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SEC. 28-81.1.   STOPPING, STANDING, OR PARKING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES.
   (a)   Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to be in compliance with the law or the directions of a police officer, city marshal, a parking enforcement officer, or an official traffic-control device, a person commits an offense if he:
      (1)   stops, stands, or parks a vehicle:
         (A)   on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
         (B)   on a sidewalk;
         (C)   within an intersection;
         (D)   on a crosswalk;
         (E)   between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings;
         (F)   alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
         (G)   upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
         (H)   on any railroad track;
         (I)   on the roadway of any street, when the vehicle constitutes a hazard to itself or to persons or other vehicles; or
         (J)   in violation of a sign prohibiting the stopping of vehicles;
         (K)   in designated bike lanes; or
      (2)   stands or parks a vehicle:
         (A)   in front of a public or private driveway;
         (B)   within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
         (C)   within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
         (D)   within 30 feet of the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
         (E)   when properly posted with signs, within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within 75 feet of an entrance;
         (F)   in violation of a sign prohibiting the standing of vehicles; or
         (G)   in a fire lane.
   (b)   A person commits an offense if he moves a vehicle not lawfully under his control:
      (1)   an unlawful distance away from a curb; or
      (2)   into any area prohibited by this section.
   (c)   Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1)(B), a person may stop, stand, or park a bicycle on a sidewalk if the bicycle does not impede the normal and reasonable movement of pedestrian or other traffic on the sidewalk. (Ord. Nos. 20012; 20269; 32291; 32470)