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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1225 - Curb MarkingsTHS :aem 7/20/67 • ORDINANCE NO. 1225 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTIONS 12.48.040 AND 12.48.050 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CURB MARKINGS INDICATING STOPPING AND PARKING REGULATIONS The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does ordain as follows° SECTION 1. Section 12.48.040 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is amended to read: "12.48.040 StopRiU and Parkin Re ulations Curb Mar�kings� City Traffic Engineer is ere y authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this chapter, to place, and when required herein shall place, the fol- lowing curb markings or signs or both to indicate parking or standing regulations, and the curb markings shall have the meanings as herein set forth: (a) Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone. (b) Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between seven a.m. and six p.m., or between such other hours as may be indicated by signs posted at any load- ing zone, for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials, provided that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty minutes, and provided that the restriction shall not apply on Sundays or holidays if signs posted at the loading zone so indicate. (c) White shall mean no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of pas- sengers which shall not exceed three minutes and such restrictions shall apply between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day, except as follows: When such zone is in front of a hotel the restrictions shall apply at all times. When such zone is in front of a theater the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater is closed. (d) Green shall mean no standing or parking for longer than thirty minutes in a parking meter zone at any time between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such sign or legible curb marking in violation of such sign or marking or any of the provisions of this section." SECTION 2. Section 12.48.050 of the Newport Beach • Municipal Code is amended to read: "12.48.050 Green Curb Markings Outside Parking Meter Zones. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized,su ject to the provisions and limitations of this chapter, to place, and when required herein shall place, green curb markings or signs or both outside of parking meter zones to indi- cate parking or standing regulations as follows* (a) Green markings shall mean no standing or parking, • for a period of time longer than thirty minutes between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day. 0 40 (b) In the same block on the same side of the street and within one hundred feet of a United States Post Office, when it is deemed necessary by the City Traffic Engineer to provide for short -term parking, he may paint and maintain green curb markings with words in white or aluminum colored paint "PARKING LIMIT FIVE MINUTESB9 on the top of the green curb or he may post signs giving notice of a five - minute time limit on parking. Except when parking is prohibited in the area, the five - minute time limit shall apply during the hours of the day and during the days of the week desig- nated on the curb or on the signs giving notice thereof. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any.such legible curb marking or sign in violation of such marking or sign or any of the provisions of this section." SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be effec- tive 30 days after the date of its adoption> This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 24th day of July , 1967, and was adopted on the 14th day of August , 1967, by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN. Rogers. Parsons. Marshall, Gruber, Cook, Foreit, Shelton NOES, COUNCILMEN,. None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None 2.