(A) The City Engineer is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this title, to place, and when require in this title shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and such curb markings shall have the meanings as set forth in this section.
(1) Red. Red means no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the California Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a coach or bus zone.
(2) Yellow. Yellow means no stopping, standing or parking at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 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. White means no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mailbox, which shall not exceed three minutes and such restrictions shall apply between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays and except as follows:
(a) When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox the restrictions shall apply at all times.
(b) When such zone is in front of a theater the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater is closed.
(5) Blue. Blue indicates parking limited exclusively to the vehicles of disabled persons and disabled veterans.
(B) When the City Engineer as authorized under this chapter has caused curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of this section.
('81 Code, § 10.28.250) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Curb markings, see Cal. Veh. Code § 21458