Loading...
Whenever vehicle loading and unloading zones are designated and described by this chapter, and when signs are placed, erected, or installed giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand, or park any vehicle for any purpose or period of time except in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. 41, passed 5-7-1992) Penalty, see § 71.99
The streets, or parts thereof, designated as school zones are regulated that no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle therein for any purpose other than the expeditious loading or unloading of school passengers, and then only for a period not to exceed ten minutes.
(Ord. 41, passed 5-7-1992) Penalty, see § 71.99
The streets, and parts thereof, designated as commercial loading and unloading zones are regulated that no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle therein during the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. except on Sundays or holidays, for any purpose other than the expeditious unloading and delivery or pick-up and loading of materials and goods, and then only for a period not to exceed 15 minutes.
(Ord. 41, passed 5-7-1992) Penalty, see § 71.99
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Whenever by this or any other chapter any parking time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited in designated streets, there shall be appropriate signs giving notice thereof. No parking regulations shall be effective unless the signs are erected and in place at the time of any alleged offense.
(Ord. 41, passed 5-7-1992)
If any vehicle shall be found parked in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or other police officers of the city to attach to the vehicle a notice to the owner or operator thereof, if the owner or operator is absent, or to deliver to the owner or operator, if he or she is present, a notice to the effect that the vehicle has been parked in violation of a provision of this chapter and directing the owner or operator to report to the city office in regard to the violation.
(Ord. 41, passed 5-7-1992)
The person actually operating or in control of the operation of the vehicle at the time that the vehicle is parked shall be charged with the duty of complying with the provisions of this chapter; provided, that proof of ownership of any vehicle found parked in violation of this chapter shall be prima facie evidence that the owner parked the vehicle.
(Ord. 41, passed 5-7-1992)
(A) Police officers are hereby authorized to remove a vehicle from a street or highway to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the Police Department or otherwise maintained by the city, under the circumstances enumerated below:
(1) When any vehicle is left unattended on any bridge, viaduct, or causeway, or in any other place where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic;
(2) When a vehicle on a highway is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic and the person or persons in charge of the vehicle are by reason of physical injury incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal; and
(3) When any parked vehicle is left unattended on a street and is parked illegally so as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic.
(B) Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street as authorized in division (A) of this section, and the officer knows or is able to ascertain from the registration records in the vehicle the name and address of the owner thereof, the officer shall immediately give or cause to be given notice to the owner of the fact of the removal and the reasons therefore and of the place to which the vehicle has been removed.
(Ord. 41, passed 5-7-1992)
Loading...