No person shall park a vehicle in, or move a vehicle not lawfully in his or her control into, any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of an authorized officer or traffic-control device:
(a) On a sidewalk;
(b) In front of or within five feet of a driveway in a street or alley;
(c) In front of or within five feet of a sidewalk or stairway that is the primary ingress/egress to a residential property without other street access;
(d) In an intersection or crosswalk, or within twenty feet thereof;
(e) Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant located on a corner at intersecting streets and within seven and one-half feet on either side of all other fire hydrants;
(f) Within thirty feet of a traffic-control device at the side of a roadway;
(g) Between signs designating passenger loading zones at any church, during services;
(h) Within fifty feet of a railroad crossing;
(i) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when parking would obstruct traffic;
(j) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped at the edge of a street;
(k) Upon a bridge or elevated structure or within a tunnel;
(l) Where parking will reduce the usable width of an alley to less than ten feet;
(m) Between the sidewalk line and the curb line;
(n) In any front yard, except on legally established driveways or parking lots;
(o) In a bus or taxicab standing or loading zone;
(p) On the left side of a roadway, except for one-way streets;
(q) Where official signs prohibit or regulate parking or standing, and then only in compliance with such signs;
(r) On any dedicated street or road where no street or road has been opened;
(s) In a traffic lane of any street or roadway;
(t) In a fire zone;
(u) Where the curb line has been painted yellow;
(v) At a school entrance or between signs designating school entrances and school loading zones. If such signs designate the no parking place at a school to be a tow-away zone, then the vehicle may be towed away under the provisions of Section 480.10(a).
(w) Between signs designating passenger loading zones at any hotel or theater.
(1977 Code § 49-103; Ord. 77-68. Passed 11-7-77; Ord. 78-9. Passed 4-17-78; Ord. 78-26. Passed 4-3-78; Ord. 79-55. Passed 8-6-79; Ord. 79-67. Passed 10-15-79; Ord. 80-69. Passed 8-4-80; Ord. 2005-34. Passed 7-18-05; Ord. 2009-45. Passed 7-6-09.)