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(a) No person shall willfully leave any vehicle, not an abandoned junk motor vehicle, on:
(1) Private property without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property; or
(2) A public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within the right-of-way of any road or highway, for 48 consecutive hours or longer, without notification to the Police Chief of the reasons for leaving the vehicles in such place.
(b) For purposes of this section, the fact that a vehicle has been so left without permission or notification is prima-facie evidence of abandonment. Nothing contained in this section shall invalidate the provisions of other ordinances regulating or prohibiting the abandonment of motor vehicles on streets, highways, public property or private property within the Municipality.
(Ord. 2006-14. Passed 4-24-06.)
(a) No person shall park a motor vehicle or otherwise obstruct a fire lane at any time. A vehicle parked in violation of this section may be impounded as provided in Section 303.08.
(b) The City is hereby authorized to enter upon Eureka Lake, Private Drive and all adjoining drives for the purpose of enforcing any and all ordinances of the City and for the further purpose of offering police and fire protection.
(Ord. 1977-17. Passed 2-14-77.)
(a) No person shall park or store any vehicle in a residential area between a resident's setback line and the public right-of-way, side yard or rear yard, except on a surface material approved for off-street parking as provided in Section 1187.11 of the Planning and Zoning Code.
(b) This section shall not apply to recreational vehicles which are separately regulated by Section 351.15.
(Ord. 1987-29. Passed 5-26-87; Ord. 2003-29. Passed 9-22-03.)
(a) Whenever, during any period of 24 hours or less, snow falls to a depth of two inches or more within the City, an emergency is declared to exist.
(b) All owners and operators of motor vehicles shall have full responsibility to determine existing weather conditions and comply with emergency parking regulations.
(c) During the period of emergency the Director of Public Safety may prohibit the parking of any vehicle upon any City street. No person, during such period of emergency, shall park, or cause to be parked, or permit to remain parked, or abandon or leave unattended, any vehicle upon such specified streets. However, vehicles may be parked for a period of not longer than three minutes for the loading or unloading of passengers, or 30 minutes for actual loading or unloading of property or goods, provided that no other ordinance restricting parking as to place or time is violated thereby.
(d) Any motor vehicle parked in violation of this section may be impounded or towed away by the police or under authority of the Police Department, at the cost and expense of the owner of the vehicle. Such remedy shall be in addition to the penalty provided in Section 351.99.
(Ord. 1992-5. Passed 2-24-92.)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 303.99 for general Traffic Code penalty if no specific penalty is provided.)