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Elyria, OH Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 351
Parking Generally
351.01   Police may remove unattended vehicle which obstructs traffic.
351.02   Registered owner prima facie liable for unlawful parking.
351.03   Prohibited standing or parking places.
351.04   Manner of parallel parking; persons with a disability.
351.05   Manner of angle parking.
351.06   Selling or repairing vehicle upon roadway.
351.065   Parking prohibitions on private property; private tow-away zones.
351.07   Unattended vehicle; duty to stop engine, remove key, set brake and turn wheels.
351.08   Opening vehicle door on traffic side.
351.09   Truck loading zones.
351.10   Bus stops and taxicab stands.
351.11   Parking in alleys and narrow streets; exceptions.
351.12   Prohibition against parking on streets or highways.
351.13   Overnight parking generally.
351.14   Parking between sidewalk and street.
351.15   Stopping and parking by motor carriers. (Repealed)
351.155   Truck/trailer parking on residential streets.
351.16   Overnight parking of commercial vehicles.
351.17   Removal of vehicles from streets during emergency.
351.18   Snow emergency.
351.19   Prohibited front yard parking.
351.20   Authority of parking attendants.
351.21   Rental of parking spaces.
351.22   Use of City owned, operated or leased lots.
 
351.99   Penalty and waiver.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   See section histories for similar State law
   Police may remove ignition key from unattended vehicle - see TRAF. 303.03
   Willfully leaving vehicles on private or public property - see TRAF. 303.09, 303.10
   Parking near stopped fire apparatus - see TRAF. 331.27
   Lights on parked or stopped vehicles - see TRAF. 337.09
351.01 POLICE MAY REMOVE UNATTENDED VEHICLE WHICH OBSTRUCTS TRAFFIC.
   (a)   Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.66 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, such officer may move such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the paved or improved or main traveled part of such highway.
   (b)   Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any highway, bridge, or causeway, or in any tunnel, where such vehicles constitutes an obstruction to traffic, such officer may provide for the removal of such vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety.
(ORC 4511.67) (Ord. 1-58. Passed 3-3-58.)
351.02 REGISTERED OWNER PRIMA FACIE LIABLE FOR UNLAWFUL PARKING.
   In any hearing on a charge of illegally parking a motor vehicle, testimony that a vehicle bearing a certain license plate was found unlawfully parked as prohibited by the provisions of this Traffic Code, and further testimony that the record of the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles shows that the license plate was issued to the defendant, shall be prima facie evidence that the vehicle was unlawfully parked, was so parked by the defendant. A certified registration copy, showing such fact, from the Registrar shall be proof of such ownership.
(Ord. 85-165. Passed 8-19-85.)
351.03 PROHIBITED STANDING OR PARKING PLACES.
   (a)   No person shall stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the provisions of this Traffic Code, or while obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
      (1)   On a sidewalk, except as provided in division (d) of this section;
      (2)   In front of a public or private driveway;
      (3)   Within an intersection;
      (4)   Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant;
      (5)   On a crosswalk;
      (6)   Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
      (7)   Within 30 feet of, and upon the approach to, any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control device;
      (8)   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 a traffic-control device;
      (9)   Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
      (10)   Within 20 feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within 75 feet of the entrance when it is properly posted with signs;
      (11)   Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
      (12)   Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
      (13)   Upon any bridge or elevated structure upon a highway, or within a highway tunnel;
      (14)   Within one foot of another parked vehicle;
      (15)   On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway, or thruway.
(ORC 4511.68(A))
      (16)   In any private driveway, alleyway or areaway between buildings, when in the opinion of the Fire Chief, such parking constitutes a fire hazard or an obstruction or interference with the operation of fire equipment;
      (17)   At any place where signs prohibit stopping, standing or parking, or where the curbing is painted yellow, or at any place in excess of the maximum time limited by signs, unless such parking is otherwise provided for in this section;
      (18)   Between the sidewalk and the paved area of the roadway.
   (b)   Parking for a period not to exceed 24 hours may be allowed by the Safety-Service Director or his or her designee on City streets after the procedure below is followed:
      (1)   Application in writing shall be made to the Director or his or her designee requesting parking at a specified period of time and date.
      (2)   The applicant, if notified that the request is granted, shall appear in person at the Director's office or other designated location during working hours and, upon payment of a fee as established by the Director, shall receive bags or other devices which shall be placed over the specified no parking signs, indicating that parking is permitted at that location.
      (3)   The bags or other devices shall be returned to the Director or his or her designee within 72 hours of the permitted use and one-half of the fee shall be returned to the applicant.
   (c)   Parking shall not be permitted in any location specified in divisions (a)(1) through (a)(18) of this section in any location that would, in the opinion of the Director or his or her designee, create a clear safety hazard.
(Ord. 80-221. Passed 12-1-80; Ord. 2008-1. Passed 1-7-08.)
   (d)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
   (e)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.68(B), (C))
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