(A) No parking, stopping or standing zones. The Council may, by resolution, designate certain streets or portions of streets as no parking or no stopping or standing zones or as zones for parking by physically disabled persons and may limit the hours in which the restrictions apply. The Maintenance Department shall mark, by appropriate signs, the zone so designated. Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or a traffic-control device, no person shall stop or park a vehicle in an established no stopping or standing zone where stopping or standing is prohibited. No vehicle shall be parked in a no parking zone during hours when parking is prohibited, except when permitted by state law and except that a vehicle may be parked temporarily in such zone for the purpose of forming a funeral procession; and a truck may be parked temporarily between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on any business day only for the purpose of loading or unloading where access to the premises is not otherwise available.
(B) Parking prohibited during certain hours.
(1) No vehicle shall be parked upon any public street or right-of-way within the city between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., except by permit. Permits will be issued by the city, to city residents only, upon completion and approval of permit application. Permits will be issued at the discretion of the Chief of Police. Permit parking is allowed along the curb or edge of roadway within the applicant’s property line. A permit does not allow exemption from any other section of this traffic code.
(2) The application fee shall be set by resolution as part of the city’s fee schedule.
(C) Impoundment. Any police officer may cause to be removed a vehicle from a street to a garage or other place of safety when the vehicle is left unattended and constitutes an obstruction to traffic, endangers public safety or hinders snow removal or street improvement maintenance operations. Whenever an officer causes removal of a vehicle under this division (C), the officer shall use all reasonable means available to ascertain the owner of such vehicle and notify the owner of the same. Such notice shall also be given to the garage where such vehicle is being held. If a registered owner is ascertained, such vehicle shall be released only to such owner. Such vehicle shall not be released until the fees for towing and storage are paid.
(D) Truck parking. No truck with a gross weight in excess of four and one-half tons or greater than two axles shall be parked or allowed to stand for greater than four hours, except during actual loading and unloading, on any street or roadway within the city.
(E) Prima facie evidence. The presence of any motor vehicle on any street standing or parked in violation of this traffic code is prima facie evidence that the registered owner of the vehicle committed or authorized the commission of the violation.
(Ord. 83-6, passed 6-20-1983; Ord. 2014-06, passed 4-29-2014) Penalty, see § 70.99