(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 in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk or sidewalk area;
(2) In front of a public or private driveway;
(3) Within an intersection;
(4) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, except within an officially marked parking stall;
(5) On a crosswalk;
(6) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, except within an officially marked parking stall;
(7) Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings;
(9) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail or a railroad crossing;
(10) 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);
(11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(12) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(13) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
(14) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(B) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any prohibited area specified above or away from a curb such distance as is lawful.
(`87 Code, § 17-296)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Tex. Transportation Code, § 545.302