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(a) The director, division of traffic engineering shall determine upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall mark or sign such streets; but such angle parking shall not be indicated upon any federal-aid or state highway within the urban county unless the state highway department has determined that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.
(b) Angle parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon the left side of the street.
Upon those streets which have been signed or marked by the director, division of traffic engineering for angle parking, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings.
No person shall open the doors of any parked vehicle, which doors open on the street side of such vehicle when any other vehicle or bicycle is approaching such parked vehicle and is within fifty (50) feet thereof on the side of the street on which the parked vehicle is standing.
(a) It shall be unlawful to leave the key in the ignition of a motor vehicle while said vehicle is left parked, standing or otherwise unattended on the streets or public thoroughfares within the urban county limits.
(b) For any and all violations of subsection (a) herein, there shall be imposed a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00), nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(Ord. No. 113-70, § 2, 5-28-70)
(a) Any vehicle parked upon the streets of the urban county at a place, in a manner or for a length of time prohibited by this chapter or any vehicle parked in a designated fire lane on private property in violation of KRS 227.300 and KRS 227.320 is, if unoccupied, declared to be an obstruction in such streets or fire lanes and a public nuisance; and any police officer or safety officer of the urban county government or any parking control officer employed by or otherwise under the control of the Lexington and Fayette County Parking Authority is authorized to cause the same to be removed to and impounded in the depository provided by the urban county government for such purpose. Any firefighter assigned to the division of fire and emergency services office of the fire marshal is authorized to cause any vehicle parked in a designated fire lane on private property in violation of KRS 227.300 and KRS 227.320, if unoccupied, or any vehicle parked in violation of section 18-118 of the Code, if unoccupied, to be removed and impounded.
(b) The owner of a motor vehicle which has been impounded may challenge the validity of such impoundment in accordance with the procedures set forth in article XII of this chapter.
(c) Whenever a vehicle is removed from a private parking lot pursuant to KRS 189.725, the person engaged to remove such vehicle shall within one (1) hour of the removal provide the division of police reports desk with the following information:
(i) Make, model, color, year, license plate number and state of issuance and, if known, the vehicle identification number of the vehicle;
(ii) Location of where the vehicle was removed from and its present location;
(iii) Date and time of the removal; and
(iv) Name, address and telephone number of the person who can authorize the release of the vehicle.
Failure to comply with the requirements of this subsection will subject the violator to a fine of not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and each day's continuance of any such violation shall be a separate offense for which a fine not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), shall be imposed.
(Ord. No. 207-82, § 1, 11-18-82; Ord. No. 32-86, § 2, 3-6-86; Ord. No. 192-92, § 1, 10-29-92; Ord. No. 304-98, § 3, 10-29-98; Ord. No. 188-2003, § 1, 7-10-03; Ord. No. 121-2005, § 2, 5-19-05; Ord. No. 329-2005, § 7, 12-13-05)
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