Chapter 10.40 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING

(a) The provisions of Chapters 10.08 through 10.60 prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device.

(b) The provisions of Chapters 10.08 through 10.60 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 the ordinances of this city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3249).

10.40.020 STOPPING OR STANDING IN PARKWAYS PROHIBITED.

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway.

(Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3250).

10.40.030 TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO MAINTAIN NO STOPPING ZONES AND NO PARKING AREAS.

The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb surface, all no stopping zones, no parking areas, and restricted parking areas, as defined in Chapters 10.08 through 10.60.

When the curb markings or signs are in place no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation of any of the provisions of Chapters 10.08 through 10.60.

(Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3251).

10.40.040 NO PARKING AREAS.

No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, park, or leave standing such vehicle in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized officer, or traffic sign or signal:

(a) Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings;

(b) On either side of any street between the projected property lines of any public walk, public steps, street, or thoroughfare terminating at such street, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(c) In any area where the city traffic engineer determines that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(d) In any area established by resolution of the council as a no parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(e) Upon, along or across any railway track in such manner as to hinder, delay or obstruct the movement of any car traveling upon such track;

(f) In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property;

(g) On any 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 the installation of underground utilities or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic 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 of such no parking are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior to the effective time of such no parking;

(h) At any time within twenty feet of the curb immediately opposite the mid-block end of a safety zone, when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

(i) At any place within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection (in the Central Traffic District) or in any business district when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface, except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop;

(j) Within twenty feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign, or official electric flashing device;

(k) In any public park, except in areas specifically designated as parking areas.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 2008-09 § 1, 2008: Ord. 2008-06 § 2, 2008: Ord. 92-13 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 88-36 § 1, 1988: Ord. 85-72 § 4, 1986: Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3252).

10.40.050 USE OF STREETS FOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES PROHIBITED.

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

(b) No person or business which as part of its business operation maintains and operates a fleet of vehicles comprised of three or more vehicles shall use city streets or alleys, in lieu of private property, to store or park those vehicles when not in use by the business. Pursuant to this subsection, a vehicle shall not be considered to be in use by the business during those hours of the day when the business is not open to the public, including those hours when the business may only be contacted by a voice mail telephone answering system, a telephone answering service, email or facsimile. Pursuant to this subsection a vehicle shall not be considered to be in use by the business between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. This subsection shall not prohibit a person from parking a single business-owned vehicle on a city street or alley within one block of his or her residence when that person is an employee of the business and the business requires that person to drive a business-owned vehicle to and from that person’s place of employment.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 2008-06 § 1, 2008: Ord. 92-13 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3252.1).

10.40.060 Repealed by Ord. 2011-03 § 1.

10.40.070 REPAIRING OR GREASING VEHICLES ON PUBLIC STREETS.

No person shall construct or cause to be constructed, repair or cause to be repaired, grease or cause to be greased, dismantle or cause to be dismantled any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street in this city. Temporary emergency repairs may be made upon a public street.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3254).

10.40.080 WASHING OR POLISHING VEHICLES.

No person shall wash or cause to be washed, polish or cause to be polished any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street, driveway approaches or sidewalks in this city, when a charge is made for such service.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3255).

10.40.090 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 prohibiting parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.

(Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3256).

10.40.100 PARKING PROHIBITED ON NARROW STREETS.

(a) The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed twenty feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty feet.

(b) When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any sign or marking.

(Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3257)

10.40.110 PARKING ON GRADES.

No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a highway when upon any grade exceeding three percent (within any business or residence district) without blocking the wheels of the vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 91-42 § 1, 1991: Ord. 88-36 § 3, 1988: Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3258).

10.40.115 PARKING OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES WITH A MANUFACTURER’S GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING OF TEN THOUSAND POUNDS OR MORE IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT PROHIBITED.

No person shall park or leave standing any commercial vehicle having a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or more in any residential district in the city of Santa Cruz. For purposes of this section, the term “residential district” shall have the same meaning as is set forth at Santa Cruz Municipal Code Section 24.22.654. This section shall not apply to any commercial vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located in a residential district or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building or structure in a residential district for which a building permit has previously been obtained.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 96-34 § 1, 1996).

