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10.16.050 Parking regulations--La Mirada Mall.
   (a)   The city council finds and declares that there is and are privately owned and maintained off-street parking facilities, located at the La Mirada Mall, between Rosecrans Avenue, Adelfa Drive, Ocaso Avenue and La Mirada Boulevard, generally held open for use of the public for purposes of vehicular parking.
   (b)   Sections 22350, 22507.8, 23103 and 23109 of the Vehicle Code shall apply to the off-street parking facility (La Mirada Mall), as more particularly described in subsection (a) of this section.
   (c)   The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to any facility unless the owner or operator has caused to be posted in a conspicuous place at each entrance to such off-street parking facility a notice, not less than seventeen by twenty-two inches in size with lettering not less than one inch in height, to the effect that such off-street parking facility is subject to public traffic regulation and control.
(Ord. 262 § 1, 1977).
10.16.055 Parking regulations--City property.
   It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle at any off-street parking facility owned or operated by the city in a stall or space designated for physically handicapped persons, if, immediately adjacent to and visible from such stall or space, there is posted a sign consisting of a profile view of a wheelchair with occupant in white on a blue background, unless the vehicle displays either one of the distinguishing license plates or a placard issued pursuant to Section 22511.5 of the California Vehicle Code or to disabled veterans, as specified in Section 9105 of the California Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 262 § 2, 1977).
10.16.060 Regulation of parking in city-owned off-street parking facilities and public parks.
   (a)   No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle, other than a city-owned vehicle, in any city-owned parking facility in any public park within the city between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m.
   (b)   No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle, other than a city-owned vehicle, in any city-owned off-street parking facility between the hours of twelve midnight and six a.m.
     (c)   No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle, other than a city-owned vehicle, in any space designated "City Business Use Only," within the City Hall North parking lot, Monday through Friday between the hours of six a.m. and five-thirty p.m., other than for the purpose of conducting business with a city or library office, or attending a city or library sponsored event.
(Ord. 518 § 1, 1998; Ord. 375 § 1, 1986; Ord. 325 § 2, 1982).
10.16.070 Authority to tow vehicles.
Any vehicle, other than a city-owned vehicle, standing, stopped or parked in violation of Section 10.16.060 shall be subject to being towed away by any peace officer or other authorized employee of the city.
(Ord. 325 § 3, 1982).
10.16.080 Parking regulations--Curb markings.
   (a)   The city administrator is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this code, to place, and when required herein shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and said curb markings shall have the meanings as herein set forth:
      (1)   RED shall mean no standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.
      (2)   YELLOW shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time of any day except that loading or unloading of passengers for a period not to exceed three minutes, and loading or unloading of materials for a period not to exceed twenty minutes, are permitted.
      (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 mail box, and in such cases for a period of time not to exceed three minutes. Such restrictions shall apply any time of any day.
      (4)   GREEN shall mean no standing or parking for longer than twenty minutes at any time of any day.
      (5)   BLUE indicates parking limited exclusively to the vehicles of physically handicapped persons.
   (b)   When the city administrator, as authorized, has caused curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to such legible curb marking in violation of such markings.
(Ord. 331 § 2, 1982).
10.16.090 Parking restrictions applicable to nonconforming vehicles on city streets.
   (a)   For purposes of this Section 10.16.090, a “nonconforming vehicle” means and refers to any vehicle (including recreational vehicle), trailer, tractor-trailer, or any other combination of vehicle and trailer, when any part of such vehicle, trailer, tractor-trailer, or other combination of vehicle and trailer, together with all fixtures, accessories, or property affixed thereto (other than single element radio antennas), measures more than:
      (i)   Eight feet in width; or
      (ii)   Seven and one-half feet in height; or
      (iii)   Twenty feet in length.
   (b)   No owner or operator of any nonconforming vehicle shall park, cause, or allow to be parked such nonconforming vehicle on any highway, street, alley, public way, or public place within any zoning district of the city, at any time, without displaying a valid parking permit issued specifically for the nonconforming vehicle pursuant to this Section 10.16.090 (“parking permit” herein). Issuance of a parking permit may be subject to payment of a fee in such amount as established by resolution of the City Council.
   (c)   The restrictions of this section shall not apply to any vehicle otherwise authorized to park on city streets by express provision of state or federal law (e.g., licensed delivery vehicles while lawfully engaged in delivery activities).
   (d)   A city resident may obtain a parking permit authorizing temporary parking of a non-conforming vehicle on a highway, street, alley, public way, or public place where and when vehicle parking is otherwise permitted, subject to the provisions of subsection (e), below. Such parking permit shall be valid for a period of seventy-two consecutive hours. A nonconforming vehicle may be issued up to twenty permits per city residential address within any calendar year, and permits may be used consecutively for a maximum of two (2), seventy-two hour periods. A valid and current parking permit authorizes parking only during the specific 72-hour period indicated on the permit.
   (e)   When parked pursuant to a parking permit, a nonconforming vehicle must otherwise be parked legally, and any portion of the vehicle must be within one hundred feet of the permittee’s residential property line. A nonconforming vehicle must comply with street sweeping and other applicable parking regulations at all times. A current and valid parking permit must be displayed in the windshield area in order to be deemed effective. No utilities, such as electrical cords, which are used by or connected to the nonconforming vehicle, may cross the public right-of-way while the vehicle is parked.
   (f)   Possession or display of a parking permit shall not excuse any violation of any other provision of law or this code.
   (g)   It is unlawful for any person to transfer, convey, or sell any parking permit and any such transfer, conveyance, or sale shall immediately invalidate the parking permit.
   (h)   Any person found by substantial evidence to have violated this Section 10.16.090 three or more times within any one-year period may be denied issuance of a parking permit for up to six months.
   (i)   Use of a parking permit in violation of any provision of this code shall result in the immediate invalidation of such permit.
   (j)   Violation of this Section 10.16.090 is punishable as an infraction. See Chapter 1.08 of this municipal code.
(Ord. 696 § 2, 2017).