouts,
staff would return with detailed cost estimates.
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
These recommendations are consistent with City policy. ¯
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A - List of Other Cities’ Ordinances
Attachment B - Draft Ordinance
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PREPARED BY:Lynne Johnson, Assistant Police Chief
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DEPARTMENT HEAD REVIEW:
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
Patrick Dwyer, Chief ~hce
Emil@v arrison, Assistant City Manager
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ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
REPEALING AND REENACTING CHAPTER I0.04
[DEFINITIONS] , CHAPTER I0.36 [STOPPING, STANDING
AND PARKING -GENERALLY],CHAPTER 10.40 [STOPPING,
STANDING AND PARKING -LOADING AND UNLOADING] ,
CHAPTER I0.44 [STOPPING,STANDIJG AND PARKING -
PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED] , AND AMENDING SECTION
i0.60.70 OF CHAPTER I0.60 [PARKING VIOLATIONS] OF
TITLE i0 [VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC]OF THE PALO
ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE REGULATING VEHICLE PARKING
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as
follows:
SECTION I. The Council hereby finds as follows:
WHEREAS, local legislation is required in order to
establish and enforce restrictions on vehicular parking in disabled
parking loading/unloading zones, and the Council desires to adopt
such legislation; and,
WHEREAS, overnight parking of large vehicles also need to
be regulated on the basis of size and bulk rather than on the basis
of vehicle type and weight in order to more directly link these
controls to the sight distance safety concerns posed by large
vehicles; and,
WHEREAS, the procedures for enforcement of restrictions on
the use of city streets for storage of vehicles in excess of
seventy-two hours may be made more efficient and effective; and,
WHEREAS, numerous minor changes to the vehicular parking
ordinances are required in order to clarify the intent and
streamline the enforcement of these parking ordinances.
SECTION 2. Chapter 10.04 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code
is hereby repealed in its entirety and reenacted to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 10.04
DEFINITIONS
10.04.010 Definitions generally.
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For the purpose of this title, unless it is plainly evident
from the context that a different meaning is intended, certain
terms used herein shall have the definitions ascribed to them in
this chapter.
10.04.020 Alley.
"Alley" means a public or private vehicular.way less than
twenty-five feet in width affording a secondary means of vehicular
access to abutting property.
10.04.030 Bicycle parking zone.
"Bicycle parking zone" means
exclusively for the parking of bicycles.
that space reserved
10.04.040 Business district.
"Business district" means all portions of the City of
Palo Alto which are commercially zoned as provided in Title 18 of
this Code.
10.04.045 Community service officer.
"Community service officer" means a special police officer
of the city authorized to direct traffic and to enforce all laws
of the city and of the state applicable to the parking or towing of
vehicles and all laws of the city and of the state applicable to
bicycles and bicyclists and to enforce all traffic laws of the
city and of the state applicable to traffic within bicycle lanes
and bicycle paths.
10.04.050 Holidays.
For the purpose of this title holidays and other special
days shall be in accordance with Chapter 2.08 of this Code.
10.04.060 Loading zone.
"Loading zone" means that space adjacent to a curb reserved
for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading
of passengers or materials.
10.04.070 Official time standard.
Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean
standard time or daylight saving time, as may be in current use in
this city.
10.04.080 Park.
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"Park" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied
or not, otherwise than temporarily for a period of less than
thirty seconds for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
loading or unloading passengers or materi~is.
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10.04.85 Parking enforcement officer.
"Parking enforcement officer" means a special officer of
the city authorized to direct traffic and to enforce all laws of
the city and of the state applicable to the parking or towing of
vehicles.
10.04.090 Parkway.
"Parkway" means that portion of a street other than a
roadway or a sidewalk.
10.04.100 Passenger loading zone.
"Passenger loading zone" means the space adjacent to a
curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading
or unloading of ~assengers.
10.04.110 Pedestrian.
"Pedestrian" means any person afoot.
10.04.120 Police officer.
"Police officer" means every sworn member of the police
department, police reserves or any employee of the city of Palo
Alto authorized by the chief of police to direct or regulate
traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic
regulations.
10.04.125 Public parking facility.
The term ~public parking facility" shall mean any public
parking lot or parking structure owned or leased by the city in
which parking by the general public is permitted.
10.04.130 Stop.
"Stop" ~n~T~,means complete cessation of movement.
10.04.140 Stop or stand.
"Stop or stand" ’ ’ , means any stopping or
standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when
necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance
with the directions of a police officer or official
traffic control device.
10.04.150 Taxi stand.
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"Taxi stand" means a public place alongside the curb of a
street or elsewhere in the city of Palo Alto which has been
designated by the c£ty manager as reserved exclusively for the use
of taxicabs.
10.04.160 Traffic.
"Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals,
vehicles and other conveyances either singly or together while
using any street for purposes of travel.
10.04.170 Traffic control devices.
"Traffic control devices" means all signs, signals,
markings and devices not inconsistent with this title, heretofore
or hereafter placed or erected under this title, as authorized by
the Vehicle Code of the State of California or by the authority of
this title.
10.04.180 Traffic lane.
"Traffic lane" means that portion of any road-way, either
marked or unmarked, being not less than eight and one-half feet in
width.
10.04.190 Vehicle Code definitions.
In addition to the definitions set forth above, all
definitions of words and phrases set forth in the Vehicle Code of
the State of California are hereby incorporated in this title as
though set forth in full herein.
SECTION 3 Chapter 10.36 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code
is hereby repealed in its entirety and reenacted to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 10.36
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING -GENERALLY
10.36.010 Application of regulations.
(a) The provisions of this title prohibiting the
stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply except when
it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with directions of a police officer or
official traffic control device.
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(b) The provisions of this title 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 this title prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking
of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
(c) In addition to any other p~rsons authorized by law,
any employee of the city classified as a parking monitor Community
Service Officer or Parking Enforcement Officer is authorized to
give the notice required by the Vehicle Code of the State of
California of any violation of said code or of local regulations
adopted pursuant thereto governing the stopping, standing Or
parking of vehicles.
(d) For purposes .of this chapter, the term ~public
parking facility" shall mean any public parking lot or parking
structure owned or leased by the city in which parking by the
general, public is permitted.
10.36.020 Standing in parkways.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any
parkway, except on a permanent or temporary driveway.
10.36.030 Use of streets or public parking facilities for
storage of vehicles.
(a) No person who owns or has possession, custody or
control of any vehicle shall park or leave such vehicle standing
upon any street or alley or public parking facility for a period of
seventy-two consecutive hours or more. For the purposes of this
section, a vehicle shall be considered to have been parked or left
standing for seventy-two or more consecutive hours if it has
remained inoperable or has not been moved at least
{-eet--five tenths of a mile or more during said seventy two hour
period.
(b) In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing
upon a street or ~lley or public parking facility in excess of a
consecutive period of seventy-two hours, any member of the police
department authorized by the chief of police may remove such
vehicle from the street as authorized by the California Vehicle
Code and subject to the provisions of this section.
(c) Prior to removing any vehicle, notice shall be
affixed to the vehicle advising that the vehicle will be removed
for violation of this section wi-tgrgnaftertwenty-fotr~-seventy-two
hours unless it is moved at least ~housa~eet--five tenths of
a mile. The ~u~i~ ~±± Iso inform t%~e owner th~
~ight to a hearing to contest the~a-l-~ed violation but that
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-~= a re-ues~e~ ...........~-u:-~ time~u~’ ....... ~-n~:-
w~ll be ......... -~ ........ po ~±~ ~ ~
.empowe~d to determine ..............~s~=ux~=x u~- section~ ....................~ v~u~ an~
(d) Whenever a member of the police department removes
a vehicle pursuant to this section and causes it to be stored as
permitted by the California Vehicle Code, the chief of police or
his designee shall comply with the requirements of Section 22852 of
the California Vehicle Code relating to post-storage notice and
hearing for registered owners and legal owners of record.
section
10.36.040 Parking for ~=l~ ~~ sale,
advertisement, or repair prohibited.
(a) No person shall park a vehicle upon any street or
alley orpublic parking facility for the purpose of:
(I)~-’ --~ ---: ..................~-=~-i~ ~,~ v=,,-~-= for sale. Advertisement
to the public the private sale of that vehicle;
(2)~=~v±~±~,~ .......~ ....repairing or u~=~±~=~-- working oil
Advertisement of any event or function on private property or on
public propertyhired for a private event or function to which the
public is invited.’
(b) No person shall park a vehicle upon any street or
alley or public parking facility for the purpose of servicing,
repairing or otherwise working on such vehicle except repairs
necessitated by an emergency.
10.36.050 Parallel parking.
(a) Subject to other and more restrictive limitations,
a vehicle may be stopped or parked within eighteen inches of the
left-hand curb facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any
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one-way street unless the city manager has caused signs to be
erected 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 shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand
side of such one-way roadway unless the’ city manager has caused
signs to be erected permitting such standing or parking.
(c) The city manager is authorized to determine when
standing or parking shall be prohibited upon the left-hand side of
any one-way street or alley or when standing or parking may be
permitted upon the left-hand side of any one-way roadway of a
highway having two or more separate roadways and shall erect signs
giving notice thereof.
(d) The requirement of parallel parking in this section
shall not apply in the event any commercial vehicle is actually
engaged in the p~ocess of loading or unloading freight or goods, in
which case that 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; however, pursuant to section
10.40.040 commercial vehicles may not stop, park, or stind in
business districts between the hours of Ii a.m. and 6 p.m. unless
they are legally parallel parked or are legally parked in any angle
parking space.
10.36.060 Angle parking.
(a) Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this city
designates and ~describes any street or public parking facility or
portion thereof upon which angle parking shall be permitted, the
city manager shall mark or sign such street indicating the angle at
which vehicles shall be parked.
(b) When Signs or markings are in place indicating angle
parking, as herein provided, no person shall park or stand a
vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway
indicated by such signs or markings.
10.36.070 Parking adjacent to schools.
(a) The city manager is authorized to place signs and to
place markings on curbs, pavement, and similar areas to provide
adequate control for vehicle parking and loading upon any street or
portion thereof adjacent to any school property in accordance with
those traffic engineering and safety standards and instructions set
forth in policies and warrants for traffic control devices near
schools, adopted by ordinance or resolution of the legislative body
of this city.
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(b) When official signs or markings are installed
indicating no parking upon a street or portion thereof adjacent to
any school property,’ no person shall park a vehicle in any such
designated place.
