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(a) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle upon a street, other than 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 free movement of vehicular traffic, except that a driver may stop temporarily during the actual loading or unloading of passengers or when directed to by a police officer or traffic control signal.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley except while actually loading and unloading, and then only for a period not to exceed 30 minutes.
(a) In order to facilitate the clearing and cleaning of the municipal highways, streets and alleys, as well as the safe passage of vehicular traffic thereon, no motor vehicle shall be parked upon such highways, streets and alleys between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., nor shall any motor vehicle be parked thereon during such times the City Manager or the City Police Chief shall declare a weather emergency.
(1) The City Manager or the City Police Chief may declare a weather emergency based upon flooding conditions which have caused or are reasonably likely to cause hazardous conditions upon city highways, streets and/or alleys; and the City Manager or the City Police Chief may declare a weather emergency after three or more inches of snow have fallen within the city, or, based upon a forecast from the National Weather Service, it is deemed by said city officials to be reasonably likely that a snowfall of three or more inches within the city is imminent. As soon as conditions permit, the City Manager or the City Police Chief shall declare the termination of such weather emergency by way of available media to the extent feasible.
(2) Said city officials shall use all available means of disseminating information as to the existence of weather conditions requiring removal of parked motor vehicles from the highways, streets and alleys within the city. Such notice shall be disseminated through the radio, newspaper and all other available media to the extent feasible. The dissemination of this information, however, shall not relieve owners or operators of motor vehicles from the responsibility of ascertaining the existence of weather conditions requiring the removal of parked motor vehicles from the highways, streets and alleys within the city.
(3) A motor vehicle parked on any highway, street or alley within the city at the time a weather emergency is declared shall be removed by the owner within three hours if such emergency is declared between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., or prior to 9:00 a.m. of the following morning if the emergency is declared within the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Nothing in this section shall permit any motor vehicle to be parked in violation of any other parking restriction previously established by ordinance or by erection of signs.
(4) It shall be the responsibility of the owners or operators of motor vehicles to ascertain whether weather conditions require the removal of their motor vehicles from the highways, streets and alleys within the city and to remove all motor vehicles parked in violation of the provisions set forth in this section. While the city will make every effort to inform the public of the existence of weather conditions requiring removal of parked motor vehicles from highways, streets and alleys within the city, the owners and operators of motor vehicles parked in these areas shall have full responsibility to determine existing weather conditions and to remove parked motor vehicles if the weather conditions are such as to require their removal under the terms of this section.
(b) Any motor vehicle parked in violation of this prohibition shall be removed at the order of the Chief of Police and the owner or operator thereof shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 452.99.
(c) Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 452.99. In addition, where a motor vehicle is towed to a motor vehicle pound, the motor vehicle can be recovered only upon payment of the towing and storage charges imposed therefor.
(Ord. 1801, passed 5-18-1971; Ord. 15-O-2801, passed 3-17-2015)
(a) (1) No person shall park or store or permit to be parked or stored on any private or public property for a period in excess of ten days, any motor vehicle which is not in operating condition or is unlicensed, except in an enclosed building or garage.
(2) This section shall not apply to new or used automobiles held by a licensed automobile dealer for sale or resale or for repairs.
(b) Should any motor vehicle be parked or stored in violation of this section, then upon the filing of a complaint, the Manager shall cause a ten-day notice of such violation to be mailed or delivered to the owner, ordering such violation corrected. Should such violation not be corrected, any police officer or other person designated by the Manager shall take possession of such motor vehicle, and such vehicle shall be stored at a place designated by the Manager or the Chief of Police and shall not be released except upon payment of towing and storage charges. Vehicles so removed may be disposed of according to the provisions of Ohio R.C. 737.32. The remedy provided for herein shall be in addition to any penalty provided for in § 452.99, which penalty shall apply to the failure to correct the violation within the time stipulated herein.
(c) In the event that the owner cannot be found or his or her address is unknown, any motor vehicle parked or stored in violation of this section, after thirty days’ notice to the owner of the premises upon which any such motor vehicle is parked or stored, or a notice to the person in possession thereof or the agent of the owner of the vehicle, may be removed to a place designated by the Manager or the Chief of Police, and shall not be released except upon payment of towing and storage charges. Vehicles so removed may be disposed of according to the provisions of Ohio R.C. 737.32.
(Ord. 1533, passed 5-2-1967)
In any hearing on a charge of illegally parking a motor vehicle, testimony that a vehicle bearing a certain license plate was found unlawfully parked as prohibited by the provisions of this Traffic Code, and further testimony that the record of the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles shows that the license plate was issued to the defendant, shall be prima facie evidence that the vehicle which was unlawfully parked, was so parked by the defendant. A certified registration copy, showing such fact, from the Registrar shall be proof of such ownership.
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