(Title Amended by Ord. No. 122,716, Eff. 10/5/62.)
Whenever, with reference to any street or portion
thereof, the Department determines that: (1) the same is within a
business district; or (2) because of proximity to a business
district or center of employment; or (3) because of an unusual
concentration of population; or (4) because vehicles which are six
feet or more in height (including any load thereon) parked within 100 feet of
an intersection limit the visibility of approaching traffic and thereby create
a hazard; or (5) because of any other factor or condition, the
unrestricted parking of vehicles has caused, or would necessarily cause,
traffic congestion, create a hazard, detrimentally affect the public welfare,
or deprive the public of the efficient use of available curb space, the
Department is hereby authorized to install at any such place signs giving
notice that no person shall stand, stop or park a vehicle except as provided on
such signs. The Department is further authorized to include notice on any sign
which prohibits the stopping or parking of vehicles, that vehicles parked or
left standing in violation of such sign may be removed. (Amended by
Ord. No. 161,645, Eff. 10/17/86.)
(a) Stopping or Standing
Prohibited. Whenever authorized signs are in place giving notice that
stopping or standing is prohibited during such hours or on such days as are
indicated on such signs, it shall be unlawful for any person to stop or stand
or park any vehicle at any time during such hours or such days.
(b) Parking Prohibited.
Whenever authorized signs are in place giving notice that parking, as defined
in Section 463 of the California Vehicle Code, is prohibited at any time or
during certain hours, it shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle
during such prohibited times, except as provided in Section 88.01.1
of this chapter. (Amended by Ord. No. 170,019, Eff. 10/21/94.)
(c) Parking Time Limits.
Whenever authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, it shall be
unlawful for any person to stop or stand or park any vehicle for a period
of time in excess of the parking time limit indicated by such sign,
except as provided in Section 88.01.1
of this chapter. (Amended by Ord. No. 170,019, Eff. 10/21/94.)
(d) Limitation for
Vehicles Six Feet or More in Height. Whenever authorized signs are in
place giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to park or
stand a vehicle more than six feet in height, including any load thereon,
within 100 feet of an intersection. (New (d) Added by Ord. No. 161,645, Eff.
10/17/86.)
(e) Exceptions.
The restrictions of this chapter shall not apply to taxicabs, sight-seeing
automobiles, or automobiles for hire standing in any zone designated for their
use pursuant to Section 80.66.1
during the hours specified in their respective permits issued by the
Department. (Amended by Ord. No. 161,645, Eff. 10/17/86.)
(f) Streets Withdrawn
From Public Use. The restrictions and exceptions of this section
shall apply, in addition to a street as defined by the Vehicle Code, or any
portion thereof, to any street, roadway, way or place, or portion thereof,
which has been withdrawn in whole or in part from public use. (Amended by
Ord. No. 161,645, Eff. 10/17/86.)
(g) Severability. If
any subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this section is for any
reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity if the
remaining portions of this section. The Council of the City hereby declares
that it would have adopted the section, subsection, clause, phrase or portion
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any portion or more subsections,
clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. (Re-lettered
by Ord. No. 161,645, Eff. 10/17/86.)
(Amended by Ord. No. 152,320, Eff. 6/16/79.)
(a) No person shall park any trailer
or semitrailer upon any highway, street, alley or public way or upon any public
place otherwise ordinarily used for vehicular parking.
(b) The provisions of this section
shall not apply to any trailer or semitrailer which does not exceed 22 feet in
overall length, as measured from the foremost part of the trailer hitch to the
rear extremity of the trailer body, or to any trailer or semitrailer exceeding
such length which is designed for the transportation of a boat or which is
designed for human habitation for camping or recreational purposes, nor shall
such provisions apply to any trailer or semitrailer which is:
1. In the process of being
loaded or unloaded;
2. Disabled in such a manner
and to such an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily
leaving the disabled trailer or semitrailer on that portion of the highway,
street, alley or public way or upon any public place otherwise ordinarily used
for vehicular parking;
3. Leased or owned by any
permittee granted a permit under the provisions of Article 8 of Chapter 13 of
Division 22 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code, for the duration of such
permit and while parked at the location specified in such permit.
