21113.
(a) No person shall drive any vehicle or animal, nor shall any
person stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle or animal, whether attended
or unattended, upon the driveways, paths, parking facilities, or the grounds
of any public school, state university, state college, unit of the state
park system, county park, municipal airport, rapid transit district, transit
development board, transit district, joint powers agency operating or
managing a commuter rail system, or any property under the direct control of
the legislative body of a municipality, or any state, county, or hospital
district institution or building, or any educational institution exempted,
in whole or in part, from taxation, or any harbor improvement district or
harbor district formed pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 5800) or
Part 3 (commencing with Section 6000) of Division 8 of the Harbors and
Navigation Code, a district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with
Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code, or state
grounds served by the Department of the California Highway Patrol, or any
property under the possession or control of a housing authority formed
pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 34240) of Part 2 of Division
24 of the Health and Safety Code, except with the permission of, and upon
and subject to any condition or regulation which may be imposed by the
legislative body of the municipality, or the governing board or officer of
the public school, state university, state college, county park, municipal
airport, rapid transit district, transit development board, transit
district, joint powers agency operating or managing a commuter rail system,
or state, county, or hospital district institution or building, or
educational institution, or harbor district, or a district organized
pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 16 of the
Streets and Highways Code, or housing authority, or the Director of Parks
and Recreation regarding units of the state park system or the state agency
with jurisdiction over the grounds served by the Department of the
California Highway Patrol.
21113. (e) A transit development board may adopt ordinances, rules, or
regulations to restrict, or specify the conditions for, the use of bicycles,
motorized bicycles, skateboards, and roller skates on property under the
control of, or any portion of property used by, the board.
21113. (f) A public agency, including, but not limited to, the Regents of
the University of California and the Trustees of the California State
University, may adopt rules or regulations to restrict, or specify the
conditions for, the use of bicycles, motorized bicycles, skateboards, and
roller skates on public property under the jurisdiction of that agency.
21209.
(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle in a bicycle lane
established on a roadway pursuant to Section 21207 except as follows:
(1) To park where parking is permitted.
(2) To enter or leave the roadway.
(3) To prepare for a turn within a distance of 200 feet from the
intersection.
(b) This section does not prohibit the use of a motorized bicycle in a
bicycle lane, pursuant to Section 21207.5, at a speed no greater than is
reasonable or prudent, having due regard for visibility, traffic conditions,
and the condition of the roadway surface of the bicycle lane, and in a
manner which does not endanger the safety of
bicyclists.
22500.
No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle whether attended
or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or
in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or official traffic
control device, in any of the following places:
(a) Within an intersection, except adjacent to curbs as may be
permitted by local ordinance.
(b) On a crosswalk, except that a bus
engaged as a common carrier or a taxicab may stop in an unmarked crosswalk
to load or unload passengers when authorized by the legislative body of any
city pursuant to an ordinance.
(c) Between a safety zone and the adjacent right-hand curb or within
the area between the zone and the curb as may be indicated by a sign or red
paint on the curb, which sign or paint was erected or placed by local
authorities pursuant to an ordinance.
(d) Within 15 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station.
This subdivision does not apply to any vehicle owned or operated by a fire
department and clearly marked as a fire department vehicle.
(e) In front of a public or private
driveway, except that a bus engaged as a common carrier, school bus, or a
taxicab may stop to load or unload passengers when authorized by local
authorities pursuant to an ordinance. In unincorporated territory, where the
entrance of a private road or driveway is not delineated by an opening in a
curb or by other curb construction, so much of the surface of the ground as
is paved, surfaced, or otherwise plainly marked by vehicle use as a private
road or driveway entrance, shall constitute a driveway.
(f) On any portion of a sidewalk, or with the body of the vehicle
extending over any portion of a sidewalk, except electric carts when
authorized by local ordinance, as specified in Section 21114.5. Lights,
mirrors, or devices that are required to be mounted upon a vehicle under
this code may extend from the body of the vehicle over the sidewalk to a
distance of not more than 10 inches.
(g) Alongside or opposite any street or
highway excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would
obstruct traffic.
(h) On the roadway side of any vehicle
stopped, parked, or standing at the curb or edge of a highway, except for a
school bus when stopped to load or unload pupils in a business or residence
district where the speed limit is 25 miles per hour or less.
(i) Except as provided under Section 22500.5, alongside curb space
authorized for the loading and unloading of passengers of a bus engaged as a
common carrier in local transportation when indicated by a sign or red paint
on the curb erected or painted by local authorities pursuant to an
ordinance.
