(a) 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:
(2) In front of a public or private driveway;
(4) Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
(6) Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(7) Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to 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 chief of police or his/her designee has indicated
a different length by signs or markings;
(9) Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(10) 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);
(11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping,
standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(12) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge
or curb of a street;
(13) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within
a highway tunnel;
(14) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(b) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control
into any prohibited area specified above or away from a curb such
distance as is unlawful.
(1965 Code, sec. 18-115; 1989 Code,
sec. 17-131; Ordinance adopting 2016 Code)
No person shall stand or park a vehicle upon any roadway for
the principal purpose of:
(2) Washing, greasing, filling with gas or oil, or repairing such vehicle,
except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(1965 Code, sec. 18-116; 1989 Code,
sec. 17-132)
No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle upon a street
in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less
than ten (10) feet of the width of either lane of a roadway for free
movement of the vehicular traffic, except that a driver may stop temporarily
during the actual loading or unloading of passengers or when necessary
in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic signs or signals of
a police officer.
(1965 Code, sec. 18-117; 1989 Code,
sec. 17-133)
(a) The chief of police or his/her designee shall cause parking spaces
to be maintained and marked off in and on such streets and parts thereof
as may be designated by the city council from time to time, and he
or she shall cause spaces in which parking is prohibited to be maintained
and marked off in and on such streets and parts thereof as may be
designated by the city council from time to time. The chief of police
or his/her designee shall also cause time-limit parking areas to be
maintained and marked off in and on such part or parts of streets
as may be designated by the city council from time to time. The list
of areas designated as limited or no parking is on file in the city
secretary’s office. All such spaces or areas shall be clearly
indicated by appropriate signs or markings on the pavement.
(b) In areas designated as time-limit parking areas, parking may be limited
to any period prescribed by the city council, the same to be designated
with clearly distinguishable markings or signs at both ends of the
time-limit area and at reasonable intervals between the beginning
and ending of such time-limit area, indicating the time allowed for
parking in such area.
(c) Any time limit on parking established under this section shall apply
on such days and between such hours as prescribed by the city council.
(1965 Code, sec. 18-121; 1989 Code,
sec. 17-136; Ordinance adopting 2016 Code)
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in his or her name or owned or operated by him or her or in his or her possession or under his or her control to be or remain in any space or area in which parking is prohibited as provided in section
12.06.004, or in a time-limit parking area for a longer period of time than that designated by the markings on the street or by signs clearly visible.
(1965 Code, sec. 18-122; 1989 Code,
sec. 17-137)
(a) No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a roadway other than parallel
with the edge of the roadway headed in the direction of lawful traffic
movement and with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle within eighteen
(18) inches of the curb or edge of the roadway, except as otherwise
provided in this section. On one-way streets, vehicles may be parked
on the left side of the street, with the left-hand wheels within eighteen
(18) inches of the curb or edge of the roadway, unless signs prohibit
such parking.
(b) The chief of police or his/her designee, with approval of the city
council, shall determine upon which streets angle parking shall be
permitted and shall mark or sign such streets, but such angle parking
shall not be indicated upon any federal-aid or state highway within
this city unless the state highway engineer has determined that the
roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering
with the free movement of traffic. Angle parking shall not be indicated
or permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be caused
or required to drive upon the left side of the street or upon any
railway tracks.
(c) Upon those streets which have been signed or marked for angle parking,
no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angle to
the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings.
Whenever parking spaces are marked by lines on the pavement, whether
for parallel or angle parking, a vehicle must be parked entirely within
the lines of the parking space.
(1965 Code, sec. 18-123; 1989 Code,
sec. 17-138; Ordinance adopting 2016 Code)
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner
or under such conditions as to have available less than ten (10) feet
of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic,
and no person shall stand or park a vehicle within an alley in such
position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.
(1965 Code, sec. 18-124; 1989 Code,
sec. 17-139)
Overnight parking of motorized vehicles for storage on any paved street is hereby prohibited except in front of a person’s property or property under such person’s control. This section does not apply to parking of oversized commercial vehicles in residential zones, such parking being governed by section
12.08.006 of this code.
(1965 Code, sec. 18-125; Ordinance
adopted 3/17/92, sec. 1; Ordinance
adopted 4/17/06; 1989 Code, sec.
17-140)
All freight trucks shall be, and are hereby required to be,
loaded and unloaded from the alley entrance, if practicable. Where
conditions are such as to make the loading or unloading thereof from
an alley impracticable, such trucks shall be parked on the street
in accord with all applicable provisions of this article.
(1965 Code, sec. 18-126; 1989 Code,
sec. 17-141)
The chief of police or his/her designee is authorized to issue
special permits to permit the backing of a vehicle to the curb for
the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials subject
to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such permits may be issued
either to the owner or lessee of real property or to the owner of
the vehicle and shall grant to such person the privilege as therein
stated and authorized herein, and it shall be unlawful for any permittee
or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions
of any such permit.
(1965 Code, sec. 18-127; 1989 Code,
sec. 17-142; Ordinance adopting 2016 Code)
(a) The chief of police or his/her designee is hereby authorized, subject
to approval by the city council, to determine the location of passenger
and freight curb loading zones and shall place and maintain appropriate
signs indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions
of this section are applicable, where, in his or her opinion, the
dimensions of the streets and sidewalks, the flow of traffic and the
use of property abutting the streets are such that he or she finds
it to be necessary for the free flow and expeditious handling of traffic
and the safety of persons and property.