10.40.120 PARKING OF OVERSIZED VEHICLES.

(a) No person shall stop, stand, park, or leave standing any oversized vehicle on any public highway, street, alley, or city parking lot at any time between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m. unless explicitly permitted by subsection (g).

(b) No person shall permit, cause, or allow any electrical, water, gas, telephone, or other utility connection (such as electrical cords, extension cords, hoses, cables, or other items) to encroach into any public right-of-way including across or above any street or sidewalk from a residential or commercial property to an oversized vehicle or trailer parked on a public highway, street, or city parking lot.

(c) No person shall establish or maintain an open fire on any public highway, street, alley or city parking lot (such as camp fires, bonfires, BBQs, recreational fires, burning of garbage, or portable outdoor fireplaces) without a permit from the city. In addition, it shall be unlawful to intentionally or negligently set fire to or cause the burning of combustible material on any public highway, street, alley or city parking lot in such a manner as to endanger the safety of persons or property. A violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor.

(d) No person, who owns or maintains an oversized vehicle, shall permit the area surrounding the oversized vehicle to be maintained in an unsafe, untidy, and/or unsanitary/unhygienic fashion. Surrounding areas must be kept free from litter, debris, waste, discarded food products, discarded hypodermic needles, discarded property, improperly disposed gray or black water, unleashed animals, and garbage. A violation of this subsection shall be a misdemeanor, and may subject the vehicle to towing pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22651(h)(1).

(e) Unattached trailers are prohibited from being parked on any city street or alley at any time, unless in the process of actively being loaded or unloaded.

(f) [Intentionally omitted.]

(g) The prohibitions contained in subsection (a) shall not apply to any of the following:

(1) Oversized vehicles owned by a resident or out-of-town visitor displaying a permit for overnight parking issued by the city manager or their designee in accordance with this section. The issuance of a permit shall not allow any other activity otherwise prohibited by law.

(2) Oversized vehicles displaying a permit issued by the city manager to a hotel as defined in Sections 24.22.450 and 24.22.550, respectively, for the exclusive use of its registered guests.

(3) Oversized vehicles involved in an emergency or being repaired under emergency conditions. Emergency parking may be allowed for twenty-four consecutive hours where an oversized vehicle is left standing at the roadside because of mechanical breakdown or because of the driver’s physical incapacity to proceed.

(4) Oversized vehicles belonging to federal, state, or local authorities or public utilities that are temporarily parked while the operator of the oversized vehicle is conducting official business.

(5) Oversized commercial vehicles actively engaged in the loading and unloading and deliveries of persons, merchandise, wares, supplies, goods, or other materials in the course of construction or other work from or to any adjacent building or structure.

(6) Parking of any oversized vehicle during the first ten days of a state of emergency declared to exist within the city of Santa Cruz by the city council, city manager or governor. Thereafter, enforcement of subsection (a) shall recommence, except if the council adopts a resolution or the city manager issues a directive continuing nonenforcement of subsection (a) for all or part of the state of emergency due to the emergency’s significant impact on the need for oversized vehicles to park from 12:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. on city streets.

(7) A person and oversized vehicle that are, collectively, registered and participating in a safe parking program or other safe sleeping or transitional shelter program operated or sanctioned by the city, but do not have access to a safe parking space or other shelter options under such programs due to a lack of capacity.

(8) Any oversized commercial vehicle that has been issued and is displaying a contractor’s oversized vehicle parking permit.

(h) Any resident may obtain an oversized vehicle overnight parking permit to park an oversized vehicle registered to them adjacent to their residence. Any resident may obtain an oversized vehicle overnight parking permit to park an oversized vehicle belonging to an out-of-town visitor. The city manager or their designee may issue a permit for overnight parking of an oversized vehicle to any resident or out-of-town guest of a resident subject to the following provisions:

(1) The oversized vehicle shall be owned, leased, rented by, or registered to a resident or out-of-town visitor.

