(a) Parking restricted on private property of public service, etc., corporations. In any areaway, parkway, trafficway or parking space owned or controlled by any public service concern, public service utility company, terminal company, railroad or other quasi-public corporation or public concern, designed for the temporary parking of patrons of such public concern, utility or corporation, it shall be unlawful for any person or any person having control of any motor vehicle, or vehicle of any kind, to park upon or in any such space owned or controlled by a public service corporation or public service concern mentioned herein for a longer period than two hours, which time is fixed as a reasonable length of time in which any person may so occupy any private property owned or controlled by such public service corporation or public concern set aside and designed for use of the public having business to transact with such public service corporation or public service concern; provided, however, that no vehicle shall be parked longer than 30 minutes on the west side of the private street on the Texas and Pacific Railway Company property’s west curb line of the street, which opens onto West Lancaster Street which is at a point 431 feet from the centerline of Jennings Avenue, and the east curb line of such street is 260 feet from the centerline of the intersection of Throckmorton Street and West Lancaster Street, such street being 42 feet wide.
(b) Unauthorized parking on private property prohibited.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to park or stand a vehicle, whether occupied or unoccupied, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually loading or unloading such vehicle, in any private driveway or on any private parking lot or other private property without the express or implied consent of the owner or person in lawful possession thereof.
(2) In the event the identity of the driver of such vehicle is unknown, the owner or person in whose name such vehicle is registered shall be prima facie deemed to be in violation hereof.
(c) Exception to subsection (b). No citation issued under the provisions of subsection (b) above shall be valid unless such citation includes a statement to the effect that at the time same was issued, a clearly visible sign was located on the private property involved, informing the public that such private driveway, parking lot or other private property is reserved for the use of authorized persons or vehicles only, and further that such sign states the persons or vehicles authorized.
(1964 Code, §§ 26-129, 26-130) (Ord. 6651, §§ 5, 6, passed 3-20-1972; Ord. 9852, §§ 3, 4, passed 3-31-1987)