(Amended by Ord. No. 152,320, Eff. 6/16/79.)
(a) No person shall park any trailer or semitrailer upon any highway, street, alley or public way or upon any public place otherwise ordinarily used for vehicular parking.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any trailer or semitrailer which does not exceed 22 feet in overall length, as measured from the foremost part of the trailer hitch to the rear extremity of the trailer body, or to any trailer or semitrailer exceeding such length which is designed for the transportation of a boat or which is designed for human habitation for camping or recreational purposes, nor shall such provisions apply to any trailer or semitrailer which is:
1. In the process of being loaded or unloaded;
2. Disabled in such a manner and to such an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled trailer or semitrailer on that portion of the highway, street, alley or public way or upon any public place otherwise ordinarily used for vehicular parking;
3. Leased or owned by any permittee granted a permit under the provisions of Article 8 of Chapter 13 of Division 22 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code, for the duration of such permit and while parked at the location specified in such permit.
4. Leased or owned by any permittee granted a permit for construction or repair work under any of the provisions of Chapter VI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code or by a public utility engaged in work for which no such permit is required, or a vehicle leased or owned by any contractor hired by such permittee or public utility, provided that the trailer or semitrailer is used in connection with such construction or repair work and is parked upon the construction or repair site or within 150 feet thereof, as measured from the limits of the work area as specified in the permit, and only during the period of actual construction.
5. Leased or owned by a City department or a contractor or vendor hired by a City department for construction or repair work, or by a subcontractor thereof, provided that such trailer or semitrailer is used in connection with such construction or repair work, and is parked upon the construction or repair site or within 150 feet thereof, as measured from the limits of the work area, and only during the period of actual construction or repair.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, no person shall park or leave standing, when authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, any unhitched trailer upon any major highway, secondary highway, or collector street in the City. (Added by Ord. No. 177,086, Eff. 12/11/05.)