(a)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law, regulation or ordinance, 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 eight feet of a fire hydrant when that hydrant is directly adjacent to the curb; where a fire hydrant is recessed back from the curb, within eight feet of that point on the curb which would be crossed by a perpendicular line from the recessed hydrant to the nearest public street;
(5)
On a crosswalk;
(6)
Within 15 feet of a crosswalk or intersection unless changed by curb markings;
(7)
Within 30 feet upon the approach of 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 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the local traffic authority indicates a different length by signs or markings;
(9)
Within 15 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance when properly signposted;
(10)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(11)
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street; provided, that this section shall not prohibit a taxicab from making brief stops pursuant to the provisions of KMC § 5.24.230(c);
(12)
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
(13)
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
(14)
All street areas adjacent to curbs painted yellow. This section shall not prohibit a taxicab from stopping to expeditiously load or unload passengers in residential areas.
(b)
No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
(Code 1962 § 19-106; Ord. 652 § 4, 1963; Ord. 756 § 3, 1972; Ord. 776 § 3, 1972; Ord. 816 § 1, 1974; Ord. 1021 § 5, 1984)