CC Ordinance 2012
ORDINANCE NO. 2012
BEING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL AMENDING CHAPTER 10.24
OF THE CAMPBELL MUNICIPAL CODE - PARKING - LOADING
The City Council of the City of Campbell does ordain as follows:
SECTION ONE: That Chapter 10.24, Sections 10.24.015, 10.24.025, 10.24.030,
10.24.050,10.24.065,10.24.095,10.24.135, 10.24.145, 10.24.155, and 10.24.160 of the
Campbell Municipal Code are hereby amended as set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto.
SECTION TWO: That Chapter 10.24, Sections 10.24.075, 10.24.080 10.24.100,
10.24.105,10.24.110,10.24.111,10.24.112,10.24.120 of the Campbell Municipal Code
be deleted as set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto.
SECTION THREE: This Ordinance shall become effective thirty days following its
passage and adoption and shall be published once within fifteen days upon passage and
adoption in the Campbell Express, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of
Campbell, County of Santa Clara.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th
following roll call vote:
day of November ,2001, by the
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Furtado, Kennedy, Burr, Watson, Dean
NOES:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
APPROVED:
Mat
ATTEST:
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nne B~;e, Ci y Clerk
EXHIBIT A
10.24.015 Use of streets for storage of vehicles.
(a) .Any person \vho owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicles
shall not park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecuti'.'e
period of seventy tV/O hours.
It is unlawful for any person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any
vehicle, including a boat or trailer, to park or leave such vehicle upon any street,
alley, or public parking facility for a period of seventy-two consecutive hours or
more. For the purposes of this section, a vehicle shall be considered to have been
parked or left standing for seventy-two or more consecutive hours if it has remained
inoperable or has not been moved at least one mile during the seventy-two-hour
period. An inoperable vehicle is a vehicle that cannot be moved under its own power
or a vehicle, which cannot operate legally and safely on the highways of the state.
The mileage reflected on the odometer of the vehicle shall be presumed to be an
accurate indication of the distance that the vehicle has or has not been moved.
Obstruction of the odometer of the vehicle will result in a presumption that the
vehicle has not been moved.
(b) In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street in excess of a
consecutive period of seventy-two hours, any member of the police department
may remove the vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the
requirements of the appropriate sections of the California Motor Vehicle Code.
10.24.025 Signs or marking indicating angle parking.
(a) Whenever any resolution of this city designates and describes any street or
portion thereof upon which angle parking shall be permitted, the city traffic
engineer, shall mark or sign such street indicating the angle at which vehicles
shall be parked.
The city traffic engineer shall have the authority to designate, install and maintain
angle parking on city streets. The designated street shall be marked and/or signed to
indicate the angle at which vehicles shall be parked.
(b) When signs or markings are in place indicating angle parking as herein
provided, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angles to the
curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings.
(c) .Angle parking shall be permitted upon those streets and parts of streets
described elsev/here in this chapter.
Exhibit A, CMC Parking- Loading Chapter 10.24 Amendment
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10.24.030 Parking adjacent to schools.
(a) The city traffic engineer is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon
that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking
would, in his the city traffic engineer's opinion, interfere with traffic or create a
hazardous situation.
(b) When official signs are erected indicating no parking upon that side of a street
adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such
designated place.
10.24.050 Emergency parking signs.
(a) Whenever the city traffic engineer determines that an emergency traffic
congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages,
gatherings or functions, or for other reasons, the city traffic engineer shall have
power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted indicating
that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets
and alleys as the city traffic engineer shall direct during the time such
temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the
existence of such emergency and the city traffic engineer shall cause such signs
to be removed promptly thereafter.
(b) Whenever the city traffic engineer determines that it is necessary for the
cleaning, repair or construction of any street or alley that the operation, parking
or standing of vehicles be prohibited thereon, the city traffic engineer shall
have the power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted
indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on
such streets and alleys as the city traffic engineer shall direct during the time
such temporary signs are in place. Signs shall be erected or placed at least
twenty- four hours prior to the time during which operation, parking or standing
of such vehicles is to be prohibited, and the city traffic engineer shall cause
such signs to be removed promptly after the time during which such operation,
parking or standing is to be prohibited has expired.
(c) When signs authorized by the provisions of this section are in place giving
notice thereof, no person shall operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the
directions and provisions of such signs.
10.24.065 Curb markings.
(a) The city traffic engineer is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations
of this title~ to place, and when required in this chapter shall place, the
following curb markings or other suitable signs to indicate parking or standing
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regulation, and said curb markings or other suitable signs shall have the
meanings as hereinafter set forth:
(1) Red means 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
signed as a bus zone;
(2) Yellow means no stopping, standing or parking at any time between seven a.m.
and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for any purpose other
than loading 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;
(3) White means no stopping, standing, parking for any purpose other than loading
or unloading of passengers which shall not exceed three minutes and such
restriction shall apply between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except
Sundays and holidays and except as follows:
(A) When such zone is in front of a hotel the restrictions shall apply at all times,
(B) When such zone is in front of a theatre the restrictions shall apply at all times
except when such theatre is closed,
(C) When such zone is in front of a drive up mailbox the restrictions shall apply at
all times;
(4) Green means no standing or parking for longer than the time limit as indicated
on adjacent signs. This regulation shall be in effect between seven a.m. and six
p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays.
(5) Blue means no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose by any vehicle
except those displaying a distinguishing plate or placard issued to disabled
persons or disabled veterans.
(b) When the city traffic engineer as authorized under this title has caused curb
markings or other suitable signs to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or
park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb markings in violation of any of
the provisions of this section.
Exhibit A, CMC Parking- Loading Chapter 10.24 Amendment
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(10.24.70 Included for reference only)
10.24.070 Effect of permission to load and unload.
(a) Permission granted in this chapter to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of
loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and
shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefore, and in no event for more
than twenty minutes.
