(A) Parking In Alley: It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in any alley or in the entrance to any alley, except for the expeditious and actual loading or unloading of passengers, materials, goods or merchandise, but in no event to exceed fifteen (15) minutes. (Ord. 1138, 2-7-2000)
(B) Traveling/Parking On Sidewalk; Parking In Areas Between Road And Sidewalk:
1. No person shall operate a motor vehicle in a manner as to travel upon or over any sidewalk, provided that vehicles may cross sidewalks at authorized curb cuts (including driveways) and at alleys.
2. No person shall park a motor vehicle on, across, or over any sidewalk in any manner that blocks a sidewalk or otherwise prevents pedestrian travel on a sidewalk unless said portion of sidewalk is located in an authorized approach or driveway and/or where authorized curb cuts have been made.
3. No person shall park a motor vehicle upon or travel by motor vehicle over any area between the curb and any sidewalk. (Ord. 1278, 6-21-2011)
(C) Running Motors In Parked Cars; Set Brakes: No person having control or charge of a vehicle shall allow such vehicle to stand on any street or highway unattended without stopping the motor of said vehicle and effectively setting the brakes thereon.
(D) Parking Vehicles With Offensive Odor Loads: It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle on the City streets when such vehicle is loaded with any material that is offensive to human smell.
(E) Leaving Vehicles On Streets: No vehicle, trailer, boat, tractor, motorcycle, mobile home, camper, motor home, bus or similar type vehicle shall remain continuously parked or left on any street of the City for more than twenty four (24) hours at any time and in the event of such parking for more than forty eight (48) hours, the Police Department shall have the authority to impound said vehicle, trailer, boat, tractor, motorcycle, mobile home, camper, motor home, bus or similar type vehicle and remove the same; provided, however, that the Police Department gives written notice of its intention so to do to the purported owner at least twenty four (24) hours prior to the time the vehicle, trailer, boat, tractor, motorcycle, mobile home, camper, motor home, bus or similar type vehicle is so removed. (Ord. 1138, 2-7-2000)
(F) Truck, Trailer, Truck-Tractor And Semitrailer Parking Restrictions: It shall be unlawful to park any of the following trucks, trailers, truck-tractors, or semitrailers or combination thereof on any street or alley in the City.
1. Two (2) axle single unit trucks with classification greater than one and one-half (11/2) tons.
2. Three (3) axle single unit trucks.
3. Two (2) axle truck-tractor with one (1) or two (2) axle semitrailer.
4. Three (3) axle truck-tractor with two (2) axle semitrailer.
5. Semitrailer or trailer with two (2) or more axles.
The registered owner of the truck, truck-tractor, trailer or semitrailer shall be presumed to be the owner at the time the offense is committed and subject to the penalty thereof, except where the use thereof was secured without the consent of the owner. The meaning of the words "truck", "trailer", "truck-tractor" and "semitrailer" are as defined in Idaho Code 49-121. (Ord. 1235, 6-17-2008)
(G) Stopping, Standing Or Parking Prohibited: No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, in the City of Burley, on any public street, right-of-way, or public parking lot as follows:
1. On the traffic side of a vehicle stopped or parked at the edge of a curb, so as to be double parked;
2. In a crosswalk;
3. So as to block the front of a public or private driveway;
4. Within fifteen feet (15') of a fire hydrant;
5. In a designated fire lane;
6. Within thirty feet (30') of a stop sign;
7. So as to obstruct traffic in a designated lane of travel;
8. Across the designated lines of any parking stall so marked;
9. Against the authorized movement of traffic, so as to be parked in the wrong direction.
(H) Owner Responsibility: The owner of any motor vehicle parked in violation of subsections (A), (B), (C), and (G) of this section shall be subject to the owner responsibility provisions of section 11-2-4 of this title.
(I) Notification Of Violation: Violations of subsections (A), (B), (C), and (G) of this section will be established by placing a written notification on the windshield of the offending vehicle. The notification will require the driver or owner of the vehicle to appear at the Burley city clerk's office on or before a date set forth on the notice. The owner or operator may appear by mail or in person. At the time of appearance the owner or operator may admit the violation and pay a fine of twenty five dollars ($25.00), to the city of Burley, as part of the administrative collection of parking violation penalties, or may deny the violation.
1. If the owner or operator fails to appear, the owner of the motor vehicle, and the operator if identified, shall be sent a written notice requiring appearance within a period of ten (10) days. Thereafter, any owner, or operator if identified, failing to report, or denying the violation, shall be charged with an infraction.
2. If an infraction is charged, any owner or operator who shall violate the terms of subsections (A), (B), (C), and (G) of this section, shall be guilty of an infraction and shall be punishable by a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) excluding court costs and fees. All other violations of this section shall constitute a general misdemeanor. (Ord. 1138, 2-7-2000)