(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 traffic control device, or within designated parking areas, and no sign shall be required in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk;
(2) In front of a public or private driveway;
(3) Within an intersection;
(4) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(5) On a crosswalk;
(6) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(7) Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop or traffic control signal;
(8) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(9) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within 75 feet of such entrance, when properly signposted;
(10) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(11) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(12) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
(13) On River Street from the city’s parking lot at River Street Park North to Dutchman’s Creek; and
(14) Within 100 feet of an intersection of any road with any NCDOT maintained road.
(B) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
(Code 2019, § 13-32) (Code 1961, § 16-89) (Ord. passed 6-8-1992; Ord. passed 2-11-2019) Penalty, see § 73.99
Statutory reference:
Parking in certain places, see G.S. §§ 20-157, 20-162