Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, every vehicle
stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall
be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle
parallel to and within eighteen (18) inches of the right-hand curb.
A.
The
City Traffic Engineer shall determine upon what streets angle parking
shall be permitted and shall mark or sign such streets but such angle
parking shall not be indicated upon any Federal-aid or State highway
within the City unless the State Highways and Transportation Commission
has determined by resolution or order entered in its minutes that
the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without
interfering with the free movement of traffic.
B.
Angle
parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any place where passing
traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon the left
side of the street.
On those streets which have been signed or marked by the City
Traffic Engineer for angle parking, no person shall park or stand
a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway
indicated by such signs or markings.
A.
The
City Traffic Engineer is authorized to issue special permits to permit
the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the purpose of loading or
unloading merchandise or materials subject to the terms and conditions
of such permit. Such permits may be issued either to the owner or
lessee of real property or to the owner of the vehicle and shall grant
to such person the privilege as therein stated and authorized herein.
B.
It
shall be unlawful for any permittee or other person to violate any
of the special terms or conditions of any such permit.
A.
Whenever
a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours
between a half (½) hour after sunset and a half (½)
hour before sunrise and in the event there is sufficient light to
reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred (500)
feet upon such street or highway, no lights need be displayed upon
such parked vehicle.
B.
Whenever
a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent
thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between
a half (½) hour after sunset and a half (½) hour before
sunrise and there is not sufficient light to reveal any person or
object within a distance of five hundred (500) feet upon such highway,
such vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with one (1) or
more lamps meeting the following requirements: At least one (1) lamp
shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of five
hundred (500) feet to the front of the vehicle, and the same lamp
or at least one (1) other lamp shall display a red light visible from
a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear of the vehicle,
and the location of said lamp or lamps shall always be such that at
least one (1) lamp or combination of lamps meeting the requirements
of this Section is installed as near as practicable to the side of
the vehicle which is closer to passing traffic. The foregoing provisions
shall not apply to a motor-driven cycle.
C.
Any
lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
[Ord. No. 1681 §§1 —
2, 10-13-1999]
A.
The
driver of any vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed
in the opposite direction on any street in the City. The driver of
any vehicle shall not cross the oncoming lane of traffic to park in
angle parking or parallel parking.
B.
The
following parking of vehicles shall be a violation of this Section:
1.
Backing into angle parking and parking wrong way (facing traffic).
2.
Where parallel parking is permitted, vehicles shall be so stopped
or parked that the right-hand wheels of the vehicle are parallel to
and within eighteen (18) inches of the right-hand side of the curb
or edge of the roadway. Parking of motor vehicles on streets within
the City limits shall be parallel to the curb or edge of the street,
except where angle parking is specifically authorized.
3.
Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, every vehicle stopped
or parked upon a one-way street or roadway where parking is permitted
shall be so stopped or parked that the right-hand wheels of the vehicle
are parallel to and within eighteen (18) inches of the curb or edge
of the roadway, or the left-hand curb or edge of the roadway, in the
direction of authorized traffic movement.
4.
Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, when angle parking
or perpendicular parking is required, the front wheel or wheels shall
be within six (6) inches of the curb or edge of the roadway.
5.
No vehicle shall park in designated parking spaces so as to occupy
more than one (1) parking space.