Ordinances-1980-86

CHAPTER 10 STOPPING, STANDING, PARKING Section: 1-10-1: Manner of Parking 1-10-2: Prohibited in Specified Places 1-10-3: Parking in Alleys 1-10-4: Unattended Motor Vehicles 1-10-5: Prohibited Street Parking 1-10-6: Prima Facie Proof 1-10-1 MANNER OF PARKING: Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be stopped or parked with the right hand wheels of such vehicle parallel to and within 18 inches of the right hand curb: (A) Upon one way streets where parking is permitted, vehicles may be parked with the left hand wheels adjacent to and within 18 inches of the left hand curb. (B) Upon the streets which have been marked or signed for angle parking, vehicles shall be parked at the angel to the curb indicated by such mark or sign. 1-10-2 PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES: No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places: (A) On a sidewalk. (B) In front of a public or private library. (C) Within an intersection. (D) Within five feet(5') of either side of a certain point on the curb or roadway adjacent to a fire hydrant. The referred to point is hereby established as the point on the curb or roadway at the intersection of a line from the fire hydrant perpendicular to the curb or roadway. (E) On a crosswalk. (F) Within ten feet(10') upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway. (G) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within ten feet (10') of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings. (H) Within fifty feet(50') of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing, except when parked parallel with such rail and not exhibiting a red light. (I) Within twenty feet(20') of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy five feet(75') of such entrance when properly signposted. (J) Beside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.