(b) The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial
deliveries, also the delivery or pick up of express and parcel post packages and
United States Mail.
(c) Permission herein granted to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading
passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall
not extend beyond the time necessary therefore, and in no event for more than
three minutes.
(d) Within the total time limits above specified the provisions of this section shall
be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or
unloading, but without permitting abuse of the privileges thereby granted.
10.21.075 Standing for loading or unloading.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellO'.vloading zone f-or any
purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or material for such time as is
permitted in Section 10.21.070.
10.24.080 Standing in passenger loading zone.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any passenger loading zone for any
purpose other than the loading and unloading of passengen; for such time as is
specified in Section 10.2'1.070.
10.24.095 Parking time limited in bU8iness districts. Limited time parkin!:!.
'.X/hen authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop,
stand or park any '.rehicle on any of the streets for a period of time longer than one
hour at any time between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day except
Sundays and holidays.
(a) The city traffic engineer is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this
title to place, and when required in this chapter shall place, the following signs or
other suitable markings to indicate parking or standing regulations giving notice
thereof that no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle on any street, within a park
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nor in any city-owned parking lot for a period longer than designated on said sign on
any day except Sundays and holidays unless otherwise designated.
The city traffic engineer may prohibit or restrict the parking of vehicles with timed
parking under the following conditions:
1) In areas where parking is dangerous to those using the street or where parking would
unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic thereon;
2) In business districts where fair commerce would likely be impeded by lack of parking
for customers;
3) Abutting city and county parks where fair and equal access to amenities may be
constricted by prolonged parking.
(b) The traffic engineer shall determine such appropriate parking time limits on the
basis of traffic engineering studies which address the need for efficient use by
the public of affected contiguous properties taking into account the available
parking facilities.
(c) No vehicle may remain parked in a timed parking area for longer than the
designated time posted without first being moved at least one mile as is shown
on the odometer.
10.24.100 One hour zones.
In accordance with Section 10.2"1.095, parking time is limited to one hour bet'l.'een
the hours of se'.'en a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays on
both the north and south sides of Campbell Avenue from Second Street to Gilman
Avenue.
10.21.105 Parking time limited on certain enumerated streets.
'Nhen authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof no person shall stop, stand
or park any vehicle on any street enumerated in Section 10.2"1.110 for a period of
time longer than t'NO hours bet'Neen the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day
except Sundays and holidays.
10.24.110 Two hour zones.
In accordance with the provisions of this chapter, parking time is limited to h'/o
hours behveen the hours of seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and
holidays upon the follo'lling streets:
(1) Both sides of North Central Avenue from Campbell Avenue to Civic Center
Drive;
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(2) Both sides of North First Street from Campbell Avenue to Civic Center Drive;
(3) East side of South Central Avenue between Campbell Avenue and Orchard
City Drive;
(1) Both sides of South First Street from Campbell Avenue to Everett Street;
(5) Both sides of Poplar Avenue from Campbell Avenue to Maple Street;
(6) 'Vest side of Harrison Avenue between Campbell Avenue and Civic Center
Drive;
(7) Both sides of Campbell Avenue between Third Street and Harrison Avenue.
10.:24.111 Four hour parking.
In accordance 'Nith Section 10.21.105, parking time is limited to four hours from
behveen the hours of seven a.m. and six p.m. on any day except Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays upon the follo\ving streets:
(1) On both sides of Second Street betvleen Orchard City Drive and Civic Center
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10.21.112 Twenty minute parking.
In accordance vlith Section 10.21.105, parking time is limited to t'Nenty minutes
from behveen the hours of seven a.m. and six p.m., of any day except
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays upon the following streets:
(1) On the east side of Harrison Avenue betvleen Campbell Avenue and Civic
Center Drive.
10.21.120 All night parking prohibited.
(a) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle on the stn~ets hereafter named
bet'Neen the hours of two and four a.m. of any day. This section applies to the
follovling streets:
(1) On both sides ofCampbellA'/enue from Harrison Street to Winchester
Bouleyard;
(2) On the north side of Campbell Avenue from Vlinchester Boulevard to Milton
Street;
(3) On both sides of'.Vinchester Boulevard from Campbell Avenue to Latimer
A venue.
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10.24.135 Prohibited night parking.
(a) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in any city owned parking lot or city
park between the hours often p.m. and six a.m. when the city traffic engineer has
posted signs prohibiting such.
(c) It is unlawful for the owner or driver of any commercial truck and/or trailer
and/or semi-trailer over ten thousand pounds gross weight to allow such
commercial truck and/or trailer and/or semi-trailer, unless disabled or unable to
operate, to remain standing upon any road, street, highway, or alley within the
city between the hours often p.m. and six a.m. except in industrial areas.
10.24.145 Signs.
Appropriate signs designating areas as parking areas and giving notice of the
conditions and regulationsLimposed by the city council may be erected by the city
traffic engineer, at all entrances to all parking areas owned or operated by the city.
10.24.155 Shifting of parked vehicles.
For the purpose of the regulations contained in this code relating to limitations on
stopping, standing and parking, any vehicle moved a distance of not more than one
bleGk mile during the limited parking period shall be deemed to have remained
stationary.
10.24.160 Removal of markings--Movement of parked vehicles before
reparking.
It is unlawful, and an infraction, for any person to remove, obliterate or obscure
chalk marks or other indicia placed by city employees on any vehicle to enforce
time-limited parking, or to park a vehicle more than once a day in any time-limited
parking area or street during the time such time limits are in force, without moving
the vehicle at least one thousand feet mile, as shown on the odometer, prior to such
parking.
Exhibit A, CMC Parking- Loading Chapter 10.24 Amendment
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