Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, to protect the safety of any person or vehicle, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person shall:
(a) Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(1) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street, except that:
A. A pedalcycle may be parked as provided in Section 3509(b)(2) of the Vehicle Code.
B. Standing or parking for the purpose of loading or unloading persons or property may be authorized by local ordinance, but the ordinance shall not authorize standing or parking on State designated highways except during off-peak traffic-flow hours as determined by Department of Transportation regulations.
(2) On a sidewalk except that a pedalcycle may be parked as provided in Section 3509(b)(2) of the Vehicle Code;
(3) Within an intersection;
(4) On a crosswalk;
(5) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by official traffic control devices;
(6) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(7) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
(8) On any railroad tracks;
(9) In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers; or
(10) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(b) Stand or park a vehicle:
(1) In front of a public or private driveway;
(2) Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant;
(3) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, unless parking is authorized in such area by a parking meter;
(4) Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic control sign located at the site of the roadway;
(5) Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or, when properly sign posted, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five feet of the entrance;
(6) Where the vehicle would prevent the free movement of a bus;
(7) On a limited access highway unless authorized by an official traffic control device; or
(8) At any place where official signs prohibit standing; or
(c) Park a vehicle:
(1) Within a fifty-foot distance of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; or
(2) At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
(Ord. 4393. Passed 9-10-86.)