10.36.080 Stopping or parking prohibited - Signs required.
(a) The city manager shall is authorized to
appropriately sign or mark the following places and when so signed
or marked no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of
said places:
(I) At any place within thirty feet of,a crosswalk
at an intersection in any business district except that a bus may
stop at a designated bus stop;
(2) Within fifty feet of the approach to any
traffic signal, ,boulevard stop sign or official electric flashing
device;
(3) At any place where the city manager determines
that it is necessary £n o~der to eliminate dangerous traffic
h~or desirable.
10.36.090 Removal or defacement of markings.
It is unlawful for~ any person to remove, erase, deface,
obliterate, or render unusable for the purpose of enforcement of
this title any chalk mark, marker or other device placed on a
vehicle ~r any portion thereof by the city for the purpose of
measuring the passage of time or the movement of a vehicle stopped,
standing or parked on any street, or in any parking lot or
structure,u~ ~~ ~~. vm~±&tlons of ~-~-~±~ section=~I
constitute an i~c~±~--r-public parking facility.
10.36.100 Removal or defacement of signs.
It is unlawful for any person to remove, erase, deface, obliterate,
or render unusable for the purpose of enforcement of this title any
sign, marking, or device placed by the city for the purpose of
indicating prohibitions or restrictions on stopping, standing or
parking of vehicles on any street, alley, or public parking
facility.
SECTION 4. Chapter 10.40 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code
is hereby repealed in its entirety and reenacted to read as
follows:
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CHAPTER I0.40
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING - LOADING AND UNLOADING
10.40.010 Authority to establish.loading zones.
(a) The city manager is hereby authorized to determine
and to mark by signs or curb markings loading zones and passenger
loading zones and ~handicapped disabled parking iones as follows:
(I) At =~.~ p-=u= in u.,= On any street, alley, or
public parking facility within any business district;
(2) ~i~9~On any street, alley, or public
parking facility in front of or adjacent to any place of business,
school, park, public building, hall or place used for the purpose
of public assembly.
(b) In no event shall more than one-half of the total
curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.
(c) Whenever curb marking is used, loading zones shall
be indicated by ~--yellow paint ~ ........ ~ ..... ~ ............ ~ --
and PoSted with a sign indicating "LOADING ZONE". upon t~he top of
(d) Whenever curb marking is used, passenger loading
zones shall be indicated a w~±~ l~ne ~±~=u w±~ ~±=~
~we~s--white paint and posted with a sign indicating "PASSENGER
LOADING ZONE".
......~aint 7: ........ ......._. ......I ..........:~ ~r
posted~-~-: ......~±~-=~-~-’ .............~-- ~.~=~.~=~,=±: ..........: ....~ ~I of =~=~±±~:~--
~±.=., p~=±le v~ew of a ~==~u..~±=). Disabled parking spaces
shall be indicated by blue space markings and, in addition, an
adjacent and appropriately posted sign conforming to the
requirements of the California Vehicle Code.-
(f) Disabled parking loading areas shall be indicated
by white cross-hatched lines adjacent to a disabled parking space;
10.40.020 Signs or curb markings to indicate no stopping
and parking regulations.
(a The city manager is authorized, subject to the
provisions and limitations of this title, to place] and whe~
, signs or the following curb markings
on any street, alley, or public, parking facility to indicate
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parking or standing regulations, and curb markings shall have the
meaning as herein set forth:
(i) Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking
ptat any time exce as
h~s may stop ~n a ~=u zonked o~ ~’ whether
the vehicle is attended or unattended e£cept that a bus may stop
in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.
(2) Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or
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 loading
or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three
minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty
minutes by commercial vehicles.
[3) White shall mean no stopping, standing or
parking at any time for any purpose other than loading or unloading
of passengers which shall not exceed three minutes and such
restrictions~=±I ~y .......... ~ all time~.
(4) Green shall mean no standing or parking for
longer than thirty minutes at any time between eight a.m. and ~
five p.m. of any day except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
(5) Blue shall mean no stopping, standing or
parking except for vehicles of physically handicmpped pe~-s~nTs-r,
~ ~±~ ~ssued ~ Department of Moto~ v~~. that
lawfully display a disabled placard or disabled license plate while
transporting a disabled person. Such restrictions shall apply at
all times.
(b) When the city manager, as authorized under this
chapter, has caused signs or curb markings to be placed, no person
shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent~to any such legible
sign or curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of this
title except as specifically authorized by law.
10.40.025 Parking or standing in cross-hatched areas
adjacent to disabled parking spaces.
No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in any
pavement area marked by cross-hatched lines and adjacent to a
parking stall or space designated for disabled persons or disabled
veterans, upon any street or upon any city-owned or operated publiq
parking facility or upon any private off-street parking facility.
These cross-hatched areas are designated for the loading and
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unloading of vehicles for disabled persons or disabled veterans
only.
10.40.030 Effect of permission to load or unload.
(a) Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle
for purposes of loading or unloading of ~aterials shall apply only
to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time
necessary therefor and in no event for more than twenty minutes.
(b)The loading or unloading of materials shall apply
ly ...........~on to commercial deliveries; =~u ~= u=~±v=~ or p~p of
~=~ =~ parcel post packages =~u u~±~=~ States ---~ including
the delivery or pickup of express and parcel- post packages and
United States mail.
(c) Permission herein granted to stop or park for
purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the
loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend
beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than
three minutes.
(d) The provisions of this section shall be enforced so
as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but
without permitting abuse of the privileges hereby granted.
10.40.040 Parking regulations for commercial vehicles.
Parking distance from curbs.
(a) No person shall stop, park or leave standing any
vehicle, whether attended or unattended, mn--tg~-~m~dw-ay side of
~ehicle stopped, pa~ked ~ standing at unless both right-hand
wheels (or either both right-hand wheels or both left-hand wheels
on a one-way street) are parallel with and within eighteen inches
from the curb edge of a street or highway except when necessary to
avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the
directions of a police officer or traffic-control device.
(b) No person shall stop, park or leave standing any
commercial vehicle for the purpose of loading, delivering or
unloading of freight or materials in any business district between
the hours of eleven a.m. and six p.m. unless such vehicle is parked
so that both right-hand wheels (or either both right-hand wheels or
both left-hand wheels on a one-way street) are parallel with and
within eighteen inches of the curb or unless said vehicle is
legally parked in any angle parking space.
(c) The ’’ chief transportation official, in
case of undue hardship such as extremely large commercial vehicles
or commercial vehicles at the terminal of a long haul, s~all
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is authorized to issue a permit for parking to load or unload in
the business district between the hours of eleven a.m. and six p.m.
even though curb space may not be readily available. Permits, when
issued, shall contain the make and type of vehicle, the license
number, the name of the applicant, the location where and time when
the permit shall be in effect, and the manner of parking or other
restrictions necessary to insure the usdal flow of traffic. The
permit shall be attached to the windshield of the vehicle at all
times when the permit is in effect.
10.40.045 Special parking permit for construction or
maintenance work.
(a) Theu±~u~ ............u~ transpomtation chief transportation
official may issue a permit for the temporary use of any parking
space in a public street or in a public parking lot
~-~-~-b-facility upon a showing that the applicant will be moving
property or conducting construction and/or maintenance work in the
immediate area and that no alternative off-street site for the
parking of ~nst~uction ....’=1~u/or maintenance vehicles or for the
temporary storage of equipment and/or materials is available
reasonably near the work site. Such permit shall entitle the
holder temporarily to use a designated parking space or spaces in
a public street or a public parking {~t--facility as specified in
the permit without regard to time limits otherwise imposed, but
shall not permit illegal parking or use and parking or use of
unauthorized places.
(b) A permit, when issued for the use of a vehicle,
shall contain the name of the permittee, the make and type of
vehicle, the license number, and the location where and time when
the permit shall be in effect. A permit, when issued for the
temporary storage of equipment and/or materials, shall contain the
name of permittee, the specific type of equipment and/or materials
to be stored and the location where and the time when the permit
shall be in effect. When a single permit is issued for both parking
and storage, the information required for both parking and storage
permits, as set forth in this chapter, shall be contained therein.
(c) When issued for parking, the permit shall be placed
on the windshield of the vehicle and, when issued for storage, the
permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the equipment or
materials.
(d) No permit shall be issued for any initial period
greater than{-~-~tt~thirty working days~, but the d~
~chief transportation official may renew the
permit for additional periods not to exceed five sixtythirty
working days each. The fee for ~!--such permit shall be ~
he city tm~s~tr~-~--established in
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the municipal fee schedule. No permit shall be issued until said
fee has been paid to the Supervisor of Revenue Collections.
(e)In addition to the permits described in this
section, the dimectom of tmanspomtation chief transportation
official may issue permits authorizing the temporary use by
commercial vehicles of any parking space’in a public street or in
p L.._~ ....~ ....~-~ facility upon a showinga public arking lot
that the applicant provides emerggncy repair work. Such permit
shall entitle the holder to use a parking space in a public street
or a public parking ~facility without regard to the limits
otherwise imposed, but shall not permit illegal parking or parking
in unauthorized places; the permit sha!l authorize parking for the
duration of the emergency only. Each use of the permit shal! be
recorded with the date, time, place, and nature of the emergency,
as well as with other information required by the forms provided
for reporting purposes. The completed form shall be submitted to
the directo~ of~t~anspo~tation chief transportation official on a
monthly basis for verification.
A permit shall be effective for one year and shall contain
the name of the permittee, the make and type of vehicles, the
license numbers and the effective dates of the permit. The
original permit shall be placed on the vehicle dashboard windshield
so as to be visible from outside the vehicle and shall include an
indication as to the specific location of the emergency. No person
shall reproduce a permit. The annual fee for such permit shall be
established in the municipal fee schedule. No permit shall be
issued until said fee has been paid to the Supervisor of Revenue
Collections.
It is unlawful and an infraction for any person:
(i). To use an emergency repair parking permit for
other than parking for emergency repair work;
(2) To use an emergency repair parking permit for
other than commercial vehicles;
(3) To use an expired or revoked emergency repair
parking permit; or
(4) To reproduce an emergency repair parking
permit. Two violations in any calendar year shall automatically
revoke privileges for the next succeeding twelve months.
For purposes of this subsection, "emergency repair work"
means repair work done to a structure or to mechanical, electrical,
or plumbing devices where there exists a threat to life or
property.
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10.40.050 Standing for loading or unloading only.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow
loading zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading
passengers or materials for such time as is permitted in Section
10.40.030.
