The provisions of this Title prohibiting the standing or parking
of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified
or as indicated on official signs except when it is necessary to stop
a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with
the directions of a Police Officer or official traffic control device.
The provisions of this Title imposing a time limit on parking
shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more
restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing
or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall
park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
When signs are erected in each block giving notice thereof,
no person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified by ordinance
of any day except Sunday and public holidays within the districts
or upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
When signs are erected in each block giving notice thereof,
no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle between the hours specified
by ordinance of any day except Sundays and public holidays within
the district or upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
Whenever by this Title or any ordinance of the City any parking
time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets,
it shall be the duty of the City Traffic Engineer to erect appropriate
signs giving notice thereof and no such regulations shall be effective
unless said signs are erected and in place at the time of any alleged
offense.
In cases where an equally direct and convenient alternate route
is provided, an ordinance may describe and signs may be erected giving
notice thereof that no persons shall operate any commercial vehicle
upon streets or parts of streets so described except those commercial
vehicles making deliveries thereon.
[CC 1999 §27-235]
No person shall permit any vehicle to park or stand when no
parking signs are erected and maintained at designated locations set
out in Schedule III.
[CC 1999 §27-229; Ord. No. 91-8, 1-29-1991]
A.Â
It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to permit any
motor vehicle having the capacity of more than fifteen (15) passengers
or any motor vehicle, truck or truck tractor having a capacity of
more than one (1) ton to park, stand or stop for a period of more
than ten (10) minutes on any public street or alley within the City,
provided that nothing in this Section shall prohibit any reasonable
and necessary parking of any such vehicle for the purpose of loading
and unloading such vehicle in the carrying on of the business of its
owner or operator.
B.Â
It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to permit any
truck trailer or trailer of any type to park, stand or stop for a
period of more than ten (10) minutes on any public street or alley
within the City, provided that nothing in this Section shall prohibit
the reasonable and necessary parking of such truck trailer or trailers
for the purpose of loading or unloading such truck trailer or trailers
in the carrying on of the business of its owner or operator.
C.Â
Notwithstanding Subsections (A) and (B) above, construction trailers [defined as, including, but is not limited to, any trailer that is used for the storage of construction or demolition tools, materials or supplies for contractors engaged in construction or demolition activities upon a construction jobsite or a demolition jobsite], upon the conditions set forth below, may be permitted to park on the public street where the only practical location for such trailers is on the street, with the parking to be immediately in front of and adjacent to the construction jobsite or demolition jobsite, but only during the period of actual construction or demolition and only during the period of time when the particular contractor utilizing the trailer actually is engaged in working on the construction or demolition project. The phrase "period of actual construction or demolition" includes the right to leave the construction trailer parked overnight when the actual construction or demolition work is occurring during normal business hours.
[Ord. No. 2017-71 § 1, 8-14-2017]
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Such construction trailer parking will be permitted only upon
these conditions:
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1.Â
The owner of the construction trailer must obtain a parking
permit from the City prior to parking the construction trailer on
the street.
2.Â
The permit for temporary parking of a construction trailer will
only be valid during the period of actual construction or demolition
and only during the period of time when the particular contractor
utilizing the trailer actually is engaged in working on the construction
or demolition project. All such trailers shall be removed from the
street immediately following the completion of the construction or
demolition project or that particular portion thereof on which a particular
contractor was engaged.
3.Â
Reflective traffic cones approved by the City Police Department
must be placed within three (3) feet of the front and back of the
trailer.
4.Â
The owner of the construction trailer must provide proof of
insurance on the construction trailer at the time of applying for
the parking permit.
5.Â
Construction trailer parking may be prohibited where street
conditions are such that such parking is not practical or can be done
safely.
[CC 1999 §27-335; Ord. No. 2003-109 §1, 11-10-2003]
A.Â
It
is an ordinance violation to drive a three (3) axle tractor semi-trailer
vehicle with a twenty-seven (27) foot or longer trailer on the following
streets, to wit:
Waples Street between Church Street and Asher Street.
Conn Street between Waples Street to Henry Street.
Waples Street between Asher Street and Conn Street.
Walnut between Bryan Street and Springhill Street.
