No owner and/or operator of any motor vehicle shall stop, stand, park or leave standing the vehicle in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized officer, or traffic sign or signal:
(A) Within or along side of any divisional island, unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs and markings.
(B) On any street or alley where the restricted use of the street or alley or a portion thereof, is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or the installation of underground utilities or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of the vehicle would prohibit or interfere with the use or movement. Whenever authorized signs or markings are in place giving notice that parking is prohibited on any street or alley, at any time during certain hours on certain days, it shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle at such locations during the prohibited times. Any vehicle parked in violation of this section shall be removed by towing and impounded at the expense of the vehicle owner.
(C) At any place within 20 feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the midblock end of a safety zone, when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface.
(D) At any place within 20 feet of the crosswalk at an intersection when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop.
(E) At any location where the Director of Public Works determines that parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface.
(F) At any location established by resolution of the Council as a no parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface.
(G) At the approaches to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign, or official electric flashing device within a distance determined by the Director of Public Works to be sufficient to permit a safe orderly movement of traffic at the location of the traffic devices.
(H) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a violation of this section shall be deemed to be an infraction.
('83 Code § 10.36.040) (Ord. 845, passed - -82; Am. Ord. 923, passed - -86) Penalty, see § 10.99