CHAPTER 71: PARKING REGULATIONS; ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE
Section
General Provisions
71.01   Parking in front of places of public assemblage prohibited
71.02   Parking of unlicensed vehicles, trailers, recreational vehicles, etc. on public streets
71.03   Parking on public streets for more than 72 hours prohibited
71.04   Loading and unloading zones
71.05   General parking restrictions
71.06   Two-hour parking
Enforcement Procedure
71.15   Parking violations enforced as civil violations
71.16   Citations
71.17   Hearing board
71.18   Determination of violation
71.19   Consideration of citation by officer
71.20   Appeal procedure
71.21   Appeal of district court judgment
 
71.99   Penalties
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 71.01 PARKING IN FRONT OF PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGE PROHIBITED.
   No parking is permitted in any space painted and marked as no parking in front of a place of public assemblage, such as theaters, churches, hotels, and other places where the public assembles under the meaning of the Directive of the State Department of Insurance.
(Ord. passed 11-7-52; Am. Ord. 23:99, passed 6-14-99) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 71.02 PARKING OF UNLICENSED VEHICLES, TRAILERS, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, ETC. ON PUBLIC STREETS.
   It shall be unlawful to leave parked and/or unattended any motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer, recreational vehicle, travel trailer, camping trailer, motor home, truck camper, etc as defined by KRS Chapter 186, 187, 188, 189, and 190 unless said vehicle, trailer, semi trailer, recreational vehicle, travel trailer, camping trailer, motor home, truck camper, etc meets all registration licensing and other requirements of KRS Chapters 186, 187, 188, 189, and 190. Further all motor vehicles, trailers, semi-trailers, recreational vehicles, travel trailers, camping trailers, motor homes, truck campers, and construction equipment shall be adequately marked with lights and/or reflectors visible to approaching traffic for a minimum distance of five hundred (500) feet.
(Ord. 12:2001, passed 5-14-01) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 71.03 PARKING ON PUBLIC STREETS FOR MORE THAN 72 HOURS PROHIBITED.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to permit any vehicle to stand or be parked on any public street, alley, or any other public way within the city limits for more than seventy-two (72) hours, without the vehicle having been moved or operated.
   (B)   Any vehicle left standing or parked for the period of time and place, as set out in division (A) above, shall be considered abandoned and shall be removed by the Police Department, by wrecker, and placed in storage. After any vehicle is so removed, it will be released to the person, firm, or corporation claiming it only upon payment of the towing charge and storage bill, and any and all outstanding parking fines.
(Ord. passed 10-5-51; Am. Ord. 23:99, passed 6-14-99) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 71.04 LOADING AND UNLOADING ZONES.
   (A)   For the purpose of this section, loading shall be defined as the act of putting cargo load on or in a truck or motor vehicle. For the purposes of this section unloading shall be defined as the act of discharging cargo or removing cargo from a truck or motor vehicle.
   (B)   No parking of any type of vehicle shall be permitted in a loading and unloading zone between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday, except for the purpose of and while in the act of loading or unloading. However, said truck or motor vehicle shall not be permitted in said zone for a continuous period more than two (2) hours without prior notification to and approval by the Morehead Police Department.
   (C)   No truck or other motor vehicle shall block or park in any traffic lane of any street in the city at any point within three hundred (300) feet of any loading or unloading zone for the purpose of or while loading or unloading any type of materials.
   (D)   All loading and unloading zones shall be designated as such by proper signs.
(Ord. passed 7-8-84; Am. Ord. passed 12-12-77; Am. Ord. passed 8-20-81; Am. Ord. 23:99, passed 6-14-99) Penalty, see § 10.99
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