7-20
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING.1
7-20.1 Applicability.
a. The provisions of this section prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all tunes or at those times specified in this section except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device.
b. The provisions of this section 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 State Vehicle Code or the ordinances of this city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times. (Code 1972 §19-100)
7-20.2 Parking For Certain Purposes Prohibited:
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for any of the following primary purposes:
a. For the apparent primary purpose of displaying the vehicle for sale. Such vehicles, which include, but are not limited to, those bearing a “For Sale” sign, “Se Vende” sign, or sign in any language conveying a similar offer or intent to sell, or bearing a price and telephone number, shall be subject to impound under the circumstances and according to the procedures described in subsection 7-20.20d of this section2.
b. For the primary purpose of greasing or lubricating the vehicle.
c. For the primary purpose of repairing the vehicle, other than those repairs necessitated by an emergency. (Code 1972 §19-101; Ord. #1009, §1; Ord. #1393, §1; Ord. #1495, §§1, 2)
7-20.3 Locations Where Prohibited Generally3:
The city traffic engineer shall 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 the following designated places:
a. At any place within fifteen feet (15') of a point on the curb immediately opposite the mid-block end of a safety zone.
b. At any place within fifteen feet (15') of an intersection in any business district except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop.
c. Within fifteen feet (15') of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign, or official electric flashing device.
d. At any place where the traffic engineer determines that it is necessary in order to eliminate unusual traffic hazard. (Code 1972 §19-102)
7-20.4 Designation Of Parking Restrictions By Markings4:
a. The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this chapter, to place, and when required by this section shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and such curb markings shall have the meanings as follows:
1. “Red” shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the State Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.
2. “Yellow” shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between seven o’clock (7:00) A.M. and six o’clock (6:00) 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 (3) minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty (20) minutes.
3. “White” shall mean no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mailbox, which shall not exceed three (3) minutes, and such restrictions shall apply between seven o’clock (7:00) A.M. and six o’clock (6:00) P.M. of any day except Sundays and holidays and except as follows:
(a) When the zone is in front of a mailbox the restrictions shall apply at all times.
(b) When the zone is in front of a theater the restrictions shall apply at all times except when the theater is closed.
4. “Green” shall mean no standing or parking for longer than twenty (20) minutes at any time between seven o’clock (7:00) A.M. and ten o’clock (10:00) P.M. of any day except Sundays and holidays.
b. When the city traffic engineer as authorized pursuant to this chapter has caused such markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of this subsection. (Code 1972 §19-103)
7-20.5 Restrictions On Scope Of Permitted Stopping, Standing Or Parking:
The parking, stopping or standing authorized by subsection 7-20.4 of this section shall be subject to the following restrictions:
a. Permission 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 (20) minutes. The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries and the delivery or pick-up of express and parcel post packages and United States mail.
b. Permission 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 (3) minutes.
c. Within the total time limits specified in this subsection, the provisions of this subsection shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting abuse of the privileges granted.
d. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow loading zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or material for such time as is permitted therefor. (Code 1972 §19-104)
7-20.6 Establishment And Designation Of Loading Zones:
a. The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to determine and to mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows:
1. At any place in any business district.
2. Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business or in front of any hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly.
b. In no event shall more than one-half (1/2) of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.
c. Loading zones shall be indicated by a yellow paint line stenciled with black letters “LOADING ONLY”, upon the top of all curbs within such zones.
d. Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by a white line stenciled with black letters “PASSENGER LOADING ONLY”, upon the top of all curbs in such zones. (Code 1972 §19-105)
7-20.6.1 Establishment And Designation Of Vision Safety Parking Zones:
a. Subject to the prior approval of the city council, the city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to determine and to mark vision safety parking zones within one hundred feet (100') of any intersection of two (2) or more streets where at least one of such streets is not controlled by stop signs or traffic signals. (Ord. #1398, §3)
7-20.7 Prohibited In Parkways:
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway. (Code 1972 §19-106)
7-20.8 Angle Parking; Signs:
a. Whenever any provision of this code or other ordinance or resolution of the city designates and describes any street or portion thereof upon which angle parking shall be permitted, the city traffic engineer shall mark or sign the street indicating the angle at which vehicles shall be parked.
b. When signs or markings are in place indicating angle parking as provided in subsection 7-20.8a of this section, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by the signs or markings. (Code 1972 §19-107)
7-20.9 Marking Of Parking Spaces:
The city traffic engineer is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings where authorized parking is permitted. When parking space markings are placed in the highway, 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. (Code 1972 §19-108)
7-20.10 Parking In Excess Of Seventy Two Hours Prohibited:
No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy two (72) hours.
Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the city or the police department of the city may remove or cause to be removed:
a. Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway for seventy two (72) or more consecutive hours without being moved.
b. “Moving the vehicle” is defined as:
1. Driving the vehicle at least five hundred feet (500') or one city block per the odometer reading taken by the officer at the time the vehicle is marked and/or chalked; or
2. Driving the vehicle through or across a street intersection before reparking the vehicle within the same block that it was previously parked. (Code 1972 §19-109; Ord. #1596, §1)
7-20.11 Parking On The Left-Hand Side Of Roadways:
a. Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parked within eighteen inches (18") of the left-hand curb facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any one-way street unless signs are in place prohibiting such stopping or standing.
b. In the event a highway includes two (2) 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 the one-way roadway unless signs are in place permitting such standing or parking.
c. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to determine when standing or parking shall be prohibited upon the left-hand side of any one-way street or when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any one-way roadway of a highway having two (2) or more separate roadways and shall erect signs giving notice thereof.
d. The requirement of parallel parking set forth in this Subsection 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. (Code 1972 §19-110)
State law reference: Authority to permit parking on the left-hand side of one-way roadways, Vehicle Code, §22503.
7-20.12 Parking Adjacent To Schools:
a. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
b. When official signs are erected indicating no parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place. (Code 1972 §19-111)
State law reference: Authority to prohibit parking on certain streets or portions thereof, Vehicle Code, §22507.
7-20.13 Parking On Narrow Streets:
a. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty feet (30'), or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed forty feet (40').
b. When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized by subsection 7-20.13a, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of the sign or marking. (Code 1972 §19-112)
7-20.14 Stopping, Standing Or Parking In Alleys:
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in any alley. (Code 1972 §19-113)
7-20.15 Private Parking Facilities:
a. The City Council finds and determines that there are privately owned and maintained offstreet parking facilities in commercial and industrial zones within the City that are generally held open for use of the public for purposes of vehicular parking and where no fee is charged for the privilege to park. In accordance with section 21107.8 of the California Vehicle code, and subject to the notice requirements of subsection d below, section 22350 (basic speed law), section 23103 (reckless driving), section 23109 (speed contests and exhibitions of speed), and the provisions of division 16.5, commencing with section 38000 (off-highway vehicles), of the California Vehicle Code will apply to every privately owned and maintained offstreet parking facility that is specifically identified in a resolution adopted by the City Council in accordance with the provisions of subsection c below.
b. Unless prior authorization has been obtained from the owner or operator of a privately owned and maintained offstreet parking facility that is specifically identified in a resolution adopted by the City Council in accordance with the provisions of subsection 7-20.15c, the following acts are unlawful:
1. It is unlawful for any person to stop, park or stand any commercial vehicle within such offstreet parking facility. The term “commercial vehicle” means a vehicle having a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more and which falls within the definition of a “commercial vehicle” set forth in section 260(a) of the California Vehicle Code; but no passenger car or recreational vehicle, even if registered as, or bearing the license plate of, a commercial vehicle, is subject to this prohibition. For such period of time as is reasonably required to complete the specified activity, the provisions of this subsection 7-20.15b1 do not apply to a commercial vehicle which is stopped, parked, or left standing while being used for any of the following purposes:
(a) Making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, or merchandise from or to any building or structure located on or adjacent to the offstreet parking facility; or
(b) Performing a service at or near the off-street parking facility at which it is stopped, parked or standing; or
(c) Delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure on or adjacent to the off-street parking facility for which a building permit has previously been obtained.
2. It is unlawful for any person to park, stop, or leave standing any vehicle within such off-street parking facility for the primary purpose of displaying the vehicle for sale.
c. The provisions of subsections 7-20.15a and b of this section apply to every privately owned and maintained off-street parking facility that is specifically identified in a resolution adopted by the city council. Prior to the adoption of that resolution, a public hearing must be held, and at least ten (10) days’ prior written notice of that hearing must be given to the owner and operator of the privately owned and maintained off-street parking facility that is involved.
d. The prohibitions and regulations contained in subsections 7-20.15a and b of this section do not apply to any off-street parking facility identified by resolution of the city council unless the owner or operator has caused to be posted in a conspicuous place at each entrance of that off-street parking facility a notice not less than seventeen inches by twenty two inches (17" x 22") in size, with lettering not less than one inch (1") in height, to the effect that the off-street parking facility is subject to the city’s traffic regulations and control.
