(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)