[R.O. 1991 § 355.010; Ord. No. 2254-04 § 1, 3-16-2004]
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;
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 signposted);
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.
[R.O. 1991 § 355.020; Ord. No. 2254-04 § 1, 3-16-2004]
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. 1991 § 355.030; Ord. No. 2254-04 § 1, 3-16-2004]
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. 1991 § 355.040; Ord. No. 2254-04 § 1, 3-16-2004]
[R.O. 1991 § 355.050; Ord. No. 2254-04 § 1, 3-16-2004]
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. 1991 § 355.060; Ord. No. 2254-04 § 1, 3-16-2004]
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. 1991 § 355.070; Ord. No. 2254-04 § 1, 3-16-2004]
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. 1991 § 355.080; Ord. No. 2254-04 § 1, 3-16-2004]
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. 1991 § 355.090; Ord. No. 2254-04 § 1, 3-16-2004]
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. 1991 § 355.100; Ord. No. 800 § 42A, 11-12-1979; Ord. No. 1625 § 1, 5-16-1995; Ord. No. 1907-99 § 25, 12-21-1999; Ord. No. 2254-04 § 1, 3-16-2004; Ord. No. 2347-05 § 1, 1-18-2005; Ord. No. 2348-05 § 1, 1-18-2005]
A.
No person, firm or corporation shall park,
cause to be parked or permit to be parked a commercial vehicle on
the public streets or public right-of-way in the "R-1," "R-2," "R-3,"
"B-4," "I-1" and "I-2" zoning districts in the City of Smithville
except that a commercial vehicle may be parked on said streets provided
that the vehicle is loading or unloading merchandise or materials
for the delivery to residents or businesses of said street.
B.
For the purpose of this Section, a "commercial
vehicle" is hereby defined as any truck, bus, moving van, truck tractor
or trailer, except pickup trucks no larger than three-quarter (3/4)
ton and vans licensed for passenger use, recreational use or licensed
as a truck for no more than twelve thousand (12,000) pounds.
C.
Penalty. Every person, firm or corporation
convicted of violating the provisions of this Section shall be punished
by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment
not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Each day that such violation shall continue shall be construed to
be and shall be a separate and distinct offense under this Section
and separate penalties and fines may be assessed therefor.
[R.O. 1991 § 355.110; Ord. No. 325 § 93, 9-3-1968; Ord. No. 2254-04 § 1, 3-16-2004]
A.
No farmer, gardener or other persons selling
or offering for sale from trucks, wagons, carts or other vehicles
within the limits of the City any fruit, vegetables, butter, eggs,
cheese, meats, game, poultry and foodstuff of any description shall
stand with such trucks, wagons, carts or other vehicles for more than
ten (10) minutes at any place on any public street or square.
B.
No licensed hucksters', hawkers' or peddlers'
vehicles shall be allowed to obstruct the passage of any street or
alley or to stand for a longer time than provided herein.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to
park or keep a vehicle longer than ten (10) minutes in one (1) block
for the purpose of selling merchandise contained in such vehicle.
D.
It shall be unlawful for any person to
park vehicles on any through street designated by the Board of Aldermen
for the purpose of selling merchandise contained in such vehicle.
[R.O. 1991 § 355.120; Ord. No. 1928-00 § 1, 3-21-2000; Ord. No. 2254-04 § 1, 3-16-2004]
A.
PHYSICALLY DISABLED
PROPERLY MARKED AS RESERVED FOR DISABLED PARKING ONLY
Definitions. As used in this Section, the
following terms shall mean:
Any natural person who has permanently lost the use of one
(1) or both legs or one (1) or both arms or any combination thereof,
any person who is so severely disabled so as to be unable to move
freely without the aid of crutches, braces, walker, canes, leg prosthesis
or wheelchair, or any person who suffers from lung disease to such
an extent that his/her forced expiratory volume in one (1) second
(FEV), when measured by spirometry, is less than one (1) liter or
his/her arterial oxygen tension (Po2) is less than sixty (60) mm/hg
on room air at rest, or any person who has a cardiac vascular disease
so severe as to measure between three (3) to four (4) on the New York
Heart Classification Scale, or any person with cardiac disease resulting
in marked limitation of physical activity when such physical activity
causes fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea or anginal pain.
Any parking space which is indicated by a sign upon which
shall be inscribed the international symbol of accessibility in white
on a blue background.
B.
Parking In Handicapped Spaces Prohibited.
1.
It shall be unlawful for any person
to park or permit any person to remain in any parking space properly
marked as reserved for handicapped unless such vehicle shall display
a distinguishing license plate, placard or sticker.
2.
It shall be unlawful for any person
to permit any vehicle to block access to any parking space properly
marked as reserved for the handicapped or block access in any manner
to any ramp, entrance or stall designated for handicapped access or
use.
C.
Enforcement.
1.
The violation detailed in Subsection (B) shall be applicable whether said violations occur on public or private property open to public use so long as the spaces are appropriately marked as handicapped spaces. City Police Officers are empowered to enter upon private property open to public use to enforce the provisions of this Section.
D.
Penalty. Any person violating the provisions
of this Section shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not to
exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
