(A) Purpose; definitions.
(1) The purpose of this section is to prohibit the parking of trailers, as defined herein, upon any public right-of-way in the city not expressly designated for a period of greater than two hours.
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) A TRAILER shall be defined as a conveyance used to transport cargo over the road by attachment to a vehicle.
(b) A VEHICLE shall be defined as a conveyance intended to move passengers or cargo over the land or water.
(c) PARK shall refer to the instance of stopping in such a manner that movement is deliberately inhibited.
(d) A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY shall be defined as a street, alley, easement or other property dedicated to the City of Port Isabel, Cameron County or the State of Texas.
(B) Prohibition.
(1) It shall be a violation of this section for any person to park a trailer wholly or partly upon a public right-of-way for a period of greater than two hours.
(2) It shall be a defense to a violation of this section if the owner of the trailer has a valid building permit issued by the City of Port Isabel, provided that the trailer is not parked for more than 12 hours, or between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(3) It shall not be a defense to a violation of this provision if the trailer has not moved more than 500 feet during the period of violation.
(Ord. 704, passed 6-28-2022) Penalty, see § 72.99