Whittier enforces posted time limits on city streets-commonly 20-minute and 2-hour zones marked by signs or curb paint-with the Parking and Transportation Commission setting limits by resolution. Green curb means a 20-minute limit between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Violations are infractions enforced by the Whittier Police Department.
On-street parking in Whittier is governed by Chapter 10.16 (Stopping, Standing and Parking) of the Municipal Code. Section 10.16.100 authorizes posted time limits: green curb markings mean no standing or parking longer than 20 minutes between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays, and signs or curb markings can establish 2-hour (or other) limits. The Parking and Transportation Commission, by resolution, 'may limit parking on all or any portion of any public street during any day, and during any hour of any day,' with conforming signs erected. Section 10.16.100 states the limits are 'enforced by the Whittier Police Department' and 'any violation of this section shall be an infraction.' Section 10.16.130 closes the move-the-car loophole: successive acts of parking within 300 feet, where the vehicle is moved merely to avoid a limit, count as a single act of parking, creating a rebuttable presumption of intent to circumvent the rule. Curb-color meanings are set in Section 10.32.020 (red, yellow, white). Whittier's chalk-mark enforcement is backed by Section 10.16.135, which makes it an infraction to intentionally remove or conceal a chalk mark used to enforce parking limits.
Overstaying a posted limit, or parking against a colored curb, is an infraction enforced by the Whittier Police Department under 10.16.100. Shuffling a car within 300 feet to reset a timer is treated as continuous parking under 10.16.130. Removing or obscuring an officer's chalk mark is a separate infraction under 10.16.135. Fine amounts are set by the city's bail/penalty schedule rather than the code text.
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