means a concrete edging built along a street to form part
of a gutter.
means a low area at the edge of a street designed with the
intent to carry off surface water.
means a way for vehicular traffic and other public uses,
whether designated a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway,
road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, point, or however otherwise
designated.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; Ordinance 228-2005 adopted 9/27/05; 2008 Code,
pt. II, art. 59, sec. 2.01)
Any person who fails to comply with or violates any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code and each and every day of such violation shall be a separate and complete offense, unless otherwise specifically set forth in this code.
(2008 Code, pt. II, art. 59, sec. 2.03; Ordinance adopting 2019 Code)
No person shall allow, permit, or suffer any vehicle registered
in his name to stand or park in the city in violation of any provisions
of this article regulating the standing or parking of vehicles.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; 2008 Code, pt. II, art. 59,
sec. 2.02(m))
If a vehicle is found unattended or unoccupied upon a street,
highway, alley, or other public place in violation of this article,
the same is hereby declared a nuisance per se and the fact that such
vehicle is unattended or unoccupied by any person shall be prima facie
evidence that the owner unlawfully stopped, placed, or parked such
vehicle. The records of the state department of transportation showing
the name of the person to whom Texas highway license plates were issued
shall constitute prima facie evidence of the ownership by the person
there named.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; 2008 Code, pt. II, art. 59,
sec. 2.02(n))
Without regard to whether there are any warning signs posted,
no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except 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;
(2)
In front of a public or private driveway;
(3)
Within an intersection or within 15 feet of an intersection;
(4)
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, unless otherwise marked;
(5)
On a crosswalk;
(6)
At an intersection within 30 feet of an existing intersecting curb
line or projection of an intersecting curb line or projection of an
intersecting curb line [sic], unless otherwise marked;
(7)
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 the zone has been indicated a different length by signs or
markings;
(8)
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station;
(9)
Alongside or opposite any excavation or street obstruction when stopping,
standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
(10)
In the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge
or curb of a street;
(11)
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a height [highway]
or within a street tunnel or underpass;
(12)
At any place where official signs or marking prohibit stopping;
(13)
Beside any curb painted red in color.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; Ordinance 228-2005 adopted 9/27/05; 2008 Code,
pt. II, art. 59, sec. 2.02(a))
No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control
into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as
is unlawful.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; 2008 Code, pt. II, art. 59,
sec. 2.02(b))
(a)
No person shall park any vehicle upon a street, other than an alley,
in such manner or under such conditions as to leave available less
than 11 feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular
traffic.
(b)
In addition, on any street that is equal to or less than 27 feet
in width, no person shall park any vehicle upon a street, other than
an alley, in such manner or under such conditions that would situate
any part of the vehicle away from the street curb more than eight
feet into the street.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; Ordinance 228-2005 adopted 9/27/05; 2008 Code,
pt. II, art. 59, sec. 2.02(c))
(a)
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 to any abutting property.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; 2008 Code, pt. II, art. 59,
sec. 2.02(d))
In any case where any street in the city is being torn up, repaired,
paved, or where any work is being done upon the same, making necessary
the regulation of traffic thereon, the mayor is hereby authorized
to prevent parking either altogether or to any extent deemed wise
by him for any certain period of time that he may deem necessary,
or to close the street to traffic altogether for such period of time
by erecting thereon official signs with the parking restrictions clearly
stated thereon.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; 2008 Code, pt. II, art. 59,
sec. 2.02(e))
It shall be unlawful for any person or any owner to leave, park,
or stand any truck-tractor, road tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, bus,
or any other commercial motor vehicle bearing a commercial license
upon any public street, alley, parkway, boulevard, or public place;
provided, this section shall not apply to street construction, maintenance,
and repair equipment, trucks, rollers, and implements, and trucks,
equipment, trailers, and vehicles used by public service utility companies
engaged in repairing or extending public service utilities, and to
motor buses when taking on or discharging passengers at the customary
bus stops, and except all other vehicles designated herein when actually
parked at a designated loading zone in these areas of limited parking
where loading zones are designated; provided further that this section
shall not apply to any vehicle defined or designated therein developing
a mechanical defect after such vehicle has commenced to run, en route,
making it unsafe to proceed further, and in this event it shall be
lawful to stand or park the vehicle during the time necessary to make
emergency repairs.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; 2008 Code, pt. II, art. 59,
sec. 2.02(f))
No person shall park a vehicle upon any street for the principal
purpose of:
(1)
Displaying such vehicle for sale;
(2)
Washing, greasing, or repairing such vehicles, except repairs necessitated
by an emergency;
(3)
Displaying for sale or selling any merchandise.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; 2008 Code, pt. II, art. 59,
sec. 2.02(g))
The mayor is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no
parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property
when such parking would interfere with traffic or create a hazardous
situation.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; 2008 Code, pt. II, art. 59,
sec. 2.02(h))
No person shall stand or park a vehicle in front of any entrance
which provides access to hotels, motels, theaters, skating rinks or
to the upper floors of any building two or more stories in height.
Such entrances shall remain open for fire or other emergency purposes.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; 2008 Code, pt. II, art. 59,
sec. 2.02(i))
The mayor 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. 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 signs.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; 2008 Code, pt. II, art. 59,
sec. 2.02(j))
In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways
and traffic is restricted to one direction of travel 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 mayor 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.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; 2008 Code, pt. II, art. 59,
sec. 2.02(k))
The mayor 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 in traffic.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; 2008 Code, pt. II, art. 59,
sec. 2.02(l))
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person, owner, or corporation to leave
standing in any public street, alley, or other public place any vehicle,
automobile, truck, or other character of private property unattended
for a longer continuous period of time than 24 hours.
(b)
When a vehicle is found unattended or unoccupied upon a street, highway,
alley or other public place in violation of any provision of this
section regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles,
it shall be presumed that the owner of the vehicle unlawfully stopped,
placed or parked the vehicle. Proof of the ownership may be made by
a copy of the registration of the vehicle with the state department
of transportation or the county motor vehicle license department showing
the name of the person to whom the state highway license plates were
issued. This proof shall constitute prima facie evidence of the ownership
of the motor vehicle by the person to whom the certificate of registration
was issued.
(c)
In the event any property of any description, vehicle, automobile, truck, trailer, or other character of private property shall be found existing, standing, parked, stopped, erected, or lying in or upon any part of any public street, alley, or other public place within the corporate limits of the city in violation of this section or any portion thereof, the same shall be a nuisance per se and shall be removed by any appropriate law enforcement officer and taken to such place as designated by the mayor and kept there until application for its redemption shall be made by the owner or his authorized agent, who shall be entitled to the possession thereof upon payment of the sum set forth in section A4.018 of the fee schedule in appendix A of this code, together with all other costs of removal and storage that may have accrued thereon. This remedy and impounding fee shall be cumulative of any and all other penalties that may be provided; in the event the property impounded shall not be redeemed by the owner, or his authorized agent, within five days, it shall be disposed of in a manner prescribed by law.
(Ordinance 1995-14 adopted 10/10/95; Ordinance 228-2005 adopted 9/27/05; Ordinance
550-2011 adopted 7/12/11; 2008 Code, pt. II, art. 59, sec. 2.02(o); Ordinance
adopting 2019 Code)
