A. 
No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the engine of a diesel-powered motor vehicle to idle for more than three consecutive minutes if the vehicle is not in motion, except:
(1) 
A motor vehicle at the vehicle operator's place of business where the motor vehicle is permanently assigned may idle for 30 consecutive minutes.
(2) 
A motor vehicle may idle for 15 consecutive minutes when the vehicle engine has been stopped for three or more hours.
B. 
The provisions of Subsection A above shall not apply to:
(1) 
Autobuses, while discharging or picking up passengers.
(2) 
Motor vehicles stopped in a line of traffic.
(3) 
Motor vehicles whose primary and/or secondary power source is utilized in whole or in part for necessary and definitively prescribed mechanical operation other than propulsion, passenger compartment heating or air conditioning.
(4) 
Motor vehicles being or waiting to be examined by state or federal motor vehicle inspectors.
(5) 
Emergency motor vehicles in an emergency situation.
(6) 
Motor vehicles while being repaired.
(7) 
Motor vehicles while engaged in the process of connection, detachment or exchange of trailers.
(8) 
Motor vehicles manufactured with a sleeper berth while being used, in a nonresidentially zoned area, by the vehicle's operator for sleeping or resting.
Any person violating any provision of this article shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof.