(A) It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop or park such vehicle except in a case of real emergency or in compliance with the provisions of this traffic code or when directed by a police officer or traffic sign or signal at any time in the following places:
(2) On a sidewalk.
(3) In front of sidewalk ramps provided for persons with disabilities.
(4) In front of or within three (3) feet of the wing of a public or private driveway.
(5) Within ten (10) feet of either side of a fire hydrant.
(6) Within up to twenty-five (25) feet from the approach to a stop sign per the discretion of the Traffic Committee.
(7) Within any intersection (including T-intersections) and within up to twenty (20) feet of any approach to an intersection that is not controlled by a stop sign or any receiving lane per the discretion of the Traffic Committee.
(8) At any place where the Traffic Committee decides that it is in the city's best interest to install official signs that prohibit stopping or parking. This does not apply to police officers when operating properly identified vehicles during the performance of their official duties.
(9) Within up to twenty-five (25) feet of any flashing beacon, traffic sign, or traffic- control device per the discretion of the Traffic Committee.
(10) In any manner so as to block a sidewalk or cover any area between a street curb and a sidewalk.
(11) Extending out into the pavement from a driveway in areas where sidewalk does not exist.
(12) Within twenty-five (25) feet of either side of a railroad.
(13) Within any area deemed to be a fire lane.
(14) Within four (4) feet of either side of a single mailbox when such mailbox immediately adjoins the street.
(15) Within ten (10) feet of either side of a cluster of five (5) or more mailboxes when such mailboxes immediately adjoin the street.
(16) On a street where the city has posted no parking signs for street sweeping, construction, or any other city business for at least twenty-four (24) hours.
('76 Code, § 60.07(C), (D)) (Ord. 874-1967, passed - - )
(B) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area.
(KRS 189.450(5) - (7))
(C) The provisions of this section prohibiting the stopping and parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified or as indicated on official signs except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control devices.
(D) Any provisions imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person from his duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping or parking of vehicles in specific places or at specified times.
(E) When signs are erected in compliance with the provisions of division (G) below giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle at any time on any street so marked by official signs.
(F) When a curb has been painted in compliance with the provisions of division (G) below, no person shall park a vehicle at any time at or adjacent to any curb so marked.
(G) (1) The city shall determine on what streets or portions thereof stopping or parking shall be restricted or prohibited. Whenever under authority of or by this traffic code or any other ordinance any parking limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets, or parking areas are restricted to parking for persons with disabilities, appropriate signs shall be erected giving notice thereof. However, in lieu of erecting such signs or in conjunction therewith, the face and top of a curb or curbs at or adjacent to which parking is prohibited at all times may be painted a solid yellow color.
(2) No such regulations or restrictions shall be effective unless the signs have been erected and are in place or the curbs are painted yellow at the time of any alleged offense, except in the case of those parking restrictions which by their very nature would not require such signs and markings.
(Am. Ord. 1782-2019, passed 1-14-20) Penalty, see § 72.99
(A) The Mayor is authorized to proclaim snow emergencies within the city.
(B) The Chief of Police, City Administrator, or their designee is authorized to cause to be towed away all automobiles parked on snow emergency routes during snow emergencies.
(C) Parking is prohibited on the following designated snow emergency routes whenever a snow emergency is proclaimed:
Street | Location | Ord. No. | Date Passed |
Street | Location | Ord. No. | Date Passed |
Autumn Road | From Turkeyfoot Road to Garvey Avenue | 1133-1979 | 2-14-79 |
Buckner Street | From Garvey Avenue to Main Street | 1133-1979 | 2-14-79 |
Central Row | From Buckner Street to Ripple Creek Drive | 1118-1978; 1536-2005 | 3-22-78; 2-22-05 |
Feather Lane | All | 1133-1979; 1688-2014 | 2-14-79; 12-9-14 |
Goodridge Drive | From north city limit to East Covered Bridge | 1272-1986 | 11-15-86 |
Lytle Avenue | From Spring Street to Bluegrass Avenue | 1118-1978; 1688-2014 | 3-22-78; 12-9-14 |
Main Street | From Dixie Highway to Floral Avenue | 1118-1978 | 3-22-78 |
Ripple Creek Drive | All | 1384-1994; 1688-2014 | 2-22-94; 12-9-14 |
East Covered Bridge | From Goodridge Drive to Manderlay Drive | 1420-1995 | 3-12-96 |
Eastern Avenue | All | 1420-1995 | 3-12-96 |
Pebble Creek Drive | From Garvey Avenue to Clovernook | 1420-1995 | 3-12-96 |
Mitten Drive | From 3606 Mitten Drive to 3646 Mitten Drive | 1688-2014 | 12-9-14 |
(Ord. 1118-1978, passed 3-22-78; Am. Ord. 1649-2012, passed 12-11-12; Am. Ord. 1782-2019, passed 1-14-20) Penalty, see § 72.99