Chapter 10.52 STORAGE, STANDING AND PARKING [1]

No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle, trailer, boat or any other property shall park, stand, store or permit, suffer or allow such parking, standing or storing, upon any street, alley or City-owned or operated parking lot for more than a consecutive period of 72 hours. Slight movement back and forth of the vehicle does not constitute compliance with the 72-hour restriction.

In the event a vehicle, trailer, boat or any other property is parked, stored or left standing upon a street, alley or City-owned parking lot in excess of a consecutive period of 72 hours, any member of the police department may issue a parking citation or remove the vehicle, trailer, boat or other property from the street, alley or City-owned parking lot in the manner and subject to the requirements of the California Vehicle Code and this code. (CVC Section 22651(k))

This section shall not apply to vehicles or equipment reasonably placed on public property with the permission of the traffic engineer while construction is in progress.

Definitions. For purposes of this section, "vehicle" includes any boat, house boat, mobile home, car, truck, van, sport utility vehicle, commercial truck, camp car, house car, camper, bus, recreational vehicle, or any other vehicle generally used for human habitation and designed for transport on wheels or in tow by motor vehicles.

Exceptions. Vehicles parked and occupied in mobile home parks, travel trailer parks, or similar areas specifically set aside and lawfully used under zoning and other regulations for the use of such vehicles by human habitation.

Enforcement. It is unlawful for any person to utilize a vehicle for human habitation on any public or private property, except for areas defined in subsection (B) of this section.