No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of the following public places or manners, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer, parking control officer or other authorized person, or pursuant to a traffic-control device. The City of Bowling Green Traffic Management Manual shall serve as the primary policy for on-street parking:
a. On a sidewalk, provided, however, that persons duly licensed and having a valid lease for said sidewalk from the City to operate vending carts or otherwise authorized by the Police Department shall not be prohibited from stopping, standing or parking such carts or vehicles in the course of business and in accordance with their license and lease;
b. In front of or within ten (10) feet of the edge of, or if a radius is present, ten (10) feet from the tie-down or flare return of the radius to a public or private driveway or alleyway, or as specified by the Public Works Director, or designee, or within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or within seventy-five (75) feet of a fire station driveway on the opposite side of the street when posted;
c. Within an intersection or within thirty (30) feet of any traffic control device, such as a flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic signal;
d. Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant or fire safety sprinkler, standpipe or other fire protection system control valve, whether such valve is mounted on a building or on the ground;
e. Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
f. On a crosswalk or within a minimum of twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at any location, including an unsignalized intersection or midblock, and if at a signalized intersection, thirty (30) feet from the crosswalk;
g. In a marked Fire Lane;
h. More than eighteen (18”) inches from the curb;
i. In the opposite direction of the movement of traffic;
j. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when doing so would obstruct traffic or interfere with the excavation;
k. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street, sometimes called “double parking,” or in any other manner so that such stopped or parked vehicle cannot conveniently move out of its place;
l. In any alley, unless in a parking space properly designated by the City;
m. In any parking space designated and established for use by disabled persons unless the vehicle properly displays special designating plates or permits issued by any State;
n. On the approaches to or upon any bridge or on any controlled access highway within the City limits or in areas between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers;
o. In a manner that blocks traffic or interferes with or blocks the passage of other vehicles;
p. At any place where any portion of the vehicle extends into an area where official signs or other markings prohibit stopping, standing or parking, or where the curb is painted yellow;
q. At any place where any portion of the vehicle is parked in a manner so that the vehicle is not completely within a designated parking space; or,
r. In any area that is signed or painted as to restrict parking.
(Ord. BG2001-46, 10/16/2001; Ord. BG2002-40, 8/20/2002; Ord. BG2012-30, 8/7/2012; Ord. BG2019-53, 12/17/2019)