7-21
PUBLIC OFF STREET PARKING LOTS1:
7-21.1 Designated:
Public off street parking lots shall include all public off street parking lots established by the city council. (Code 1972 §19-150)
7-21.2 Method Of Regulation:
Subject to the power of the board of commissioners of vehicle parking districts nos. 1 and 2, and all other boards of commissioners of all other parking districts formed to operate, manage and control the parking places and make and enforce all necessary regulations for their use as provided by section 31780 of the Streets and Highways Code, the method of regulation and control of parking or standing of vehicles in public off street parking lots shall be determined by the city council. (Code 1972 §19-151)
7-21.3 Establishment Of Parking Time Limits; Observance:
a. The limit of parking times and the days and hours during which parking limits shall apply on public off street parking lots shall be established by resolution of the city council; however, no such resolution by the city council shall become effective or valid unless and until the board of commissioners of vehicle parking district no. 1 and vehicle parking district no. 2 and all other public parking districts formed shall have duly enacted and passed a resolution in all respects the same as that enacted and passed by the city council.
b. When appropriate signs or markers designating parking time limits established pursuant to subsection 7-21.3a of this section are in place giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop, stand or park the vehicle on any public off street parking lot longer than the permitted time. (Code 1972 §19-152)
7-21.4 Improper Manner Of Parking:
When parking spaces on public off street parking lots are designated by lines or other appropriate markings, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop, stand or park his vehicle other than in a regularly designated parking or loading space across any such line or marking, or in such a position that such vehicle shall not be entirely within the area so designated as a parking space. No vehicle shall be parked, stopped, nor shall stand either wholly or partially in any driveway or any public off street parking lot or in any manner which shall obstruct or interfere with the free movement of vehicles in such driveway or in any manner so as to obstruct or otherwise prevent or interfere with ingress to or egress from any regularly designated parking space. (Code 1972 §19-153)
7-21.5 Use of Entrance and Exit.
a. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter any public off-street parking lot over any area or driveway or the portion between any curb returns which is not marked with the word “entrance” or otherwise indicated by arrows, signs or words that it is a driveway or place for the entering of such parking lot.
b. It shall be unlawful for any person to move any vehicle from any public off-street parking lot into any public way over any area except an area marked with the word “exit” or otherwise indicated by arrows, signs or words that it is a driveway or place for the leaving of such parking lot.
(Code 1972 §19-154)
7-21.6 Use of Aisles.
It shall be unlawful for any person to travel in the direction opposite to that designated in one-way aisles. It shall also be unlawful for any person to travel on the left side of an aisle designated for two-way traffic movement. (Code 1972 §19-155)
7-21.7 Vehicles of Excessive Length.
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park any vehicle having an over-all length in excess of twenty-one (21') feet in any public off-street parking lot. (Code 1972 §19-156)
7-21.8 Trailers.
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park any house or truck trailer in any public off-street parking lot. (Code 1972 §19-157)
7-21.9 Speed of Vehicles.
It shall be unlawful for any person to move any vehicle on any public off-street parking lot at any speed exceeding ten (10) miles per hour. (Code 1972 §19-158)
7-21.10 Removal of Vehicles.
The Police Department of the City is empowered to remove or cause to have removed to the nearest garage or place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the city, any vehicle that is stopped, standing, or parked on any public off-street parking lot in violation of this section or which is left on a public off-street parking lot for a period exceeding thirty (30) hours. The provisions of Sections 22650 to 22655, inclusive, of the Vehicle Code pertaining to notice to owners and garagekeeper’s lien, shall apply in the event of such removal. (Code 1972 §19-159)
7-21.11 Prima Facie Presumption That Registered Owner Violated Section.
In any prosecution charging a violation of any of the provisions of this section governing the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle in any public off-street parking lot, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was stopped, standing or parking in violation of any provision of this section, together with proof that defendant named in the complaint was at the time of such stopping, standing or parking the registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of such motor vehicle was the person who stopped, left standing or parked such motor vehicle at the point where and for the time during which such violation occurred. (Code 1972 §19-160)
Gov.C. §54030 et seq.; Veh.C. §22519.