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11.20.220 Oversized vehicles—Parking prohibited—Parking permits.
A. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following words or phrases are defined as follows, unless the context clearly otherwise requires:
"Commercial areas" mean those commercial areas of the city identified in the map attached as Exhibit A. "Out-of-town visitor" means any natural person who does not reside in the city and who is temporarily visiting a resident of the city.
"Oversized vehicle" means any vehicle, as that word is defined in the Vehicle Code, or a combination of connected vehicles, that exceeds 25 feet in length and 80 inches in width or 82 inches in height, exclusive of such projecting lights or devices as are expressly allowed under the California Vehicle Code. "Oversize vehicle" does not mean or include a pickup truck, that is less than 25 feet in length and 82 inches in height. "Residential areas" means those residential areas of the city identified in the map attached as Exhibit A.
B. Daytime Parking Prohibited. Except as provided in subsection (C) or (D) of this section, no person may park or leave standing any oversized vehicle at any time between the hours 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, including holidays, upon any highway within a residential area or a commercial area of the city.
C. Exceptions. This section does not apply to:
1. Any person while actually engaged in the loading or unloading of an oversized vehicle;
2. Any person while actually engaged in making temporary or emergency repairs to an oversized vehicle;
3. Any person while actually engaged in the pickup or delivery of goods, wares and merchandise, including, without limitation, building materials, from or to a property or building located in a residential area or a commercial area;
4. Any person who has been issued a valid oversized vehicle parking permit under this section;
5. Any public emergency vehicle; or
6. Any oversized vehicle properly displaying a valid oversized vehicle handicap permit.
D. Permits.
1. Oversized Vehicle Parking Permit. An oversized vehicle may be parked on a highway in a residential area or a commercial area if an oversized parking permit or an oversized vehicle handicap permit is issued by the city pursuant to the following:
a. Purpose. The purpose of authorizing the issuance of oversized vehicle parking permits is to give owners of oversized vehicles an opportunity, for a limited time, to park the oversized vehicles on a highway adjacent to their residences or businesses for the purpose of loading or unloading such oversized vehicles, and to allow an out-of-town visitor to park on a highway adjacent to the residence that the out-of-town visitor is visiting for a limited time period, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (B) of this section. The purpose of authorizing the issuance of oversized vehicle handicap permits is to allow a handicapped person, whether or not such person has a handicap license plate, to park a designated oversized vehicle on highways in the city. b. Issuance of Permits. Oversized vehicle parking permits and oversized vehicles handicap permits will be issued by the police chief of the city, or designee. c. Requirements for Oversized Vehicle Parking Permits. Any bona fide city resident may obtain an oversized vehicle parking permit to park a designated oversized vehicle, for a limited period of time, on a highway adjacent to their residence or their commercial business. Any out-of-town visitor to a residence within the city may obtain an oversized vehicle parking permit authorizing
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the visitor to park a designated oversize vehicle on a highway adjacent to a specified residence where the visitor is a guest.
d. Requirements for Oversized Vehicle Handicap Permit. Any bona fide city resident may obtain an oversized vehicle handicap permit, if such person would be entitled to receive a handicapped placard or license plate under the California Vehicle Code, and if the oversized vehicle is the only vehicle able to accommodate the resident seeking the permit. Oversized vehicle handicap permits will be valid so long as the permit holder meets the requirements of this section relating to such permits, and meets the qualifications for a handicap placard or license plate under the Vehicle Code, regardless of whether such an individual applies for and receives a handicap placard or license plate.
e. Application Forms—Fees. Each applicant desiring an oversized vehicle parking permit or an oversized vehicle handicap permit must file with the police chief, a completed city application form, and pay any applicable processing fee approved by a resolutio n of the city council. f. Description of Permits. Oversized vehicle parking permits and oversized vehicle handicap permits will be issued in a form approved by the police chief, and will include the license plate number of the oversized vehicle to which it relates, and, as to oversized vehicle parking permits, the date of the issuance and the day of its expiration.
g. Display. All permits must be placed at the lower driver's side of the windshield of the oversized vehicle to which it relates so that it is clearly visible from the exterior of the oversized vehicle. h. Oversized Vehicle Permit—Duration—Renewal.
(i) Oversized Vehicle Parking Permit. An oversized vehicle parking permit will be valid for a period not to exceed five consecutive calendar days. Upon expiration of an oversized vehicle parking permit issued under this section, the applicant may apply for and be granted additional oversized vehicle parking permits, if the applicant still qualifies under the conditions set forth in this section. In no event will oversized vehicle parking permits be issued to an applicant for a total period in excess of ten days within any consecutive 90 -day period.
(ii) Oversized Vehicle Handicap Permits. Oversized vehicle handicap permits will be valid for a period of two years, and may be renewed, if the applicant continues to meet the qualifications. An oversized vehicle handicap permit will be automatically revok ed, if the permit holder no longer meets requirements of subsection (D) of this section. i. Signs giving reasonable notice of the prohibitions contained in this section will be erected within the city as required by Vehicle Code Section 22507.
(Ord. 928 § 1, 1999; Ord. 925 § 1, 1999; Ord. 886 § 1, 1997: Ord. 875 § 1, 1997.) (Ord. No. 1030, §§ 2, 3, 8-27-2008)
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