Cross Reference: As to prohibited
parking, see Schedule IV of this Title; as to restricted parking,
see Schedule V of this Title.
[R.O. 1992 § 355.010; Ord. No. 5209 §§ 2,4, 6-4-1979; Ord. No. 97-8280 § 1, 11-17-1997]
A.
Except when necessary to avoid conflict
with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of
a Police Officer or official traffic control device, no person shall:
1.
Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
a.
On the roadway side of any vehicle
stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
b.
On a sidewalk;
c.
Within an intersection;
d.
On a crosswalk;
e.
Between a safety zone and adjacent
curb or within thirty (30) feet of points on the curb immediately
opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the (traffic authority)
indicates a different length by signs or markings;
f.
Alongside or opposite any street
excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would
obstruct traffic;
g.
Upon any bridge or other elevated
structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
h.
On any railroad tracks;
i.
At any place where official signs
prohibit stopping.
2.
Stand or park a vehicle, whether
occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger
or passengers:
a.
In front of a public or private driveway;
b.
Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire
hydrant;
c.
Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk
at an intersection;
d.
Within thirty (30) feet upon the
approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, or traffic control signal
located at the side of a roadway;
e.
Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway
entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite
the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five (75) feet of
said entrance (when properly sign posted);
f.
At any place where official signs
prohibit standing.
4.
Stop, stand or park a vehicle, except
momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers, upon
any street or alley between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M.
unless said vehicle is stopped, standing or parked upon any street
or alley:
B.
No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully
under his/her control into any such prohibited area or away from a
curb such a distance as is unlawful.
[R.O. 1992 § 355.020; Ord. No. 5209 §§ 2,4, 6-4-1979]
No person shall park any vehicle
upon a street, other than an alley, in such a manner or under such
conditions as to leave available less than ten (10) feet of the width
of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic.
[R.O. 1992 § 355.030; Ord. No. 5209 §§ 2,4, 6-4-1979]
No person shall park a vehicle within
an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available
less than ten (10) feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement
of vehicular traffic, and no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle
within an alley in such position as to block the driveway entrance
to any abutting property.
[R.O. 1992 § 355.040; Ord. No. 5209 §§ 2,4, 6-4-1979]
[R.O. 1992 § 355.050; Ord. No. 5209 §§ 2,4, 6-4-1979]
A.
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized
to erect signs indicating no parking upon either or both sides of
any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would,
in his/her opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
B.
When official signs are erected indicating
no parking upon either side of a street adjacent to any school property
as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated
place.
[R.O. 1992 § 355.060; Ord. No. 5209 §§ 2,4, 6-4-1979]
A.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized
to erect signs indicating no parking upon any street when the width
of the roadway does not exceed twenty (20) feet, or upon one (1) side
of a street as indicated by such signs when the width of the roadway
does not exceed thirty (30) feet.
B.
When official signs prohibiting parking
are erected upon narrow streets as authorized herein, no person shall
park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign.
[R.O. 1992 § 355.070; Ord. No. 5209 §§ 2,4, 6-4-1979]
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized
to erect signs upon the left-hand side of any one-way street to prohibit
the standing or parking of vehicles, and when such signs are in place,
no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon such left-hand side in
violation of any such sign.
[R.O. 1992 § 355.080; Ord. No. 5209 §§ 2,4, 6-4-1979]
In the event a highway includes two
(2) or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one (1)
direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle
upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are erected
to permit such standing or parking. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized
to determine when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand
side of any such one-way roadway and to erect signs giving notice
thereof.
[R.O. 1992 § 355.090; Ord. No. 5209 §§ 2,4, 6-4-1979]
A.
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized
to determine and designate by proper signs places not exceeding one
hundred (100) feet in length in which the stopping, standing, or parking
of vehicles would create an especially hazardous condition or would
cause unusual delay to traffic.
B.
When official signs are erected at hazardous
or congested places as authorized herein, no person shall stop, stand,
or park a vehicle in any such designated place.
[R.O. 1992 § 355.100; Ord. No. 99-8573 § 1, 4-5-1999]
A.
Designated fire lanes shall be of an approved
surface material capable of providing emergency vehicle access and
support at all times and under all weather conditions. It shall be
the duty of the owner and/or occupant of such areas to place signs
on such areas marking said fire lanes as designated by the Fire Chief
or his/her designee.
B.
Designated fire lanes shall be maintained
free of obstructions. No person shall park or leave unattended a motor
vehicle on any portion of a designated fire lane.
C.
The owner or operator of a motor vehicle
in or upon a designated fire lane in violation of this Section shall
be guilty of a violation of this Section.
D.
Any person in violation of this Section
shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00).
