In addition to those definitions contained in the adopted sections of the Motor Vehicle Laws of Oregon, the following words or phrases, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning, shall mean:
"Bicycle"
means every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having two or more tandem wheels either of which is over fourteen inches in diameter.
"Bus stand"
means a fixed area in the roadway adjacent to the curb to be occupied exclusively by buses for layovers in operating schedules or waiting for passengers.
"Curb"
means the extreme edge of the roadway.
"Fee"
means the dollar amount to be charged to park in metered or permitted parking as outlined in the fee schedule.
"High turnover parking stall"
means any parking stall signed or metered for stays of less than one hour.
"Loading zone"
means a space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials or freight.
"Long-term parking stall"
means any parking stall signed or metered for stays of more than four hours.
"Metered parking"
means any time limited parking stall or parking area where use of parking is limited by a posted maximum time allowance and requires payment of a stated fee for use, to include but not limited to coin, credit/debit card or virtual payment (on-line payment or data base record).
"Park" or "parking"
means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when a vehicle is temporarily standing for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading.
"Parking permit"
means a document, card, hang-tag, sticker or chip for display in a vehicle, as well as virtual (data base record), showing the driver of the vehicle has permission to park in a designated area for specific periods of use (e.g., hours, day(s)).
"Passenger loading zone"
means reserved only for the loading or unloading of passengers and their luggage.
"Pedestrian"
means any person afoot.
"Short-term parking stall"
means any parking stall signed or metered for stays of one to four hours.
"Stand" or "standing"
means to temporarily stop a vehicle.
"Stop"
means complete cessation of movement.
"Time limited parking"
means any parking stall or parking area where use of parking is limited by a posted maximum time allowance. Time limited parking may or may not require payment of a fee.
"Traffic lane"
means that portion of the roadway used for the movement of a single line of vehicles.
(Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), 1996; Ord. No. 3522, § 3, 3-25-2019; Ord. No. 3556, § 1, 5-24-2021)
A. 
It is the policy of the City to conform its traffic laws as closely as feasible to the traffic laws of the State of Oregon. The provisions of ORS Chapters 153, 801, 802, 803, 805, 806, 807, 809, 810, 811, 813, 814, 815, 816, 818, 819, 820, 821, 822 and 823 as now enacted are adopted, and violation thereof shall constitute an offense against the City.
B. 
The definitions in ORS Chapters 153 and 801 to 823 shall apply, where the context requires, to all other Sections of this Chapter.
(Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), 1996; Ord. 3010 § 1, 1997; Ord. 3055 § 1, 1999; Ord. 3104 § 1, 2002; Ord. 3158 § 1, 2004; Ord. No. 3347, § 1, 4-26-2010; Ord. No. 3532, § 1, 12-9-2019)
Subject to State laws, the Council shall exercise all municipal traffic authority except those powers specifically and expressly delegated herein or by another ordinance.
(Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), 1996)
The City Manager or designee shall exercise the following duties by administrative actions:
A. 
Implement the ordinances, resolutions and motions of the Council and the Manager's own orders by installing traffic control devices;
B. 
Except as limited by Section 8.02.040, restrict the use of or parking on certain streets by any class or kind of vehicle to protect the streets from damage, preserve the character of the neighborhood, require turnover in parking spaces, establish clear vision areas or reduce traffic hazards;
C. 
Authorize by permit or regulation greater maximum weights or lengths for vehicles using City streets than specified by State law where not deleterious to City streets or public safety;
D. 
Impose conditions upon which the streets and other public property may be used for parking;
E. 
Establish, maintain, remove or alter the following classes of traffic controls:
1. 
Traffic control signals;
2. 
Crosswalks, safety zones and traffic lanes;
3. 
Intersection channelization and areas where drivers of vehicles shall not make right, left or U-turns and the time when the prohibition applies;
4. 
Parking areas and time limitations, including the form of permissible parking and any fees therefor. This authority does not include establishing parking meter zones or parking meter fees;
5. 
Loading zones; and
6. 
Yield and stops for all vehicles.
F. 
Cause a continual check to be made of traffic movement, congestion and accidents on the streets of the City, and after appropriate study, submit from time to time recommendations to the Council;
G. 
Temporarily close to vehicular or pedestrian traffic any street, when in the Manager's opinion, it is necessary to do so because of an emergency or for the protection of lives, limb, public safety or property, or for the more expeditious movement of either vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or for special events of community interest, parades or construction in a street right-of-way. The City Manager shall cause to be placed and maintained during such temporary closure "No Parking," "No Walking," "Street Closed" or other appropriate directional signs; and
H. 
