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(a) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle upon a street, other than an alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic, except that a driver may stop temporarily during the actual loading or unloading of passengers or when directed to by a police officer or traffic control signal.
Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley except while actually loading and unloading, and then only for a period not to exceed thirty minutes.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(a) Upon any street or highway outside a business or residence district, no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of the street or highway if it is practicable to stop, park or so leave such vehicle off the paved or main traveled part of such street or highway. In every event, a clear and unobstructed portion of the street or highway opposite such standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon such street or highway.
This section does not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or improved or main traveled portion of a street or highway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in such position.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.66)
(a) If an owner of private property posts on the property in a conspicuous manner, prohibition against parking on the property or conditions and regulations under which parking is permitted, no person shall do either of the following:
(1) Park a vehicle on the property without the owner's consent;
(2) Park a vehicle on the property in violation of any condition or regulation posted by the owner.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4511.681)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to park, station, or store any truck in excess of one ton load capacity, trailer, semi-trailer, commercial vehicle, recreational vehicle, motor home, boat, trailer or any construction equipment, on any portion of any street, highway, or alleyway within R-LD, R-MD, R-MF, O-R Districts and Residential SPD Districts and in other districts where a residential use is principally or conditionally permitted in the City except in those cases where such parking, stationing or storing of such vehicle or equipment is necessary for the purpose of making a pickup, delivery or service call at a premises abutting such street or for actively performing construction services on any such premises, or for undertaking construction pursuant to a public works project approved by the City. In any residential district, the parking of recreational vehicles, motor homes, boats and trailers may be permitted on the driveway of the front yard for a maximum of seventy-two (72) consecutive hours for cleaning, maintenance, loading and unloading purposes. A visitor’s residential vehicle or motor home may be parked and occupied on the driveway of any residential property for a period of time not to exceed seven (7) days in any six (6) month period. Such visitor shall be a guest of the residential property owner. No business shall be conducted using, or within, a residential vehicle or motor home, while it is parked on residential premises.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to park, station or store any truck in excess of one ton load capacity, trailer, semi-trailer, commercial vehicle, recreational vehicle, motor home, or boat in front of or on any portion of the front yard of any real property located within R-LD, R-MD, R-MF, O-R Districts and Residential SPD Districts and in other districts where a residential use is principally or conditionally permitted in the City. Any such truck in excess of one ton load capacity, trailer, semi-trailer, commercial vehicle, motor home, boat or recreational vehicle must be parking behind the front corner of a house located upon such premises, which corner is closest to the property line. On corner lots, such truck in excess of one ton load capacity, trailer, semi-trailer, motor home, commercial vehicle, boat or recreational vehicle must be parked, stationed or stored in the rear or side yard of such property, provided that any such parking area as defined in Section 351.03(020).
(Ord. 2014-113. Passed 12-2-14.)
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to park, station or store any construction equipment on any portion of any lot within a residential zoning district of the City, except those cases where such parking, stationing or storing of equipment is necessary for the purpose of actively performing construction services upon the lot pursuant to a valid permit issued by the City.
(d) As used in this section:
(1) “Construction equipment” includes any equipment, whether self-propelled, having wheels or not, which is designed to be used for earth moving or in the provision of construction services, which such equipment includes but is not limited to tractors, bulldozers, earthmovers, generators, pumps, compressors, manual or motorized cement mixers, forms, vehicle transportation trailers, and similar items.
(2) “Recreational vehicle” includes any equipment, whether self-propelled, having wheels or designed to be inserted into the bed of a truck, one of whose purposes is to provide shelter or sleeping accommodations away from the owner’s residence. Such term does not, however, includes vans or pick-up trucks which do not exceed 9 ½ feet in height, with alterations or campers attached.
(e) Each separate act of parking, stationing or storing any such vehicle and/or equipment in violation of this section, and each calendar day on which such parking, stationing or storing continues shall be deemed a separate violation of this section.
(f) This section shall not apply to any vehicle or equipment while in use by the City, nor for a period of 24 hours following the onset of disability to vehicles or equipment which have become disabled.
(g) Notwithstanding the above, the Director of Safety may establish and mark by appropriate signs areas of the streets, highways, or alleyways in which parking prohibited by this section may be permitted.
(Ord. 1992-56. Passed 8-11-92.)
(h) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(a) No person shall park or station any vehicle or otherwise obstruct passage through or on any fire lane established by ordinance and designated by signs erected by the authority of the Safety Director; however, the parking of commercial vehicles for a reasonable time for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or other property being delivered to or removed from stores or other places of business shall be excepted from the operation of this section.
(b) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing or parked on a fire lane in violation of this section, such officer is authorized to cause the vehicle to be towed or removed, and the vehicle shall be impounded until the owner thereof reimburses the City for the cost of such towing or removal which charge shall be in addition to any penalty provided for a violation of this section. (Ord. 1980-15. Passed 2-26-80.)
(c) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(a) When snow, sleet, freezing rain, or other weather conditions cause or appear likely to cause, in the judgment of the City Manager, slippery or hazardous conditions which might lead to serious congestion or hazard, the City Manager may declare a snow emergency. The City Manager shall also declare the termination of such snow emergency as soon as conditions permit.
(b) “Snow emergency routes” are through streets, or portions of through streets, designated by official signs on one or both sides thereof, installed by order of the City Manager. The City Manager is authorized and directed to designate such streets as snow emergency routes which, for the safety or convenience of the public and the accommodation of traffic, should be kept open and clear in times of snow emergency.
(c) During the period of any snow emergency, no vehicle may be parked on any snow emergency route, provided special signs are erected designating such snow emergency route.
(d) A vehicle parked on any snow emergency route at the time a snow emergency is declared shall be removed by the owner within three hours if such emergency is declared between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., or prior to 9:00 a.m. of the following morning if the emergency is declared within the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Nothing in this section shall permit any vehicle to park in violation of any other parking restriction previously established by ordinance or by erection of signs by order of the City Manager.
(e) Any vehicle parked on any snow emergency route during a declared snow emergency and after the times or periods designated for removal of such vehicle by (d) above, and any vehicle stalled or otherwise unable to move or operate on a snow emergency route during the time of a snow emergency, may be ordered by the City Manager or the Chief of Police to be towed from such snow emergency route. Such vehicle shall be impounded and held by the order of the Police Department until the owner shall pay the reasonable expense of towing the vehicle.
(f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 1978-23. Passed 4-25-78.)
(a) The City Manager is authorized and directed to supply the Police Department with citation tags for the purpose of giving notice to persons violating any provisions of this chapter or of other laws or ordinances regulating parking of vehicle equipment. Such notice may be given by delivering such tag to the violator, or by affixing it to the vehicle by means of which the violation occurred. The citation tag shall direct the violator to appear and to present the tag at a designated place in the City at or before a date and hour specified thereon, and shall set forth the fine fixed as a penalty for such violation, together with any increase in such fine established by this code for payment after a specified period of time. Nothing in this section shall be construed to abridge the power of a police officer to arrest any violator and take him into custody.
(b) Any person to whom a citation tag has been issued and who wishes to contest his guilt of the violation charged in such citation tag may, within the period of time specified for payment of such tag, register such citation tag with the City Clerk for hearing in the next session of the Mayor’s Court. Such hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure established by law for trials in Mayor’s Courts. Payment of a citation tag without registering it for a hearing in the Mayor’s Court shall constitute a plea of guilty to the offense charged in the citation tag. (Ord. 1972-40. Passed 11-14-72.)
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