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Editor’s note–See corresponding note located in Appendix A of this code.
(a) 
There is hereby established and created the office and position of “parking control officer.” Such offices and positions may be filled by persons whose qualifications, physical and educational, will permit the performance of the duties of parking control officers defined in this section and in accordance with such requirements that may be established from time to time by the city manager. All parking control officers shall be under the immediate supervision of the police chief.
(b) 
It shall be the duty of each parking control officer to issue written notices whenever any vehicle is found unlawfully parked on any public street in the city in violation of any of the provisions of this article or is found unlawfully parked in any loading zone or in any no-parking zone designated by appropriate signs or markings.
(c) 
This section shall not be construed as granting or establishing in parking control officers the powers or authority of a peace officer, and such parking control officers shall be strictly prohibited and limited to the exercise and performance of the duties provided for in this section.
(Ordinance 1419, secs. 1, 3, adopted 6/25/1953; 1959 Code, sec. 18-122; Ordinance 5173, sec. 5, adopted 12/21/1966; 1983 Code, sec. 16-248; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
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 vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indicated to proceed.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-73; 1983 Code, sec. 16-224; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
Except as otherwise provided in this section, 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 such vehicle parallel to and within eighteen (18) inches of the right-hand curb:
(1) 
Upon one-way streets where parking is permitted, vehicles may be parked with the left-hand wheels adjacent to and within eighteen (18) inches of the left-hand curb.
(2) 
Upon the streets which have been marked or signed for angle parking, vehicles shall be parked at the angle to the curb indicated by such mark or sign.
(3) 
In places where and at hours when stopping for loading or unloading of merchandise or materials is permitted, vehicles used for the transportation of such materials may back into the curb to take on or discharge loads when the owner of such vehicle holds a special permit granting him such privilege.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-83; 1983 Code, sec. 16-225; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
No person shall park a vehicle, except in compliance with law or direction of a police officer or traffic-control device, within three (3) feet of any public or private driveway.
(Ordinance 2017-O0052 adopted 5/11/2017)
(a) 
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, in or upon any grassed and landscaped area adjacent and abutting the auditorium-coliseum of the city; and it shall be unlawful for any person having a vehicle registered in his name or owning or operating or having the same in charge or under his control to allow, permit or suffer such vehicle to be parked or left standing, whether attended or unattended, on any part or portion of the grassed and landscaped area abutting and adjacent to the auditorium-coliseum and such area or areas are hereby designated to be and constitute a no-parking zone.
(b) 
Any vehicle parked or left standing in the no-parking zone established and designated in this section is hereby declared to be illegally parked and the same shall constitute a trespass upon public property and same will be subject to section 20.04.021 of this article, and same will be subject to be impounded in accordance with the terms therein provided.
(c) 
Any person who shall suffer or permit any vehicle registered in his name or owned or operated or having in charge or in control any vehicle to be parked or left standing in violation of the terms of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00).
(Ordinance 2379, secs. 1, 2, 4, adopted 3/26/1958; 1959 Code, sec. 18-84.1; 1983 Code, sec. 16-227; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
It shall be unlawful for any driver or other person in control of any truck or other vehicle to park or permit the same to be parked, whether for loading, unloading or any other purpose, on any public street in such a way that would not leave at least a ten-foot clearance for moving traffic between such truck or other vehicle and the painted or otherwise plainly marked or constructed dividing line or barrier dividing such street for opposite vehicular travel.
(Ordinance 1430, sec. 1, adopted 8/13/1953; 1959 Code, sec. 18-85; 1983 Code, sec. 16-228; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
(a) 
No person shall park a vehicle within any alley in the city in such a manner or under such conditions as to block the alley or leave an insufficient width of the roadway available for the free movement of vehicular traffic.
(b) 
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in a business district or in any alley in a block on which a business building abuts, except for the purpose of actually loading or unloading such vehicle, and this shall be done in an expeditious manner.
(Ordinance 890, art. 11, sec. 4, adopted 11/10/1948; 1959 Code, sec. 18-86; 1983 Code, sec. 16-229; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
When signs are erected or curbs painted upon the approach to hazardous or congested places, indicating no parking, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any such designated place.
(Ordinance 890, art. 4, sec. 2, adopted 11/10/1948; 1959 Code, sec. 18-87; 1983 Code, sec. 16-230; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or permit the parking of any vehicle under his control at the entrance to any theater, hotel or other public buildings where official signs are erected or curbs are painted or lettered indicating that no parking is permitted, except that this provision shall not apply to momentary stopping of passenger vehicles, picking up and discharging passengers.
