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§ 72.009 PARKING OF TRUCKS RESTRICTED; TRUCKS WITH VOLATILE LOADS.
   (A)   For the purpose of this section (A), COMMON OR CONTRACT CARRIER shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or company that owns, controls, operates, manages, or leases, except those leased to authorized carriers, any motor vehicle for the transportation of property for hire upon any highway. It shall be unlawful for any truck, trailer, or semi-trailer of any common or contract carrier to remain parked for more than one (1) continuous hour upon any of the public streets of the city between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. This restriction does not apply to any truck, trailer, or semi-trailer while engaged in loading or unloading property.
(Ord. 540.30, passed 3-28-60)
   (B)   It shall be unlawful for trucks loaded with explosives, combustibles, or other volatile materials, including, but not limited to hay, straw, and lumber, to park overnight on the streets, alleys, and byways of the city.
(Ord. 540.12, passed 5-24-49) Penalty, see § 72.999
§ 72.010 DISPLAY OF PARKED VEHICLE FOR SALE; PARKING OF DISABLED VEHICLES.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful to park a motor vehicle displayed for sale or a motor vehicle on which demonstrations are being made on any street.
   (B)   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to park any broken-down or disabled motor vehicle or other vehicle that is not in condition to be operated under its own power, on any street in the city.
Penalty, see § 72.999
§ 72.011 PARKING PERMITS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
   (A)   Any other provision to the contrary notwithstanding, a motor vehicle bearing an accessible parking placard issued pursuant to KRS 189.456 in its front windshield issued by the County Clerk for persons with disabilities as defined in KRS 189.456 or disabled license plate, when operated by persons with disabilities or when transporting a person with disabilities, may be parked in a designated parking place for persons with disabilities may be parked for twice the posted amount of time of the parking limit. The accessible parking placard shall, when the vehicle is parked in a parking space identified as accessible to a person with a disability, be displayed so that the expiration date may be viewed from the front of the vehicle by hanging the placard from the front windshield rear view mirror. When there is no rear view mirror, the placard shall be displayed on the dashboard so that the expiration date may be viewed. The motor vehicle may be parked in a loading zone for that period of time necessary to permit entrance or exit of the persons with disabilities to or from the parked vehicle, but in no circumstances longer than thirty (30) minutes.
   (B)   This section shall not permit parking in a “no stopping” or “no parking” zone nor where parking is prohibited for the purpose of creating a fire lane or to accommodate heavy traffic during morning, afternoon, or evening hours, nor permit a motor vehicle to be parked in such a manner as to constitute a traffic hazard.
(Am. Ord. O-2023-16, passed 12-27-23) Penalty, see § 72.999
§ 72.012 LOADING ZONES.
   (A)   Parking spaces on city streets which have been designated and marked “Commercial Loading Zone” shall be used exclusively for trucks and vehicles in loading and unloading goods, wares and merchandise only for a reasonable amount of time on each trip not to exceed two (2) hours. A REASONABLE TIME is defined to be that time which is reasonably and actually necessary to properly load and unload goods, wares, and merchandise on any one trip. In no event shall any commercial truck or commercial vehicle in loading and unloading goods, wares and merchandise occupy a designated commercial loading zone for more than two (2) hours on any one (1) trip. Any truck or vehicle using a commercial loading zone by permit shall promptly move after the loading or unloading is completed. If the driver has other business to attend to other than obtaining a receipt for the delivery or acceptance of the goods, wares or merchandise loaded or unloaded, the business must be completed after the vehicle is moved from the commercial loading zone.
   (B)   The Pikeville Police Department may, upon request, issue "commercial parking permits" for vehicles that would not be readily identified by the Police Department as a commercial truck or vehicle providing commercial delivery services. For example, if the commercial delivery vehicles does not have displayed a "commercial parking permits" and has the appearance of a regular passenger vehicle because it is not marked as a nationally recognized delivery service or any commercial delivery vehicle, is not registered to a commercial delivery service, does not appear to be in the process of making a commercial delivery at the time of the violation, in said events it will be incumbent upon the holder of the citation to prove that he/she was operating a commercial vehicle making a delivery in compliance with this section at the time of the violation. All permits shall be valid for only the year of issue. All permits must be renewed prior to January 21 of each year. Permits are non-transferable or assignable.
