(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUS. A motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten passengers exclusive of the driver.
INTERSECTION. The area embraced within:
(1) The prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two streets that join at, or approximately at, right angles; or
(2) The area within which vehicles traveling upon different streets joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. A vehicle with or without motive power equipped exclusively for living quarters for persons traveling on public streets.
SEMITRAILER. A vehicle without motive power, designed for carrying property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, and so constructed that some part of the weight of the semitrailer and the semitrailer’s load rests upon, or is carried by another vehicle.
STREET. The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part of the way is open to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular travel. The term includes an “alley”.
TRACTOR. A motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing or propelling trailers, semitrailers, or vehicles of any kind.
TRAILER. A vehicle without motive power, designed for carrying persons or property; designed for being drawn by a motor vehicle; and, so constructed that no part of the weight of the trailer rests upon the towing vehicle.
TRUCK. A motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
VEHICLE. Except as otherwise provided, a device in or upon, or by which a person or property is, or may be, transported or drawn upon a street, alley, or highway. The term includes an automobile, a motorcycle, a truck, a trailer, a semitrailer, a tractor, a bus, a school bus, a recreational vehicle, or a motorized bicycle.
(B) Parking not to obstruct traffic.
(1) No person shall park any vehicle on the street or alley in such a manner or under such conditions as would leave available less than 10 feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of traffic.
(2) No person shall park a truck that is wider than 8 feet or higher than 10 feet or longer than 28 feet, which dimensions shall include any load carried thereon on any street, except when loading or unloading as provided by this chapter or other ordinances of the county.
(3) No person shall park a semitrailer, either alone or coupled to a tractor on any street, that is when alone or coupled to a tractor, wider than 8 feet or higher than 10 feet or longer than 36 feet, which dimensions shall include any load carried thereon, except when loading or unloading as provided by this chapter or other ordinances of the county.
(4) No person shall park a bus that is wider than 8 feet or higher than 10 feet or longer than 26 feet on any street, except when loading or unloading as provided by this chapter or other ordinances of the county.
(5) No person shall park any vehicle whose gross weight, including any load, exceeds 7,000 pounds on any street, except when loading or unloading as provided by this chapter or other ordinances of the county.
(6) No person shall park any vehicle over 7 feet high within 80 feet of any intersection except when loading or unloading as provided by this chapter or other ordinances of the county.
(7) The provisions of divisions (2), (3), (4), and (5) above shall not apply to any state highway within the county, nor to any vehicle which incurs mechanical failure when the person in charge of the disabled vehicle has placed at least one lighted flare or other illuminated or reflective warning device at least 100 feet in front of such vehicle, and a similar warning device 100 feet to the rear of such vehicle.
(8) No person shall park a recreational vehicle, or trailer of any kind or type on any street for a continuous period in excess of 72 hours.
(9) The Sheriff or the Howard Traffic Commission may for specific purposes, and for a limited time, grant approval for parking of vehicles not in compliance with this section.
(C) Penalties. Violations of this section shall be subject to the penalties set out at § 10.99. Each day a violation is permitted to continue in violation of the terms of this section shall be considered a separate offense.
(BCC Ord. 2001-59, passed 12-3-01) Penalty, see § 10.99