(a) 
Reserved Handicap Parking spaces are mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines.
(b) 
Special buses or ambulances that carry handicapped persons may also get accommodation in loading zones or no parking zones, where they would otherwise not be able to stop. If a bus is unloading disabled persons who need a specialized lift or ramp, these vehicles are allowed to temporarily park in these zones.
(Ordinance 521, 10-13-80; Ordinance 1589, § 2, 9-25-12)
In any prosecution charging a violation of any law or ordinance 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 ordinance, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was, at the time of 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, the violation occurred.
(Code 1972, § 22-2)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person having charge, custody, or control of any vehicle to place, leave, stop or park the same or cause the same to be placed, left, stopped or parked upon any part of the traveled portion, whether paved or not, of a public street, highway, alley, parkway, boulevard, or public place:
(1) 
So as to constitute an obstruction to traffic, or to the performance of the city's maintenance of its streets or utilities, or constitute a definite hazard; or
(2) 
For the purpose of storing, displaying, repairing, or waiting for repairs to be done thereon or in connection therewith, in or upon any street, highway or alley in the city.
(b) 
For the purpose of this section, in the event any vehicle shall remain at the same location on and upon any public street, highway or alley for a period of more than 24 hours, it shall be presumed:
(1) 
That such vehicle was placed, left stopped, or parked there for the purpose of storage, display, repair, or to wait for repairs to be done thereon or in connection therewith; and
(2) 
That the owner of an unattended or unoccupied vehicle is the person who unlawfully placed, left, stopped, or parked the same in violation of this section.
(c) 
Members of the police department are hereby authorized to remove a vehicle from a street or highway within the city 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, under the following circumstances:
(1) 
When an attended vehicle upon a street is obstructing traffic or is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic, and the owner or person in charge of the vehicle is, however, by reason of physical injury, incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its removal;
(2) 
When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street and is so parked illegally as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic;
(3) 
When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street and is so parked illegally as to constitute a definite obstruction to employees or contractors of the city engaged in its, or its agents, maintenance of its streets or utilities to an area of the street upon which the vehicle is illegally parked;
(4) 
When any such officer arrests any person driving or in control of a vehicle for any alleged offense and in the opinion of such officer that no other occupant, if any, is capable of safely removing the vehicle from the public street, highway or alley, where it would be illegally parked if left unattended after such arrest;
(5) 
When, in the opinion of such 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 circumstances the safety of the vehicle is imperiled;
(6) 
If a vehicle is found illegally parked or stored upon a street, highway or alley, and is registered to an owner who has failed, on more than one occasion, to comply with a citation previously attached to any illegally parked vehicle registered to such owner under this section, and a warrant, or warrants, have been issued for the owner's arrest due to repeated failures to comply with said citations.
(7) 
If a vehicle is found illegally parked or stored upon a street, highway or alley, and is registered to an owner who has failed to remove said illegally parked or stored vehicle, after receiving a violation, and the said vehicle has remained in the same location for more than seven days.
(d) 
Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street, highway or alley, as authorized in this section:
(1) 
and the officers 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, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to such owner of the fact of such removal and the reason 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.
(2) 
and the officer 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 seven days, the officer shall immediately send or cause to be sent a written report of such removal by mail to the state department of transportation, by certified mail, return receipt requested. 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.
(e) 
If a vehicle is removed from a street under this section, the owner of the vehicle shall pay, in addition to the fine, if any, assessed against him, reasonable costs incurred in removing the vehicle from the street, and reasonable storage for the time it is stored in a garage or parking lot.
(Ordinance 1045, § 2, 10-8-96; Ordinance 1589, § 2, 9-25-12)
This article shall not apply to:
(1) 
Street construction, maintenance, repair equipment, tractor equipment, trailers, and vehicles used by public service utility companies engaged in repairing or extending public service utilities; or
(2) 
Motor buses when taking or discharging passengers at a customary bus stop; other vehicles when actually parked at a designated loading zone; or
(3) 
Where it is lawful to park commercial motor vehicles for the purpose of accepting or delivering transportable goods; or
(4) 
School buses parked on the side of a residential public street that is immediately adjacent to school property, during school hours, or the side of a residential public street that is immediately adjacent to a city park or recreation area if during the park hours and if in connection with an official school-related activity; or
(5) 
Church buses parked on the side of a residential public street that is immediately adjacent to a city park or recreation area if during park hours and if in connection with a church-related activity.
(Ordinance 1589, § 2, 9-25-12)