(a)
Motor vehicle
Trailer
The
following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
means every vehicle which is self-propelled.
means every vehicle with or without motive power, designed
for carrying persons or property and being drawn by a motor vehicle.
(b)
Under
this article, any such vehicle or trailer as herein defined shall
be deemed to be parked when the same is standing with or without the
operator occupying the same without regard to whether the engine is
running or the engine is not running.
The director of the department of public works is authorized
and instructed to post and maintain no parking signs within the city,
displaying the no parking zone on the road, street and highway as
provided by this article to vehicular traffic along such road, street
and highway.
Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon that
portion of the roadway in violation of this Code, such officer is
hereby authorized to move such vehicle, or require the driver or other
person in charge of the vehicle to move same, to a position outside
the restricted area.
Unless otherwise provided therein, any person convicted of the
violation of any portion of this article shall be punished within
the limits provided in V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 542.401.
Each particular act of violation of this article shall constitute
a separate offense, punishable as herein prescribed.
No person in charge of said vehicle and/or trailer, no person
in charge of operating said vehicle and/or trailer, and no person
in whose name said vehicle and/or trailer is registered shall allow
or permit such vehicle and/or trailer to be parked in violation of
this article. The same is hereby declared to be a nuisance per se
and the fact that such vehicle and/or trailer is unattended or unoccupied
by said persons shall be prima facie evidence that the person in charge,
the operator thereof and the owner thereof unlawfully and knowingly
so parked said vehicle and/or trailer.
