CHAPTER 69
PARKING REGULATIONS

69.01 Authority and Compliance	69.10 No Parking on North and East Sides of Streets
69.02 Park Adjacent to Curb	69.11 No Parking on Both Sides
69.03 Park Adjacent to Curb – One-way Street	69.12 Truck, Trailer, and Boat Parking Limited
69.04 Angle Parking	69.13 Parking Limited to Two Hours
69.05 Angle Parking – Manner	69.14 Snow Ordinance
69.06 Parking for Certain Purposes Illegal	69.15 Restricted Winter Parking on Narrow Streets
69.07 Parking Prohibited	69.16 No Passenger Loading or Unloading
69.08 Persons With Disabilities Parking	69.17 Fire Lanes
69.09 School Crossing Crosswalk	69.18 Controlled Access Facilities
	69.19 Temporary Parking

 

69.01 AUTHORITY AND COMPLIANCE.

The City has designated, as allowed in Section 321.236(1) of the Code of Iowa, certain areas where the standing or parking of vehicles is regulated by traffic control devices. No person shall stop, park, or stand a vehicle in violation of any such posted parking regulations unless in compliance with the directions of a peace officer.

69.02 PARK ADJACENT TO CURB.

No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge of the roadway headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement and with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle within eighteen (18) inches of the curb or edge of the roadway except as hereinafter provided in the case of angle parking and vehicles parked on the left-hand side of one-way streets.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.361)

69.03 PARK ADJACENT TO CURB – ONE-WAY STREET.

No person shall stand or park a vehicle on the left-hand side of a one-way street other than parallel with the edge of the roadway headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement and with the left-hand wheels of the vehicle within eighteen (18) inches of the curb or edge of the roadway except as hereinafter provided in the case of angle parking.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.361)

69.04 ANGLE PARKING.

Angle or diagonal parking is permitted on public streets only where parking spaces are properly marked to indicate individual angle or diagonal parking spaces.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.361)

(Ord. 2148 - Sep. 23 Supp.)

69.05 ANGLE PARKING – MANNER.

Upon those streets or portions of streets which have been signed or marked for angle parking, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at an angle to the curb or edge of the roadway or in the center of the roadway as indicated by such signs and markings. No part of any vehicle or the load thereon, when parked within a diagonal parking district, shall extend into the roadway more than a distance of 16 feet when measured at right angles to the adjacent curb or edge of roadway.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.361)

69.06 PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES ILLEGAL.

No person shall park a vehicle upon public property for more than forty-eight (48) hours, unless otherwise limited under the provisions of this chapter, or for any of the following principal purposes:

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.236 [1])

1.   Sale. Displaying such vehicle for sale;

2.   Repairing. For lubricating, repairing or for commercial washing of such vehicle except such repairs as are necessitated by an emergency;

3.   Advertising. Displaying advertising;

4.   Merchandise Sales. Selling merchandise from such vehicle except in a duly established market place or when so authorized or licensed under this Code of Ordinances.