No person shall park any vehicle upon a street, other than an alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 10 feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic.
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 10 feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic, and no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within an alley in such position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.
[Amended 12-20-2005; 6-13-2006; 8-21-2007; 11-18-2008]
A. 
The Director of Public Works (or his designee) may declare that an emergency exists any time during the calendar year. The emergency shall be announced by notifying local radio and television media, by notifying other public safety departments of the Town, and by other appropriate methods. The declaration of an emergency shall be accompanied by a ban on on-street parking. The announcement shall include the duration of the parking ban and that parking is prohibited on any public way until the parking ban is lifted.
B. 
The Public Works Director (or his designee) shall also have the discretion to declare long-term parking bans if snow accumulation or public safety issues warrant emergency action in order to allow for the efficient removal of snow and ice. The Director may issue these bans Town-wide or on specific streets and areas as deemed necessary.
C. 
No vehicle shall be parked at any time during a declared snow emergency so as to interfere with or hinder the removal of snow from said public street or way. Any person restricting the Town snow plowing, loading and hauling operation or any person parking a vehicle in violation of a "No Parking" sign placed on any street or way by the Public Works Department shall be subject to a fine under general penalties of the Code of the Town of Sanford, Maine, or applicable statutes or regulations of the State of Maine.
D. 
The parking of vehicles is prohibited between the hours of 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. from December 1 to April 1 on all of the following arterials: Route 202 (Lebanon Street), Winter Street, Cottage Street, Washington Street, River Street, Twombley Road, School Street, High Street, Grammar Street, Grammar Road, Route 224 and Pleasant Street, Oak Street, Jagger Mill Road, Old Mill Road, Emery Street, Main Street, Roberts Street, Beacon Street, Kimball Street, Berwick Road, Berwick Avenue, Shaw Road, Mt. Hope Road and New Dam Road.
E. 
The Sanford Police Department is authorized to enforce the parking restrictions of this article. Notwithstanding any citations, fines or other penalties that may be issued or adjudged, the police officer acting to enforce these restrictions may also cause any vehicle parked in violation of this section to be removed from the street in accordance with the provisions of Article XVII of this chapter.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:
A. 
Displaying such vehicle for sale.
B. 
Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repair necessitated by an emergency within a reasonable time.
A. 
The Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon either or both sides of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
B. 
When official signs are erected indicating no parking upon either side of a street adjacent to any school property as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
A. 
The Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed 20 feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs when the width of the roadway does not exceed 30 feet.
B. 
When officials signs prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign.
The Traffic Engineer is authorized to erect signs upon the left-hand side of any one-way street to prohibit the standing or parking of vehicles, and when such signs are in place no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon such left-hand side in violation of any such sign.
In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are erected to permit such standing or parking. The Traffic Engineer is authorized to determine when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any such one-way roadway and to erect signs giving notice thereof.
A. 
The Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine and designate, by proper signs placed, places not exceeding 100 feet in length in which the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles would create unusual delay to traffic.
B. 
When official signs are erected at hazardous or congested places as authorized herein, no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any such designated place.