[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 18-41]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
CROSSWALKS
Shall mean the part of a street marked on the surface at street corners or elsewhere on streets for pedestrian use.
INTERSECTIONS
Shall mean the area at the junction of streets within the prolonged lateral lines or curbing or boundary lines of streets upon or across the streets intersected.
PARKING
Includes stopping and standing of vehicles, whether occupied by persons or not, on a roadway, otherwise than to take on or leave passengers or while actually loading or unloading goods or freight, except stops in emergencies or the alternate stop and proceed governing traffic by street flashlights or signs or the signal of police officers.
SAFETY ZONES
Shall mean that part of a street set apart and suitably designated by signs by order of the town council for use by pedestrians.
STREET, HIGHWAY, ROADWAY, OR ROAD
Shall mean every street, highway, roadway, causeway, park, bridge or public place wherever open to the public use of right for vehicular and other travel in this town.
VEHICLE
Shall mean every kind and nature of vehicle, however, or by whatever means, the same may be propelled, and horses and all other domestic animals, driven, ridden or led or attached to any vehicle when used upon the street.
State law references — Stopping, standing and parking, G.L. 1956, § 31-21-1 et seq.; violation of parking regulations, G.L. 1956, § 12-14-12; payment of fines, G.L. 1956, § 45-6.1-1 et seq.; violation of parking regulations, G.L. 1956, § 12-14-12; payment of fines, G.L. 1956, § 45-6.1-1 et seq.; removal of vehicles, G.L. 1956, § 31-22-13 et seq.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 18-42; amended 6-21-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-02]
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of the following places, except to avoid conflict with other traffic:
(1) 
Within an intersection.
(2) 
On a crosswalk.
(3) 
Within 20 feet of an intersection or street corner.
(4) 
Within 30 feet of a street flashing light or traffic control sign situated at the roadside.
(5) 
Within eight feet of a fire hydrant.
(6) 
So as to block a traveled lane or private driveway.
(7) 
On a sidewalk or footpath.
(8) 
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(9) 
At any place where traffic signs prohibit parking or standing.
(10) 
On parts of streets where parking or standing is prohibited or during prohibited hours.
(11) 
With left wheels immediately adjacent to the curb or roadside.
(12) 
An unauthorized vehicle in a special use parking zone.
(13) 
Leaving unattended a vehicle which is in a hazardous condition.
(14) 
Within twenty feet (20′) of a crosswalk at an intersection.
State law reference — Similar provisions, G.L. 1956, §§ 31-21-4, 31-21-7.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 18-43]
The town council may from time to time by regulation establish and define zones within which it may prohibit parking, restrict parking to certain hours, restrict the period of time for which a vehicle may be parked, or authorize only special use vehicles, such as taxicabs, hotel vehicles or vehicles for handicapped drivers, to be parked. The town council may from time to time, by regulation, establish the penalty to be imposed for violation, which are on file in the town clerk's office.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 18-44; amended 6-21-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-02; 9-5-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07]
The parking of vehicles is prohibited and/or restricted in the areas listed below between May 15 and October 15 each year.
Ball O'Brien Park. Parking shall only be permitted in the Ball O'Brien Park parking lot from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Beach Avenue. Twenty-five (25) feet north and south of the intersection of Beach Avenue and Corn Neck Road.
Chapel Street. On both sides of Chapel Street, from Water Street to Old Town Road.
Corn Neck Road. On the east side of Corn Neck Road from Bridge Gate to Beach Avenue. On the west side of Corn Neck Road, from Bridge Gate Square to the northeasterly corner of Plat 5, Lot 9. On the west side of Corn Neck Road from three hundred (300) feet south and two hundred (200) feet north of Scotch Beach. On the east side of Corn Neck Road, from fifty (50) feet north and fifty (50) feet south of Scotch Beach.
Dodge Street. On both sides of Dodge Street, from Water Street to Bridge Gate Square. Parking shall be limited to fifteen (15) minutes on Dodge Street at the Island Free Library (Plat 6, Lot 118).
High Street. On the south side of High Street, from Fountain Square in a southwesterly direction for three hundred and thirty-eight (338) feet. Parking shall only be permitted from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the east side of High Street from Payne Road, two hundred and twenty-five (225) feet north.
Ocean Avenue. On both sides of Ocean Avenue, from Bridge Gate Square (intersection of Ocean Avenue and Old Town Road) to Beach Avenue. On both sides of Ocean Avenue, from the southwest corner of Plat 5, Lot 101 to the crosswalk at the intersection of Ocean Avenue and West Side Road. On both sides of Ocean Avenue, from West Side Road to Beach Avenue, from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. On both sides of Ocean Avenue, from the point where Ocean Avenue meets Payne's Dock (Plat 5, Lot 0), fifty-three (53) feet south; further, from fifty-four (54) feet south of said point to ninety-four (94) feet south of said point on the western side of Ocean Avenue, parking shall be reserved for taxicabs only.
Spring Street. Fountain Square to entry to sewer plant, both sides. On both sides of Spring Street, from Fountain Square to the driveway of the Spring House (where Spring Street meets the northern boundary of Plat 8, Lot 84-6).
Water Street. On the east side of Water Street, from Fountain Square to the intersection of Water Street and Dodge Street. On the west side of Water Street, in front of The National Hotel, a distance of forty (40) feet to be used only by taxis.
Weldon's Way. From High Street to the end of Empire Theater property both sides.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 18-45; amended 6-21-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-02]
(a) 
The town council shall erect and maintain signs, which shall clearly set forth what restrictions, if any, are applicable to parking in a particular area.
(b) 
No provision of this article for which signs are required shall be enforced against any alleged violator if at the time and place the sign required is not in proper position and legible and may be seen by an ordinary person.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 18-46]
The chief of police, with the concurrence of the town council, may temporarily suspend parking in areas where parked cars would cause undue congestion. Signs shall be posted showing the areas of such suspensions.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 18-47]
Any vehicle parked in such a fashion as to create a danger to vehicular or pedestrian traffic shall be removed by tow-away method at the expense of the owner or person in charge of the vehicle at the order of any police officer of the town. The owner or person in charge shall pay a penalty in the sum which is on file in the town clerk's office, in addition to the tow-away charge and any storage fees.