In any prosecution charging a violation of any ordinance 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 ordinance 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.
(1984 Code, sec. 12-216; 1998 Code, sec. 10.715)
(a) 
Authorized; fee.
Any vehicle parked in violation of the traffic ordinances of the city at a place where parking is prohibited or parking time is limited may be removed and impounded by the police, and an impounding fee established from time to time by the city council assessed against and collected from the owner or driver of the vehicle before the release of such vehicle. The payment of this impounding fee shall not excuse such owner or driver of the vehicle from the charge of violating said traffic ordinance prohibiting or limiting such parking.
(b) 
Liability of city.
The provisions of this section shall not be construed to relieve from or lessen the responsibility of any person who shall leave his vehicle parked on the streets of the city in such a manner that the same may be impounded, nor shall the city be held as assuming any such liability by reason of impounding or causing to be impounded such vehicle.
(1984 Code, secs. 12-217, 12-218; 1998 Code, sec. 10.716)
(a) 
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall:
(1) 
Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(A) 
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(B) 
On a sidewalk.
(C) 
Within an intersection.
(D) 
On a crosswalk.
(E) 
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 governing body of any incorporated city, town or village indicates a different length by signs or markings.
(F) 
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(G) 
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel.
(H) 
On any railroad track.
(I) 
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(2) 
Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
(A) 
In front of a public or private driveway.
(B) 
Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant.
(C) 
Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(D) 
Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway.
(E) 
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 said entrance (when properly signposted).
(F) 
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
(3) 
Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers:
(A) 
Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
(B) 
At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
(b) 
No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.
(1984 Code, sec. 12-201; 1998 Code, sec. 10.701)
No person shall park any motor vehicle, truck, truck tractor or conveyance of any kind on either side of Broadway Street from the west city limits to the east city limits.
(1984 Code, sec. 12-202; 1998 Code, sec. 10.702)
(a) 
Parking of any kind of motor vehicle on the west side of Highway 214 from the north curbline of Linda Lane and extending north for 100 feet along the west side of State Highway 214 in the city is hereby prohibited.
(b) 
No person shall park or cause to be parked any kind of motor vehicle, automobile, truck, truck tractor or motor vehicle of any kind on the west side of State Highway 214 from the north curbline of Linda Lane and extending north for 100 feet along the west side of State Highway 214 in the city.
(c) 
Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in a sum as provided for in the general penalty provision found in section 1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance 87-1, secs. 1–3, adopted 2/2/87; 1998 Code, sec. 10.703)
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.
(1984 Code, sec. 12-203; 1998 Code, sec. 10.704)
(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 parking.
(b) 
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 transportation commission has determined by resolution or order entered in its minutes 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, and with the hood or front end of such vehicle next to, the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings.
(d) 
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.
(1984 Code, sec. 12-204; 1998 Code, sec. 10.705)
No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the ignition and effectively setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway.
(1984 Code, sec. 12-205; 1998 Code, sec. 10.706)
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 forty-eight (48) hours continuously.
(1984 Code, sec. 12-206; 1998 Code, sec. 10.707)
No person shall park a vehicle upon any street in the city for the principal purpose of:
(1) 
Displaying such vehicle for sale;
(2) 
Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency;
(3) 
Advertising, except by permit issued by the chief of police and under the conditions stipulated therein.
(1984 Code, sec. 12-207; 1998 Code, sec. 10.708)
(a) 
The city council shall cause parking stalls to be maintained and marked off in and on streets and parts thereof and shall cause spaces in which parking is prohibited to be maintained and marked off in and on such streets and parts thereof from time to time. The city council shall also cause time limit parking areas to be maintained and marked off in and on parts of streets. All such spaces or areas shall be clearly indicated by appropriate signs or by markings on the pavement or curb.
(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 distinguished 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 prohibition of or time limit on parking established under this section shall apply on such days and between such hours as prescribed by the city council.
(1984 Code, sec. 12-208; 1998 Code, sec. 10.709)
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in his name or owned or operated by him or in his possession or under his control to be or remain in any space or area in which parking is prohibited as provided in section 12.07.011, 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.
(1984 Code, sec. 12-209; 1998 Code, sec. 10.710)
(a) 
Designation.
The city council is authorized to determine and designate 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 therefor are applicable.
(b) 
Use of passenger zones.
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 of time not to exceed three (3) minutes, except when such spaces are adjacent to and serving a hotel or bus station, when such period of time may not exceed fifteen (15) minutes.
(c) 
Use of freight zones.
(1) 
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any length of time in any place marked as a freight curb loading zone during the hours so set aside, except that commercial vehicles may so stop, stand or park for the expeditious unloading and delivery or loading and pickup of material. In no case shall the stop for unloading, loading, pickup or delivery of material exceed thirty (30) minutes.
(2) 
The driver of a passenger vehicle may stop temporarily at a place marked as a freight curb loading zone for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any motor vehicle used for the transportation of materials which is waiting to enter or about to enter such zone.
(1984 Code, secs. 12-211–12-213; 1998 Code, sec. 10.712)
(a) 
Generally.
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to block the free passage of other vehicles in such alley.
(b) 
Alleys in fire limits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), it shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in any alley within the fire limits of the city, except when such vehicle is actually being used for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
(1984 Code, sec. 12-215; 1998 Code, sec. 10.714)