(j) In a tube or tunnel, except vehicles
of the authorities in charge, being used in the repair, maintenance, or
inspection of the facility.
(k) Upon a bridge, except vehicles of the authorities in charge,
being used in the repair, maintenance, or inspection of the facility, and
except that buses engaged as a common carrier in local transportation may
stop to load or unload passengers upon a bridge where sidewalks are
provided, when authorized by local authorities pursuant to an ordinance, and
except that local authorities pursuant to an ordinance or the Department of
Transportation pursuant to an order, within their respective jurisdictions,
may permit parking on bridges having sidewalks and shoulders of sufficient
width to permit parking without interfering with the normal movement of
traffic on the roadway. Local authorities, by ordinance or resolution, may
permit parking on these bridges on state highways in their respective
jurisdictions if the ordinance or resolution is first approved in writing by
the Department of Transportation. Parking shall not be permitted unless
there are signs in place, as may be necessary, to indicate the provisions of
local ordinances or the order of the Department of Transportation.
(l) In front of that portion of a curb
that has been cut down, lowered, or constructed to provide wheelchair
accessibility to the sidewalk and that is designated for wheelchair access
by either a sign or red paint on the curb pursuant to an ordinance of the
local authority.
22500.1.
In addition to Section 22500, no person shall stop, park, or leave standing
any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid
conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace
officer or official traffic control device along the edge of any highway, at
any curb, or in any location in a publicly or privately owned or operated
off-street parking facility, designated as a fire lane by the fire
department or fire district with jurisdiction over the area in which the
place is located.
The designation shall be indicated (1) by a sign posted immediately adjacent
to, and visible from, the designated place clearly stating in letters not
less than one inch in height that the place is a fire lane, (2) by outlining
or painting the place in red and, in contrasting color, marking the place
with the words "FIRE LANE", which are clearly visible from a vehicle, or (3)
by a red curb or red paint on the edge of the roadway upon which is clearly
marked the words "FIRE LANE".
22507.8 and local ordinances and resolutions adopted pursuant to
Section 22511.7.
Local authorities may establish recruitment and employment guidelines that
encourage and enable employment of qualified disabled persons in these
special enforcement units. Members of the special enforcement unit may issue
notices of parking violation for violations of Section 22507.8 and local
ordinances adopted pursuant to Section 22511.7. Members of the special
enforcement unit shall not be peace officers and shall not make arrests in
the course of their official duties, but shall wear distinctive uniforms and
badges while on duty. A two-way radio unit, which may utilize police
frequencies or citizens' band, may be issued by the local authority to each
member of the special enforcement unit for use while on duty. The local
authority may pay the cost of uniforms and badges for the special
enforcement unit, and may provide daily cleaning of the uniforms.
Additionally, the local authority may provide motorized wheelchairs for use
by members of the special unit while on duty, including batteries and
necessary recharging thereof. Any motorized wheelchair used by a member of
the special enforcement unit while on duty shall be equipped with a single
headlamp in the front and a single stop lamp in the rear. Members of the
special enforcement unit may be paid an hourly wage without the compensatory
benefits provided other permanent and temporary employees, but shall be
entitled to applicable workers' compensation benefits as provided by law.
Insurance provided by the local authority for disability or liability of a
member of the special enforcement unit shall be the same as for other
employees performing similar duties. Nothing in this section precludes a
local authority from using regular full-time employees to enforce this
chapter and ordinances adopted pursuant thereto. This section applies to all
counties and cities, including every charter city and city and county.
22507.8. (a) It is
unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle in a stall or
space designated for disabled persons and disabled veterans pursuant to
Section 22511.7 or 22511.8, unless the vehicle displays either a special
identification license plate issued pursuant to Section 5007 or a
distinguishing placard issued pursuant to Section 22511.55 or 22511.59.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to obstruct, block, or otherwise
bar access to those parking stalls or spaces except as provided in
subdivision (a).
(c) It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any
vehicle, including a vehicle displaying a special identification license
plate issued pursuant to Section 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued
pursuant to Section 22511.55 or 22511.59, in either of the following places:
(1) On the lines marking the boundaries of a parking stall or space
designated for disabled persons or disabled veterans.
(2) In any area of the pavement adjacent to a parking stall or space
designated for disabled persons or disabled veterans that is marked by
crosshatched lines and is thereby designated, pursuant to any local
ordinance, for the loading and unloading of vehicles parked in the stall or
space.
