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(a) The Director of Public Works shall erect signs indicating that parking is prohibited upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed 20 feet, or upon one side of a street, as indicated by such signs, when the width of the roadway does not exceed 30 feet.
(b) When official signs prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets, as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign.
(Ord. 3639. Passed 3-19-65.)
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:
(a) Displaying such vehicle for sale;
(b) Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency; or
(c) Advertising, promoting and propaganda purposes.
(Ord. 3639. Passed 3-19-65.)
(a) The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating that parking is prohibited upon either or both sides of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his or her opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
(b) When official signs are erected indicating that parking is prohibited upon either side of a street adjacent to any school property, as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
(Ord. 4393. Passed 9-10-86.)
(a) The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to determine and designate, by proper signs, places not exceeding 100 feet in length in which the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would create an especially hazardous condition or would cause an unusual obstruction of or interference with traffic.
(b) When official signs are erected at hazardous or congested places, as authorized herein, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any such designated place.
(Ord. 3639. Passed 3-19-65.)
(a) Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following words or phrases shall be construed according to the definitions set forth below:
(1) “Special mobile equipment” means vehicles not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property, and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including, but not limited to, ditch-digging apparatus, well-boring apparatus, earthmoving and construction and maintenance machinery such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, snowplows, ditchers, graters, finishing machines, road rollers, scarifiers, earthmoving carry-alls, scrapers, power shovels, and draglines, and self-propelled cranes and tractors other than truck tractors.
(2) “Trailer” means a vehicle designed to be towed by a motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, box trailers, flatbed trailers, boat trailers, truck campers, full trailers, semitrailers, modular housing undercarriages, mobile homes, and utility trailers.
(b) Violations.
(1) Trailers. No person shall park any trailer on any street, alley, or highway within the City that is not appropriately attached to an undertow by a motor vehicle.
(2) Special mobile equipment. No person shall park any special mobile equipment on any street, alley, or highway within the City that is not engaged in or about to be engaged in or about to be engaged in active construction work either on the roadway or other construction site.
(3) It shall be a violation of this section and a summary offense for any person, corporation, or other entity to close or materially impede the traffic on any City highway or byway, including alleys, without first providing 48 hours' notice to the City of Johnstown Public Works Department and securing the approval of the designated head of that department. Violators of this section shall be cited and instructed by appropriate personnel to dispense immediately with the obstruction.
(c) Exceptions. Provided, however, that the provision of division (b) of this section shall allow for the temporary parking of said defined trailers and special mobile equipment for emergencies or emergency repairs for a period of not longer than one hour, subject to all other prohibitions, regulations, or limitations imposed by traffic regulations of the City of Johnstown Traffic Code and any other ordinances of the City.
(d) Removal. Upon official notification by the City of a violation of this section, the owner will remove said trailer or special mobile equipment in violation from the street, alley, or highway within 24 hours. If the trailer or special mobile equipment has not been removed, and the owner has not shown cause for a time extension, the City shall move or cause to be removed at the owner's expense said equipment in violation to a suitable facility, where it may be reclaimed by the owner upon payment of costs.
(e) Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the Captain of Police Operations of the City of Johnstown Police Department or an officer of the City of Johnstown Police Department to enforce the provisions of this section.
(f) Violations and Penalties. Violations of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or both. Each day that the blockage continues shall constitute a separate violation of this section.
(Ord. 3639. Passed 3-19-65; Ord. 5285. Passed 3-11-20.)
(a) The operator of a motor bus shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than at a bus stand so designated as provided in this Traffic Code.
(b) The operator of a motor bus shall not stop such vehicle upon any street at any place for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or their baggage other than at a motor bus stand or passenger loading zone so designated as provided in this Traffic Code, except in the case of an emergency. Buses and taxicabs shall be curbed in order to load and unload.
(c) The operator of a motor bus shall enter a bus stop or stand or passenger loading zone on a public street in such a manner that the bus, when stopped to load or unload passengers or baggage, shall be in a position with the right front wheel of such vehicle not further than eighteen inches from the curb and the bus approximately parallel to the curb so as not to unduly impede the movement of other vehicular traffic.
(d) The operator of a taxicab shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than in a taxicab stand so designated as provided in this Traffic Code. This subsection shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers.
(Ord. 4320. Passed 11-22-83.)
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