HAND OUTS
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
JUNE 16, 2026
Ordinance No. 559
La Quinta Municipal Code Title 12 revisions
Adopted: June 6, 2017
12.28.040 Use of streets for storage of vehicles prohibited.
A. No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two hours.
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 authorized by the chief of police may remove the vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of the Vehicle Code. Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.050 Parking for certain purposes prohibited.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:
A. Displaying such vehicle for sale as a business; or
B. Washing, waxing, wiping, greasing or repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency. {Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.060 Parking parallel with curb.
A. Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parked within eighteen inches of the left-hand curb facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any one-way street unless signs are in place prohibiting such stopping or standing.
B. In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are in place permitting such standing or parking.
C. The city traffic engineer is authorized to determine when standing or parking shall be prohibited upon the left-hand side of any one-way street or when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any one-way roadway of a highway having two or more separate roadways and shall establish signs or markings giving notice thereof.
D. The requirement of parallel parking shall not apply in the event any commercial vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading freight or goods, in which case that vehicle may be backed up to the curb; provided, that such vehicle does not extend beyond the centerline of the street and does not block traffic thereby. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
CITY COUNCIL MEETING - JUNE 16, 2026 - HAND-OUT BY RESIDENT STEVEN OWENS
PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA - PARKING REGULATIONS Ordinance No. 559
Lo Quinto Municipal Code Title 12 revisions
Adopted: June 6, 2017
Chapter 12.28
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
Sections:
12.28.010 Application of regulations.
12.28.020 More restrictive provisions.
12.28.030 Standing in parkways prohibited.
12.28.040 Use of streets for storage of vehicles prohibited.
12.28.050 Parking for certain purposes prohibited.
12.28.060 Parking parallel with curb.
12.28.070 Angle parking.
12.28.071 Angle parking: Permitted areas.
12.28.080 Parking adjacent to schools.
12.28.090 Parking prohibited on narrow streets.
12.28.100 Standing of merchandise or food vehicles.
12.28.110 Emergency parking signs.
12.28.120 Display of warning devices when commercial vehicle disabled.
12.28.130 Parking on private property without permission or in an unauthorized manner.
12.28.140 Locking ignition required.
12.28.150 Impounding of vehicle illegally parked.
12.28.010 Application of regulations.
The provisions of this title prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a polic� officer or official traffic-control device. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.020 More restrictive provisions.
The provisions of this title imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of the Vehicle Code or the regulations of this city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)
12.28.030 Standing in parkways prohibited.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway paralleled by curbs or any parkway designated by the city traffic engineer as an area for no standing, stopping or parking and posted accordingly. (Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)