Municipal Code, Complete - City of Santa Barbara

B. AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR – PARKING OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.
In accordance with the authority provided by state Vehicle Code Section 22507, the Public Works Director, upon the
advice of the Chief of Police, may designate those streets or portions of streets (including specific block faces) within
the City where it is necessary to prohibit or restrict the stopping, standing, or parking of Recreational Vehicles in
order to decrease parking by an excessive number of such vehicles and to provide for the public health and safety,
provided that the streets or street block faces so designated are located within five hundred (500) feet of at least one
of the following land uses:
1. any School or Educational Institution;
2. any Child Care Center, Family Day Care Home, or Group Home;
3. any park, public library, or museum open to the public;
4. any community center or social service center, public or private;
5. any City or nonprofit recreational facility;
6. any Community Care Facility, Skilled Nursing Facility, health care facility, or hospital;
7. any homeless shelter;
8. any church or other religious facility;
9. any designated safe route to schools.
C. NOTICE OF RESTRICTIONS. When signed or marked in accordance with state Vehicle Code
requirements, no person shall stop, stand, or park a Recreational Vehicle in or on any street, portion of street or block
face so designated generally (where designated) or in violation of any hourly restrictions so signed or marked.
D. MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCE. For the purposes of this Section, distance shall be measured in a
straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, and shall be based on property lines or street right-ofway
lines.
E. DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used herein shall be construed and applied as defined by Title 28 of the
Santa Barbara Municipal Code. (Ord. 5475, 2008.)
10.44.210 Parking of Vehicles Used for Transportation of Property for Hire.
No person shall park or stand any vehicle or wagon used or intended to be used in the transportation of property
for hire on any street while awaiting patronage for such vehicle or wagon without first obtaining a written permit to
do so from the City Council which shall designate the specific location where such vehicle may stand. (Ord. 2713
§1(part), 1959; prior Code §31.101.)
10.44.250 Preferential Parking for Sight-seeing Buses - Generally.
Upon written application made and upon good and sufficient cause shown to the City Council a preferential right
to a definite parking space on any street in the City, of not to exceed thirty-five feet (35') in length, shall be allotted to
any applicant so applying, for such applicant's exclusive use, and to the use of which such applicant shall by such
allotment be exclusively entitled as against all persons except the City during such hours as the Council may so allot.
In parking any automobile motor vehicle being used commercially by such applicant as a public sight-seeing bus
operating as a common carrier of human passengers, from such parking place for at least six (6) days out of each
week over a regular and fixed route or itinerary in whole or in part within the City; provided, however, that no such
preferential parking privilege shall be granted by the Council except upon such applicant's reasonably satisfying the
Council that the applicant intends, if granted such a preferential parking privilege, to operate such bus over such route
at least six (6) days out of each week for not less than twelve (12) consecutive weeks of time. (Ord. 2713 §1(part),
1959; prior Code §31.105(part).)
10.44.260 Sight-seeing Buses - Curb Markings.
Any preferential parking space allotted under the provisions of this section shall be designated by having the curb
length alongside which the same is allotted painted "sight-seeing bus stop" in letters at least four inches (4") in height,
for and prior to the painting of which applicant shall pay the City the sum of five dollars ($5.00) to cover the cost of
painting. The Transportation Engineer shall cause the painting to be done within three (3) days' time from the
granting of the preferential parking privilege to be so designated and no grant of any preferential parking privilege
shall be of any force or effect until the parking space thereof shall be so marked. (Ord. 2713 §1(part), 1959; prior
Code §31.105(part).)
10.44.270 Sight-seeing Buses - Termination of Parking Privilege.
Every preferential parking privilege allowed upon application made under the provisions of Sections 10.44.240 -
10.44.260 shall be terminable by the Council either upon or without good cause being shown therefor to the Council.
(Ord. 2713 §1(part), 1959; prior Code §31.105(part).)
248 rev. 6/30/09