(2) The oversized vehicle shall park at the street curb immediately adjacent to the address for which the oversized vehicle parking permit has been granted, or within four hundred feet of that address if the area immediately adjacent to the address is not available for parking due to curb configuration; due to the adjacent parking spaces being occupied by vehicles belonging to someone other than the owner, permittee, or a visitor of the owner or permittee; or due to the immediately adjacent parking resulting in a violation of subsection (f).

(3) The oversized vehicle overnight parking permit shall be prominently displayed in the lower driver’s side of the windshield or the nearest window of the vehicle. The permit shall be clearly visible from the exterior of the oversized vehicle and shall not cover the vehicle identification number. Attached trailers shall display the permit on the side of the trailer so that the permit is visible from the street.

(4) Any oversized vehicle present in conjunction with a short-term rental shall need a valid permit to park and shall park immediately adjacent to the short-term rental if that space complies with subsection (f), or, if the immediately adjacent space is unavailable, within four hundred feet of the short-term rental.

(5) The city manager or their designee may deny or revoke an oversized vehicle overnight parking permit if, upon a review of the location where the oversized vehicle will be parked, the city manager or their designee determines that it would create a traffic hazard or otherwise would adversely affect public safety, traffic flow, bike lanes, or access. Upon the filing of the application, the city may make such an investigation as necessary to determine whether such a permit should be issued. The application for a permit must contain:

a. Name, current address, phone number, and current valid driver’s license number of the resident applicant;

b. The vehicle license plate number, make, model and type of vehicle for which an overnight parking permit is requested;

c. The name and current address of the registered owner of the vehicle;

d. Proof of ownership and current registration of said vehicle;

e. The dates for which the permit is requested;

f. A statement that the applicant declares under penalty of perjury that all statements in the application are true; and

g. The signature of the applicant and date of application.

In addition, the application shall include:

a. Valid California driver’s license for the vehicle’s owner.

b. Proof of current registration.

c. Proof of current utility bill which matches the resident’s address indicated in the permit application.

(6) Permits are not transferable. Individuals who are found to have sold or transferred their permit will lose future permit privileges.

(i) Overnight Parking Permit Duration.

(1) Each resident oversized vehicle overnight parking permit shall be valid for one year. A resident oversized vehicle permit allows a resident to park an oversized vehicle for four periods of up to seventy-two consecutive hours per calendar month. The oversized vehicle must be absent from the location authorized by subsection (h)(2) for a minimum of twenty-four consecutive hours to be lawfully parked overnight at the location again.

(2) Each oversized vehicle overnight parking permit issued to an out-of-town visitor shall be valid for a maximum of seventy-two hours.

(3) No more than six out-of-town visitor permits shall be issued in respect of any address in a calendar year. No more than one resident oversized vehicle overnight parking permit shall be issued in respect of any address at one time.

(j) Parking Permit Fee. The parking permit fee for oversized vehicles shall be established by city council resolution.

(k) Fraudulent Permit Penalty. Every person who displays a fraudulent, forged, altered or counterfeit oversized vehicle parking permit or permit number is guilty of an infraction for the first offense. Any subsequent offense committed within twelve months of a previous citation is a misdemeanor. Pursuant to Section 4.04.010(3), any misdemeanor offense may be charged and prosecuted as an infraction or a misdemeanor.

(l) Overnight Parking Permit Denial. The city shall deny the issuance of an oversized vehicle overnight parking permit for up to one year if the city manager or his/her designee finds that any of the following conditions exist:

(1) The applicant or the person the applicant is visiting is not a bona fide resident, as defined by Section 10.04.165.

(2) The resident or out-of-town visitor guests of a resident have been issued five or more citations for violations in the twelve calendar months prior to application.

(3) The out-of-town visitor is not a guest of the resident applicant.

(4) An owner of an oversized vehicle has procured any oversized vehicle parking permit through fraud or misrepresentation; for example, the information submitted by the applicant is materially false.

