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ARTICLE III: PARKING; STANDING; STOPPING
Section
   18.301   Parking; authorized
   18.302   Same; manner
   18.303   Same; tickets authorized
   18.304   Handicapped persons; parking; penalty
   18.305   Blocking streets and alleys; exception
   18.306   Loading zones
   18.307   Signal to stop
   18.308   Stop signs; duty to stop
   18.309   Vision obstruction of traffic unlawful
   18.310   Disabled vehicles
   18.311   Fire lanes designated; parking prohibited; penalty
   18.312   Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places
Editor’s note:
   This article is derived from the S.C. Code Title 56 and standards used by other municipalities in this state.
§ 18.301  PARKING; AUTHORIZED.
   a.   In addition to the other provisions of this article relative to parking, the Town Council may designate areas or spaces on town streets where the parking of vehicles is either permitted, prohibited or limited to a specific time or otherwise restricted.
   b.   When signs are erected giving notice that parking is prohibited during certain hours, no person shall park a vehicle between the hours so designated on any day, except Sundays and public holidays. When signs are erected giving notice that parking is limited to a certain period of time, no person shall park a vehicle for longer than the period and between the hours so designated, except on Sundays and public holidays.
(Prior Code, § 18.301)
§ 18.302  SAME; MANNER.
   a.   Where parking is permitted on streets not marked off for parking, the operator of any vehicle shall park such vehicle with the right front and right rear wheels as near as possible to the curb or side of the road and parallel thereto.
   b.   Vehicles parked within marked areas shall not occupy any part of more than one space.
   c.   The operator of a parked vehicle shall enter the roadway only when the roadway is clear.
(Prior Code, § 18.302)
§ 18.303  SAME; TICKETS AUTHORIZED.
   a.   The Council may authorize, subject to the restrictions imposed in the foregoing sections, signs and devices relating to the limitations upon parking at particular places.
   b.   Failure to pay the penalty within the prescribed time shall subject the owner thereof to be summoned by the Magistrate and punished within his or her discretion.
(Prior Code, § 18.303)
§ 18.304  HANDICAPPED PERSONS; PARKING; PENALTY.
   a.   The Police Chief is hereby authorized to designate parking spaces for persons with disabilities.
   b.   It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to be parked in a parking space designated for persons with disabilities without the proper display of an appropriate placard (or mirror hanger) visible from the outside of the vehicle or a lawfully issued license plate.
   c.   When a vehicle is parked in a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities, the driver or a passenger must be the legitimate holder of either an appropriate official placard or a current vehicle license plate.
   d.   Any person violating the provisions of division b. above shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days for each offense, or both, as required by the S.C. Code § 56-3-1970.
(S.C. Code § 56-3-1965)  (Prior Code, § 18.304)
Statutory reference:
   S.C. Code § 56-3-1971 authorizes all law enforcement officers to issue a uniform parking violations ticket to vehicles violating designated spaces for personswith disabilities.
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