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Mayor's Office on Disability
Sidewalk Obstruction Policies Sections 22500(f) CVC AND 675(b) MPC
Vehicles parked on sidewalks constitute an inconvenience for pedestrians and a hazard for people who are blind or otherwise visually impaired. Officers are to renew their efforts to cite violation Section 22500(f) CVC, parking on sidewalks, to discourage this ongoing and increasing problem.
In addition, officers should pay special attention to violations of Section 675(b) MPC, particularly illegal a-frame signs on sidewalks, which also pose a hazard to pedestrians.
The provisions of Section 63(a) of this Article shall not apply to:
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place or pile, or cause to be placed or piled, any lumber or timber to a greater height than 35 feet measured vertically from the general level of the ground on which it is placed or piled. (Added by Ord. 1,075, App. 10/11/38)
Vehicles parked on sidewalks constitute an inconvenience for pedestrians and a hazard for people who are blind or otherwise visually impaired. Officers are to renew their efforts to cite violation Section 22500(f) CVC, parking on sidewalks, to discourage this ongoing and increasing problem.
In addition, officers should pay special attention to violations of Section 675(b) MPC, particularly illegal a-frame signs on sidewalks, which also pose a hazard to pedestrians.
Sidewalk Obstruction - VC 22500 - Sections 22500(f)
CVC Prohibited Stopping, Standing, or Parking
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 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 as erected or placed by local authorities pursuant to ordinance.
d) Within 15 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station. This paragraph 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, schoolbus, or a taxicab may stop to load or unload passengers when authorized by a local authorities pursuant to 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 a sidewalk, except electric carts when authorized by local ordinance, as specified in Section 21114.5
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 schoolbus 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 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 or 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 ordinance, and except that local authorities pursuant to ordinance or the Department of Transportation pursuant to 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 may, by ordinance or resolution, permit parking on such 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.
Sections 21114.5 Electric Carts On Sidewalks
Notwithstanding Section 21663 or any other provision of this code, local authorities may, by ordinance authorize the operation of electric carts by physically disabled persons, by persons 50 years of age or older, or, while in the course of their employment, by employees of the United States Postal Service, state and local governmental agencies, or utility companies, on public sidewalks. Any ordinance shall, however contain provisions requiring any disabled person or person 50 years of age or older who owns or leases an electric cart to apply to local authority for a permit and an identification sticker to so operate it on the sidewalk. The permit and sticker shall become invalid if the person ceases to operate, own, or lease the cart.
Sidewalk Obstruction - VC 22500 Section 675(b) MPC
Section 63. Obstructions On Streets and Sidewalks.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, occupying or having charge or control of any premises, to place or cause to be placed, or suffer to remain upon the sidewalk, or upon the half of the street in front of such premises, any Article or substance which shall obstruct the passage of such street or sidewalk.Section 64. Exceptions.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to enter into a lease, rental agreement or contract of any kind, written or oral, with or without compensation, for the use of any street or sidewalk. ( Amended by Ord. 169-87. App. 5/4/87)
The provisions of Section 63(a) of this Article shall not apply to:
(a) Goods or merchandise in actual course of receipt, delivery or removal;Section 69. Piling of Lumber and Timber Regulated.
(b) Lamp posts or hydrants, erected by permission of the Director of Public Works;
(c) Any tree, plant, or shrub planted in the sidewalk area, or any boxed or potted tree, plant or shrub set on the sidewalk area when the containers are not attached to the building;
(d) Watering troughs placed by permission of the Director of Public Works upon sidewalks for the accommodation of the public;
(e) Bicycle racks or motorcycle racks placed upon the sidewalks by permission of the Director of Public Works and the adjoining property owners for the accommodation of persons using such bicycle or motorcycle, the same not to exceed three feet in width and three feet in height and to be entirely devoid of advertising matter; provided, that motorcycle racks hall be supplied with a metallic pan for the purpose of catching oil drippings;
(f) Hitching posts placed by permission of the Director of Public Works upon sidewalks, in accordance with pattern indicated in the design approved by end of file in the office of said Director.
(g) Sockets to be placed upon the outer line of the sidewalk within the curb line for the support of flagpoles to be used for the display of flags. The said sockets shall be approved by, and installed under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works;
(h) "A" board or advertising signs, placed and displayed by authorized representatives of the Armed Forces of the United States, in aid of their respective recruitment programs:
(i) A display stand placed on the sidewalk, within a certain area as set forth in Sections 153 and 183-1 of Article 5.3 of the Public Works Code, for display of fruits and vegetables or nonfood merchandise. The display stand shall be approved by, placed under the supervision of, and maintained under conditions established by, the Director of Public Works. (Amended by Ord. 525-83, App. 11/4/83)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place or pile, or cause to be placed or piled, any lumber or timber to a greater height than 35 feet measured vertically from the general level of the ground on which it is placed or piled. (Added by Ord. 1,075, App. 10/11/38)
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