(A) General. The Town Council, upon recommendation of the Chief of Police, may, from time to time, specify places in town to be placarded as “No Parking” zones. Upon such designation by Council, the area or zone will be clearly shown on a map, kept specifically for the purpose of showing all “No Parking” zones and areas within the town; a copy of which shall be kept at Town Hall and the Police Department, and upon such designation, the Director of Public Works will provide such signs, markings, or both, as necessary, to indicate to the public that parking is not allowed in the area so designated.
(B) Prohibited in specified places. In addition to those places so designated by Council as “No Parking” zones, each of the places listed below is declared a “No Parking” zone, irrespective of signs, markings, or both being posted, erected, or installed, unless otherwise indicated:
(1) In front of a private driveway;
(2) In any portion of a roadway intended to carry traffic at the time such vehicle is parked, or left standing;
(3) Upon any bridge, overpass, or other elevated structure, or within any tunnel or other underpass structure;
(4) Vehicles shall not protrude into a street more than eight feet from the curb, or edge of the roadway;
(5) Vehicles shall not protrude beyond the lines of a designated parking place;
(6) Parking so as to obstruct a sidewalk or crosswalk;
(7) Double parking; and
(8) Park and remain overnight on any city street in accordance with § 20-1124.
(C) Prohibited in certain places pursuant to state statute.
(1) Pursuant to G.S. § 20-162, no person shall park a vehicle, or permit it to stand, in the following places:
(a) Upon a highway in front of a private driveway;
(b) Within 15 feet in either direction of a fire hydrant;
(c) Within 15 feet in either direction of the entrance to a fire station;
(d) Within 25 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; and/or
(e) In any area designated as a fire lane; provided, however, that persons loading or unloading supplies, or merchandise, may park temporarily in a fire lane located in a shopping center or mall parking lot as long as the vehicle is not left unattended.
(2) Violation of this subsection shall be a violation of G.S. § 20-162, and is not subject to civil penalties pursuant to this code.
(D) Unlawful moving of vehicle. No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any such prohibited area, or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
(E) Penalty for violation.
(1) If any person shall violate an ordinance (or any section thereof) of this town regulation, he or she shall be responsible for an infraction, and shall be required to pay a penalty of $10 to the town within ten days from the time the ticket was written. After ten days, the ticket will be considered past due. Each ticket is a separate offense. At any given time after the ticket is past due, the Town Council may choose to have the Town Attorney pursue litigation.
(2) Payment may be delivered in person to Town Hall, dropped in the designated drop box at Town Hall, or mailed to: Town of Maiden Town Hall, 19 N. Main Avenue, Maiden, NC 28650.
(F) Enforcement generally. Each police employee charged with the duty of enforcing this article shall note any vehicle which is illegally parked, the vehicle tag number, the specified violations charged, and the time during which such vehicle is parking in violation. He or she shall attach to the vehicle a notice to the owner thereof that such vehicle has been parked in violation of a provision of this article, and instructions to such owner when, and where, to report with reference to such violations. Each owner may, within ten days of the time when such notice was attached to such vehicle, pay to the properly designated official as a penalty for, and in full satisfaction of, such violation, the sum of $10 for each violation. If the same is not paid within ten days after the time such notice was attached to such vehicle, the penalty for the violation shall be an infraction, and each violation shall require the payment of a penalty, plus court costs as applicable, and as prescribed, by the general statutes.
(G) Failure to comply with notice attached to vehicle. If a violator of the restrictions on parking under the laws, or ordinances, of the town does not appear in response to a notice affixed to such motor vehicle within a period of ten days, the Police Department shall send to the owner(s) of the motor vehicle(s) to which the notice(s) were affixed, or shall call him or her by telephone, informing him or her of the violation, and warning him or her that in the event such a letter or telephone call is disregarded, action will be taken.
(Code 1976, § 7.98) (Ord. 35-2003, passed 12-15-2003; Ord. 9-2006, passed 3-20-2006; Ord. 22-2006, passed 8-7-2006)
Cross-reference:
Emergency towing, § 20-1206.
Statutory reference:
Parking in front of private driveways, fire lanes, and the like, G.S. § 20-162.