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SEC. 80.42. HAND CARTS AND HAND TRUCKS.
 
   (a)   To Comply With Traffic Laws. Every person pushing, propelling, moving or drawing any hand cart or hand truck used for the transportation of persons or property upon any roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by the Vehicle Code of this State and ordinances of this city, except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application.
 
   (b)   To Conform to Traffic Flow. No person shall push, propel, move or draw any hand cart or hand truck used for the transportation of persons or property on a roadway in a direction opposed to the flow of traffic thereon.
 
   (c)   Cross Roadway at Right Angles to Curb. No person, while so pushing, propelling, moving or drawing any hand cart or hand truck, shall cross a roadway at any place other than by a route which is at right angles to the curb, or by the shortest route to the opposite curb except in a marked or unmarked crosswalk.
 
 
   (d)   Exemption. This section shall not apply to any employee of this City who is required to push, propel, move or draw a hand cart or hand truck upon any roadway as part of the employee’s official duties.
 
 
SEC. 80.42.1. PLACES CLOSED TO PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL.
 
   The Department is hereby authorized to determine those structures or freeways or portions thereof, upon which travel by pedestrians constitutes a hazard. When such determination has been made, in any case, the Department is directed to post signs giving notice that such places are closed to pedestrian travel. When such signs are in place, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to go or travel upon, along, or across such structure, freeway, street or public way, except to perform public work or official duty or when unavoidable as a result of an emergency. (Amended by Ord. No. 134,523, Eff. 7/17/67.)
 
 
SEC. 80.44. TRAINS NOT TO BLOCK STREETS.
 
   No person shall operate any train or train of cars, or permit the same to remain standing, so as to block the movement of traffic upon any street for a period of time longer than five (5) minutes.
 
 
 
DIVISION “K”
METHOD OF PARKING
 
 
Section
80.49   Parallel with Curb – Exceptions.
80.50   Department to Indicate Angle Parking.
80.51   Parking on Left Side of Roadway.
 
 
SEC. 80.49. PARALLEL WITH CURB – EXCEPTIONS.
 
   No person shall stand or park a commercial vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge of the roadway headed in the direction of traffic and with the right hand wheels of the vehicle within 18 inches of the curb line or edge of the roadway, except as follows; (Amended by Ord. No. 122,716, Eff. 10/5/62.)
 
   (a)   Upon those streets which have been marked or signed by the Department for angle parking, upon which streets commercial vehicles shall be parked at the angle to the curb indicated by such marks or signs. (Amended by Ord. No. 134,523. Eff. 7/17/67.)
 
   (b)   Upon those streets where parking on the left side of the roadway or otherwise is specifically provided in this chapter. (Amended by Ord. No. 122,716, Eff. 10/5/62.)
 
   (c)   When required for the loading and unloading of such vehicles (Amended by Ord. No. 122,716, Eff. 10/5/62.)
 
 
SEC. 80.50. DEPARTMENT TO INDICATE ANGLE PARKING.
   (Amended by Ord. No. 134,523, Eff. 7/17/67.)
 
   The Department is hereby authorized to determine and designate those streets and portions of streets along which the angle parking of vehicles will reduce parking congestion to the benefit of the public and where the surrounding conditions are such that the free movement of traffic will not be interfered with by that method of parking. The Department is hereby directed to mark all places so designated by white lines upon the surface of the roadway, indicating the angle at which parking is permitted, provided, however, that angle parking shall not be permitted
 
   (a)   At any place where passing traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon the left side of the highway;
 
   (b)   Upon any street where that method of parking is prohibited by the Vehicle Code.
 
 
SEC. 80.51. PARKING ON LEFT SIDE OF ROADWAY.
 
   (a)   No person shall stop or park any vehicle within 18 inches of the left hand curb of any one way roadway unless signs or markings are in place indicating that such stopping or parking in permitted. (Amended by Ord. No. 122,716, Eff. 10/5/62.)
 
   (b)   The Department is hereby authorized to determine those locations where the stopping or parking of vehicles upon the left side of any one way roadway would not constitute an undue hazard or deterrent to the free movement of traffic. When such determination has been made the Department may install signs or markings indicating that such stopping or parking is permitted. (Amended by Ord. No. 134,523, Eff. 7/17/67.)
 
 
 
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