[Ord. No. 2020-5, 1-13-2020]
A. Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in
compliance with the law or the directions of a Police Officer or official
traffic control device, no person shall:
1.
Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
a.
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the
edge or curb of a street;
e.
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty
(30) feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a
safety zone unless the (traffic authority) indicates a different length
by signs or markings;
f.
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when
stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
g.
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or
within a highway tunnel;
i.
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
2.
Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily
to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
a.
In front of a public or private driveway;
b.
Within thirty (30) feet of an intersection;
c.
Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
d.
Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
e.
Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire
station and on the side of a roadway;
f.
Within twenty (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 seventy-five (75) feet of said entrance (when properly
signposted);
g.
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
3.
Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading
merchandise or passengers:
a.
Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a roadway crossing;
b.
At any place where official signs prohibit 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 a distance
as is unlawful.
C. No person shall park a trailer (including campers and recreational
vehicles) on any public street and/or upon the public right-of-way
at any time except as follows:
1.
Construction trailers while actually performing work or repairs
for a residence or business at the location of said trailer; and
2.
Trailers parked in business districts parked less than forty-eight
(48) hours.
No person shall park any vehicle upon a street, other than an
alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available
less than ten (10) feet of the width of the roadway for free movement
of vehicular traffic.
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner
or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten (10)
feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular
traffic, and no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within
an alley in such position as to block the driveway entrance to any
abutting property.
The City Traffic Engineer 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 sign.
In the event a highway includes two (2) or more separate roadways
and traffic is restricted to one (1) 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 City Traffic Engineer 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.