10.40.060 Standing in passenger loading zone.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any
passenger loading zone for any purpose other than the loading or
un!oading of passengers for such time as is specified in Sections
10.40.030.
10.40.070 Standing in any alley.
When official signs prohibiting such parking are in place,
no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other
than the loading or unloading of materials in any alley. Such
parking shall not exceed twenty minutes. In no event shall the
driver of such vehicle leave less than one traffic lane for
unobstructed passage. When an alley is designated as a one-way
alley, such parking by vehicles shall be permitted on the right
side only.
10.40.080 Bicycle and motorcycle parking spaces.
(a) The city manager is authorized to designate and
establish bicycle and motorcycle parking spaces for use at such
places and during such times as the city manager may deem suitable
and necessary. The city manager may also authorize the placing of
bicycle parking racks in the spaces so designated.
(b) When official signs or markings restricting parking
to bicycles only are in place, only bicycles shall be parked ~
in such places, and it is unlawful for any person to park or stand
any vehicle other than a bicycle or other nonpowered two-wheeled
vehicles in such space.
(c) When official signs or markings restricting parking
to motorcycles only are in place, only motorcycles shall be parked
~ in such places, and it is unlawful for any person to park or
stand any vehicle other than a ~motorcycle or other self-
propelled two or three wheeled vehicles in such space.
10.40.090 Taxi stands~.
(a) The city manager is authorized to determine the
location of and to mark taxi stands.
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(b) Such taxi stands shall be indicated by signs or a
white line stenciled with the words "TAXI ONLY" upon the tops of
all curbs and places specified for taxicabs only.
(c) No driver of any taxicab shall park or stand the
same upon any public highway in any business dist.rict in the city
for any period of time longer than is iecessary to discharge or
receive passengers then occupying or then waiting for such taxicab;
provided, that a taxicab may be parked in a taxi stand established
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(d) When official signs or markings designating such
taxi stands are in place, no person other than the driver of a
taxicab shall park or stand any vehicle in any taxi stand.
10.40.100 Bus zones~.
(a) The city manager is authorized to establish bus
zones for the loading and unloading of buses or common carriers of
passengers and to determine the location thereof subject to the
limitations set forth in this section.
(b) The word "bus," as used in this section, means any
motor bus, motor coach or passenger stage used as a common carrier
of passengers.
(c) No bus zone shall exceed eighty- feet in length,
except that when satisfactory evidence has been presented to the
city manager showing the necessity therefor, the city manager may
extend bus zones not to exceed a total length of one hundred thirty
feet.
(d) Bus zones shall normally be established on the far
side of an intersection.
(e) Such bus zones shall be indicated by signs or e~-z~<£
~±~ ~ ~,±te ~=~s ~ ~E upon ~ top ~f ~
~u~ ~h~~u~ ~ by red curbing marked as a bus loading zone.
(f) No bus shall stand in any bus zone longer than
necessary to load or unload passengers.
(g) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle except
a bus in any bus zone.
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SECTION 5. Chapter 10.44 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code
is hereby repealed in its entirety and reenacted to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 10.44
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING - PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED
10.44.010 Restrictions established - Signs designating.
(a) The city council shall by ordinance or resolution
establish such parking, or stopping, standing and parking
restrictions or prohibitions as may be necessary, and the city
manager shall designate such streets, portions of streets., or city-
owned parking {~t~---facilities by appropriate signs or markings
giving effect tb such parking or stopping, standing and parking
restrictions or prohibitions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
city manager may establish such parking, or stopping, standing and
parking restrictions or prohibitions for periods of time not to
exceed four months at which time such restrictions or prohibitions
shall no longer be of any force and effect unless duly established
by ordinance or resolution of the city council. The city manager
shall designate streets or portions of streets by appropriate signs
or markings, giving effect to such parking or stopping, standing
and parking restrictions or prohibitions.
(b) When authorized signs are in place giving notice of
such prohibition or limitation, no person shall stop, stand or park
any vehicle in violation of such si~prohibition or limitation.
(c) Whenever the stopping, standing 6r parking of a
vehicle has been prohibited, restricted, or limited as to time by
this chapter or any resolution enacted pursuant hereto, the
continued standing or parking of such vehicle after a citation
therefor has been issued shall constitute a separate and additional
violation of the provision for which the citation was issued, when
such standing or parking continues for an additiona! period longer
than the maximum permissible period of parking in such space or
location after issuance of such citation, or if no such period of
time is designated, when such stopping, standing or parking after
a citation therefor continues for anadditional period longer than
one hour.
10.44.015 Definitions.
(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following words
shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section:
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for car;,pin9-
mounted upon a motor ..... -’-~e ~u to provim}e ~---~±~= for ........
¯ ~-~±~ or campi~,9 purposes ......... -’ .... ~,,e’~- ~-Is
(3)"Commercial .....: -~ - "v~,,-,_.±~ means a ---~--’v=~.-~±~ of a t?pe
~ ~-~±~, u- ~==±~.=~, ~=~ or ,,,=-~.~=i..=~ primarily for the
transportation of property.
~..........fly .................~ ...................~ .......~m~ or permanen ~x~, ~ ~u~p~ for
~ich a camper~ ....be~n permanently~uu~. A ~
support a portion of ....~ss~ we~x~ .....of ....cx~= camper unit~x~a~l be
considered a ~u~ ~x regardless of .............c~ ~.~cx~ of a~
manner of registration.
persons or property on its own structure or for~-~’--:--- di-awn by ~
(i) "Oversized vehicle" means any vehicle ~
exceeding seven feet in height or exceeding twenty feet in overall
length or exceeding seven feet in width (including any load or
accessory thereon other than antennas), provided that this
definition shall not apply to vehicles ,which exceed these
dimensions solely because of modifications required to accomodate
a disability and the vehicle is lawfully displaying a disabled
placard or license;
(2) "Camper shell" means a structure designed to
cover and/or protect the bed area of a pickup truck but removed
therefrom;
(3) "Trailer" means a vehicle designed or utilized
for being drawn by a motor vehicle.
(4) "Residential zone" means all lands located
within the following zoning districts: RE, RI, R2, RMD, RM-15, RM-
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30, and RM-40; where one side of a street is located within one of
these residential districts, then the portion of the opposit~ side
of the street directly across from the residential district shall
also be included in the definition of a residential zone;
(5) ~Public Facility Zone" means, all lands located
within a PF zone; where one side of a s~reet is located within a
public facility zone, then the portion of the opposite side of the
street directly across from the public facility zone shall also be
included in the restrictions pertaining to a public facility zone.
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10.44.020 Standing or parking, two a.m. to six a.m.
(a) No person shall, between the hours of two a.m. and
six a.m. of any day, ~-~ ..... ~, ~.~.~ certa2n streets or portions
\ ±; CampeT~T,
(2)
(~)
(4) ..............
~; ~..~,o~,~,..~.~=,_.~,~u-.~m ~ provisions of. . -
~ section, no person=~I ~x~ any
excess of three ..........................................................~~~u ~xu~ux~~u~ ~~x ~c upon
~ streets o~- portions of streets
~sidence) di~
~-~.~ enga ~n professional
~-~gaged in eme~rgency activities az-e exempt from compliance
subsections ~-~section.
unless authorized by a hardship.permit issued pursuant to section
10.44.021 or a construction or maintenance permit issued pursuant
to section 10.40.045, park upon streets or alleys located within
a residential zone or public facility zone any of the following
vehicles:
(1)
(2)
(3)
oversized vehicles;
trailers;
camper shells;
(4)tow trucks as defined by California Vehicle
Code section 615;
(5)special construction equipment as defined by
California Vehicle Code section 565.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10.44.010,
no signs or markings are necessary to give effect to the
restrictions and prohibitions contained in this section.
10.44.021 Hardship permit.
Persons who have obtained hardship permits pursuant to this
section shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 10.44.020
during the duration of said permit.
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(a) Eligibility. Any resident of the city of Palo Alto
may be eligible for a one-time nonrenewable hardship permit for ~
camper and a hmuse--an oversized vehicle if such resident can show
a "hardshipi-s~". For the purposes of this section "hardship" means
that the applicant has no legal offstreet parking space adequate to
accommodate the vehicle for which the permit is sought at the
street address specified in the permit a~plication.
(b) Classes and duration of permits. There shall be two
classes of permits:
(i)resident permit and
(2) guest permits. Any resident of Palo Alto may
_,i_: ~ ity .... : -obtain a resident permit u~u~ ~=~±±~-~ =-±~-~±±=~ ..-~
~=~±u=~= =uu~=~.for a specified vehicle upon establishing
actual residence at an address within the city. The maximum
duration ~of this permit shall be thirty days ~z~z-e~r~t per
stered .....v=..-~±:-~=. Guest pe~-m~ts ~.=~I be-~ ~
registered to nonresidents .............el:-:~-: .....’
~ ~u-~ of guest permits~=~i not~x~==~ ......ten days. Nei ......
class of pe~-mit~=±± ...... be~=~=w~=.but shall not exceed the actual
duration of the hardship. ~y resident of Palo Alto may Obtain a
guest permit for a specified vehicle registered to a non-resident
guest of the applicant, The duration of guest permits shall not
exceed fourteen days and shall not be renewable within thirty days
following expiration.
(c) Fees. The fees for hardship permits shall be set
forth in the municipal fee schedule. No hardship permit shall be
issued until said fee has been paid to the Supervisor of Revenue
Collections.
(d) Procedures and regulations. Applications for
hardship permits shal! be submitted to the supervisor of revenue
collections. The supervisor of revenue collections may issue a
hardship permit if it is determined that the application of Section
10.44.020 will create a hardship on the applicant or his guest. The
Supervisor of Revenue Collections may establish additional
procedures and regulations for the implementation of this section
which are consistent with this section and with Section 10.44.020
of this Code.
I0.44.030 Parking prohibited on grade.
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle
unattended on a highway when upon any grade exceeding three percent
within any business or residential district without blocking the
wheels of said vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other
means.
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10.44.040 Parking space markings.
(a) The city manager is authorized to install and maintain
parking space markings to indicate parking spaces~uj-=~acent to
ctrr~ where authorized parking is permitted.
(b) When such parking space magkings are placed in
h-~T~-a street, alley, or public parking facility, subject to
other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be
stopped, left standing or parked other than within a single space
unless the size or shape of such vehicle makes compliance
impossible.
