(A) The city engineer may regulate parking in the city and in so regulating may direct that any public street, right of way or public parking lot in the city be marked by painting on the surface, curb, or by posting of signs, to designate parking spaces, no parking areas, direction of parking, or restrictions on parking.
(B) The city engineer shall mark parking zones established by the city council under the provisions of section 11-2-1 of this chapter by painting on the surface, curb, or by posting of signs.
(C) The city engineer may direct that the markings on the surface, curbs or the posted signs comply with the "Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices" published by the U.S. department of transportation, federal highway administration, or by such other markings or signs the city engineer determines to be appropriate.
(D) There shall be a presumption that street markings, curb markings or signs designating parking regulations within the city have been approved by the city engineer, and comply with this section.
(E) All vehicles shall be parked at a place or in a manner consistent with the markings or signs placed under the provisions of this section.
(F) Only licensed vehicles may be parked in any marked parking area.
(G) No motor vehicle-trailer combination shall be parked in a marked parking area except in a parallel parking area allowing for the motor vehicle and trailer to occupy two (2) contiguous marked spaces.
(H) The owner of any motor vehicle parked in violation of this section shall be subject to the owner responsibility provisions of section 11-2-4 of this chapter.
(I) Violations 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 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) or may deny the violation.
(J) 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 person failing to report, or denying the violation, shall be charged with a misdemeanor subject to the penalties provided by Idaho law.
(K) Any police officer having observed a violation of this section who reasonably concludes that the violation poses a danger to persons or property, or significantly interferes with persons lawfully parking in a marked area, may impound the vehicle by having it towed to a place of safekeeping. The lawful owner of the vehicle may recover possession by paying all costs of towing and storage and showing proof of ownership and by reporting as required. (Ord. 1118, 3-1-1999)
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