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PARKING VIOLATIONS; ENFORCEMENT
(A) If any vehicle shall be found illegally parked or parked overtime or in violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter, it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or other peace officers of the town, to attach to the vehicle a notice to the owner or operator thereof if the owner or operator is absent or to deliver to the owner or operator, if he or she is present, a notice to the effect that the vehicle has been illegally parked or parked overtime or in violation of a provision of this subchapter.
(B) An owner or operator of a vehicle may, within 48 hours from the time the notice referred to in division (A) above was attached to the vehicle or delivered to the owner or operator, pay to the town a penalty for the offense indicated in the notice, the sum of $1. No owner or operator of the vehicle shall fail to appear and pay penalty within the prescribed period.
(1993 Code, § 71.01) Penalty, see § 70.99
The person actually operating or in control of the operation of the vehicle at the time that such vehicle is parked shall, with the duty of complying with the provisions of this subchapter, provided that proof of ownership of any vehicle found parked in violation of this chapter shall be prima facie evidence that the owner parked the vehicle.
(1993 Code, § 71.02)
No vehicle shall stop in any street except for parking in prescribed parking spaces, unless such stop is made necessary by the approach of fire-fighting equipment, by the approach of a funeral or other procession which is given the right-of-way, by responding to traffic signals, by yielding right-of-way vehicles to other vehicles or pedestrians or by some other emergency.
(1993 Code, § 71.03) (Ord. passed 9-4-1978) Penalty, see § 70.99
Except where angled parking spaces are marked the pavement, all parking on town streets shall be parallel to the curb or edge of pavement. All cars parked parallel to a regular curb shall be no more than 12 inches therefrom. In areas where parking spaces are not marked on the pavement, cars must be parked fully off the traveled portion of the street.
(1993 Code, § 71.04) (Ord. passed 9-4-1978) Penalty, see § 70.99
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
(A) On a sidewalk;
(B) Within an intersection;
(C) On a crosswalk;
(D) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(E) On the roadway side of any vehicles stopped, standing or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(F) On the right-of-way between the railroad tracks and West Y Street; or
(G) At any place where a sign has been placed, erected or installed, giving notice that parking is prohibited within a particular area or where the curb has been painted yellow in lieu of such signs prohibiting parking within an area. Said areas where parking is prohibited by either sign or yellow curb shall be designated by resolution of the Board of Commissioners at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board.
(1993 Code, § 71.05) (Ord. passed 9-4-1978) Penalty, see § 70.99
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