(d) Subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) apply to all off street parking
facilities owned or operated by the state, and to all off street parking
facilities owned or operated by a local authority. Subdivisions (a), (b),
and (c) also apply to any privately owned and
maintained off street parking facility.
22511.5. (a)
(1) Any disabled person or disabled veteran displaying special
identification license plates issued under Section 5007 or a distinguishing
placard issued under Section 22511.55 or 22511.59
shall be allowed to park for unlimited periods in any of the following
zones: (A) In any restricted zone described in paragraph (5) of subdivision
(a) of Section 21458 or on streets upon which preferential parking
privileges and height limits have been given pursuant to Section 22507. (B)
In any parking zone that is restricted as to the length of time parking is
permitted as indicated by a sign erected pursuant to a local ordinance. (2)
Any disabled person or disabled veteran shall be allowed to park in any
metered parking space without being required to pay any parking meter fees.
(3) This subdivision does not apply to any zone for which state law or
ordinance absolutely prohibits stopping, parking, or standing of all
vehicles, or which the law or ordinance reserves for special types of
vehicles, or to the parking of any vehicle
that is involved in the operation of a street vending business. (b) Any
disabled person or disabled veteran shall be allowed to park a
vehicle
displaying a special identification disabled person license plate or placard
issued by a foreign jurisdiction with the same parking privileges authorized
in this code for any vehicle displaying a
special identification license plate or a distinguishing placard issued by
the Department of Motor Vehicles.
22511.55.
(a) (1) Any disabled person or disabled veteran may apply to the
department for the issuance of a distinguishing placard. The placard may be
used in lieu of the special identification license plate or plates issued
under Section 5007 for parking purposes described in Section 22511.5
when suspended from the rear view mirror or, if there is no rear view
mirror, when displayed on the dashboard of a vehicle. It is
the intent of the Legislature to encourage the use of these distinguishing
placards because they provide law enforcement officers with a more readily
recognizable symbol for distinguishing vehicles qualified for the parking
privilege. The placard shall be the size and color determined by the
department, shall bear the International Symbol of Access adopted pursuant
to Section 3 of Public Law 100-641, commonly known as the "wheelchair
symbol." The department shall incorporate instructions for the lawful use of
a placard, and a summary of the penalties for the unlawful use of a placard,
into the identification card issued to the placard owner.
(2) (A) The department may establish procedures for the issuance and
renewal of the placards. The placards shall have a fixed expiration date of
June 30 every two years. Whenever any application for a placard is submitted
to the department on or after January 1 of the year of expiration, the fee
shall be for the current and subsequent renewal period.
(B) As used in this section, "year" means the period between the
inclusive dates of July 1 through June 30.
(C) Prior to the end of each year, the department shall, for the most
current three years available, compare its record of disability placards
issued against the records of the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the State
Department of Health Services, or its successor, and withhold any renewal
notices that otherwise would have been sent, for any placard holders
identified as deceased.
(3) The fee for an original application or renewal application is six
dollars ($6).
(4) Except as provided in paragraph (5), no person is eligible for more
than one placard at any time.
(5) Organizations and agencies involved in the transportation of
disabled persons or disabled veterans may apply for a placard for each
vehicle
used for the purpose of transporting disabled persons or disabled veterans.
(b) Prior to issuing any disabled person or disabled veteran an
original distinguishing placard, the department shall require the applicant
to submit a certificate signed by the physician or surgeon substantiating
the disability, unless the applicant's disability is readily observable and
uncontested. The disability of any person who has lost, or has lost use of,
one or more lower extremities or both hands, or who has significant
limitation in the use of lower extremities, may also be certified by a
licensed chiropractor. The blindness of any applicant shall be certified by
a licensed physician or surgeon who specializes in diseases of the eye or a
licensed optometrist. The physician or person certifying the qualifying
disability shall provide a full description of the illness or disability on
the form submitted to the department. The department shall maintain in its
records all information on an applicant's certification of permanent
disability and shall make such information available to eligible law
enforcement or parking control agencies upon a request pursuant to Section
22511.58.
(c) (1) Any person who has been issued a distinguishing placard
pursuant to subdivision
(a) may apply to the department for a substitute placard without
recertification of eligibility, if that placard has been lost or stolen.
(2) The fee for a substitute placard issued pursuant to paragraph (1)
is six dollars ($6).
(d) The distinguishing placard shall be returned to the department not
later than 60 days after the death of the disabled person or disabled
veteran to whom the placard was issued.
22511.56. Any person
using a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to Section 22511.55
or 22511.59 for parking as permitted by Section
22511.5 shall, upon request of any peace officer or person
authorized to enforce parking laws, ordinances, or regulations, present
identification and evidence of the issuance of that placard to that person.
