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(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)
(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.
(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)
(a) The traffic engineer is hereby authorized to designate streets and alleys or portions thereof where the parking of vehicles shall be prohibited, limited or restricted and to erect signs or markings indicating such prohibition, limitation or restriction. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in violation of any such sign or marking, and each hour that any such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) The traffic engineer is hereby authorized to designate streets and alleys or portions thereof where the parking of vehicles shall be allowed and to erect signs or paint lines or otherwise designate where parking is allowed and restrictions thereon.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle along or on a street or alley in the Central Business District zoning district, or its successor zoning district, as designated in the city's zoning ordinance and on the city's zoning maps, unless a sign, line or other marking designates that parking is allowed on streets or alleys in that district.
(d) Violation of this section shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 28-101; Ord. No. 2280, § 1, 5-14-96; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
(a) Except when necessary in obedience to traffic regulation or traffic signal or the direction of a traffic officer, it shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to park such vehicle in a highway, street or roadway other than parallel with the edge of the roadway, street or highway, headed in the direction of traffic, and with the curbside wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the edge of the road or curb, except that:
(1) Upon such streets, highways or roadways as may have been marked or signed for angle parking including reverse angle parking; vehicles shall be parked at the angle of the curb indicated by such marks or signs.
(2) In places where and at hours when stopping for loading or unloading of merchandise or material is permitted, vehicles used for the transportation of merchandise or material may back to the curb for the purpose of discharging or taking on loads to remain for a period of not more than 30 minutes, except as provided in section 19-145.
(b) Violation of this section shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 28-102; Ord. No. 4384, § 1, 2-24-15; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
The traffic engineer is hereby authorized to issue, in special cases where he deems it necessary, a permit for any vehicle used to transport merchandise or material to park the vehicle back to the curb for a longer period than provided for in section 19-144. However, such permit shall definitely specify the time to be permitted and the driver of such vehicle shall have the permit in his possession at the time and place of unloading.
(Code 1965, § 28-103)
State law reference(s)—Similar provisions, G.S. 20-157(b).
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, other than one on official business, to park any vehicle within a block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
(b) Violation of this section shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 28-104; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
(a) Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked on a street during the time between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise and there is sufficient light to reveal any person within a distance of 200 feet upon such street, no lights need be displayed upon such parked vehicle. When, during such times or at any other time, there is not sufficient light upon a street to reveal a person at a distance of 200 feet, a parked vehicle shall be equipped with and shall exhibit lights in accord with G.S. 20-134.
(b) Violation of this section shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 28-106; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
State law reference(s)—Authority of city to enact ordinance similar to this section, G.S. 20-134.
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