(A) Parallel parking. Parallel parking is hereby established as the only proper means of parking motor vehicles upon any public streets in the Village of Birch Run, unless otherwise designated by resolution of the Birch Run Village Council. PARALLEL PARKING is defined as the passenger side wheel of the vehicle adjacent to the curb.
(B) Maximum speed limit. The maximum speed limit shall be 25 mph upon any village street or thoroughfare, except where otherwise posted.
(C) Parking prohibited; hours, (size, sale and display). Parking between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. is prohibited on all paved streets and village owned parking lots within the Village of Birch Run. The Council may permit and designate parking at the aforementioned locations by resolution.
(1) Parking of vehicles greater than two axles that are not owned by the village is prohibited on all paved streets and village owned parking lots within the Village of Birch Run. The Council may permit and designate parking at the aforementioned locations by resolution.
(2) The sale or display of commercial or non-commercial vehicles is prohibited within all village streets and parking lots. The Council may permit the sale or display of vehicles at the aforementioned locations by resolution.
(D) Parking on sidewalks; prohibited. No vehicle may be parked at any time on any of the sidewalks in the village.
(E) U-turn prohibited. It is unlawful to make a U-turn with any motor vehicle on Main Street, Church Street, Maple Road, Conquest Street and Racine Street.
(F) Stop signs. All operators of motor vehicles within the corporate limits of the Village of Birch Run shall be required to stop the vehicle upon entering any through street and to remain stopped until it is safe to enter the street, within the street to be posted by proper signs.
(G) Large, over the road trucks; prohibited in residential areas. The operation of large double bottom trucks, 16-wheel trucks, all semi-tractor trailer trucks and all other large over the road vehicles are prohibited on certain residential streets of the Village of Birch Run, at all times and signs shall be erected on the effective residential streets, which are:
(1) Ash Street, Beech Street, Elm Street, Emelia Street, Lynn Street, Maple Street, Oak Street, Poellet Street and Rottiers Street; and
(2) The use or operation of these large trucks is prohibited unless they are emergency vehicles, repair and service vehicles, repair vehicles for public utilities, and/or moving and delivery vehicles.
(1992 Code, §§ 40.001 - 40.009) (Ord. 10-80, passed - - 1980; Ord. 3-86, passed 5-21-1986; Ord. 03-02, passed 9-29-2003)
Penalty, see § 70.99