No person shall park any vehicle upon a street,
other than an alley, in such 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.
[7-11-1994 by Ord. No. 927; 8-9-1994 by Ord.
No. 932]
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway
for the principal purpose of:
A.
Nonresident parking.
(1)
For the purpose of protecting and preserving the Oak
Swamp area, nonresident parking shall not be allowed at any time upon
any of the streets or parts of streets in the Oak Swamp area as described
in the following schedule:
|
Name of Street
|
Sides
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Brown Avenue
[Added 10-12-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-22; repealed 12-9-2010 by Ord. No.
2010-23] | |||
|
Byrd Avenue
[Added 10-12-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-22; repealed 12-9-2010 by Ord. No.
2010-23] | |||
|
Earhart Street
[Added 10-12-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-22; repealed 12-9-2010 by Ord. No.
2010-23] | |||
|
Hawkes Avenue
[Added 10-12-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-22; repealed 12-9-2010 by Ord. No.
2010-23] | |||
|
Indian Valley Drive
[Added 10-12-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-22; repealed 12-9-2010 by Ord. No.
2010-23] | |||
|
Malom Drive
|
Both
|
Entire street
| |
|
Mohr Street
|
Both
|
Entire street
| |
|
Red Oak Drive
|
Both
|
Entire street
| |
|
Wood Drive
[Added 10-12-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-22; repealed 12-9-2010 by Ord. No.
2010-23] | |||
(2)
The above named streets are hereby designated for
residents only parking.
(3)
Any person violating the provisions of this section
shall be subject to a fine in the amount of $25.
B.
No parking anytime.
(1)
In accordance with this section, and for the purpose
of protecting and preserving the Oak Swamp area, no parking shall
be allowed at any time upon any of the streets or parts of streets
in the Oak Swamp area as described in the following schedule, and
the same shall be designated as tow zones:
|
Name of Street
|
Sides
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hill Drive
|
Both
|
Entire street
| |
|
Lewis Street
|
Both
|
Entire street
| |
|
Oak Tree Drive
|
Both
|
Entire street
| |
|
Shore Drive
|
Both
|
Entire street
| |
|
Spring Drive
|
Both
|
Entire street
| |
|
Steere Drive
|
Both
|
Entire street
| |
|
Valley Drive
|
Both
|
Entire street
| |
|
Wayne Street
|
Both
|
Entire street
|
(2)
Any person violating the provisions of this section
shall be subject to a fine in the amount of $50, plus the cost of
towing.
A.
The Chief of Police 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 Chief of Police 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 official 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.
A.
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except
when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance
with law 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.
(5)
On a crosswalk.
(6)
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(7)
Within 30 feet upon the approach to 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 traffic authority indicates a different length by
signs or markings.
(9)
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
(10)
Within 20 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 the entrance (when properly signposted).
(11)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation
or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct
traffic.
(12)
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or
parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(13)
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure
upon a highway or within a highway tunnel.
(14)
Parking left wheels to curb, except on a one-way
roadway.
(15)
Parking within more than 12 inches from any
curbing (double parking).
(16)
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
B.
On roadways where no curbing has been installed, it
shall be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle with the
left wheels of the motor vehicle parallel to the left side of any
roadway, excepting a one-way roadway, and more than 12 inches from
a point to where the roadway begins and ends.
[Added 12-9-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-23; amended 4-14-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-5; 12-12-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-15]
Nonresident parking shall be prohibited upon any of the following
streets at the times listed below:
|
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Location
|
Hours
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Anderson Road
|
Both
|
Entire street
|
24 hrs.
|
|
Brown Avenue
|
Both
|
Entire street
|
24 hrs.
|
|
Byrd Avenue
|
Both
|
Entire street
|
24 hrs.
|
|
Corona Drive
|
Both
|
Entire street
|
24 hrs.
|
|
DiSarro Avenue
|
Both
|
Entire street
|
7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
|
|
Earhart Street
|
Both
|
Entire street
|
24 hrs.
|
|
Hawkes Avenue
|
Both
|
Entire street
|
24 hrs.
|
|
Indian Valley Drive
|
Both
|
Entire street
|
24 hrs.
|
|
Kelley Avenue
|
Both
|
Entire street
|
7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
|
|
Manuel Avenue
|
Both
|
From Pole 1 to Pole 3
|
24 hrs.
