A. No person shall park any vehicle, motor vehicle, or trailer upon any street, roadway, thoroughfare or alley; or on and in any other public place for the principal purpose of:
1. Displaying such vehicle or motor vehicle for sale;
2. Greasing, maintaining, or repairing such vehicle, except repairs that are necessitated by an emergency rendering the vehicle inoperable.
B. No person shall park any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of any public street or thoroughfare when it is practical to stop, park, or leave such vehicle off part of said public street, and in every event an unobstructed width of the highway opposite a parked vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and in no event shall this be less than ten feet (10'). No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle upon any such highway unless such vehicle can be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within five hundred feet (500') and unless drivers approaching from opposite directions are visible to each other when both are at least five hundred feet (500') from the vehicle to be stopped, or parked, except in cases of justifiable emergency.
This section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main traveled portion of a public street, in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle in such position. In the event of a vehicle becoming disabled, every attempt shall be made to remove said vehicle from the public street, and in no event shall such vehicle be allowed to remain parked in such location longer than two (2) hours.
C. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within an alley for a period of time longer than is necessary for the reasonably expeditious loading or unloading of such vehicle. When such vehicles are loading or unloading within a public alley, ten feet (10') of the width of the roadway shall be available at all times for the free movement of vehicular traffic. When such a vehicle is loading or unloading in an alley, the same shall not be parked in such a position as to block the driveway or entrance to any abutting property.
D. A vehicle, motor vehicle, or trailer left on a City street, alley, roadway or public property over seventy two (72) hours without being moved shall be declared abandoned. After the vehicle has been declared abandoned, the City police shall place a five (5) day notice of intent to remove and impound the vehicle. The owner of a vehicle which has been removed and impounded will be responsible for moving and storage expenses arising from the transportation of said abandoned vehicle.
E. Any vehicle parked at a parking meter in the City in excess of twenty four (24) hours shall be deemed a nuisance and shall be impounded and placed in storage pursuant to the provisions of section 8-21-1 of this title. (Ord. 2329, 1-16-1984)
F. Any vehicle parked on a city street, alley, roadway or public property, including city owned or regulated parking lots, which is required to display a registration plate and none is displayed on the vehicle or the registration plate has expired, shall be deemed a nuisance and shall be impounded and placed in storage pursuant to the provisions of section 8-21-1 of this title. (Ord. 2555, 5-21-1990)