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§ 10.16.085 PARKING PROHIBITED ON DESIGNATED STREETS.
   (A)   Designated as prohibited parking. Except as otherwise provided herein, when signs have been posted giving notice that parking is prohibited, during hours and on such streets as may be designated by resolution of the City Council, it shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle in violation of such prohibition.
   (B)   Parking permits.
      (1)   Residents and/or merchants residing or doing business on any street upon which parking is prohibited by this section or any accompanying resolution of the City Council may apply to the Chief of Police or a designee thereof to obtain a permit or permits exempting such persons and/or their guests from such parking restrictions on a street or streets designated in the permit. Each application shall be submitted on a form approved by the Chief of Police and accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the applicant is a resident, merchant, or guest entitled to a permit and the required fee as established by resolution of the City Council.
      (2)   Each permit for residents and merchants shall be valid for one calendar year from the date of issuance so long as the permittee remains qualified to receive the permit and the permit has not been revoked. Permits for guests can be obtained for a period of up to 30 days or for a period of 24 hours. Permits may be renewed upon application in a manner consistent with the initial application process as determined by the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police may revoke a permit for cause including, without limitation, repeated violations of applicable parking restrictions, failure to pay city parking citations, or falsifying information in permit application. Any permit revocation may be appealed to the City Manager or his designee and any decision on appeal shall be final. Permits for residents and merchants shall be prominently displayed by hanging the permit from the rear view mirror, or in such other matter as may be directed by the Chief of Police or designee. Any vehicle parked or left standing in violation of this section will be subject to citation, and may be removed.
(`83 Code, § 10.16.085) (Ord. 85-14 § 1, 1985; Ord. 86-10 § 2, 1986; Ord. 86-29 § 1, 1986; Ord. 87-7 § 1, 1987; Ord. 89-8 § 1, 1989; Ord. 90-34 § 1, 1990; Ord. 91-16 § 1, 1991; Ord. 94-15 § 1, 1994; Ord. 95-06, 1995; Ord. 99-11, 1999; Ord. 2016-14 § 1, 2016)
§ 10.16.090 RESTRICTED PARKING ON TRUCK ROUTES.
   No trucks (except pick-ups) shall park at any time on any street designated as a truck route under § 10.24.010.
(`83 Code, § 10.16.090) (Ord. 82-11 § 5 (part), 1982)
§ 10.16.095 ALTERNATE-SIDE PARKING RESTRICTIONS—DESIGNATION BY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
   (A)   The provisions of this section shall apply to all streets within the jurisdictional limits of the city.
   (B)   The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to erect signs prohibiting parking on all city streets for a maximum of 12 hours per day, one day each week, for street-sweeping purposes. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, parking shall be prohibited only on one side of a street within a block at a time so as to preserve on-street parking on the other side of the street. The Director of Public Works, shall have the discretion to determine the exact days and hours when parking is prohibited on a particular street in order to maintain an economical and efficient street sweeping schedule.
   (C)   Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, parking may be prohibited at the same time on both sides of any cul-de-sac or dead-end street; further, where parking is already prohibited on one side of a street within a particular block, parking may be prohibited on the other side pursuant to this section even though for the limited time of the parking prohibition there will be no available on-street parking.
   (D)   No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle on any street on the day and during the hours when parking has been prohibited thereon pursuant to this section. Any vehicle so parked or left standing may be removed.
(`83 Code, § 10.16.095) (Ord. 86-31 § 1, 1986; Ord. 2020-11 § 1, 2020)
§ 10.16.100 REMOVAL OF PARKED VEHICLE.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person in charge of any vehicle to stop, park, place or leave standing said vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon any street, vehicle parking lot, alley or public place, for 72 or more consecutive hours. Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the Police Department, or any regularly employed and salaried employee of the city who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations may remove or cause to be removed such vehicle from the place where found to an authorized garage, storage or impounding area as designated by the Chief of Police, or as otherwise authorized or provided in the Cal. Vehicle Code.
   (B)   It is unlawful for any person in charge of any vehicle to stop or park or leave standing the vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon any street, vehicle parking lot, alley or other public place when the street, parking lot, alley or other public place or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the highway, or for the installation of underground utilities, and signs giving notice that such a vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least 24 hours prior to the removal by local authorities pursuant to this section.
   (C)   (1)   It is unlawful for any person in charge of any vehicle to stop, park or to leave standing the vehicle, whether occupied or not occupied, upon any street, vehicle parking lot, alley or other public place or a portion thereof whenever the use of the highway or any portion thereof is authorized by local authorities for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or for the movement of equipment, articles, or structures of unusual size, and the parking of any vehicle would prohibit or interfere with the use or movement, and signs giving notice that such a vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least 24 hours prior to the removal by local authorities pursuant to this section.
