(a) 
Angle parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited on either side of Slaughter Avenue and Richardson Street in the City of Sundown, Texas.
(b) 
Except as otherwise provided in this article, parallel parking only shall be permitted on either side of Slaughter Avenue and Richardson Street in the City of Sundown, and any vehicle stopped or parked on Slaughter Avenue or Richardson Street shall be so stopped or parked with the right hand wheels of such vehicle parallel to and within 18 inches of the right hand curb or curb-line of such streets.
(c) 
Except as otherwise provided in this article, angle parking shall be permitted on all streets other than Slaughter Avenue, Richardson Street, and the east side of School Street between 5th and 7th street, within the City of Sundown, Texas.
(d) 
The parking of any vehicle in such manner that any portion of the vehicle so parked shall be within 15 feet of any intersection or portion thereof is hereby prohibited.
(e) 
The parking of any vehicle within any designated loading zone on any street or highway within the City of Sundown is hereby prohibited.
(f) 
Load Zone.
(1) 
Creating a load zone on the south side of Fifth Street in front of Sundown Elementary School 60 ft. east of the current parking lot.
(2) 
Creating a load zone on the east side of School Street on the west side of Sundown Elementary from the corner of the current parking lot 45 ft. to the north.
(g) 
The mayor and city administrator are hereby authorized and directed to cause the placing of signs so as to clearly define; the limits of loading zone designated by subsection (f) of this section.
(1986 Municipal Code, Title 12, Chapter 2, Section 12-2-1; Ordinance 438 adopted 10/12/04)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to stop, stand or park a vehicle, except where necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or direction of a police officer or traffic control devices in any of the following places:
(1) 
On a sidewalk.
(2) 
In front of a public or private driveway.
(3) 
Within an intersection.
(4) 
Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant.
(5) 
On a crosswalk.
(6) 
Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(7) 
Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach of 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 thirty (30) feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the traffic authority indicates a different length by signs or markings.
(9) 
Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five (75) feet of such entrance (when properly signposted).
(10) 
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(11) 
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(12) 
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(13) 
Within three (3) feet of any public or private driveway.
(1986 Municipal Code, Title 12, Chapter 2, Section 12-2-2)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation:
(1) 
To park a motor vehicle on Slaughter Avenue where such avenue is curbed in any other manner than parallel with the curb and such motor vehicle shall be parked with the righthand wheels of such motor vehicle within 19 inches of the righthand curb.
(2) 
To park a motor vehicle on Seventh Street between School Avenue and Wills Avenue in any other manner than at an angle, except where such motor vehicles is used for transportation of materials and the same is being unloaded and where such street is marked, such vehicle shall be parked at an angle to the curb indicated by such mark.
(3) 
To park a motor vehicle in any alley of the city unless such vehicle is intended to transport material and such vehicle is, at such time, being unloaded.
(4) 
In charge of a motor vehicle to allow or permit the parking of such motor vehicle habitually on a portion of a public highway or street abutting residential property when such person in charge of such motor vehicle does not own or occupy such residential property.
(5) 
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.
(6) 
To park a motor vehicle upon a public highway or street except in compliance with law or direction of a police officer or traffic control device within 3 feet of any public or private driveway.
(7) 
To park a motor vehicle upon a public highway or street adjacent to public schools where signs are erected or curbs painted indicating no parking allowed in such designated place.
(1986 Municipal Code, Title 12, Chapter 2, Section 12-2-3)
Double parking on Seventh Street, Fifth Street, School Street, and in the alley way behind the school building where said streets and alley ways are located next to the school and school facilities is hereby prohibited.
(1986 Municipal Code, Title 12, Chapter 2, Section 12-2-4)
Unattended vehicles parked parallel to the street but more than two (2) feet from the curb on Fifth Street, Seventh Street, School Street, and in the alley way behind the school building, where said streets and alley ways are located next to the school building and school facilities, create an unsafe and hazardous condition for young school children. The parking of vehicles in the above described manner is prohibited.
(1986 Municipal Code, Title 12, Chapter 2, Section 12-2-5)
(a) 
Any motor vehicle parked on any public highway, 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 article or other ordinance of they 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 traffic division of the police department, and an impounding fee as provided for in the fee schedule found in the appendix of this code, plus any, additional cost in handling, or storage shall be assessed against such vehicles, and the owner or driver thereof, and collected before such vehicles is released. A storage fee, as provided for in the fee schedule found in the appendix of this code, for each twenty-four (24) hour such vehicle is impounded is hereby assessed against each such vehicle and the owner, and tine same shall be collected before such vehicle is releases. The payment of the impounding fee shall not constitute a defense to any charge against the driver or owner of such vehicle for violating this article or other traffic ordinances prohibiting or limiting such parking. The fees herein provided for shall be charged and collected by the city recorder and accounted for, and such sums as may be collected shall be sued to defray the expense of impounding the transporting such impounded vehicles. Disposition of any unclaimed impounded vehicle shall be as provided by state law.
(b) 
An “abandoned” motor vehicle is used herein shall be defined as in the state laws on the subject.
(c) 
Nothing herein shall affect ordinances that permit immediate removal of a motor vehicle left on public property which constitutes an obstruction to traffic.
(1986 Municipal Code, Title 12, Chapter 2, Section 12-2-6)