SEC. 10-001. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED:
SEC. 10-001.1. DEFINITIONS:
1. Alley: Any unnamed street less than twenty-five (25) feet in width.
2. Apartment House: Any building, or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or which is occupied, or which is occupied as the home or residence of three (3) or more families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking in the said building and shall include flats and apartments.
3. Assembly Building: A building or a portion of a building used for the gathering together of fifty (50) or more persons for such purposes as deliberation, education, instruction, worship, entertainment, amusement, or awaiting transportation or of one hundred (100) or more persons in drinking and dining establishments.
4. Business District: Shall mean the territory contiguous to a street when fifty (50) percent or more of the property fronting on one side of said street for a distance of six hundred (600) feet, or where fifty (50) percent or more of the property fronting on both sides collectively of said street for a distance of three hundred (300) feet is occupied by buildings in use for business.
5. Central Traffic District: All streets and portions of streets located within the area described as follows, to wit: All that area bounded by the north line of Oak Street, the east line of Aurora Street, the south line of Sonora Street, and the west line of Madison Street.
6. Fire Lane: Any area at least fifteen (15) feet wide appurtenant to entrances or exists of a building deemed necessary by the fire marshal to remain free and clear of parked vehicles for access to such building in case of fire or other emergency and designed by him as such, and may, in the discretion of the fire marshal include sidewalks, driveways, portions of parking lots, or any other area adjacent to or near the entrances or exits of any building.
7. Heavy Duty Commercial Vehicle: Any trailer over six (6) feet wide or a single vehicle having more than two axles, a single vehicle or combination of vehicles twenty (20) feet or more in length (including load if loaded), or a single vehicle or combination of vehicles six (6) feet six (6) inches or more in width (including load if loaded) and shall include, but not be limited to, dump trucks, moving vans, tractors, pole or pipe dollies, cattle trucks.
8. Hospitals: Any public or private hospital, convalescent home or nursing home.
9. Loading Zone: The space adjacent to a curb reserved, marked, and designated, for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers, freight or materials.
10. Official Time Standard: Whenever, certain hours are named herein, they shall mean standard time, or, daylight saving time, as may be in current use in the City of Stockton.
11. Official Traffic Control Devices: All signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent herewith placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
12. Official Traffic Signals: Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and proceed and which is erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction.
13. Park: To stand or leave standing any vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading of passengers, freight, or materials.
14. Parkway: That portion of a street other than a roadway or a sidewalk.
15. Passenger Loading Zone: The space adjacent to a curb reserved, marked, and designated for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.
16. Pedestrian: Any person afoot.
17. Person: Every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation.
18. Police Officer: Every officer of the Police Department of the City of Stockton, or, any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic.
19. School: A building, public or private, used for educational purposes having fifty (50) or more persons.
20. Shopping Center: A group of commercial business establishments, planned, developed, owned and managed as a unit, with off-street parking provided on the property, and related in location, size and types of shops to the trade area that the unit serves.
21. Stop: When required, means complete cessation of movement.
22. Stop or Stand: When prohibited, means any stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device.
23. Traffic: Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any street for purposes of travel.
(Amended by Ordinance 3045C.S. — Effective Apr. 13, 1978)
SEC. 10-001.2.:
Whenever any words or phrases used in this Chapter are not defined herein, but are defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California, such definitions are incorporated herein and shall be deemed to apply to such words and phrases used herein as though set forth in full.
SEC. 10-002. TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION:
SEC. 10-002.1. CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER — CREATING OFFICE OF:
The office of the City Traffic Engineer is hereby established. The City Traffic Engineer shall be appointed and removed by the City Manager, and he shall exercise the powers and duties as provided herein and in the traffic ordinances of the City of Stockton.
SEC. 10-002.2. CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER — AUTHORITY AND DUTIES:
It shall be the duty of the City Traffic Engineer to recommend to the City Manager the installation and maintenance of official traffic-control devices; to conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures; to conduct engineering investigation of traffic conditions; to cooperate with other city departments in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to perform such other duties pertaining to traffic regulations and control as may be assigned by the City Manager.
SEC. 10-002.3. DETERMINATION OF CURB PARKING RESTRICTIONS:
Notwithstanding the limitations as set forth in Section 11-010, the City Manager is authorized to determine and establish, according to the provisions hereinafter set forth in this Section, curb parking restrictions and the location therefor and he shall cause appropriate signs or paint to be placed upon the curb surface advising the public of the parking restrictions. Said curb parking restrictions may include no parking zones, freight loading zones, special loading zones, passenger loading zones, bus loading zones, tow away zones, restricted and limited parking areas, and disabled persons parking areas. Tow away zones shall be indicated by signs which shall specify the address of the place to which removed vehicles are taken or provide the telephone number from which such information may be obtained.
In fixing the curb parking restrictions for vehicles, said designated locations have been, and the selecting, changing or abandoning of such locations and restrictions by the City Manager shall hereafter be guided and governed by the location thereof, amount of traffic along side thereof, the demand for parking space adjacent thereto, the congestion of traffic thereat, the use of streets on which said curb locations are situated, the position thereof with respect to business congestion and all other traffic congestion existing.
City Council shall have the authority to review and override any designation made the City Manager pursuant to this Section.
(Amended by Ordinance 2969-C.S. — Effective Sept. 29, 1977)
SEC. 10-002.3.1. VIOLATION OF CURB PARKING RESTRICTIONS:
(Repealed by Ordinance 2969-C.S. — Effective Sept. 29, 1977)
SEC. 10-002.4. CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER'S RECORD:
Upon selecting, changing or abandoning curb parking restrictions as authorized by this Code, the City Manager shall cause to be filed a record of such action with the City Traffic Engineer, who shall keep a record which will indicate at all times such curb parking restrictions and the locations thereof.
SEC. 10-003. ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS:
SEC. 10-003.1. AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICERS, PARKING VIOLATION DEPUTIES, COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS, SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS, SCHOOL DISTRICT SECURITY AND POLICE OFFICERS, VEHICLE ABATEMENT SPECIALISTS AND VOLUNTEERS IN POLICE SERVICE:
Police officers shall have the authority, and it shall be the duty of the officers of the Police Department as are assigned by the Chief of Police, to enforce all traffic laws of this City, and all of the vehicle laws of the State of California applicable to street traffic in this City.
It shall be the duty of the parking violation deputies, vehicle abatement specialists, community service officers, and Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS), as designated by the Chief of Police, and the school district officials, security and police officers as defined in Education Code section 39670, as designated by the Chief of Police, to enforce all traffic laws of the City of Stockton and the State of California as they relate to jaywalking, and the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles and to issue traffic citations and/or administrative citations therefor.
(Amended by Ordinance 003-03 C.S – Effective February 6, 2003) (Amended by Ordinance 005-98 C.S. — Effective April 30, 1998) (Amended by Urgency Ordinance 021-93C.S. — Effective June 28, 1993) (Amended by Ordinance 023-91C.S. — Effective May 9, 1991) (Amended by Ordinance 3097-C.S. — Effective Aug. 31, 1978)
SEC. 10-003.2. DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC — HAND OR SIGNAL:
Officers of the Police Department, Parking Violation Deputies, Community Service Officers, Vehicle Abatement Specialists, and Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS), of the City of Stockton, as assigned by the Chief of Police, are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand or signal in conformance with applicable traffic laws; provided, however, that in the event of a fire or other emergency, or to expedite traffic, or to safeguard pedestrians, traffic may be directed as conditions required notwithstanding provisions of applicable traffic laws.
