A. 
The provisions of this chapter prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a Police Officer or official traffic-control device.
B. 
The provisions of this chapter imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of the California Vehicle Code or the ordinances of this City prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
(Prior code § 72.01)
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb surface, all no stopping zones, no parking areas and restricted parking areas, as defined and described in this chapter. When such curb markings or authorized signs are in place, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
(Prior code § 72.03)
No operator of any vehicle shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer, other authorized officer or official traffic-control device:
A. 
Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings.
B. 
On either side of any street between the projected property lines of any public walk, public steps, street or thoroughfare terminating at such street, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface.
C. 
In any area where the City Traffic Engineer determines that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface.
D. 
In any area established by resolution of the Council as a no parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface.
E. 
Upon, along or across any railway track in such manner as to hinder, delay or obstruct the movement of any car traveling upon such track.
F. 
In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property.
G. 
On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or the installation of underground utilities, or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic, or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided, that signs giving notice of such no parking are erected or placed at least 24 hours prior to the effective time of such no parking.
H. 
At any place within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection or in any business district when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface; except, that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop.
I. 
At any place within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection (in the central traffic district) or in any business district when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface; except, that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop.
J. 
Within 20 feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign or official electric flashing device.
(Prior code § 72.04)
A. 
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle or trailer upon any street, public right-of-way or alley within the City for 72 consecutive hours or longer.
B. 
In the event a vehicle or trailer is parked or left standing upon a street, alley, public right-of-way or portion thereof for a period of 72 consecutive hours or longer, such vehicle or trailer may be removed pursuant to Section 10.16.320 or as otherwise permitted by Section 22651 of the California Vehicle Code. For purposes of this section, a vehicle or trailer shall be considered parked or left standing for 72 consecutive hours or longer if it has not been moved to a location at least 500 feet away from its original location.
(Prior code § 72.05; Ord. 640 11-21-17)
No person shall park a vehicle on any street, parking lot or other property for the purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale, hire or rental, unless the person is duly licensed and the property zoned for such activity. This section shall not prohibit the parking of a vehicle on a residential lot which belongs to the vehicle owner or on a street immediately adjacent to such a residential lot.
(Prior code § 72.06)
No person shall construct or cause to be constructed, repair or cause to be repaired, or park or cause to be parked for repair, grease or lubricate or cause to be greased or lubricated, dismantle or cause to be dismantled any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street within the City. Temporary emergency repairs may be made upon a public street.
(Prior code § 72.07)
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his or her opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
B. 
When official signs are erected prohibiting parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
(Prior code § 72.10)
A. 
Peddling and Soliciting Near Schools. No person shall solicit or peddle by placing, keeping, maintaining, stopping, parking, conducting or allowing to stand at any time within 300 feet of the nearest property line of any property upon which a school building is located during the hours that such school is being attended by students or within 30 minutes prior to the attendance hours of such school or within 30 minutes after the attendance hours of such school any lunch, meal or eating cart, stand, wagon or vehicle, or any stand, cart, wagon or vehicle of any kind used in the selling, vending, soliciting or peddling of candy, ice cream, popcorn, peanuts, fruit, vegetables or any other edibles or merchandise; provided, however, that any such person who shall place, keep, maintain, stop, park, conduct or allow to stand or remain in or upon any street, alley, park or other public place beyond 300 feet of the nearest property line of any property upon which a school building is located, any such stand, cart, wagon or vehicle may do so for a reasonable period of time, not to exceed ten minutes, but shall not make a second stop after moving from the last place of parking, stopping or standing within a distance of 100 feet from the last place of parking, stopping or standing; and provided, further, that this section shall not apply to persons engaged in delivering goods, wares and merchandise from or to any store, fixed place of business or residence; and provided, further, that any person engaged in peddling and soliciting fruits, vegetables or other edibles and merchandise from house to house may stand a vehicle in front of any dwelling house only for the purpose of selling or soliciting the sale of such fruits, vegetables or other edibles or merchandise to the occupants of such dwelling house; and, provided, further, that nothing provided in this subsection shall prohibit the sale of newspapers.
B. 
Prohibitions. It is unlawful for any person who is peddling or soliciting by wagon, cart, automotive vehicle or any other type of conveyance:
1. 
To stop such conveyances anywhere within 25 feet of a street intersection when making a sale or attempting to make a sale;
2. 
To drive or propel such conveyance backwards or make or attempt any sale;
3. 
To sell to any person who is standing in a street or alley;
4. 