e. Section 22507.8 of the California Vehicle Code, which relates to parking spaces for disabled persons and disabled veterans, may be enforced without the posting of a notice at each entrance to the off-street parking facility as required under subsection 7-20.15d of this section.
f. Nothing in this subsection limits or affects any right or remedy which the owner or person in lawful possession of private property, including any off-street parking facility, may have under other provisions of law authorizing notification of the local traffic law enforcement agency of parking violations or the removal of a vehicle unlawfully parked upon private property. (Code 1972 §19-114; Ord. #1164, §1; Ord. #1203, §1; Ord. #1425, §1)
7-20.16 Emergency No-Parking Signs:
a. Whenever the city traffic engineer shall determine that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings, functions or other reasons, the city traffic engineer shall have power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys as the city traffic engineer shall direct during the time such temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of the emergency and the city traffic engineer shall cause the signs to be removed promptly thereafter.
b. When signs authorized by this subsection are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and provisions of the signs. (Code 1972 §19-115)
7-20.17 Sales From Carriers, Coaches Or Other Nonmotorized Vehicle On City Streets Prohibited:
No person, firm, or corporation shall use a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other nonmotorized conveyance used for selling, whether mobile or stationary, in or on any public street, sidewalk or park in the city of Lynwood without a valid sidewalk vending permit issued in accordance with section 13-7 (sidewalk vending). (Code 1972 §19-116; Ord. #1074, §§1, 2; Ord. #1355, §§1, 2; Ord. #1622-A, §4)
7-20.18 Parking Prohibited On Portion Of Alameda Street:
In addition to any other provision of this code or other ordinance or resolution of the city pertaining to stopping, standing or parking on Alameda Street, it shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle or other obstruction to traffic upon the easterly fifteen feet (15') of the westerly roadway of Alameda Street, also known as Alameda Boulevard, between the northerly boundary line of the city and the southerly boundary line of the city. (Code 1972 §19-117)
7-20.19 Parking Restricted On Santa Fe Avenue:
a. In addition to any other provisions of this code or other ordinance or resolution of the city pertaining to stopping, standing or parking on Santa Fe Avenue, no vehicle shall be parked or permitted to be parked along or on the west side of Santa Fe Avenue, between Lynwood Road on the south and Imperial Highway on the north in the city between the hours of six o’clock (6:00) P.M. and twelve o’clock (12:00) midnight and between twelve o’clock (12:00) midnight and eight o’clock (8:00) A.M. when such street or thoroughfare or part thereof shall be posted as provided in this subsection.
b. The police department is authorized to post on the avenue or part thereof described in this subsection, in letters not less than one and one-half inches (1 1/2") in height and upon standards not less than four feet (4') in height, signs worded either in substance or in text, as follows:
PARKING PROHIBITED BY CITY ORDINANCE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6:00 P.M. AND 8:00 A.M. POLICE DEPT. OF CITY OF LYNWOOD
c. The posting authorized by subsection 7-20.19b of this section by the police department of the city is further authorized to be done whenever, in the discretion of the chief of police, traffic conditions require such parking limitations as are provided in this subsection.
d. Signs erected pursuant to this subsection shall be posted facing the line of traffic upon the right side of the street or thoroughfare or part thereof at the beginning of the block and at approximately the middle of the block. (Code 1972 §19-118)
7-20.20 Removal Of Unlawfully Parked Vehicles5:
Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the police department of the city may remove or cause to be removed:
a. Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway for seventy two (72) or more consecutive hours.
b. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway between the hours of seven o’clock (7:00) A.M. and seven o’clock (7:00) P.M. when such parking or standing is prohibited by ordinance or resolution of this city and signs are posted giving notice of such removal.
c. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or for the installation of underground utilities or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided, that signs giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty four (24) hours prior to the removal.
d. Vehicles parked for the apparent primary purpose of display for sale. Such vehicles shall be removed under the following circumstances and according to the following procedures:
1. Any peace officer or any regularly employed and salaried city employee engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations in the city may impound and store a vehicle parked within the limits of his or her jurisdiction if:
(a) Because of a sign or placard on the vehicle, it appears that the primary purpose of parking the vehicle at that location is to advertise to the public the private sale of that vehicle; and
(b) Within the past thirty (30) days, the vehicle has previously been issued a notice of parking violation by the city, which was accompanied by a notice containing, in addition to all standard language used in city parking citations, all of the following language:
Sections 7-20.2(a) and 7-20.20(d) of the Lynwood Municipal Code, authorized by Section 22651.9 of the California Vehicle Code, and duly adopted by the Lynwood City Council, authorize the impoundment of vehicles which, because of a sign or placard on the vehicle, appear to have been parked with the primary purpose of advertising to the public the private sale of that vehicle, from the street or public lands on which they are located.
