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A. The city council by ordinance shall determine upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall mark or sign such street but such angle parking shall not be indicated upon any state highway within Murrieta unless the Department of Transportation has determined that the roadway is sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.
B. Angle parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon the left side of the street.
(Ord. 98 § 1 (part), 1993: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 12.10.001)
A. The city traffic engineer is authorized to issue special permits to authorize the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the purpose of loading or unloading property subject to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such permits may be issued either to the owner or lessee of real property alongside the curb or to the owner of the vehicle and shall grant to such person the privilege as therein stated and authorized in this chapter.
B. It is unlawful for any permittee or another person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any such permit.
(Ord. 98 § 1 (part), 1993: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 12.10.002)
A. The city traffic engineer is authorized to determine the location of no stopping zones and no parking areas for the purpose of establishing left-turn lanes, right-turn lanes, vehicle maneuvering zones and sight clearance zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs or markings indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this article and the Vehicle Code are applicable.
B. No stopping zones and no parking zones for purposes other than specified in subsection A of this section shall be established by resolution of the council.
C. No stopping zones and no parking areas shall be indicated by signs or by red paint upon the top and face of all curbs in the zones and areas.
(Ord. 98 § 1 (part), 1993: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 12.11.001)
No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or official traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
A. Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings;
B. In any area where the city traffic engineer determines that for the purpose of establishing left-turn lanes, right-turn lanes, vehicle maneuvering zones and sight clearance zones such as no stopping or no parking are needed;
C. 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;
D. Within any parkway;
E. 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 (24) hours prior to the effective time of such no parking;
F. At any place 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 stop.
(Ord. 98 § 1 (part), 1993: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 12.11.002)
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:
Washing, polishing, greasing, or repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(Ord. 98 § 1 (part), 1993: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 12.11.004)
The city traffic engineer is authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon either or both sides of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his or her opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation. (Ord. 98 § 1 (part), 1993: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 12.11.005)
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