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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
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351.13 OVERNIGHT PARKING GENERALLY.
   Upon those streets where such parking constitutes a hazard to traffic and when signs have been erected giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle for a period of time longer than four consecutive hours between the hours of 10:00 p.m. on one day and 6:00 a.m. of the succeeding day, except physicians on emergency calls.
(Ord. 4851. Passed 6-17-57.)
351.14 PARKING BETWEEN SIDEWALK AND STREET.
   Parking shall be permitted between the sidewalk and the roadway in the City where such strip has been improved by paving with concrete and when permission for such paving has been secured from a committee composed of the Director of Safety-Service, City Engineer and Chief of Police, which shall be known as the Curb Lawn Parking Committee.
   Where such strip has heretofore been improved, such Committee shall have power to approve such paving and to grant permits therefor.
(Ord. 4694. Passed 6-4-56.)
351.15 STOPPING AND PARKING BY MOTOR CARRIERS. (REPEALED)
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 351.15 was repealed by Ordinance 91-232, passed November 18, 1991. See Section 351.155.)
351.155 TRUCK/TRAILER PARKING ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS
   No person, whether an owner, operator, manufacturer or dealer, shall park any commercial tractor, tow truck, motor bus, trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer, motor home or truck camper, upon the streets of any residential area within the City, except for a period of time not exceeding three minutes while actually discharging or taking on passengers, or for a period of time not exceeding ten minutes while engaging in receiving or discharging goods, wares or merchandise.
(Ord. 91-232. Passed 11-18-91.)
351.16 OVERNIGHT PARKING OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
   No person shall park any commercial vehicle weighing more than 5000 pounds, between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., on the streets of the City.
(Ord. 60-23. Passed 3-14-60.)
351.17 REMOVAL OF VEHICLES FROM STREETS DURING EMERGENCY.
   Whenever, in the opinion of the Mayor, there is an actual or threatened local emergency such as riot, fire, flood, excessive snowfall, all other acts of God, common disaster or acts of the enemy, the Mayor may require the removal of motor vehicles parking upon the affected streets of the City. The Mayor shall inform the public of the aforementioned conditions through reasonable and usual methods of communication; actual notification to the owner or operator is not required. If the owner or operator of a vehicle in an affected area fails to remove said vehicle within a reasonable time, the vehicle may be removed on the order of the Police Department by a towing company. The owner or operator of any vehicle removed according to this section shall be responsible to the towing company for the cost of the removal.
(Ord. 2016-116. Passed 9-19-16.)
351.18 SNOW EMERGENCY.
   (a)   Whenever, during any period of twenty-four hours or less, snow falls in the City or in a section or sections thereof to a depth of four inches or more, an emergency is declared to exist in that such a heavy snow storm constitutes a serious public hazard, impairing transportation, the movement of food and fuel, supplies, medical care, fire, health and police protection and other vital facilities of the City. Such emergency shall continue until an announcement by the Director of Safety-Service that snow plowing operations have been completed, which announcement shall be made in the same manner as outlined in subsection (b) hereof.
   (b)   Whenever such an emergency exists, the Safety Service Director shall make an announcement that an emergency exists and the time that such emergency parking regulations shall become effective, which time shall be no sooner than one hour after the first announcement. Such announcement may be on the local cable television channel, the local newspapers and websites, if possible, the City of Elyria website, a local radio station, NIXLE, WENS (Lorain County EMS system) and any other means the Safety Service Director deems appropriate. These notices shall constitute notice to the general public of the existence of the emergency, whether or not individual notice was actually received. The owners and operators of motor vehicles parked on the streets or affected areas shall have full responsibility to determine existing weather conditions and comply with the emergency parking regulations.
   (c)   During the period of the emergency, the Director may prohibit the parking of any vehicles upon the following designated streets:
Street:
Area:
Fourth Street
West Avenue to Middle Avenue
Third Street
West Avenue to East Avenue
Second Street
Cedar Street to Chestnut Street
Broad Street
Cedar Street to Water Street
Kerstetter Way
between Broad Street and West Avenue
Lake Avenue
Erie Street to Bell Avenue
West Avenue
4th Street to Oberlin Road
Middle Avenue
Broad Street to 16th Street
East Avenue
Depot Street to 16th Street
Washington Avenue
Broad Street to Ohio Street
Ohio Street
Washington Avenue to Roosevelt
Ridge Street
East River Street to Gulf Road
Winckles Street
Taylor Street to Clark Street
East River Street
Lincoln Street to 4th Street
Park Avenue
Broad Street to Michigan Avenue
Garford Avenue
Eastern Heights Blvd. to Colgate Avenue
Whitman Boulevard
Gulf Road to Abbe Road (N)
University Avenue
East River to Abbe Road (S)
Oakdale Circle
Abbe Road (S) to Defiance Avenue
Eastern Heights Blvd.
East River Street to Garford Avenue; between Prospect Street and South Logan
 
During the emergency, no person shall park or cause to be parked or permit to be parked or permit to remain parked or abandon or leave unattended any vehicle of any kind or description upon such designated streets.
(Ord. 71-114. Passed 7-19-71; Ord. 2013-6. Passed 2-4-13; Ord. 2016-116. Passed 9-19-16; Ord. 2022-35. Passed 2-22-22.)
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