(a)
Generally.
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop,
stand, or park a vehicle, trailer, or nonmotorized device, including
personal property, in any of the following places, except when necessary
to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions
of the chief of police or his assistants, or traffic-control sign
or signal:
(1)
In the center of the street.
(2)
Within a street intersection.
(3)
On a crosswalk.
(4)
Upon a bridge, and the approach thereto.
(5)
Within 25 feet from the intersection of curblines, or, if none, then
within 15 feet of the intersections of property lines at an intersection,
except at alleys.
(6)
Within ten feet of any fire hydrant.
(7)
In front of any private driveway, except with the consent of the
owner, or directly across the street from a private driveway in a
manner that prohibits or limits access to that driveway.
(8)
On a sidewalk.
(9)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such
stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(10)
At any places where official traffic signs have been erected prohibiting
standing and parking.
(11)
On the roadway beside any vehicle stopped or parked at the right
hand edge or curb of a street. It is the intention of this section
to prohibit what is commonly known as double-line parking.
(12)
Within reserved zones or a public alley.
(13)
On left side of street, unless so designated on a one- way street.
(14)
On a railroad track.
(b)
Handicapped parking.
Only vehicles with a valid handicapped
parking permit or license plate may park in designated handicapped
parking spaces.
(c)
Parking trailer or other nonmotorized device on street prohibited.
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 or drawn upon the public streets by means of equipment
on any public street or alley.
(d)
Owner allowing vehicle to be unlawfully parked.
No person
shall allow, permit, or suffer any vehicle, trailer, other nonmotorized
device, or personal property registered in his name, to stand or park
in the city in violation of any provisions of this article.
(e)
Presumption that owner is responsible for offense.
If
a vehicle, trailer, other nonmotorized device, or personal property
is found unattended or unoccupied upon a street, highway, alley, or
other public place in violation of this section, the same is hereby
declared a nuisance per se and the fact that such vehicle is unattended
or unoccupied by any person shall be prima facie evidence that the
owner unlawfully stopped, placed, or parked such vehicle. The records
of the state department of transportation showing the name of the
person to whom state highway license plates were issued shall constitute
prima facie evidence of the ownership by the person there named.
(f)
Obstructions to traffic to be immediately removed and seized.
The police department may immediately remove and seize a vehicle,
trailer, other nonmotorized device, or personal property left on public
property that is an obstruction to traffic, blocks the roadway, or
endangers public safety, pursuant to applicable state law. The police
department shall adhere to procedures outlined in chapter 545 of the
Texas Transportation Code. This remedy and impounding fee shall be
cumulative of any and all other penalties that may be provided.
(g)
No parking tow -away zone to be immediately removed and seized.
The police department may immediately remove and seize a vehicle,
trailer, other nonmotorized device, or personal property left in a
marked no parking tow-away zone, pursuant to applicable state law.
The police department shall adhere to procedures outlined in chapter
545 of the Texas Transportation Code. This remedy and impounding fee
shall be cumulative of any and all other penalties that may be provided.
(h)
Abandoned motor vehicles to be removed and seized.
The
police department may take into custody an abandoned motor vehicle
pursuant to chapter 683 of the Texas Transportation Code. This remedy
and impounding fee shall be cumulative of any and all other penalties
that may be provided.
(i)
Junked vehicles - declared a public nuisance to be removed and seized.
Junked Vehicles as defined by Chapter 683 of the Texas Transportation
Code are hereby declared a public nuisance and may be abated and removed
from private or public property or a public right-of-way by the City
of West pursuant to applicable state law. This remedy and impounding
fee shall be cumulative of any and all other penalties that may be
provided.
(j)
Removal, seizure, towing, and impound of unlawfully parked or stopped
vehicle, trailer, other nonmotorized device, or personal property.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, in the
event any property of any description, vehicle, automobile, truck,
trailer, or other character of private property shall be found in
violation of this section or any portion of the Code of Ordinances
thereof, and has remained illegally on public property for more than
48 hours, the same shall be a nuisance per se and may be removed and
seized pursuant to chapter 683 of the Texas Transportation Code. This
remedy and impounding fee shall be cumulative of any and all other
penalties that may be provided.
(k)
Impound fees and other costs.
The owner of a of a vehicle,
automobile, truck, trailer, or other character of private property
impounded under this section shall be entitled to the possession thereof
upon payment of the amount so designated in the most recently adopted
fee schedule, together with all other costs of removal and storage
that may have accrued thereon.
(Ordinance adopted 12/18/1934,
secs. 5, 6; Ordinance adopting Code; Ordinance 240507 adopted 5/7/2024)
(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)
[1]
Editor's note–Former section 12.04.003 article 12.02 pertaining to "parking trailer or other nonmotorized device on street; parking for more than 72 hours," was repealed and deleted in its entirety by Ordinance
240507 adopted 5/7/2024. Prior
to the deletion this section derived from the following: 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)
