2009-51 Vehicle Parking Regulations ORDINANCE NO. 2009-51
AN ORDINANCE OF TIIE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE ADOPTING
CHAPTER 12.20 OF THE MENIFEE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING VEHICLE
PARKING REGULATIONS AND REPEALING RIVERSIDE COUNTY
ORDINANCE NO. 413,AS AMENDED
The City Council of the City of Menifee does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 12.20 is added to the City of Menifee Municipal Code to read as follows:
CHAPTER 12.20 —VEHICLE PARKING
Section
12.20.010 Purpose.
12.20.020 Definitions.
12.20.030 Parking or Standing Restricted.
12.20.040 Removal of Vehicle From City Highway.
12.20.050 Parking or Standing Prohibited.
12.20.060 Angle Parking.
12.20.070 Trucks and Trailers.
12.20.080 Loading Zones.
12.20.090 Community Mail Boxes.
12.20.100 Signs.
12.20.110 State Highways.
12.20.120 Displaying Vehicle for Sale.
12.20.130 Spaces Marked for Handicapped Parking.
12.20.140 Commercial Vehicles.
12.20.150 Recreational Vehicle Parking Prohibited on Highway within Residential
Districts; Exceptions
12.20.160 Two Hour Parking Restriction on City Highway for Recreational Vehicles
Where Signs are Posted; Exception
12.20.170 Signage.
12.20.180 Enforcement; Violation—Citation
12.20.190 Violation—Penalty.
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12.20.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this ordinance is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
Menifee, their property values and the aesthetic qualities of the City, by providing for a fair and
practical method of regulating and enforcing street parking for certain vehicle within the City.
12.20.020 Definitions.
(a) "City"means the City of Menifee, California.
(b) "Code Enforcement"means any Code Enforcement Officer designated as such
under the Community Development Department or any other person authorized to enforce this
Chapter.
(c) "City Highway" or"highway"means a City street, road or highway that has been
accepted into the City-maintained system.
(d) "Commercial Vehicle" means any vehicle of a type that are required to be
registered under the California Vehicle Code and which are used or maintained for the
transportation of persons for hire, compensation or profit and designed, used or maintained
primarily for the transportation of property.
(e) "Recreational vehicle"means any vehicle, with or without motor power, designed
for human habitation or recreation, including but not limited to boats, snowmobiles, watercraft,
racing vehicles, off-road vehicles, utility trailers, motor homes, travel trailers, truck campers or
camping trailers."
(f) "Residential district"means any area zoned primarily for residential use pursuant
to the provisions of Riverside County Land Use Ordinance No. 348, as adopted by the City, or
any City successor thereto.
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12.20.030 Parking or Standing Restricted.
(a) Except as provided in this Chapter, no person shall park or leave standing in the
same location any vehicle or trailer on any City highway for a period in excess of 72 consecutive
hours. "Same location"means any location within a radius of 500 feet from the original location.
(b) A vehicle or trailer parked or left standing at the same location for more than 72
hours shall not be parked or left standing at another location within a radius of 500 feet from the
original location after enforcement personnel tag the vehicle or trailer for violation of(a) above.
12.20.040 Removal of Vehicle From City Highway.
Any vehicle parked or left standing on any City highway in violation of this ordinance
may be removed pursuant to the provisions of California Vehicle Code Sections 22650 and
22850 and Chapter 12.01 of this Code.
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12.20.050 Parking or Standing Prohibited.
(a) No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle where signs are posted
or curbs are painted giving notice thereof.
(b) The City Engineer is hereby authorized to establish on City highways restricted
parking or no-stopping zones upon the completion of an engineering study and a field review
which study and field review shall document the need and purpose in establishing such restricted
parking or no-stopping zones.
(c) The City Engineer shall post signs or cause curbs to be painted to give notice of
the parking restrictions contained in subsection(a) of this section.
12.20.060 Angle Parking.
(a) The City Council, by resolution, may allow angle parking on City streets where
curbs and gutters are installed and the roadway is paved from curb to curb, with a minimum
width of 75 feet.
(b) Where angle parking is permitted, vehicles are required to park within the white
lines designating angle parking spaces.
(c) The City Engineer shall cause streets and highways to be marked with white lines
designating parking spaces as provided in subsection(b) of this section.
12.20.070 Trucks and Trailers.
(a) No person shall park or leave standing any truck, trailer, or semi-trailer used
primarily for hauling manure, garbage, livestock, poultry or other product giving off a noxious or
unpleasant odor, upon, or in a City highway or other property adjacent to, or within two hundred
(200) feet from, any premises zoned primarily for residential occupancy and in use for that
purpose, except in an emergency or when necessary for the purpose of loading or unloading such
vehicle.
(b) The City shall place signs to give notice of any regulation as provided for in
subsection(a) of this section.