(Amended by Ordinance 003-03 C.S. – Effective February 6, 2003) (Amended by Ordinance 023-91C.S. — Effective May 9, 1991) (Amended by Ordinance 588C.S. — Effective March 30, 1961)
SEC. 10-003.3. AUTHORITY OF MEMBERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT AT SCENE OF FIRE:
Officers and employees of the Fire Department, when at the scene of a fire may direct, assist the police in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity.
SEC. 10-003.4. APPROVAL OF STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS:
Any provision of Chapter 10 of this Code which regulates traffic or delegates the regulation of traffic upon State highways in any way for which the approval of the State Department of Public Works is required by State law, shall cease to be operative six (6) months after receipt by the City Council of written notice of withdrawal of approval of the State Department of Public Works.
Whenever Chapter 10 of this Code delegates authority to a City 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 Public Works, 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 Public Works when and to the extent required by Division 9 and Division 11 of the Vehicle Code.
(Added by Ordinance 253C.S. — Effective Aug. 6, 1959)
SEC. 10-004. ALL PERSONS PROPELLING PUSH CARTS TO OBEY TRAFFIC REGULATIONS:
Every person propelling any push cart shall be subject to the provisions set forth herein that are applicable to the driver of any vehicle, except, those provisions thereof which by their very nature can have no application.
SEC. 10-005. REPORT OF DAMAGE TO CERTAIN PROPERTY:
The driver of a vehicle or the person in charge of any animal involved in any accident resulting in damage to any property publicly owned or owned by a public utility, including but not limited to any fire hydrant, ornamental lighting post, telephone pole, electric light or power pole, or resulting in damage to any ornamental shade tree, official traffic control device or other property of a like nature located in or along any street, shall within seventy-two (72) hours after such accident make a written report of such accident to the Police Department of the City of Stockton.
SEC. 10-005.1. CONTENTS OF REPORT:
Every such report shall state the time when, and the place where, the accident took place, the name and address of the person owning and of the person driving or in charge of such vehicle or animal, the license number of such vehicle, and shall briefly describe the property damage in such accident.
SEC. 10-005.2. WHEN DRIVER PHYSICALLY INCAPABLE OF MAKING REPORT:
A driver involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties set forth herein during the time such driver is physically incapable of making a report, but in such event said driver shall make a report as required in Section 10-005 within seventy-two (72) hours after regaining ability to make such report.
SEC. 10-006. OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES:
SEC. 10-006.1. AUTHORITY TO INSTALL:
The City Traffic Engineer shall have the power and duty to place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, as directed by resolution of the City Council, official traffic control devices when and as required under the ordinances of the City of Stockton to make effective the provisions of said ordinances.
SEC. 10-006.2. COMPLIANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF VEHICLE CODE:
Whenever the Vehicle Code of the State of California requires for the effectiveness of any provision thereof that official traffic control devices be installed to give notice to the public of the application of such law the City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to install the necessary devices subject to the limitations or restrictions set forth in the law applicable thereto.
SEC. 10-006.3. AUTHORITY TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL:
The City Traffic Engineer may place and maintain such additional traffic control devices as he may deem necessary to regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic, but he shall make such determination only upon the basis of traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations and in accordance with such standards, limitations and rules as may be set forth in the ordinances of the City of Stockton, the Vehicle Code of the State of California, and the California Maintenance Manual issued by the Division of Highways of the State Department of Public Works of the State of California.
SEC. 10-006.4. REQUIRED FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES — WHEN:
No provision of the Vehicle Code of the State of California or as set forth herein, for which signs are required shall be enforced unless appropriate signs giving notice of such provisions of the traffic laws are in place and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.
SEC. 10-006.5. OBEDIENCE TO:
The driver of every vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the ordinance of the City of Stockton unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls.
SEC. 10-006.6. HOURS OF OPERATION:
The City Traffic Engineer shall determine the hours and days during which the traffic control device shall be in operation or be in effect, except in those cases where such hours or days are specified herein.
SEC. 10-007. OFFICIAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS — AUTHORITY TO INSTALL:
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby directed to install and maintain official traffic signals, as directed by resolution of the City Council, at those intersections and other places where traffic conditions are such as to require that the flow of traffic be alternately interrupted and released in order to prevent or relieve traffic congestion or to protect life or property from exceptional hazard.
SEC. 10-007.1. OFFICIAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS — LOCATIONS FOR:
The City Traffic Engineer shall ascertain and determine the locations where such signals are required by resort to field observation, traffic counts and other traffic information as may be pertinent, and his determinations therefrom shall be made in accordance with those traffic engineering and safety standards and instructions set forth in the California Maintenance Manual issued by the Division of Highways of the State Department of Public Works.
SEC. 10-008. PEDESTRIAN WAIT-AND-WALK SIGNALS:
Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words "Walk" or "Wait" are in place such signals shall indicate as follows:
SEC. 10-008.1. WALK SIGNALS:
Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal and shall be given the right-of-way by the driver of all vehicles.
SEC. 10-008.2. WAIT SIGNALS:
No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of such signals, but any pedestrian who has partially completed his crossing on the walk signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety zone while the wait signal is showing.
SEC. 10-009. TURNING MOVEMENTS:
SEC. 10-009.1. AUTHORITY TO PLACE MARKERS OR SIGNS:
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to place markers, buttons or signs within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections and when authorized markers, buttons, or other indications are placed within an intersection indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of such indications.
SEC. 10-009.2. OBEDIENCE TO NO-TURN SIGNS:
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right, or left, or U turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign.
SEC. 10-010. ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS:
SEC. 10-010.1. AUTHORITY TO SIGN ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS:
Whenever any ordinance of the City of Stockton designates any one-way street or alley the City Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulation shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited.
SEC. 10-010.2. OBEDIENCE TO SIGNED ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS:
Upon those streets and parts of streets and in those alleys described in Schedule I as set out hereafter, or as subsequently amended, vehicular traffic shall move only in the indicated direction when signs indicating the direction of traffic are erected and maintained at every intersection where movement in the opposite direction is prohibited.
SEC. 10-011. SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED:
SEC. 10-011.1. THROUGH STREETS DESIGNATED:
Those streets and parts of streets designated as through streets by City Council resolution, or subsequent amendments thereto, are hereby declared to be through streets for the purpose of this Code.
SEC. 10-011.2. AUTHORITY TO ERECT STOP SIGNS:
Whenever any resolution of the City of Stockton designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a through street, or any intersection at which vehicles are required to stop at one or more entrances thereto, or any railroad grade crossing at which vehicles are required to stop, the City Traffic Engineer shall erect and maintain stop signs as follows:
(Amended by Ordinance 1202-C.S. — Effective March 11, 1965)
SEC. 10-011.3. STOP SIGNS REQUIRED AT STOP INTERSECTIONS:
A stop sign shall be erected on each and every street intersecting such through street or portion thereof so designated and at those entrances of other intersections where a stop is required and at any railroad grade crossing so designated. Every such sign shall conform with and shall be placed as provided in the Vehicle Code of the State of California.
