(A) Manner of parking where meters not installed. Any vehicle which is parked on any public way shall be so parked that all wheels on one side shall be near the curb, or to the edge of the pavement on any public way which does not have a curb, unless angle parking is designated by lines on the pavement or posting of signs.
(B) The Mayor and/or the Code Enforcement Officer to designate no parking zones. The Mayor and/or the Code Enforcement Officer, upon recommendation of the Chief of Police, are hereby authorized and directed to designate no parking zones along the streets, avenues, alleys and other public ways of the city by any means or devices, included but not limited to the following:
(1) Placing signs along the curb or edge of the street or other public way, which signs shall read "parking";
(2) Placing signs along the curb or edge of the street or other public way, which signs shall read "parking between these signs";
(3) Painting the curb yellow.
(C) Parking in no parking zones prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle in or along any no parking zone which has heretofore been or hereafter may be established in accordance with Section 10-40.
(D) Parking on sidewalk. No person shall park any vehicle on any sidewalk or in such manner as to wholly or partially obstruct any sidewalk within the city.
(E) Parking between sidewalk and public way. No person shall park or place any vehicle or other object between the curb of a public way and the adjacent sidewalk or between the edge of the pavement, where the public way is not curbed, and the adjacent sidewalk.
(F) Obstruction of driveways. It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle on any public way of the city in such manner as to obstruct any driveway or entrance to any other public way.
(G) Double parking. No person shall double park any vehicle on any public way, whether the vehicle is attended or unattended, except while engaged in loading or unloading property.
(H) Unauthorized no parking and loading zones prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to establish or attempt to establish any no parking zone or loading zone on or along any public way of the city, except when done by or under the direction of the Mayor and/or Code Enforcement Officer.
(I) Unauthorized painting of curb prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to paint any curb along any public way within the city any color whatsoever, unless same is done by or under the direction of the Mayor and/or Code Enforcement Officer.
(J) Impoundment of improperly parked vehicles. Any vehicle parked upon the public streets of the city at a place, in a manner or for a length of time prohibited by any of the provisions of this chapter or other ordinance of the city is, if unoccupied, hereby declared to be an obstruction in such streets and a public nuisance and any police officer and/or the Code Enforcement Officer of the city is hereby authorized to cause the same to be removed and impounded for such purposes.
(K) Parking near fire hydrants or in fire lanes prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to leave, station, set or park any vehicle or other object within ten feet of any fire hydrant or fire hose connection located upon or near the rights-of-way or in any designated fire lane within the city.
(L) Parking in handicapped spaces limited.
(1) When a motor vehicle is being operated by or for the benefit of a handicapped person and is displaying an auto registration plate as provided in KRS 186.042, an out-of-state handicapped registration plate, a handicapped parking permit issued by any Veterans' Administration hospital or a special parking permit issued to a handicapped person as prescribed in KRS 189.456, the motor vehicle may be placed in a designated handicapped parking space.
(2) Except as hereinabove provided, no person shall park a vehicle in or otherwise obstruct a space designated for handicapped parking.
(M) Parking restrictions for vehicles or equipment having total length of 22 feet or greater.
(1) No vehicle, equipment or other thing whatsoever, or any attached combination thereof, having a total length of 22 feet or more, or a total width of seven feet, nine inches or more, shall be parked, placed or left upon the public ways of the city for a period of more than one hour, except when loading or unloading thereof is actually in progress or when a permit has been issued by the City Manager or Police Chief or their designee, which permit shall be based upon a genuine need related to construction, remodeling, repairing, razing and similar activities being performed upon adjacent premises; such permit shall be limited in duration to the time such need actually exists.
(2) Any person, firm or corporation owning a vehicle, equipment or other thing parked, placed or left upon the public ways of the city in violation hereof shall, upon conviction, be fined $25 and each calendar day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. If the operator of same is not the owner thereof, the operator shall, upon conviction, also be subject to said penalty.
(N) Motor vehicles on private property.
(1) It shall be illegal for the operator of any vehicle to operate a vehicle on or park the same for any time on any private property in the city, including any private parking lot, without the consent of the owner or operator of the private property.
(2) The term PRIVATE PARKING LOT shall include any lot owned or operated by a business or industry and used as a parking lot for its employees, customers or other persons stopping there for the purpose of doing business with or soliciting business from the business or industry for whom the lot is provided.
(3) The consent mentioned in division (N)(1) above may be express or implied. However, no consent shall be implied on private parking lots, where warning signs are posted, for persons who are not employed there except (a) when the business or industry is open for business and (b) the non-employee who is traveling on or parked in the private parking lot is on the premises for the purpose of doing business with or soliciting business from the business or industry enterprise.
(4) The sign(s) referred to in division (N)(3) above shall clearly state that the parking lot is privately owned and that use by unauthorized persons may subject the operators to fines per § 70.99. The sign may also warn, in the manner required by KRS 189.725, that unauthorized vehicles may be towed away at the owner's expense.
(5) Operators of vehicles who violate this division (N) shall be subject to a fine as provided in § 70.99. This penalty in no way limits the right the owner or attendant of the privately owned parking lot otherwise must have the vehicle towed away at the expense of the owner of the vehicle.
(O) Removing parking ticket; prima facie proof. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove from one vehicle and place on another vehicle a notice of violation and proof that such notice has been removed from one vehicle to another shall constitute a prima facie case in any prosecution against the owner or operator of the vehicle from which the notice has been removed.
(P) Fraudulent parking ticket to avoid payment of fine. It shall be unlawful for any person to place any previously issued notice of violation or any device resembling a notice of violation on a vehicle for the purpose of avoiding payment of any penalty imposed in this section, and proof that such device has been so placed or found upon a vehicle shall constitute prima facie evidence in any prosecution hereunder against the owner or operator of the vehicle on which it has been placed.
(Ord. 2021-2, passed 4-15-2021) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Parking citation enforcement, see KRS 82.600 et seq.
Enactment of parking ordinances by local government, see KRS 82.605