(5) The hotel or motel establishment is issuing oversized vehicle permits to nonpaying guests of the commercial establishment and/or the guests are camping in the vehicle rather than residing in the commercial establishment.

(m) City-Operated or City-Sponsored Safe Parking Programs. In addition to the private property allowances authorized through Section 6.36.030, the city may operate, sponsor, or authorize safe parking programs for vehicles on any city-owned or city-leased properties in the city, or any city-sanctioned private parking lots. The city manager shall develop a policy that establishes operational criteria for safe parking programs.

(n) A person may obtain a contractor’s oversized vehicle parking permit for a specific oversized commercial vehicle if he or she demonstrates in writing to the satisfaction of the public works director or his or her designee, on an application form prepared by the public works director and upon payment of a fee prescribed by resolution of the city council, that they meet and agree to each the following conditions:

(1) The person owns or lawfully possesses an oversized commercial vehicle which is registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles as a commercial vehicle and displays identifiable California commercial license plates;

(2) The person possesses a valid business license issued pursuant to Chapter 5.04 and has paid all other applicable city taxes;

(3) The oversized commercial vehicle is necessary for use in the business for which the city business license has been issued;

(4) The oversized commercial vehicle will at no time be parked unattended in any location that creates or exacerbates a dangerous traffic safety condition; and

(5) The contractor’s oversized commercial vehicle shall bear a clearly visible notice in the driver’s side window which includes contact information which would allow city safety or enforcement personnel to contact the vehicle operator.

(o) A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, except those provisions specifically identified as misdemeanors and/or provisions related to parking or standing vehicles, shall be punishable as an infraction. Violations of any of the provisions of this chapter related to parking or standing vehicles shall be subject to a fifty dollar civil penalty (parking ticket), the enforcement of which shall be governed by the civil administrative procedures set forth in Division 17, Chapter 1, Article 3 (commencing with Section 40200) of the California Vehicle Code.

(p) The city manager is authorized to promulgate and publish rules and regulations to interpret and implement this section.

(Ord. 2023-08 §§ 1, 2, 2023; Ord. 2021-20 § 2, 2021).

10.40.130 EMERGENCY PARKING SIGNS.

(a) Whenever the city traffic engineer or chief of police shall determine that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings, or functions, or for other reasons, the city traffic engineer or chief of police 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 or chief of police shall direct during the time such temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such emergency and the city traffic engineer or chief of police shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.

(b) When signs 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.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3260).

10.40.140 DISPLAY OF WARNING DEVICES WHEN COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DISABLED.

Every motor truck having an unladen weight of four thousand pounds or more, and every truck tractor irrespective of weight when operated upon any street or highway during darkness shall be equipped with and carry at least two flares or two red lanterns or two warning lights or reflectors, which reflectors shall be of a type approved by the Department of California Highway Patrol. When any vehicle above mentioned or any trailer or semitrailer is disabled upon streets or highways outside of any business or residence district within this city and upon which street or highway there is insufficient street lighting to reveal a vehicle at a distance of two hundred feet during darkness, a warning signal of the character indicated above shall be immediately placed at a distance of approximately one hundred feet in advance of, and one hundred feet to the rear of, such disabled vehicle by the driver thereof. The continuous flashing of at least four approved Class A-

Type I turn-signal lamps, at least two toward the front and at least two toward the rear of the vehicle, shall be considered to meet the requirements of this section until the devices mentioned above can be placed in the required locations. The warning signals herein mentioned shall be displayed continuously during darkness while such vehicle remains disabled upon such street or highway.

(Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3261).

10.40.150 CURB PARKING – RIGHT-OF-WAY.

(a) For the purpose of this section, a “limited curb parking space” means an area open for lawful parking alongside of, and adjacent to, a curb, which area is not of sufficient length to permit two or more vehicles to freely move for parking thereto at the same time.

(b) Any person seeking to park his vehicle in a limited curb parking space, whose vehicle arrives at the parking space prior to any other vehicle, and who proceeds beyond that space a distance not to exceed ten feet for the purpose of backing his vehicle therein, shall have the right-of-way over any person driving or attempting to drive any other vehicle directly into such limited curb parking space or who in any manner obstructs such limited curb parking space, and the driver of such other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to the driver who first arrived at the parking space.

(Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3262).

10.40.160 TWENTY-FOUR-MINUTE PARKING.

Green curb marking shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than twenty-four minutes at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day, except Sundays and holidays.

When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the city traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign or parking meter in violation thereof.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-38 § 1, 1993: Ord. 91-42 § 1, 1991: Ord. 88-36 § 4, 1988: Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3263).

10.40.170 THIRTY-MINUTE PARKING.

When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the city traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. of any day, except Sundays and holidays, for a period of time longer than thirty minutes.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 91-42 § 1, 1991: Ord. 88-36 § 5, 1988: Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3264).

10.40.180 ONE-HOUR PARKING.

When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the city traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays, for a period of time longer than one hour.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-38 § 1, 1993: Ord. 91-42 § 1, 1991: Ord. 88-36 § 6, 1988: Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3265).

10.40.190 TWO-HOUR PARKING.

When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the city traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day, except Sundays and holidays, for a period of time longer than two hours.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 91-42 § 1, 1991: Ord. 88-36 § 7, 1988: Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3266).

10.40.200 PARKING PARALLEL ON ONE-WAY STREETS.

(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 signs are in place prohibiting such stopping or standing.

(b) In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such 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 or more separate roadways and shall erect signs giving notice thereof.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 92-13 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3267).

10.40.210 DIAGONAL PARKING.

(a) On any street or portion of a street established as a diagonal parking zone, when signs or pavement markings are in place indicating such diagonal parking, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park said vehicle except:

(1) At the angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits of said allotted space; and

(2) With the vehicle’s front-end wheel nearest the curb within six inches of the curb.

(b) The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to establish diagonal parking zones.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 2001-04 § 1, 2001: Ord. 93-38 § 1, 1993: Ord. 91-42 § 1, 1991: Ord. 88-36 § 8, 1988: Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3268).

10.40.220 PARKING SPACE MARKINGS.

(a) 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 such parking space markings are placed on 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.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the curbside parking spaces on West Cliff Drive between Pelton Avenue and Lighthouse Point Park and on Pelton Avenue between West Cliff Drive and National Street are hereby designated, and the city engineer is authorized to designate such other areas and install and maintain parking space markings where no person shall park any unattached trailer, and no vehicle, regardless of shape or size, and including any attached trailer, shall be stopped, left standing or parked other than within the lines or markings of a single space so established, and no person shall park any vehicle across any such line or marking or park any vehicle in such a position that the same vehicle, and including any attached trailer, shall not be entirely within a single space designated by such lines or markings.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2015-13 § 1, 2016: Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 92-13 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3269).

10.40.230 NO STOPPING ZONES.

The city traffic engineer shall designate established no stopping zones by placing and maintaining appropriate signs indicating that stopping of vehicles is prohibited and indicating the hours and days when stopping is prohibited.

During the hours and on the days designated on the signs, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop said vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets established by resolution of the council as no stopping zones.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 91-42 § 1, 1991: Ord. 88-36 § 9, 1988: Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3270).

10.40.235 NO UNATTACHED TRAILER OR SEMI-TRAILER ZONES.

West Cliff Drive between Pelton Avenue and Lighthouse Point Park and on Pelton Avenue between West Cliff Drive and Eucalyptus Avenue are hereby designated, and the city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to establish and maintain, by appropriate signs, other zones within which no person shall park any trailer or semi-trailer upon a highway, street, alley, public way or public place unless the trailer or semi-trailer is, at all times while so parked, attached to a vehicle capable of moving the trailer or semi-trailer in a normal manner upon the highway, street, alley, public way or public place. This section shall not apply to trailers or semi-trailers in the process of being loaded or unloaded, nor shall it apply to any trailer or semi-trailer which is disabled in such a manner and to such an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled trailer or semi-trailer on that portion of the highway, street, alley, public way or public place ordinarily used for vehicular parking. A disabled trailer or semi-trailer shall not be temporarily parked along a public right-of-way for more than twenty-four hours.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2015-13 § 2, 2016).

