(A) Parking may not obstruct traffic. No person shall park a vehicle on a street in any manner that obstructs a street, sidewalk, or driveway and impedes the free movement of vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
(B) Stopping or parking on streets.
(1) No person shall park a vehicle, whether attended or not attended, on the traveled portion of a street when it is possible under the existing conditions to park the vehicle off the traveled portion of the street. When stopping or parking a vehicle, it must be parked in a manner that leaves an unobstructed width along the vehicle for the passage of other vehicles.
(2) This section shall not apply to vehicles which are parked as a result of mechanical failures or are otherwise disabled to an extent that the vehicle cannot be moved out of the traffic lane. It is the duty of the owner or operator of the disabled vehicle to activate warning lights on the vehicle, and to open the hood in order to give notice to other vehicles on the street that traffic is blocked by a disabled vehicle. It is also the duty of the owner or operator of a disabled vehicle to obtain assistance as soon as possible under the circumstances to have the disabled vehicle removed from the traffic lane.
(C) Parking for certain purposes prohibited. It shall be unlawful to park a vehicle on any street or within any public parking facility for the following purposes.
(1) Displaying the vehicle for sale.
(2) Greasing, servicing, or repairing the vehicle, except to the extent necessary under emergency conditions to move a disabled vehicle.
(3) Displaying of advertising.
(4) Selling food or other merchandise, or soliciting orders for food or merchandise, except when properly licensed by the town to do so.
(5) Camping or other habitation.
(D) Condition of unattended vehicles. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle on a street or public parking lot without stopping the engine, locking the ignition, and removing the key from the ignition, and if the vehicle is parked on a readily perceptible grade, the wheels must be turned toward the curb or edge of the road and the parking brake set.
(E) Double parking. No person shall park a vehicle on a street at the side of another vehicle which is also parked, except while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers or cargo, and except when complying with the instructions of a police officer, allowing an emergency vehicle to pass, or when necessary to avoid other traffic.
(F) Parallel parking. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in a manner other than parallel with the curb or shoulder of the street, with the front of the vehicle facing the direction of traffic flow, with the right-hand wheels (passenger side) not more than 18 inches from the curb, shoulder, or snow bank, whichever is nearer to the traffic lane.
(H) Angle parking. Angle parking is permitted only when designated by posted signs, and then, only when conditions are such that angle parking does not result in obstruction of the driving lanes such that traffic has to deviate from its normal course to avoid the parked vehicles. Further, no vehicle in excess of 20 feet in length shall park in an angled parking place at any time.
(I) Overnight parking, camping. It shall be unlawful to park a vehicle on a public street, or within a public parking lot, or within public parks, playing fields, or other areas for purposes of overnight camping, sleeping or other habitation.
(J) Parking on narrow alleys and streets prohibited.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle on any street or alley in a manner that obstructs the flow of traffic on that street by failing to leave an unobstructed lane of at least 12 feet in width for passing traffic.
(2) It shall be unlawful to park opposite another parked vehicle so as to leave less than a 12-foot wide traffic lane, or in any other manner to obstruct the free movement of traffic through the alley or narrow street.
(K) Lighting requirements.
(1) The owner or operator of a vehicle is not required to provide any warning lights on any lawfully parked vehicle. Any vehicle that is parked so as to obstruct the normal flow of traffic, whether illegally parked or disabled in traffic, shall display one or more lights to the front and rear which are visible from a distance of 500 feet.
(2) The light shown to the front of the vehicle shall be white or amber, and the light shown to the rear of the vehicle shall be red. If the headlights are left on, they shall be set on the dimmed setting.
(3) It shall be the duty of the owner or operator of a vehicle so parked to open the hood as an additional warning to other motorists, and to keep the lights free of snow, mud, or other obstructions so the lights are clearly displayed.
(L) Parking of unregistered vehicle and trailers prohibited. No person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of any unregistered vehicle, utility trailer, house trailer, boat trailer, or any other type of vehicle or trailer, shall park or store such vehicle upon any public street or town right- of-way.
(M) Parking of large trucks prohibited. No person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of any truck having ten wheels or more shall park such truck on any town street or town right-of- way overnight.
(Ord. 2020-06-01, passed - -) Penalty, see § 10.99