(c) No vehicle over six feet wide or fifteen feet long
(including loads or accessories) shall park or stand in a parking
space marked as a small car or compact car space.
10.44.050 ~ncy parking sign~ Temporary parking and
street sweeping restrictions.
(a) Whenever the chief of police, director of public works,
or director of utilities determines that an emergency traffic
congestion or conflict is likely to result from construction or
maintenance work, the holding of public or private assemblages,
gatherings or functions or for ot~asons, .....~ ~-= of .... ~--
~=~± have power=~u .... ~ .... ~-- to=uu~~ ~ ...............
,devices or barricades to be erected o~
streets and~~-~ .....as ~= ~=~ ~ police ~ ~=~ ~~ the
time ....’-’ ....~ ............~u~ temporary signs =~= ±~ ~±=~=.
ba~-r±~=~=~~± remain in ace ~±~ ~u±±~ ~= existence -
’emergency, and .......~= ~±~-= of police ~=~I cause ~u~ s
remove~romptly thereafter.
or for the movement of equipment, articles, or structures of
unusual size interfering with normal flow of traffic, those
officials shall have power and authority to restrict the operation,
parking or standing of vehicles at the particular streets, alleys,
or public parking facilities (and for the duration) determined to
be necessary or desirable to avoid such traffic congestion or
conflict. No person shall operate, park, or leave standing any
vehicle in violation of such restrictions where temporary signs,
devices or barricades are erected or posted indicating that the
operation, parking or standing of vehicles is restricted.
(b) Whenever the director of public works determines
that parking or standing of vehicles on any city street, alley, or
public parking facility should be prohibited or restricted for the
purpose of street sweeping, no vehicle shall be parked or allowed
to stand on any portion of the street, alley, or public parking
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facility in violation of signs posted therefor, and removal of
vehicles parked in violation of such signs is authorized;
(c) When signs, devices or barricades authorized by the
provisions of this section are in place giving notice thereof, no
person shall operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the
directions and provisions of such sigis. Whenever signs are
erected or placed at least 24 hours in advance of the prohibition
against parking or standing and those signs warn that removal is
authorized for violation of the prohibition, the chief of police is
authorized to remove vehicles parking or standing in violation of
the prohibition. Whenever a vehicle is removed pursuant to this
section and is stored as permitted by the California Vehicle Code,
the chief of police shall comply with the requirements of Section
22852 of the California Vehicle Code relating to post-storage
notice and hearing for registered owners and legal owners of
record.
10.44.060 Parking vehicles held for commercial sale or
repair.
It is unlawful for any person who deals in or whose
business involves the sale, trade, shipment or other disposition,
repossession or repair of new or used vehicles to park or leave
standing on one or more streets, alleys, or public parking
facilities any vehicle held for sale, trade, repossession, repair,
shipment or other disposition for more than t~two hours in the
aggregate during any one day. If two or more such vehicles are in
the possession or custody of such person, the three two-hour
aggregate period shall commence when the first vehicle is left
standing upon any street, alley or public parking facility and
shall include and apply to all other such vehicles, whether parked
at the same time or at a later time, or at the same or different
location on any city street, alley or public parking facility.
10.44.070 Parking on city property.
(a) Whenever the city manager determines that the
orderly, efficient conduct of the city’s business requires that
parking or standing of vehicles on city property owned or
controlled by the city other than city streets or alleys should be
prohibited, limited or restricted, the city manager shall have the
power and authority to order signs to be erected or posted or curb
markings to be placed indicating that the parking of vehicles is
thus prohibited, limited or restricted.
(b) When signs or curb markings authorized by the
provisions of this section are in place giving notice thereof, no
person shall park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions
or provisions of such signs or’curb markings.
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10.44.080 Vehicles not to obstruct streets, ~
Tc~--, alleys, or public parking facilities.
No person shall operate or stand or park any vehicle on any
street, u- in =.i~ p=~±1~ lot alley, or any public parking
facility owned or controlled by the city. in such a manner as to
obstruct the free use of such street ~- pal-king lot, alley, or any
public parking facility.
10.44.090 Requiring ignitions locked and keys removed
from motor vehicles.
No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle, except
a commercial motor vehicle, shall allow it to stand unattended on
any highway, public street, or any other public place, or on a
parking {-ctfacility open to the public use, without first stopping
the engine, locking the ignition and removing the ignition key from
the vehicle, no~-- ~.~- ~±s section oi- any ---’v±~±=~..:-- ~..=~ be
~ ~~ in any action. The registered owner of a vehicle
found in violation of this section shall be held prima facie
responsible for any such vehicle. Violation of this section shall
not mitigate the offense of theft of such motor vehicle.
SECTION 6. Section 10.60.070 of Chapter 10.60 of the Palo
Alto Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
10.60.070 Permit parking in city lots.
(a) The city manager is authorized to set aside any
portion or all of any city-owned parking lot for permit parking and
to issue permits therefor as provided in this section.
(b) The city manager may issue parking permits upon
application therefor and upon the payment of a fee in an amount to
be determined by the city manager. Such permit shall designate the
parking lot for which it is issued and shall be affixed at or near
the center of the left side of the rear window or left side of the
rear bumper in such a manner that it can be readily identified from
the rear of the vehicle for which it is issued. Such permit may
contain such instructions as to its use as may be deemed
appropriate by the city manager.
(c) The city manager shall install signs ~-~--t~in
the permit parking ~s--areas indicating that they are reserved
for permit parking only, and the holder of such a permit properly
displayed may park in any such space on the lot, but only in such
space.
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(d) A vehicle with a permit shall not park for more than
seventy-two consecutive hours in the same city-owned ~
s~m-t~u~epublic parking facility. This subsection shall not apply
to official city vehicles.
(e) No person who owns or has possession, custody or
control of a vehicle shall park that v4hicle or allow it to be
parked in any permit parking space adjacent to which th~e is a in
a permit area where sign indicating that such space is reserved for
permit parking only without displaying a valid permit therefor.
This prohibition shall not apply to the use of such spaces during
the period from six--five p.m. to eight a.m. or on Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays.
SECTION 7. The Council finds that the provisions of this
ordinance do not constitute a project under the California Environ-
mental Quality Act because it can be seen with certainty that no
significant env£ronmental impact will occur as a result of the
ordinance.
SECTION 8.This ordinance shall become effective upon
the commencement of the thirty-first day after the day of its
adoption.
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:APPROVED:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
Mayor
City Manager
Police Chief
Director of Planning and
Community Environment
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TO:
ATTENTION:
City
City of Palo Alto
Manager’s Report
HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE
3
FROM:CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: POLICE
DATE:
SUBJECT:
MARCH 8, 1999 CMR:166:99
RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND CHAPTERS 10.04,10.36,10.40,
10.44 AND 10.60 OF THE PALO. ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE
REGULATING THE STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING OF
VEHICLES
REPORT IN BRIEF
Thi~ report provides recommendations for amendments to several chapters in of the Palo Alto
Municipal Code regulating the stopping, standing, and parking of vehicles. Specifically,
proposed changes are recommended for Chapters 10.04- Definitions; 10.36- Stopping, Standing
and Parking - Generally; 10.40- Stopping, Standing and Parking - Loading and Unloading;
10.44- Stopping, Standing and Parking - Prohibited or Restricted; and 10.60 - Parking
Violations. The recommendations address overnight parking restrictions, oversized vehicles,
and loading zones for the disabled. Additionally, the changes would bring the City’s ordinance
into compliance With changes made in the California Vehicle Code and would clarify issues
related to th~ parking and towing of vehicles.
CMR:166:99 Page 1 of 8
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that Chapters 10.04, 10.36, 10.40, 10.44, and 10.60 of the Palo Alto
Municipal Code (PAMC) regulating parking, stopping, and standing of vehicles be amended.
Specifically, the recommended revisions address ovemight parking regulations, oversized
vehicles, and loading zones for the disabled. Staff’s recommendations would also bring the
City’s ordinance into compliance with the California Vehicle Code (CVC) and some practices
the City has established, and would clarify enforcement issues related to the parking and towing
of vehicles.
BACKGROUND
In 1996, the City Council amended Title 10 of the PAMC concerning the time limits for
contesting parking citations. Since then, there have been changes made in the CVC associated
with these time limits that conflict with the City’s ordinance. State law also now requires that
local governments adopt an ordinance that authorizes the enforcement of the vehicle code
section that prohibits parking in a loading zone next to a disabled parking space.
Additionally, over the past several years, the Police Department has received frequent
complaints about trailers, trucks, motor homes, and oversized vehicles parked in or near
residential areas. Since the time the current ordinance was amended, considerable changes have
been made to zoning designations throughout the city, making enforcement almost impossible.
As an example, the current code allows parking of these oversiZed vehicles next to a park, a
school or across the street from a residential zone. The recommended amendments address these
issues.
As staff was reviewing these chapters, it became apparent that other clarifications and changes
were needed to address enforcement authorizations, vehicles parked on City streets that are for
sale, temporary parking signs, and to provide more effective processing of abandoned vehicles.
DISCUSSION
The following are the significant changes that staff is recommending:
Chapter 10.36 Stopping, Standing, and Parking - Generally
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Section 10.36.030: Use of Streets or Public Parking Facilities for Storage of Vehicles
This section deals with vehicles left on streets and in City pa~king lots for more than 72 hours.
The recommended amendments to this section would add the prohibition for storage of a vehicle
for more than 72 hours in a public parking facility; require only one waming notice prior to the
towing of a vehicle; increase the distance a vehicle must be moved from 1,000 feet to half a
mile; and delete the requirement of a pre-tow hearing.
Under the current code, Police Department personnel must use three different steps to deal with
a vehicle that has been reported stored or abandoned before it can be towed. The first step is
to chalk the vehicle and obtain an odometer reading. This is usually done within several days
after receiving the complaint and actually starts the 72 hour clock. After 72 hours, if thevehicle
has not been moved, the vehicle is cited and a tow warning is placed on the car. The third step
involves the actual towing of the vehicle 24 to 48 hours later. This labor intensive process
means that the vehicle is actually on the street for more than 144 hours after a complaint has
been made. Staff recommends that steps two and three be combined. The vehicle would be
chalked and a warning notice would be placed on the vehicle. If, after 72 hours, the car has not
been moved in compliance with the code, a citation would be issued and the car would be
towed. With the proposed amendments, the amount of time the vehicle is actually parked on
the street after a complaint has been received would b~reduced by 72 hours. During FY 97-98,
the Police Department responded to 1,308 complaints of vehicles that were reported as stored
or abandoned and subsequently towed 88 of these vehicles.
