PARKING PROHIBITED ON OR WITHIN SIX (6) FEET OF ANY RAILROAD TRACK ON LANDS UNDER THE JURISDICTION AND CONTROL OF THE BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS, AND PARKING AND STANDING PROHIBITED OR LIMITED TO SPECIFIC TIME AND FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING ON HARBOR DEPARTMENT STREETS, ROADWAYS, THOROUGHFARES, AND AREAS, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, WHEN POSTED AND PAINTED.
Los Angeles Municipal Code § 87.09
in effectSEC. 87.09. PARKING PROHIBITED ON OR WITHIN SIX (6) FEET OF ANY RAILROAD TRACK ON LANDS UNDER THE JURISDICTION AND CONTROL OF THE BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS, AND PARKING AND STANDING PROHIBITED OR LIMITED TO SPECIFIC TIME AND FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING ON HARBOR DEPARTMENT STREETS, ROADWAYS, THOROUGHFARES, AND AREAS, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, WHEN POSTED AND PAINTED.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to park or stand any vehicle for any purpose on or within six (6) feet of any railroad track on lands under the jurisdiction and control of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles, except while any such vehicle is attended and engaged in loading or unloading passengers or materials.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to park or stand any vehicle for any purpose on any Harbor Department street, roadway, thoroughfare, or area, or portion thereof, under the jurisdiction and control of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles at any time when such street, roadway, thoroughfare, or area, or portion thereof, is posted with any permanent or temporary sign or signs, placed, erected or painted on any curb or area, by said Board of Harbor Commissioners or its authorized agent, giving notice that no parking or standing is allowed thereon.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to park or stand any vehicle for any purpose for any period of time in excess of the parking or standing time limit indicated by any sign posted as herein provided, on any Harbor Department street, roadway, thoroughfare, or area, or portions thereof, under the jurisdiction and control of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles when any such street, roadway, thoroughfare, or area, or portion thereof, is posted with any permanent or temporary sign or signs placed, erected or painted on any curb or area by said Board of Harbor Commissioners or its authorized agent giving notice that parking or standing is allowed thereon for a specified limited period of time.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to park or stand any vehicle for any purpose other than the loading and unloading of passengers or materials, in any “Loading Zone” in any street, roadway, thoroughfare, or area under the jurisdiction and control of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles. Loading Zones shall be indicated by a yellow paint line stenciled with black letters “Loading Only” on any curb or other appropriate place within such zones as may be established by the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles. The permission hereby granted to park or stand in “Loading Zones” for purposes of loading or unloading passengers or materials shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor.
(e) Whenever the promotion and accommodation of commerce, navigation or fishery may require that such parking or standing on any street, roadway, thoroughfare, or area, or any portion thereof, under the jurisdiction and control of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles, be prohibited or limited to a specified time or limited to loading or unloading only, said Board of Harbor Commissioners, or its authorized agent, shall cause such temporary or permanent signs to be installed or painted, as it may deem necessary to give notice that such parking or standing is prohibited, limited to a specified time, or limited to unloading or unloading of passengers or materials only thereon.
(f) In the event of a fire or other emergency, or when authorized by the General Manager, Police Officers of the City of Los Angeles, the Port Warden and Harbor Guards may regulate and direct traffic and regulate and control parking and standing on any street, roadway, thoroughfare, or area, or portion thereof, under the jurisdiction and control of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of DIVISION “S” of Chapter VIII of this Code.
(g) No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order, direction or signal of a Police Officer, Special Officer, or Harbor Guard, given under the authority of or pursuant to the provisions of DIVISION “S” of Chapter VIII of this Code. (Added by Ord. No. 108,057, Eff. 10/15/56. )
(h) Whenever a parking space has been temporarily or permanently marked on any Harbor Department street, road, thoroughfare or area, or portion thereof, under the jurisdiction and control of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles, by painted lines or other designation indicating a parking space allocated for a vehicle, it shall be unlawful for any person to park or stand any vehicle thereon in such manner as to occupy more than one, or portions of more than one, such marked parking space. (Added by Ord. No. 108,057, Eff. 10/15/56. )
(i) Police Officers, Special Officers, and Harbor Guards are hereby authorized to control parking or standing of vehicles and to direct all traffic by voice, hand or signal whenever and wherever necessary in the interests of safety or to expedite the flow of traffic on any Harbor Department street, roadway, thoroughfare, or area, under the jurisdiction and control of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles. (Added by Ord. No. 109,161, Eff. 5/16/57.)
(j) Any Parking Control Checker or Traffic Officer as defined in Section 80.00 of this chapter or any Security Officer as defined in Section 87.12 of this chapter is hereby authorized to issue parking notices as provided by Division 17, Article 3 of the Vehicle Code whenever and wherever necessary on any Harbor Department street, roadway, thoroughfare or area under the jurisdiction and control of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles and to perform such other related duties as may be required by the Chief of Police or the General Manager, Department of Transportation, as appropriate. (Amended by Ord. No. 168,783, Eff. 7/12/93, Oper. 7/1/93.)
(k) It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle in any public parking area except between the painted lines indicating where such vehicle shall be parked. (Added by Ord. No. 149,734, Eff. 7/3/77. )
(l) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove a vehicle from any public parking area without first paying all fees or charges due for the use of such parking space. (Added by Ord. No. 149,734, Eff. 7/3/77. )
(m) The Board of Harbor Commissioners or its authorized agents may cause temporary or permanent signs to be posted providing for the removal, or removal and impound, of any vehicle parked or left standing in violation of this section. (Added by Ord. No. 152,130, Eff. 5/5/79.)
Source: City of Los Angeles, Charter and Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/lamc/0-0-0-168851Fetched: 10/24/2026