No one shall stop, stand or park a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places.
Place | Prohibition - No Parking | Iowa Code Section |
Place | Prohibition - No Parking | Iowa Code Section |
Alleys | No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in a manner or under the conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic, and no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley in a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property; the provisions of this division shall not apply to a vehicle parked in any alley which is 18 feet wide or less, provided the vehicle is parked to deliver goods or services; parking is prohibited in the alleys in the Central Business District, unless the vehicle is making a pickup or delivery which requires less than 15 minutes and at least a 10-foot width of the alley remains unblocked; the Central Business District is the area between South First Street, Eighth Avenue South, South Fourth Street and Second Avenue South | § 321.236(1) |
Area between lot line and curb line | The area of the public way not covered by sidewalk and lying between the lot line and the curb line, where curbing has been installed | |
Center parkway | On the center parkway or dividing area of any divided street | § 321.236(1) |
Crosswalk | On a crosswalk | § 321.358(5) |
Double parking | On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street | § 321.358(11) |
Driveway | In front of a public or private driveway | § 321.358(2) |
Excavations | Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when the stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic | § 321.358(10) |
Fire hydrant | Within five feet of a fire hydrant | § 321.358(4) |
Fire station | Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance when properly sign posted | § 321.358(9) |
Front yard | Off-street parking within a front yard shall be prohibited unless located on a hard-surfaced driveway. Front yard is defined as a yard extending across the full width of the lot from the front line of the building to the front property line of the lot. The Police Department, parking enforcement officer, or designee may exercise sound judgement and discretion in enforcement and is hereby authorized to utilize selective enforcement procedures to promote the purpose of this entry and may take into consideration the purpose with regard to the parking of such delivery of appliances or furniture, use of moving vans or trucks, or other special circumstances. | |
Hazardous locations | When, because of restricted visibility or when standing or parked vehicles would constitute a hazard to moving traffic, or when other traffic conditions require, the Council may cause curbs to be painted with a yellow color and erect no parking or standing signs | § 321.358(13) |
In more than one space | In any designated parking space so that any part of the vehicle occupies more than one space or protrudes beyond the markings designating the space | |
Intersection | Within or within ten feet of an intersection of any street or alley | § 321.358(3) |
Mailboxes | Within 20 feet on either side of a mailbox which is so placed and so equipped as to permit the depositing of mail from vehicles on the roadway | § 321.236(1) |
Parade routes | On any street used as a parade route for bands and other walking units from one hour prior to the commencement of the parade until the completion of the parade, except persons with handicapped parking permits on their vehicles, will be allowed to park along the parade route in the 200 block of Fifth Avenue South; the Public Works Department shall post temporary “No Parking” signs along the parade route informing the public of the parking restriction by 12:00 p.m. on the day of the parade | |
Parked over 24 or 48 hours | When any vehicle is left parked for a continuous period of 24 hours or more on any street or 48 hours or more in any municipal parking lot; in order for any vehicle to be exempt from the provisions set forth in this division, the vehicle must move at least 25 feet under its own power | |
Railroad crossing | Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing, except when parked parallel with the rail and not exhibiting a red light | § 321.358(8) |
Ramps | In front of a curb cut or ramp which is located on public or private property in a manner which blocks access to the curb cut or ramp | § 321.358(15) |
Sidewalks | On or across a sidewalk | § 321.358(1) |
Stop sign or signal | Within ten feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop or yield sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway | § 321.358(6) |
Theatres, hotels and auditoriums | A space of 50 feet is hereby reserved at the side of the street in front of any theatre, auditorium, hotel having more than 25 sleeping rooms, hospital, nursing home, taxicab stand, bus depot, church, or other building where large assemblages of people are being held, within which space, when clearly marked as such, no motor vehicle shall be left standing, parked or stopped except in taking on or discharging passengers or freight, and then only for a length of time as is necessary for the purpose | § 321.360 |
(1999 Code, § 69.07) (Ord. 2102, passed 10-12-1999; Ord. 2299, passed 8-23-2005
; Am. Ord. 2434, passed 11-23-2010)
Penalty, see § 79.99