(A) Application. The provisions of this section shall apply at all times or at those times specified or as indicated on official traffic-control devices except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or an official traffic-control device. However, craftsmen may park upon certain streets if they, during an emergency, park a vehicle on any street designated as a limited or no parking zone, if the owner of that vehicle holds a permit granting him or her that privilege, and if that permit shall be on the vehicle at the time that vehicle is being utilized for emergency business. No person who is an owner or operator shall violate any of the terms or conditions of any such permit.
(B) Craftsmen; paid permits.
(1) The City Controller may issue to any owner of a vehicle used by craftsmen a permit renewable annually allowing the operator of that vehicle the privilege of parking in an area where parking is limited if, in the opinion of the City Controller, that privilege is reasonably necessary in the conduct of the owner’s business.
(2) The fee for a craftsmen’s permit shall be $7.50 for a period of three successive months. Every permit issued to a craftsman shall expire on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31 for the quarter in which it is issued. These permits may be renewed from year to year upon payment of the quarterly renewal fees. No person shall be issued more than two such permits.
(3) Every craftsman’s permit issued under this section may be revoked if the craftsman suffers or permits the use of any vehicle owned or operated by him or her to be used contrary to the provisions of this section. No permit issued or granted under any provisions of this section shall be in any manner assignable or transferable. The permit shall designate the vehicle to which it is issued. The permit of any craftsman who violates or fails to comply with any provision of this section may be revoked or suspended in accordance with I.C. 36-4-5-5, as amended.
(C) Regulations not exclusive. The provisions of this section imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
(D) Parking prohibited on certain streets. No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets designated as a no parking zone. The City Traffic Engineer, with the approval of the City Traffic Committee, may designate certain areas where parking shall be permitted on Sundays or city holidays.
(E) Parking prohibited during certain hours on certain streets. No person shall park a vehicle in a limited parking zone between the hours set forth in this section, except on Sundays and city holidays.
(F) Parking time limited on certain streets. No person shall park a vehicle for longer than two hours at any time between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day, except Saturday, when the hours shall be from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and excepting Sunday and city holidays, within any limited parking zone.
(G) Storage of vehicles. No person shall use streets for storage of vehicles or parking vehicles for more than 96 consecutive hours.
(1) No person shall park a motor vehicle upon any city street for a period longer than 96 consecutive hours except as permitted in this section.
(2) Any person who desires to park a motor vehicle upon any city street for more than 96 consecutive hours shall apply to the City Traffic Department for a permit to do so. The City Traffic Department shall grant that permit only after determining that:
(a) The safety of persons traveling on the street upon which it is desired to park that motor vehicle shall not be endangered; and
(b) The reason stated for parking a motor vehicle more than 96 consecutive hours are such that the granting of that permit is necessary and reasonable;
(c) There is no other place in which the motor vehicle could be parked for such a period and which is reasonably convenient to the place where that motor vehicle is to be parked.
(3) A permit granted by the City Traffic Department shall state the name of the person seeking the permit, the address at which the motor vehicle shall be parked, the model, kind and registration plate of the motor vehicle to be parked and the expiration date of that permit.
(1985 Code, § 9-4-1-114(m)) (Ord. 4-1951, passed 4-17-1951; Am. Ord. 6-1952, passed 5-6-1952; Am. Ord. 1-1953, passed 2-17-1953; Am. Ord. 57-1956, passed 2-6-1957)