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City of Fairlawn, Ohio Code of Ordinances
CITY OF FAIRLAWN, OHIO CODE OF ORDINANCES
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 452
   Parking Generally
   452.01   Prohibition against parking on streets or highways.
   452.02   Police may remove illegally parked vehicle.
   452.03   Prohibited standing or parking places.
   452.04   Manner of parallel parking.
   452.05   Willfully leaving vehicles on private or public property.
   452.055   Parking prohibitions on private property; private tow-away zones.
   452.06   Unattended vehicles; duty to lock ignition, remove key, set brake, etc.
   452.07   Opening doors on side available to traffic.
   452.08   Overnight parking.
   452.09   Parking areas for handicapped persons.
   452.10   Repairing, washing, etc. of vehicles on street.
   452.11   Conducting business from parked vehicles.
   452.12   Display of vehicles for sale or advertising.
   452.13   Parking tickets.
   452.14   Disposition of money collected for parking violations.
   452.15   Registered owner prima facie liable for unlawful parking.
   452.16   Waiver.
   452.17   Parking Violations Bureau.
   452.18   Answers and procedures.
   452.19   Failure to answer.
   452.20   Hearing procedure.
   452.21   Nonliability of owner.
   452.22   Notification to Registrar of Motor Vehicles.
   452.23   Unauthorized use of parking places reserved for electric vehicles.
   452.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
      See section histories for similar State law
      Parking defined - see TRAF. 402.22
      Stop defined - see TRAF. 402.40
      Stopping and standing defined - see TRAF. 402.42
      Impounding; redemption - see TRAF. 404.06
      Parking near stopped fire apparatus - see TRAF. 432.25
      Lights on parked or stopped vehicles - see TRAF. 438.09
      Police may remove ignition key from unattended vehicle - see TRAF. 444.02
      Parking of bicycles; locks - see TRAF. 474.08
      Leaving children and handicapped persons unattended in parked motor vehicles - see GEN. OFF. 636.115
      Storage of junk vehicles - see GEN. OFF. 660.07
      Peddling or soliciting from a parked vehicle - see B.R. & T. 828.06
      Off-street parking and loading - see P. & Z. Ch. 1284
452.01   PROHIBITION AGAINST PARKING ON STREETS OR HIGHWAYS.
   (a)   (1)   Upon any highway, no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of the highway if it is practicable to stop, park, or so leave such vehicle off the paved or main traveled part of the highway. In every event a clear and unobstructed portion of the highway opposite such standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon such highway.
      (2)   This section does not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or improved or main traveled portion of a highway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in such position.
   (b)   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.
(ORC 4511.66)
452.02   POLICE MAY REMOVE ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLE.
   (a)   Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.66 or a substantially similar 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. 1975-72. Passed 7-21-75.)
452.03   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 title, 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 a bicycle;
      (2)   In front of a public or private driveway;
      (3)   Within an intersection;
      (4)   Within ten 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 thirty (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 fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
      (10)   Within twenty (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 seventy-five (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)   At any place where signs prohibit stopping;
      (15)   Within one (1) foot of another parked vehicle;
      (16)   On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway, or thruway;
(Ord. 1975-72. Passed 7-21-75.)
      (17)   On the west side of South Miller Road within the limits of the dedicated portion of such street from West Market Street to Ridgewood Road or on the east side of South Miller Road from West Market Street to the corporation line, being a point about one hundred fifty (150) feet south of Juno Drive;
(Ord. 1966-136. Passed 10-24-66.)
      (18)   Parking in the driveway of Fort Island School during restricted hours as posted by signs;
      (19)   On the east and west sides of Cleveland-Massillon Road within the City of Fairlawn boundaries;
      (20)   Both sides of the north and south driveway access to the Learning Resource Center parking lot;
      (21)   Both sides of the north and south driveway access to Griffiths Park parking lot;
(Ord. 2002-107. Passed 12-16-02; Ord. 2004-112. Passed 1-24-05.)
      (22)   On the north side of Dowling Dr. from Trunko Road west to Edington Road within the City of Fairlawn boundaries;
      (23)   On the west side of Beaumont Drive from Dowling Drive to Calderwood Drive.
(Ord. 2011-031. Passed 5-16-11.)
   (b)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one (1) year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one (1) predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one (1) year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two (2) or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.68; Ord. 1975-72. Passed 7-21-75.)
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