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PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE*
Title 3 RESERVED
Title 4 BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS*
Title 5 HEALTH AND SANITATION*
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 RESERVED
Title 8 TREES AND VEGETATION
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND SAFETY*
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC*
Chapter 10.04 DEFINITIONS
Chapter 10.08 ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS*
Chapter 10.10 TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURES*
Chapter 10.12 TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES*
Chapter 10.16 TURNING MOVEMENTS*
Chapter 10.20 ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS*
Chapter 10.24 SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED
Chapter 10.28 MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
Chapter 10.32 PEDESTRIANS*
Chapter 10.34 ABANDONED, WRECKED, DISMANTLED OR INOPERATIVE VEHICLES*
Chapter 10.36 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING - GENERALLY
Chapter 10.40 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING - LOADING AND UNLOADING
Chapter 10.44 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING - PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED
Chapter 10.45 VALET PARKING
Chapter 10.46 COLLEGE TERRACE RESIDENTIAL PARKINGPERMIT PROGRAM (RPPP)
Chapter 10.47 LARGE VEHICLE PARKING
Chapter 10.48 TRUCKS AND TRUCK ROUTES
Chapter 10.50 RESIDENTIAL PREFERENTIAL PARKING DISTRICTS
Chapter 10.51 CRESCENT PARK NO OVERNIGHT PARKING PROGRAM
Chapter 10.52 TRAINS
Chapter 10.56 SPECIAL SPEED ZONES*
Chapter 10.60 PARKING VIOLATIONS*
Chapter 10.62 IDLING OF VEHICLES
Chapter 10.64 BICYCLES, ROLLER SKATES AND COASTERS*
Chapter 10.70 RESERVED*
Title 11 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PROCEDURE
Title 12 PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
Title 13 IMPROVEMENT PROCEDURE*
Title 14 RESERVED
Title 15 FIRE PREVENTION*
Title 16 BUILDING REGULATIONS*
Title 17 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS STORAGE*
Title 18 ZONING*
Title 19 MASTER PLAN*
Title 20 PRECISE PLANS*
Title 21 SUBDIVISIONS AND OTHER DIVISIONS OF LAND*
Title 22 PARKS*
ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE
Chapter 10.40
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING - LOADING AND UNLOADING
Sections:
   10.40.010   Authority to establish loading zones.
   10.40.020   Signs or curb markings to indicate no stopping and parking regulations.
   10.40.025   Parking or standing in cross-hatched areas adjacent to disabled parking spaces.
   10.40.030   Effect of permission to load or unload.
   10.40.040   Parking regulations for commercial vehicles - Parking distance from curbs.
   10.40.045   Special parking permit for construction or maintenance work.
   10.40.050   Standing for loading or unloading only.
   10.40.060   Standing in passenger loading zone.
   10.40.070   Standing in any alley.
   10.40.080   Bicycle and motorcycle parking spaces.
   10.40.090   Taxi stands.
   10.40.100   Bus zones.
   10.40.110   Transportation network company (TNC) vehicles.
10.40.010   Authority to establish loading zones.
   (a)   The city manager is hereby authorized to determine and to mark by signs or curb markings loading zones and passenger loading zones and disabled parking zones as follows:
   (1)   On any street, alley, or public parking facility within any business district;
   (2)   On any street, alley, or public parking facility in front of or adjacent to any place of business, school, park, public building, hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly.
   (b)   In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.
   (c)   Whenever curb marking is used, loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint and posted with a sign indicating "LOADING ZONE".
   (d)   Whenever curb marking is used, passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint and posted with a sign indicating "PASSENGER LOADING ZONE".
   (e)   Disabled parking spaces shall be indicated by blue space markings and, in addition, an adjacent and appropriately posted sign conforming to the requirements of the California Vehicle Code.
   (f)   Disabled parking loading areas shall be indicated by white cross-hatched lines adjacent to a disabled parking space.
(Ord. 4558 § 4 (part), 1999)
10.40.020   Signs or curb markings to indicate no stopping and parking regulations.
   (a)   The city manager is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this title, to place signs or the following curb markings on any street, alley, or public parking facility to indicate parking or standing regulations, and curb markings shall have the meaning as herein set forth:
   (1)   Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time whether the vehicle is attended or unattended 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 during the period of time designated by posted signage for any purpose other than the active loading or unloading of passengers or materials; provided that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty minutes by commercial vehicles during which the operator must be in attendance, under any circumstances during times when parking is restricted at a yellow zone.
   (3)   White shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time, unless limited to specific hours and/or days by posted signs, for any purpose other than the active loading or unloading of passengers which shall not exceed three minutes.
   (4)   Green shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than the specified time limit and on the days indicated by the posted signs.
   (5)   Blue shall mean no stopping, standing or parking except for vehicles that lawfully display a disabled placard or disabled license plate while transporting a disabled person. Such restrictions shall apply at all times.
   (b)   When the city manager, as authorized under this chapter, has caused signs or curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible sign or curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of this title except as specifically authorized by law.
(Ord. 5531 § 5 (part), 2021: Ord. 4558 § 4 (part), 1999)
10.40.025   Parking or standing in cross-hatched areas adjacent to disabled parking spaces.
   No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in any pavement area marked by cross-hatched lines and adjacent to a parking stall or space designated for disabled persons or disabled veterans, upon any street or upon any city-owned or operated public parking facility or upon any private off-street parking facility. These cross-hatched areas are designated for the loading and unloading of vehicles for disabled persons or disabled veterans only.
(Ord. 4558 § 4 (part), 1999)
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