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Asheville, NC Code of Ordinances
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA CODE OF ORDINANCES
SUPPLEMENT HISTORY TABLE
PART I - CHARTER AND RELATED LAWS
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 3 ANIMALS
Chapter 4 BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
Chapter 4.5 CABLE SERVICES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chapter 5 CEMETERIES
Chapter 6 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Chapter 7 DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 8 HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Chapter 9 TAXES, PERMITS AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS
Chapter 10 NUISANCES
Chapter 11 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Chapter 12 PARKS, RECREATION AND PUBLIC PLACES
Chapter 13 POLICE
Chapter 15 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Chapter 16 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES
Chapter 18 TAXICABS AND VEHICLES FOR HIRE
Chapter 19 TRAFFIC
Chapter 20 TREES
Chapter 21 WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
APPENDIX A SIGN REGULATIONS
APPENDIX B SCHEDULE OF CIVIL PENALTIES
APPENDIX C TRAFFIC SCHEDULES
APPENDIX D HISTORIC LANDMARKS
APPENDIX E PARKING METER ZONES
APPENDIX F SCHEDULE OF TAXICAB FARES
APPENDIX G RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WHERE CONCEALED HANDGUNS ARE PROHIBITED
APPENDIX H DESIGNATED STREET PERFORMANCE HIGH IMPACT AREAS
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE 1965 CODE
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE ORDINANCES
STATE LAW REFERENCE TABLE
Asheville, Standard Specifications and Details Manual
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Sec. 19-138. Passenger zones, loading zones and tow-away zones.
(a)   The city manager shall have the authority from time to time to determine, designate and locate passenger zones, loading zones and tow-away zones on the highways, streets and roadways within the city, and he shall direct and maintain or cause to be maintained appropriate signs indicating the zones.
(b)   It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to stop, stand or park such vehicle for any period of time longer than is necessary for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers or freight in any place marked as a passenger zone, and it shall also be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to stop, stand or park such vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers or material in any place marked as a loading zone. In no case shall a stop for loading and unloading of materials exceed the space of 30 minutes, unless specially permitted by a permit issued by the traffic engineer.
(c)   Violation of this section shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 28-96; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
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)
Sec. 19-140. Clearance for other traffic.
(a)   It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to stop, stand or park such vehicle upon any street, highway, roadway or 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 for the purpose of actually loading or unloading passengers or when necessary in obedience to traffic regulations or a traffic signal or upon direction of a traffic officer.
(b)   Violation of this section shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 28-98; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
Sec. 19-141. Stop intersections.
(a)   The traffic engineer is hereby authorized to erect stop signs at the entrances of intersections designated by him, which signs shall be located so as to indicate which vehicles approaching the intersection are required to stop. The driver of a vehicle approaching such a sign shall stop at the entrance to the intersection and shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have entered the intersection or which are approaching so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard, but such driver, having so yielded, may proceed and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle so proceeding into or across the intersection.
(b)   Violation of this section shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 28-99; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
State law reference(s)—Authority of city to designate stop intersections, G.S. 20-158.
Sec. 19-142. Stop required when emerging from alley, private road, driveway or building.
(a)   The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, private road, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area and, upon entering the roadway, shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway.
(c)   Violation of this section shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 28-100; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
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