|
|
Newman Avenue
|
Both
|
From Pole 2 to Bucklin Street
|
7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
|
|
Wood Drive
|
Both
|
Entire street
|
24 hrs.
|
[Amended 7-14-1997 by Ord. No. 985]
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon
any of the following streets or parts thereof:
|
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|
|
Angell Avenue
|
West
|
From Putnam Avenue to Riverside Avenue
|
|
Atwood Avenue
|
East
|
From Plainfield Street to a point +/- 125 feet
north, at the property line of Plat 3, Lot 392
|
|
Barnes Avenue
[Added 3-12-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-2] |
West
|
From Greenville Avenue to a point +/- 245 feet
|
|
Belfield Drive
[Added 11-8-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-22-A] |
Both
|
Entire street
|
|
Colwell Drive
|
East
|
From Greenville Avenue North to Pole 7
|
|
Dyerville Avenue
[Added 10-13-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-11] |
East
|
From Pole No. 4-1 to Pole No. 14
|
|
Green Earth Avenue
[Added 6-10-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-7] |
East
|
From the beginning of the driveway of address No. 20 Green Earth
Avenue to a point + 65 feet in a northerly direction toward Scituate
Avenue
|
|
Plainfield Street
|
North
|
From Myrtle Avenue to Atwood Avenue
|
|
Reservoir Avenue
|
Both
|
From Hartford Avenue South to Shore Drive
|
|
Theresa Avenue
[Added 12-9-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-19] |
East
|
From Almond Avenue to a point +/- 240 feet
|
|
Theresa Avenue
[Added 12-9-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-19] |
West
|
In front of 11 Theresa Avenue
|
|
Trieste Street
[Added 9-11-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-15] |
South
|
From the beginning of the road to Armento Street
|
[Added 3-10-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3]
Trucks over 1 1/2 tons gross weight and truck tractors
are hereby excluded from parking on the streets or parts of streets
or highways described below, except for any truck or tractor owned
or used by the Town of Johnston or the State of Rhode Island or any
truck used for the delivery or service of fuel oil, electric power
or natural gas.
|
Name of Street
|
Location
|
Hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
Old Hartford Avenue Loop/limited access road
|
From Pole No. 160 on Hartford Avenue in a westerly direction
to the intersection of Hartford Avenue and Reservoir Avenue
|
24 hours
|
[Added 2-12-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-4]
If any person shall park a vehicle at any time within any of the following tow-away zones, that vehicle shall be towed at their expense in accordance with Chapter 220, § 220-105, of the Town of Johnston Code of Ordinances:
|
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|
|
Manuel
|
Both
|
Between Pole 1 and Pole 3
|
[Amended 4-10-1995 by Ord. No. 945]
No person shall park a vehicle between the hours
specified of any day (except Sundays and public holidays) upon any
of the streets or parts of streets described below:
|
Name of Street
|
Hours
|
|---|---|
|
Park Street
|
1:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.
|
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle between
the hours specified of any day upon any of the streets or parts of
streets described below:
|
Name of Street
|
Sides
|
Hours
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Reservoir Avenue
|
Both
|
From Hartford Avenue South to Shore Drive
|
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than
the time limit shown at any time between the hours listed below any
day (except Sundays and public holidays) upon any of the streets or
parts of streets described below:
|
(Reserved)
|
[Added 11-12-1985 by Ord. No. 597]
A.
Fine. A person, other than a person issued a special
plate pursuant to § 31-28-7 of the Rhode Island Motor Vehicle
Code, or a person transporting said person and displaying the special
portable plate, who unlawfully parks a vehicle in a parking space
designated for the handicapped shall be fined $25. The vehicle may
be subject to towing at the owner's expense.
B.
Designated spaces. Handicapped parking spaces designated
on public and private property shall be identified by the posting
of signs incorporating the international symbol of access of white
on blue and indicating that the parking space is reserved for the
handicapped with vehicles displaying the required plate.
C.
Enforcement. Section 31-28-7 of the Rhode Island Motor
Vehicle Code provides for the enforcement of handicapped parking by
local authorities.
The Chief of Police 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.
A.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to determine
and designate by proper signs places not exceeding 100 feet in length
in which stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would create an
especially hazardous condition or would cause 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.
