(A) The Council, by resolution, may establish a district to be known as the congested district within which the rules set forth in this section shall be in force.
(B) The Council, by resolution, may establish "No Truck Parking" zones in the congested district and shall mark by appropriate signs any zone so established. Such zones shall be established in the congested district where heavy traffic by commercial vehicles or other traffic congestion makes parking by commercial vehicles a hazard to the safety of vehicles or pedestrians. No person shall park a commercial vehicle of more than one ton capacity between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any week day upon any street in any "No Truck Parking" zone, but parking of such vehicles for a period of not more than 30 minutes shall be permitted in such zone for the purpose of having access to abutting property when such access cannot conveniently be secured from an alley or from a side street where truck parking is not so restricted.
(C) The Council, by resolution, may designate certain blocks within the congested district as 30-minute, one-hour or two-hour limited parking zones and shall mark by appropriate signs any zones so established. Such zones shall be established in the congested district wherever necessary for the convenience of the public or to minimize traffic hazards and to preserve a free flow of traffic. No person shall park any vehicle in any limited parking zone between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any weekday for a longer period than is specified on the signs marking such zone.
(D) The Council, by resolution, may establish in each block in the congested districts one or more loading zones and shall mark by appropriate signs any zone so established. Such zones shall be located at places most convenient for the use of the public with regard to traffic conditions in the block. No person shall, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any weekday, park any vehicle in any loading zone, except for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers or freight and then only for a period no longer than is necessary for the discharge or receipt of such passengers or freight.
(E) No person shall turn a vehicle on any street in the congested district so as to reverse its direction.
(F) The Council, by resolution, may, whenever necessary to preserve a free flow of traffic or to prevent accidents, designate any intersection within the congested district as one where the turning of vehicles to the left or to the right, or both, is to be restricted and shall mark by appropriate signs any intersection so designated; but no intersection on a trunk highway shall be so designated until the consent of the State Commissioner of Public Safety to such designation is obtained. No person shall turn a vehicle at any such intersection contrary to the directions on such signs.
(Ord. 459, passed 7-24-97; Am. Ord. passed 10-22-13)