Enforce parking and traffic control regulations or all regulated parking areas or districts. Enforcement will include state laws and City ordinances regarding motor vehicle operations and all parking and traffic control devices where parking is regulated, including the Roseburg Regional Airport.
I. 
Implement guidelines for when an unlawfully parked vehicle may be towed.
(Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), 1996; Ord. 3053 § 1, 1999; Ord. No. 3556, § 2, 5-24-2021)
The administrative actions of the City Manager and the decision of the City Council upon review of such actions shall be based upon consideration of:
A. 
Traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations;
B. 
Standards, limitations and rules promulgated by the Oregon Transportation Commission or its successor;
C. 
Other recognized traffic control standards;
D. 
When establishing conditions for the use of streets and other public property as parking:
1. 
The relative, seasonal and special event demands for parking spaces within the area of the requested parking;
2. 
The other public uses for the property;
3. 
The location and physical characteristics of the property to be used for parking;
4. 
The demand for operating revenues, the cost of operation and enforcement of the parking regulations;
5. 
The ease of enforcing the provisions of this Chapter; and
6. 
The availability of other parking spaces.
E. 
When establishing conditions for the use or prohibition of use of any street:
1. 
The impact of seasonal or special events or weather;
2. 
The use of abutting property;
3. 
The intensity of use of the street by vehicles and pedestrians; and
4. 
The physical condition and characteristics of the street and abutting property; and
F. 
Other factors affecting the public health, safety and welfare.
(Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), 1996)
A. 
It shall be the duty of the Police Department or the City's agent to enforce the provisions of this Chapter.
B. 
In the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the Police Department may direct traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter.
C. 
Members of the Fire Department, when at the scene of a fire, may direct or assist the police in directing traffic at the scene or in the immediate vicinity.
(Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), 1996; Ord. No. 3530, § 1, 11-25-2019)
Any person aggrieved by administration action taken under Sections 8.02.030 or 8.02.040 may appeal the action to the Council by filing a written objection with the City Manager for transmittal to the Council within twenty days after the administrative action has occurred. The Council shall hear the appeal promptly and affirm, modify or repeal the administration action of the City Manager.
(Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), 1996)
Editor's note(s)—Ord. No. 3556, § 3, adopted May 24, 2021, repealed § 8.02.070, which pertained to limitation for historic structures and derived from Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), adopted 1996; Ord. No. 3522, § 4, adopted March 25, 2019.
A. 
No person shall disobey the instructions of any traffic sign, signal, marker, barrier or parking meter placed in accordance with the Motor Vehicle Laws of Oregon or this Chapter, including those erected by any authorized utility, department of this City or other authorized person, unless it is necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or otherwise directed by a police officer or the City's agent.
B. 
No unauthorized person shall move, remove or alter the position of, or deface or tamper with any such sign, signal, marker, barrier or parking meter.
(Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), 1996; Ord. No. 3530, § 2, 11-25-2019)
A. 
Private Marking Unlawful. It is unlawful for any person to letter, mark or paint in any manner, any letters, marks or signs on any sidewalk, curb, street or alley, or to post on a parking strip, anything designed or intended to prohibit or restrict parking in front of any sidewalk, private residence, business or in any alley, except in compliance with the provisions of this Chapter.
B. 
Required Methods of Parking.
1. 
Unless permitted by the Public Works Director, Police Chief or their designee, no person shall stand or park a vehicle in a street other than parallel with the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement and with the curbside wheels of the vehicle within twelve inches of the edge of the curb, except where the street is marked or signed for angle parking.
2. 
No person shall stand or park a vehicle other than at the indicated direction.
3. 
Whenever the owner or driver of a vehicle discovers that such vehicle is parked immediately in front of, or too close to a building to which the Fire Department has been summoned, such person shall immediately remove such vehicle from the area unless otherwise directed by police or fire officers.
C. 
Parking Prohibited in Certain Places. In addition to provisions of the Motor Vehicle Laws of Oregon prohibiting parking, no person shall park:
1. 
A vehicle upon any bridge, viaduct or other elevated structure used as a street or within a street tunnel in this City, unless marked or indicated otherwise;
2. 
A vehicle in any alley except to load or unload persons or materials, such time not to exceed twenty consecutive minutes in any two-hour period;
3. 
A vehicle upon any street for the principal purpose of:
a. 