You are hereby warned that your vehicle may be impounded pursuant to this Section 7-20.20(d) of the Lynwood Municipal Code, even if moved to another street, so long as the sign(s) or placard(s) offering the vehicle for sale remain on the vehicle.
The prohibition in Section 7-20.2(a) against parking the vehicle apply throughout the streets and public areas of the City of Lynwood.
An additional violation may thus result in the impoundment of the vehicle.
2. The city peace officer or other employee who directs the impoundment and storage of a vehicle pursuant to subsection 7-20.20d1 of this section, shall, using the following procedures, provide the vehicle’s registered and legal owners of record, or their agents, with the opportunity for a poststorage hearing to determine the validity of the impound and storage of their vehicle.
(a) Notice Of Storage And Of Right To A Hearing: A notice of the impound and storage shall be mailed or personally delivered to the registered and legal owners within forty eight (48) hours, excluding weekends and holidays. The notice shall, in addition to containing the relevant names, addresses, and telephone numbers in the blank spaces set forth below, read as follows:
CITY OF LYNWOOD
PARKING ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
11330 Bullis Road
Lynwood, CA 90262
(310) 603-0220, Extension 265
(or, where the impound was made by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
11703 Alameda Street
Lynwood, CA 90262
(310) 537-6111
(DATE)
Your vehicle, a (NAME OF MAKE AND MODEL HERE), License Plate Number (LICENSE NUMBER HERE), with a mileage of (MILEAGE HERE), has been impounded pursuant to Lynwood City Code Sections 7-20.2(a) and 7-20.20(d) of the Lynwood Municipal Code.
It was impounded because, despite a previous citation, (SPECIFY CITATION NUMBER HERE) issued on (SPECIFY DATE OF PREVIOUS CITATION), your vehicle was found on (SPECIFY DATE AND TIME) parked on (SPECIFY STREET OR OTHER PUBLIC AREA), a street or public area within the City of Lynwood with - judging by the presence of a sign or placard on the vehicle - the apparent primary purpose of advertising to the public the private sale of the vehicle.
The vehicle is currently stored at (ADDRESS OF CITY GARAGE OR OTHER STORAGE LOCATION HERE).
Pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22852 and Lynwood Municipal Code Section 7-20.20(d)(2), you are entitled to a poststorage hearing to determine the validity of the impound and storage of your vehicle.
To receive your poststorage hearing, you or your agent must request the hearing in person at, or in writing sent to, the address at the top of this notice, or by telephone at the number at the beginning of the notice, within ten (10) working days of the date appearing on the top of this notice.
The poststorage hearing will be conducted within forty-eight (48) hours of receipt of your request, excluding weekends and holidays. Please bring to the hearing any documents or evidence which you believe show that the impound was not justified. If you wish, you may bring with you, or be represented by, an attorney or other authorized agent.
If you request a poststorage hearing but you or your representative fails to attend, the City will have satisfied its obligations to offer you a hearing, and will consider the impound valid.
(b) Procedures For The Hearing:
(1) Timing: The poststorage hearing must be conducted within forty eight (48) hours of receipt of the request, excluding weekends and holidays.
(2) Location: Where the vehicle was impounded under the direction of the city parking enforcement division, the hearing shall be held in the offices of the city parking enforcement division at 11330 Bullis Road, Lynwood, CA 90262. Where the impound was directed by the Los Angeles County sheriff’s department, however, the hearing must be held at the sheriff’s station at 11703 Alameda Street, Lynwood, CA 90262.
(3) Hearing Officer: A hearing officer shall direct the hearing. The hearing officer shall be the supervisor of the city officer or employee who directed the storage of the vehicle. If the supervisor is not available to serve as hearing officer, another employee or representative of the department of the city directing the storage of the vehicle, shall serve in the role of hearing officer.
