No person shall stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the provisions of this title, or while obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
(a) On a sidewalk, tree lawn, center strip or curb, except a bicycle;
(b) In front of a public or private driveway;
(c) Within an intersection;
(d) Within ten feet of a fire hydrant where parking on the fire hydrant side of a street is permitted;
(e) On a crosswalk;
(f) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(g) Within thirty feet of, and upon the approach to, any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control device;
(h) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by a traffic-control device;
(i) Within any bus loading zone;
(j) Within twenty feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within seventy-five feet of the entrance when it is properly posted with signs;
(k) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(l) Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(m) Upon any bridge or elevated structure upon a street, or within a street tunnel;
(n) At any place where signs prohibit stopping, standing or parking, or where the curbing is painted yellow, or at any place in excess of the maximum time permitted by signs;
(o) Within one foot of another parked vehicle, except that commercial trucks may park alongside any such stopped or parked vehicle when in front of a business establishment for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise, but only for so long as it takes to perform such act, and not when there is parking space available within a reasonable distance of such establishment, nor when there is an alley or other facility available in connection with a business or business establishment for such purpose, nor when the operator of such business or business establishment for such purpose, nor when the operator of such vehicle is performing some act in connection with his or her personal affairs;
(p) Within 500 feet of any fire apparatus at the scene of a fire or emergency;
(q) Upon any street or other area designated as a fire lane;
(r) On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway or thruway;
(s) On any public or private property identified as a special parking location for handicapped persons, as defined in Section 151.04;
(u) In a public or private parking lot in such a manner as to block the ingress or egress of any motor vehicle;
(v) In a public or private parking lot in such a manner that the vehicle would not be entirely within the limits of the space designated by marked lines on the surface.
(Ord. 2016-38. Passed 11-28-16.) Penalty - see Section 151.99