[Ord. of 12-4-1972]
No person shall park any vehicle upon a side street in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 10 feet of width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic, nor shall he park upon any "through street" in such a manner or under such conditions as to restrict the operation of the normal moving traffic lanes on said street, excepting as outlined in § 19-358 of this chapter.
[Ord. of 12-4-1972]
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 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.
[Ord. of 12-4-1972; Ord. of 10-5-1992; Ord. of 4-3-1995; Ord. of 10-7-1996; amended 10-2-2006; 8-2-2010]
(a) 
No person shall park a vehicle on any street or in municipal parking lots between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day, from November 1 to April 30, except emergency vehicles or physicians on emergency calls. In addition, no person shall park a vehicle on Water Street between Center Street and Main Street between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. throughout the year. Vehicles which are parked or allowed to stand in violation of this section shall be towed or hauled away at the owner's expense.
(b) 
The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to issue a certain number of seasonal overnight parking permits for municipal lot spaces and to set a fee for such a permit. Any changes in the number of spaces and/or the fee for the spaces shall be established by the City Manager and approved by the City Council. Permit holders shall be responsible for snow removal for their assigned space. All vehicles shall be registered and have the minimum liability insurance as required by the State of Maine. Permit holders shall present their certificate of insurance for the vehicle in order to receive their permit. Permit holders shall be limited to residents of apartments existing as of June 1, 1992, in the block bordered by Center Street, Water Street, and Main Street, unless specifically approved by City Council. Permits shall be for specific spaces, as assigned by the City Manager.
[Ord. of 12-4-1972]
(a) 
The traffic engineer 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 opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
(b) 
When official signs are erected indicating no parking upon either side of a street adjacent to any school property as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
[Ord. of 12-4-1972]
(a) 
The traffic engineer is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed 20 feet, 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.
[Ord. of 12-4-1972]
The 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.
[Ord. of 12-4-1972]
In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways 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 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.
[Ord. of 12-4-1972; 9-18-2023]
(a) 
The traffic engineer is hereby authorized to determine and designate, by proper signs, places 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.