Section
General Provisions
72.01 Stopping, standing and parking
72.02 Parking of trucks
72.03 Crossing into oncoming lane of traffic to park
72.04 Parallel and diagonal parking
72.05 Limited time parking, nuisance, removal of vehicles or obstructions; cost, recovery by owner
72.06 Removal of vehicle for street cleaning or maintenance
Ticketing and Towing of Vehicles Improperly Parked
72.20 Presumption of operation
72.21 Standing and parking generally
72.22 Maximum parking limit
72.23 No parking; limited parking zones
72.24 Impoundment
72.25 Violation
72.99 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
It shall be unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to stop, stand or park such vehicle in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control sign or signal:
(A) Within an intersection;
(B) On a crosswalk;
(C) Outside the first line of cars parked next to the curb, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading;
(D) Within 25 feet of the intersection of curb lines;
(E) Within 15 feet of the driveway entrance to a fire station;
(F) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(G) In front of a private driveway;
(H) On a sidewalk; or
(I) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(Ord. passed - -) Penalty, see § 72.99
All freight and stock trucks shall be parked in the city at such places only as have been marked and designated by the City Council; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to light delivery trucks of under 10,000 pounds per axle delivering goods from house to house and place to place which requires a stop or parking of but a few minutes to receive or deliver merchandise.
(Ord. passed - -) Penalty, see § 72.99
It shall be unlawful for a vehicle to cross into the oncoming lane of traffic when parking.
(Ord. passed - -) Penalty, see § 72.99
No vehicle shall be parked on any street, except such vehicle be parked parallel to the curb, headed in the direction of traffic, with curbside wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the curb, and no closer than four feet to any other vehicle front or rear, except upon those streets which have been designated, marked or assigned for angle parking, vehicles shall be parked at the angle to the curb indicated by such marks or signs.
(Ord. passed - -) Penalty, see § 72.99
(A) No vehicles or other obstruction shall be allowed to stand or remain parked unattended any street or alley within the city for more than 24 hours at any one time. Any vehicle or other obstruction allowed to stand or remain parked unattended on such streets for more than such a period shall be deemed and declared and hereby is deemed and declared to be a public nuisance and any regular or special police officer of the city is authorized and directed to order to owner or operator of such vehicle or other obstruction to remove the same and if said owner or operator fails or refuses to remove the same within a reasonable time or cannot with reasonable diligence by found, said regular or special police officer is authorized and directed to remove such vehicle or other obstruction from said streets and take the same into his or her possession and impound it by placing and keeping the vehicle or other obstruction so impounded at any public garage at the expense of the owner, or at any other place as the City Council may from time to time, by resolution, direct. The Street Commissioner and any employees of the city engaged in street maintenance shall, at the request of said regular or special police officer, aid in the removal and impounding of any vehicle or other obstruction as above provided, and may use any equipment owned by th city for that purpose.
(B) Any owner or person entitled to possession of a vehicle or other property so impounded may secure possession of said vehicle or other property by proving to the reasonable satisfaction of said regular or special police officer that he or she is the owner or entitled to the possession thereof, and, if stored in a public garage, paying the storage and towing fee therefor a sum equal to $10 for each day said vehicle or other property is impounded by the city under this section. All sums so collected shall be paid into the City Treasury by the collecting officer to reimburse the city for the expense of removing and impounding and shall be credited to the General Fund.
(Ord. passed - -) Penalty, see § 72.99
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