The way the current code reads is also confusing and frustrating for residents when abandoned
and!or inoperable vehicles, usually registered outside the neighborhood, are just pushed down
the street or around the corner to circumvent the distance requirements. Changing the required
distance from 1,000 feet to half a mile would make it more difficult for this circumvention to
occur. It would also make it easier for vehicle owners and Police Department personnel to
calculate the distance a vehicle has been moved on a vehicle odometer or trip meter.
Section 10.40.010: Authority to Establish Loading’Zones
The recommended amendments to this section would add a requirement that in addition to any
colored curb markings, signs also be required to designate parking spaces for bus, loading, and
disabled parking spaces. City staff has already initiated this practice after receiving numerous
complaints from motorists that they do not see the curb markings. Since initiating the practice
of installing signs in addition to curb markings, compliance with parking regulations has
significantly improved.
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Section 10.40.020: Signs or Curb Markings to Indicate No Stopping and Parking Regulations.
The changes to this section would also bring current practice into compliance with the code by
increasing temporary parking in green zones from 24 to 30 minutes; changing the time period
of parking enforcement to 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to conform with the currently posted signs;
and clarifying that only vehicles with commercial license plates may use loading zones.
Section 10.40.025: Parking or Standing in a Crosshatched Area Adjacent to Disabled Parking
Spaces
The proposed new section would bring the City’s code into compliance with the CVC. State
law mandates that, prior, to enforcement of the CVC section pertaining to parking in disabled
parking loading zones designated by crosshatched areas adjacent to disabled parking spaces to
occur, local governments must adopt similar regulations. Without a local ordinance, Police staff
is unable to enforce this violation. Numerous complaints have been received by members of
the disabled community about this issue.
Section 10.40.040: Parking Distance From Curbs and Commercial Vehicle Deliveries
Amendments to this section would clarify that paraile! parking requirements on one-way streets
would require either both right-hand or both left-hand wheels of the vehicle (depending upon
the side of the street) to be parked within. 18 inches of the curb. The Chief Transporation
Official would be authorized to issue permits that would allow parking of large commercial
vehicles in business districts, instead of the Police Chief. This change is recommended due to
the efficiency associated with all types of parking permits being issued by the same official.
Section 10.40.045: Special Parking Permits
The change in language for this section would allow the Chief Transportation Official tO issue
temporary parking permits for vehicles used to move property or for construction projects, and
would change the maximum length of a temporary permit from five days to 60 days. The
increase in the length of the permit period reflects the fact that many construction projects
require several months to complete, and it is more efficient and customer-friendly to issue
temporary parking permits for a longer period of time.
Section 10.40.100: Bus Zones
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The amendments to this section would require the placement of signs and/or red curb markings
at bus stops. This is the current procedure used in the city by the Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority.
Chapter 10.44 Stopping, Standing and Parking - Prohibited or Restricted
Section 10.44.015: Definitions
Changes to this section would provide clearer definition for oversized vehicles and remove
designation by the type of vehicle. The proposed dimensions for an oversized vehicle would
be exceeding seven feet in height, or twenty feet in length, or seven feet in width. These
dimensions would not exclude the typical large sport utility vehicles (e.g., Chevrolet Suburban,
Ford Expedition, or Chevrolet Tahoe) or passenger vans. This definition would likely include
many of the medium to larger vehicles formerly listed under the definition of a camp trailer or
house car. The maximum height limit was determined based upon the distance between the
street and the bottom of a stop sign being seven feet. The Police Department receives frequent
complaints about vehicles more than seven feet in height that block the view of stop signs. The
length and width restrictions are designed to address sight distanc~ safety concerns for vehicles
exiting from driveways.
Language prohibiting commercial vehicles more than 3,800 pounds would be deleted. Staff
found that most full size family pickup trucks exceed this weight. Staff does not believe that
the intent of this ordinance was to restrict pickup trucks, all of which are required to be licensed
with a commercial license plate. Residents are usually more concerned about the size of
vehicles parked in residential areas than their weight.
Staff believes that the reduction in the size of large vehicles that are allowed to park in
residential areas increases the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists by reducing vision
obscurements. While these complaints have been received during both daytime and nighttime
hours, staff also believes that the prohibition of parking oversized vehicles during nighttime
hours helps to reduce the number parked in residential areas during the daytime as well.
Outdated residential zoning district designations would be replaced in the code with the current
zoning classifications. For the purposes of this ordinance, a residential zone would include both
sides of the street in RE, R1, R2, RMD, RM-15, RM-30, RM-40, and PF zoning districts.
Currently, it is legal for a prohibited vehicle to park on the street in front of a park or a school
across the street from a residential zone. Proposed changes in the code will prohibit these
vehicles from parking on either side of a street in a residential area.
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Section 10.44..020: Standing or Parking 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.
Section 10.44.021: Hardship and Guest Permits
These sections deal with oversized vehicles, trailers, camper shells, tow trucks and construction
equipment parking overnight, and vehicles used for human habitation.
The effects of the changes in this section would be that oversized vehicles, trailers and camper
shells would be prohibited from parking in residential areas from 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.,
unless they have a hardship or guest permit. These vehicles could still be parked in non-
residential areas at any time of the day or night unless they are in violation of some other
parking regulation (e.g.~ 72-hour vehicle storage, timed or permit parking areas, etc.)
Additionally, language that would prohibit tow trucks and construction equipment from being
parked in a residential area between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. is recommended in this section.
Many cities have an ordinance that prohibits tow trucks from parking in residential areas du.e
to the noise and disruption associated with on-call tow trucks arriving and departing from
heavily parked residential streets. Construction equipment normally is required to be parked
on the property where the work is being conducted, but on occasion construction equipment is
left on the street. This amendment would allow the Police Department to issue a parking
citation if a tow truck or construction equipment is i~ft on the street overnight.
Section 10.44.040: Parking Space Markings
The recommended changes to this section would allow for parking space markings to be
installed on streets, alleys, ’or in public parking facilities. It would prohibit vehicles more than
six feet wide from parking in spaces designated by markings for small cars or compact cars.
As a point of reference, the compact car spaces in the Civic Center parking garage are about 7’
6" wide. It is difficult and sometimes impossible for drivers to enter or exit their vehicle if a
large vehicle is parked adjacent to them in a compact parking space.
Section 10.44.050: Temporary Parking and Street Sweeping Restrictions
The recommended amendments to this section would add language to include the Director of
Public Works and the Director of Utilities, in addition to the Police Chief, as authorizing
officials for temporary parking restrictions. Additionally, it would clarify that street sweeping,
construction or maintenance work that requires temporary parking restrictions could be enforced
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and would allow the Police Department to remove vehicles parked in temporary, tow-away
zones.
Section 10.60.03.0: Police Department Review of Parking Violations
To comply with changes in the CVC, the period to request an investigative review of a parking
citation would be changed from 10 days to 14 days from the date of the mailing of notices of
delinquent parking violations.
Section 10.60..040: Appeal of Parking Violations to Parking Examiner
To comply with changes in the CVC, the recommended amendments would change-the time
period to request an administrative review before a parking examiner from 15 days to 21 days.
Section 10.60.070: Permit Parking in City Lots
Language changes in this section would modify the location of placement of parking permits
from the center of the rear bumper to either the left side of the rear bumper or left sideof the
rear window. Staff has found that with the types of materials being used for bumpers on newer
models of cars, many people are reluctant to put paLking stickers on their bumpers for fear of
damaging the paint or detracting from the overall appearance of their vehicle.
RESOURCE IMPACTS
Costs associated with the enforcement
Department’s adopted budget.
of these ordinances are included in the Police
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Staff’s recommendations are consistent with City policy.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
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ATTACHMENTS
Amended Chapters
PREPARED BY:Lynne Johnson, Assistant Police Chief
Don HarmeR, Police Lieutenant
DEPARTMENT HEAD REVIEW: ,’ t ,
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
Q~r_. r Lr, ivflr~ ~anager
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ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
REPEALING AND REENACTING CHAPTER i0 . 04
[DEFINITIONS] , CHAPTER I0.36 [STOPPING,STANDING
AND PARKING - GENERALLY], CHAPTER 10.40 [STOPPING,
STANDING AND PARKING - LOADING AND UNLOADING] , AND
CHAPTER 10.44 [STOPPING,STANDING AND PARKING -
PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED]OF TIT~E I0 [VEHICLES
AND TRAFFIC] .OF THE PALO ALTOMUNICIPAL CODE
REGULATING VEHICLE PARKING
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as
follows:
SECTION I. The Council hereby finds as follows:
WHEREAS, local legislation is required in order- to
establish and enforce restrictions on vehicular parking in disibled
parking loading/unloading zones, and the Council desires to adopt
such legislation; and,
WHEREAS, overnight parking of large vehicles also need to
be regulated on the basis of size and bulk rather than on the basis
of vehicle type and weight in order to more directly link these
controls to the sight distance safety concerns posed by large
vehicles; and,
WHEREAS, the procedures for eqforcement of restrictions on
the use of city streets for storage of vehicles in excess of
seventy-two hours may be made more efficient and effective; and,
WHEREAS, numerous minor changes to the vehicular parking
ordinances are required in order to clarify the intent and
streamline the enforcement of these parking ordinances.
SECTION 2. Chapter 10.04 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code
is hereby repealed in its entirety and reenacted to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 10.04
DEFINITIONS
10.04.010 Definitions generally.
For the purpose of this title, unless it is plainly evident
from the context that a different meaning is intended, certain
terms used herein shall have the definitions ascribed to them in
this chapter.
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10.04.020 Alley.
"Alley" means a public or private vehicular way less than
twenty-five feet in width affording a secondary means of vehicular
access to abutting property.
10.04.030 Bicycle parking zone.
"Bicycle parking zone" means
exclusively for the parking of bicycles.
10.04.040 Business district.
that space reserved
"Business district" means all portions of the City of
Palo Alto which are commercially zoned as provided in Title 18 of
this Code.
10.04.045 Community service officer.
"Community service officer" means a special police officer
of the city authorized to direct traffic and to enforce all-laws
of the city and of the state applicable to the parking or towing of
vehicles and all laws of the city and of the state applicable to
bicycles and bicyclists and to enforce all traffic laws of the
city and of the state applicable to traffic within bicycle lanes
and bicycle paths.
10.04.050 Holidays.
For the purpose of this title~ holidays and other special
days shall be in accordance with Chapter 2.08 of this Code.
