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Sec. 19-139. Bus stops and taxicab stands.
(a)   The traffic engineer is hereby authorized to require and establish bus stops on such public streets, highways and roadways in such places and in such number as he shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public. The traffic engineer is further authorized to establish taxicab stands in accord with section 18-37. Every such bus stop and taxicab stand shall be designated by appropriate sign.
(b)   It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, other than a bus, to stand or park in an officially designated bus stop or for any vehicle, other than a taxicab, to stand or park in an officially designated taxicab stand.
(c)   It shall be unlawful for the driver of any bus or taxicab to stand or park upon any highway, street or roadway in the business district in any place other than at an officially designated bus stop or taxicab stand, except that this shall not prevent the driver of any such vehicle from temporarily stopping, in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations, at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers.
(d)   Violation of this section shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 28-97; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)