(A) General requirements. When parking a vehicle on a public street or highway within the city, every vehicle shall be parked parallel to the curb and with both front and rear wheels not more than 12 inches from the curb except where the street is marked for diagonal or angle parking. Parking space lines shall be observed so that the vehicle shall neither extend beyond the space marked for parking nor occupy, in whole or in part, more than one parking space. Except as noted in division (D) below, parking contrary to these general requirements is unlawful.
(B) Definitions. For the purpose of this section the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PARK OR PARKING.
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, in any manner other than temporarily stopping for the purposes of avoiding conflict with other traffic, complying with the direction of a law enforcement officer or traffic control sign or signal, or while actually engaged in loading or unloading.
STANDING.
Any stopping of a vehicle, whether occupied or not.
VEHICLE.
Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a street or highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(C) Specific prohibitions for purposes of clarification and not limitation.
(1) Parking within ten feet of a fire hydrant is prohibited.
(2) Parking within a nonparking space is prohibited.
(3) Diagonal parking with rear to curb is prohibited. This regulation shall not apply to vehicles while actually being loaded or unloaded; provided, that no unnecessary time for the loading or unloading shall be taken and traffic is not obstructed thereby. If the vehicle be horse-drawn, the horse or horses shall stand parallel to the curb and face the direction of traffic.
(4) Parking to the left within the business district is prohibited, except upon one-way streets, in which case vehicles shall be parked headed in the direction of traffic.
(5) Double parking is prohibited; that is to say, it is unlawful to park alongside another vehicle that is already parked parallel to the curb and thereby cause an obstruction.
(6) The parking of a vehicle in the travel lane(s) of a public street or highway is expressly prohibited when such an action impedes the efforts of city forces and/or North Carolina Department of Transportation personnel to clear public streets and highways of snow, ice, or any other form of frozen precipitation. The parking of a vehicle in violation of this prohibition is unlawful and subjects the offending vehicle to removal and storage. The registered owner of the towed vehicle shall become liable for the removal and storage fees/charges. All of the post-towing procedures prescribed by G.S. Ch. 20, Article 7A apply.
(D) Exceptions and limitations to the general requirements:
(1) Those worshipping at the First Presbyterian Church of Asheboro may for Sunday morning services diagonally park their vehicles on Walker Avenue. However, under no circumstances are any vehicles to be diagonally parked after 1:00 p.m. each Sunday.
(2) This section shall apply only to vehicles on the streets, highways and other public places of the city, and shall have no application to any vehicle as long as it remains on private premises.
(E) A violation of this section is punishable as an infraction.
('69 Code, § 12-31) (Am. Ord. 03 ORD 3-14, passed 3-6-14; Am. Ord. 36 ORD 12-21, passed 12-9-21) Penalty, see § 71.99