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The City Council may, by resolution, designate certain areas where the right to park is limited during hours specified. The City Engineer shall mark, by appropriate signs, each zone so designated. During the hours specified on the sign, no person shall park a vehicle in any limited parking zone for a longer period than is so specified.
(’77 Code, § 701.07) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Establishment. The City Council may, by resolution, designate certain areas as truck loading zones or truck zones. The Utilities Superintendent shall mark, by appropriate signs, each zone so designated.
(B) Truck zone prohibitions. During truck zone hours, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle, except a truck, in a truck zone. No person shall stop, stand or park a truck in a truck zone during truck zone hours, except to receive or discharge passengers or freight and then only for a period no longer than is necessary for the purpose.
(C) Loading zone prohibitions. During loading zone hours, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in a loading zone, except to receive or discharge passengers or freight and then only for a period no longer than is necessary for the purpose. No person shall occupy a loading zone with a vehicle other than a truck for more than five minutes during the hours.
(D) Property owner initiative. Any person desiring the establishment of a loading zone or truck zone abutting premises occupied by him or her shall make a written application therefor to the City Council. If the Council grants the request, the proper city officer shall bill the applicant for the estimated cost of placing signs and of painting the curb. When the amount is paid to the City Clerk/ Treasurer/Administrator, the Chief of Police shall install the necessary signs and paint the curb.
(E) Semi-trailer parking. No person shall allow a semi-trailer to stand or be parked unattached from a tractor unit for any length of time on any street in the city, except in an emergency in order to change tractors.
(F) No truck parking zones. The Council may by resolution establish “No Truck Parking” zones in the business district and the City Engineer shall mark, by appropriate signs, any zones so established in the business district where heavy traffic by trucks or other traffic congestion makes parking by trucks a hazard to the safety of vehicles or pedestrians.
(’77 Code, § 701.08) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Designation. The City Council by resolution may designate spaces on streets in the city where vehicles engaged in carrying passengers for hire shall stand or park. The Chief of Police shall mark, by appropriate sign, any bus stop or taxi stand so established.
(B) Parking restrictions. Except for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers, no driver of any vehicle other than a bus shall stand or park at a bus stop and no driver of any vehicle other than a taxicab shall stand or park in a taxi stand.
(C) Bus and taxi parking. No driver of any bus shall stand or park the bus upon any street, except at a bus stop. Except for the purposes of loading or unloading passengers or for a reasonable time while on personal errands, no driver of any taxicab shall stand or park upon any street, except at a taxi stand.
(’77 Code, § 701.09) Penalty, see § 10.99
No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle or permit it to stand on any right-of-way or city property between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. between November 1 and April 30, for the purpose of snow plowing.
(’77 Code, § 701.10) (Res. passed 11-11-82) Penalty, see § 10.99
No person shall leave a motor vehicle, except a truck which is engaged in loading or unloading, unattended on any street, used car lot or unattended parking lot without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition and removing all ignition keys from the vehicle. Whenever any police officer finds any motor vehicle standing in violation of this provision, he or she shall remove the keys from the vehicle and deliver them to police headquarters.
(’77 Code, § 701.12) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Any police officer may remove a vehicle from a street to a garage or other place of safety when the vehicle is left unattended and constitutes an obstruction to traffic or hinders snow removal or street improvement or maintenance operations. The vehicle shall not be released until the fees for towing and storage are paid in addition to any fine imposed for violation of this chapter.
(B) The presence of any motor vehicle on any street when standing or parking in violation of this chapter is a prima facie evidence that the registered owner of the vehicle committed or authorized the commission of the violation.
(’77 Code, § 701.07)
(A) Truck-tractor and/or semi-trailer parking. Any nonessential truck-tractor or semi-trailer traffic over four tons shall be banned on a seasonal basis from any residential street so posted, and that any parking of semi-tractor or trailers or other vehicles exceeding the weight limit in residential areas serviced by those posted streets is also prohibited.
(B) Penalty. Any person violating this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor punishable by a maximum amount of $200. Each violation, and every day in which a violation occurs or continues, shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 71.10, passed 5-14-07)