4. Leased or owned by any
permittee granted a permit for construction or repair work under any of the
provisions of Chapter
VI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code or by a public utility engaged in work
for which no such permit is required, or a vehicle leased or owned by any
contractor hired by such permittee or public utility, provided that the trailer
or semitrailer is used in connection with such construction or repair work and
is parked upon the construction or repair site or within 150 feet thereof, as
measured from the limits of the work area as specified in the permit, and only
during the period of actual construction.
5. Leased or owned by a City
department or a contractor or vendor hired by a City department for
construction or repair work, or by a subcontractor thereof, provided that such
trailer or semitrailer is used in connection with such construction or repair
work, and is parked upon the construction or repair site or within 150 feet
thereof, as measured from the limits of the work area, and only during the
period of actual construction or repair.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of
subsection (b) of this section, no person shall park or leave standing, when
authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, any unhitched trailer upon
any major highway, secondary highway, or collector street in the City. (Added
by Ord. No. 177,086, Eff. 12/11/05.)
(Amended by Ord. No. 168,782, Eff. 7/12/93.)
No person shall park or leave standing any commercial
vehicle or any other vehicle exceeding 22 feet in length as measured from
bumper to bumper, other than a house car, on any public street where a majority
of the buildings situated on the property contiguous thereto is used for
residential purposes, whether as single-family dwellings or as multi-family
dwellings, nor shall any person park or leave standing any commercial vehicle
for more than three (3) hours on any other public street, except that any
vehicle regulated herein may park notwithstanding such prohibition or in excess
of such time limitation:
(1) While loading or
unloading property, and additional time is necessary to complete such work; or
(2) When such vehicle is
parked in connection with, and in aid of, the performance of a service to or on
a property in the block in which such vehicle is parked, and additional time is
necessary and reasonable to complete such service.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to
trailers and semitrailers regulated by the provisions of Section 80.69.1
of this Code. As used in this section, the term “commercial
vehicle” shall mean:
(1) a truck tractor; or
(2) a motor vehicle with
commercial license plate; and
(A) exceeding 22 feet total
length including bumpers, or
(B) 22 feet or less in
length with the name of a business enterprise or establishment or a sign
advertising a product or service painted, attached, or otherwise affixed on or
to the exterior thereof.
No person shall park or leave standing any commercial or
construction vehicle upon any portion of a public street which passes beneath a
railroad overpass, a freeway or any other vehicular overpass if within 150 feet
of either side thereof the majority of the buildings upon property contiguous
to said street are used for residential purposes. The provisions of this
section shall not apply to vehicles leased or owned by any permittee granted a
permit under the provisions of Article 8 of Chapter 13 of Division 22 of the
Los Angeles Administrative Code during the period for which such permit is
granted. (Amended by Ord. No. 148,582, Eff. 8/18/76.)
(Added by Ord. No. 177,876, Eff. 10/6/06.)
(a) No person shall stop, stand or
park, when authorized signs are in place giving notice of the restriction, any
oversize vehicle, defined as a motor vehicle in excess of 22 feet in length and
over 84 inches in height, between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. The registered
owner of the oversize vehicle or other person having control of the oversize
vehicle shall also be in violation of this section if he or she has knowledge
that the oversize vehicle had been so parked and the person parking had the
express or implied permission to operate the oversize vehicle.
(b) The Council may authorize, by
resolution, the streets, or portions of the streets, upon which the parking of
oversize vehicles shall be restricted between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Upon Council action designating streets with oversize vehicle parking
restrictions, the Department of Transportation shall cause appropriate signs to
be erected in those streets, indicating the parking limitation prominently on
the sign and stating that motor vehicles with valid permits shall be exempt
from the restrictions.
(c) Notwithstanding the above, the
parking of oversize vehicles, as defined in Subsection (a) of this section,
shall be allowed for the limited purposes of loading and unloading, provided
that the oversize vehicle properly displays a valid permit that has been issued
in advance by the General Manager, Department of Transportation, or his/her
designee. The permit for loading or unloading shall be issued for a fee
of $10.00 per day and for a period not to exceed three consecutive days.
This loading or unloading shall be limited to the area in front of the
residence from which the loading or unloading will occur, or in reasonable
proximity to the front if the front of the residence is not available for
parking. An Oversize Vehicle Parking Permit shall not guarantee or
reserve to the holder an on-street parking space.