CHAPTER 72: STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING
Section
Angle/Diagonal Parking
   72.01   Signs or markings indicating angle/diagonal parking
   72.02   Angle/diagonal parking head-in required
Stopping, Standing, or Parking Prohibited in Specified Places
   72.10   Parking not to obstruct traffic
   72.11   Parking in alleys
   72.12   Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited
   72.13   No stopping, standing, or parking near on-street mailboxes
   72.14   No stopping, standing, or parking near hazardous or congested places
   72.15   Temporary parking prohibition
   72.16   Motor vehicles to park between lines
   72.17    Parking in city parking lots and garages
Stopping For Loading or Unloading Only
   72.25   Designation of loading zones
   72.26   Parking in loading zone
   72.27   Designation of public carrier stops and stands
   72.28   Restricted use of bus and taxicab stands
   72.29   Parking for people with physical disabilities
Stopping, Standing or Parking Restricted or Prohibited on Certain Streets
   72.40   Application of subchapter
   72.41   Parking prohibited at all times on certain streets
   72.42   Parking prohibited during certain hours on certain streets
   72.43   Parking time limited on certain streets
   72.44   Signage required
   72.45   Acts to evade the parking time limitation on certain streets prohibited
   72.46   Storage and parking in right-of-way or temporary cul-de-sac
   72.47   Parking on public street
Metered and Paid Parking
   72.50   Definitions
   72.51   Authority and powers of Board of Public Works & Safety
   72.52   Duty of driver to pay for parking
   72.53   Police Department and parking control officers to enforce provisions
   72.54   Parking Meter Fund
   72.55   Parking in city parking lots and parking garages
Commercial Vehicles
   72.56   Truck parking restrictions
Residential On-street Parking Permits
   72.65   Eligibility
   72.66   Information required in application
   72.67   (Reserved)
   72.68   (Reserved)
   72.69   Expiration of permits
   72.70   Fees
   72.71   Issuance and revocation of permits
   72.72   Regulations for residential permit holders
   72.73   Disposition of revenue
   72.74   Violation and penalty
Non-residential Parking Permits
   72.85   Eligibility
   72.86   Information required in application
   72.87   Information contained on permit
   72.88   (Reserved)
   72.89   Expiration of permits
   72.90   Parking rates and fees
   72.91   Issuance and revocation of permits
   72.92   Regulations for non-residential permit holders
   72.93   (Reserved)
   72.94   Violation and penalty
Enforcement
   72.97   Towing vehicles
   72.98   Booting/vehicle restraints
   72.99   Enforcement
ANGLE PARKING
§ 72.01 SIGNS OR MARKINGS INDICATING ANGLE/DIAGONAL PARKING.
   The Board of Public Works & Safety shall determine upon what streets angle/diagonal parking shall be permitted and shall mark or sign such streets, but such angle/diagonal parking shall not be indicated upon any state highway within this city unless the Indiana Department of Transportation (IDOT) has determined that angle/diagonal parking shall be permitted. Angle/diagonal parking shall be specified in Chapter 78. Schedule XI as from time to time amended by resolution of the Board of Public Works & Safety.
(Ord. 65-7-89, passed 8-14-89; Am. Ord. 16-03-16, passed 3-29-16; Am. Ord. 67-09-21, passed 9-28-21)
§ 72.02 ANGLE/DIAGONAL PARKING HEAD-IN REQUIRED.
   Any and all motor vehicles utilizing an angle/diagonal parking space shall utilize such space by "head-in" parking. For purposes of this section, the term "HEAD-IN" is defined to mean that the front of the motor vehicle shall be nearest the curb.
(Ord. 65-7-89, passed 8-14-89; Am. Ord. 02-01-91, passed 1-14-91; Am. Ord. 67-09-21, passed 9-28-21) Penalty, see § 70.99
STOPPING, STANDING, OR PARKING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES
§ 72.10 PARKING NOT TO OBSTRUCT TRAFFIC.
   No person shall park any vehicle upon a street, other than an alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 18 feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic.
(Ord. 65-7-89, passed 8-14-89; Am. Ord. 67-09-21, passed 9-28-21) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 72.11 PARKING IN ALLEYS.
   No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 12 feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic, and no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within an alley in such position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.
(Ord. 65-7-89, passed 8-14-89; Am. Ord. 67-09-21, passed 9-28-21) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 72.12 STOPPING, STANDING, OR PARKING PROHIBITED, NO SIGNS REQUIRED.
   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:
   (A)   On a sidewalk;
   (B)   In front of or between sidewalk and curb or immediately opposite a public or private driveway;
   (C)   Within an intersection;
   (D)   Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
   (E)   On a crosswalk;
   (F)   Within 20 feet of a crosswalk;
   (G)   Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
   (H)   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 the entrance (when fire station is properly signed);
   (I)   On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
   (J)   Within 30 feet of any railway crossing; and
   (K)   At any place where official signs or markings so designate.
   (L)   Within 50 feet of the traveled way of an intersecting road or alley.
(Ord. 65-7-89, passed 8-14-89; Am. Ord. 67-09-21, passed 9-28-21; Am. Ord. 14-05-24, passed 5-14-24) Penalty, see § 70.99
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