MC 9.24.010 In addition to and in accordance with the determination made and the authority granted by the state of California under Section 22660 of the Vehicle Code to remove abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof as public nuisances, the city council finds and determines that the accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof on private or public property not including highways creates a condition tending to reduce the value of private property, to promote blight and deterioration, to invite plundering, to create fire hazards, to constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minor, to create a harborage for rodents and insects and to be injurious to the health, safety and general welfare.

MC 9.24.180(b) Prohibited acts  It is unlawful for any person: (b) To abandon, park, store, or leave or permit the abandonment, parking, storing or leaving of any licensed or unlicensed vehicle or any part or parts thereof which is in an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative condition upon any private property or public property not including highways within the city for a period in excess of seventy-two or more consecutive hours unless such vehicle, or parts thereof are completely enclosed within a building in a lawful manner where it or they are not visible from the street or other public or private property, or unless such vehicle or parts are stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with the business of a licensed dismantler, licensed vehicle dealer or a junkyard.

MC 9.54.010 Human habitation of vehicles 

(a) It is unlawful for any person to use, occupy or permit the use or occupancy of any vehicle for human habitation on or in any street, park, alley, public parking lot or other public way. For purposes of this section, "human habitation" means the use of a vehicle for a dwelling place and does not include temporary use of a vehicle for alleviation of sickness or physical inability to operate the vehicle.  

(b) The following uses are exempt from the provisions of this section:

• (1) Any mobile living unit used for human habitation in accord with Chapter 19.51 or any use allowed by another provision of this code or required procedure of the city;  
• (2) Guests of city residents for up to forty-eight consecutive hours when parked in close proximity to the resident's dwelling.

MC 10.16.120--Use of streets or public parking facilities for storage of vehicles prohibited
It is unlawful for any person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle, including a boat or trailer, to park or leave such vehicle upon any street, alley, or public parking facility for a period of seventy-two consecutive hours or more. For the purposes of this section, a vehicle shall be considered to have been parked or left standing for seventy-two or more consecutive hours if it has remained inoperable or has not been moved at least one mile during the seventy-two-hour period. An inoperable vehicle is a vehicle that cannot be moved under its own power or a vehicle which cannot operate legally and safely on the highways of the state. Pushing or moving a vehicle a short distance or attempting to rub away the tire marking will not be considered compliance with this section. The mileage reflected on the odometer of the vehicle shall be presumed to be an accurate indication of the distance that the vehicle has or has not been moved. Obstruction of the odometer of the vehicle will result in a presumption that the vehicle has not been moved.

MC 10.16.130 Storage of vehicles--Removal
In the event a vehicle, including a boat or trailer, is left standing upon a street, alley or public parking facility in excess of a period of seventy-two consecutive hours or more, any public safety employee authorized by the director of public safety may remove the vehicle from the street, alley or public parking facility in the manner and subject to the requirements of the Vehicle Code.
MC 10.16.140 Parking for certain purposes prohibited It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle upon any roadway for the purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale, washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repairing necessitated by an emergency.

MC 10.16.140 Parking for certain purposes prohibited It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle upon any roadway for the purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale, washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repairing necessitated by an emergency.

MC 10.16.160 Parking commercial vehicles in residential district

It is unlawful for any person to park any commercial vehicle (other than a pick-up truck, station wagon or similar vehicle of a size similar to an ordinary passenger vehicle) more than five hours in any residential district except:

(a) While loading or unloading property and time in addition to such five-hour period is necessary to complete such work; or

(b) When such vehicle is parked in connection with, and in aid of, the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which such vehicle is parked and time in addition to such five-hour period is reasonably necessary to complete such service. 
Truck defined For the purpose of this code, "truck" means any vehicle as defined in the Vehicle Code of California, or as hereafter amended, exceeding a maximum gross weight of three tons (MC 10.40.010).

MC 19.46.140 Parking in front and side yards Allowed

Except in a corner vision triangle on corner lots, parking is allowed in the required front and side yards in all residential zoning districts. Such parking shall be limited to currently registered operable vehicles, trailers and boats, shall be on a stabilized permanent surface approved by the director of community development and installed in accordance with Section 19.46.120, and such parking area shall not cover more than fifty percent of any required front yard. An operable vehicle is a vehicle that can move under its own power and which can operate legally and safely on the highways of the state.