No person, firm, or corporation shall park a vehicle on:
(1) Converse Street in a zone beginning at the south intersection of
12th Street and Converse Street north along Converse Street to the
city limits.
(2) F.M. 609 (La Grange Street) in a zone beginning at a point 403 feet
north of the intersection of Twelfth Street and F.M. 609 north along
F.M. 609 to the city limits.
(3) Highway 90 West in a zone beginning at the intersection of Faires
Street and Highway 90 West along Highway 90 to the west city limits.
(4) The east side of North La Grange Street (F.M. 609) in a zone beginning
at the intersection of North La Grange Street (F.M. 609) and 12th
Street south along North La Grange Street (F.M. 609) to the intersection
of North La Grange Street (F.M. 609) and 11th Street.
(2001 Code, sec. 12.901)
Recreational vehicle.
A motor vehicle or trailer primarily designed as temporary
living quarters for recreational camping or travel use. The term includes,
but is not limited to, a travel trailer, camping trailer, truck camper,
and motor home.
Street.
The width between the boundary lines of a publicly maintained
way any part of which is open to the public for vehicular travel,
including paved and unpaved portions of the right-of-way.
Trailer.
A vehicle, with or without motive power, designed to be drawn
by a motor vehicle and to transport persons or property. The term
includes, without limitation, a boat trailer, equipment trailer, camping
trailer, travel trailer, and utility trailer.
Vehicle.
A device that can be used to transport or draw persons or
property on a street.
(2001 Code, sec. 12.931)
Persons violating this division shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision found in section
1.01.009 of this code.
(2001 Code, sec. 12.935)
It shall be unlawful for any person, having registered in his
or her name or owning or operating or having charge of any recreational
vehicle or trailer, to cause, allow, suffer or permit the same to
be parked or left standing upon any street within the city for more
than forty-eight (48) hours within any consecutive seven (7) day period.
(2001 Code, sec. 12.932)
In any prosecution charging a violation of this division governing
the standing or parking of a recreational vehicle or trailer, proof
that such vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation
of this division, 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 a vehicle at that point where, and for the time during
which, such violation occurred.
(2001 Code, sec. 12.933)
The police department and all members thereof are authorized
to remove and tow away, or have removed and towed away by a commercial
towing service, any prohibited vehicle illegally parked. The registered
owner of the recreational vehicle or trailer shall be responsible
for the charge by the commercial towing service for towing under this
section, and any commercial towing service shall be entitled to demand
payment of its reasonable towing charges prior to releasing the recreational
vehicle or trailer to the registered owner thereof.
(2001 Code, sec. 12.934)