10.04.060 Loading~zone.
"Loading zone" means that space adjacent to a curb reserved
for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or Unloading
of passengers or materials.
10.04.070 Official time standard.
Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean
standard time or daylight saving time, as may be in current use in
this city.
10.04.080 Park.
"Park" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied
or not, otherwise than temporarily for a period of less than
thirty seconds for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
loading or unloading passengers or materials.
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10.04.85 Parking enforcement officer.
"Parking enforcement officer" means a special officer of
the city authorized to direct traffic and to enforce all laws of
the city and of the state applicable to the parking or towing of
vehicles.
10.04.090 Parkway.
"Parkway" means that portion of a street other than a
roadway or a sidewalk.
10.04.100 Passenger loading zone.
"Passenger loading zone" means the space adjacent to a
curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading
or unloading of passengers.
10.04.110-Pedestrian.
"Pedestrian" means any person afoot.
10.04.120 Police officer.
"Police officer" means every sworn member of the police
department, police reserves or any employee of the city of Palo
Alto authorized by the chief of police to direct or regulate
traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic
regulations. ~
10.04.125 Public parking facility.
The term ~public parking facility" shall mean any public
parking lot or parking structure owned or leased by the city in
which parking by the general public is permitted.
10.04.130 Stop.
"Stop" ~i’~. ~’~qui~d, means complete cessation of movement.
10.04.140 Stop or stand.
"Stop or stand" ~e~x~i-~iblt~i~, means any stopping or
standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when
necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance
with the directions of a police officer or official
traffic control device.
10.04.150 Taxi stand.
"Taxi stand" means a public place alongside the curb of a
street or elsewhere in the city of Palo Alto which has been
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designated by the city manager as reserved exclusively for the use
of taxicabs.
h I0.04.160 Traffic.
"Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals,
vehicles and other conveyances either singly or together while
using any street for purposes of travel.
10.04.170 Traffic control devices.
"Traffic control devices" means all signs, signals,
markings and devices not inconsistent with this title, heretofore
or hereafter placed or erected under this title, as authorized by
the Vehicle Code of the State of California or by the authority of
this title.
10.04.180 Traffic lane.
"Traffic ~ane" means that portion of any road-way, either
marked or unmarked, being not less than eight and one-half feet in
width.
10.04.190 Vehicle Code definitions.
In addition to the definitions set forth above, all
definitions of words and phrases set forth in the Vehicle Code of
the State of California are hereby incorporated in this title as
though set forth in full herein.
SECTION 3. Chapter 10.36 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code
is hereby repealed in its entirety and reenacted to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 10.36
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING -GENERALLY
10.36.010 Application of regulations.
(a) The provisions of this title prohibiting the
stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply except when
it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with directions of a police officer or
official traffic control device.
(b) The provisions of this title 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 this title prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking
of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
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(c) In addition to any other persons authorized by law,
any employee of the city classified as a p~k±~ LLL~IS~ Community
Service Officer or Parking Enforcement Officer is authorized to
give the notice required by the Vehicle Code of the State of
California of anyviolation of said code or of local regulations
adopted pursuant thereto governing the stopping, standing or
parking of vehicles.
(d) For purposes of this chapter, the term "public
parking facility" shall mean any public parking lot or parking
structure owned or leased by the city in which parking by the
general public is permitted.
10.36.020 Standing in parkways.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any
parkway, except on a permanent or temporary driveway.
10.36.030 Use of streets or public parking facilitiesfor
storage of vehicles.
(a) No person who owns or has possession, custody or
control of any vehicle shall park or leave such vehicle standing
upon any street or alley or public parking facility for a period of
seventy-two consecutive hours or more. For the purposes of this
section, a vehicle shall be considered to have been parked or left
standing for seventy-two or more consecutive hours if it has
remained inoperable or has not been moved at least ur~y-rhr~rs~m~
~-e~t--five tenths of a mile or more during said seventy two hour
period. ~
(b) In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing
upon a streetor alley or public parking facility in excess of a
consecutive period of seventy-two hours, any member of the police
department authorized by the chief of police may remove such
vehicle from the street as authorized by the California Vehicle
Code and subject to the provisions of this section.
(c) Prior to removing any vehicle, notice shall be
affixed to the vehicle advising that the vehicle will be removed
for violation of this section wi-tfrlnafter tw=,~Ly-£uu- seventy-two
hours unless it is moved at least o~= Lh~u~d £e=t five tenths of
il i ...........................
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(d) Whenever a member of the police department removes
a vehicle pursuant to this section and causes it to be stored as
permitted by the California Vehicle Code, the chief of police or
his designee shall comply with the requirements of Section 22852 of
the California Vehicle Code relating to post-storage notice and
hearing for registered owners and legal owners of record.
10.36.040 Parking for ’ ’ u~--sale,
advertisement, or repair prohibited.
(a) No person shall park a vehicle upon any street or
alley or public parking facility for the purpose of:
(i) ....................Adve tisement
to the public the private sale of that vehicle;
(2) Sexvlci~i~, ~p=i~i~ u~ uth=~wi:= wu~klng--cn~
~u~h v~hi~l~ e~oe~t ~e~ai~ ~eees~itated by a~
Advertisement of any event or function onprivate property or on
public property hired for a private event or function to which the
public is invited.
(b) No person shall park a vehicle upon any street or
alley-or public parking facility for the purpose of servicing,
repairing or otherwise working on such vehicle except repairs
necessitated by an emergency. ~
10.36.050 Parallel parking.
(a) Subject to other and more restrictive limitations,
a vehicle may~be stopped or parked within eighteen inches of the
left-hand curb facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any
one-way street unless the city manager has caused signs to be
erected 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 shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand
side of such one-way roadway unless the city manager has caused
signs to be erected permitting such standing or parking.
(c) The city manager is authorized to determine when
standing or parking shall be prohibited upon the left-hand side of
any one-way street or alley or when standing or parking may be
permitted upon the left-hand side of any one-way roadway of a
highway having two or more separate roadways and shall erect signs
giving notice thereof.
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(d) The requirement of parallel parking in 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 that 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; however, pursuant to section
10.40.040 commercial vehicles may not s%op, park, or stand in
business districts between the hours of ii a.m. and 6 p.m. unless
they are legally parallel parked or are legally parked in any angle
parking space.
i0.36.060 Angle parking.
(a) Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this city
designates and describes any street or public parking facility or
portion thereof upon which angle parking shall be permitted, the
city manager shall mark or sign such street indicating the angle at
which vehicles shall be parked.
(b) When~signs or markings are in place indicating ~ngle
parking, as herein provided, no person shall park or stand~a
vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway
indicated by such signs or markings.
10.36.070 Parking adjacent to schools.
(a) The city manager is authorized to place signs and to
place markings on curbs, pavement, and similar areas to provide
adequate control for vehicle parking and loading Upon any street or
portion thereof adjacent to any schoo~ property in accordance with
those traffic engineering and safety standards and instructions set
forth in policies and warrants for traffic control devices near
schools, adopted by ordinance or resolution of the legislative body
of this city.
(b) When official signs or markings are installed
indicating no-parking upon a street or portion thereof adjacent to
any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such
designated place.
10.36.080 Stopping or parking prohibited - Signs required.
(a) The city manager ~h=il is authorized to
appropriately sign or mark the following places and when so signed
or marked no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of
said places:
(i) At any place within thirty feet of a crosswalk
at an intersection in any business district except that a bus may
stop at a designated bus stop;
(2) Within fifty feet of the approach to any
traffic signal, boulevard stop sign or official electric flashing
device;
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(3) At any place where the city manager determines
that it is necessary i~u~ .......Lo’~’~ttL±~=~ ~~U~ ~=~C
h&~=~d~-or desirable¯
10.36.090 Removal or defacemen~ of markings.
It is unlawful for any person to remove, erase, deface,
obliterate, or render unusable for the purpose of enforcement of
this title any chalk mark, marker or other device placed on a
vehicle Ok’ ~n~ pO~tlu~ Lh~£ by the city for the purpose of
measuring the passage of time or the movement of a vehicle stopped,
standing or parked on any street, or in any p=~ki~ iuL u~
co~:Litut= &~i i~£~&etlon public parking facility.
10.36.100 Removal or defacement of signs.
It is unlawful for any person to remove, erase, deface, obliterate,
or render unusable for the purpose of enforcement of this title any
sign, marking, or device placed by the city for the purpose of
indicating prohibitions or restrictions on stopping, standing or
parking of vehicles on any street, alley, or public parking
facility.
SECTION 4. Chapter 10.40 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code
is hereby repealed in its entirety and reenacted to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 10.40
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING -LOADING AND UNLOADING
10.40.010 Authority to establish loading zones.
(a) The’ city manager is hereby authorized to determine
and to mark by signs or curb markings loading zones and passenger
loading zones and }~d~pp~d--disabled parking zones as follows:
(I) AL ~ny pi=u~ i~ .....u~ On any street, alley, or
public parking facility within any business district;
(2) ~On any street, alley, or public
parking facility in front of or adjacent to any place of business,
school, park, public building, hall or place used for the purpose
of public assembly.
(b) In no event shall more than one-half of the total
curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.
(c) Whenever curb marking is used, loading zones shall
bybe indicated ~--yellow paint
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and posted with a sign indicating "LOADING ZONE".
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(d) Whenever curb marking is used, passenger loading
zones shall be indicated by ~ whiS~ lln~ st~,eii~d wlLh bi=uk
I~LS~±~ white paint and posted with a sign indicating "PASSENGER
LOADING ZONE"
"("i.=., ~’o£iI~ ~ of ~ ~he=l~h=i~’). -Disabled parkin~ spaces
shall be indicated by blue space markings and, in addition, an
adjacent and appropriately posted sign conforming to the
retirements of the California Vehicle Code.
(f) Disabled parking loading areas shall be indicated
by white cross-hatched lines adjacent to a disabled parking space;
10.40.020 Signs or curb markings to indicate no stopping
and parking regulations.
(a) The city manager is authorized, subject to the
provisions and limitations of this title, to place, a~d wh~
~qui~d he~in ~h=ll ~la~e, signs or the following curb markings
on any street, alley, or public parking facility to indicate
parking or standing regulations, and curb markings shall have the
meaning as herein set forth:
(i) Red shall mean no ~topping, standing or parking
at any time ~yt a~ p~~ b~ ~ v~±~ ~u~ ~d ~pt u~a~
the vehicle is attended or unattended except that a bus may stop
in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.
