(A) No person may park any vehicle or permit it to stand in any of the following locations:
(1) As provided in G.S. § 20-162, in front of a private driveway;
(2) As provided in G.S. § 20-162, within 15 feet of either direction of a fire hydrant (whether or not located in a public right of way) or the entrance to a fire station;
(3) As provided in G.S. § 20-162, within 15 feet of the intersection of curb lines, or if none, then within 15 feet of the intersection of property lines at an intersection of highways;
(4) Within an intersection or on a marked crosswalk;
(5) Within 30 feet of any traffic control signal or device installed at an intersection, regardless of whether the vehicle is located within or outside of the public right-of-way;
(6) On a sidewalk or on the space between the sidewalk and the curb;
(7) No person shall stop or park a vehicle on any street so as to impede traffic; especially the quick and timely response of any emergency vehicle. IMPEDE means to require the operator of the moving vehicle to operate off the paved portion of any roadway;
(8) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped, standing or parked at the edge of a curb or street;
(9) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when parking or standing would obstruct traffic;
(10) Upon any bridge, overpass or other elevated structure or within any tunnel or other underpass structure;
(11) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(12) In any alley or private road in a manner or under conditions so as to leave available less than 10 feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular travel or to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property;
(13) In any parking space clearly marked as reserved for the handicapped, whether on public or private property, unless the driver of or a passenger in the vehicle is handicapped, as set forth in Ch. 74, Sch. I;
(14) No person shall stop or park a vehicle in any areas so designated as a fire lane;
(15) No person shall stop or park a vehicle in front of any driveway; and
(16) No person shall park any vehicle on the left side of any street while that parked vehicle is facing traffic.
(B) The Administrator may install no parking signs, yellow curb markings or other traffic control devices to indicate where parking and standing is prohibited as stated in division (A) above, but enforcement of the provisions of this section is not dependent on the installation of the devices.
(1981 Code, § 6-23) (Am. Ord. passed 5-22-2006) Penalty, see § 71.99