§ 72.06 PARKING IN EXCESS OF CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS PROHIBITED; TOWING AUTHORIZED.

   (A)   It shall be unlawful for anyone to park in any one place any vehicle on any of the public ways or streets of the city for a period of 24 hours or longer. Any vehicle left parked in any one place on any of the public ways or streets of the city for a period of 24 hours or longer shall be deemed abandoned, and shall be subject to all existing regulations of the city pertaining to abandoned motor vehicles.

   (B)   During any calendar year no mobile home, recreational vehicle, trailer, camper, boat, or truck, (excluding pickup trucks), shall be parked visibly on the property outside of a legal enclosure, or on any street in the city for a period of time exceeding an aggregate total of 24 hours.

(Prior Code, § 72.06) (Ord. 4-1977, passed 3-3-1977; Ord. passed 4-13-2017) Penalty, see § 72.99

Cross-reference:

   Removal of abandoned vehicles, see §§ 72.25 through 72.27

§ 72.07 PARKING ON PARADE ROUTE.

   (A)   The City Commission or any authorized city official shall have the authority, whenever in his or her judgment it is necessary, to prohibit or restrict the parking of vehicles along a street or part thereof constituting a part of the route of a parade or procession, to erect temporary traffic signs to that effect, and to prohibit and prevent parking.

   (B)   It shall be unlawful to park or leave unattended any vehicle in violation of the signs or directions.

(Prior Code, § 72.07) Penalty, see § 72.99

Cross-reference:

   Parades, see §§ 71.51 - 71.61

§ 72.08 PARKING ON OFF-STREET FACILITY.

   (A)   It shall be unlawful for the driver of a motor vehicle to park or abandon the vehicle or drive on or otherwise trespass on another’s property, or on an area developed as an off-street parking facility, without the consent of the owner, lessee, or person in charge of the property or facility.

   (B)   If at any time a vehicle is parked, abandoned, or otherwise trespasses in violation of division (A) above, the owner, lessee, or person in charge of the property or facility may have the unauthorized motor vehicle removed in accordance with the provisions of §§ 72.25 through 72.27.

   (C)   Every property owner or operator of an off-street parking facility shall post signs stating thereon that the property or parking lot or facility is privately owned, and that an unauthorized vehicle will be removed at the owner’s expense before exercising the authority granted in division (B) above.

(Prior Code, § 72.08) Penalty, see § 72.99

Statutory reference:

   Removal of vehicles by owners of private parking lots; signs, see KRS 189.725

§ 72.09 OWNER RESPONSIBILITY.

   If any vehicle is found illegally parked in violation of any provisions of this subchapter regulating stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles, and the identity of the driver cannot be determined, the owner or person in whose name the vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for the violation.

(Prior Code, § 72.09) Penalty, see § 72.99

§ 72.10 PARKING IN PARKS.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to park any motor vehicle in or on any section of any public park, playground, play lot, or tot lot within the city not designed as a parking area or designed and regularly maintained as a roadway; however, nothing contained in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the parking of a motor vehicle parallel to a designated and regularly maintained roadway in any park or playground where at least two wheels of the motor vehicle are resting on the roadway.

(Prior Code, § 72.10) Penalty, see § 72.99

§ 72.11 DISPLAY OF PARKED VEHICLE FOR SALE.

   It shall be unlawful to park a motor vehicle displayed for sale or a motor vehicle on which demonstrations are being made on any street.

(Prior Code, § 72.11) Penalty, see § 72.99

§ 72.12 PARKING WITH HANDICAPPED PERMITS.

   (A)   Any other provision to the contrary notwithstanding, a motor vehicle bearing a decal in its front windshield issued by the County Clerk pursuant to appropriate county ordinances for handicapped persons, when operated by a handicapped person or when transporting a handicapped person, may be parked in a designated handicapped parking place, or when parked in a metered parking space may be parked for two hours for no fee, or when parked where any parking limit is imposed may be parked for two hours in excess of the parking limit. The motor vehicle may be parked in a loading zone for that period of time necessary to permit entrance or exit of the handicapped person to or from the parked vehicle, but in no circumstances longer than 30 minutes.

   (B)   This section shall not permit parking in a “no stopping” or “no parking” zone, nor where parking is prohibited for the purpose of creating a fire lane or to accommodate heavy traffic during morning, afternoon, or evening hours, nor to permit a motor vehicle to be parked in such a manner as to constitute a traffic hazard.

(Prior Code, § 72.12) Penalty, see § 72.99