(Ordinance 890, art. 4, sec. 2A, adopted 11/10/1948; 1959 Code, sec. 18-88; 1983 Code, sec. 16-231; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
When signs are erected or curbs are painted, indicating no parking upon either side of the streets adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
(Ordinance 890, art. 4, sec. 3, adopted 11/10/1948; 1959 Code, sec. 18-89; 1983 Code, sec. 16-232; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
It shall be unlawful for any person in charge of or operating a motor vehicle to allow, permit or to park such motor vehicle habitually on that portion of the street abutting residential property when the operator of such motor vehicle does not own nor occupy the residence or a portion of the lot.
(Ordinance 1102, secs. 1, 2, adopted 6/28/1951; 1959 Code, sec. 18-90; 1983 Code, sec. 16-233; Ordinance 9320, sec. 1(5), adopted 12/14/1989; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
It shall be unlawful and a trespass for any person to park a motor vehicle upon any private parking area within the city unless expressly or impliedly invited to do so by the proprietor of such private parking area.
(Ordinance 2454, sec. 1, adopted 4/24/1958; 1959 Code, sec. 18-90.1; 1983 Code, sec. 16-234; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
(a) 
No person shall stop, stand or park a motor vehicle on a private or commercial parking lot after closing hours of the business establishments adjacent to said parking lot when the prohibition against stopping, standing and/or parking and the hours of such businesses are conspicuously posted at the entrance(s) to said parking lot.
(b) 
Exceptions:
(1) 
Stopping, standing and/or parking for a purpose specifically associated with the businesses located there, including but not limited to loading, unloading, delivery, or security.
(2) 
Demonstrable emergency purposes.
(c) 
It shall be presumed that the registered owner of the vehicle is the operator of the vehicle, and the registered owner shall bear responsibility of the violation unless and until proof is offered that some other person was the actual operator of the vehicle.
(d) 
This violation shall be classified as a “parking” violation for purposes of fines and court costs assessment. The violation shall carry a maximum fine of two hundred dollars ($200.00).
(e) 
The sign posted by a business owner shall:
(1) 
Expressly prohibit stopping, standing and/or parking after business hours;
(2) 
State the business hours of the establishment(s) adjacent to the parking lot;
(3) 
Reference the particular City of Lubbock ordinance establishing the violation: and
(4) 
Be posted conspicuously at every paved, curb cut entrance to the parking lot.
(f) 
Alleged lack of notice of the posting by entrance to the parking lot other than by a paved, curb cut entrance shall not constitute a defense to the violation established herein.
(1983 Code, sec. 16-235; Ordinance 2004-O0135, sec. 1, adopted 3/4/2004; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
Upon any written request filed with and approved by the traffic engineer for a limited-time parking area from the owner and/or tenants of commercial property, government, public and semipublic facilities abutting a public street on one side of any block for a minimum distance of at least one hundred fifty (150) feet and such a request represents eighty (80) percent or more of the street frontage proposed to be placed in a limited-time parking zone, the traffic engineer shall mark or cause the marking of such limited-time parking zone with appropriate signs indicating fifteen (15) minutes, thirty (30) minutes, one hour, or two-hour parking limits, or if it is determined that one of the above parking limits is not satisfactory to the affected abutting property owners or tenants, the application shall be referred to the Citizens’ Traffic Commission for disposition. Said parking limits shall be effective between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., or as determined by the traffic engineer, except Sundays and city holidays; and said parking limits shall be effective only on school days if in the vicinity of a school area. If residential property abuts or adjoins or is affected by any parking limitations from the commercial property, governmental, public and semipublic facilities, the owners and/or tenants of said residential property may join in an application for limited-time parking under the same terms and regulations which control limited-time parking in the commercial property, governmental, public and semipublic facility, areas.
(Ordinance 1129, sec. 1, adopted 9/14/1951; 1959 Code, sec. 18-91; Ordinance 2794, sec. 1, adopted 5/28/1959; Ordinance 7687, sec. 1, adopted 7/13/1978; 1983 Code, sec. 16-236; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
No person shall stand or park a vehicle, and no owner shall permit or suffer any vehicle belonging to such owner to sustain or be parked, upon any street, roadway or highway for the purpose of:
(1) 
Displaying it for sale; and
(2) 
Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(Ordinance 890, art. 4, sec. 5, adopted 11/10/1948; 1959 Code, sec. 18-93; 1983 Code, sec. 16-238; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
No person shall operate or park any vehicle on any street, roadway or highway, and no owner shall suffer or permit any vehicle belonging to such owner to be operated or parked for the primary purpose of advertising.
