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   351.02 REGISTERED OWNER PRIMA-FACIE LIABLE FOR UNLAWFUL PARKING.
   In any hearing on a charge of illegally parking a motor vehicle, testimony that a vehicle bearing a certain license plate was found unlawfully parked as prohibited by the provisions of this Traffic Code, and further testimony that the record of the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles shows that the license plate was issued to the defendant, shall be prima-facie evidence that the vehicle which was unlawfully parked, was so parked by the defendant. A certified registration copy, showing such fact, from the Registrar shall be proof of such ownership.
   351.03 PROHIBITED STANDING OR PARKING PLACES.
   Violations of this section shall be subject to the penalties as set forth in Section 351.99 of this Traffic Code. 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 Traffic Code, or while obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device, in any of the following places:
   (a)    On a sidewalk, except a bicycle;
   (b)    In front of a public or private driveway;
   (c)    Within an intersection;
   (d)    Within ten feet of a fire hydrant;
   (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 end of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by a traffic control device;
   (i)    Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
   (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 other 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 or street is painted yellow, or at any place in excess of the maximum time limited by signs;
   (o)    Within one foot of another parked vehicle;
   (p)    On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway or thruway.
      (ORC 4511.68; A.O.)
   (q)    On the side of any street where fire hydrants are located;
   (r)    Between the sidewalk and a roadway or treelawn, or upon the center strip of any freeway, expressway or boulevard, or in a traffic island;
      (Ord. 73-32. Passed 8-20-73.)
   (s)    In any fire lane on public or private property which has been duly designated and posted as such by the Police Department or the Fire Department. (The Village’s Fire Chief, Fire Marshal, Assistant Fire Marshal, Municipal Fire Safety Inspector, or the Fire Code Official are also granted the authority to enforce this provision);
      (Ord. 2013-16. Passed 1-21-14.)
   (t)    On any street or highway at any time when the Mayor determines and makes a written finding that there exists on any such street or highway two inches or more of snow in depth, which requires that the street or highway be plowed with equipment in order to make such street useable for vehicular traffic;
   (u)    Whenever the Chief of Police determines that there is a traffic hazard and causes signs to be posted advising that no parking or stopping is permitted;
   (v)    Within a school zone when school is in session and between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. except to take on or discharge passengers and then for no longer than is necessary for such purpose;
   (w)    On any treelawn;
      (Ord. 73-32. Passed 8-20-73.)
   (x)    On private property without the consent of the owner or occupant of the premises, providing such owner or occupant advises the Police Department in writing that such parking is without their consent;
      (Ord. 72-33. Passed 10-16-72.)
   (y)    On the south side of Seneca Road for a distance of 500 feet east of its intersection with S. O. M. Center Road;
   (z)    On any side of Beta Drive;
   (aa)    On any side of Aintree Park Drive between its intersection with S. O. M Center Road and Hunt Circle;
   (bb)   On the east or west side of Worton Park Drive from its intersection with Wilson Mills Road southerly to a point 150 feet away;
   (cc)    On either side of Pinetree Park Road east and west to a point 150 feet from its intersection with Wilson Mills Road;
   (dd)    During construction work on one side of the street only;
   (ee)    On S. O. M. Center Road, between the south corporation line of Mayfield Village and a point located .12 mile, more or less, north of Wilson Mills Road;
(ff)    On the hydrant side of Bonnieview Road between its intersections with S. O. M. Center Road and Beech Hill Road;
(gg)    On the hydrant side of Glenview Road between its intersections with S. O. M. Center Road and Beech Hill Road;
(hh)    On the hydrant side of Seneca Road between its intersections with S. O. M. Center Road and Beech Hill Road;
(ii)   On the hydrant side of Beech Hill Road between its intersections with Bonnieview Road and Wilson Mills Road.
      (Ord. 75-15. Passed 5-19-75; Ord. 2022-17. Passed 8-15-22.)
(jj)    In a public or private parking lot in such a manner as to block the ingress or egress of any motor vehicle;
(kk)    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. 90-18. Passed 5-21-90.)
(ll)    On any designated bicycle trail. (Ord. 90-25. Passed 5-21-90.)
   (mm)   On any property owned by the Municipality between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.
      (Ord. 2018-15. Passed 5-21-18.)
   (nn)   On any side of the Aintree Park Drive cul-de-sac.
      (Ord. 2022-17. Passed 8-15-22.)
   351.04 PARKING NEAR CURB.
   (a)    Every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there is an adjacent curb shall be stopped or parked with the curb side wheels of such vehicle parallel with and not more than twelve inches from the curb, unless it is impossible to approach so close to the curb; in such case the stop shall be as close to the curb as possible and only for the time necessary to discharge and receive passengers or to load or unload merchandise.
   (b)   (1)   This subsection does not apply to streets or parts thereof where angle parking is lawfully permitted. However, no angle parking shall be permitted on a state route unless an unoccupied roadway width of not less than twenty-five feet is available for free-moving traffic.
      (2)   A.   No angled parking space that is located on a state route within a municipal corporation is subject to elimination, irrespective of whether there is or is not at least twenty-five feet of unoccupied roadway width available for free-moving traffic at the location of that angled parking space, unless the municipal corporation approves of the elimination of the angled parking space.
         B.   Replacement, repainting or any other repair performed by or on behalf of the municipal corporation of the lines that indicate the angled parking space does not constitute an intent by the municipal corporation to eliminate the angled parking space.
   (c)   (1)   A.   Except as provided in subsection (c)(1)B. hereof, no vehicle shall be stopped or parked on a road or highway with the vehicle facing in a direction other than the direction of travel on that side of the road or highway.
   B.   The operator of a motorcycle may back the motorcycle into an angled parking space so that when the motorcycle is parked it is facing in a direction other than the direction of travel on the side of the road or highway.
      (2)   The operator of a motorcycle may back the motorcycle into a parking space that is located on the side of, and parallel to, a road or highway. The motorcycle may face any direction when so parked. Not more than two motorcycles at a time shall be parked in a parking space as described in subsection (c)(2) of this section irrespective of whether or not the space is metered.
   (d)   Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or any rule, air compressors, tractors, trucks and other equipment, while being used in the construction, reconstruction, installation, repair or removal of facilities near, on, over or under a street, may stop, stand or park where necessary in order to perform such work, provided a flagman is on duty, or warning signs or lights are displayed as may be prescribed by the Ohio Director of Transportation.
   351.05 MANNER OF ANGLE PARKING.
   Upon streets where angle parking is permitted, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway as is indicated by appropriate signs or markings.
   351.06 SELLING, WASHING OR REPAIRING VEHICLE UPON ROADWAY.
   No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:
   (a)   Displaying such vehicle for sale;
   (b)   Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
   351.07 UNATTENDED VEHICLE: DUTY TO STOP ENGINE, REMOVE KEY, SET BRAKE AND TURN WHEELS.
   (a)   No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the ignition, effectively setting the parking brake, and, when the motor vehicle is standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway.
   The requirements of this section relating to the stopping of the engine, locking of the ignition and removing the key from the ignition of a motor vehicle do not apply to any of the following:
      (1)   A motor vehicle that is parked on residential property;
      (2)   A motor vehicle that is locked, regardless of where it is parked;
      (3)   An emergency vehicle;
      (4)   A public safety vehicle.
(ORC 4511.661)
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