(b) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or
period of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading
of passengers in any place marked as a passenger curb loading zone
during hours when the regulations applicable to such curb loading
zones are effective, and then only for a period not to exceed three
(3) minutes.
(c) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or
length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery
or pickup and loading of materials in any place marked as a freight
curb loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to such
zones are in effect. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading
of materials exceed thirty (30) minutes.
(1965 Code, sec. 18-128; 1989 Code,
sec. 17-143; Ordinance adopting 2016 Code)
(a) The chief of police or his/her designee is hereby authorized, subject
to approval by the city council, to establish bus stops and taxicab
stands on such public streets in such places and in such number as
he or she shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience
to the public, and every such bus stop and taxicab stand shall be
designated by appropriate signs.
(b) The driver of a bus or taxicab shall not park upon any street in
any business district at any time other than at a bus stop or taxicab
stand, respectively, except that this provision shall not prevent
the driver of any such vehicle from temporarily stopping in accordance
with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose
of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers.
(c) 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.
(1965 Code, sec. 18-129; 1989 Code,
sec. 17-144; Ordinance adopting 2016 Code)
(a) It shall be unlawful to park or leave unattended any recreational
vehicle, boat, or trailer on any public street or streets within the
corporate limits of the city for a period of more than seventy-two
hours.
(b) Such seventy-two hours shall be measured from the time that the vehicle
is first parked or when it is first observed by city personnel after
being parked, and shall continue for seventy-two hours, even if moved
temporarily or driven to another location on the same or another public
street. It is the intent of this section to allow recreational vehicles,
boats and trailers to be parked within the city on any public street
or more than one street for no more than seventy-two hours.
(Ordinance adopted 12/17/12, sec.
2)
(a) Members of the police department are hereby authorized to remove
or require the driver or other person in charge of a vehicle to remove
a vehicle from a street or highway to the nearest garage or other
place of safety or to a garage or parking lot designated or maintained
by the police department or otherwise maintained by the city or to
a position off the paved or main traveled highway street or road under
the circumstances hereinafter enumerated:
(1) Any vehicle is left unattended upon any street, roadway or way in
the city where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic;
(2) Any vehicle is illegally parked so as to block the entrance to any
private driveway;
(3) Any vehicle is found upon a highway and report has previously been
made that such vehicle has been stolen or a complaint has been filed
and a warrant thereon issued charging that such vehicle has been stolen;
(4) Any such officer has reasonable grounds to believe that any vehicle
has been abandoned for more than forty-eight (48) hours;
(5) A vehicle upon a highway, street, or road is so disabled that its
normal operation is impossible or impractical and the owner or person
in charge of the vehicle is incapacitated by reason of physical injury
or other reason to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its
removal or custody, or is not in the immediate vicinity of the disabled
vehicle;
(6) A vehicle upon a highway, street, or road is so disabled that its
normal operation is impossible or impractical and the owner or person
in charge of the vehicle does not designate a particular towing or
storage company;
(7) An officer arrests any person driving or in control of a vehicle
for an alleged offense and such officer is by this code or other law
required to take the person arrested into custody; or
(8) In the opinion of the officer, the vehicle constitutes a hazard,
or interferes with a normal function of a governmental agency, or
by reason of any catastrophe, emergency or unusual circumstance the
safety of the vehicle is imperiled, or when any vehicle is parked
and constitutes an obstruction to the progress of construction or
repair work on any of the city’s water or sewer lines.
(b) Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street as authorized
in this section and the officer knows or is able to ascertain from
the registration records in the vehicle the name and address of the
owner thereof, such officer shall immediately give or cause to be
given notice in writing to such owner of the fact of such removal
and the reasons therefor and of the place to which such vehicle has
been removed. In the event any such vehicle is stored in a public
garage, a copy of such notice shall be given to the proprietor of
such garage.
(c) Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street under this section
and does not know and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner,
or for any other reason is unable to give the notice to the owner
as hereinbefore provided, and in the event the vehicle is not returned
to the owner within a period of three (3) days, then and in that event
the officer shall immediately send or cause to be sent a written report
of such removal by mail to the state department of transportation.
Such notice shall include a complete description of the vehicle, the
date, time and place from which removed, the reasons for such removal,
and the name of the garage or place where the vehicle is stored.
(d) In the event a vehicle is removed from a street under this section,
the owner of same shall pay, in addition to the fine, if any, assessed
against him or her, reasonable costs incurred in removing the vehicle
from the street, and reasonable storage for the time the same is stored
in a garage or parking lot.
(1965 Code, sec. 18-130; 1989 Code,
sec. 17-145)
In any prosecution charging a violation of any law or regulation
governing the standing or parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular
vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation of any
such law or regulation, together with proof that the defendant named
in the complaint was, at the time of such parking, the registered
owner of such vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie
presumption that the registered owner of such vehicle was the person
who parked or placed such vehicle at the point where, and for the
time during which, such violation occurred.
(1965 Code, sec. 18-131; 1989 Code,
sec. 17-146)