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SEC. 28-85.   PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES AND PARKING ON HIGHWAYS AND PARKWAYS PROHIBITED.
   (a)   A person commits an offense if he parks a vehicle upon a street or highway for the purpose of:
      (1)   displaying the vehicle for sale; or
      (2)   washing, greasing, or repairing the vehicle, except when repairs are necessitated by an emergency.
   (b)   A person commits an offense if he stops, parks, or stands a vehicle, whether attended or unattended:
      (1)   on a parkway; or
      (2)   upon the main-traveled part of a highway outside of a business or residence district unless:
         (A)   it is not practicable to stop, park, or stand the vehicle off that part of the highway;
         (B)   an unobstructed width of the highway opposite a standing vehicle is left for the free passage of other vehicles; and
         (C)   a clear view of the stopped vehicle is available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon the highway.
   (c)   Subsection (b) does not apply to a vehicle that develops a mechanical defect making it impossible or unsafe to proceed further, and in this case it is lawful to stop, park, or stand the vehicle for the time necessary to make emergency repairs. (Ord. Nos. 14584; 20012)