Displaying such vehicle for sale,
b. 
Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency,
c. 
Selling merchandise from such vehicle except in a duly established market place or when so authorized or licensed under the ordinances of this City, or
d. 
Storage or as junkage or dead storage for more than fifteen hours;
4. 
A vehicle upon any parkway except where specifically authorized;
5. 
A vehicle on private property not his own, without the express or implied consent of the person in charge of the private property. When any express or implied consent has been given, the posting, in a conspicuous place on the property by the person in charge of the property, of a printed or written notice signed by such person in charge, and specifying the parking limitations, shall be prima facie evidence of the withdrawal of such consent under the terms of the limitations;
6. 
A vehicle in the parking area of a park or other public place for the purpose of displaying the vehicle or its contents for sale. It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of this Subsection if the owner or operator of the vehicle is present in the park or other public place where the vehicle is parked for an event or purpose for which the park or other public is then open during the time the vehicle is so parked; or
7. 
A vehicle upon any street which is marked by a painted yellow curb, unless otherwise designated as a special parking area by adjacent signage.
D. 
Loading Zones. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in a designated loading zone for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious loading and unloading of passengers, or the unloading and delivery, or pickup and loading of materials, during the hours when the provisions applicable to the type of loading zone being used are in effect. In no case shall the stop in an unmetered loading zone, for loading and unloading of passengers and personal baggage, exceed five minutes, nor the loading or unloading of materials exceed fifteen minutes.
E. 
Bus Stops.
1. 
Buses. The driver of a bus shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street in any business district at any place other than at a bus stop.
2. 
Vehicles other than Buses. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, other than a bus in a bus stand except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, loading or unloading passengers, when such stopping does not interfere with any bus waiting to enter or about to enter such zone.
F. 
Moving Vehicle to Extend Parking Time Prohibited. The moving of any vehicle within the block shall not be deemed to extend the time of parking.
G. 
Commercial Trucks and Trailers Prohibited in Certain Areas. No person owning or controlling any commercial truck or trailer more than eighteen feet in length, including any load thereon, shall cause or permit it to be parked or maintained within the right-of-way of any public street in any area of the City excepting those areas zoned commercial or industrial which are not used for residential use. For purposes of this Section, the PO (professional office) zone shall not be considered a commercial zone. This Section shall not apply to any vehicle described herein for such reasonable period of time as such vehicle is being actively used for loading and unloading persons or property. Any person who violates any provision hereof shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as is provided in Title 1 of this Code.
H. 
Lights on Parked Vehicles. No lights need be displayed upon any vehicle parked in accordance with this Chapter and upon a street where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred feet upon such street.
I. 
Certain Vehicles Exempted. The provisions of this Chapter regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a City department or public utility while necessarily in use for construction, repair, or work on the street; vehicles operated by government employees or officials on government business; vehicles owned and operated by law enforcement agencies in the course of official law enforcement activities; vehicles owned and operated by Fire Departments in the course of official Fire Department activities; and ambulances and emergency medical vehicles operated in response to medical emergencies; or any vehicle owned by the United States while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail.
(Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), 1996; Ord. 3006 § 1, 1997; Ord. 3292, § 1, 10-13-2008; Ord. No. 3556, § 4, 5-24-2021)
A. 
Payment for parking. No person shall park any vehicle in any metered parking space, except as otherwise permitted by this Chapter, without immediately depositing in the parking meter assigned to such space, such lawful payment methods (to include but not limited to coin, credit/debit or virtual payment) as are required by such meter and as designated by directions on the meter, and when required by the directions of the meter unless the parking meter indicates at the time such vehicle is parked that an unexpired portion of the period for which a payment has been previously deposited remains.
B. 
Legal Time Limit. Except as otherwise permitted by this Chapter, no person shall park a vehicle or allow a vehicle to remain parked in any time limited parking space beyond the maximum time limit for parking in such space.
Continued parking beyond the single time limit for any meter parking space shall constitute a separate offense for each period or portion of a single time limit for any such meter parking space during which the vehicle remains so parked.
C. 
Owner Responsibility. The registered owner on the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles is responsible for all parking violations issued by the City.
D. 
Mechanical Defect. Any unintentional violation of any provision of this Chapter by reason of a mechanical failure of a parking meter is not an offense within the meaning of this Chapter.
E. 
Collection Authority. It shall be the duty of the Finance Director to direct the collecting of all payment methods from parking meters.
F. 
