(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop or park any vehicle on
the left side of any street.
(Ordinance adopted 12/18/1934,
secs. 5, 6; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to park upon a street or alley
in the city any vehicle displayed for sale.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/1956; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or cause to be placed,
stored, or parked any trailer, semi-trailer, boat trailer, trailer
house, or other nonmotorized device or equipment designed or intended
to be towed upon the public streets by means of equipment on any public
street.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any vehicle to
allow, cause or permit such vehicle to remain standing or parked on
any street, alley, avenue or public way within the city for more than
seventy-two (72) hours continuously.
(c)
Whenever any of the conditions described in this section exist, it
shall be the duty of the city, through its police department, to order
that such nuisance be abated. Such order shall:
(1)
Be in writing;
(2)
Specify the corrective measures required; and
(3)
Provide for compliance within seven (7) days from receipt of said
order.
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Such order shall be sent to the occupant of the premises or,
if there is no occupant, to the owner of premises, or to the owner
of the vehicle or object complained about, by certified or registered
mail, return receipt requested, at such occupant’s or owner’s
last known address. Such order shall be deemed delivered when placed
in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid.
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(Ordinance adopted 4/23/1992,
secs. 1, 3–5; Ordinance adopting Code)
Ordinances designating streets, parts of streets or other areas
as no-parking or restricted parking areas are on file in the city
secretary’s office. Such ordinances are specifically saved from
repeal upon adoption of the Code of Ordinances.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
(a)
Parking on parade route.
(1)
The city shall have the authority, when reasonably necessary,
to prohibit or restrict the parking of vehicles along a street or
highway or part thereof constituting a part of the route of a parade
or event location. The city shall post signs to such effect, and it
shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave unattended any vehicle
in violation thereof.
(2)
After 5:00 a.m. on the day of a public parade or special event
and continuing until the conclusion of a public parade or special
event, it shall be unlawful to park a motor vehicle on a public street
which will be used as a parade route or special event. A motor vehicle
parked in violation of this subsection shall be considered a public
nuisance and may be towed from the public street.
(A)
It is an affirmative defense to this section that
a vehicle is:
(3)
No person shall be liable for parking on a street in violation
of this section where prohibited or restricted parking is not visibly
posted.
(b)
Occupation or reservation of public space along parade route.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to claim, reserve, or occupy,
or to attempt to claim, reserve, or occupy, either in person or by
the placement of motor vehicle, ropes, tents, chairs, sleeping bags,
blankets, or other devices or barriers, any public property as a position
for observing a public parade along any other street or highway before
5:00 a.m. on the day of any public parade.
(2)
Along any public street after 5:00 a.m. on the day of a public
parade, until the conclusion of the public parade, a person may occupy
a position on public property for the purpose of watching a public
parade, subject to the following.
(A)
Items such as ropes, tents, chairs, sleeping bags,
blankets, or other devices or barriers, used to claim or reserve or
to attempt to claim or reserve any public property as a position for
observing the public parade shall be attended at all times by a person
who owns or controls the items.
(B)
If the items are not physically attended by such
a person, the items may be deemed to be abandoned property and may
be removed from the public property by the city or its designee.
(3)
This section shall not allow any person to occupy a position
on a public street, to obstruct public sidewalks, or to occupy any
unsafe position or any position which may cause damage to public or
private property.
(4)
This section shall not prevent city, or any organization or
person authorized to conduct and organize a public parade or special
event, from reserving places on public property for the observation
of said parade or special event, or from erecting and controlling
seating on public property for the observation of said parade or special
event.
(Ordinance 230307C adopted 3/7/2023)
