(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:
(1)
On
a sidewalk;
(2)
In
front of a public or private driveway;
(3)
Within
an intersection;
(4)
Within
fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
(5)
On
a crosswalk;
(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 traffic engineer has indicated a different length by signs
or markings;
(9)
On
unpaved areas of private property in all dwelling districts;
(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 the street curb has been painted red by the traffic
engineer;
(15)
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
(16)
On unpaved public right-of-way except when such unpaved public right-of-way
is an extension of a driveway;
(17)
On extensions of driveways on public right-of-way in residential
districts when such parking creates a safety or traffic hazard;
(18)
In fire lanes on public or private property as provided in Schedule
L of Article VI of this chapter;
(19)
In or on public alleys.
(b)
No person
shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any prohibited
area specified above or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
(1965 Code, sec. 20-116; Ordinance 1275 adopted 4/13/1992; Ordinance 1295 adopted 1/25/1993)
No person shall stand or park a vehicle upon any roadway for
the principal purpose of:
(1)
Displaying
it for sale.
(2)
Washing,
greasing, filling with gas or oil or repairing such vehicle, except
repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(1965 Code, sec. 20-117)
(a)
The
city council may designate any street intersection as a stop intersection
and designate the streets upon which vehicles shall stop before entering
such intersections. Whenever any intersection has been so designated,
the traffic engineer shall cause the same to be identified by the
erection of stop signs indicating which vehicles approaching the intersection
shall stop, and it shall be the duty of the driver of any vehicle
approaching such a sign to bring such vehicle to a complete stop at
such sign or at a clearly marked stop line before entering the intersection,
except when directed to proceed by a police officer or a traffic-control
signal, and after so stopping, may only proceed thereafter when such
driver may safely enter the intersection without interference or collision
with traffic using such different street or roadway.
(b)
Schedule
B, indicating the location of stop signs is set out in Article VI
of this chapter.
(c)
Written
notice of the proposed installation or removal of a "stop" sign shall
be mailed to all property owners within three hundred (300) feet of
the location of the "stop" sign at least ten (10) days prior to the
date of city council consideration of such action; except that such
signs can be installed where no such control exists upon the recommendation
of the police chief and the public works director, and with the approval
of the city council.
(1965 Code, sec. 20-119; Ordinance 1588 adopted 5/23/2005; Ordinance 1713 adopted 6/4/2007)
(a)
The
traffic engineer 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 and he 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. The traffic
engineer shall also cause time limited 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. All such spaces or areas shall be clearly indicated
by appropriate signs or markings.
(b)
In areas
designated as time limited parking areas, parking may be limited to
any period prescribed by the council, the same to be designated with
clearly distinguishable markings or signs at both ends of the time
limited area and at reasonable intervals between the beginning and
ending of such time limited 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 council.
(d)
Schedule
G, designating streets on which parking is prohibited or limited is
set out in Article VI of this chapter.
(e)
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 or in a time limited parking area for a longer
period of time than that designated by the markings on the street
or by signs clearly visible.
(f)
The
City of Alamo Heights is vested with the exclusive power to control
the public streets and rights-of-way in the city. By permission of
the city, the Alamo Heights Independent School District is authorized
to use the 100 block of East Fair Oaks Place, north and south sides,
100 block of East Castano Avenue, north and south sides, and 100 block
of Vanderhoeven Drive, west side, for school parking on school days
from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The Alamo Heights Independent School
District shall submit plans to the City of Alamo Heights Planning
and Development Services Department for approval to mark, stripe,
number and sign parking spaces on the aforementioned public streets
and right-of-ways, to include any changes to previously approved plans.
Such plans shall not include painting any curb or street with red
paint to signify a "no parking" zone. Additionally, proposed plans
may not conflict with any city code or state law regulating parking
restrictions pertaining to fire lanes, fire hydrant access, cross
walks, approaches to intersections, traffic control signs or signals,
and restricted parking zones placed by the city and/or designated
by red curbs or pavement markings. The City of Alamo Heights shall
assume no responsibility for enforcing school parking regulations
promulgated by the Alamo Heights Independent School District in areas
authorized by this section. The use of the public streets for school
parking may be terminated by the city at any time.
(1965 Code, secs. 20-121, 20-122; Ordinance 1416 adopted 8/24/1998; Ordinance 1937 adopted 8/13/2012)
(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
traffic engineer, 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.
(c)
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.
(d)
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.
(e)
Where
ninety-degree angle parking is permitted by ordinance, both front
wheels must be within six (6) inches of the curb, or parking curb
or if there is no curb the two (2) front wheels shall be parallel
to the curbline and pulled as far past it as is practicable, so as
to obstruct the street as little as possible.
(f)
Where
sixty-degree angle parking is permitted by ordinance, the right front
wheel must be within six (6) inches of the street curb, or where the
curb has been set back, within six (6) inches of the parking curb,
and the right-hand side of the vehicle must be at an angle of sixty
(60) degrees from the curb or curbline.
(g)
Where
forty-five-degree angle parking is permitted by ordinance, the right
front wheel must be within six (6) inches of the parking curb, or
where a saw-tooth parking curb has been installed, both front wheels
shall be within six (6) inches of the parking curb, and the right-hand
side of the vehicle shall be at an angle of forty-five (45) degrees
from the street curb or curbline.
(h)
Schedule
H, designating those areas in which angle parking is permitted is
set out in Article VI of this chapter.
