[Added 10-25-2018 by Ch.
No. 3172]
On-street parking shall be on both sides of the streets within
the City of Pawtucket, 24 hours a day, except on those streets already
permanently posted with parking regulations in accordance with existing
ordinances.
A.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, 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 12 inches of the right-hand curb.
B.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, every
vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent
curbs and left-hand parking is permitted upon the roadway shall be
so stopped or parked with the left-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel
to and within 12 inches of the left-hand curb.
A.
The Director of Public Works or his/her designee 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 this City unless the
State Traffic 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.
C.
On those streets which have been signed or marked
by the Director of Public Works or his/her designee 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.
No signs required. No person shall stop, stand or
park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer
or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
(1)
On a sidewalk.
(2)
In front of a public or private driveway.
(3)
Within an intersection.
(4)
Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, fire alarm or police
signal box.
(5)
On a crosswalk.
(6)
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(7)
Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon,
stop sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway.
(8)
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within
30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety
zone, unless the Director of Public Works or his/her designee indicates
a different length by signs or markings.
(9)
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
(10)
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any
fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to
any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance (when properly signposted).
(11)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation
or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(12)
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or
parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(13)
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure
upon a highway, unless otherwise authorized by the Director of Public
Safety and when properly sign posted.
(14)
Within 20 feet of a street corner at an intersection.
(15)
Parallel to or at an angle with any curbing
that is painted yellow.
(16)
In any prohibited parking area of a municipal
parking lot (when properly signposted).
(17)
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping,
standing or parking.
B.
No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under
his/her control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb
such distance as is unlawful.
The Director of Public Works or his/her designee
is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon either
or both sides of any street adjacent to any school property when such
parking would, in his/her opinion, interfere with traffic or create
a hazardous situation.
A.
The Director of Public Works or his/her designee is
hereby authorized to erect signs indicating "no parking either side"
upon any two-way street when the width of the roadway as determined
by the Director of Public Works or his/her designee, or upon one side
of a street as indicated by such signs when the width of the roadway
does not exceed 30 feet.
B.
When official signs prohibiting parking are erected
upon narrow streets as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle
upon any such street in violation of any such sign.
The Director of Public Works or his/her designee
is authorized to erect signs upon the left-hand side of any one-way
street to prohibit the standing or parking of vehicles, and when such
signs are in place, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon such
left-hand side in violation of any such signs.
In the event a highway includes two or more
separate roadways divided by a median strip and traffic is restricted
to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park
a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs
are erected to permit such standing or parking. The Director of Public
Works or his/her designee is authorized to determine when standing
or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any such one-way
roadway and to erect signs giving notice thereof.
A.
The Director of Public Works or his/her designee is
hereby authorized to determine and designate by proper signs places
not exceeding 100 feet in length in which the stopping, standing or
parking of vehicles would create an especially hazardous condition
or would cause unusual delay to traffic.
B.
When official signs are erected at hazardous or congested
places as authorized herein, no person shall stop, stand or park a
vehicle in any such designated place.
[Added 5-22-2003 by Ch. No. 2681]
All boats on trailers, trailers and mobile homes
shall be banned from parking upon any street within the confines of
the City of Pawtucket between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Monday through Sunday, including holidays. The penalty for each violation
shall be $52 for each and every day that the violation continues.
[Added 7-8-2004 by Ch. No. 2736]
A.
When notification has been made of intent, from time
to time, to clean the public streets, it shall be unlawful for any
person to park upon or fail to remove a vehicle from any street that
is to be cleaned, until such time as the street has been cleaned.
B.
The date of the cleaning of each individual public
street shall be posted. Notification of this policy shall be made
to every household twice per year, and published during the last week
of each month that precedes a month in which street cleaning is to
take place in a newspaper of local circulation, and shall be sufficient
notice. Notification may also be made by the placement of temporary
signs on the streets to be cleaned.
C.
The owner of any vehicle in violation of this section
upon a first offense shall be subject to a fine of $15; and upon a
second offense shall be subject to a fine of $25; and upon a third
or each subsequent offense thereafter shall be subject to a fine of
$40. The Chief of Police or his designee, upon a subsequent or habitual
offense, is authorized to order the removal of the vehicle. Any vehicle
thus removed may be reclaimed after payment of the monetary fine,
the towing fee and any storage fee.
[Amended 10-25-2007 by Ch. No. 2878]
