Section
10-3.1 Parallel parking position
10-3.2 Signs or markings indicating angle or diagonal parking
10-3.3 Abandoning of vehicles
10-3.4 Stopping, standing or parking prohibited; no signs required
10-3.5 Same—for certain purposes
10-3.6 Loading and unloading zones—compliance with signs
10-3.7 Same—passenger loading zones
10-3.8 Same—commercial loading zones
10-3.9 Same—public carrier stops and stands
10-3.10 Same—restricted use and taxicab stands
10-3.11 Penalty for violation
No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge of the roadway headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement and with the right-hand wheels, or left-hand wheels, if lawfully parked on left of the vehicle within 18 inches of the curb or edge of the roadway, except as otherwise provided in this article.
(1989 Code, § 18-40; 2003 Code, § 10-3.1)
(A) The Board shall determine upon what streets angle or diagonal parking shall be permitted and shall mark or sign the streets, which are specified in § 10-5.18.
(B) Angle or diagonal parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon the left side of the street.
(C) Upon those streets which have been signed or marked for angle or diagonal parking, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by the signs or markings.
(1989 Code, § 18-41; 2003 Code, § 10-3.2)
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to leave unattended any automobile, truck or other type of vehicle, including motorcycles and scooters, upon any of the public streets of the town, where parking is prohibited under the terms of this article.
(B) Any person, violating the foregoing provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, which shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $50 or 30 days in jail; in addition thereto, the owner, possessor or occupier of the motor vehicle left unattended, shall be liable for a civil penalty in the amount determined annually by the Board of Commissioners in the schedule of fees, plus the actual cost of the removal of the motor vehicle, plus whatever storage charges or safeguarding charges which may be imposed for the protection of the motor vehicle.
(C) The Davie County Sheriff’s Office is hereby designated as the agency for the enforcement of this chapter, including the immediate removal of the offending vehicle.
(D) All charges for towing, storage or safeguarding of the vehicle, and the civil penalty, are hereby declared to be liens against the vehicle which must be paid prior to the release of the vehicle.
(1989 Code, § 18-42; 2003 Code, § 10-3.3) (Amended 7-6-2021)
Cross-reference:
Abandoned vehicles, see §§ 5-6.2 et seq.
Statutory reference:
Abandoned and derelict motor vehicles, see G.S. §§ 20-137.6 et seq., 20-219.2 et seq.
Authority to remove and dispose of junked and abandoned motor vehicles, see G.S. § 160A-303
(A) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or a traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk;
(2) In front of a public driveway;
(3) Within 25 feet of an intersection;
(4) On a crosswalk;
(5) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(6) At the edge, curb, or anywhere alongside a street or alley in such manner or under such conditions as to obstruct the free movement of vehicular traffic, except that a driver may stop temporarily during the actual unloading of passengers, or alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction, when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(7) Upon any bridge; or
(8) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(B) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under the person’s control into any prohibited area or away from a curb a distance as is unlawful.
(1989 Code, § 18-43; 2003 Code, § 10-3.4) (Amended 5-6-2014)
Statutory reference:
Parking in front of private driveway, fire hydrant, fire station, intersection of curb lines or fire lane, see G.S. § 20-162
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