[Ord. No. 814 §20, 8-2-1960; CC 1976 §33-227; Ord. No. 1354 §1, 2-15-1983]
A.
All
vehicles not in motion shall be placed with their right side as near
the right-hand side of the street or highway as is practicable, except
on streets or highways where vehicles are required to be driven in
one (1) direction only, or where vehicles are required to be diagonally
parked.
B.
Except
as otherwise provided in this Section, every vehicle stopped or parked
upon a street or highway where there are adjacent curbs shall be so
stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of said vehicle parallel
to and within eighteen (18) inches of the right-hand curb.
[Ord. No. 814 §28, 8-2-1960; CC 1976 §33-228]
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 or upon any streetcar tracks.
[Ord. No. 814 §28, 8-2-1960; CC 1976 §33-229]
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.
[CC 1976 §33-254]
A.
The
Chief of Police or 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.
[CC 1976 §33-230]
A.
Whenever
a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours
between a half (½) hour after sunset and 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.
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 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 closest 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.
[CC 1976 §33-231]
No person having control or charge of a motor vehicle shall
allow such vehicle to stand on any street unattended without first
setting the brakes thereon and stopping the motor of such vehicle,
and, when standing upon a perceptible grade, without turning the wheels
of such vehicle to the curb or the side of the roadway.