(1965 Code, sec. 20-123)
Overnight parking for storage on any paved street is hereby
prohibited. "Overnight parking for storage" is hereby defined as the
parking or storing of cars, trucks, tractors or other vehicles on
paved streets during the hours from 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m., except
temporarily disabled vehicles which are protected by flares or other
approved signal devices. For the purpose of this section, a "vehicle"
includes a device in or by which a person or property may be transported
or drawn on a public highway.
(1965 Code, sec. 20-124; Ordinance 1245 adopted 11/12/1990; Ordinance 2049 adopted 4/25/2016)
Any person owning or occupying premises who do not have facilities
for parking passenger automobiles owned by persons occupying such
premises may file a written application with the city council for
special permission for a temporary permit to park passenger automobiles
only on a city street. Such application shall be granted by the city
council only upon its making the following findings:
(1)
That
the premises do not contain space adequate for parking passenger automobiles
of the occupants of such premises off of the street;
(2)
It
would be an undue hardship on the owners or occupants of the premises
to provide off-street parking for passenger automobiles owned by the
occupant. To determine an undue hardship the council shall be governed
by the following standards:
(1965 Code, sec. 20-125)
Any person owning or occupying residential premises may obtain
a temporary overnight parking permit for visitors or persons temporarily
staying in such premises upon written application made and filed with
the chief of police prior to the time such automobiles or other vehicles
are parked on the street. Overnight parking permits are restricted
to passenger cars, vans and light trucks having a manufacturer rated
carrying capacity of one (1) ton or less. No such permit shall exceed
thirty (30) days, and no more than three (3) such permits may be issued
for any premises during any calendar year by the chief of police.
To be effective, any such permit shall be in writing and displayed
on the automobile at all times when parked on the streets of the city
between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. Persons qualifying under
this section and only needing a short term permit not exceeding three
(3) days may be issued a permit by contacting the police administrative
office or the police/fire dispatch center in person or by telephone.
Such permission shall be granted by the chief of police or his representative
upon a showing of the following:
(1)
That
the premises in question do not have adequate space for the parking
of automobiles of persons temporarily visiting or occupying such premises.
(2)
That the person making such application cannot without undue hardship obtain off-street parking facilities on a temporary basis for such vehicles within the vicinity of such property. In determining whether or not a hardship exists the chief of police shall be governed by the standards set out in section 18-102.
(1965 Code, sec. 20-126; Ordinance 1245 adopted 11/12/1990; Ordinance 2049 adopted 4/25/2016)
(a)
The
traffic engineer 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 opinion, the dimensions of the
streets and sidewalks, the flow of traffic and the use of property
abutting the streets are such that he 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 pick-up
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.
(d)
Loading
zones shall be designated by an orange painted curb.
(e)
Schedule
I, setting out loading zones within the city appears in Article VI
of this chapter.
(1965 Code, sec. 20-130)
(a)
The
traffic engineer 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 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. 20-131)
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. 20-132)
(a)
The locations listed in section 18-152, Schedule G, Handicapped Parking Locations, are hereby designated as parking spaces available only to vehicles used by or for the transportation of permanently handicapped individuals, as defined in V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 681.001, when such vehicles display a valid "handicapped" tag provided by the state department of highways and public transportation.
(b)
Whenever
any vehicle is in a parking space reserved for the handicapped, and
such vehicle does not have a valid "handicapped" tag affixed thereon
or a temporarily handicapped person identification card placed in
the lower left-hand side of the front windshield, such facts shall
be prima facie evidence that the vehicle has been parked illegally,
and that the registered owner of such vehicle did knowingly cause,
allow, permit or suffer such vehicle to be parked in such location.
(1965 Code, sec. 20-133; Ordinance 1231 adopted 5/21/1990)
A school crossing guard program is hereby established to be
funded:
(1)
From
the court costs added to school crossing zone offenses by state law
for the funding of school crossing guard programs; and
(2)
A special
five-dollar court cost to be added to parking violations.
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The school crossing guard program shall be administered by the
chief of police. The chief of police is authorized to enter into contractual
arrangements with schools within the city for the implementation of
the school crossing guard program, provided that such schools shall
indemnify and hold harmless the City of Alamo Heights against any
claims arising from the furnishing of such services by such schools.
An administrative cost of ten (10) percent of funds disbursed to such
schools shall be retained by the city for the cost of administering
the school crossing guard program. The chief of police shall monitor
the use of school crossing guard program funds by such schools, which
contract for such services shall assure that such funds are used only
in the City of Alamo Heights and shall assure that such funds are
properly expended for child safety.
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Editor's note—Ordinance 1268, approved Oct. 14, 1991, was not specifically amendatory of the Code; hence, inclusion herein as § 18-108 was at the discretion of the editor.
(Ordinance 1268 adopted 10/14/1991)
The traffic engineer, with advice and consent of the chief of
police, shall be authorized to erect or install temporary "No Parking"
signs or other devices in instances where parking on the street would
temporarily cause undue hardship or danger to the public or abutting
property owners' reasonable use of the street or their driveways or
parking pads.
Such temporary signs or devices shall be installed as soon as
possible after the city becomes aware of the hardship or danger, and
a determination has been made for the need for such signs or devices.
Such signs or devices shall be removed as soon as possible after the
need for such signs or devices is no longer present, in the opinion
of the traffic engineer and with the advice and consent of the chief
of police.
(Ordinance 1568 adopted 10/11/2004)
