(1) (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle exceeding seven (7) feet in overall width (excluding mirrors) or twenty (20) feet in overall length or seven and one-half (7½) feet in overall height, upon any street or highway in any residence district for longer than two (2) hours except when loading or unloading.
(b) As used in this section, the terms "loading" and "unloading" shall include, in addition to active loading and unloading of a vehicle, any time not exceeding twenty-four (24) hours that a recreational vehicle is being leveled for the purpose of preparing its heating or cooling system for use.
(c) However, any person may secure from the urban county government office designated by the mayor a visitor's permit which, when affixed to the driver's side of the front windshield, shall permit an out-of-county visitor's recreational vehicle exceeding the size limitations of this subsection to park upon a street or highway in a residence district for a specified twenty-four-hour period.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle within the front yard, side yard, or back yard of any residential structure except upon an approved residential driveway as defined in article V of chapter 17. For purposes of this subsection, it shall also be unlawful for a person owning, possessing, managing or controlling residential property to allow the parking of vehicles within the front yard, side yard or back yard of such premises except upon an approved residential driveway as defined in article V of chapter 17.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle upon a sidewalk. As used in this subsection, the term "sidewalk" shall mean that portion of a street between the curblines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians, including any strip of ground between curb and paved sidewalk.
(4) Citation officer as authorized in section 14-10 of the Code of Ordinances or any safety officer, parking officer, peace officer is authorized to issue citations for violations of this section.
(Ord. No. 87-85, § 2, 5-2-85; Ord. No. 209-86, § 1, 10-2-86; Ord. No. 89-98, § 1, 4-16-98; Ord. No. 329-2005, § 12, 12-13-05; Ord. No. 82-2011, § 1, 6-23-11; Ord. No. 61-2018 , § 1, 9-13-18)