(Amended by Ordinance 284-C.S. — Effective Sept. 17, 1959)
SEC. 10-011.4. STOP REQUIRED WHEN TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTED:
Notwithstanding any official traffic signal indicator or other traffic control devices or right of way to proceed, no driver shall knowingly enter an intersection which is so obstructed, in the driver's lane of traffic by motor vehicles traveling in the same direction as said driver, that he will be unable to completely traverse the intersection without stopping and/or becoming an obstruction to cross traffic within said intersection.
(Amended by Ordinance 1348-C.S. — Effective Feb. 17, 1966)
SEC. 10-011.5. YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY SIGNS:
The City Traffic Engineer with the approval of the City Manager, is authorized to and shall have the power to place and maintain or cause to be placed or maintained "Yield Right-Of-Way" signs at such intersections as may be required upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey. Every such "Yield Right-Of-Way" sign shall conform with and shall be placed as provided in the Vehicle Code of the State of California.
(Amended by Ordinance 284-C.S. — Effective Sept. 17, 1959)
SEC. 10-011.6. TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SIGNING:
Whenever the City Traffic Engineer or City Police Department shall determine that an emergency traffic situation is likely to result from repairs or construction being performed, or from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions or for other reasons, the City Traffic Engineer or City Police Department shall have power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted to regulate the operation of vehicles. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such emergency and the City Traffic Engineer or City Police Department shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.
(Amended by Ordinance 018-86C.S. — Effective April 24, 1986)
SEC. 10-012. MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES:
SEC. 10-012.1. CROSSING FIRE HOSE:
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a Fire Department when laid on any street or private driveway and used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the Fire Department official in command.
SEC. 10-012.2. DRIVING THROUGH FUNERAL OR OTHER PROCESSION:
No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion and when such vehicles are conspicuously designated as required herein.
SEC. 10-012.3. DRIVERS IN A PROCESSION:
Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as near to the right hand edge of the roadway as practical and shall follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practical and safe.
SEC. 10-012.4. METHOD OF IDENTIFYING FUNERAL PROCESSIONS:
A funeral procession, when composed of vehicles, shall be identified as such by the display upon the outside of each vehicle of a pennant or other identifying insignia or by such other method as may be designated by the Chief of Police.
SEC. 10-012.5. PERMITS FOR PARADES AND PROCESSION — WHEN REQUIRED:
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct, manage or participate in any parade that does not comply with the provisions of Part XV of Chapter 5 regarding Special Events.
(Ordinance 3529-C.S. — Effective Feb. 11, 1982; Amended by Ordinance 007-07C.S.- Effective April 19, 2007)
SEC. 10-012.6. CLINGING TO MOVING VEHICLES:
Any person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, motor scooter, coaster, sled, roller skates, or any toy vehicle shall not attach the same or himself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway.
SEC. 10-012.7.1. SKATING OR SKATEBOARDING ON SIDEWALKS, ETC.:
In any area or areas where official signs are posted or erected prohibiting such acts, it shall be unlawful for any person to skate, or use or ride any skateboard, or other similar device upon or over any private or public street, bridge, underpass, sidewalk, sidewalk space or public property or any private parking or shopping center parking lot in the City of Stockton. Said sign must be posted at each entrance to such area and spaced at intervals not less than every two hundred (200) feet along said area.
(Ordinance 3075C.S. — Effective July 27, 1978)
SEC. 10-012.7.2. POSTING OF SIGNS PROHIBITING:
The City Manager is hereby authorized to post or erect or cause to be posted or erected signs prohibiting skating, or the use of skateboards or other similar devices on public or private streets, bridges, underpasses, sidewalks, sidewalk spaces, walking areas or any public property or private commercial centers in certain areas in the City of Stockton when the safety of the skaters or skateboarders, the protection of private property or the prevention of traffic congestion or interference warrants the prohibition of such activities.
(Ordinance 3075C.S. — Effective July 27, 1978)
SEC. 10-012.8. DRIVING ANIMALS OVER CERTAIN STREETS:
It shall be unlawful for the owner or any person having the control of horses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats, swine or other livestock, to drive any of said animals, or allow them to be driven on or over any of the streets, avenues or alleys of the City of Stockton, unless they shall be under the care of same person and secured by a rope or halter or other suitable device.
(Ordinance 1384 — Approved September 3, 1978)
SEC. 10-012.9. OBSTRUCTION OF STREETS BY RAILWAY TRAINS:
When any train or cars, except a passenger train, on any railroad operated within the limits of this City, stops in such a position as to obstruct the ordinary travel on any street or highway, the person having charge of such train must cause it to be separated within five (5) minutes after stopping upon any such street or highway, so as to leave the street or highway open to its full width to accommodate public travel.
(Ordinance 458 — Approved November 19, 1907)
SEC. 10-012.10. LANE MARKINGS:
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to mark center lines and lane lines upon the surface of the roadway to indicate the course to be traveled by vehicles and may place signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the center line of the highway. When authorized signs have been placed designating off-center traffic lanes, no person shall disobey the instructions given by such signs.
SEC. 10-012.11. NEWLY DELINEATED TRAFFIC LINES:
In cases where lines of traffic are delineated on pavement by paint, reflective pavement delineators or like or similar devices, or any other device which is applied to or attached to pavement to distinguish said traffic lines, and the application of said device or attachment of said devices is either in progress or has been done so recently that the adhesion of said substance to the pavement is not complete and as a consequence said lines would be impaired or obliterated by contact with moving vehicles, the City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to place temporary markers on said traffic lines to warn motorists of the aforesaid situation. These markers shall be of such size and design as to be plainly visible to motorists. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to drive said vehicle over traffic lines in the aforesaid condition when such markers have been so placed by the City Traffic Engineer.
(Ordinance 1494-C.S. — Effective March 2, 1967)
SEC. 10-013. SPEED LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS:
No person shall drive a vehicle upon a local highway or street at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the highway or street, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property. (Ordinance 2238 — Effective February 23, 1950)
SEC. 10-013.1. PRIMA FACIE UNLAWFUL SPEED:
The speed of any vehicle upon a local highway or street in excess of any of the limits specified in Section 10-013.2 to 10-013.6, inclusive, or established as authorized herein is prima facie unlawful unless the defendant establishes by competent evidence that any said speed in excess of said limits did not constitute a violation of the basic rules declared in Section 10-013 hereof at the time, place and under the conditions then existing.
(Added by Ordinance 2238 — Effective February 23, 1950)
SEC. 10-013.2. PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS:
The prima facie speed limits referred to hereinabove and set forth in the following sections hereof have been and will be established for various streets and local highways only upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey showing that the applicable statewide speed limit of sixty-five (65) miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon a local highway or street or that the applicable statewide prima facie speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour is lower than necessary for safety and impedes the orderly flow of traffic on a local highway.
SEC. 10-013.3. PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS — WHEN EFFECTIVE:
The prima facie speed limits declared, and to be declared, shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon such streets.