      (2)   It is unlawful for any person in charge of any vehicle to stop, park or to leave standing a vehicle, whether occupied or not occupied, upon any street, alley or other public place, or a portion thereof in the areas designated by resolution adopted by the Traffic Safety Committee as a part of the area used by the Downtown/Old Town Merchants Association under agreement with the city for the Friday Night Family Festival, and signs giving notice that such a vehicle may be removed by the Police Department by use of tow-away procedures under this section are erected pursuant to this division (C)(2).
   (D)   The City Council by resolution or by ordinance may prohibit the parking of any vehicle whenever any vehicle is parked or left standing where the City Council has prohibited and authorized the removal of vehicles. No vehicle may be removed unless signs are posted giving notice of the removal.
   (E)   Whenever an authorized member of the Police Department directs the storage of a vehicle as permitted by this section, or upon the storage of any vehicle provided for in this section, the Department or the person directing the storage shall provide the vehicle's registered and legal owners of record or their agents with the opportunity for a post-storage hearing to determine the validity of the storage.
   (F)   (1)   A notice of such storage shall be mailed or personally delivered to the registered and legal owners within 48 hours, excluding weekends and holidays, and shall include the following information:
         (a)   The name, address and telephone number of the agency providing the notice;
         (b)   The location of the place of storage and description of the vehicle which shall include, if available, the name or make, the manufacturer, the license plate number, and the mileage;
         (c)   The authority and purpose for the removal of the vehicle.
      (2)   The notification shall also specify that in order to receive their post-storage hearing, the owner, or their agent, must request a hearing in person, writing or by telephone within ten days of the date appearing on the notice. Any such hearing shall be conducted within 48 hours of the request, excluding weekends and holidays. The City Council may authorize any officer or employee to conduct the hearing, so long as the Hearing Officer is not the same person who directed the storage of the vehicle.
   (G)   (1)   Failure of either the registered owner or their agent, to request or to attend a scheduled hearing shall satisfy the post-storage validity hearing requirement of this section.
      (2)   The agency employing the person who directed the storage shall be responsible for the cost incurred for towing and storage if it is determined in the hearing that the probable cause for the storage cannot be established.
   (H)   The provisions of this section shall not apply to the removal of vehicles abated under the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program pursuant to Cal. Vehicle Code §§ 22660, 22662 and 22668 inclusive, and § 22710, or to vehicles impounded for investigation pursuant to Cal. Vehicle Code § 22665, or to vehicles removed from private property pursuant to Cal. Vehicle Code § 22658.
(`83 Code, § 10.16.100) (Ord. 83-12 § 1, 1983; Ord. 84-4 § 1, 1984; Ord. 85-8 § 1, 1985; Ord. 96-07 § 2, 1996; Ord. 96-07U § 2, 1996)
§ 10.16.110 ANGLE PARKING.
   (A)   On Myrtle Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and Olive Avenue, unless otherwise indicated by visible pavement markings, the operator of a vehicle shall not stop, stand or park such vehicle other than at an angle to the curb. Such angle shall be indicated by painted or other plainly visible marks upon the pavement and curb, and this section shall not be effective until such lines are painted or otherwise marked upon the pavement and curb.
   (B)   The operator of a vehicle shall not stop, stand or park such vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or marks, or in such a manner or position that the entire vehicle shall fail to be completely within the lines or marks indicated, and shall not stop, stand or park such vehicle in such a position that any portion of such vehicle shall be over or across any such line or mark, or in or upon, or obstructing ingress to or egress from more than a single parking space so marked.
(`83 Code, § 10.16.110)
§ 10.16.120 PARKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
   No person shall park a vehicle in or upon a private driveway, or in or upon any private property, without the direct or implied consent of the owner of said driveway or private property, or the direct or implied consent of the person in lawful possession of such private driveway or private property.
(`83 Code, § 10.16.120)
§ 10.16.130 REPAIRING OF VEHICLES ON HIGHWAY.
   (A)   A person shall not repair, or make any repairs, or add or install any part or accessory to or on, any vehicle while the same is upon any public highway or alley.
   (B)   The provisions of this section do not prohibit the operator of any vehicle which is disabled while upon any public highway or alley to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping from making or causing to be made the repairs necessary to enable such vehicle to be moved from the public highway or alley.
(`83 Code, § 10.16.130)
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