(A) Prohibited places. Except as otherwise provided in division (B) below, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk;
(2) In front of a public or private driveway;
(3) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, or if in an area serviced by a volunteer fire department, within 30 feet of a fire hydrant;
(4) Within an intersection;
(5) On a crosswalk;
(6) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(7) Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the authority having jurisdiction indicates a different length by signs or marking;
(9) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(10) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance (when properly signposted);
(11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(12) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(13) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway underpass; or
(14) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(B) Solid waste collection vehicles. No person engaging in the collection and disposal of solid waste or recycling material, or both, as a business, pursuant to the provisions of the State Solid Waste Management Act, shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk;
(2) Within an intersection;
(3) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(4) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway underpass; or
(5) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(C) Moving vehicle of another into prohibited area. No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under the control of the person into any prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
(Prior Code, § 6-3-1) Penalty, see § 72.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see 27A O.S. §§ 2-10-101 et seq.