(a) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person shall:
(1) Stopping, standing, parking, or storage of a vehicle:
a. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
b. On a sidewalk.
c. Within an intersection.
d. On a crosswalk.
e. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty (30) feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings.
f. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic.
g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure.
h. On any railroad tracks.
i. On a bicycle path.
j. At any place where official traffic control devices prohibit stopping.
(2) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
a. In front of a public or private driveway.
b. Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant.
c. Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
d. Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway.
e. Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five (75) feet of such entrance (when property signposted).
f. On an exclusive bicycle lane.
g. At any place where official traffic control devices prohibit standing.
(3) Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, loading or unloading merchandise or passengers:
a. Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing, unless the city establishes a different distance due to unusual circumstances.
b. At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
(4) No vehicle can be stored on the public right-of-way. A vehicle shall be considered stored, as opposed to parked, when the vehicle is not operated and moved, for a minimum of one-half hour, at least once during a 36-hour period.
(5) No vehicle can be parked or stored on the public right-of-way for any period of time unless the front, rear, and side reflectors and the license plate are visible.
(6) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, in a designated parking space on or along any street, roadway, or right-of-way under the jurisdiction of the Florida Department of Transportation in contravention to the parking restrictions set forth in any general use permit issued to the city by the Florida Department of Transportation. A general use permit authorizes the city to restrict the hours of continuous parking along a designated street, roadway or right-of-way, and to install and maintain signage specifying the continuous parking restriction, the hours in which the restriction is applicable, and the street, roadway, or right-of-way on which the restriction is applicable. Signage in accordance with this section and general use permit shall be conspicuously posted identifying the restricted parking zone and the hours in which the restricted parking is applicable.
(b) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.
(Ord. No. 89-3, § 2, 2-21-89; Ord. No. 03-057, § 2, 11-5-03; Ord. No. 04-089, § 1, 11-3-04)