Section
General Provisions
71.001 Stopping in streets generally
71.002 Stopping when traffic obstructed
71.003 Emerging from alley or private driveway
71.004 Unattended motor vehicles
71.005 Stopping and parking prohibited in specified places
71.006 Standing or parking prohibited for certain purposes
71.007 Standing or parking for primary purpose of advertising
71.008 Moving of vehicles into prohibited areas
71.009 Conflict of laws
Vehicle Placement
71.020 Obstructing passage of other vehicles
71.021 Left side to curb; one-way streets
71.022 Parallel parking required generally
71.023 Parking inside markings
71.024 Angle parking
71.025 Vehicles backed to curb
71.026 Blocking entrances, exits and ways by parking
71.027 Access to buildings by responding fire apparatus
Parking Restrictions
71.040 Parking in prohibited zones generally
71.041 Handicapped parking; identification required
71.042 Parking in limited parking zone
71.043 Parking in bus stops or taxicab stands
71.044 Parking in alleys
71.045 Lights on parked vehicles
71.046 Moving from parked positions
Trucks and Large Vehicles
71.060 Parking of trucks over two tons
71.061 Parking tank trucks
71.062 Vehicles in excess of 80 inches
Enforcement
71.075 Impoundment of standing or parked vehicles
71.999 Penalty
Cross-reference:
Routes where trucks permitted and prohibited, see Chapter 72 of this code of ordinances
GENERAL PROVISIONS
No vehicle shall be stopped in any street except for the purpose of parking as prescribed in this chapter, unless the stop is made necessary by the approach of fire apparatus, by the approach of a funeral or other procession which is given the right-of-way, by the stopping of a public conveyance, by the lowering of railway gates, by the giving of traffic signals, the passing of some other vehicle or a pedestrian, or by some emergency. In any case covered by these exceptions, the vehicles shall not stop so as to obstruct any footway, pedestrian aisle, safety zone, crossing or street intersection if the obstruction can be avoided.
(Ord. O-00-12, passed 8-14-2000) Penalty, see § 71.999
Statutory reference:
Authority to regulate parking, see G.S. § 160A-301
Parking prohibited in specific places, see G.S. § 20-162
No driver of a vehicle shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he or she is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(Ord. O-00-12, passed 8-14-2000) Penalty, see § 71.999
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