351.03 PROHIBITED STANDING OR PARKING PLACES.

   No person shall idle or park a vehicle in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, to comply with provisions of this Traffic Code, while obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device, or in case of an emergency:

   (a)   On a sidewalk, curb or street lawn area, except a bicycle, and except when all of the following circumstances are met:

      (1)   On streets that are less than thirty (30) feet wide from edge of pavement to edge of pavement;

      (2)   When the front and rear tires of either the driver side or passenger side of the vehicle are parked parallel to the roadway;

      (3)   On a paved surface or concrete pad situated within the street lawn area which does not exceed one third of the residential lot frontage;

      (4)   A minimum of four (4) feet of sidewalk remains available;

      (5)   And the other remaining wheels are on the roadway.

         (Ord. 2020-8-102. Passed 8-26-20.)

   (b)   In front of or within five feet of a public or private driveway;

   (c)   Within an intersection;

   (d)   Within ten feet of a fire hydrant;

   (e)   On a crosswalk;

   (f)   Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;

   (g)   Within thirty feet of, and upon the approach to, any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control device;

   (h)   Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by a traffic control device;

   (i)   Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;

   (j)   Within twenty feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within seventy-five feet of the entrance when it is properly posted with signs;

   (k)   Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such standing or parking would obstruct traffic;

   (l)   Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

   (m)   Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street, or within a street tunnel;

   (n)   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; and in any off-street parking area which is posted as being reserved for City elected officials, City employees or City vehicles, or at any on-street parking location which is reserved for City vehicles;

   (o)   Within one foot of another parked vehicle;

   (p)   On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway or thruway.

   (q)   In any monthly rental space in the Municipal surface parking lots or the Municipal Parking Garage which is rented or leased to another person or which is not rented or leased to another person.

   (r)   In any hourly rental space in the Municipal Parking Garage if such person is a monthly rental lessee in the Municipal Parking Garage.

   (s)   In any parking space assigned to Butler County, Ohio, pursuant to ordinance adopted by Council, and located:

      (1)   On the east side of Front Street between High Street and Market Street and being within the following described area: beginning 108 feet north of High Street and extending north to a point a distance of fifty feet; and

      (2)   In the municipal surface parking lot situated upon parts of Lot Number 120 located at the southeast corner of Magnolia Street and Riverfront Plaza in the Second Ward of the City.

         (Ord. 2004-1-2. Passed 1-14-04.)

   (t)   In any on-street parking space designated for use by the handicapped, as defined in Section 351.04(e), unless the vehicle standing or parked is operated by a handicapped person or is being used to transport a handicapped person and bears a special handicapped license plate or other identification as provided in Section 351.04(f). (Ord. 2008-8-95. Passed 8-13-08.)

   (u)   At any posted bus stop or taxicab stand during the hours 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

      (Ord. 2004-1-2. Passed 1-14-04.)

   (v)   In any of the three parking spaces assigned to the Hamilton, Ohio, City of Sculpture, an Ohio non-profit corporation, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by Council, and located on the west side of Monument Avenue between Third Street and High Street and being within the following described area: beginning sixty-four feet north of Third Street and extending north to a point a distance of sixty-three feet. (Ord. 2004-2-8. Passed 2-11-04.)