(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.
(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)
