A. Alleys: No person shall park any vehicle within any alley located in the business district, except a commercial vehicle while such a vehicle is actually being loaded or unloaded, and such commercial vehicle shall be parked in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available at least ten feet (10') of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic; and no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley in such position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property. No passenger vehicle shall park in said alleys at any time.
B. Parking For Certain Purposes Prohibited: No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:
1. Displaying such vehicle for sale;
2. Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repairing necessitated by an emergency;
3. Displaying advertising.
C. Adjacent To Schools: The City Council is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in its opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
When official signs are erected indicating no parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
D. Narrow Streets: The City Council is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not permit safe passage of traffic flow under existing conditions.
When official signs prohibiting parking are erected upon such streets as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign.
E. Hazardous Or Congested Places: The City Council is hereby authorized to determine and designate, by proper signs, places not exceeding one hundred feet (100') in length, in which the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would create an especially hazardous condition or would cause unusual delay to traffic.
When official signs are erected at hazardous or congested places as authorized herein, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any such designated place.
F. Motor Vehicle Parking Restricted: No truck or bus of over one ton capacity shall be parked at any time in the residential areas; except a bus parked to allow loading and unloading of passengers in a residential area is not prohibited.
No parking of oil or tank trucks in designated business districts or near any school, church, library or other public place shall be allowed, except for unloading purposes only.
G. No person may stop or park any vehicle for any amount of time in a parking space designated for a person with a disability, whether on public or private property, unless that person has a valid special parking permit, license plate, or placard issued pursuant to Montana Code Annotated § 49-4-301 et seq., or similar statute in effect in this state, or any other state. (Ord. 278, 3-18-1958; amd. Ord. 92-3, 8-4-1992; Ord. 2010-16, 7-1-2010; Ord. 2018-06, 5-1-2018; Ord 2019-07, 12-3-2019; Ord. 2022-03, 5-17-2022)