To permit a person to hang on such conveyance or permit any person to ride in or on the conveyance, except a bona fide assistant of such peddler or solicitor.
(Prior code § 72.11)
A. 
Whenever the City Traffic Engineer determines that periods of traffic congestion are likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or for other reasons, the City Traffic Engineer shall have power and authority to order temporary emergency parking signs to be erected or posted indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys as the City Traffic Engineer shall direct during the time such temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place so long as such periods of traffic congestion are likely to continue and the City Traffic Engineer shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.
B. 
When signs authorized by the provisions of this section are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and provisions of such signs.
(Prior code § 72.12)
A. 
Every vehicle 80 inches or more in overall width and every truck tractor, irrespective of weight when operated upon any street or highway within the City during darkness, shall be equipped with and carry at least three red emergency reflectors of a type authorized by the California Vehicle Code. When any vehicle above mentioned or any trailer or semitrailer is disabled upon any roadway in the City, reflectors of the type indicated above shall be immediately placed as follows:
1. 
One at the traffic side of the disabled vehicle, not more than ten feet to the front or rear thereof;
2. 
One at a distance of approximately 100 feet to the rear of the disabled vehicle in the center of the traffic lane occupied by such vehicle; and
3. 
One at a distance of approximately 100 feet to the front of the disabled vehicle in the center of the traffic lane occupied by such vehicle.
B. 
The warning signals mentioned in this section shall be displayed continuously during darkness while such vehicle remains disabled upon such street or highway.
C. 
Until the reflectors required by this section can be placed properly, the requirements of this section may be complied with temporarily by either placing lighted red fuses in the required locations or by use of turn signal lamps, but only if front turn signal lamps at each side are being flashed simultaneously and rear turn signal lamps at each side are being flashed simultaneously.
(Prior code § 72.13)
No person driving or in control or charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended upon any private property within 150 feet of any public street, highway, alley, place or way without first effectively setting the brakes and stopping the motor of the motor vehicle.
(Prior code § 72.14)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any alley for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials. Such person shall be actually loading or unloading such vehicle during all times such vehicle is so parked, which period of time shall not exceed 20 minutes.
(Prior code § 72.15)
A. 
Subject to other and more restrictive limitations, a vehicle may be stopped or parked within 18 inches of the left-hand curb facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any one-way street unless signs are in place prohibiting such stopping or standing.
B. 
In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are in place permitting such standing or parking.
C. 
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to determine when standing or parking shall be prohibited upon the left-hand side of any one-way street or when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any one-way roadway of a highway having two or more separate roadways and shall erect signs giving notice thereof.
D. 
The requirement of parallel parking imposed by this section shall not apply in the event any commercial vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading freight or goods, in which case such vehicle may be backed up to the curb; provided, that such vehicle does not extend beyond the center line of the street and does not block traffic thereby.
(Prior code § 72.17)
A. 
On any streets or portions of streets established by resolution of the Council as diagonal parking zones, when signs or pavement markings are in place indicating such diagonal parking, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park such vehicle except:
1. 
At the angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits of such allotted space; and
2. 
With the front wheel nearest the curb within six inches of such curb.
B. 
The provisions of this section shall not apply when such vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading passengers, freight or goods, in which event the provisions applicable in Chapter 10.40 shall be complied with.
(Prior code § 72.18)
No person driving, or in control of, or in charge of, a motor vehicle shall park or leave standing such vehicle unattended on a highway when upon any grade exceeding three percent (within any business or residence district) without blocking the wheels of such vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means.
(Prior code § 72.19)
No person shall park a vehicle in a private driveway or on private property without the direct or implied consent of the owner or person in lawful possession of such driveway or property if there is displayed in plain view on the property a sign prohibiting public parking and containing the telephone number of the local traffic law enforcement agency.
(Prior code § 72.20)
No person shall park any vehicle upon a street, other than an alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic.
(Prior code § 72.21)
No person shall park or stand any motor vehicle, motorcycle, motor-driven cycle or motorized bicycle upon any portion of any public park, except those portions designated by City regulation for the standing and parking of such vehicles.
(Prior code § 72.22)
A. 
Green curb markings shall mean no standing or parking at any time between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer than the time shown on the face of the curb.
B. 
When authorized curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking in violation thereof.
C. 
The City Traffic Engineer may determine the appropriate limits of parking to be stenciled on the face of curbs painted green, which shall best suit the public convenience and necessity, and these time limits may be: three minutes, ten minutes, 20 minutes, and 40 minutes.
