(A) Peddlers and vendors.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division, no person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or foodstuffs are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale or bartered or exchanged, or any lunch wagon or eating car or vehicle, on any portion of any street within the city except that the vehicles, wagons or pushcarts may stand or park only at the request of a bona fide purchaser for a period of time not to exceed ten minutes at any one place. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons delivering the articles upon order of, or by agreement with, a customer from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution.
(2) No person shall park or stand on any street any lunch wagon, eating cart or vehicle or pushcart from which articles of food are sold or offered for sale without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the Planning and Development Services Department, which permit shall designate the specific location in which the cart shall stand.
(3) No person shall park or stand any vehicle or wagon used or intended to be used in the transportation of property for hire on any street while awaiting patronage for the vehicle or wagon without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the Planning and Development Services Department, which permit shall designate the specific location which the vehicle may stand.
(4) Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of this division, and a particular location to park or stand is specified therein, no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon or pushcart at any location other than as designated in the permit. In the event the holder of this permit is convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction for violating any of the provisions of this subsection, the permit shall be forthwith revoked by the Planning and Development Services Director upon the filing of the record of the conviction with the officer, and no permit shall thereafter be issued to the person until six months have elapsed from the date of the revocation.
(1994 Code, § 10.08.071)
(B) Emergency parking signs.
(1) Whenever the Director of Public Works shall determine that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings, or functions, or for other reasons, the Director of Public Works shall have the power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted indicating that the operation, parking, or standing of vehicles is prohibited on the streets and alleys as the Director of Public Works shall direct during the time the temporary signs are in place. The signs shall remain in place only during the existence of the emergency, and the Director of Public Works shall cause the signs to be removed promptly thereafter.
(2) When signs authorized by the provisions of this subsection are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall operate, park, or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and provisions of the signs.
(1994 Code, § 10.08.072)
(C) Parking commercial vehicle in residential districts.
(1) No person shall park any of the following commercial vehicles in any residential zone district or in the right-of-way adjacent to any residential zone district:
(a) Trucks of greater than one ton capacity;
(b) Buses;
(c) Commercial trailers of all types;
(2) The provisions of this division shall not apply when a vehicle is:
(a) Loading or unloading merchandise, materials or passengers; or
(b) Parked in connection with, and in aid of, the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which the vehicle is parked, for the time as is reasonably necessary to complete the service.
(3) No person shall park commercial vehicles over one ton on a public street within 500 feet of a residential district between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(1994 Code, § 10.08.075)
(D) Parking on city property.
(1) Whenever the Director of Public Works shall determine that the orderly, efficient conduct of the city's business requires that the parking or standing of vehicles on city property be prohibited, limited or restricted, the Director shall have the power and authority to order signs to be erected or posted indicating that the parking of vehicles is thus prohibited, limited or restricted.
(2) When signs authorized by the provisions of this division are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of the signs.
(1994 Code, § 10.08.076)
(E) Parking on private property; inoperative vehicles.
(1) It shall be unlawful to park or store a vehicle on any portion of private property visible from a public street unless the vehicle is operative and is parked on a driveway.
(2) For the purpose of this division (E), the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DRIVEWAY. A poured-in-place asphalt or concrete slab which covers less than 50% of the required front yard area and is connected to a public right-of-way by a curb cut, or any other designated parking area.
PRIVATE PROPERTY. All real property in the city which is not publicly owned.
PRIVATE PROPERTY VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. All private property which can be seen while standing in a public street and which is not behind a five- to six-foot solid fence.
PUBLIC STREET. A way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular traffic.
VEHICLE, OPERATIVE. A vehicle is operative only when it displays a current vehicle registration and is in condition to be legally operated upon a public street or highway within the state.
(1994 Code, § 10.08.077)
(F) Diagonal parking.
(1) On any of the streets or portions of streets established by resolution of the Council as diagonal parking zones, when signs or pavement markings are in place indicating the diagonal parking, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park the vehicle except:
(a) At the angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits of the allotted space; and
(b) With the front wheel nearest the curb within six inches of the curb.
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply when the vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading passengers, freight, or goods, in which event the provisions applicable to parallel parking of this subchapter shall be complied with.
(1994 Code, § 10.08.078)
(G) Parking space markings.
(1) The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbing where authorized parking is permitted.
(2) When the parking space markings are placed on the highway, subject to other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be stopped, left standing or parked other than within a single space unless the size or shape of the vehicle makes compliance impossible.
(1994 Code, § 10.08.079)
(H) No stopping zones.
(1) The Director of Public Works shall designate established no stopping zones by placing and maintaining appropriate signs indicating that stopping of vehicles is prohibited and indicating the hours and day when stopping is prohibited.
(2) During the hours and on the days designated on the signs, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop the vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets established by resolution of the Council as no stopping zones.
(1994 Code, § 10.08.081)
(I) Authority to establish loading zones.
(1) The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to determine and mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows:
(a) At any place in any business district; and
(b) Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business or in front of any hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly.
(2) In no event shall more than one-half the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.
(3) Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top of all curbs within the zones.
(4) Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all curbs in the zones.
(1994 Code, § 10.08.082)
(J) Effect of permission to load or unload.
(1) Permission granted in this subchapter to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than 20 minutes.
(2) The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries and to the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail.
(3) Permission granted in this subchapter to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage, but shall not extend the time necessary thereof, and in no event for more than three minutes.
(4) Within the total time specified in this subsection, the provisions of this subsection shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting the abuse of the privileges hereby granted.
(1994 Code, § 10.08.083)
(K) Standing for loading or unloading only. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow loading zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or materials for the time as is permitted in § 71.08 of this chapter.
(1994 Code, § 10.08.084)
(L) Standing in passenger loading zones. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any passenger loading zone for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers for the time as is specified in § 71.08 of this chapter.
(1994 Code, § 10.08.085)
(M) Standing in alleys. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in any alley. It shall be unlawful to stop, stand or park in any alley designated as a fire lane and in which adequate signs and markings indicate the destination.
(1994 Code, § 10.08.086) Penalty, see § 10.99