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(a) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle upon a street, other than an 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 during the actual loading or unloading of passengers or when directed to by a police officer or traffic control signal.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley except while actually loading and unloading, and then only for a period not to exceed 30 minutes.
No person shall enter or leave or open the door of a parked or stopped motor vehicle on the side of such vehicle next to a lane of moving traffic unless such person has exercised due care that the movement can be made without causing the driver of a passing motor vehicle to suddenly stop or turn or swerve from a direct course of travel, or to become involved in an accident or collision due to such movement.
(Ord. 304-66. Passed 12-14-66.)
(a) Whenever, during any period of twenty-four hours or less, snow falls in the City or a section thereof to a depth of two inches or more, an emergency is declared to exist in that such amount of snowfall constitutes a serious public hazard, impairing transportation, the movement of food and fuel supplies, medical care, fire, health and police protection and other vital facilities of the City. Such emergency shall continue until an announcement by the Director of Public Safety that snow plowing operations have been completed, which announcement shall be made in accordance with division (b) of this section.
(b) Whenever such an emergency exists, the owners and operators of motor vehicles shall have full responsibility to determine existing weather conditions and to comply with the emergency parking regulations contained herein. As an aid to the owners and operators of motor vehicles, the Director of Public Safety shall request the cooperation of the local press and radio and television stations to announce the emergency and the time that emergency parking regulations will become effective, which time shall be no sooner than one hour after the first announcement. Such announcement by the local press or a local radio or television station shall constitute notice to the general public of the existence of an emergency.
(c) During the period of such emergency the Director of Public Safety may prohibit the parking of any vehicles upon any City street or right-of-way. During such emergency no person shall park, or cause or permit to be parked, or permit to remain parked, or abandon or leave unattended, any vehicle of any kind upon the streets or rights-of-way. However, vehicles may be parked for a period of not longer than three minutes for actual loading or unloading of property if no other ordinance restricting parking as to place or time is violated thereby.
(Ord. 179-64. Passed 9-23-64.)
In any hearing on a charge of illegally parking a motor vehicle, testimony that a vehicle bearing a certain license plate was found unlawfully parked as prohibited by the provisions of this Traffic Code, and further testimony that the record of the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles shows that the license plate was issued to the defendant, shall be prima facie evidence that the vehicle which was unlawfully parked, was so parked by the defendant. A certified registration copy, showing such fact, from the Registrar shall be proof of such ownership.
Any person charged with a violation of any provision of this chapter for which payment of a prescribed fine may be made, may pay such sum in the manner prescribed on the issued traffic ticket. Such payment shall be deemed a plea of guilty, waiver of court appearance and acknowledgment of conviction of the alleged offense and may be accepted in full satisfaction of the prescribed penalty for such alleged violation. Payment of the prescribed fine need not be accepted when laws prescribe that a certain number of such offenses shall require court appearance.
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