[Amended 7-2-1996 by Ord. No. 2812]
No person shall park any semi-truck or truck/trailer; or any truck, trailer, tractor, or other motor vehicle, or other stationary trailer or tractor, in excess of 14,000 pounds, on property within and without the City of El Reno which is owned by the City of El Reno.
A. 
Exceptions.
(1) 
The above prohibition shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 343-29 and 343-45 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of El Reno and all requirements and provisions in connection with such sections, and nothing contained herein shall supersede §§ 343-29 and 343-45 or requirements and provisions in connection with such sections.
(2) 
Further, the above prohibition shall not apply to such vehicles parked for a public event as long as such parking is in all ways in conformance with other applicable ordinances.
(3) 
Nothing herein shall be construed as to prohibit the parking of such vehicles at the direction of the City of El Reno for a public purpose, or the parking of an authorized emergency vehicle.
B. 
Signs. The City of El Reno shall erect an official sign in a proper position which is sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person, indicating the prohibition of parking by such vehicles. No provision of this section shall be enforced against an alleged violator if, at the time and place of the alleged violation, such official sign is not placed.
C. 
Penalty. All persons guilty of violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and pay a fine not to exceed $100.
D. 
Removal. Members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to remove such an unattended vehicle from a street or property owned by the City to a garage or other place of safety, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a place where it can be legally driven or parked. A vehicle impounded as provided herein shall be delivered back to the owner or other person to whom it may properly be delivered only after any reasonable costs of or charges for impounding and storage shall have been paid.
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Secs. 32-122 through 32-125 of the 1972 Code, which immediately preceded this section, were repealed 10-6-1992 by Ord. No. 2689.
A. 
The City Manager, subject to any directions which the Council may give by motion or resolution, shall determine upon what streets and parts of streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall have such streets marked or signed; provided, however, that angle parking shall not be permitted on any federal-aid or state highway, unless the State Department of Highways has determined that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.
B. 
On those streets which have been so 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.
In an area where parking spaces have been marked off on the surface of the street, a driver parking a vehicle shall park it within a parking space as thus marked off, and not on or over a line delimiting a space.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 32-128 of the 1972 Code, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 10-6-1992 by Ord. No. 2689.
[Amended 2-4-1997 by Ord. No. 2827; 2-2-1999 by Ord. No. 2883]
A. 
Truck parking on residential streets.
(1) 
No person shall park any semi-truck or truck/trailer; or any truck, trailer, tractor, or other motor vehicle, or other stationary trailer or tractor, in excess of 14,000 pounds, on any residential street within the City of El Reno.
(2) 
Exceptions.
(a) 
The above prohibition shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 343-29 and 343-45 of this chapter and all requirements and provisions in connection with such sections, and nothing contained herein shall supersede §§ 343-29 and 343-45 or requirements and provisions in connection with such sections.
(b) 
Further, the above prohibition shall not apply to such vehicles parked for a public event as long as such parking is in all ways in conformance with other applicable ordinances.
(c) 
Nothing herein shall be construed so as to prohibit the parking of such vehicles at the direction of the City of El Reno for a public purpose or the parking of an authorized emergency vehicle.
B. 
Parking, in general; legal requirements; parking for more than 24 hours.
(1) 
All motor vehicles allowed to park on residential streets must meet all legal requirements to operate on any City and state street or road.
(2) 
Such vehicles shall not be parked:
(a) 
Within 15 feet of any fire hydrant.
(b) 
On any crosswalk, or within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(c) 
Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of the roadway.
(d) 
Nearer than five feet to any driveway.
(3) 
No person shall park a vehicle on any street for a period of time longer than 24 hours.
(4) 
Nothing herein shall affect parking limits established for shorter periods of time.
(5) 
The distance for the driveway or intersection shall be measured from the tangent or intersection point of the driveway or street radius intersection with the street on which the vehicle is parked.
The City Manager, subject to any directions which the Council may give by motion or resolution, is hereby authorized to establish parking time limits, or to prohibit parking, on designated streets and parts of streets, by having appropriate signs placed thereon. When such signs are in place, it shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in violation thereof.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 32-131 of the 1972 Code, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 10-6-1992 by Ord. No. 2689.
A. 
The City Manager is authorized to issue special permits to permit the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials subject to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such permits may be issued either to the owner or lessee of real property or to the owner of the vehicle and shall grant to such person the privilege as therein stated and authorized herein. The City Manager may revoke such permits at any time.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any permittee or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any permit issued under this section.
A. 
The Council, by motion or resolution, is hereby authorized to determine the location of passenger and freight curb loading zones, and the City Manager shall have placed and maintained appropriate signs indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this section are applicable. By the same authority, such loading zones may be changed or discontinued. When such a loading zone is established on request of any person, the City Manager shall not have signs placed until the applicant has paid to the City an amount of money estimated by the City Manager to be adequate to reimburse the City for all costs of establishing and signing the same.
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 zone are effective, and then only for a period not to exceed three minutes.
C. 
Subject to the provisions of Subsection D, 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 pickup 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 30 minutes.
D. 
The driver of a passenger vehicle may stop temporarily at a place marked as a freight curb loading zone for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers, when such stopping does not interfere with any motor vehicle used for the transportation of materials which is waiting to enter or about to enter such zone.
The Council, by motion or resolution, is hereby authorized to establish bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands and stands for other passenger common-carrier motor vehicles on such public streets, in such places and in such number as it shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public. Every such bus stop, bus stand, taxicab stand or other stand shall be designated by appropriate signs. By the same authority, such stops and stands may be changed or discontinued.
A. 
The operator of a bus shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than a bus stand or bus stop designated in accord with this article.
B. 
The operator of a bus shall not stop such vehicle upon any street at any place, for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or their baggage, other than at a bus stop, bus stand or passenger loading zone designated in accord with this article, except in case of an emergency.
C. 
The operator of a bus shall enter a bus stop, bus stand or passenger loading zone on a public street in such a manner that the bus, when stopped to load or unload passengers or baggage, shall be in a position with the right front wheel of such vehicle not further than 18 inches from the curb and the bus approximately parallel to the curb so as not to unduly impede the movement of other vehicular traffic.
The operator of a taxicab shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than in a taxicab stand designated in accord with this article. This provision shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers.
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.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Secs. 32-138 and 32-139 of the 1972 Code, which immediately followed this section, were repealed 10-6-1992 by Ord. No. 2689.
[Amended 1-19-1981 by Ord. No. 2377]
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or park a motor vehicle in any parking space on private property accessible to the public and where the public is invited or public property that is designated and posted as a reserved area for parking of motor vehicles of a physically disabled person unless such is eligible for a detachable insignia or reflective insignia as a physically disabled person as provided in 47 O.S. § 15-112, and such insignias are displayed as provided in 47 O.S. § 15-112.