A. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places:
1. On a sidewalk.
2. In front of a public or private driveway.
3. Within an intersection.
4. Within fifteen feet (15') of a fire hydrant.
5. In a crosswalk.
6. Within twenty feet (20') of an intersection or crosswalk, measured along the curbside from their projected point of intersection, except in areas controlled by parking meters.
7. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
8. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge of the curb of a street.
9. Alongside any portion of an officially painted red or yellow curb.
10. In front of any officially marked entrance or exit of any theater, place of amusement, school, hospital, church, hotel or any other buildings where there are public gatherings.
11. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel.
12. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping or parking.
13. On any public street or alley within the city, or within any municipal parking area, if the vehicle is not currently licensed to be operated or towed on public streets or is inoperable, or cannot be safely operated or towed.
14. Within fifty five feet (55') of an intersection or crosswalk (measured along the curbside from the projected point of intersection of the streets) if such vehicle is a recreational vehicle, a vehicle over eighty inches (80") in height, trailer, livestock trailer or bus.
15. On any public street or alley within the city, or within any municipal parking area, if the vehicle is a vehicle, recreational vehicle, trailer, livestock trailer or bus, and a person is living in such vehicle. Provided, a licensed or registered vehicle, recreational vehicle, trailer, livestock trailer or bus being used for vacation or temporary living purposes, may be parked on a city street for no more than two (2) weeks per year while the occupants are visiting the family living on the abutting private property. Such vehicle must comply with subsections A1 through A14 of this section as well.
B. No person shall park a vehicle on any street for any purpose whatsoever so that any part of any such vehicle or its load extends into the street to a point nearer than eight feet (8') from the centerline thereof.
The object of this provision is to keep an open space or clearance of sixteen feet (16') in the middle of the street at all times, and if a vehicle or its load is of such length that it cannot be parked on a certain street so as to conform with this section and other provisions of this chapter, it shall not be left standing upon such street.
C. No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.
D. If, pursuant to section 6-1-3 of this title, or by the action of the owner of real property used by the public for purposes of vehicular traffic by permission of the owner, and not as a matter of right, a parking space has been reserved for the handicapped and a sign as specified under Wyoming Statutes sections 31-5-111 and 31-5-501 is in place, it shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully park a vehicle in violation of the restrictions; however, this shall not prohibit use of a handicapped parking space by a person issued a distinctive handicapped license plate or a transferable identification card by the state, or any other state, and displaying the plate or card on a vehicle used by this person. (1960 Compilation § 17-1006; amd. Ord. 69-6; Ord. 74-1; Ord. 80-4; Ord. 89-9; Ord. 94-18; Ord. 2016-04, 4-5-2016)
Notes
| 1 | 1. WS § 31-5-504. |