GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 72.01 REGULATION OR PROHIBITION AUTHORIZED.

   (A)   The City Council with respect to highways under its jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power may regulate or prohibit stopping, standing, or parking.

(Neb. RS 60-680)

   (B)   If the City Council regulates or prohibits stopping, standing, or parking all vehicles or a particular kind or class of vehicles on a highway or a portion of a highway, no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle subject to such regulation or prohibition on the highway or portion thereof longer than a period of time necessary to load and unload freight or passengers.

Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 72.02 ROADWAY OUTSIDE BUSINESS OR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

   (A)   No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon a roadway outside of a business or residential district when it is practicable to stop, park, or leave such vehicle off such part of a highway, but in any event an unobstructed width of the roadway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon such highway. Such parking, stopping, or standing shall in no event exceed 24 hours.

   (B)   No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle on a freeway except in areas designated or unless so directed by a peace officer, except that when a vehicle is disabled or inoperable or the driver of the vehicle is ill or incapacitated, such vehicle shall be permitted to park, stop, or stand on the shoulder facing in the direction of travel with all wheels and projecting parts of such vehicle completely clear of the traveled lanes, but in no event shall such parking, standing, or stopping upon the shoulder of a freeway exceed 12 hours.

   (C)   No person, except law enforcement, fire department, emergency management, public or private ambulance, or authorized Department of Transportation or local authority personnel, shall loiter or stand or park any vehicle upon any bridge, highway, or structure which is located above or below or crosses over or under the roadway of any highway or approach or exit road thereto.

   (D)   Whenever a vehicle is disabled or inoperable in a roadway or for any reason obstructs the regular flow of traffic for reasons other than an accident, the driver shall move or cause the vehicle to be moved as soon as practical so as to not obstruct the regular flow of traffic.

   (E)   This section does not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the roadway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle in such position until such time as it can be removed pursuant to division (D) of this section.

(Neb. RS 60-6,164) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 72.03 GENERAL PROHIBITIONS; EXCEPTIONS.

   (A)   Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or when in compliance with law or the directions of a peace officer or traffic control device, no person shall:

      (1)   Stop, stand, or park any vehicle:

         (a)   On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

         (b)   On a sidewalk;

         (c)   Within an intersection;

         (d)   On a crosswalk;

         (e)   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 City Council indicates a different length by signs or markings;

         (f)   Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;

         (g)   Upon any bridge or other elevated structure over a highway or within a highway tunnel;

         (h)   On any railroad track; or

         (i)   At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.

      (2)   Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:

         (a)   In front of a public or private driveway;

         (b)   Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;

         (c)   Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;

         (d)   Within 30 feet of any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or other traffic control device located at the side of a roadway;

         (e)   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 such entrance when properly signposted;

         (f)   At any place where official signs prohibit standing; or

      (3)   Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers:

         (a)   Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; or

         (b)   At any place where official signs prohibit parking.

   (B)   No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as shall be unlawful.

(Neb. RS 60-6,166) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 72.04 OBSTRUCTING STREET, INTERSECTION, OR ENTRANCE.

   No person shall, except in case of an accident or emergency, stop any vehicle in any location where stopping will obstruct any street, intersection, or entrance to an alley or public or private drive.

Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 72.05 INTERSECTIONS.

   Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or when in compliance with law or the directions of a peace officer or traffic control device, no person shall park a vehicle or leave a vehicle standing for any purpose, except momentarily to load or discharge passengers, within 25 feet of the intersection of curb lines, or if none, then within 15 feet of the intersection of property lines, or where the curb lines are painted red or another color specified by the City Council to indicate such prohibition.

Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 72.06 ALLEYS.

   (A)   No person shall park a vehicle with any portion thereof projecting into any alley entrance.

   (B)   No person shall park a vehicle in any alley, except for the purpose of loading or unloading during the time necessary to load or unload, which shall not exceed the maximum limit of one-half hour. Every vehicle while loading or unloading in an alley shall be parked in such manner as will cause the least obstruction possible to traffic in the alley.

Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 72.07 TRUCK PARKING, LOADING, AND UNLOADING.

   (A)   It shall be unlawful for the operator of any truck with an overall length of more than 20 feet to park or stop such vehicle on a street within the business district except to load or unload when loading or unloading in an alley is impossible and then only for the period of time reasonably necessary to load or unload.

   (B)   If the City Council provides truck parking areas adjoining or adjacent to the business district, all truck operators shall use such parking areas for all parking purposes.

   (C)   Except in an area provided for by the City Council by resolution, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any truck, including an oil tanker, to park or stop for any period of time within the limits of any street outside the business district except for the purpose of loading or unloading the cargo thereof in the ordinary course of business.

Penalty, see § 70.99