(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) On a crosswalk;
(5) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(6) Within 30 feet of, and upon the approach to, any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control device;
(7) 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 a different length is indicated by a traffic-control device;
(8) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(9) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(10) Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(11) Upon any bridge or elevated structure upon a highway, or within a highway tunnel;
(12) At any place where signs prohibit stopping;
(13) On any public property where signs prohibit parking or set restrictions.
(14) Within one foot of another parked vehicle;
(15) On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway, or thruway.
(16) In any parking space designated as “Permit Only” parking without a conspicuously displayed applicable parking permit.
(17) Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant or in a fire lane;
(18) Within 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 75 feet of the entrance when it is properly posted with signs;
(19) In any designated “Emergency Tow Zone”.
(b) The Chief of Police, or an authorized agent representing the entity of any public property, may temporarily suspend the parking prohibition or restriction for exigent conditions or need.
(c) Whoever violates subsections (1) through and including (15) of this section shall be fined not more than twenty dollars ($20.00). Whoever violates subsections (16) through and including (18) shall be fined not more than thirty dollars ($30.00). Violations of subsections (1) through and including (18) shall be subject to towing.
(Ord. 2864. Passed 2-28-05; Ord. 2869. Passed 4-25-05; Ord. 3133. Passed 2-10-14.)