(Added by Ordinance 2238 — Effective February 23, 1950)
SEC. 10-013.4. SPEED LIMITS REDUCED ON CERTAIN STREETS:
Upon the following streets and highways in the City of Stockton, which are not State highways, a traffic and engineering study has demonstrated that the statewide speed limit of sixty-five (65) miles per hour is more than is reasonable and safe and that, therefore, the speed limits hereinafter set out, which are safe and reasonable and appropriate to facilitate the orderly flow of traffic, are hereby set as the prima facie speed limits for the following streets and local highways:
A Table of Speed Limits for Section10-013.4 can be found here
(Amended by Ordinance 001-03 C.S. – Effective February 6, 2003) (Amended by Ordinance 049-02 C.S. and 050-02 C.S. – Effective January 2, 2003) (Amended by Ordinance 013-02 C.S. – Effective April 25, 2002) (Amended by Ordinance 001-02 C.S. – Effective February 15, 2002) (Amended by Ordinance 023-01 C.S. – Effective October 4, 2001) (Amended by Ordinance 005-01 C.S. – Effective May 3, 2001) (Amended by Ordinance 007-00 C.S. – Effective May 11, 2000) (Amended by 001-00C.S. — Effective February 3, 2000) (Amended by Ordinance 023-99C.S. — Effective December 30, 1999) (Amended by Ordinance 022-99C.S. — Effective December 23, 1999) (Amended by Ordinance 028-98C.S. - Effective December 17, 1998)(Amended by Ordinance 026-98C.S. - Effective December 10, 1998)(Amended by Ordinance 016-98C.S. - Effective August 20, 1998) (Amended by Ordinance 014-98C.S. - Effective August 6, 1998) (Amended by Ordinance 002-98C.S. — Effective February 12, 1998) (Amended by Ordinance 026-97C.S. — Effective October 30, 1997) (Amended by Ordinance 003-97C.S. — Effective March 5, 1997) (Amended by Ordinance 038-96C.S. — Effective January 15, 1997) (Amended by Ordinance 037-96C.S. — Effective January 8, 1997) (Amended by Ordinance 035-96C.S. — Effective October 30, 1996) (Amended by Ordinance 028-96C.S. — Effective October 16, 1996) (Amended by Ordinance 022-96C.S. — Effective September 18, 1996) (Amended by Ordinance 020-96C.S. — Effective August 7, 1996) (Amended by Ordinance 007-96C.S. — Effective May 22, 1996) (Amended by Ordinance 020-95C.S. — Effective Sept. 20, 1995) (Amended by Ordinance 025-94C.S. — Effective Nov. 16, 1994) (Amended by Ordinance 026-94C.S. — Effective Nov. 30, 1994) (Amended by Ordinance 024-94C.S. — Effective Sept. 22, 1994) (Amended by Ordinance 019-94C.S. — Effective July 6, 1994) (Amended by Ordinance 029-93C.S. — Effective Nov. 24, 1993) (Amended by Ordinance 008-93C.S. — Effective April 29, 1993) (Amended by Ordinance 049-92C.S. — Effective December 24, 1992) (Amended by Ordinance 048-92C.S. — Effective December 10, 1992) (Amended by Ordinance 047-92C.S. — Effective December 10, 1992) (Amended by Ordinance 011-92C.S. — Effective April 30, 1992) (Amended by Ordinance 010-92C.S. — Effective April 16, 1992) (Amended by Ordinance 060-91C.S. — Effective December 13, 1991) (Amended by Ordinance 057-91 C.S. — Effective November 28, 1991) (Amended by Ordinance 045-91C.S. — Effective August 29, 1991) (Amended by Ordinance 034-91C.S. — Effective July 25, 1991) (Amended by Ordinance 026-91 C.S. — Effective May 30, 1991) (Amended by Ordinance 069-90C.S. — Effective December 20, 1990) (Amended by Ordinance 062-90C.S. — Effective December 5, 1990) (Amended by Ordinance 024-90C.S. — Effective June 7, 1990) (Amended by Ordinance 022-90C.S. — Effective May 24, 1990) (Amended by Ordinance 068-89C.S. — Effective November 30, 1989) (Amended by Ordinance 040-89C.S. — Effective July 27, 1989) (Amended by Ordinance 033-89C.S. — Effective June 30, 1989) (Amended by Ordinance 018-89C.S. — Effective May 4, 1989) (Amended by Ordinance 072-88C.S. — Effective November 11, 1988) (Amended by Ordinance 062-88C.S. — Effective September 22, 1988) (Amended by Ordinance 052-88C.S. — Effective August 11, 1988) (Amended by Ordinance 102-87C.S. — Effective January 14, 1988) (Amended by Ordinance 096-87C.S. — Effective December 24, 1987) (Amended by Ordinance 091-87C.S. — Effective December 10, 1987) (Amended by Ordinance 075-87C.S. — Effective October 29, 1987) (Amended by Ordinance 068-87C.S. — Effective October 15, 1987) (Amended by Ordinance 084-86C.S. — Effective January 8, 1987) (Amended by Ordinance 065-86C.S. — Effective October 23, 1986)
SEC. 10-013.7. SPEED LIMITS INCREASED ON CERTAIN STREETS:
Upon the following streets and highways in the City of Stockton which are not State highways, a traffic and engineering study has demonstrated that the statewide speed limit of sixty-five (65) miles per hour is more than is reasonable and safe and that therefore the speed limits hereinafter set out, which are safe and reasonable and appropriate to facilitate the orderly flow of traffic, are hereby set as the prima facie speed limits for the following streets and local highways:
A Table of Speed Limits for Section 10-013.7 can be found here
(Link here for table Section 10-013.7)
(Amended by Ordinance 006-03 C.S. – Effective March 13, 2003) (Amended by Ordinance 001-01 C.S. – Effective February 8, 2001) (Amended by Ordinance 024-00 C.S. – Effective October 5, 2000) (Amended by Ordinance 005-99C.S. — Effective April 29, 1999) (Amended by Ordinance 014-98C.S. — Effective August 6, 1998) (Amended by Ordinance 005-95C.S. — Effective March 8, 1995) (Amended by Ordinance 004-95C.S — Effective Feb. 22, 1995) (Amended by Ordinance 028-94C.S. — Effective Jan. 4, 1995) (Amended by Ordinance 019-94C.S. — Effective July 6, 1994) (Amended by Ordinance 011-93C.S. — Effective June 4, 1993) (Amended by Ordinance 004-92C.S. — Effective March 13, 1992) (Amended by Ordinance 002-92C.S. — Effective Feb. 21, 1992) (Amended by Ordinance 056-91C.S. — Effective Oct. 31, 1991) (Amended by Ordinance 054-91C.S. — Effective Oct. 10, 1991) (Amended by Ordinance 046-91C.S. — Effective Sept. 5, 1991) (Amended by Ordinance 0009-90C.S. — Effective April 19, 1990) (Amended by Ordinance 032-89C.S. — Effective June 30, 1989) (Amended by Ordinance 069-88C.S. — Effective Oct. 27, 1988) (Amended by Ordinance 062-88C.S. — Effective Sept. 22, 1988) (Amended by Ordinance 047-88C.S. — Effective July 21, 1988) (Amended by Ordinance 046-88C.S. — Effective July 21, 1988) (Amended by Ordinance 038-88C.S. — Effective July 14, 1988) (Amended by Ordinance 032-88C.S. — Effective June 23, 1988) (Amended by Ordinance 096-87C.S. — Effective Dec. 24,1987) (Amended by Ordinance 088-87C.S. — Effective Dec. 3, 1987) (Amended by Ordinance 075-87C.S. — Effective Oct. 29, 1987) (Amended by Ordinance 074-87C.S. — Effective Oct. 22, 1987) (Amended by Ordinance 067-87C.S. — Effective Oct. 1, 1987) (Amended by Ordinance 039-87C.S. — Effective July 9, 1987) (Amended by Ordinance 084-86C.S. — Effective Jan. 8, 1987) (Amended by Ordinance 044-86C.S. — Effective July 31, 1986) (Amended by Ordinance 010-96C.S. — Effective June 5, 1996) (Amended by Ordinance 016-96C.S. — Effective June 19, 1996)
SEC. 10-013.12. SPEED LIMIT ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY:
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any motor vehicle on any driveway, path, parking facility, or grounds of any property owned by the City of Stockton at a rate of speed in excess of ten (10) miles per hour, where appropriate signs designating said speed limit have been posted giving notice thereof in a conspicuous place at each entrance to such property owned by the City of Stockton, by the City Traffic Engineer with the authority of the City Manager.
