(a) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle within the confines of any public park or playground, except within the areas of such park or playground improved for vehicular parking and so identified by proper signs.
Parking will be permitted on all other publicly owned property except where prohibited and so identified by proper signs.
The Director of Safety is hereby authorized to prohibit parking on publicly owned property and public rights of way, where parking is otherwise permitted, during emergencies and specially authorized activities and upon the erection of proper signs.
Any person desiring to park a motor vehicle in an unauthorized area of a public park, playground or other public property to enable such person to load or unload goods or supplies in connection with an authorized activity, or a physically disabled person desiring to park a motor vehicle in an unauthorized area to enable such person to observe activities being carried on within such park, playground or other public property shall apply to the City Manager for a permit for such parking privileges. If the City Manager determines that the applicant qualifies for a special permit as herein authorized, such permit shall be issued at no charge and the permit holder shall be exempt from the parking restrictions herein provided.
(Ord. 1982-21. Passed 5-24-82.)
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.