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It is unlawful for any person to stop or park a vehicle on a street when directed or ordered to proceed by any police officer invested by law with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic.
(1989 Code, § 9.05) Penalty, see § 71.99
Except where angle parking is specifically allowed and indicated by curb or street marking or sign-posting, or all or any of them, each vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way road where there is an adjacent curb shall be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle parallel with, and within 12 inches of, the right-hand curb and, where painted markings appear on the curb or the street, the vehicle shall be within the markings, front and rear; provided, that upon a one-way roadway all vehicles shall be so parked, except that the left-hand wheels of the vehicle may be parallel with and within 12 inches from the left-hand curb, but the front of the vehicle in any event and with respect to the remainder of the vehicle, shall be in the direction of the flow of traffic upon the one-way street; and it is unlawful to park in violation of this section.
(1989 Code, § 9.06) Penalty, see § 71.99
Where angle parking has been established by Council resolution, and is allowed, as shown by curb or street marking or sign-posting, or all or any of them, each vehicle stopped or parked shall be at an angle of approximately 45 to 60 degrees with the front wheel touching the curb and within any parking lines painted on the curb or street; provided, that the front wheel not touching the curb shall be the portion of the vehicle furthest in the direction of one-way traffic; and it is unlawful to park in violation of this section.
(1989 Code, § 9.07) Penalty, see § 71.99
Upon streets not having a curb each vehicle shall be stopped or parked parallel and to the right of the paving, improved or main traveled part of the street; and it is unlawful to park in violation of this section.
(1989 Code, § 9.08) Penalty, see § 71.99
Parking on streets shall be limited as follows.
(A) It is unlawful for any person to stop, park or leave standing any vehicle upon any street for a continuous period in excess of 24 hours.
(B) The City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer may, when authorized by resolution of the Council, designate certain streets, blocks or portions of streets or blocks as prohibited parking zones, or five-minute, ten-minute, 15-minute, 30-minute, one-hour, two-hour, four-hour, six-hour, eight-hour, morning or afternoon rush hour limited parking zones and shall mark by appropriate signs any zones so established. These zones shall be established whenever necessary for the convenience of the public or to minimize traffic hazards and preserve a free flow of traffic. It is unlawful for any person to stop, park or leave standing any vehicle in a prohibited parking zone, for a period of time in excess of the sign-posted limitation or during sign-posted hours of prohibited parking.
(1989 Code, § 9.09) Penalty, see § 71.99
(A) Definition. The term CALENDAR PARKING as used in this section shall apply during the period November 1 and May 1 of the year next following.
(B) Streets affected. The Council shall, by resolution, designate the streets upon which calendar parking shall be observed and shall provide that the same be sign-posted.
(C) Parking regulations. During the period that calendar parking is in effect, parking is permitted on even-numbered sides of streets and avenues on even-numbered days, and odd-numbered sides of streets and avenues on odd-numbered days.
(D) Time of change. The hours of 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight of each day shall be the hours of change wherein all vehicles affected by calendar parking must be parked on the proper side of the street for the subsequent day.
(1989 Code, § 9.10) (Ord. 12, 2nd Ser., eff. 12-9-1994) Penalty, see § 71.99
(A) It is unlawful to park a detached semi-trailer upon any street, city-owned parking lot or other public property except those that are specifically designated by the Council by resolution and sign-posted.
(B) It is unlawful to park a truck (other than a truck of 12,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or less), truck-trailer, tractor-trailer or truck-tractor within an area zoned as a residential district except for the purpose of loading or unloading the same, and then only during the time as is reasonably necessary for that activity.
(C) It is unlawful to park a commercial vehicle of more than 12,000 pounds gross vehicle weight upon any street in the business district except streets as specifically designated by the Council by resolution and sign-posted, but parking of the vehicle for a period of not more than 20 minutes shall be permitted in that space for the purpose of necessary access to abutting property while actively loading or unloading, when the access cannot reasonably be secured from an alley or from an adjacent street where truck parking is not so restricted.
(D) It is unlawful to park a truck or other vehicle using or equipped with a trailer, or extended body or other extension or projection beyond the original length of the vehicle, or any passenger bus, diagonally along any street except for a time sufficient to load or unload, and in that case, only parallel parking shall be permitted; provided, however, that a truck may stand backed up to the curb if the weight or bulk of the load makes parallel parking impracticable, but then only for a period of time sufficient to load or unload.
(E) Parking of commercial vehicles is permitted in duly designated and sign-posted loading zones and in alleys, for a period of up to 20 minutes, provided that the alley parking does not prevent the flow of traffic therein, all of which shall be for the purpose of access to abutting or adjacent property while actively loading or unloading.
(1989 Code, § 9.11) Penalty, see § 71.99
When any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a street or city-owned parking lot in violation of any parking regulation, the officer is hereby authorized to require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to remove the same to a position in compliance with this chapter. When any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any street or city-owned parking lot in violation of any parking regulation, the officer is hereby authorized to impound the unlawfully parked vehicle and to provide for the removal thereof and to remove the same to a convenient garage or other facility or place of safety; provided, that if any charge shall be placed against the vehicle for cost of removal or storage, or both, by anyone called upon to assist therewith, the same shall be paid prior to removal from the place of storage or safekeeping.
(1989 Code, § 9.12)
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