A violation of this Section shall be deemed an infraction of this Code.
(Added by Ordinance 2881C.S. — Effective Jan. 13, 1977)
SEC. 10-014. PEDESTRIANS:
SEC. 10-014.1. CROSSWALKS — CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO ESTABLISH:
The City Traffic Engineer shall establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway as follows:
SEC. 10-014.2. CROSSWALKS AT INTERSECTIONS:
Crosswalks shall be established and maintained at all intersections within the Central Traffic District and at such intersections outside such district, and at other places within or outside said district, where the City Traffic Engineer determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway, subject to the limitations contained in Section 10-014.3.
SEC. 10-014.3. CROSSWALKS — MID-BLOCK:
Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk shall be established in any block which is less than six hundred (600) feet in length, except as designated by City Council resolution. Elsewhere, not more than one additional crosswalk shall be established in any one block and such crosswalk shall be located as nearly as practicable at midblock.
(Amended by Ordinance 2614C.S. — Effective Jan. 30, 1975)
SEC. 10-014.4. CROSSWALKS — PEDESTRIANS MUST USE:
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in the Central Traffic District or in any business district.
SEC. 10-014.5. CROSSING AT RIGHT ANGLES:
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb except in a marked crosswalk.
SEC. 10-014.6. STANDING OR WALKING IN ROADWAY:
No person shall stand or walk in any roadway other than in a safety zone or in a crosswalk if such action interferes with the lawful movement of traffic. This provision shall not apply to any public officer, public employee, or employee of a public utility when necessarily upon a street in performance of duty.
(Amended by Ordinance 902C.S. — Effective Feb. 2, 1963)
SEC. 10-014.7. PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL PHASING:
The City Council may designate intersections for operation under the "Pedestrian Interval Phasing" system of traffic control, under which system one phase of the signal cycle permits pedestrians to cross the intersection in all directions including diagonally, in which event the City Traffic Engineer will arrange for the installation of appropriate signals and warning devices to carry out said system in accordance with the provisions of the Vehicle Code. In the event of such designation implemented by the installation of signals and warning devices as aforesaid, the provisions of Section 10-014.4 and 10-014.5 hereof will not apply during such times as the "Pedestrian Interval Phasing" signals and warning devices are in actual operation, nor will right turns be permitted against a red light by vehicles during such operation.
(Amended by Ordinance 2737 — Approved June 14, 1954)
SEC. 10-014.8. PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL PHASING — INTERSECTIONS FOR, DESIGNATED:
The following intersections are hereby designated for operation under the "Pedestrian Interval Phasing" system of traffic control: MAIN AND AMERICAN STREETS; MAIN AND CALIFORNIA STREETS; MAIN AND SUTTER STREETS; MAIN AND SAN JOAQUIN STREETS.
(Amended by Ordinance 2817 — Approved March 7, 1955)
(Note: For PEDESTRIAN WAIT AND WALK signals, see Sections 10-008;10-008.1; 10-008.2.)
SEC. 10-017. STANDING, STOPPING OR PARKING:
SEC. 10-017.1. APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS:
The provisions of this Code prohibiting, the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified except when necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device.
SEC. 10-017.2. REGULATIONS NOT EXCLUSIVE:
The provisions of this Code imposing a time limit on standing, stopping or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of the Vehicle Code of the State of California, or of this Code, prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
SEC. 10-017.3. NO PARKING AREAS:
No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, park, or leave standing such vehicle at any time in any area established by the City Manager as a no parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by RED paint upon the curb surface. These areas shall include, but not be limited to, the following places:
Within twenty-two (22) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection within forty-four (44) feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic control sign located at the side of a roadway; within fifty (50) feet of the nearest railroad crossing; within five (5) feet of a driveway upon one side of a street when the width of the roadway is less than thirty (30) feet.
This Section shall not apply to a bus in a zone marked or signed as a bus zone.
(Amended by Urgency Ordinance 021-93C.S. — Effective June 28, 1993) (Amended by Ordinance 018-86C.S. — Effective April 24, 1986)
SEC. 10-017.4. PROHIBITED ADVERTISING ON VEHICLE:
No person shall park or place upon any roadway, City easement, City sidewalk or any public property any vehicle or vessel displaying any sign, picture, transparency, advertisement or mechanical device for the purpose of advertising or bringing notice to any person the fact that such vehicle or vessel is to be sold, rented or leased; nor shall any person park or place upon any roadway, City easement, City sidewalk or public property, or private property any vehicle for the purpose of calling the attention of the general public to any business or to commodities being sold, rented, raffled, or given away by other than a charitable or nonprofit organization.
a. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to vehicles parked FOR SALE on the private property of the owner of said vehicle and the public streets immediately adjacent thereto.
b. In any case, advertising signs on vehicles parked FOR SALE shall not be more than 10" by 12" and shall include the name, address and telephone number of the seller.
c. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to vehicles parked on the private property of a duly authorized and licensed vehicle dealer as permitted elsewhere in this Code.
(Amended by Ordinance 018-86C.S. — Effective Apr. 24, 1986)
SEC. 10-017.5. USE OF STREETS FOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES PROHIBITED:
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 period of seventy-two (72) consecutive hours. In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street in excess of a period of seventy two (72) consecutive hours such vehicle may be removed in the manner and subject to the requirements of Section 10-080 hereof.
The police officer trainee is hereby authorized to issue a citation provided for in the California Vehicle Code whenever he has reasonable cause to believe that a violation of this Section has occurred in his presence.
(Amended by Ordinance 3009-C.S. — Effective Jan. 12, 1978)
SEC. 10-017.6. PARKING OF VEHICLES WITHOUT MOTIVE POWER PROHIBITED:
No person shall park upon any part of any public street or public place, any vehicle which, at said time, is unable to move under its own power, or to park or deposit on any street for any period of time, any part of such vehicle or any junk.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any camper, or to any vehicle designed for human habitation.
(Amended by Urgency Ordinance 021-93C.S. — Effective June 28, 1993) (Amended by Ordinance 2087C.S. — Effective Mar. 19, 1971)
SEC. 10-017.7. DISOBEDIENCE TO EMERGENCY PARKING SIGNS:
Whenever the City Traffic Engineer or City Police Department has determined that an emergency traffic situation or congestion is likely to result from repairs or construction being performed upon a public street, alley or way, or from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or for other reasons, no person shall stop, park, leave standing, or operate any vehicle in the area whenever the City Traffic Engineer or City Police Department has erected or posted temporary signs or barriers as per Section 10-011.6 of the Stockton Municipal Code.
