§ 72.010 OWNER RESPONSIBILITY.

   If any vehicle is found illegally parked in violation of any provisions of this subchapter regulating stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles, and the identity of the driver cannot be determined, the owner or person in whose name the vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for the violation.

(1995 Code, § 72.10) Penalty, see § 72.999

§ 72.011 PARKING IN PARKS.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to park any motor vehicle in or on any section of any public park, playground, play lot, or tot lot within the city not designed as a parking area or designed and regularly maintained as a roadway. However, nothing contained in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the parking of a motor vehicle parallel to a designated and regularly maintained roadway in any such park or playground where at least two wheels of the motor vehicle are resting on such roadway.

(1995 Code, § 72.11) Penalty, see § 72.999

§ 72.012 DISPLAY OF PARKED VEHICLE FOR SALE.

   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.

(1995 Code, § 72.12) Penalty, see § 72.999

§ 72.013 PARKING WITH HANDICAPPED PERMITS.

   (A)   Any other provision to the contrary notwithstanding, a motor vehicle bearing a decal in its front windshield issued by the County Clerk-Treasurer pursuant to appropriate county ordinances for handicapped persons, when operated by a handicapped person or when transporting a handicapped person, may be parked in a designated handicapped parking place, or when parked where any parking limit is imposed may be parked for two hours in excess of the parking limit. The motor vehicle may be parked in a loading zone for that period of time necessary to permit entrance or exit of the handicapped person to or from the parked vehicle, but in no circumstances longer than 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.

   (C)   There shall be handicapped parking established as the Mayor may hereafter direct and such handicapped parking shall be designated by the painting of the handicapped symbol in such parking space or by the erection of a handicapped parking only sign. It shall be unlawful for any nonhandicapped person to occupy any space so designated.

(1995 Code, § 72.13) Penalty, see § 72.999

§ 72.014 UNLOADING ZONES.

   (A)   Upon proper application therefor by a person conducting a business whose business requires space on the street in front of or at such place of business for the purpose of loading into vehicles and unloading therefrom merchandise, goods, materials or other property, the City Council may set off a space consisting of not more than two parking spaces in the street to the front of or at such business establishment for such unloading purchases.

   (B)   Such loading-unloading space shall be designated by proper marking with paint of a green color painted on the sidewalk curb and surface of the street.

   (C)   Such loading-unloading space shall not be designated or established or marked until the applicant has paid to the Clerk-Treasurer a fee hereby fixed at the rate of $10 per month for each parking space within the loading-unloading space; and no loading- unloading zone shall be established for a period of less than six months and payment for same at said rate has been paid in advance.

   (D)   Neither the applicant, nor any person engaged in conducting such business or employed at such business establishment, nor any other person, shall park any vehicle in such loading-unloading space except for the sole purpose of loading and unloading materials required in the business of the applicant, and such loading or unloading shall be accomplished as expeditiously as reasonably possible and the vehicle shall be removed therefrom promptly upon completion thereof. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in an establishment and designated loading- unloading space except as herein provided.

   (E)   It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in any marked and designated loading- unloading space in violation of the provisions of division (D) above.

(1995 Code, § 72.14) (Ord. passed 2-18-1972) Penalty, see § 72.999