(4) Evidence And Arguments: At the hearing, the party contesting the validity of the impound (or, if the party so chooses, an agent such as an attorney, or both the party and the agent) and a representative of the city department which impounded the vehicle (who may be the person who directed the impound) shall be given fifteen (15) minutes each to offer evidence, including written evidence or photographs, regarding the validity, or lack thereof, of the impound. Either or both sides may, at the reasonable discretion of the hearing officer, be given more time to present evidence and arguments.
(5) Recording: Either party to the hearing may make an audio recording of part or all of the hearing, provided that the hearing officer and the other party is verbally notified before the recording begins. The hearing officer may also record part or all of the hearing provided that both parties are notified beforehand.
(6) Decision And Announcement: At the end of the hearing, the hearing officer shall announce his or her decision verbally and shall give the party contesting the storage, directly or through the U.S. mail, a written record of the decision. If the party contesting the storage prevails at the hearing, the hearing officer shall, verbally and in writing, direct the representative of the city department which directed the storage to immediately release the vehicle to the party. If the party contesting the storage does not prevail at the hearing, the party shall be notified, verbally and in writing, of the proper procedure for releasing their vehicle from storage.
(c) Hearing Attendance: Failure of either the registered or legal owner, or his or her agent, to request or to attend a scheduled hearing shall satisfy the poststorage hearing requirement.
(d) Costs Of Towing And Storage: The agency employing the person who directed the storage is responsible for the costs incurred for towing and storage if it is determined in the poststorage hearing that reasonable grounds for the storage are not established.
(e) Code Compliance: Pursuant to California Vehicle Code section 22852(f), the procedures set forth in subsection 7-20.20d2 of this section do not apply to vehicles abated under the abandoned vehicle abatement program pursuant to California Vehicle Code sections 22660 to 22668, inclusive, and section 22710, or to vehicles impounded pursuant to section 22665, or to vehicles removed from private property pursuant to section 22658. Pursuant to section 22852(g), the procedures in subsection 7-20.20d2 of this section, likewise do not apply to abandoned vehicles removed pursuant to Vehicle Code section 22669 which are determined by the city to have an estimated value of three hundred dollars ($300.00) or less6. (Code 1972 §19-119; Ord. #1495, §§3, 4)
7-20.20.1 Vehicle Immobilization:
a. Definitions: For the purposes of this subsection, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
Highway shall mean a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. Highway includes street.
Immobilization device means a vehicle boot or other restraint device designed to prevent operation of a vehicle.
b. Authorization To Use Vehicle Immobilization Device: Under the direction of the city manager, the city parking control manager is authorized to direct and supervise a program of vehicle immobilization as provided in this subsection. The program of vehicle immobilization shall provide for placement of an immobilization device on any eligible vehicle in such a manner as to prevent its operation.
c. Eligible Vehicles: Vehicles found on a highway or any public lands within the city which are known by the city to have been issued five (5) or more notices of parking violations which are delinquent may be immobilized under the requirements set forth in section 22651.7 of the California Vehicle Code (the “vehicle code”).
d. Procedures To Be Promulgated: Prior to the effective date hereof, the director of development services or his/her designee shall promulgate procedures to govern the day to day operation of the city’s vehicle immobilization program (including, but not limited to, immobilization notification, requirements for release of immobilized vehicles and postimmobilization hearing procedures). Such procedures shall comply with the requirements set forth in section 22651.7 and other applicable provisions of the Vehicle Code.
e. Administrative Vehicle Immobilization Release Fee To Be Established: An administrative vehicle immobilization release fee shall be established from time to time by resolution of the city council and set forth in the city’s master fee schedule. Any vehicle immobilized under the authority of this subsection shall remain immobilized until the conditions set forth in Vehicle Code section 22651.7 are met and all applicable administrative fees are paid to the city. The administrative immobilization release fee shall not be applied to a vehicle which has been immobilized and subsequently towed to an impound garage prior to its release to the owner.
f. Unauthorized Removal Of Boot Unlawful: It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person other than a regularly employed and salaried employee of the city who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations of the city to remove, damage, tamper with, attempt to drive away or otherwise interfere with the placement of a vehicle immobilization device on an eligible vehicle. (Ord. #1590, §1)
7-20.21 Parking Regulations On Certain Streets:
The city council may from time to time designate, by ordinance or by resolution, any street or any portion thereof as an area in which:
a. Parking is prohibited altogether.
b. Parking is restricted to permit holders only during all or certain hours of the day, said permit to be issued by the city.
c. Between the hours of seven o’clock (7:00) A.M. and six o’clock (6:00) P.M. of any day except Sundays and holidays, parking for a period of time longer than one hour is prohibited.
d. Between the hours of seven o’clock (7:00) A.M. and six o’clock (6:00) P.M. of any day except Sundays and holidays, parking for a period of time longer than two (2) hours is prohibited.