(Amended by Urgency Ordinance 021-93C.S. — Effective June 28, 1993) (Amended by Ordinance 018-86C.S. — Effective Apr. 24, 1986)
SEC. 10-017.8. SIGNS TO BE ERECTED:
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs or by RED paint upon the curb surface, all prohibited parking areas as authorized by this Code.
SEC. 10-017.9. PARKING ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS:
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would interfere with parents or guardians calling for their children by vehicle, or, would create a hazardous condition crossing the street at that point.
SEC. 10-017.10. SIGNS TO BE ERECTED:
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 except for the purpose of loading or unloading school children, school employees, or school supplies.
SEC. 10-017.11. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DISABLED PERSONS' VEHICLE PARKING ZONES:
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to designate by appropriate signs and/or markings such curb spaces upon or along such streets or thoroughfares within the City, as the City Manager has heretofore or may hereafter designate as a disabled persons' vehicle parking zone and to designate parking spaces and stalls in municipally owned parking facilities as the City Manager has heretofore or may hereafter designate as a disabled persons' vehicle parking space or stall.
(Added by Ordinance 2969C.S. — Effective Sept. 29, 1977)
SEC. 10-017.12. DETERMINATION OF DISABLED PERSONS' VEHICLE PARKING ZONES:
The City Manager is hereby authorized to determine the location of and establish disabled persons' vehicle stall and spaces, within the municipally owned off-street parking facilities, as needed for the parking of a vehicle owned by or being used to transport a disabled person displaying a plate or placard issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of California.
(Added by Ordinance 2969C.S. — Effective Sept. 29, 1977)
SEC. 10-017.13. DISABLED PERSONS' PARKING SPACES ON PRIVATELY OWNED PARKING FACILITIES:
The owner of a privately owned parking facility generally opened to the public which shall include but not be limited to a shopping center, hospital, medical center, or business parking lots, may designate by placing upon the curb spaces or by other designation disabled persons and/or disabled veterans parking stalls or spaces.
(Amended by Ordinance 3546C.S. — Effective April 22, 1982)
SEC. 10-017.14. STANDING, STOPPING OR PARKING IN DISABLED PERSONS' VEHICLE PARKING ZONE:
When appropriate signs or curb markings are placed, giving notice thereof, except when signs indicate to the contrary, no person other than a disabled person shall at any time stop in disabled persons' parking zone, stalls or spaces or park any vehicle in such parking zone, stalls or spaces. A disabled person's vehicle shall display a plate or placard issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, designating the vehicle as a vehicle belonging to or being used to transport a disabled person.
(Added by Ordinance 2969C.S. — Effective Sept. 29, 1977)
SEC. 10-017.15. REPAIR OF VEHICLES PROHIBITED ON ROADWAY:
No person shall park or cause to be parked, any vehicle upon any roadway for the purpose of repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(Added by Ordinance 018-86C.S. — Effective April 24, 1986)
SEC. 10-018. METHOD OF PARKING:
SEC. 10-018.1. ANGLE PARKING:
The City Manager is hereby authorized to determine those street upon which angle parking shall be permitted, in which event the City Traffic Engineer shall indicate all such places by placing white lines upon the surface of the roadway indicating the angle at which parking is permitted.
SEC. 10-018.2. PAIR PARKING:
The City Manager may designate areas within the City for operation under the Pair Parking System under which system two cars are parked bumper to bumper with a maneuvering space between each pair of cars, in which event the City Traffic Engineer shall have painted RED the curb bordering such maneuvering spaces in said areas so designated.
SEC. 10-018.3. CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER'S RECORD:
Upon the selecting, changing or abandoning of angle parking or ''pair parking" areas, as authorized herein, the City Manager shall cause to be filed a record of such action with the City Traffic Engineer who shall keep an official record which will indicate at all times such areas.
SEC. 10-018.4. STRADDLE PARKING PROHIBITED:
In any areas where any painted or marked lines have been placed on the pavement by the City Traffic Engineer pursuant to the Traffic Engineer's authority for the purpose of allotting space to parked vehicles, no operator of any vehicle shall park said vehicle unless said vehicle is entirely within the limits of said allotted space. This prohibition shall apply to all forms of parking authorized on the City streets and shall include parallel, angle, and "pair parking" spaces. (Amended by Urgency Ordinance 021-93C.S.— Effective June 28, 1993)
SEC. 10-018.5. PARKING NOT TO OBSTRUCT TRAFFIC:
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle upon any street or alley when the width of the roadway is less than twenty (20) feet; nor shall any person park any vehicle upon a street or alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten (10) feet of width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic; nor shall any vehicle, or anything attached thereto, which is parked diagonally, extend twenty (20) feet or more, measured at right angles, from the curb where said vehicle is parked.
(Amended by Ordinance 018-86C.S. — Effective April 24, 1986)
SEC. 10-018.6. PARKING IN ALLEYS:
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten (10) feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic, and no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within an alley in such position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.
SEC. 10-018.7.
(Repealed by Ordinance 2969C.S. — Effective Sept. 29, 1977)
SEC. 10-018.8.
(Repealed by Ordinance 2969C.S. — Effective Sept. 29, 1977)
SEC. 10-018.9. PARKING PROHIBITED ON PARKWAY:
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in or upon any portion of a parkway.
SEC. 10-018.10. LEAVING KEYS IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES:
No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended in any public place, or any used or new car lot, or private or public parking lot, without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, and removing the ignition key from the vehicle.
(Amended by Urgency Ordinance 021-93C.S. — Effective June 28, 1993) (Added by Ordinance 1635C.S. — Effective March 7, 1968)
SEC. 10-018.11. PRESUMPTION:
The registered owner of a motor vehicle found in violation of Section 10-018.10 of this Code shall be held prima facie responsible for any such violation.
(Added by Ordinance 1635C.S. — Effective March 7, 1968)
SEC. 10-018.12. ANGLE PARKING — FRONT OF VEHICLE MUST BE ADJACENT TO CURB:
Where a parking space on a street has been indicated as a space for angle parking pursuant to Section 10-018.1 hereof, any vehicle parked or standing in such parking space shall be parked or shall stand so that the foremost part of said vehicle shall be nearest to the curb adjacent to such space.
(Added by Ordinance 2079C.S. — Effective March 4, 1971)
SEC. 10-018.13. PARKING PROHIBITED IN PUBLIC PARKS:
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in or upon any portion of a public park which is planted in grass, or in or upon any portion of a public park which is not designated as a parking area.
(Added by Ordinance 2186C.S. — Effective Dec. 16, 1971)
SEC. 10-018.14. DOUBLE VEHICLE/BOAT TRAILER STALLS PARKING AREA:
When parking spaces at public boat launching facilities have been indicated as spaces for double vehicle/boat trailer parking, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle without a boat trailer in or upon any portion of such double vehicle/boat trailer space.
