CHAPTER 72: PARKING REGULATIONS
Section
   72.01   No parking where posted
   72.02   Limited parking
   72.03   Other parking restrictions
   72.04   Parking for persons with physical disability
   72.05   Parking on sidewalks
 
   72.99   Penalty
Cross-reference:
   Abandoned vehicles, see Ch. 90
Statutory reference:
   Authority to enact local parking regulations, see I.C. 9-21-1-3
§ 72.01 NO PARKING WHERE POSTED.
   No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle upon the public streets of the town at any place where official signs or where appropriate devices, marks or painting, either upon the surface of the street or the curb immediately adjacent thereto, prohibit those acts.
Penalty, see § 72.99
§ 72.02 LIMITED PARKING.
   No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle upon the public streets of the town where official signs are erected limiting the parking time thereon, for a period of time in excess of the time as designated by the official signs.
Penalty, see § 72.99
§ 72.03 OTHER PARKING RESTRICTIONS.
   The Town Council may order the placing of signs, devices or marks, or the painting of streets or curbs prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles on any street where, in its opinion, the stopping, standing or parking is dangerous to those using the highway, or where the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic thereon. The signs, devices, marks or painting shall be official signs, devices, marks or painting; and no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in violation of the restrictions thereon or as indicated thereby.
Penalty, see § 72.99
§ 72.04 PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY.
   (A)   Definition. For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
      PERSON WITH A PHYSICAL DISABILITY. Any person who has been issued a placard or special registration plate or decal for a motor vehicle by the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles under I.C. 9-14-5, 9-18-18, 9-18-22 or the laws of another state.
   (B)   Parking prohibited.  
      (1)   It shall be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle, motorcycle, moped, bicycle or other vehicle of any nature, which does not have displayed a placard for a person with a physical disability issued under the laws of this state or the laws of another state, in a parking space reserved for a vehicle of a person with a physical disability.
      (2)   It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly park in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability while displaying a placard to which neither the person nor the person's passenger is entitled.
   (C)   Violation. If any vehicle is parked unlawfully in violation of any of the provisions of this section, and the identity of the driver cannot be determined, the owner or person in whose name the vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for the violation.
   (D)   Towing. In addition to any fines which may be given as a result of violations of this section, any vehicle which is parked in a manner in violation of this section may be towed to an area designated by the town at the owner's expense. The owner shall also be required to pay any and all storage fees resulting from this action.
Penalty, see § 72.99
Statutory reference:
   Similar state law, see I.C. 5-16-9
§ 72.05 PARKING ON SIDEWALKS.
   (A)   The purpose of this section is to prohibit parking by automobiles, vehicles or any type of motorized unit or non-motorized units supported by axle, axles or wheels on the sidewalks of the town. The purpose is to further preserve the sidewalks of the town, and to also control the parking along the side of the street systems of the town.
   (B)   The owner or operator of any vehicle or conveyance described above shall not be permitted to park the vehicle on any of the sidewalks abutting the street system of the town.
(Ord. 1-1993, passed 4-8-1993) Penalty, see § 72.99
§ 72.99 PENALTY.
   (A)   Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this chapter for which another penalty is not specifically provided shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding $100. A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during which a violation occurs or continues.
   (B)   Parking of any vehicles or units as described above in § 72.05 on the sidewalks abutting the streets of the town shall constitute a violation of that section, and any person violating that section shall be fined not less than $25, or more than $50 for each violation.
(Ord. 1-1993, passed 4-8-1993)