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.
[R.O. 2012 §350.060; Ord. No. 543 §1, 3-1-2005]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for the owner of any motor vehicle to, or suffer
another to, leave a motor vehicle on any public or private property,
including, but not limited to, any public or private street, alley,
driveway or parking lot, with the engine running. Violation of this
Section shall be an infraction subjecting the violator to a fine not
to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00).
B.
It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of violating Subsection (A) of this Section if any of the following circumstances pertain at the time of the alleged offense:
1.
All doors or other access to the interior of the vehicle were locked
and windows closed.
2.
No keys to operate the engine of the vehicle were inside vehicle
and the vehicle had a function cut-off or kick switch installed so
as to prohibit engaging the transmission without using the ignition
key for the vehicle in question.
3.
The vehicle was located in a garage closed and locked in such a way
as to prohibit unauthorized access.
4.
There was in use in the vehicle some recognized commercial form of
passive theft deterrent such as a metal bar locked onto the steering
wheel to effectively disable the steering system.
C.
The
defendant shall bear the burden of persuasion as to any affirmative
defense to establish that the defense is more probably true than not.
D.
Violation
of this Section shall not mitigate the offense of stealing such unattended
motor vehicle, nor shall such violation be used to defeat a recovery
in any civil action for the theft of such motor vehicle or the insurance
thereon or have any other bearing in any civil action.
