§ 72.01  STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING REGULATIONS.
   (A)   When signs prohibiting parking are erected or markings are painted on narrow streets, no person shall park a vehicle at these designated places.
   (B)   When signs are erected or markings are painted upon approach to hazardous or congested places, no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any such designated place.
   (C)   When signs are erected or markings painted indicating no parking upon that side of the street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
   (D)   No person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle upon a street in such a manner or such conditions as to leave available less than 10 feet of 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 necessary or when in obedience to traffic regulations, traffic signs or signals, or a police officer.
   (E)   No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of traffic, and with the curbside wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the edge of the roadway or curb, nor parked against the flow of traffic, nor parked on the wrong side of the street except as follows:
      (1)   Upon those streets that have been marked or signed for angle parking, vehicles may be parked at the angle to the curb indicated by the marks or signs; and
      (2)   In places where and at the hours when stopping for the loading or unloading of merchandise or materials is permitted, vehicles used for the transportation of merchandise or materials may back into the curb to take on or discharge loads.
   (F)   No person shall stand or park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of displaying it for sale or washing, greasing, or repairing the vehicle, except when repairs are necessitated by an emergency.
   (G)   No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to avoid conflict with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device in any of the following places:
      (1)   On a sidewalk;
      (2)   Within an intersection;
      (3)   On a crosswalk;
      (4)   Along side or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when the stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
      (5)   On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
      (6)   On any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
      (7)   At any place where an official sign prohibits stopping or parking; or
      (8)   At any place in or upon the public square located in the Town of Bainbridge or any of the streets constituting the same in or upon any street located within 1 block in each direction from the public square for the purpose of displaying, selling, or offering for sale any goods, wares, or merchandise.
   (H)   No person shall stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to avoid conflict with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device in any of the following places:
      (1)   In front of a public or private driveway;
      (2)   Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
      (3)   Within 20 feet of a crosswalk and an intersection;
      (4)   Within 30 feet upon the approach of any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;
      (5)   Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; or
      (6)   Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or on the side of a street opposite the entrance when properly signed or marked.
   (I)   No person shall move a vehicle not owned by that person into any prohibited area or away from a curb any distance as is unlawful.
(1996 Code, § 8-11)  (Ord. 1992-6, § 1-35, passed 9-9-1992; Ord. 1996-4, passed 11-13-1996)  Penalty, see § 72.99
Statutory reference:
   Prohibited parking in designated areas, see I.C. 9-21-16-5