[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973; Ord. No. 4047, 9-21-2015]
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 the 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; or
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 the 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
signposted); or
f.
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
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.
C.
No person shall park, either on public or private property, any vehicle
unless such vehicle is properly licensed and registered, except in
the instance where such vehicle is stored within a locked building
or locked fenced area and not visible from adjacent public or private
property, or to any vehicle upon the property of a business licensed
as salvage, swap, junk dealer, towing or storage facility so long
as the business is operated in compliance with its business license
and the property is in compliance with applicable zoning ordinances.
All vehicles stored under car covers must be properly licensed and
registered, with the cover being form-fitting and in good condition
with no tears, mold, or mildew. No car cover shall be permitted to
be maintained on any vehicle parked on a City street.
D.
It shall be unlawful for any operator of a motor vehicle to park
a vehicle on the grassy portion of a yard adjoining a dwelling unit
or apartment, and all vehicles shall be parked on the street or in
an authorized driveway.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
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.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
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.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
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.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
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.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
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.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
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.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
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.
