§ 73.05 PARKING.
   (A)   No person shall park a truck of 5,000 or more pounds or a truck tractor, road tractor, farm tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, tank truck or pole trailer for longer than 2 hours in any 24-hour period of any day on any of the streets in the city. If any other provision of this code or other ordinance of the city prohibits any truck parking or parking by any of the aforesaid vehicles on certain streets then the provision shall prevail notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary.
   (B)   No person shall park a truck over 12,000 or more pounds or a truck tractor, road tractor, farm tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, tank truck or pole trailer on either side of Martha Street between Grand Boulevard and Nebraska Avenue, on either side of Nebraska Avenue between Martha Street and 169th Street, or on either side of Martha Street between Grand and Nebraska.
   (C)   (1)   The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons, vehicles or other equipment, mentioned herein while actually used or needed for work or services being performed or rendered in the immediate vicinity if no other suitable parking area or place is available within a reasonable distance.
      (2)   This division shall not be interpreted as authorizing the parking of any vehicle or equipment in places where parking is not allowed at any time than is necessary to complete the work or services for which the vehicle or equipment is used or needed.
   (D)   (1)   Any truck of 5,000 or more pounds or a truck tractor, road tractor, farm tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, tank truck or pull trailer shall not be parked on vacant property and any such vehicle found to be parked on vacant property is hereby declared a public nuisance by reason of being a danger to the health and safety of the citizens of Hammond and the vehicle may be impounded or ordered towed by the Police Department.
      (2)   Authority to enter upon such vacant property for the purpose of carrying out the provisions herein is specifically granted to the Police Department and such others as are necessary.
   (E)   Any truck or other vehicle subject to the provisions of this chapter determined to be illegally parked under this section may be towed pursuant to an order to tow issued by the city’s Police Department.
(Prior Code, § 73.05) (Ord. 4499, passed 2-26-1979; Am. Ord. 4896, passed 7-9-1984; Am. Ord. 7543, passed 11-9-1992) Penalty, see § 73.99