(2) Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or
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 loading
or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three
minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty
minutes by commercial vehicles.
(3) White shall mean no stopping, standing or
parking at any time for any purpose other than loading or unloading
of passengers which shall not exceed three minutes
~t~icti~s ~h&ll awpl~ at all
(4) Green shall mean no standing or parking for
longer than thirty minutes at any time between eight a.m. and ~-bx
five p.m. of any day except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
(5) Blue shall mean no stopping, standing or
parking except for vehicles
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lawfully display a disabled placard or disabled license plate while
transporting a disabled person. Such restrictions shall apply at
all times.
(b) When the city manager, as .authorized under this
chapter, .has caused signs or curb markings to be placed, no person
shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible
sign or curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of this
title except as specifically authorized by law.
10.40.025 Parking or standing in cross-hatched areas
adjacent to disabled parking spaces.
No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in any
pavement area marked by cross-hatched lines and adjacent to a
parking stall or space designated for disabled persons or disabled
veterans, upon any street or upon any city-owned or operated public
parking facility or upon any private off-street parking facility.
These cross-hatched areas are designated for the loading and
unloading of vehicles for disabled persons or disabled veterans
only.
10.40.030 Effect of permission to load or unload.
(a) 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 minutes.
(b) The loading or unloading of materials shall apply
only to commercial deliveries; al~u th~ dellve~ ~ pi~ku~ of
~p~e~s =~d pa~u~i pu~t ~=~k=~.~ =~d ~iL~d States ~u=il. including
the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and
United States mail.
(c) Permission herein granted to stop or park for
purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the
loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend
beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than
three minutes.
(d) The provisions of this section shall be enforced so
as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but
without permitting abuse of the privileges hereby granted.
10.40.040 Parking regulations for commercial vehicles.
Parking distance from curbs.
(a) No person shall stop, park or leave standing any
vehicle, whether attended or unattended, ~i.th~ zu=d~=y
~~u~p~u, p~u Or ~u~ at ~nless both right-hand
wheels (or either both right-hand wheels or both left-hand wheels
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on a one-way street) are parallel with and within eighteen inches
from the curb edge of a street or highway except when necessary to
avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the
directions of a police officer or traffic-control device.
(b) No person shall stop, park or leave standing any
commercial vehicle for the purpose of ~oading, delivering or
unloading of freight or materials in any.business district between
the hours of eleven a.m. and six p.m. unless such vehicle is parked
so that both right-hand wheels (or either both right-hand wheels or
both left-hand wheels on a one-way street) are parallel with and
within eighteen inches of the curb or unless said vehicle is
legally parked in any ~ngle parking space.
(c) The ehi~£ o£ policechief transportation official, in
case of undue hardship such as extremely large commercial vehicles
.or commercial vehicles at the terminal of a long haul, ~
is authorized to issue a permit for parking to load or unload in
the business district between the hours of eleven a.m. and six.p.m.
even though curb space may not be readily available. Permits, when
issued, shall contain the make and type of vehicle, the .license
number, the name of the applicant, the location where and time when
the permit shall be in effect, and the manner of parking or other
restrictions necessary to insure the usual flow of traffic. The
permit shall be attached to the windshield of the vehicle at all
times when the permit is in effect.
10.40.045 Special parking permit for construction or
maintenance work.
(a) The dlxe~Loz o£ Lz=~i~puzt=Liu~ chief transportation
official may issue a permit for the temporary use of any parking
space in a public street or in a public parking loL ii~ = bu~i~=~s
di~Lziut facility upon a showing that the applicant will be moving
property or conducting construction and/or maintenance work in the
immediate area and tha~ no alternative off-street site for the
parking of eo~L~uctlu~ =~d/o~ mai~L~e cehicles or for the
temporary storage of equipment and/or materials is available
reasonably near the work site. Such permit shall entitle the
holder temporarily to use a designated parking space or spaces in
a public street or a public parking Tot--facility. as specified in
the permit without regard to time limits otherwise imposed, but
shall not permit illegal parking or use and parking or use of
unauthorized places.
(b) A permit, when issued for the use of a vehicle,
shall contain the name of the permittee, the make and type of
vehicle, the license number, and the location where and time when
the permit shall be in effect. A permit, when issued for the
temporary storage of equipment and/or materials, shall contain the
name of permittee, the specific type of equipment and/or materials
to be stored and the location where and the time when the permit
shall be in effect. When a single permit is issued for both parking
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and storage, the information required for both parking and storage
permits, as set forth in this chapter, shall be contained therein.
(c) When issued for parking, the permit shall be placed
on the windshield of the vehicle and, when issued for storage, the
permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the equipment or
materials.
(d) No permit shall be issued for any initial period
greater than £1ve sixty working days~, but the dli~5~ ~£
5~=~po~Sat±on chief transportation official may renew the permit
for additional periods not to exceed f-~sixty working days each.
The fee for ~rny--such permit shall be i~u~u u~±~ ~=±~ f~~=~ ............. ~
p=id 50 5h= ~ity L~asu~x established in the municipal fee
schedule. No permit shall be issued until said fee has been paid
to the Supervisor of Revenue Collections.
(e)In addition to the permits described in this
section, the di~t~ ~f 5~w~&tlon chief transportation ¯
official may issue permits authorizing the temporary use by
commercial vehicles of any parking space in a public street or in
a public parking iu5 ±~ ~ bu~i~ di~L~iu5 facility upon a showing
that the applicant provides emergency repair work. Such permit
shall entitle the holder to use a parking space in a public street
or a public parking i~fc--facility without regard to the limits
otherwise imposed, but shall not permit illegal parking or parking
in unauthorized places; the permit shall authorize parking for the
duration of the emergency only. Each use of the permit shall be
recorded with the date, time, place, and nature of the emergency,
as well as with other information required by the forms provided
for reporting purposes. The completed form shall be submitted to
the di~’e~hu~ uf L~=~wu~L~LI~ chief transportation official on a
monthly basis for verification.
A permit shall be effective for one year and shall contain
the name of the permittee, the make and type of vehicles, the
license numbers and the effective dates of the permit. The
original permit shal.l be placed on ~the vehicle d~l~o~d windshield
so as to be visible from outside the vehicle and shall include an
indication as to the specific location of the emergency. No person
shall reproduce a permit. The annual fee for such permit shall be
established in the municipal fee schedule. No permit shall be
issued until said fee has been paid to the Supervisor of Revenue
Collections.
It is unlawful and an infraction for any person:
(I) To use an emergency repair parking permit for
other than parking for emergency repair work;
(2) To use an emergency repair parking permit for
other than commercial vehicles;
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(3) To use an expired or revoked emergency repair
parking permit ; or
(4) To reproduce an emergency repair parking
permit. Two violations in any calendar year shall automatically
revoke privileges for the next succeeding twelve months.
For purposes of this subsection, ’~emergency repair work"
means repair work done to a structure or to mechanical, electrical,
or plumbing devices where there exists a threat to life or
property. ~t
10.40.050 Standing for loading or unloading only.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow
loading zone for any purpose other than load~ng or unloading
passengers or materials for such time as is permitted in Section
10.40.030. -
10.40.060"Standing in passenger loading zone.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any
.passenger loading zone for any purpose other than the loading or
unloading of passengers for such time as is specified in Sections
10.40.030.
10.40.070 Standing in any alley.
When officiil signs prohibiting such parking are in place,
no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other
than the loading or unloading of materials in any alley. Such
parking shall not. exceed twenty minutes. In no event .shall the
driver of such vehicle leave less than one traffic lane for
unobstructed passage. When an alley is designated as a one-way
alley, such parking by vehicles shall be permiqted on the right
side only.
10.40.080 ,Bicycle and motorcycle parking spaces.
(a) The city manager is authorized to designate and
establish bicycle and motorcycle parking spaces for use at such
places and during such times as the city manager may deem suitable
and necessary. The city manager may also authorize the placing of
bicycle parking racks in the spaces so designated.
(b) When official signs or markings restricting parking
to bicycles only are in place, only bicycles shall be parked on-l-y
in such places, and it is unlawful for any person to park or stand
any vehicle other than a bicycle or other nonpowered two-wheeled
vehicles in such space.
(c) When official signs or markings restricting parking
to motorcycles only are in place, only motorcycles shall be parked
on-l-y in such places, and it is unlawful for any person to park or
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stand any vehicle other than a bi~z~otorcycle or other self-
propelled two or three wheeled vehicles in such space.
10.40.090 Taxi stands ...... .
(a) The city manager is authorized to determine the
location of and to mark taxi stands.
(b) Such taxistands shall be indicated by signs or a
white line stenciled with the words "TAXI ONLY" upon the tops of
all curbs and places specified for taxicabs only.
(c) No driver of any taxicab shall park or stand the
same upon any public highway in any business district in the city
for any period of time longer than is necessary to discharge or
receive passengers then occupying or-then waiting for such taxicab;
provided, that a taxicab may be parked in a taxi stand established
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(d) When official signs or markings designating such
taxi stands are in place, no person other than the driver.of a
taxicab shall park or stand any vehicle in any taxi stand.
10.40.100 Bus zones-tu b~ ~5=bii~h=d.
(a) The city manager is authorized to establish bus
zones for the loading and unloading of buses or common carriers of
passengers and to determine the location thereof subject to the
limitations set forth in this section.
(b) The word "bus," as used in this section, means any
motor bus, motor coach or passenger stage used as a common carrier
of passengers.
(c) No bus zone shall exceed eighty feet in length,
except that when satisfactory evidence has been presented to the
city manager showing the necessity therefor, the city manager may
extend bus zones not to exceed a total length of one hundred thirty
feet.
(d) Bus zones shall normally be established on the far
side of an intersection.
(e) Such bus zones shall be indicated by signs or ~r-r~d
li~e ~Le~±l~d with while letL~ "BUS ZONE" upo~ Lh~ t~ uf ~I~
uu~b~ ~iLhi~ muuh mu~i~ by red curbing marked as a bus loading zone.
(f) No bus shall stand in any bus zone longer than
necessary to load or unload passengers.
(g) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle except
a bus in any bus zone.
