(a) The Road Commissioner is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this division, to place, and when required herein shall place the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and said curb markings shall have the meaning herein set forth.
(1) Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signposted as a bus zone.
(2) Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between 7:00 o'clock a.m. and 6:00 o'clock p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for any purpose other than the 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 20 minutes.
(3) White shall mean no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers which shall not exceed three minutes and such restrictions shall apply between 7:00 o'clock a.m. and 6:00 o'clock p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays and except as follows:
(i) When such zone is in front of a hotel the restrictions shall apply at all times.
(ii) When such zone is in front of a theater the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater is closed;
or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mailbox.
(4) Green shall mean no standing or parking for longer than 20 minutes at any time between 7:00 o'clock a.m. and 6:00 o'clock p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays.
(5) Blue shall mean parking limited exclusively to the vehicles of persons with a disability.
(b) When there are no curbs, the Road Commissioner shall indicate the parking or standing regulations by installing in lieu of curb markings appropriate signs giving notice of such regulations.
(c) When the Road Commissioner, pursuant to this division, has caused curb markings or appropriate signs to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or adjacent to the side of any roadway so appropriately signed, in violation of any of the provisions of this section or of such curb markings or signs.
(Amended by Ord. No. 4696 (N.S.), effective 5-27-76; amended by Ord. No. 10646 (N.S.), effective 2-14-20)