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Ordinance 831 , ! • ORDINANCE N0. 831 AN 0&DINANCE OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO RECIJLATING STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING ON PRIVATE STREETS, AND PROVIDIpiG FOR SIGNS NOTIFYING TfiE PUBLIC THEREOF, AND FtTRTHER pRpVIDING FOR YENALTIES FOR VIOLATION TliEREOF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TFiE CITY OF CUPERTINO DOES,ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: ~ SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. i , Section 1.1: Highway: A"highway", for the purpoaes of this Ordinance shall be any private roadway upon which Sectiona of the Vehicle Code been made applicable by the City Council of the City of Cupertino. Section 1.2: Holiday: "Holidays" are: The firet day in January, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Admissioa Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas. Section 1.3: Intersection: An "intersection" is the area em6raced within the prolongation of the lateral curb 11aes, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadvays, of two highways which join one another at approximately right angles or the area vithin vhich ~ehicles traveliag upoa different highways joining at any ocher angle may come in coaflict. Section 1.4: Park: "Park" is to stand or leave etanding any vehicle, whecher occupied or noc, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of aad while actually engaged in loadiag or unloading or passengera or materials. Section 1.5: Parkway: A"parkvay" is that portion of a street other than a roadway or sidevalk. Section l.b: Roadway: A"roadway" is that portion of a highway improved, designed. or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. Section 1.7: Sidewalk: A"sidevalk" is that poztion of a highway, other than the roadvay, set apart by curbs, barriers, markings or other dellneation for pedestrian travel. Section 1.8: Stop or Stopping: "Stop or atopping" when prohibited shall mean any cessation of movement of a vehicle, whether occupied or not. except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or official traffic control device or signal. Section 1.9: Street: A"street" is a highvay. SECTION 2. CURB MARKINGS AND SIGNS TO INDICATE NO STOPPING AND PARKING REGU- LATIONS. Section 2.1: The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized, aubject to the pzovisions and limitations of thia Chapter, to approve, and when required herein shall approve, the following curb markings or curb markings and aigns, to indica[e parking or standing regulations, and said curb markings shall heve che meanings as hereinafter set fozth. ~ . Section 2.2: No Parkinrt Zone: Red shall mean no atopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may atop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone. Section ?.3: Loadina 2one: Yellow ahall mean no stopping, atanding or parking for aay purpoae other thaa the loading or unloading of pasaeagera or materials to and from commercial vehicles making commercial deliveriea, pra- vided that the loading or unloadiag of passengera shall not consume more than three (3) minutea, nor the loadiag or unloading of materials more than twenty (20) minutea, unlesa the City Traffic Engineer hae approved signa to be posted giving notice of differeat period in which the restrictions shall apply. Section 2.4: Pasaenqer LoadinQ Zone: White ehall mean no atopping, standing or parking for aay purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers, which shall not exceed three (3) minutes, unleas the City Traffic Engineer has approved signa to be poated giving notice of a differenC period in vhich the reatrictions shall apply. Section 2.5: Restricted Parking Zone: Green ahall mean no stopping, standing or parking for longer than twelve (12] minutea at any time between 7:00 a. m. and 6:00 p. m. on any day except Sundays and holidays, unleas the City Traffic Engineer has approved signa, markiag or curb markings and aigns to be posted giving notice of a different period in which the restrictions apply. Section 2.6: Handicapped ParkinR Zone: Blue ahall mean ao stopping, standing or parking except for vehicles of physically handicapped peraons. SECTION 3. PURPOSE. Section 3.1: The proviaiona of this Ordinaace prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times, or at those times herein specified, except whea it is necessary either to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict With other traffic, or in compliance with the directions of a law en- forcement officer or official traffic control device. Section 3.2: The provisions of this Ordinance imposing a time limit on stopping, standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the du[y to observe other and more reatrictive provisione of the Vehicle Code of the State of California, or the ordinances of the City prohibiting or limiting [he stop- ping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at apecified timea. SECTION 4. STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN PLACES Section 4.1: Obedience to Si~tns: Whenever signs have been erected, pursuant to Section 2, no peraon shall stop, atand or park any vehicle in the area designated by such aigne. Section 4.2: ParkinR Space Markings: The City Traffic Engineer ia authorized to approve parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings where authorized parking is permitted. When such parking space markings are placed in the highway, subject to other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be stopped, left s[anding or parked, other than vithin a single space~ unless the size or shape of such vehicle makes compliance impossible. - 2 - _ . _ _ _ .m,- . . . . _ ~ . . . . ' . ~ ~ Section 4.3: AuthoritY to Establish LoadinA Zoaes: The City Traffic Engineer ie hereby authorized to approve loading zones and passenger loading zones ia front o£ any hall or place used for the purposa of public asaembly. Section 4.4: Loading Zones, Marking: Loading zonea ahall be indicated by a ye11oW paint line