(A) The City Council may order the placing of signs, devices or marks, or the painting of streets or curbs prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles on any street where, in its opinion, as evidenced by a finding in its official minutes, the stopping, standing or parking is dangerous to those using the highway, or where the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic. The signs, devices, marks or painting shall be official signs, devices, marks or painting, and no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in violation of the restrictions thereon or as indicated thereby.
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No parking
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signs may be placed by city employees on any street of the city to permit construction, repair, snow removal, street cleaning or similar temporary activities. While the signs are in place, it shall be unlawful to park any vehicle on the streets or portion thereof so posted.
(C) It shall be unlawful for a person to park in an area designated by Council action posted as a fire lane.
(D) It shall be unlawful for a person to park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, on an alley within the city, provided that this does not prohibit the parking of vehicles for less than one hour on an alley for the purpose of access to abutting property for loading or unloading merchandise or other material when parking on the property itself is not available.
(E) It shall be unlawful for a person to park a motor vehicle in an area designated by posted signs pursuant to Council resolution for certain types of vehicles, unless the motor vehicle is one of the types of vehicles specifically permitted.
(F) Every vehicle parked upon any street with a curb shall be parked parallel to the curb, unless angle parking is designated by appropriate signs or markings. On streets with a curb, the right-hand wheels of any vehicle parked shall be within one foot of the curb. On streets without a curb, the vehicle shall be parked to the right of the main traveled portion of the street and parallel to it and in such a manner as not to interfere with the free flow of traffic, unless angle parking is designated by appropriate signs or markings.
(G) It is unlawful to store, maintain or display vehicles
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on property not owned by the property owner or rental tenant.
(H) It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle on any street for the purpose of displaying it for sale. It is also unlawful for any person to park a vehicle on any street for the purpose of selling merchandise thereon or therein, or advertising any merchandise for sale or a forthcoming event, for a period longer than 15 minutes.
(1975 Code, § 9.06)
(I) It is unlawful for any person to leave or park a house trailer, mobile home, camping trailer, bus or other similar recreational vehicle on or within the limits of any street or right-of-way, except where signs are erected designating the place as a campsite, for more than 48 consecutive hours.
(1975 Code, § 9.04)
(J) Parking on streets shall be limited as follows:
(1) It is unlawful for any person to stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, boat, trailer, camper or recreational vehicle upon any street for a continuous period in excess of 48 hours. After 48 continuous hours of no movement, they are required to be relocated a minimum of 100 feet from their original location.
(2) The City Administrator may prohibit or restrict parking on certain streets, blocks or portions of streets.
(1975 Code, § 9.10) (Am. Ord. 106, 4th series, passed 8-20-2018)
(K) It is unlawful to park in any school parking zone when the same has been sign-posted and duly designated by the Chief of Police. School loading zones shall be limited to streets adjacent to an educational institution for the purpose of facilitating and expediting the safe and efficient transportation of students in attendance at such facilities.
(1975 Code, § 9.13)
(L) In municipally-owned parking lots, the Council may limit the sizes and types of motor vehicle to be parked thereon, hours of parking, and prescribed method of parking, provided that such limitations and restrictions are sign-posted or metered-posted thereon. It is unlawful to park or leave standing any vehicle backed into a parking place, to drive in a direction opposite the flow of traffic marked by
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signs or arrows, or to park any vehicle in any municipally-owned parking lot contrary to the restrictions or limitations sign-posted or metered-posted therein.
(1975 Code, § 9.20) (Am. Ord. 113, 4th series, passed 5-6-2019) Penalty, see § 10.99