(Added by Ordinance 2969-C.S. — Effective Sept. 29, 1977)
SEC. 10-019. STOPPING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING:
SEC. 10-020. FREIGHT LOADING ZONES:
SEC. 10-020.1. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH FREIGHT LOADING ZONES:
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to appropriately sign, or to have painted YELLOW, such curbs upon or along such public streets or thoroughfares within the City as the City Manager has heretofore or may hereafter designate as freight loading zones.
SEC. 10-020.2. STANDING IN FREIGHT LOADING ZONES:
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within a freight loading zone except as provided for herein.
1. Vehicles permitted in freight loading zones shall be limited to those vehicles which bear a commercial license plate issued by the State of California or a Commercial Vehicle Permit issued by the City of Stockton.
2. The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries and to the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail.
3. In the event that a police officer or parking violation deputy places on or under the tire of a vehicle parked in the freight loading zone of the City of Stockton a chalk mark or other identifying mark or object for the purpose of identifying the vehicle and its time of parking, no person shall erase or remove said chalk mark or identifying mark or object except by moving the vehicle out of the zone.
4. No person shall stand, stop, or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading, delivery or pickup and loading of material in any place marked as a freight loading zone between the hours of 7:00 am. and 4:00 p.m., unless different times are indicated by appropriate signs, in that portion of the Central Traffic District designated by Council resolution and between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., unless different times are indicated by appropriate sign, in all other places marked as a freight loading zone. In no case shall the stop for loading or unloading of materials exceed twenty (20) minutes; provided, however, that when the loading or unloading of the materials is proceeding in an active and diligent manner the said vehicle may be parked in the said loading zone until the loading or unloading is completed.
(Amended by Urgency Ordinance 02193C.S. — Effective June 28, 1993) (Amended by Ordinance 2969C.S. — Effective Sept. 29, 1977)
SEC. 10-020.3. COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PERMITS:
The City Manager is hereby authorized and empowered to issue Commercial Vehicle Permits subject to the following requirements:
A. Application-Contents of: Each application for a permit hereunder shall be in writing upon a form to be furnished by the City Manager and must be accompanied by the fee required by this Section.
Each application must set forth the name and address of the applicant; the type and location of the business in which applicant is engaged; the license number and motor number of each vehicle involved, the make, model and type of each vehicle involved, the type of merchandise, material or property to be transported, picked up or delivered; and such other information as the City Manager may require.
B. Investigation: Upon the filing of each application for a permit hereunder, the City Manager shall cause to be made such investigation as he may deem proper to ascertain whether or not the principal use of the vehicle involved, for which a permit is requested, will be the transportation, pickup or delivery of merchandise, material or property.
C. Permit and Renewal Fees: Before receiving any application for said permits or for renewal thereof, the City Manager shall require the payment of a fee to cover the cost to the City for investigation of the applicant and the issuance of the permit, as required herein. Said fee shall be set from time to time by resolution of the City Council.
D. Permits—Issuance: After the investigation required by this Section, the City Manager may issue said permit which shall be for a period of time not to exceed one (1) year, provided that all permits issued hereunder shall expire on the thirtieth day of June next following the date of issuance, or unless sooner revoked.
E. Permits—Where Affixed: Permits issued under the provisions of this Section shall be securely affixed to the left rear bumper within twelve (12) inches of the left end.
F. Change of Address—Notification: If the holder of a permit changes the location of his business from that shown in his application, he shall, within ten (10) days therefrom, notify the City Manager in writing of said change and furnish the new address. G. Permits—Not Transferable: Permits issued hereunder are not transferable and, if a vehicle for which a permit was issued is sold or the ownership thereof is transferred, or the holder of the permit sells, assigns, transfers, or otherwise disposes of his business or interest therein, the permit shall thereupon become null and void.
H. Abuse of Loading and Unloading Privileges: Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of this Section, the City Manager is authorized and empowered to revoke said permit when, in the opinion of the City Manager, the permittee, his agent, or employee abuses the loading and unloading privileges herein granted, or fails to comply with any of the requirements of this Section. Said revoked permit shall immediately be removed by the permittee from the vehicle for which it was issued upon receipt of the notice of revocation.
I. Privileges Granted Same as Other Authorized Commercial Vehicles: Nothing in this Section shall be construed as permitting or granting to a permittee hereunder any privilege for the stopping or standing of a vehicle for the purpose of loading or unloading that is not provided for all commercial vehicles by the provisions of this Code.
(Amended by Ordinance 2667C.S. — Effective June 27, 1975)
SEC. 10-020.4. STOPPING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING IN A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE CENTRAL TRAFFIC DISTRICT:
No person shall stand, stop, or park a vehicle for the commercial purpose of loading or unloading freight or materials between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays in any portion of the Central Traffic District, designated by resolution of the City Council.
SEC. 10-020.5. LOADING OR UNLOADING OF PASSENGERS IN FREIGHT LOADING ZONES:
The driver of a passenger vehicle may stop temporarily between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. in any area marked as a freight loading zone, for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any motor vehicle used for the transportation of materials or freight which is waiting to enter or about to enter such zone.
SEC. 10-020.6. STOPPING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING DURING CERTAIN HOURS IN CENTRAL TRAFFIC DISTRICT:
No vehicle shall load or unload, pick up or deliver, freight, merchandise, swill, material for use in tallow reduction, garbage or refuse, between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in the Central Traffic District; provided, that between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., vehicles may load or unload in the Central Traffic District, when parked so that both wheels on the same side of such vehicle are parallel with and within eighteen (18) inches from the curb, or are legally parked in any angle parking space.
1. In that portion of the Central Traffic District designated by resolution of the City Council, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., the provisions set forth herein shall be enforced so as to facilitate the loading or unloading of materials or merchandise with a minimum of congestion, or conflict, with other traffic on the street. The provisions of this Section shall be interpreted so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading and unloading and where traffic conditions permit, the provisions hereof shall be so construed as to allow the use of the traffic lanes for the purpose of expeditious loading or unloading of materials or merchandise.
SEC. 10-020.7. PERMITS FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING IN CENTRAL TRAFFIC DISTRICT:
In case of undue hardship, such as extremely large trucks or trucks at the terminal of a long haul, the Chief of Police shall issue a permit for parking to load or unload in the Central Traffic District between the hours of 11:30 am. and 4:00 p.m., even though curb space may not be readily available.
Permits shall be good for one calendar day only.
Permits, when issued, shall contain the make and type of vehicle, the license number, the name of the applicant, the location where and times when the permit shall be in effect and the manner of parking or other restrictions necessary to insure the usual flow of vehicular traffic. The permit shall be attached to the windshield of the vehicle or be in possession of the driver at all times when the permit is in effect and shall be shown to any officer on demand.
SEC. 10-021. SPECIAL LOADING ZONES:
The City Manager is hereby authorized to have "Special Loading Zone" signs attached to parking meter standing in such parking meter zones as he may consider necessary for the loading or unloading of freight or material between the hours of 7:00 am. and 11:30 am., or between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., respectively, except holidays and Sundays. In establishing such "Special Loading Zones" and the hours of use, the City Manager shall determine that such zone is necessary and desirable, taking into consideration the probable frequency of use, weight and character of merchandise to be loaded or unloaded in that vicinity, number of firms using proposed zone, traffic congestion in area, and vehicle parking demand in the morning and afternoon in the area.