(Ordinance 890, art. 4, sec. 6, adopted 11/10/1948; 1959 Code, sec. 18-94; 1983 Code, sec. 16-239; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having control of any truck, bus, recreational vehicle, recreational equipment or trailer having a capacity in excess of one and one-half (1-1/2) tons or which is more than eighteen (18) feet in length, or seven (7) feet in width, or seven (7) feet in height, to park the same upon any collector street, as shown upon the master thoroughfare plan map of the city, or upon any street at a location that is within two hundred fifty (250) feet of any single-family residence in the city; provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not be deemed to prohibit the parking of any such truck, bus, recreational vehicle, recreational equipment or trailer on any collector street or street in a residential area for the purpose of the actual loading and unloading of goods, wares and merchandise when such vehicle is accompanied by a driver; and provided, further, “loading” and “unloading” as used in this section shall be limited to the actual time necessarily consumed in such operation.
(Ordinance 1753, sec. 1, adopted 7/28/1955; 1959 Code, sec. 18-94.1; 1983 Code, sec. 16-240; Ordinance 9055, sec. 6, adopted 4/9/1987; Ordinance 9092, sec. 3, adopted 8/13/1987; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
All buses permitted to be operated and used in the city for transporting passengers over the streets, roadways and highways of the city shall stop, take on and unloading passengers at street intersections or at such other places as the city manager may designate, and it shall be unlawful for any driver of such bus to stop the same in any part of a block for the purpose of taking on or unloading passengers at any place except at street intersections or at such other places as have been designated for such purposes, unless directed to stop by a police officer or a fireman of the city.
(Ordinance 890, art. 11, sec. 2, adopted 11/10/1948; 1959 Code, sec. 18-98; 1983 Code, sec. 16-242; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop, or other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand, when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately signed, except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter such zone.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-99; 1983 Code, sec. 16-243; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
It shall be unlawful for any person, having registered in his name or owning or operating or having in charge any vehicle, to allow, suffer or permit same to stop, stand, or be parked on any street or public or private property in the city in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or other ordinances of the city regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles.
(Ordinance 890, art. 11, sec. 4, adopted 11/10/1948; 1959 Code, sec. 18-101; 1983 Code, sec. 16-244; Ordinance 9045, sec. 1, adopted 3/12/1987; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
(a) 
Any vehicle parked on any public street, or in an alley, or in front of a fire hydrant, or on any part of a crosswalk, or in any loading zone in violation of any provision of this chapter or other ordinance of the city or statute of the state, or abandoned on public or private property, may, upon direction of the chief of police, be removed from such place, impounded and taken to such place as is designated by the police department.
(b) 
An “abandoned” vehicle as used in this section shall be defined as in the state laws of the subject.
(c) 
Nothing herein shall affect ordinances that permit immediate removal of a vehicle left on public property which constitutes an obstruction to traffic.
(Ordinance 1367, sec. 2, adopted 4/23/1953; Ordinance 2444, sec. 1, adopted 3/27/1958; 1959 Code, sec. 18-102; Ordinance 5908, sec. 1, adopted 7/23/1970; Ordinance 6793, sec. 1, adopted 1/24/1974; Ordinance 8036, sec. 1, adopted 4/24/1980; 1983 Code, sec. 16-245; Ordinance 9320, sec. 8, adopted 12/14/1989; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to park any vehicle across or upon any line or metal markers designating or identifying a parking space or to park a vehicle in such manner that the same shall not be entirely within the area so designated by such lines or metal markers identifying and designating such parking space.
(Ordinance 564, sec. 13, adopted 5/29/1937; 1959 Code, sec. 18-113; 1983 Code, sec. 16-246; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
If a vehicle shall remain continuously parked within a parking space for a period of time longer than the parking limit for such parking space, such vehicle shall be considered as parked overtime and beyond the limit fixed for such space. The parking of a vehicle overtime shall be considered a violation of this chapter.
(Ordinance 564, sec. 7, adopted 5/29/1937; 1959 Code, sec. 18-114; 1983 Code, sec. 16-247; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
At the locations designated in the ordinances listed in section 1 of Ordinance No. 4656, hereby incorporated in this section, there shall be erected signs designating the locations as limited parking zones, and no vehicle shall remain parked within any spaces within such zones for a continuous period longer than the time limit on the posted sign at the limited parking zone.
(Ordinance 4656, sec. 2, adopted 3/11/1965; Ordinance 5270, sec. 7, adopted 6/8/1967; 1983 Code, sec. 16-270; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)