(b) Failure to present the requested identification and evidence of the
issuance of that placard shall be a rebuttable presumption that the placard
is being misused and that the associated vehicle has been
parked in violation of the provisions of Section 22507.8.
(c) In addition to any other applicable penalty for the misuse of a
placard, the officer or parking enforcement person may confiscate a placard
being used for parking purposes that benefit any person other than the
person to whom the placard was issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. A
placard lawfully used by a person transporting a disabled person pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 4461 shall not be confiscated.
22511.59.
(a)
Upon receipt of the applications and documents required by subdivisions (b),
(c), or (d), the department shall issue a temporary distinguishing placard
bearing the International Symbol of Access adopted pursuant to Section 3 of
Public Law 100-641 commonly known as the "wheelchair symbol." During the
period for which it is valid, the temporary distinguishing placard may be
used for the parking purposes described in Section 22511.5
in the same manner as a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to Section
22511.55.
(b) (1) Any person who is temporarily disabled for a period of not more
than six months may apply to the department for the issuance of the
temporary distinguishing placard described in subdivision (a).
(2) Prior to issuing a placard pursuant to this subdivision, the
department shall require the applicant to submit a certificate signed by a
physician or surgeon, substantiating the temporary disability and stating
the date upon which the disability is expected to terminate.
(3) A placard issued pursuant to this subdivision shall expire not
later than 180 days from the date of issuance or upon the expected
termination date of the disability, as stated on the certificate required by
paragraph (2), whichever is less.
(c) (1) Any disabled person or disabled veteran who is not a resident
of this state and plans to travel within the state may apply to the
department for the issuance of the temporary distinguishing placard
described in subdivision (a).
(2) Prior to issuing a placard pursuant to this subdivision, the
department shall require the applicant to submit certification of the
disability, as described in subdivision (b) of Section 22511.55.
(3) A placard issued pursuant to this subdivision shall expire not
later than 90 days from the date of issuance.
(d) (1) Any disabled person or disabled veteran who has been issued
either a distinguishing placard pursuant to Section 22511.55
or special identification license plates pursuant to Section 5007, but not
both, may apply to the department for the issuance of the temporary
distinguishing placard for the purpose of travel described in subdivision
(a).
(2) Prior to issuing a placard pursuant to this subdivision, the
department shall require the applicant to submit either the number
identifying the distinguishing placard issued pursuant to Section
22511.55 or the number on the special identification license
plates.
(3) A placard issued pursuant to this subdivision shall expire not
later than 30 days from the date of issuance.
(e) The fee for a placard issued pursuant to this section is six
dollars ($6).
22514.
No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle within 15 feet of
a fire hydrant except as follows:
(a) If the vehicle is attended by a licensed driver who is seated in
the front seat and who can immediately move such vehicle in case of
necessity.
(b) If the local authority adopts an ordinance or resolution
reducing that distance. If the distance is less than 10 feet total length
when measured along the curb or edge of the street, the distance shall be
indicated by signs or markings.
(c) If the vehicle is owned or operated by a fire department and is
clearly marked as a fire department vehicle.
22522.
No person shall park a vehicle within three feet of any sidewalk access ramp
constructed adjacent to a crosswalk so as to be accessible to and usable by
the physically disabled, if the area adjoining the ramp is designated by
either a sign or red paint.
5204. (a)
Except as provided by subdivisions (b) and (c), a tab shall indicate the
year of expiration and a tab shall indicate the month of expiration. Current
month and year tabs shall be attached to the rear license plate assigned to
the vehicle for the last preceding registration year in which license plates
were issued, and, when so attached, the license plate with the tabs shall,
for the purposes of this code, be deemed to be the license plate, except
that truck tractors, and commercial motor vehicles having an unladen weight
of 10,000 pounds or more, shall display the current month and year tabs upon
the front license plate assigned to the truck tractor or commercial motor
vehicle. Vehicles that fail to display current month and year tabs or
display expired tabs are in violation of this section.
(b) The requirement of subdivision (a) that the tabs indicate the
year and the month of expiration does not apply to fleet vehicles subject to
Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 5300).
(c) Subdivision (a) does not apply when proper application for
registration has been made pursuant to Section 4602 and the new indicia of
current registration have not been received from the department.
(d) This section is enforceable against any motor vehicle that is
driven, moved, or left standing upon a highway, or in an off street public
parking facility, in the same manner as provided in subdivision (a) of
Section 4000.
