10.32.150 Parking for purpose of sale prohibited.
A. No person shall park any motor vehicle, trailer, camper, boat or other mobile equipment upon any public or private parking lot or any public or private property for the primary purpose of displaying such vehicle thereon for sale, hire or rental, unless the property is duly licensed and zoned by the city to transact that type of business at that location.
B. Subsection A of this section shall not prohibit a property owner or tenant of private residential property from parking and selling any motor vehicle, trailer, camper, boat or other mobile equipment on the private residential property upon which such owner or tenant resides, provided the vehicle, trailer, boat, or other mobile equipment is also owned by the property owner or tenant and is parked on a paved surface.
C. Any person violating subsection A of this section shall first be given a twenty-four hour warning notice that the vehicle is parked in violation of subsection A before a citation is issued. Signs may be posted upon private and public property giving notice of the prohibition of subsection A. Where such signs are posted, the twenty-four hour warning notice need not be given.
D. No person shall park any vehicle, as such term is defined in Vehicle Code Section 670, on any street or public right-of-way when it appears because of a sign or placard on the vehicle that the primary purpose of parking the vehicle at that location is to advertise to the public the private sale of that vehicle.
E. Any peace officer or regularly employed and salaried employee engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations of the city may remove a vehicle located within the territorial limits in which the officer or employee may act when the vehicle is found upon a street or public lands if:
1. Because of a sign or placard on the vehicle it appears that the primary purpose of parking the vehicle at that location is to advertise to the public the private sale of that vehicle; and
2. Within the past thirty days the vehicle is known to have been previously issued a notice of parking violation, under this section which was accompanied by a notice containing all of the following:
a. A warning that an additional parking violation may result in the impoundment of the vehicle,
b. A warning that the vehicle may be impounded pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22651.9, even if moved to another street, so long as the signs or placards offering the vehicle for sale remain on the vehicle,
c. A statement that all city streets and public lands are subject to the provisions of this section;
3. The notice of parking violation was issued at least twenty-four hours prior to the removal of the vehicle;
4. Vehicle Code Section 22852, incorporated herein by reference, applies to the removal of any vehicle pursuant to this section. (Ord. 3950 § 1, 2000)