(A) It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop or park such vehicle except in a case of real emergency or in compliance with the provisions of this traffic code or when directed by a police officer or traffic sign or signal at any time in the following places:
(1) On the mainly-traveled portion of any roadway or on any other place in the roadway where vehicles stand in any manner other than as specified in § 72.02 of this code;
(2) On a sidewalk;
(3) In front of sidewalk ramps provided for persons with disabilities;
(4) In front of a public or private driveway;
(5) Within an intersection or crosswalk;
(6) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping or parking. This does not apply to police officers when operating properly identified vehicles during the performance of their official duties;
(7) Within 30 feet of any flashing beacon, traffic sign or traffic-control device; and
(8) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any such prohibited area.
(KRS 189.450(5), (6))
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to park any kind of vehicle or place any obstruction within ten feet of any fire hydrant within the city limits.
(C) It shall be unlawful to park a vehicle on any street or alley in the city, so marked on the curb by yellow paint, or by sign or other traffic-control device indicating that parking in such place is prohibited.
(D) It shall be unlawful to park a vehicle for more than two continuous hours on any street or alley in the city so marked on the curb by sign or other traffic-control device indicating that parking in such place is restricted as set forth in this division (D). Each continuous two-hour period shall constitute a separate violation.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, park or leave standing upon any street or alley in the city, any junked vehicle or any vehicle not capable of operation under its own power or in disabled condition. The owner or operator of any vehicle which becomes disabled while being operated upon any street or alley in the city shall have three hours in which to remove or cause to be removed said vehicle from said street or alley.
(F) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, park or leave standing any vehicle upon any street in the city within 80 feet of the center of the intersection of any two streets over which run state and/or federal highways.
(G) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, park or leave standing a truck, wrecker, wagon, trailer, school bus or public vehicle, upon any street in the city traversed by a federal highway, for a longer period than one hour.
(H) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, park or leave standing upon any street not mentioned in division (G) above or prior ordinances, or upon any alley in the city any truck, wrecker, wagon, trailer, school bus or public bus or public vehicle for a longer period of time than eight consecutive hours.
(I) It shall be unlawful to place, park or leave standing any vehicle on any street in the city, traversed by a federal highway, between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(J) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, park or leave standing any vehicle or any obstruction within 15 feet of the entrance to the firehouse in the city.
(K) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, park or leave standing on any street or alley in the city, any vehicle so as to block said street or alley.
(L) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, park or leave standing any truck, wrecker, wagon, trailer, school bus or public vehicle on any street within 50 feet of the front of any church property in the city.
(M) Parking shall be limited in the Business District and in other designated areas within the city to two hours between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
(N) Each act of placing, parking or leaving shall constitute a separate offense.
(O) The Mayor shall cause to be erected appropriate markers for the convenience of the public, but the lack of any markers shall not be a defense to any prosecution or action brought pursuant to division (E) through (N) above, or to any claim or lien created thereby. Any person, firm or corporation who places or parks any vehicle in violation of this section shall be subject to citation as provided in § 72.99 of this code. The citing officer shall report all violations not paid to the City Hall within seven days of the provided bylaw. Further, any vehicle or obstruction which is cited three times in one day for parking violations, or which is parked in a designated handicapped parking zone without a handicapped permit, or which is parked in a designated no parking zone or which is parked or placed on any street or alley in the city, shall, at the discretion of the citing officer, be towed to an approved impound lot. Any towing or storage charges as the result of the parking violation shall be assessed to the owner of the vehicle or obstruction. Should any vehicle or obstruction be not claimed within 60 days after its removal, the vehicle or obstruction may be sold, and the proceeds distrusted to pay for towing and storage, expenses incurred by the city and/or fines adjudged due to the city, with excess proceeds to be paid to the owner of the vehicle or obstruction.
(P) Divisions (E) through (O) above shall not affect any specific limitations as to time or place or parking set up in prior ordinances, except when in conflict.
(Prior Code, § 72.03) (Ord. 130, passed 1-27-1934; Ord. 150, passed 3-8-1938; Ord. 290, passed 5-4-1965; Ord. 450, passed 5-1-1984; Ord. 453, passed 12-4-1984; Ord. 475, passed 3-5-1987) Penalty, see § 72.99