CHAPTER 9. Stopping, Standing, and Parking

Chapter 9 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.

§§ 22500–22526 · 59 sections

§ 22500 A person shall not stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in…
§ 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…
§ 22500.2 (a) A local authority may, by ordinance, prohibit a person from stopping, parking, or leaving standing a vehicle, whether attended or unattended, except if…
§ 22500.5 Upon agreement between a transit system operating buses engaged as common carriers in local transportation and a public school district or private school,…
§ 22501 No ordinance enacted by local authorities pursuant to subdivisions (e) and (k) of Section 22500 or Section 22507.2 shall become effective as to any state…
§ 22502 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway with adjacent curbs or class IV bikeways, as defined in Section…
§ 22503 Local authorities may by ordinance permit angle parking on any roadway, or left-hand parking upon one-way roadways of divided highways, except that no…
§ 22503.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, establish special parking regulations for two-wheeled or…
§ 22504 (a) Upon any highway in unincorporated areas, a person shall not stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway…
§ 22505 (a) The Department of Transportation with respect to highways under its jurisdiction may place signs or markings prohibiting or restricting the stopping,…
§ 22506 Local authorities may by ordinance or resolution prohibit or restrict the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on a state highway, in their respective…
§ 22507 (a) Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the stopping, parking, or standing of vehicles, including, but not limited to,…
§ 22507.1 (a) A local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, designate certain streets or portions of streets for the exclusive or nonexclusive parking privilege of…
§ 22507.2 Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 22500, a local authority may, by ordinance, authorize the owner or lessee of property to park a vehicle in front of…
§ 22507.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 22507, local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles on certain…
§ 22507.6 Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles on designated streets or highways, or portions…
§ 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…
§ 22507.9 Local authorities may establish a special enforcement unit for the sole purpose of providing adequate enforcement of Section 22507.8 and local ordinances and…
§ 22508 (a) A local authority shall not establish parking payment zones or fix the rate of fees for those zones except by ordinance. The rate of fees may be variable,…
§ 22508.2 (a) A local authority in the City and County of San Francisco, City of Long Beach, or City of Santa Monica may require payment by a mobile device in a parking…
§ 22508.5 (a) A vehicle may park, for up to the posted time limit, in any parking space that is regulated by an inoperable parking meter or an inoperable parking payment…
§ 22509 Local authorities within the reasonable exercise of their police powers may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution providing that no person…
§ 22510 (a) Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles on designated streets or highways within their…
§ 22511 (a) (1) A local authority, by ordinance or resolution, and a person in lawful possession of an offstreet parking facility may designate stalls or spaces in an…
§ 22511.1 (a) A person shall not park or leave standing a vehicle in a stall or space designated pursuant to Section 22511 unless the vehicle is connected for electric…
§ 22511.2 (a) A parking space served by electric vehicle supply equipment or a parking space designated as a future electric vehicle charging space shall count as at…
§ 22511.3 (a) A veteran displaying special license plates issued under Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6, or 5101.8 may park his or her motor vehicle, weighing not…
§ 22511.5 (a) (1) A disabled person or disabled veteran displaying special license plates issued under Section 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued under Section…
§ 22511.55 (a) (1) A 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…
§ 22511.56 (a) A person using a distinguishing placard issued under Section 22511.55 or 22511.59, or a special license plate issued under Section 5007, for parking as…
§ 22511.57 A local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of a vehicle on streets or highways or in a parking stall or…
§ 22511.58 (a) Upon a request to the department by a local public law enforcement agency or local agency responsible for the administration or enforcement of parking…
§ 22511.59 (a) Upon the receipt of the applications and documents required by subdivision (b), (c), or (d), the department shall issue a temporary distinguishing placard…
§ 22511.6 (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles may cancel or revoke a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to Section 22511.55 or 22511.59 in any of the following…
§ 22511.7 (a) In addition to Section 22511.8 for offstreet parking, a local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, designate onstreet parking spaces for the…
§ 22511.8 (a) A local authority, by ordinance or resolution, and a person in lawful possession of an offstreet parking facility may designate stalls or spaces in an…
§ 22511.85 A vehicle, identified with a special license plate issued pursuant to Section 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to Section 22511.55 or 22511.59,…
§ 22511.9 Every new or replacement sign installed on or after January 1, 1992, relating to parking privileges for disabled persons shall refer to “disabled persons”…
§ 22511.95 All new or replacement signs installed on or after July 1, 2008, relating to parking privileges for disabled persons shall refer to “persons with disabilities”…
§ 22511.10 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Two and one-half million Californians suffer from some form of chronic obstructive…
§ 22511.11 (a) The Office of the State Architect shall propose regulations specifying the location of disabled person parking stalls or spaces designated pursuant to…
§ 22512 Except as otherwise indicated in subdivision (b), none of the following provisions shall apply to the driver or owner of any service vehicle owned or operated…
§ 22513 (a) (1) It is a misdemeanor for a towing company or the owner or operator of a tow truck to stop or cause a person to stop at the scene of an accident or near…
§ 22513.1 (a) (1) A business taking possession of a vehicle from a tow truck during hours the business is open to the public shall document all of the following: (A) The…
§ 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…
§ 22515 (a) No person driving, or in control of, or in charge of, a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand on any highway unattended without first effectively setting…
§ 22516 No person shall leave standing a locked vehicle in which there is any person who cannot readily escape therefrom.
§ 22517 No person shall open the door of a vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without interfering…
§ 22518 (a) Fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities constructed, maintained, or operated by the Department of Transportation pursuant to Section 146.5 of…
§ 22519 Local authorities may by ordinance or resolution prohibit, restrict or regulate the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles on any offstreet parking facility…
§ 22520.5 (a) No person shall solicit, display, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise vend or attempt to vend any merchandise or service while being wholly or partly within…
§ 22520.6 (a) No person shall engage in any activity within a highway roadside rest area or vista point prohibited by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section…
§ 22521 No person shall park a vehicle upon any railroad track or within 71/2 feet of the nearest rail.
§ 22522 No person shall park a vehicle within three feet of any sidewalk access ramp constructed at, or adjacent to, a crosswalk or at any other location on a sidewalk…
§ 22523 (a) No person shall abandon a vehicle upon any highway. (b) No person shall abandon a vehicle upon public or private property without the express or implied…
§ 22524 (a) The abandonment of any vehicle in a manner as provided in Section 22523 shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the last registered owner of record…
§ 22524.5 (a) Any insurer that is responsible for coverage for ordinary and reasonable towing and storage charges under an automobile insurance policy to an insured or…
§ 22525 Local authorities may by ordinance or resolution authorize vanpool vehicles to utilize designated state highway bus stops. The ordinance or resolution shall be…
§ 22526 (a) Notwithstanding any official traffic control signal indication to proceed, a driver of a vehicle shall not enter an intersection or marked crosswalk unless…