(Prior code § 72.23)
When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer than one hour.
(Prior code § 72.24)
When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator shall stop, stand or park such vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for a period of time longer than two hours.
(Prior code § 72.25)
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings where authorized parking is permitted.
B. 
When such parking space markings are placed on the highway, subject to other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be stopped, left standing or parked other than within a single space unless the size or shape of such vehicle makes compliance impossible.
(Prior code § 72.26)
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer shall designate established no stopping zones by placing and maintaining appropriate signs indicating that stopping of vehicles is prohibited and indicating the hours and day when stopping is prohibited.
B. 
During the hours and on the days designated on the signs, it is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop such vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets established by resolution of the Council as no stopping zones.
(Prior code § 72.27)
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed 20 feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed 30 feet.
B. 
When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign or marking.
(Prior code § 72.28)
A. 
No person shall drive any commercial vehicle, having a maximum gross weight exceeding 10,000 pounds, on any street other than a designated truck route. Nor shall any person park or stand any commercial vehicle or trailer on any street other than the area on Two Bunch Palms Trail, between Little Morongo Road and Cabot Road. The provisions of this section shall not be effective with respect to any commercial vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted streets and highways or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual 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.
B. 
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to place signs or markings at all vehicular entrances to the City, indicating that no person shall park or stand any commercial vehicle or trailer on any street except on Two Bunch Palms Trail between Little Morongo Road and Cabot Road.
C. 
The following streets have been designated truck routes:
1. 
Mountain View between the southern City limit and Hacienda Avenue;
2. 
Hacienda Avenue between Mountain View and Palm Drive;
3. 
Palm Avenue between the southern City limit and Mission Lakes Boulevard;
4. 
Two Bunch Palms Trail between Little Morongo Road and Miracle Hill Road;
5. 
Cuando Way between Miracle Hill Road and Hacienda Avenue;
6. 
Mission Lakes Boulevard between Palm Drive and Little Morongo Road; and
7. 
Little Morongo Road between Mission Lakes Boulevard and the southern City limit.
(Prior code § 72.29)
A. 
Recreational Vehicle Parking. It is unlawful to park or store any recreational vehicle, semitrailer, trailer or boat of any kind within the City except as follows:
1. 
The vehicle or boat is parked or stored in an approved storage space in a mobile home park or designated for a mobile home park or recreation park; or
2. 
The vehicle or boat is temporarily parked for a period of time not to exceed 48 consecutive hours and more than 72 hours shall have elapsed since the vehicle was so temporarily parked or stored.
B. 
Exemptions. Motor trucks less than six and one-half feet in height or 20 feet in length and motor trucks used during pick up and delivery or during construction or repair work while in service are exempt from the provisions of this section.
(Prior code § 72.30)
It is unlawful to use any vehicle or boat for living, sleeping, or housekeeping purposes in the City unless such a vehicle or boat is parked or stored in a space intended for such use in a mobile home park or recreational vehicle park.
(Prior code § 72.31)
Any regularly employed and salaried sworn officers of the Desert Hot Springs Police Department or, under extenuating circumstances, the Police Department Community Service Officer acting under the direction of the shift watch commander or any regularly employed and salaried officer of the City’s Community Preservation Division acting under the direction of the Community Development Director, may remove or cause to be removed:
A. 
Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway for 72 consecutive hours.
B. 
Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. when such parking or standing is prohibited by ordinance or resolution of the City and signs are posted giving notice of such removal.
C. 
Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway for the installation of underground utilities, or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic, or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided, that signs giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least 24 hours prior to the removal of the vehicle.
(Prior code § 72.32; Ord. 615 5-16-17)
A. 
Definition. For the purpose of this section, “trailer coach,” “house car” and “camper” are defined as set forth in the California Vehicle Code, as it now exists or as it may hereafter be amended.
B. 
Where Permitted. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall park any trailer coach, house car or vehicle equipped with a camper upon any City street, alleyway or right-of-way during the hours of darkness except in an area clearly and specifically designated to permit such parking or when necessary to make emergency repairs.
C. 
Exemptions. The following types of parking are exempt from the provisions of this section:
1. 
Parking of trailer coach, house car or vehicle equipped with a camper when parked in front of or adjacent to property owned, leased, or otherwise legally occupied by the owner or occupant of such trailer coach, house car or vehicle equipped with a camper.
2. 
Parking of trailer coach, house car or vehicle equipped with a camper within the City for the purpose of purchasing or inspecting any goods or services provided by commercial establishments within the City.
(Prior code § 72.33)