A. Generally: The parking of motor vehicles upon parking areas shall not be allowed unless the city manager, or designee, on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, establishes parking on the area in a designated commercial zone by installing and maintaining traffic controls.
B. Standards: If the city manager, or designee, establishes parking of motor vehicles upon the parking area within a designated area, parking shall be for the use of the general public. The following standards shall apply:
1. The curb adjacent to the roadway shall be cut to provide ingress and egress for the area specified.
2. The parking area designated shall be paved with equivalent material used in paving the adjacent roadway, and adequate drainage shall be provided.
3. In parking areas, no vehicle shall park:
a. Within ten feet (10') of a crosswalk.
b. Within five feet (5') of a driveway other than the ingress and egress drive of the designated area.
c. Adjacent to the five (5) linear feet of curb closest to a fire hydrant. Where the street has no curb, this prohibition applies to the five (5) linear feet of road surface closest to the fire hydrant.
4. No vehicle shall park in such designated area so as to leave less than five feet (5') of the sidewalk for the use of pedestrians. (1978 Code §23-245; amd. 1994 Code; Ord. 97-3765, 1-14-1997; Ord. 09-4346, 6-16-2009)