12.20.080 Loading Zones.
The City Council hereby delegates to the City Engineer the authority to establish loading
zones and passenger loading zones. The City Engineer or his or her designee shall determine the
location of the loading zones and passenger loading zones and establish the zones upon
completion of an engineering study and a field review which study and field review shall
document the need and purpose in establishing such loading zones. The loading zones shall be
indicated by appropriate signs and curb markings hereinafter provided.
(a) Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time, except that a bus
may stop to load or unload passengers in a red zone marked or sign posted as a bus loading. A
red zone marked or sign posted as a taxi zone shall permit stopping, standing and parking
exclusively for taxicabs.
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(b) Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between seven
a.m. and six p.m. on any day except Sunday 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 five minutes, or the loading or unloading of materials more than
twenty(20)minutes.
(c) White shall mean no stopping, standing or parking except so long as is necessary
for the loading or unloading of passengers or for the purposes of depositing or picking up mail in
an adjacent mailbox.
(d) Green shall mean stopping, standing or parking is allowed for the time limit
specified by posted signs or stencils on the top of the curb where applicable.
12.20.090 Community Mail Boxes.
(a) No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle or trailers within 15 feet of a
community mailbox or cluster of individual mailboxes that serve two or more residences or
businesses.
(b) Signs are not required to be posted to provide enforcement when the delivery of
mail is hindered due to a parked vehicle blocking the mail boxes.
12.20.100 Signs.
(a) Whenever the City Engineer shall determine that, in a special situation,traffic
congestions or hazardous or dangerous driving conditions are likely to result on any highway,
street or alley under the jurisdiction of the City from the holding of public or private
assemblages, gatherings or functions, street construction, maintenance or repair work, or for any
other reason of public safety, he or she is authorized to order the placement or posting of
temporary signs, including reduced speed signs, indicating that the operation, parking or standing
of vehicles is prohibited or regulated on such highway, street or alley,to the extent indicated on
the signs. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such special situation and
the City Engineer shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.
(b) The City Engineer shall place signs or cause the curbs to be painted to give notice
to any regulation as provided for in Subsection(a) and this Section.
(c) When signs authorized by provisions of this section are in place, giving notice of
the provisions thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle contrary to the directions
and provisions of such signs nor exceed the speed indicated.
12.20.110 State Highways.
(a) The City Council by resolution may prohibit parking on designated portions of
state highways and authorize the removal of any vehicle parked or left standing there after
posting signs giving notice of such prohibition and removal.
(b) Any provision of this Chapter which regulates traffic or delegates the regulation
of traffic upon state highways in any way for which the approval of the State Department of
Transportation is required by state law shall cease to be operative six months after receipt by the
City Council of written notice of withdrawal of approval provided by the State Department of
Transportation.
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(c) Whenever this ordinance delegates authority to a county officer, or authorizes
action by the City Council to regulate traffic upon a state highway in any way which by state law
requires the prior approval of the State Department of Transportation, no such officer shall
exercise such authority nor shall such action by the City Council be effective with respect to any
state highway without the prior approval in writing of the State Department of Transportation
when and to the extent required by the California Vehicle Code.
12.20.120 Displaying Vehicle for Sale.
(a) No person shall park any vehicle or place any structure upon any highway for the
purpose of selling therefrom any article or thing, and no person shall sell, display for sale, or
offer for sale any article or thing, either in or from any such vehicle or structure so parked or
placed; but this section shall not prohibit a seller from taking orders or delivering any
commodity from a vehicle on a highway adjacent to the premises of the purchaser, nor shall it
prohibit any person from temporarily parking any vehicle upon a highway while actually
engaged in making a sale to a customer wishing to buy.
(b) (1) Except as provided for in subdivision(2) of this subsection, no person
shall park, stop, place or leave standing any vehicle or cause any vehicle
to be parked or placed upon any private or public street, highway,parking
lot or other private or public property for the purpose of selling, displaying
for sale or offering for sale any such vehicle.
(2) Subdivision(1) of this subsection shall not prohibit any person from
selling, displaying for sale or offering for sale a vehicle on private
property,provided the person owns or occupies the property or has written
permission of the property owner, authorized agent of the property owner
or the person in lawful possession of such private property. Such written
permission shall be displayed in or on the vehicle in such a manner as to
be clearly visible, and upon request by a peace officer or code
enforcement officer such written permission shall be made available for
further inspection.
Subdivision(2) of this subsection shall not exempt a person from
compliance with applicable zoning ordinances or any other ordinance or
law governing the sale of vehicles on private property.
(3) The parking or placing of any vehicle with a sign or other advertising
device thereon or proximate thereto, indicating such vehicle is for sale
shall constitute prima facie evidence that such vehicle was parked or
placed for the purpose of displaying the vehicle for sale.
12.20.130 Spaces Marked for Handicapped Parking.
(a) The City Council may, by resolution, designate parking spaces for the exclusive
use of vehicles which display a distinguishing license plate or a placard issued pursuant to
Sections 22511.55 and 22511.59 or 5007 of the California Vehicle Code. If the designated space
is to be on a highway, it shall be reviewed to determine if there is sufficient space for a disabled
person to enter and exit the vehicle safely and if a viable path is available (including wheelchair
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ramps) from the designated parking space. Whenever a parking space is so designated, it shall be
indicated by blue paint on the curb or edge of the paved portion of the
street adjacent to the space, and may also be indicated by signs or other suitable means.
