(A) Stopping, standing or parking at all times on any street is prohibited if official signs are erected and in place giving notice thereof that stopping, standing or parking is prohibited.
(B) It is unlawful for a vehicle to be parked in violation of any city ordinance or provision of this code regulating the time, place or method of parking. Violations of any city ordinance or provision of this code regulating the time, place or method of parking which are continuous in nature shall constitute a separate and distinct violation for each full hour thereof.
(C) Whenever a vehicle is parked in violation of a city ordinance or provision of this code regulating the time, place or method of parking, the owner or owners of the vehicle, the registered owner or owners of the vehicle and the person who parked or placed the vehicle where the violation occurred shall be jointly and individually liable for the violation and for the civil sanction prescribed herein.
(D) A vehicle parked contrary to or inconsistent with any city ordinance or provision of this code regulating the time, place or method of parking which provides that “no person” may stop, stand or park a vehicle at a designated location or contrary to any limitations, restrictions or other provision regulating the time, place or method of parking, is deemed to be parked in violation of the ordinance or provision of this code.
(E) Whenever a vehicle is parked upon the public right-of-way or other property in violation of this code and the vehicle has previously been the subject of 5 or more violations of the same parking provision of this code within a 12 month period but the civil sanctions prescribed under the Apache Junction City Code for those violations have not been satisfied, then the vehicle shall be deemed to constitute a public nuisance and the owner of the vehicle consents to immobilization, towing and impoundment of the vehicle. A possessory lien is hereby created and attached to such vehicle for the payment, in cash or its equivalent, of all current and accumulated parking tickets and for reasonable costs associated with immobilization, towing and impoundment.
(Ord. 1356, passed 4-6-2010) Penalty, see Vol. I, § 1-1-11