§ 10.24.210. Authority to remove vehicles for sale in certain areas within the public right-of-way.

A.

Purpose. The council of the city of Calexico finds that the display of vehicles for sale on its streets creates a distraction for drivers and pedestrians, thereby creating a hazard; creates a nuisance for the community; and decreases the parking available for businesses and residents. Council further finds that numerous methods are available and necessary to alleviate this problem in the method most appropriate. The purpose of this section is to authorize and empower an authorized peace officer or other regularly employed and salaried employee of the city of Calexico who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations of the city, to take various actions when public streets and highways identified in this section are used for the private sale of vehicles.

B.

Parking for Sale Vehicles Restricted. It is unlawful to park a vehicle on a street designated in paragraph (2) of subdivision (C) of this Section 10.24.210 when, because of a sign or placard on the vehicle, it appears that the primary purpose of parking the vehicle at that location is to display and advertise to the public that the vehicle is for sale, and where the notice required in subdivision (C), below, has been given to the owner or operator of the vehicle in the manner set forth therein.

C.

Preremoval Notice. Prior to the removal of a vehicle pursuant to this Section 10.24.210, the officer or employee must first determine that within the past thirty days, the vehicle is known to have been previously issued a notice of parking violation, which notice must contain the following:

1.

A warning that an additional violation of Section 10.24.210 may result in the impoundment of the vehicle, even if the vehicle is moved to another street designated under this section, so long as the sign or placard offering the vehicle for sale remains on the vehicle.

2.

A list of the following streets subject to this section, which are hereby identified by the city council as streets where the parking of vehicles for sale is prohibited, is incorporated in the aforementioned warning.

STREET	BEGINNING LIMIT	ENDING LIMIT
Imperial Avenue	North City Limit	South City Limit
Imperial Avenue West	Scaroni Road	Birch Street
Imperial Avenue East	Cole Road	Palm Drive
Birch Street	West City Limit	East City Limit
No. Frontage Road of Birch Street	Paulin Avenue	C.N. Perry Avenue
So. Frontage Road of Birch Street	Eady Avenue	Lee Street
So. Frontage Road of Birch Street	Blair Avenue	Encinas Avenue
Kloke Avenue	North City Limit	Calexico Street
Eady Avenue	Martinez Street	Amelia Street
Canal Street	Eady Avenue	V.V. Williams Avenue
V.V. Williams Avenue	North City Limit	Birch Street
Cesar Chavez Boulevard	Birch Street	South City Limit
Ollie Avenue	North roadway edge	McKinley Street
Estrada Blvd	Cole Road	Birch Street
Arguellas Street	Estrada Blvd	Ollie Avenue
Hacienda Street	Ollie Avenue	Imperial Avenue West
Emerson Avenue	Birch Street	Third Street
Grant Street	West City Limit	Imperial Avenue
Rockwood Avenue	North City Limit	First Street
Encinas Avenue	Birch Street	First Street
Avenida De Oro	Calle De Oro Street	Birch Street
Rancho Frontera Avenue	North City Limit	Birch Street
Andrade Avenue	North City Limit	South City Limit
Second Street	West City Limit	East City Limit

 

(Ord. 866B § 1, 1985: Ord. 866 § 1, 1985: Ord. 831 § 1, 1982: prior code § 6471)

(Ord. No. 1113, § 1, 2, 2-16-10)