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 one-half (1/2) hour after sunset
and one-half (1/2) 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 one-half (1/2) hour after sunset and one-half (1/2)
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.
