(a) No person shall stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the provisions of this Traffic Code, or while obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device, in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk, curb or street lawn area, except a bicycle;
(2) In front of a public or private driveway;
(3) Within an intersection;
(4) Within ten feet of a fire hydrant;
(5) On a crosswalk;
(6) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(7) Within thirty feet of, and upon the approach to, any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control device;
(8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by a traffic control device;
(9) Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(10) Within twenty feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within seventy-five feet of the entrance when it is properly posted with signs;
(11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(12) Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(13) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street, or within a street tunnel;
(14) At any place where signs prohibit stopping, standing or parking, or where the curbing or street is painted yellow, or at any place in excess of the maximum time limited by signs;
(15) Within one foot of another parked vehicle;
(16) On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway or thruway.
(17) Within the right of way of any street or highway for a period of time longer than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours;
(18) On a path or lane designated for bicycle use;
(19) Along any drive, whether private or public, which has been designated by signs as a fire lane.
(20) No vehicle may park in a front yard except in a driveway. No vehicle or trailer in excess of thirty-two (32) feet shall be parked in a Residential District. No vehicle or trailer may park in a side or rear yard except in a driveway.
(21) Recreational vehicles shall park only in a side or rear yard except as provided for in subsection (a)(23) hereof.
(22) Trucks and trailers designed and manufactured for or used for specific commercial purposes including, but not limited to, wreckers, dump trucks, tracked vehicles, buses, construction vehicles, equipment vehicles and equipment carriers, bottling works delivery trucks, grain trucks and refrigerated trucks, and any vehicle, excluding recreational trailers and recreational vehicles, in excess of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, are prohibited from parking in a Residential District within the city. However, this prohibition does not apply to any type of commercial vehicle, regardless of gross vehicle weight, delivering or picking up merchandise for delivery or employed in performing a repair or construction service, as such vehicle may park for the purpose of making such pickup or delivery, or for the duration of the period during which a repair or construction service is being performed on or to property in the area where parked.
(23) Recreational vehicles may be parked between a residence and the street where the side yard closest to the driveway is of less width than a distance equal to the width of the recreational vehicle plus two (2) feet, and when parked, does not extend into the public right-of-way, does not create a visual obstruction which could constitute a traffic safety hazard and does not constitute a blighting or deteriorating influence on properties within 300 feet of the parked recreational vehicle.
(Ord. 2014-67. Passed 9-11-14.)
(b) (1) Whoever violates subsection (a)(19) is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.68)