As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ALLEY
A minor way which is used primarily for vehicular service
access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on
a street.
BUS
A motorized vehicle designed to transport more than 16 persons.
FRONT YARD SETBACK
The area between the public street at the front of the lot
and the dwelling or building closest to the public street.
MOTORIZED
A vehicle self-propelled by a motor under the control of
a driver.
OPERATOR
Every individual who operates a vehicle as the owner or registered
owner thereof, or as the agent, employee or permittee of the owner,
or who is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
PARKED or PLACED
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon
a street other than temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually
engaged in, receiving or discharging passengers, or loading or unloading
merchandise, or in obedience to traffic regulations, signs or signals,
or any involuntary stopping of the vehicle by reason of causes beyond
the control of the operator of the vehicle.
PASSENGER VEHICLE
An automobile, pickup truck, van, motorcycle, or similar
type vehicle but does not include ATVs, side-by-sides, snowmobiles
or other vehicles.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
Any motorized vehicle, or a nonmotorized vehicle which can
be towed by a motorized vehicle, which is primarily designed for temporary
living accommodations for recreational, camping and/or travel use
including but not limited to motorized motorhomes, motorized camping
vans, camp/travel trailers, pop-up camp trailers, and slide-in pickup
box campers. This does not include pickup truck box toppers.
STREET
Any public street, avenue, road, highway, lane, path or other
public place located in the Town and established for the use of vehicles.
TRAILER
Any nonmotorized vehicle which can be towed by a motorized
vehicle and can be used to transport animals, snowmobiles, motorcycles,
boats, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), other vehicles, equipment, machinery,
construction materials, firewood and other items and things, but does
not include nonmotorized recreational vehicles designed to be towed
which are defined as "recreational vehicles."
VEHICLE
Any device in, upon and by which any person or property is
or may be transported or drawn upon a highway or street.
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic,
or in compliance with the law or the directions of a law enforcement
officer or official traffic control device, no person shall stop,
stand or park a vehicle:
A. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the curb
or edge of a street;
E. 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 Town indicates a different length by signs or markings;
F. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping,
standing or parking would obstruct traffic flow.
G. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway;
H. In any alley within the Town limits except for commercial vehicles
while actually making deliveries;
I. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
J. In such a way that a trailer or recreational vehicle pull-out or
hitch extends onto or over any public sidewalk or onto or over the
travel lane of any public street.
No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any prohibited area set out in §
440-15 or away from the curb such a distance as is unlawful.
No disabled or other vehicle not bearing a current license plate
shall be parked upon any street, alley, or municipal parking lot within
the Town.
Any person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to the general penalty provisions of Chapter
1, Article
IV, General Penalty.
No truck tractors, tractor-trailers, or other like kind vehicles
having in excess of six wheels or exceeding 18,000 pounds of unladen
weight shall be parked on the streets, alleys, easements or other
property of the Town or on private property in any area zoned R-1,
R-2, R-4 or MH; or parked on the streets, alleys, easements or other
property of the Town in any area zoned C-1 or C-2 in excess of two
hours. This provision shall not apply to truck tractors, tractor-trailers,
or other like kind vehicles parked for the purpose of loading or unloading.
No animal shall be left standing without a weight or without
being hitched to a post. Animal-drawn vehicles shall observe the same
parking rules as those designated in this chapter for motor vehicles,
except bicycles.
No landowner shall allow the posting of any sign on his or her
property which attempts to control or limit vehicle parking on any
adjacent public street. This provision shall not apply to signs relating
to the blocking of private drives or garages.