It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this section for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of or operated by that person to do the following:
(A) Double park. Double park at any point on the streets or alleys of the city.
(B) Obstructions from parked vehicles. Stop or park upon or adjacent to a public street or alley so that any portion of the vehicle, including but not limited to, any objects carried in or upon the vehicle, protrude into the main-traveled portion of that street or alley.
(C) Maximum parking time. Park on any street or alley in the city for a period of time longer than 48 hours or the time period stated on signs posted by authority of this chapter.
(D) Stopping, standing and parking regulated. Stop, stand or park at any time upon any public street, alleyway, other public place or fire lane, when signs are erected or curbs are painted giving notice that stopping, standing or parking is prohibited.
(E) Parking for certain purposes. Park upon any public street, alley or public property of any nature whatsoever in the city for the purpose of:
(1) Displaying the vehicle for sale;
(2) Washing, greasing, cleaning, polishing, waxing, changing oil or repairing the vehicle, except for repairs necessitated by an emergency; or
(3) Selling or exhibiting property of any nature.
(F) Parking certain vehicles.
(1) The following types of parking and standing for certain vehicles shall be unauthorized:
(a) Park, if the vehicle is a truck tractor, road tractor, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, bus, motor home, mobile home or any commercial motor vehicle, as these terms are defined in § 70.01 and Tex. Transportation Code § 541.201, upon a public street, alley, parkway, boulevard measuring less than 38 feet in width, or public property. Nothing in this division shall authorize the parking of mobile homes in any location, public or private, unless pursuant to a permitted use authorized by the zoning ordinance.
(b) Leave, park or stand any truck tractor, road tractor, semitrailer, bus, truck or trailer with a rated capacity in excess of five tons, according to the manufacturer's classification, upon property within any area zoned as either a dwelling district or apartment district, according to the zoning ordinance. This division shall not prevent the parking or standing of such vehicles in such zoned areas for the purpose of expeditiously loading and unloading passengers, freight or merchandise, but not otherwise.
(c) Leave, park or stand any truck tractor, road tractor, semitrailer or other commercial vehicle on the driver’s side of any one-way alley situated within the central business district.
(2) This division (F) shall not apply to:
(a) Street construction, maintenance and repair equipment;
(b) Trucks, equipment, trailers and vehicles used by public service utility companies, when engaged in repairing or extending public service utilities;
(c) Motor buses, when taking on or discharging passengers at customary bus stops;
(d) Other vehicles, when actually parked at a designated loading zone;
(e) Municipal vehicles in the course of performing city business; or
(f) When it is lawful to park a commercial motor vehicle for the purpose of accepting or delivering transportable goods.
(g) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this division that the vehicle had a mechanical defect, making it unsafe to proceed further, in which event, it shall be lawful to stand or park the vehicle during the time necessary to make emergency repairs.
(G) Parking off pavement, roadway or parking area. Parking off the pavement, main-traveled portion of the roadway or a designated or permitted parking area onto any property without the effective consent of the owner. It is an affirmative defense to the prosecution that the parking off the pavement, main-traveled portion of the roadway or designated or permitted parking area was required due to an emergency malfunction of the motor vehicle, and that there was no other safe place to operate the vehicle, or that it was required due to an order by a peace officer. It is an exception that the motor vehicle is a municipal vehicle performing municipal duties, or public utility vehicle performing service within an easement.
(H) Parking on sidewalks. Park any motor vehicle or trailer across or upon any sidewalk for pedestrians.
(Ord. 346, passed 2-16-2015) Penalty, see § 70.99