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It shall be unlawful for any operator to stop, stand or park any vehicle upon a street or alley in such manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway free for movement of vehicular traffic, except when necessary in obedience to traffic regulations, traffic signs or directions of a police officer.
('68 Code, § 27-101) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) The Director of Public Works shall cause spaces in which parking is prohibited to be maintained and marked off in and on such streets and parts thereof as may be designated by the City Council from time to time. The Director of Public Works shall also cause time limit parking areas to be maintained and marked off in and on such part or parts of streets as may be designated by the City Council from time to time. All such spaces or areas shall be clearly indicated by appropriate signs or by markings on the pavement or curb.
(B) In areas designated as time limit parking areas, parking may be limited to any period prescribed by Council, the same to be designated with clearly distinguished markings or signs at both ends of the time limit area and at reasonable intervals between the beginning and ending of such time limit area, indicating the time allowed for parking in such area.
(C) Any prohibition of or time limit on parking established under this section shall apply on such days and between such hours as prescribed by Council.
('68 Code, § 27-102) Penalty, see § 70.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in his name or owned or operated by him or in his possession or under his control to be or remain in any space or area in which parking is prohibited as provided in § 72.04, or in a time limit parking area for a longer period of time than that designated by the markings on the street or by clearly visible signs.
('68 Code, § 27-103) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) Except when necessary in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic signs or signals, and except as otherwise provided in this section, the operator of a vehicle shall not stand or park such vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of lawful traffic, and with the curbside wheels of the vehicle within 18 inches of the edge of the curb.
(B) The City Council shall determine by resolution upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall, at the time of such determination, provide £or the marking or signing of such streets. Such angle parking shall not be indicated upon any federal-aid or state highway within this city unless the state highway engineer has determined that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic. Angle parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon the left side of the street or upon any railway tracks.
(C) Upon those streets which have been signed or marked for angle parking, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings.
(D) Whenever parking spaces are marked by lines on the pavement, whether for parallel or angle parking, a vehicle must be parked entirely within the lines of the parking space.
('68 Code, § 27-104) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat., Art. 6701d, § 96
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park such vehicle for a period of time longer than 30 minutes between the hours of 1.00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. in any business district of the city.
('68 Code, § 27-105) Penalty, see § 70.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle upon a street for the purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale.
('68 Code, § 27-106) Penalty, see § 70.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle on any street for the primary purpose of displaying advertising thereon.
('68 Code, § 27-107) Penalty, see § 70.99
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