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ORDINANCE NO. 1450
AN ORDINANCE OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
REPEALING LODI MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 10.44.040
AND REENACTING A NEW CHAPTER 10.44.040
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Lodi Municipal Code Chapter 10.44 - Stopping, Standing
and Parking, Section 10.44.040 - Parking for Certain Purposes
Prohibited - is hereby repealed and a new Chapter 10.44.040 is
reenacted as follows:
10.44.040 PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES PROHIBITED; DISPLAY OF "FOR
SALE" SIGNS ON VEHICLES, VESSELS OR TRAILERS -
RESTRICTIONS.
A. It shall be unlawful to park upon any public street,
right-of-way or publ ic property any vehicle, vessel or trailer
displaying a sign advertising such vehicle, vessel or trailer for
sale which exceeds one square foot in size, or displaying more
than one such sign, or to attach to or otherwise affix to such
vehicle, vessel or trailer any other sign, banner, pennant,
balloon or other device, intended to call attention to the fact
that such vehicle, vessel or trailer is offered for sale.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person or firm to have parked
contemporaneously on the publ ic streets or rights-of-way anywhere
within the City of Lodi, three or more vehicles, vessels or
trailers displaying a sign or signs indicating or advertising
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such vehicle, vessel or trailer for sale, irrespective of the
proximi ty of such vehicles , vessel s or trai lers.
C. Notwithstanding subsection A of this ordinance, it shall be
unlawful to park upon any public street, right-of-way or public
place within two hundred feet of any signalized intersection or
4-way stop sign, any vehicle, vessel or trailer displaying a sign
advertising such vehicle, vessel or trailer for sale,
irrespective of the size or number of such signs. The Lodi City
Council hereby finds and declares that vehicles, vessels or
trailers parked within two hundred feet of a signalized
intersection or 4-way stop sign, and displaying such signs,
constitute a traffic hazard by distracting the attention of
passing motorists and pedestrians away from other traffic moving
through and about such intersections. For purposes of this
section, "signalized intersection" shall mean any intersection
controlled by a traffic signal.
D. It shall be unlawful for any person or firm, upon property
belonging to another, to park or display within thirty feet of
the adjacent public street or right-of-way as measured from the
rear edge of the curb, gutter or sidewalk, or from the edge of
the pavement if no curb, gutter or sidewalk exists, any vehicle,
vessel or trailer displaying a sign or signs advertising it for
sale, without first obtaining the express consent of the owner or
person having control of such property. This section shall not
apply to any private property appropriately zoned and
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licensed for the sale, repair, or storage of such vehicles,
vessels or trailers.
E. It shall be unlawful upon any public street, right-of-way or
public property to park any vehicle, vessel or trailer for the
purpose of painting, greasing, or repairing such vehicle, vessel
or trailer except for emergency repairs.
F. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle, vessel or trailer
upon any public street or right-of-way for the purpose of washing
or polishing such vehicle, vessel or trailer or any part thereof
when a charge is made for such service.
SECTION 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are repealed insofar as such conflict may exist.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be published one time in the "Lodi
News Sentinel", a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and
published in the City of Lodi and shall be in force and take effect
thirty days from and after its passage and approval.
Appr ved this 5th day of April, 1989
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
State of California
County of San Joaquin, ss.
I, Alice M. Reimche, City Clerk of the City of Lodi, do hereby certify
that Ordinance No. 1450 was introduced at an adjourned regular meeting
of the City Council of the City of Lodi held March 22, 1989
and was thereafter passed, adopted and ordered to print at a regular
meeting of said Council held April 5, 1989 by the following vote:
Ayes: Council Members - Hinchman, Olson, Reid, Snider and
Pinkerton (Mayor)
Noes : Council Members - None
Absent: Council Members - None
Abstain : Council Members - None
I further certify that Ordinance No. 1450 was approved and signed by
the Mayor on the date of its passage and the same has been published
pursuant to law.
ALICE M. REI~CHE
City Clerk
Approved as to Form
BOBBY W. McNATT
City Attorney
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