The parking of construction equipment or any commercial vehicle with an unladen weight exceeding six thousand pounds is prohibited on any street, highway, alley or public way, except where expressly allowed by, and only during the hours specified in, a resolution adopted by the city council pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(a) This section shall not prohibit the parking of such vehicles while loading or unloading or used in the performance of a service on or to a property located in the same block where the vehicle is parked for such time as is reasonably required to complete such loading, unloading or service. This section also shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of either the California Public Utilities Commission or federal regulatory authority, to any vehicle owned by a public utility while used in connection with the construction, installation or repair of a public utility, or to motor homes, pick-up trucks (with or without mounted campers) or vans, as these terms are defined in Chapter 10.132 of this code.
(b) The city traffic engineer shall place appropriate signs giving notice of this prohibition and of the streets and time periods where such parking is permitted by city council resolution.
(c) The city traffic engineer shall make recommendations to the city council regarding the areas where it may be appropriate to permit the parking of large commercial vehicles, pursuant to a resolution adopted by the city council, based on the following criteria:
(1) The effect of the parking of large commercial vehicles on traffic safety, including, but not limited to, effects on visibility of sidewalks, crosswalks, intersections or driveways;
(2) Proximity to residential properties;
(3) Impacts on access to businesses; and
(4) Proximity to a designated truck route.
(Ord. 745 § 1, 1997: Ord. 697 § 1, 1993)