upon the top and face of all curbs within auch zonea. Section 4.5: Pasaenger LoadinS Zonea: Pasaeager loading zones ehall be indicated by a whlte 11ne etenciled with black letters "PASSENGER LOADING ONLY" upon the top of all curba in said zones. Section 4.6. Authority to Establish Pazkin6 SDaces for the Excluaive ~ Uae of Handicapped Peraona; Markinga: The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to approve parking spacea for the exclusive use of vehicles vhich display a distinguishing license place or placard iasued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles to hendicapped peraona or to disabled veterane purauant to Sections 22511.5 and 9105 of the California Vehicle Code. All parking spacea so desigaated shall be identified by blue paint on the curb or edge of the paved portioa of the atreet adjacent to the space. In addition to blue paint, the space may also be indicated by aigna or other euitable means. SECTION 5. PARKING REGiTLATIONS. Section 5.1: Parking Prohibi[ed AlanR Certain Streets: No person shall stop, s[and or park any vehicle as defined in the Vehicle Code of California on any day vithia the City of Cupertino, to wit: On any of the folloving enumerated atreets, or portioas of atreets within Tracts numbered 5099. 5103, 5104, 5105, 5284, 5265, 5286 and 528~, Oak Meadows Subdivlsion. Sidea of Street Street Portion Ridgevay Drive Both All Longdown Road Both Al1 Lamplighter Square Both All Poplar Grove Square Both All Firwood Drive Both All Pottera Hatch Co~on Both Al1 Cricket Hill Road Both All Surrey Circle Both All Camberley I.ane Both All On any of the following en~erated streeta. or portiona of streeta ~i hin Tracta numbered 50)0 aad 5071, Northpoint Subdiviaion. -3- ' . ~ ~ i ~ II Sidea of Street Street Portion NorthKeet Square Bcth Al2 Northbrook Square Both All Northseal Square Both All Northaky Square Both All Norchpoint Way Both All Northshore Square Both All Northwind Square Both All Northcrest Square Both All Northfield Square Both Al1 ` Northforde Drive Both All Northview Square Boih Al1 Northridge Square Both All Northoak Square Both All Northcove Square Both All Northwood Drive Both All Northhurst Drive Both All Northglen Sqaure Both All On any of the following en~erated etreeta, or portions of atreets, within Tracts numbered 4823 and 4824, Waetridge Village Subdiviaion. Sidea of Street Street Portion :ioasy Oak Court Both Ail Dove Oak Court Both All Spaniah Oak Court Both All Queens Oak Court Both All Liberty Oak Lane Both All Long Oak Lane Both All Royal Oak Way Both All Svan Oak Lane Both All Weeping Oak Court Both All Amador Oak Court Both All Lazy Oak Court Soth All On any of the unnamed atreeta, or portiona of atreeta within Tract number 5374, Caea De Anza Condominium and Tracts numbered 4919 and 4920. Rouatree Subdiviaion. On any of the followiag enumerated streeta, or portiona of atreets, within Vallco Fashion Park. Sidea of ~ Street Street Portion Perimeter Road Both All Vallco Parkway Soth All - 4 - . . . . ..v . T . .u. ' . ~_s . , • . ' • ~ On any of the deaigaated fire lanea, or portions of fire lanea, within Vallco Village Shoppiag Center. Sectioa 5.2: Diagonal parking permitted on certaia atreeta. No petaon ahall stop, etand or park any vehicle as defined in the Vahicle Code of Cal- ifornia except within the parking stalls provided, marked and delineated on the following named atreete, to wit: Ridgeway Drive Northbrook Square Longdown Road Lamplighter Square Northaeal Square Poplar Grove Square Northaky Square Pottera Hatch Co~on Northpoint Way Surrey Circle Northshore Square Camberley Lane Northvind Squaze Northwest Square Northcrest Square Norchfield Square Northoak Square Northview Square Northcove Square Northridge Square Northglen Square Moasy Oak Court Long Oak Lane Dove Qak Court Swan Oak Lane Spanieh Oak Court Amador Oak Court Liberty Oak Laae Lazy Oak Court SECTION 6. PENALTIES. Section 6.1: Aay peraon, firm or corporation violating any proviaion of this Ordinance ahall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be puniahed by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500) or by imprieonment ia the County Jail not to exceed six (6) montha for each violation, or by both auch fine and imprisonment. SECTION 7. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Section 7.1: If any aection, subsection, sentence, clauae or phrase of thia Ordinance is for any reason held to be unconatitutional, such decision shall no[ affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The legilative body hereby declarea that it vould have pasaed this Ordinance and each section, subaection, aeatence, clauae or phrase thereof, irreapective of the fact that any one or more aection, aubaection, aenteace, clause or phrase be declared unconstitutional. SECTION 8. ENFORCEMENT. Section 8.1: The City Clerk is hereby authorized and instructed to file a certified copy of this Ordinance upon ita becoming effective wi[h the Sheriff's Office of the County of Santa Clara, State of California. SECTION 9. PUBLISHING CLAUSE. Section 9.1. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause a certified copy of this Ordinance to be publiahed at least once within fifteen (15) days after its enactment in the Cupertino Courier, the official newapaper of [he City, published and circulated within the City of Cupertino. - 5 - ' , ~ ~ Ordinance No. 831 INTRODUCED at a ragular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cupertino this 8th day of November . 1977, aad ENACTED at a regular meeGing of the City Council of the City of Cupertino thie 2l.etday of Novembar , 1977, by the folloviag vote: Vote Membera of the C1tv Council AYES: Jackaon. Mayera~ Nallis~ 0'ReeEe, Frolich NOES: Nona AHSENT: Nona ABSTAIN: None APPItOVED : hy-iM-A~fX ~ '7~~ ~ ?tapor~ City of Cupertino ~ ATTEST: City Clerk -6- _ a ~ ~~o , ~ . , . ~ . ~ 'I " I hereb ~ y certi£q that the City of Cupertiao Ordinance No. ~ aCkachad hu~to is a true aad correct copy o! said Ordiaance whi~h has b~tn published or poated pur~uaat to law. i ~ Wm. E. Rqde ~ City Clark