(A) No person shall stand, place an obstruction, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the provisions of this traffic code, 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 or alley;
(3) Within an intersection;
(4) Within ten feet of a fire hydrant;
(5) On a crosswalk;
(6) Within 33 feet of the corner point of a right angle that runs along the paved portion of the street created by the parallel portion of all corners of both the stop street and through street;
(7) Within the greater of that noted in division (A)(6) hereof or 20 feet from a stop bar or a stop sign, a stop bar taking precedence;
(8) On any paved portion of any street within the village, except within the Commercial District;
(9) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(10) 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;
(11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(12) Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street or in the right-of-way;
(13) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street, or within a street tunnel;
(14) At any place where signs prohibit stopping, standing or parking, or where the curbing is painted yellow, or at any place in excess of the maximum time limited by signs;
(15) Within one foot of another parked vehicle;
(16) On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway or thruway; or
(17) Within three feet of the paved portion of any street within the village except within the Business District.
(B) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. That area from 100 feet east of Mill Street to the east side of West Street along Front Street.
NO-PARKING TRIANGLE ZONE. The area falling between the three points represented by the right angle corner point of the street intersection and the distances from either of the no-parking points.
OBSTRUCTION. Any item in the street, within the right-of-way area or the triangle zone, that is a hazard to the public health and welfare or that blocks the visibility of a driver at the stop street or an oncoming vehicle driver on a through street. OBSTRUCTION may include but is not limited to fencing, rocks, tree branches, shrubs, railroad ties, trailers, and vehicles.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. That part of the public right-of-way, paved or unpaved, that is adjacent to either side of the street.
STOP BAR. A figure found normally on wide-angled stop streets, showing on the street surface as a white bar with the word “Stop.” A STOP BAR is located between the stop sign and the entrance to the through street.
STREET. That portion of the public right-of-way that is paved, that is at a paved minimum of 17 feet wide, and that is used for vehicular traffic.
(Prior Code, Part Four, Appendix A, § 16) (Ord. 96-1, passed 2-26-1996; Ord. 2001-9, passed 6-25-2001)