10.40.240 PARKING LIMITED.

No operator of any vehicle shall park or allow a vehicle to remain standing upon any street or alley within the city designated by the city traffic engineer as a limited parking area, provided the area has a proper sign posted to give notice of this limitation. Whenever any area has been designated as a limited parking area, the city traffic engineer shall cause to be placed and maintained signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulation shall be effective unless such signs are in place. This section shall not apply to vehicles of any regularly licensed physician when actually engaged in making professional calls, nor to duly authorized utility vehicles actually engaged in providing emergency services.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 91-42 § 1, 1991: Ord. 79-7 § 1, 1979: Ord. NS 725, 1968: prior code § 3271).

10.40.250 PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS’ VEHICLES.

No person shall park any vehicle in a space designated and marked as reserved for disabled persons’ vehicles, unless such vehicle displays a valid license plate or placard issued for such vehicle by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, pursuant to the provisions of Vehicle Code Section 9105, 22511.5, or any other section of the Vehicle Code providing for issuance of such plates or placards, whether such provision is now in effect or hereinafter enacted.

The fines assessed for violation of this section shall be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 2008-11 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 96-01 § 1, 1996: Ord. 94-57 § 1, 1994: Ord. 92-13 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 91-42 § 1, 1991: Ord. 78-26 § 1 (part), 1978).

10.40.255 REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES FROM PARKING SPACES DESIGNATED FOR DISABLED PERSONS.

(a) Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the police department, or any salaried employee of the city who regularly directs traffic or enforces parking laws and regulations may remove or cause to be removed from any off-street parking space designated and marked for disabled parking any vehicle not displaying one of the distinguishing placards or license plates specified in Section 10.40.250 under the following circumstances:

(i) If the police department has been notified;

(ii) If there is posted a sign immediately adjacent to, and visible from, the designated stall or space which clearly and conspicuously states the following:

Unauthorized vehicles not displaying distinguishing placards or license plates issued for physically disabled [handicapped] persons will be towed away at owner’s expense. Towed vehicles may be reclaimed at (Address) or by telephoning 429-3700.

(iii) The sign referenced in subsection (a)(ii) is not less than seventeen by twenty-two inches in size with lettering not less than one inch in height; or

(iv) The sign referenced in subsection (a)(ii) is posted immediately adjacent to, and visible from, the designated stall or space.

(b) Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the police department, or any salaried employee of the city who regularly directs traffic or enforces parking laws and regulations, may remove or cause to be removed from any on-street parking space designated and marked for disabled parking any vehicle not displaying one of the distinguishing placards or license plates specified in Section 10.40.250 if the vehicle is known to have been previously issued a notice of parking violation which was accompanied by a notice of warning that an additional parking violation may result in the impoundment of the vehicle.

(Ord. 96-01 § 2, 1996: Ord. 78-26. § 1, 1978).

10.40.260 CONTRACTOR PARKING – CONSTRUCTION PARKING PERMITS.

Contractors may purchase daily or monthly parking permits for their vehicles or their employees’ vehicles when conducting legitimate work on a building or property adjacent to city-controlled on-street parking. When a construction parking permit is properly displayed, vehicles may park at time-limited, metered, and residential permit parking zones. These vehicles will be exempt from the time limits, meter fees, or residential permit parking restrictions. The price of construction parking permits will be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 96-04 § 1, 1996).

10.40.270 ENGINE IDLING.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any truck, automobile or motorcycle engine to idle for more than ninety consecutive seconds while that vehicle is parked on a city street.

(b) This section shall not apply:

(1) To police, fire, ambulance, public safety, or other emergency or law enforcement vehicles.

(2) When, in order to defrost the windows of a vehicle, it is necessary to allow a vehicle’s engine to idle for more than ninety consecutive seconds.

(3) Where engine idling is necessary to accomplish work for which the vehicle was designed, such as the operation of a lift, winch or crane.

(Ord. 2015-05 § 1, 2015).