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~. Chapter 10.44 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code
is hereby repealed in its entirety and reenacted to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 10.44
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING -PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED
10.44.010 Restrictions established - Signs designating.
(a) The city council shall by ordinance or resolution
establish such parking, or stopping, standing and parking
restrictions or prohibitions as may be necessary, and the city
manager shall designate such streets, portions of streets, or city-
owned parking Tot-s--facilities by appropriate signs or markings
giving effect to such parking or stopping, standing and parking
restrictions or prohibitions. Notwithstanding the foregoing~the
city manager may establish such parking, or stopping, standing and
parking restrictions or prohibitions for periods of time not to
exceed four months at which time such restrictions or prohibitions
shall no longer be of any force and effect unless duly established
by ordinance or resolution of the city council. The city manager
shall designate streets or portions of streets by appropriate signs
or markings, giving effect to such parking or stopping, standing
and parking restrictions or prohibitions.
(b) When authorized signs are in place giving notice of
such prohibition or limitation, no person shall stop, stand or park
any vehicle in violation of such ~Fn--prohibition or limitation.
(c) Whenever the stopping, standing or parking of a
vehicle has been prohibited, restricted, or limited as to time by
this chapter or any resolution enacted pursuant hereto, the
continued standing or parking of such vehicle after a citation
therefor has been issued shall constitute a separate and additional
violation of the provision for which the citation was issued, when
such standing or parking continues for an additional period longer
than the maximum permissible period of parking in such space or
location after issuance of such citation, or if no such period of
time is designated, when such stopping, standing or parking after
a citation therefor continues for an additional period longer than
one hour.
10.44.015 Definitions.
(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following words
shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section:
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=~h~eL,~iLy ofu~=’’" t~=ilea body ~d du=~ ~’~oL =~¢=~d ~i~’~=Ly-mlx
i~ ~idLh =~id~u~uu~ =~y L~L Lx’=ile~’. Where = L~aii~
fu~’ L~=vel, th= mime ~hall =pply Lu Lhe Lxail=~ =~ fully
(i) "Oversized vehicle" means any vehicle (other
than vehicles lawfully displaying a disabled placard or license)
exceeding seven feet in height or iexceeding twenty feet in
overall length or exceeding seven feet in width (including any load
or accessory thereon other than antennas);
(2) "Camper shell", means a structure designed to
cover and/or protect the bed area of a pickup truck but removed
therefrom;
(3) . "Trailer" means a vehicle designed or utilized
for being drawn by a motor vehicle.
(4) "Residential zone" means all lands located
within the following zoning districts: RE, RI, R2, RMD, .RM-15, RM-
30, and RM-40; where one side of a street is located within one of
these residential districts, then the portion of the opposite side
of the street directly across from the residential district shall
also be included in the definition of a residential zone;
(5) ~Public Facility Zone" means all lands located
within a PF zone; where one side of. a street is located within a
public facility zone, then the portion of the opposite side of the
street directly across from the public facility zone shall also be
included in the restrictions pertaining to a public facility zone.
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10.44.020 Standing or parking, two a.m. to six a.m.
(a) No person shall, between the hours of two a.m. and
six a.m. of any day, p=~k upo~ Lho~= ~=~L=I~i ~t~et~ o~ po~Liu~
unless authorized by a hardship permit issued pursuant to section
10.44.021 or a construction or maintenance permit issued pursuant
to section 10.40.045, park upon streets or alleys located within
a residential zone or public facility zone any of the following
vehicles:
(i)oversized vehicles;
(2)trailers;
(3)camper shells;
(4)tow trucks as defined,by California Vehicle
Code section 615;
(5)special construction equipment as defined by ~
California Vehicle Code section 565.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10.44.010,
no signs or markings are necessary to give effect to the
restrictions and prohibitions contained in this section.
10.44.021 Hardship permit.
Persons who have obtained hardship permits pursuant to this
section sha.ll be exempt from the provisions of Section 10.44.020
during the duration of said permit.
(a) Eligibility. Any resident of the city of Palo Alto
may be eligible for a one-time nonrenewable hardship permit for E
c-a[[~ =~--~r-h~ErsE-an oversized vehicle if such resident can show
a "hardshipA~s~’’. For the purposes of this section "hardship" means
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that the applicant has no legal offstreet parking space adequate to
accommodate the vehicle for which the permit is sought at the
street address sPecified in the permit application.
(b) Classes and duration of permits. There shall be two
classes of permits:
(I). "resident permit and
(2) guest permits. Any resident of Palo Alto may
obtain a resident permit
~±u~u~ =uu~. for a specified vehicle uponestablishing
actual residence at an address within the city.The maximum
duration of .this permit shall be thirty days p~~’es±de~t pea
ul~s~ u£ W=~tLiL :h=il be ~:~=ble.but shall not exceed the actual
duration of the hardship. Any resident of Palo Alto may obtain a
guest permit for s specified vehicle registered to a non-resident
guest of the applicant. The duration of guest permits shall not
exceed fourteen days and shall not be renewable within thirty days
following expiration.
(c) Fees. The fees for hardship permits shall be set
forth in the municipal fee schedule. No hardship permit shall be
issued until said fee has been paid to the Supervisor of Revenue
Collections.
(d) Procedures and regulations. Applications for
hardship permits shall be submitted to the supervisor of revenue
collections. The supervisor of revenue collections may issue a
hardship permit if itis determined that the application of Section
10.44.020 will create a hardship on the applicant or his guest. The
Supervisor of Revenue Collections may establish additional
procedures and regulations for the implementation of this section
which are consistent with this section and with Section 10.44.020
of this Code.
10.44.030 Parking prohibited on grade.
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle
unattended on a highway when upon any grade exceeding three percent
within any business or residential district without blocking the
wheels of said vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other
means.
10.44.040 Parking space markings.
(a) The city manager is authorized to install and maintain
parking space markings to indicate parking spaces &dj~ue~iL L~
L~rrb~ where authorized parking is permitted.
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(b) When such parking space markings are placed in ~
~a street, alley, or public parking facility, subject to
other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be
stopped, left standing or pa~ked other than within a single space
unless the size or shape of such vehicle makes compliance
impossible.
(c) No vehicle over six feet wide or fifteen feet long
(including loads or accessories) shall park or stand in a parking
space marked as a small car or compact car space.
10.44.050 ~~s~j~--Temporary parking and
street sweeping restrictions.
(a) Whenever the chief of police, director of public works,
or director of utilities determines that =~i ~LLL~ie~ traffic
congestion or conflict is likely to result from construction or
maintenance work, the holding of public or private assemblages,
gatherings or functions
Lime =u~h L~of&~y mlN~
ba~iuad~m mh&ll ~’eL’,’~&i~.....
or for the movement of equipment, articles, or structures of
unusual size interfering with normal flow of traffic, those
officials shall.have power and authority to restrict the operation,
parking or standing of vehicles at the particular streets, alleys,
or public parking facilities (and for the duration) determined to
be necessary or desirable to avoid such traffic congestion or
conflict. No person shall operate, park, or leave standing any
vehicle in violation of such restrictions where temporary signs,
devices or barricades are erected or posted indicating that the
operation, parking or standing of vehicles is restricted.
(b) Whenever the director of public works determines
that parking or standing of vehicles on any city street, alley, or
public parking facility should be prohibited or restricted for the
purpose of street sweeping, no Vehicle shall be parked or allowed
to stand on any portion of the street, alley, or public parking
facility in violation of signs posted therefor, and removal of
vehicles parked in violation of such signs is authorized;
(c) When signs, devices or barricades authorized by the
provisions of this section are in place giving notice thereof, no
person shall operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the
directions and provisions of such signs. Whenever signs are
erected or placed at least 24 hours in advance of the prohibition
against parking or standing and those signs warn that removal is
authorized for violation of the prohibition, the chief of police is
authorized to remove vehicles parking or standing in violation of
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the prohibition. Whenever a vehicle is ~removed pursuant to this
section and is stored as permitted by the California Vehicle Code,
the chief of police shall comply with the requirements of Section
22852 of the California Vehicle Code relating to post-storage
notice and hearing for registered owners and legal owners of
record.
10.44.060 Parking vehicles, held for commercial sale or
repair.
It is unlawful for any person who~ deals in or whose
business involves the sale, trade, shipment or other disposition,
~epossession or repair of new or used vehicles to park or leave~
standing on one or more streets, alleys, or public parking
facilities any vehicle heid for sale, trade, repossession, repair,
shipment or other disposition for more than th~’~ two hours in the
aggregate during any one day. If two or more such vehicles are~in
the possession or custody of such person, the th~e two-hour
aggregate period shall commence ~when the first vehicle is Xeft
standing upon any street, alley or public parking facility and
shall include and apply to all other such vehicles, whether parked
at the same time or at a later time, or at the same or different
location on any city street, alley or public parking facility.
10.44.070 Parking on city property.
(a) Whenever the city manager determines that the.
orderly, efficient conduct of the city’s business requires that
parking or standing of vehicles on city property owned or
controlled by the city other than city,streets or alleys should be
prohibited, limited or restricted, the city manager shall have the
power and authority to order signs to be erected or posted or curb
markings to be placed indicating that the parking of vehicles is
thus prohibited, limited or restricted.
(b) When .signs or curb .markings authorized by the
provisions of this section are in place giving notice thereof, no
person shall park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions
or provisions of such signs or curb markings.
10.44.080 Vehicles not to obstruct streets,
luts, alleys, or public parking facilities.
No person shall operate or stand or park any vehicle on any
street, o~ i~ =n~ p&~ki~ lot alley, or any public parking
facility owned or controlled by the city in such a manner as to
obstruct the free use of such street ur--p~r~-f~, alley, or any
public parking facility.
10.44.090 Requiring ignitions locked and keys removed
from motor vehicles.
No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle, except
a commercial motor vehicle, shall allow it to stand unattended on
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any highway, public street, or any other public place, or on a
parking ~o~cfacility open to the public use, without first stopping
the engine, locking the ignition and removing the ignition key from
the vehicle.~i ~n~~
uth=~ b~a~’i~ l~, ~y Civil =uLio~.The registered owner of a vehicle
found in violation of this ’section shall be held prima facie
responsible for any such vehicle. .Violation of this section shall
not mitigate the offense of theft of such motor vehicle.
SECTION 6. The Council finds that the provisions of this
ordinance do not constitute a project under the California Environ-
mental Quality Act because it can be seen with certainty that no
significant environmental impact will occur as a result of the
ordinance.
SECTION 7.This ordinance shall become effective upon
the commencement of the thirty-first day after the day of-its
adoption. "
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:APPROVED:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM’:
City Attorney
Mayor
City Manager
Police Chief
Director of Planning and
Community Environment
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