   (C)   Persons, firms or corporations entitled to use a "commercial loading zone" and/or entitled to apply and receive a commercial parking permit shall be a commercial vehicle operated and used by them primarily for commercial delivery of goods, wares and merchandise. Permits shall not be issued for any vehicle which makes only occasional commercial deliveries or for deliveries which are only incidental to the applicant’s business or occupation.
   (D)   The City Manager, after consulting with the Chief of Police, shall designate and mark throughout the city commercial parking zones where needed.
   (E)   Taxi stands may be used by vehicles displaying a commercial parking permit. No other loading or unloading shall be permitted in designated taxi stands. Section 72.083 is amended to this extent.
   (F)   Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this chapter shall be subject to the fines and penalties established by the city for parking improperly in a loading zone. Violation of division (A) of this section by a permit holder or the improper issuance of a permit may result in the immediate revocation of a commercial loading zone permit. The City Manager shall have the authority to revoke permits subject to holder’s right to appeal the revocation pursuant to the city’s violation hearing procedure.
(Ord. 0-90-022, passed 7-23-90; Am Ord. 0-94-007, passed 4-25-94; Am. Ord. O-2021-03, passed 3-8-21)
Penalty, see § 72.999
Cross reference:
   Use of taxi stand as loading zone, see § 72.083
§ 72.013 PARKING OF VEHICLES EXCEEDING WEIGHT LIMIT.
   (A) Vehicles weighing in excess of three (3) tons shall be prohibited from parking along any city street, alley way, or road for a period of time longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers, not to exceed three (3) minutes, and for the driver to stand any freight-carrying vehicles or service vehicles for a period of time longer than is necessary to load, unload, and deliver materials or to provide services.
   (B)   Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provision of this section shall be subject to the fines and penalties previously established by the city for parking in a no parking zone.
(Ord. 0-86-021, passed 12-8-86) Penalty, see § 72.999
§ 72.014 STOPPING, PARKING AGAINST FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
   It shall be unlawful for the operator of any motor vehicle to stop or park a vehicle along any streets against the flow of traffic.
(Ord. 0-90-010, passed 5-14-90) Penalty, see § 72.999
§ 72.015 FIFTEEN MINUTE PARKING ZONE.
   Parking shall not be permitted in a fifteen (15) minute parking zone for longer than fifteen (15) minutes. Once a vehicle has moved from a fifteen (15) minute parking zone, the vehicle may not again reoccupy or park in the same fifteen (15) minute parking zone until thirty (30) minutes have passed. A new violation shall occur for each additional hour that a vehicle violated the fifteen (15) minute parking zone.
(Ord. 0-94-008, passed 4-25-94)
§ 72.016 TEN MINUTE PARKING ZONE.
   (A)   The first two (2) parking spaces on the left side of Main Street beginning at the corner of Grace Avenue and Main Street shall be designated and marked as ten (10) minute parking only.
   (B)   Any motor vehicle found parked, standing, or stopped in a ten (10) minute parking zone designated parking space in excess of ten (10) minutes may be cited for overtime parking and fined in accordance with § 72.999 and be subject to the parking citation enforcement procedures in § 72.990.
(Ord. No. 0-96-001, passed 3-25-96)
§ 72.017 VETERANS PARKING.
   Designation of veteran parking spaces.
   (A)   Parking spaces in the city’s parking garage which have been designated and marked “Veterans Parking” shall be used exclusively by U.S. military veterans displaying a veterans placard or license plate indicating military service issued by government agency.
   (B)   It shall be the duty of the City Manager to designate suitable and reasonable adequate spaces for veterans only parking and post placards stating “Veterans Parking.”
   (C)   It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police and all police officers and parking enforcement officials to administer and enforce this section.
(Ord. 0-2017-25, passed 8-28-17)
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