(A) No person may park any vehicle or permit it to stand in any of the following locations:
(1) As provided in G.S. § 20-162, in front of a private driveway;
(2) As provided in G.S. § 20-162, within 15 feet of either direction of a fire hydrant (whether or not located in a public right-of-way) or the entrance to a fire station;
(3) Within 50 feet of the intersection of curb lines or, if none, then within 50 feet of the intersection of property lines at an intersection of highways; except that, this division (A)(3) shall not apply to buses stopping in properly designated locations;
(4) Within an intersection or on a marked crosswalk;
(5) Within 20 feet of any traffic-control signal or device located at the side of a street;
(6) On a sidewalk or on the planting strip or utility strip not used for sidewalk purposes which is situated between the edge of the street pavement and the street right-of-way boundary;
(7) In any portion of a roadway intended to carry traffic at the time the vehicle is parked or left standing;
(8) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped, standing or parked at the edge of a curb or street;
(9) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when the parking or standing would obstruct traffic;
(10) Upon any bridge, overpass or other elevated structure or within any tunnel or other underpass structure;
(11) On either side of any street at the approaches to a bridge, an underpass or an overhead bridge within 50 feet in either direction of the outer edge of the structure;
(12) On either side of any street leading to a grade crossing within 50 feet of the closest rail; provided, where existing permanent structures are located closer than 50 feet parking may be permitted in front of the structures unless otherwise prohibited, and if the parking does not block the view in either direction of the approach of a locomotive or train;
(13) In any alley or private road in a manner or under conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular travel or to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property;
(14) In any parking space clearly marked as reserved for the handicapped, whether on public or private property, unless the driver of or a passenger in the vehicle is handicapped. See G.S. § 20-37.6;
(15) In front of any motion picture theater, except for bicycles where racks are provided; and/or
(16) On the median strip of any street.
(B) The Administrator may install no-parking signs, yellow curb markings or other traffic-control devices to indicate where parking and standing is prohibited as stated in division (A) above, but enforcement of the provisions of this section is not dependent on the installation of the devices. No person shall deface, injure, tamper with or willfully break, destroy or impair any sign erected pursuant to this chapter.