§ 10.20.160. Commercial vehicles.

A.

No person shall park or leave standing a commercial vehicle having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand (10,000) pounds, or any commercial trailer or semi-trailer regardless of weight, on any street or highway within a residential district in the unincorporated area of the county.

B.

The director of transportation or his or her designees shall post signs to give notice of the parking restrictions contained in this section at major entry points into the county in the unincorporated areas.

C.

This section shall not apply under the following conditions:

1.

Any commercial vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted streets or highways or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted streets or highways for which a building permit has previously been obtained;

2.

Any vehicle parked in connection with, and in the aid of, the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which such vehicle is parked;

3.

Any school or passenger bus under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission;

4.

Any vehicle owned by a city, county, state, public entity or licensed contractor engaged in the installation, maintenance, or repair of any public property, utility or highway; and

5.

Any authorized emergency vehicle as defined by the California Vehicle Code.

D.

Penalty. Violation of this section shall be an infraction, punishable by a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for the first infraction, a fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the second infraction, and a fine of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for each additional violation of this section within a period of one year after the second infraction.

(Ord. 413.30 § 1.17, 2005)