Parking Exemption Permits.
1. 
Issuance. The Police Chief or the City's agent may issue parking exemption permits to contractors engaged in the construction, reconstruction or repair of a building or installation of equipment in a building adjacent to a street where time limited parking is in place. Such exemption permits shall be issued only where available, including alleys which might be used or blocked off without interference with commerce, are not found reasonably close to the place where such persons are engaged and may be issued for use of each particular construction job. The fees for a parking exemption permit shall be set by Council resolution. At termination of use, the exemption permit shall be returned to the Police Chief or the City's agent.
2. 
Use. Persons with a properly issued parking exemption permit shall have the permit visibly displayed. Display of such permit reserves such parking space while occupied for use by such person while actually engaged in the task for which the parking exemption permit was issued.
3. 
Violation Prohibited. No person shall use a parking exemption permit except for the purpose and period of time for which such permit was issued.
Editor's note(s)—Ord. No. 3556, § 5, 5-24-2021, changed the title of § 8.02.100 from "parking meter regulations" to read as herein set out.
(Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), 1996; Ord. No. 3530, § 3, 11-25-2019; Ord. No. 3556, § 5, 5-24-2021)
A. 
Disabled Person Parking Permit.
1. 
Privileges Granted. All of the following apply to the parking privileges granted to disabled persons under a disabled person parking permit other than a program placard described in ORS 811.607:
a. 
Subject to the limitations under the following Paragraph (b), the permit allows its holder, or another person while transporting its holder to or from the parking location, to exercise the following privileges:
(i) 
Park a motor vehicle in any public parking zone restricted as to the length of time permitted therein without incurring penalties imposed for overtime parking in such zones; and
(ii) 
Park a motor vehicle in any public parking zone with metered parking without being required to pay any parking meter fee.
B. 
Delivery or Service Permits.
1. 
The Police Chief or the City's agent may issue delivery or service permits to persons regularly using passenger-type vehicles for the delivery of service or delivery or pickup of merchandise. Upon proof of necessity, the Police Chief or the City's agent may also issue such permits for commercial-type vehicles, if such vehicles are performing an essential service. The fees for such a permit shall be set by Council resolution. No time limited parking space shall be used by any permit holder for any continuous period of time longer than the time provided on the space in question. No person shall use a delivery or service permit for any purpose other than that authorized by the permit. Willful violation of these provisions will result in forfeiture of the permit and denial of future permits.
C. 
Courtesy Visitor Permits. The City Manager may, at their discretion, make courtesy permits available to visitors of the City. Such permits shall be free and limited to specific periods of use (e.g., hours, day(s)). These permits, if properly displayed in accordance with the direction prescribed by the City Manager, shall authorize the permittee to park their vehicle without regard to time limits and without having to pay the fees in any parking space.
D. 
Parade Permits. No procession or parade, except a funeral procession, the forces of the United States Armed Forces and the military forces of this State, shall occupy, march or proceed along any street except in accordance with a permit issued by the Police Chief and approved by the City Manager. The fees for such a permit shall be set by Council resolution. Such permit shall be granted where it is found that such parade is not to be held for an unlawful purpose and will not in any manner tend to a breach of the peace, cause damage or unreasonably interfere with the public use of the streets or the peace and quiet of the inhabitants of the City. It is unlawful for any person to sponsor, assist in sponsoring or to participate in, any procession or parade for which no permit has been issued and which otherwise is not herein authorized.
(Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), 1996; Ord. 3057 § 2 (part), 1999; Ord. No. 3522, § 5, 3-25-2019; Ord. No. 3530, § 4, 11-25-2019; Ord. No. 3556, § 6, 5-24-2021)
No pedestrian shall:
A. 
Use any roadway for travel when sidewalks abutting the same are available; or
B. 
Cross a street at any place other than in a marked crosswalk or by the shortest route to the opposite curb if no crosswalks are located within the block of the street being crossed.
(Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), 1996)
A. 
Speed Limit in Public Parks. No person shall drive a vehicle upon any street in any public park of the City at a speed exceeding fifteen miles per hour unless signs erected indicate otherwise.
B. 
Control of Vehicles on School Property. No person shall violate any rule or regulation promulgated by the School Board of School District No. 4, Douglas County, Oregon, pursuant to ORS 332.445, prohibiting, restricting or regulating the operation and parking of vehicles, or particular classes or kinds of vehicles, upon property controlled by said School District and located within the corporate limits of the City. This provision shall be effective only during such times as there may be in effect an agreement or contract between the City and School District for the purpose of providing a uniform system of enforcement of the rules and regulations.
(Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), 1996; Ord. 3057 § 2 (part), 1999)
A. 
Roller Skates, In-Line Skates, Skateboards, Bicycles and Other Devices. Excepting Police employees operating their bicycles in the course and scope of their duties, no person shall operate or ride upon, in or by means of, a bicycle, scooter, roller skates, in-line skates, skateboard, coaster, toy vehicle or other similar device in or upon any if the following areas:
1. 
Any public street or sidewalk in a manner dangerous to persons or property;
2. 
The off-street parking facility located at 555 SE Rose Street; or
3. 
Any public or private property, driveway or parking area that is posted with a "No (name of prohibited device)" sign. Signs posted pursuant to this Subsection shall be posted at or near the boundaries of the area restricted in a visible location. Signs must be no smaller than 6" × 8" in dimension and must contain the words "No (name of prohibited device)".
B. 
Skis. No person shall use the streets for playing or traveling on skis, toboggans, sleds or similar devices.
C. 
Violations. Violations of this Section may upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed $100.00. In addition thereto, the Municipal Judge may prohibit the operation of the device used in the violation for a period not to exceed 30 days. In such event, the Chief of Police shall be directed to impound the device, and retain it for the period that the operation is prohibited. An officer who issues a citation to a person for operating a device during a period of prohibited operation as ordered by the Municipal Judge, or to a person previously convicted of a violation of this Section during the preceding twelve-month period, may impound the subject device and dispose of it in accordance with the procedures in this Code for disposal of personal property, if the person is found guilty of the second offense.
(Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), 1996; Ord. 3098 § 1, 2001; Ord. No. 3522, § 6, 3-25-2019; Ord. No. 3530, § 5, 11-25-2019; Ord. No. 3556, § 6, 5-24-2021)
A. 
Damaging Sidewalks and Curbs Prohibited.
1. 
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon or within any sidewalk or parkway area except to cross at a permanent or temporary driveway.
2. 
No person shall place any dirt, wood or other material in the gutter or space next to the curb of any street with the intention of using the same as a driveway.
3. 
No person shall remove, or damage in any way, any portion of any curb, or move any heavy vehicle or thing over or upon a curb or sidewalk, without first notifying the Public Works Director, and such person shall be held responsible for any and all damage.
B. 
Obstructing Streets Prohibited. No person shall park or leave any vehicle or any part thereof, trailer, box, ware or merchandise of any description, or any other thing that in any way impedes traffic, or obstructs the view, upon any street, including any alley, parking strip, sidewalk or curb, except by such lawful use and parking of vehicles upon streets and alleys as is allowed by this or other Chapters of the Code; and also excepting that trees, shrubs and flowers may be maintained in locations approved by the City Manager, provided they are maintained in a sightly manner and are limited to a size which shall not create a nuisance.
C. 
Removing Glass and Debris Required. Any person causing glass to be broken upon any street, or any party to a collision or other vehicle accident upon any street in the City shall immediately remove, or cause to be removed from such street, all glass and other foreign objects or substances.
D. 
Unlawful Transfer on a Highway.
1. 
A person commits the offense of unlawful transfer on a highway if the person:
a. 
While a driver or passenger in a vehicle on a highway, road or street within the boundaries of the City of Roseburg, gives or relinquishes possession or control of, or allows another person in the vehicle to give or relinquish possession or control of any money or tangible personal property to a pedestrian; or
b. 
While a pedestrian, accepts, receives or retains possession or control of any money or tangible personal property from a driver or passenger in a vehicle on a highway, road or street within the boundaries of the City of Roseburg.
2. 
This subsection does not apply if the vehicle is legally parked. This subsection also does not apply to persons participating in a "Pedestrian Activity," as defined in OAR 734 Division 58, for which a permit has been issued by the Oregon Department of Transportation, so long as all terms of such permit are being met.
3. 
Any person found violating this subsection shall be guilty of committing a traffic violation punishable by a fine not to exceed $75.00.
(Ord. 2951 § 1 (part), 1996; Ord. 3275 § 1, 2007; Ord. 3295, § 1, 12-8-2008)
No motor assisted scooters may be operated on any City owned off-street bicycle or pedestrian path or trail, unless exempt. A motor assisted scooter is exempt from this provision if it is used as a mobility aid by a person with a mobility impairment.
(Ord. 3172 § 1, 2004)