When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle upon any of the streets or parts thereof designated by ordinance or resolution and restricted as described in subsection 7-20.21a, b, c, or d of this section, in violation of said restrictions. (Code 1972 §19-120; Ord. #931; Ord. #1396, §§2, 3)
7-20.22 Prohibiting The Parking Of Trailers Of Any Kind In The Public Right Of Way:
The parking of any trailer of any kind, including, but not limited to, truck trailers, mobile homes, and boat trailers shall be prohibited on all streets when unattached to a tractor or automobile. (Code 1972 §19-121; Ord. #1009, §2)
7-20.23 Parking Prohibitions For The Purpose Of Street Sweeping:
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts thereof described herein at any time during the period of four o’clock (4:00) A.M. to twelve o’clock (12:00) noon, or as otherwise posted. (Code 1972 §19-122; Ord. #1029, §1; Ord. #1033, §1)
7-20.24 School Zones; Civil Penalties To Be Enhanced:
a. The streets bordering the following schools in the city of Lynwood are hereby subject to enhanced parking penalties as further provided for herein:
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Abbott Elementary |
Clark Street, Wright Road |
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Cesar Chavez Middle |
Abbott Road, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, San Luis Avenue |
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Firebaugh High School |
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Duncan Avenue, Walnut Avenue, Louise Avenue, Wright Road |
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Helen Keller Elementary |
Long Beach Boulevard, Palm Avenue, Carlin Avenue |
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Hosler Middle |
Birch Street, Spruce Street |
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Lincoln Elementary |
State Street, Los Flores Boulevard, Poplar Drive |
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Lindbergh C.C. |
Lindbergh Avenue, Banning Avenue, Cedar Avenue |
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Lindbergh Elementary |
Cedar Avenue, Nevada Avenue, Lindbergh Avenue, Banning Avenue |
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Lugo Elementary |
Pendleton Avenue, Abbott Road |
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Lynwood High School |
Imperial Highway, Cornish Avenue, Colyer Avenue, Jackson Avenue, Sampson Avenue |
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Lynwood Middle |
Bullis Road, Bradfield Avenue, Carlin Avenue |
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Mark Twain Elementary |
Thorson Avenue, Carlin Avenue, Magnolia Avenue |
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Pathway School |
Bullis Road |
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Rosa Parks Elementary |
Agnes Avenue, Bradfield Avenue, Ernestine Avenue |
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Thurgood Marshall Elementary |
San Luis Avenue, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard |
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Vista / LOP |
Wright Road |
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Washington Elementary |
Sanborn Avenue, Thorson Avenue, Alberta Street, Pine Avenue |
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Will Rogers C.C. |
Duncan Avenue, Beechwood Avenue |
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Will Rogers Elementary |
Duncan Avenue, Beechwood Avenue |
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Wilson Elementary |
School Street, Louise Street, Lynwood Road, Fir Street |
b. The enhanced penalty for a violation of any parking ordinance set forth in this code or the California Vehicle Code occurring in the school zones surrounding the above referenced schools shall be double the currently established base fine.
c. The city of Lynwood civil penalty schedule shall be amended by resolution to reflect the above referenced fine enhancement provisions.
d. For purposes of this subsection, the above referenced streets include only those portions of the streets/roadways meeting the definition of a “school zone” as set forth in section 40802(b)(2) of the California Vehicle Code which states:
“School zone” means that area approaching or passing a school building or the grounds thereof that is contiguous to a highway and on which is posted a standard “SCHOOL” warning sign, while children are going to or leaving the school either during school hours or during the noon recess period. “School zone” also includes the area approaching or passing any school grounds that are not separated from the highway by a fence, gate, or other physical barrier while the grounds are in use by children if that highway is posted with a standard “SCHOOL” warning sign.”
e. The provisions of this subsection shall be of no force or effect until proper placing of signs giving notice of the enhanced fines imposed by this subsection has occurred. (Ord. #1588, §1)
State law references: Stopping, standing and parking, Vehicle Code, §22500 et seq.; authority of city to prohibit or restrict parking, Vehicle Code, §22501, et seq.
Veh.C. §22500.
Veh.C. §22652.