(b) The City Council may, by resolution, designate stalls or spaces in an off-street
parking facility owned or operated by the county for the exclusive use of vehicles which display
a distinguishing license plate or placard issued pursuant to Section 22511.55 and 22511.59 or
5007 of the California Vehicle Code.
(c) The owner or person in lawful possession of an off-street parking facility, after
notifying the police department, and the City owning or operating an off-street parking facility,
may cause the removal from a stall or space designated for physically handicapped persons in
such facility to the nearest public garage, which regularly accepts towed vehicles, of any
vehicle not displaying one of the distinguishing placards or license plates specified in this section
if there is posted immediately adjacent to, and visible from such stall or space, or, if there is
posted, in a conspicuous place at each entrance to the off-street parking facility, not less than
seventeen (17) by twenty-two (22) inches in size with lettering not less than one inch in height, a
sign which clearly and conspicuously states the following: "Unauthorized vehicles not displaying
distinguishing placards or license plates issued for physically handicapped persons will be towed
away at owner's expense. Towed vehicles may be reclaimed at( address ), or by
telephoning ( law enforcement phone )."
(d) No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle in a stall or space designated
for disabled persons and disabled veterans, unless the vehicle displays a distinguishing license
plate or placard issued pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 5007 or Vehicle Code
Section(s) 22511.55 or 22511.59.
12.20.140 Commercial Vehicles.
(a) No person shall park or leave standing a commercial vehicle having a
manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand (10,000)pounds, or any
commercial trailer or semi-trailer regardless of weight, on any street or highway within a
residential district.
(b) The City Engineer or his or her designee shall post signs to give notice of the
parking restrictions contained in this section at major entry points into the City.
(c) This section shall not apply under the following conditions:
(1) Any commercial vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares
and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the
restricted streets or 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 such vehicle is
parked;
(3) Any school or passenger bus under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities
Commission;
(4) Any vehicle owned by a city, county, state,public entity or licensed
contractor engaged in the installation, maintenance, or repair of any
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public property, utility or highway;
- (5) Any authorized emergency vehicle as defined by the California
Vehicle Code.
12.20.150 Recreational Vehicle Parking Prohibited on City Highway within Residential
Districts; Exceptions
(a) Except as provided in Subsection(b) of this Section, no person shall park or leave
standing any recreational vehicle on any City highway within a residential district in the City.
(b) For a period of not more than forty-eight(48)hours, twice a month, a recreational
vehicle may be parked or left standing on a City highway if vehicles are otherwise allowed to
park there and if:
(1) The vehicle is parked or left standing directly in front of the residence of
the recreational vehicle owner for the purposes of loading, unloading or
cleaning of said vehicle; or
(2) The vehicle is parked or left standing directly in front of the residence by
a person visiting the residence and the owner of the residence has given
his or her permission.
12.20.160 Two Hour Parking Restriction on City Highway for Recreational Vehicles
Where Signs are Posted; Exception
(a) Except as provided in Subsection(b) of this Section, no person shall park or leave
standing any recreational vehicle on any City highway for a period longer than two (2) hours of
any one day when signs are erected or posted giving notice thereof.
(b) The City Engineer is hereby authorized to establish restricted parking for
recreational vehicles on any highway pursuant to Subsection (a) of this Section upon completion
of an engineering study and a field review, which study and field review shall document the need
and purpose in establishing two (2) hour parking restriction for recreational vehicles on City
highways. When exercising the authority conferred by this Section, the City Engineer shall cause
signs to be erected or posted pursuant to this Chapter.
(c) This Section shall not apply to any City highway located within the boundaries of
a residential district.
12.20.170 Signage.
The City Engineer shall erect or post signs in compliance with Section 22507 of the
California Vehicle Code giving notice of the parking prohibitions and restrictions contained in
Sections 12.20.150 and 12.20.160 of this Ordinance.
12.20.180 Enforcement; Violation—Citation.
Any peace officer or Code Enforcement shall enforce the provisions of this Chapter and
any vehicle parked or left standing in violation of Chapter shall be subject to citation, where the
appropriate signage has been posted.
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12.20.190 Violation - Penalty.
(a) Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of an
infraction, unless otherwise provided and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine
established by the California Vehicle Code. Each day a violation is committed or permitted to
continue shall constitute a separate offense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a first and any
subsequent violation of Section 12.20.120(b) may be cited, charged and prosecuted as a
misdemeanor. Payments of any fine or penalty shall not relieve a person from the responsibility
of correcting any violation of this Ordinance.
SECTION 2. Effective Date:
This ordinance shall be effective 30 days from the date of its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED thisp��y of , 2009 by the following
vote.
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