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.Â
The
City Manager 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.Â
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
Manager 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.Â
The
City Manager 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.Â
It
shall be unlawful for any permittee or other person to violate any
of the special terms or conditions of any such permit.
A.Â
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.Â
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.Â
Any
lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
[R.O. 2008 §340.040; Ord. No. 4893 §1, 7-18-1990]
No person shall park or store any vehicle at any place on any
public street or alley for a period exceeding seventy-two (72) hours,
or so park or store such vehicle and then remove the same within said
time and again replace such vehicle for the purpose of so parking
the same temporarily for personal use.