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No person shall open the door of a vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers.
(ORC 4511.70(C))
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials in any place marked as a truck loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to such zones are in effect. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading of materials exceed thirty minutes.
(a) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop, or other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately posted, except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter such zone, and then only for a period not to exceed three minutes, if such stopping is not prohibited therein by posted signs.
(b) The operator of a bus shall not stop, stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or their baggage other than at a bus stop so designated and posted as such, except in case of an emergency.
(c) The operator of a bus shall enter a bus stop on a public street in such a manner that the bus when stopped to load or unload passengers or baggage shall be in a position with the right front wheel of such vehicle not further than eighteen inches from the curb and the bus approximately parallel to the curb so as not to unduly impede the movement of other vehicular traffic.
(d) The operator of a taxicab shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than in a taxicab stand so designated and posted as such. This provision shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking provisions at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers.
No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle upon a street, other than an alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic, except that a driver may stop temporarily during the actual loading or unloading of passengers or when directed to by a police officer or traffic control signal.
Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley except while actually loading and unloading, and then only for a period not to exceed thirty minutes.
Upon any street or highway outside a business or residence district, no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of the street or highway if it is practicable to stop, park or so leave such vehicle off the paved or main traveled part of such street or highway. In every event, a clear and unobstructed portion of the street or highway opposite such standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon such street or highway.
This section does not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or improved or main traveled portion of a street or highway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in such position. (ORC 4511.66)
No person shall park or cause to be parked for any period of time during any part of the day or night on any street in the City any truck, tractor, trailer, moving van or any other motor vehicle rated by the manufacturer one ton capacity or more.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to parking necessitated by an emergency, nor to parking while loading or unloading merchandise, nor to parking during the time when the driver or operator thereof has stopped to eat. However, such parking for eating purposes shall in no event be for a longer period than one hour. These exceptions are subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 339.02(a) and Section 339.03.
Any movement of the truck, tractor, trailer, moving van or any other motor vehicle rated by the manufacturer one ton capacity or more of less than 500 feet from its original location under the exception for parking for eating purposes shall be construed as a violation of this section.
(Ord. 129-92. Passed 12-21-92.)
(a) Whenever, during any period of twenty-four hours or less, snow falls in the City or in any section thereof to a depth of two (2) inches or more, a level one emergency is declared to exist in that such a depth of snow constitutes a serious public hazard. Whenever, during any period of forty-eight hours or less, snow falls in the City or any section thereof to a depth of four (4) inches or more, a level two emergency is declared to exist in that such a depth of snow constitutes a serious public hazard.
(b) The Safety Service Director or Chief of Police shall announce the existence of each emergency. Such declaration shall be made through public announcement (i.e. local press, city website, police department website). Such emergency shall continue until an announcement by the Safety Service Director or Chief of Police by public announcement that the emergency is terminated.
(c) The owners and operators of motor vehicles shall have the responsibility of determining existing weather conditions and depth or extent of snowfall and shall comply with emergency parking regulations when such an emergency is in effect.
(d) During the period of a level one emergency, no person shall park any vehicle upon any street in the City designated as an Emergency Snow Route. Such routes are marked by street sign. During the period of a level two emergency, no person shall park any vehicle upon any street in the City.
(e) During such emergency, no person shall park or cause to be parked or permit to be parked, or abandon or leave unattended, any motor vehicle of any kind or description on any of the City's applicable streets or all highways. However, vehicles may be parked for a period of not longer than five (5) minutes for the actual loading or unloading of passengers or sixty (60) minutes for the actual loading or unloading of property or goods, provided that the operator of such vehicle is immediately available, and provided further that no other section of this chapter or ordinance of the City restricting parking as to the time or place is violated.
(f) Starting, with one hour after the public announcement and until the period of emergency has passed, any motor vehicle parked in violation of this section may be towed away, in addition to any penalty provided for a violation of this section.
(Ord. 11-14. Passed 2-18-14.)
(a) No person shall park any motor vehicle, truck or any other vehicle upon the private lands of another without the consent of the owner, lessee and/or occupant.
(b) Any member of the Police Department is hereby authorized upon the request of the owner, lessee and/or occupant of the private lands upon which the vehicle is parked, to remove any vehicle from private lands to a suitable storage area and charge the owner of the vehicle thereof for the removal and storage.
(Ord. 102-71. Passed 9-7-71.)
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