No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
(A) On a sidewalk;
(B) In front of a public or private driveway;
(C) Within an intersection;
(D) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(E) In a properly designated fire lane;
(F) On a crosswalk;
(G) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(H) Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(I) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb, or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings;
(J) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(K) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station, and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within 75 feet of the entrance (when properly signposted);
(L) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(M) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(N) On any bridge or other elevated structure on a highway or within a highway tunnel;
(O) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
(P) Within 20 feet of any mail receptacle served regularly by a carrier using a motor vehicle for daily deliveries if the parking interferes with or causes delay in the carrier’s schedule;
(Q) On any controlled-access highway;
(R) At any place on any highway where the safety and convenience of the traveling public is thereby endangered; or
(S) In front of a wheelchair-accessible ramp or curb cut which is part of a sidewalk designed for use by the general public when the ramp or curb cut is properly marked with blue paint.
(Ord. 8, passed 8-18-2020) Penalty, see § 72.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see W. Va. Code § 17C-13-3