1. The City Manager may change the hours of use, remove or relocate said "Special Loading Zone" for any of the following reasons:
(a) Continued abuse of zone.
(b) When satisfied that circumstances and conditions no longer require the existence of said zone or the hours of use of said zone.
2. No person, firm, or corporation shall have a vested right to any "Special Loading Zone" or hours of use.
SEC. 10-021.1. STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING IN "SPECIAL LOADING ZONE":
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials in any place marked as a "Special Loading Zone" between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. in those zones marked for that period of time or between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in those zones marked for that period of time. In no case shall the stop for loading or unloading of materials exceed twenty (20) minutes; provided, however, that when the loading or unloading of the materials is proceeding in an active and diligent manner the said vehicle may be parked in the said loading zone until the loading or unloading is completed. After the hour of 11:30 a.m. the "Special Loading Zones" for the 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. period of time shall be subject to the same regulations and requirements as ordinary metered spaces. Before the hour of 11:30 a.m. and after the hour of 4:00 p.m. the "Special Loading Zones" for the 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. period of time shall be subject to the same regulations and requirements as ordinary metered spaces.
SEC. 10-022. LOADING ZONE HOODS:
SEC. 10-022.1. AUTHORITY OF CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE:
The City Manager is hereby authorized to issue parking meter loading zone hoods to persons, firms or corporations occupying property adjacent to parking spaces located within the parking meter zone, and such persons, firms or corporations are hereby authorized to use such hoods as provided herein.
SEC. 10-022.2. APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO USE:
Such hoods shall only be issued, after due application as provided herein, when the circumstances indicate to the satisfaction of the City Manager that there is a need to limit the parking in certain areas within the parking meter zone to parking for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers, merchandise or materials during certain times.
SEC. 10-022.3. CONTENTS OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO USE:
Application for the issuance of a parking meter loading zone hood shall be made on a form approved by the City Manager. The application form shall require the following information:
(a) Name and address of applicant.
(b) Name and address of person, firm or corporation occupying the premises adjacent to the parking space concerned.
(c) The number of the parking meter located at the parking space for which restricted parking is requested.
(d) A statement of the reasons for the need for such parking restriction may be necessary.
(e) Such other relevant information as the City Manager may require.
SEC. 10-022.4. SPECIFICATIONS:
The parking meter loading zone hood shall consist of a canvas hood of sufficient size to cover the parking meter head. It shall be equipped with a locking device and shall have the words "Parking for Loading Only" printed on the hood in lettering as large as the space on the hood will permit.
SEC. 10-022.5. DEPOSIT AND FEES:
The person, firm or corporation issued a parking meter loading zone hood shall pay to the Director of Finance such deposit and fees as shall be established and set from time to time by resolution of the City Council.
SEC. 10-022.6. USE OF HOOD RESTRICTED:
The person, firm or corporation authorized to use such parking meter loading zone hood shall place such hood over the head of the parking meter with the lettering facing the street, and shall lock the lock provided on the hood and shall only place or allow such hood to remain on the parking meter during such times as the limitation of parking as provided herein is needed. Use of the meter hood is limited to the parking space for which authority for restricted parking is granted.
(Amended by Ordinance 1167C.S. — Effective Nov. 26, 1964)
SEC. 10-022.7. PROHIBITED USE OF:
No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, or park such vehicle in any parking space adjacent to a parking meter stand upon which a loading zone hood is properly in place unless such parking be while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers, merchandise, or materials. In no case shall the stop exceed twenty (20) minutes.
(Amended by Urgency Ordinance 021-93C.S — Effective June 28, 1993)
SEC. 10-022.8. REVOCATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE:
No person shall have a vested right to any permit for a parking meter loading zone hood and the decision of the City Manager in granting, denying or revoking such permit shall be final, and the revocation of said permit may be made by the City Manager either with or without notice to the holder of said permit. The City Manager may revoke the authority granted herein to use such hood for any of the following reasons:
(a) When the person, firm or corporation has failed to pay the fee as provided herein.
(b) When the City Manager is satisfied that the circumstances no longer require the existence of such authority.
(c) When the person, firm or corporation is found to be using the hood for purposes other than to fulfill the need for which the authority to use the hood was granted.
SEC. 10-023. PASSENGER LOADING ZONES:
SEC. 10-023.1. ESTABLISHING PASSENGER LOADING ZONES:
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to have painted WHITE such curbs upon or along such streets or thoroughfares within the City as the City Manager has heretofore or may hereafter designate as passenger loading zones.
SEC. 10-023.2. STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING IN PASSENGER LOADING ZONES:
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any place marked as a passenger loading zone for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers or for the depositing of mail in a courtesy mail box. Such stops shall not exceed three (3) minutes, except that the passenger loading zones in front of theaters may be used as freight and material loading zones when such theaters are closed.
SEC. 10-023.3. BUS ZONES TO BE ESTABLISHED:
The City Manager is hereby authorized to determine the location of, and establish bus zones and the hours of use, opposite curb space as needed for the loading or unloading of buses. Bus zones shall normally be established on the far side of intersections. Such zones shall be marked by the use of RED paint upon the curb surface or by appropriate signs.
(Amended by Ordinance 2028C.S. — Effective Sept. 24, 1970)
SEC. 10-023.4. STANDING, STOPPING OR PARKING IN BUS ZONES:
When appropriate signs or curb markings are in place giving notice thereof, except when signs indicate to the contrary, no person shall at any time stop, stand or park any vehicle except a bus in a bus zone.
(Amended by Ordinance 2028C.S. — Effective Sept. 24, 1970)
SEC. 10-023.5. FUNERAL AND WEDDING ZONES:
The City Manager is hereby authorized to establish funeral and wedding zones where needed in front of undertaking or religious establishments where a passenger loading zone is not warranted. Such zones shall be designated and shall become effective with the placement of portable signs or stands by the director or person in charge of such funeral or religious establishment within the projected real property boundaries of such establishment. Said signs shall be of a type and size approved by the City Traffic Engineer. When so placed not more than forty (40) minutes prior to a funeral or wedding service, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, or park said vehicle for any period of time longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers and not to exceed three (3) minutes unless the operator of said vehicle is directed by or has received permission from the person in charge of such place to park such vehicle for a longer period of time. Said signs or stands shall be removed at the conclusion of the funeral or wedding service.
(Amended by Urgency Ordinance 021-93C.S. — Effective June 28, 1993)
SEC. 10-024. RESTRICTED AND OFFICIAL PARKING AREAS:
SEC. 10-024.1. RESTRICTED PARKING AREAS:
The City Manager may direct the City Traffic Engineer to erect signs permitting, restricting, or prohibiting stopping, standing or parking upon streets or portions of streets during certain hours of certain days.
When such signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle within such area contrary to said signs excepting buses engaged in the loading or unloading of passengers.
(Amended by Ordinance 614 C.S. — Effective May 11, 1961)
SEC. 10-024.2. OFFICIAL PARKING AREAS:
Whenever the City Manager shall determine that the orderly and efficient conduct of the business of the City of Stockton, the Port of Stockton, or other governmental agency requires that the parking or standing of vehicles on certain streets or property, or portions thereof, owned by City of Stockton, the Port of Stockton or other governmental agency, be limited to certain vehicles, the City Manager shall have the power and authority to direct the City Traffic Engineer to erec
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