A. No person shall park or stand any commercial vehicle, truck tractor, semitrailer or trailer having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more on any street, alley or parkway in any residential district, or on any residentially zoned property in the city.
B. No person shall park or stand any commercial vehicle, truck tractor, semitrailer or trailer having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more for a continuous period of time in excess of two (2) hours on any street, alley or parkway in any nonresidential district of the city. Each consecutive two (2) hour period shall be considered a separate violation for the purpose of this subsection.
C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
1. Any vehicle or trailer component thereof, making pick ups or deliveries of goods, wares or merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted streets and highways, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted streets or highways for which a building permit has previously been obtained;
2. Any vehicle parked in connection with and in the aid of the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which said vehicle is parked;
3. Any passenger bus under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission;
4. Any vehicle owned by a public utility or licensed contractor if necessary for
use in connection with the installation or repair of any public utility;
5. Any vehicle owned by the city, county, state or licensed contractor engaged in the installation, maintenance or repair of any public property, utility or highway;
6. Any authorized emergency vehicle as defined by the California Vehicle Code.
D. For the purpose of this section, the term residential district shall mean any single- family or multiple-family zoning district in the city. The California Vehicle Code section 22507.5(c) allows the local authority to define, by ordinance, the term residential district in accordance with its zoning ordinance.
E. Any commercial vehicle, truck tractor, semitrailer or trailer having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more left parked or standing on any street, alley or parkway in excess of twenty four (24) hours may be towed away pursuant to California Vehicle Code section 22651(n).
F. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an infraction.
(Ord. MC-1303, 4-21-09; Ord. MC-1107, 11-06-01; Ord. 3960, 8-20-80; Ord. 3817, 5-09-79; Ord. 3519, 8-19-75; Ord. 2075, 9-21-55; Ord. 1652, 3-18-41)