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§ 72.03  CROSSING INTO ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC TO PARK.
   It shall be unlawful for a vehicle to cross into the oncoming lane of traffic when parking.
(Ord. passed - -)  Penalty, see § 72.99
§ 72.04  PARALLEL AND DIAGONAL PARKING.
   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
§ 72.05  LIMITED TIME PARKING, NUISANCE, REMOVAL OF VEHICLES OR OBSTRUCTIONS; COSTS, RECOVERY BY OWNER.
   (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
§ 72.06  REMOVAL OF VEHICLE FOR STREET CLEANING OR MAINTENANCE.
   (A)   The Street Commissioner or any employee of the city engaged in the removal of snow from the streets or the cleaning or in the repair and other maintenance of said streets and alleys may require the owner or operator of any vehicle or any other obstruction parked in any such street or alley to remove the same and, if the owner or any such vehicle or other obstruction within a reasonable time, the Street Commissioner or other employee of the city may remove such vehicle or other obstruction to some other suitable place.
   (B)   Any owner or operator of such vehicle or other obstruction who shall fail or refuse to remove the same within ten minutes time after being requested to do so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished as provided in § 72.99.
(Ord. passed - -)  Penalty, see § 72.99
TICKETING AND TOWING OF VEHICLES IMPROPERLY PARKED
§ 72.20  PRESUMPTION OF OPERATION.
   In any proceeding for the violation of the terms of this subchapter, the state registration plate shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the individual in whose name said plate is registered is the lawful owner of said vehicle and that he or she was the person who parked or caused to be parked the vehicle illegally or in violation at the place where the violation occurred.
(Ord. 235, passed 6-4-2007)
§ 72.21  STANDING AND PARKING GENERALLY.
   Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
   (A)   In front of a public or private driveway;
   (B)   Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
   (C)   Within 30 feet upon the approach to any stop sign, or yield sign located at the side of a roadway;
   (D)   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 20 feet of said entrance when properly sign posted; or
   (E)   At any street, alley or public parking lot where official signs prohibit standing or parking.
(Ord. 235, passed 6-4-2007)  Penalty, see § 72.99
§ 72.22  MAXIMUM PARKING LIMIT.
   No vehicle shall be parked on any street or public ground for a period longer than 24 hours in any one location, or 20 lineal foot area.
(Ord. 235, passed 6-4-2007)  Penalty, see § 72.99
§ 72.23  NO PARKING; LIMITED PARKING ZONES.
   No parking signs, indicating the appropriate hours shown below, shall be erected on the following streets or portions thereof, and no person shall park a vehicle on said streets or portions thereof during the indicated times.
(Ord. 235, passed 6-4-2007)  Penalty, see § 72.99
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