[Prior Code Ch. 20]
Any vehicle in violation of any regulation contained in this chapter governing, limiting or prohibiting the parking or standing of a vehicle on any street or public thoroughfare is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance, and each separate traffic citation issued as authorized herein for such violation shall constitute a separate notice thereof to the owner or operator of such vehicle.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable when it is necessary for a vehicle to stop to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device.
[Prior Code Ch. 20]
The City council, by motion or resolution, may establish parking time limits or prohibit parking on designated streets or parts of streets and have appropriate signs placed on the streets. When the signs are in place, it is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in violation of the sign. No such time limits shall be effective unless a sign is erected and in place at the time of the alleged violation.
[Prior code ch. 20]
No person shall park a vehicle on any street for a period of time longer than 24 hours. This section shall not affect parking limits established for shorter periods.
[Prior code ch. 20]
Adequate brakes shall be set on all parked vehicles. No driver of a motor vehicle shall leave the vehicle with the motor running while parked. Animals left or parked on the streets shall be securely hitched.
[1982 Code]
The City council, by motion or resolution, may determine upon what streets and parts of streets angle parking shall be permitted, and shall have such streets marked or signed.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
On those streets which have been so signed or marked 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.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
In an area where parking spaces have been marked off on the surface of the street, a driver parking a vehicle shall park it within a parking space as thus marked off, and not on or over a line delineating a space.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
A. 
The City Clerk 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. The City Clerk may revoke such permits at any time.
B. 
It is unlawful for any permittee or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any such permit.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
A. 
The City Council or Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine and regulate by proper signs the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles when such stopping, standing or parking 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 in Subsection A of this Section, no person shall violate such signs.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20; amended by Ord. 673, 6-2-1986]
A. 
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except in emergencies or when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device in any of the following places:
1. 
On a sidewalk, sidewalk area, or between the sidewalk and the street;
2. 
In front of a public or private driveway;
3. 
Within an intersection;
4. 
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant except in a parking space officially marked;
5. 
On a crosswalk;
6. 
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
7. 
Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic- control signal located at the side of a roadway;
8. 
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length has been indicated by signs or markings;
9. 
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
10. 
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station, and on the side of street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance when properly signposted;
11. 
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or construction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
12. 
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
13. 
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
14. 
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping; or
15. 
Upon either the travel portion or the shoulder portion of Ross Street within the City, between the intersection of Ross Street and Maple Street, thence easterly to the intersection of Ross Street and the Bertha-Parker Bypass to the east.
B. 
No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any prohibited area or an unlawful distance away from a curb.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
A. 
If 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 the one-way roadway unless signs are erected to permit such standing or parking.
B. 
The City Council may 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.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
The City Council may have signs erected upon the left-hand side of any one-way street to prohibit the standing or parking of vehicles. When the signs are in place, no person shall stand or park a vehicle in violation of any such signs.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
A. 
The City Council may have signs erected 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. 
No person shall park a vehicle in violation of any such signs.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
The parking of vehicles at the curb where streets intersect shall be prohibited 15 feet in advance of the crosswalk on the near side of such intersection.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
No person shall park a vehicle within a street or 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. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within a street or alley in such position as to block a driveway entrance to any abutting property.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
A. 
No person shall make an entry with any vehicle upon real property owned or legally occupied by another without the owner's or occupant's consent except where such private property is provided as public parking and the general use of the property is not restricted by signs or proper markings.
B. 
Where entry is made upon real property owned or legally occupied by another without the owner's or occupant's consent, except on unrestricted public parking, and is complained of by the owner or legal occupant of the premises, the burden is put upon the person making the entry to show that permission for such entry was given.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
A. 
It is unlawful and an offense for any person, firm or corporation to park any of the following vehicles which exceed a weight limit of one ton on the streets of the City:
1. 
Truck;
2. 
Bus;
3. 
Tractor;
4. 
Trailer; or
5. 
Any other commercial vehicle.
B. 
This Section does not apply to the following:
1. 
