§ 72.01 OBSTRUCTIONAL PARKING; DOUBLE PARKING.

   (A)   No person shall park any vehicle upon a street or in an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic, nor shall any person stop, stand, or park a vehicle within an alley in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.

(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 72.99

   (B)   It shall be unlawful for any person to stop or park any vehicle on the roadway side of any other vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street. Penalty, see § 72.99

§ 72.02 MANNER OF PARKING NEXT TO CURB.

   No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge of a roadway headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement, and with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the curb or edge of the roadway, except as provided in §§ 72.18 and 72.19.

(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 72.99

§ 72.03 LIMITATIONS OF STOPPING AND PARKING.

   (A)   No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to avoid conflict with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:

      (1)   On a sidewalk or between the sidewalk and curb;

      (2)   In front of a public or private driveway;

      (3)   Within an intersection;

      (4)   Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;

      (5)   On a crosswalk;

      (6)   Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;

      (7)   Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of the roadway;

      (8)   Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb, or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the Chief of Police has indicated a different length by signs or markings;

      (9)   Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;

      (10)   Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to a fire station, within 75 feet of such entrance when properly signposted;

      (11)   Alongside or opposite a street excavation or obstruction if stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;

      (12)   On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

      (13)   Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;

      (14)   At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;

(IC 9-21-16-5)

      (15)   On the traveled portion of any roadway which does not have a curb or gutter, when such stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.

   (B)   A person may not move a vehicle not owned by that person into a prohibited area or away from a curb to a distance that is unlawful.

(IC 9-21-16-6)

(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 72.99

§ 72.04 RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITIONS ON DESIGNATED STREETS.

   (A)   The provisions of this section prohibiting the stopping and parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified or as indicated on official signs except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control devices.

   (B)   The provisions of this section imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person from his duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping or parking of vehicles in specific places or at specified times.

   (C)   When signs are erected in compliance with the provisions of division (F) below giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle at any time on any street so marked by official signs.

   (D)   When a curb has been painted in compliance with the provisions of division (F) below, no person shall park a vehicle at any time at or adjacent to any curb so marked.

   (E)   When signs are erected in compliance with the provisions of division (F) below, in each block giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified by official signs on any day except Sundays on any street so marked.

   (F)   (1)   The chief police officer shall determine on what streets or portions thereof stopping or parking shall be restricted or prohibited. Whenever under authority of or by this traffic code or any other ordinance any parking limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets, or parking areas are restricted to handicapped parking, it shall be the duty of the chief police officer to erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof. However, in lieu of erecting such signs or in conjunction therewith, the chief police officer may cause the face and top of a curb or curbs at or adjacent to which parking is prohibited at all times to be painted a solid yellow color.

      (2)   No such regulations or restrictions shall be effective unless the signs have been erected and are in place or the curbs are painted yellow at the time of any alleged offense, except in the case of those parking restrictions which by their very nature would not require such signs and markings.

   (G)   When signs are erected in compliance with division (F) above in each block giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle for a time longer than specified on official signs any day except Sunday and on any street so marked.

Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 72.05 PARKING RESTRICTED TO ALLOW STREET CLEANING.

   The chief police officer is authorized to designate daily street cleaning areas and he shall provide suitable signs and markings on the street to be cleaned, restricting parking on that particular day. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop on any street so designated.

Penalty, see § 70.99