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ORDINANCE NO. 1725
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AMENDING CHAPTER 12.40 OF THE NEWPORT
BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION
12.40.035; AMENDING SECTION 12.40.040 AND
SECTION 12.40.190 DEALING WITH THE CAUSES
FOR REMOVAL AND STORING OF VEHICLES
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES
ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 12.40.035 is added to the.Newport
Beach Municipal Code to read as follows:
"12.40.035. Parking on Private Streets and Drives.
No person shall park a vehicle on a private street or
drive in such a fashion that the vehicle blocks the private
street or drive so as to prevent vehicular ingress or egress
thereto; provided that signs giving notice that such
parking is in violation of Section 12.40.035 of the Newport
Beach Municipal Code are erected or placed twenty -four
(24) hours prior to the violation."
SECTION 2. Section 12.40.040 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"12.40.040. Parking Duration Limited. No person
who owns or has possession, custody or control of any
vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any public street or
upon any publicly owned, maintained or operated properties
for a period of seventy -two (72) or more consecutive
hours. The provisions of this section shall not apply
to any vehicle owned or in the possession, custody or
control of any public entity."
SECTION 3. Section 12.40.190 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"12.40.190. Causes for Removal and Storage. Any
Police Officer, Police Cadet or employee of the City of
Newport Beach assigned to parking control duties engaged
in the enforcement of parking regulations may remove or
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cause to be removed and stored:
A. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing
upon any public street or publicly owned, maintained or
• operated properties for seventy -two (72) or more
consecutive hours.
B. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing
on a street or highway at any place that has been
established as a no parking area by resolution of the
City Council when signs are posted giving notice that
vehicles parked in such area are subject to removal.
C. Any vehicle which is parked or left standin4
on a street or highway where the use of such street or
highway or a portion thereof is necessary the cleaning,
repair or construction of the street or highway or for
the installation of underground utilities, or where the
use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is
• authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of
traffic, or where the use of the street or highway or
any portion thereof is ncessary for the movement of
equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and
the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere
with such use or movement; provided, that signs giving
notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected or
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placed at least twenty -four (24) hours prior to the removal.
D. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing on
private property used exclusively for a single family
dwelling site where the vehicle is parked or left standing
in a location on said residential lot that is not intended
for public parking and without the permission of the
resident of said residential lot.
E. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing on
a. private street which is not subject to Chapter 12.66 of
this Code, or a private drive, in such a fashion that it
blocks the private street or drive so as to prevent
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vehicular ingress or egress thereto, provided that signs
giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are
erected or placed at all points of ingress at least
twenty -four (24) hours prior to the removal.
F. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing
on public or private property which has been designated
as a fire lane or fire access road by the Fire Chief,
provided that signs giving notice that such vehicle may.
be removed are erected or placed at least twenty -four .
(24) hours prior to removal."
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall be published once
in the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be
effective thirty (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
28th day of March , 1977 and was adopted on the
11th day of April , 1977, by the following vote,
to wit:
ATTEST:
city clerk
CERTIFIED AS THE ORIGINAL AND
CERTIFIED AS TO PUBLICATION
AL1�4 1977
DATE...... ..
CITY CLERK OF TW CITY OF N� OPT BEACH
AYES, COUNCILMEN:.Dostal, Barrett, Kuehn,
McInnis, Rogers, Ryckoff, Williams
NOES,
None
ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None
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