Any passenger car;
2. 
Any vehicle on a State highway or County section line road within the City limits; or
3. 
Any vehicle parked on a street or right of way within the City which is parked for the purpose of repair, maintenance or resurfacing of the street or right of way or for repair, maintenance or installation of public utilities or for any other governmental purpose.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
A. 
No driver shall double-park or double stop a vehicle under the following conditions:
1. 
Within 50 feet of an intersection except alley intersections, or within 10 feet of an alley intersection;
2. 
Opposite a double-parked or double stopped vehicle across the street;
3. 
When such double-parking or double stopping would or does block or interfere materially with the normal movement of traffic;
4. 
When parking space adjacent to the curb is available;
5. 
When directed by a police officer to move on; or
6. 
In any position other than parallel to the curb and within two feet of the adjacent vehicle parked next to the curb.
B. 
A driver may double-park or double stop a vehicle only as authorized in this Section. There must be a licensed driver in any vehicle while it is double-parked or double stopped.
C. 
A driver may double stop for the purpose of, but only while actually engaged in, the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers, subject, however, to all the general conditions hereinabove set out.
D. 
A driver may double-park for the purpose of, but only while actually engaged in, the expeditious loading or unloading of merchandise, subject, however, to all the general conditions hereinabove set out. No such vehicle shall be double parked longer than 10 minutes.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
A. 
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the purpose of:
1. 
Displaying the vehicle for sale;
2. 
Displaying advertising or displaying merchandise or other things for sale or selling merchandise or other things; or
3. 
Washing, cleaning, or repairing the vehicle, except for repairs necessitated by an emergency.
[Prior Code, Chapter 20]
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs, shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle parallel to and within 18 inches of the right-hand curb. Any vehicle stopped or parked upon the left-hand side of a one-way street where there are adjacent curbs shall be parked or stopped with the left-hand wheels parallel to and within 18 inches of the left-hand curb.
[Prior Code ch. 20]
A. 
No person shall park, cause to be parked, stop or leave unattended any vehicle as follows:
1. 
In a careless or negligent manner;
2. 
In such a manner as to endanger life, limb, person, or property; or
3. 
In such manner as to endanger or interfere with the lawful traffic or use of the streets.
[Prior code ch. 20]
A. 
The driver of any vehicle intending to occupy a parallel parking space where a backing movement is necessary and which is being vacated by another vehicle shall stop his vehicle to the rear of the parking space until the vacating vehicle has cleared and entered normal traffic. He then shall be deemed to have the right of way to such parking space over any other vehicle attempting to park therein.
B. 
The first of two or more vehicles to reach the rear boundary of an unoccupied parallel parking space where a backing movement is necessary to occupy, shall be deemed to have the right of way to such parking space.
[Prior code ch. 20]
On those streets which have been assigned or marked 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.
[Prior code ch. 20]
Commercial vehicles shall be permitted to park on any street or highway at an angle with the curb for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise only when such angle parking does not interfere with the normal flow of vehicular traffic on the street or highway.
[Ord. 1205-2013, 9-16-2013]
A. 
It is unlawful for any person to place or park a motor vehicle in any parking space on private property accessible to the public and where the public is invited or public property that is designated and posted as a reserved area for parking of motor vehicles of a physically disabled person unless such is eligible for a detachable insignia or reflective insignia as a physically disabled person under the provisions of 47 Oklahoma Statutes Section 15-112, including any amendments, and such insignias are displayed as provided in 47 Oklahoma Statutes Section 15-112 and any amendments or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
B. 
The Tahlequah police department is authorized to create and administer a civilian volunteer disabled parking violation unit as provided in 47 Oklahoma Statutes Section 15-115, subject to all the requirements and limitations found therein.
C. 
Upon conviction for violation of this section, such person may be fined up to $500 as provided in 47 Oklahoma Statutes Section 11-1007 and, in addition thereto, such person shall pay any and all reasonable and necessary charges incurred by the landowner or other person in having any motor vehicle removed from the property and stored.