(A) For the purpose of this section the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"FIRE LANE." Any restricted street upon which a sign designating that the street or portion thereof is a fire lane in order to facilitate the providing of fire services in the city.
"PARK" or "PARKING." The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon a street otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, receiving or discharging passengers or loading or unloading merchandise or in obedience to traffic regulations, signs, or signals or an involuntary stopping of the vehicle by reason of causes beyond the control of the operator of the vehicle.
"SIGN." Any work, lettering, figures, numbers, phrases, sentences, devices, designs, and such which is affixed to or represented directly or indirectly upon a building, structure or piece of land and which directs attention to a place which is visible from any street, road, or highway in the city.
"STREET." Any public-city street, avenue, road, alley, highway, or other public place located in the city and established for the use of vehicles.
"VEHICLE." Any device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported upon a highway.
(B) As authorized by § 70.16, various named and described areas, streets, or portions of streets and such other areas, streets, or portions of streets as may hereafter be listed by inventory with the City Clerk-Treasurer, and lying within the corporate limits of the city, have been designated by the posting of the appropriate sign or signs as no parking or no parking - fire lane zones or have other parking restrictions. All frontages in these squares, streets, or avenues defining these zones to be included therein.
(C) No person shall permit a vehicle to remain or be placed in any zone designated by the posting of the appropriate signs as "No Parking" or designated with some other parking restriction other than "No Parking - Fire Lane" and thereby does violate or does fail to comply with any of the provisions of any relevant ordinance, or shall counsel, aid, or abet any such violation or shall fail to comply.
(D) No person shall permit a vehicle to remain or be placed in any zone designated by the posting of the appropriate signs as "No Parking - Fire Lane" or words of similar effect restricting parking in an area for the purpose of providing fire service and thereby does violate or does fail to comply with any of the provisions of any relevant ordinance or shall counsel, aid, or abet any such violation or shall fail to comply.
(Ord. 1978-3, passed 1-9-78; Am. Ord. 1992-20, passed - -) Penalty, see § 72.99