(A) Disabled Parking. It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand, or park a motor vehicle within any specially designated and marked parking space reserved for use by physically disabled persons, whether on public or privately-owned property available for public use, unless the motor vehicle is transporting a person eligible for the distinguishing insignia placard or number plates bearing the international wheelchair symbol, and either:
(1) The motor vehicle displays the valid permanently disabled or temporarily disabled removable windshield placard; or
(2) The motor vehicle displays international symbol of access special plates which are currently registered to the vehicle.
Provided, however, any person who is chauffeuring a physically disabled person shall be allowed, without a placard or international symbol of access special plates, to park momentarily in any parking space for the purpose of loading or unloading the disabled person. No complaint shall be issued to the driver for such momentary parking.
(B) Parking, Standing, Stopping in Public Rights-of-Way. Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a law enforcement officer or official traffic control device, it shall be unlawful to stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(1) Upon a sidewalk in such a manner as to block or impair the passage of pedestrian traffic on such sidewalk, either completely or partially. This shall not be construed to prohibit temporary parking of delivery vehicles either in commercial zones or residential neighborhoods.
(2) In front of a public or private driveway;
(3) Within an intersection;
(4) Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
(5) On a crosswalk;
(6) Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; except where approved designated parking spaces are located at a lesser distance from the intersection.
(7) Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a street;
(8) Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five (75) feet of such entrance;
(9) On the side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge of curb or street, or what is commonly known as double parking;
(10) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping, standing or parking;
(11) Upon or within a designated bicycle path or bicycle lane unless allowed via signs or markings;
(12) When signs are erected giving notice thereof, to park a vehicle for longer than such time as is prescribed by such signs in such areas designated in such signs. For purposes of this regulation, the changing of the position of a vehicle from one point directly to another point within the same block shall be deemed one (1) continuous parking period;
(13) Within a bus stop when such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately marked;
(14) To park, stand or stop a vehicle in such a manner as to impede, hinder or restrain the normal flow of traffic on a street. This provision shall not apply to emergency vehicles and city or commercially owned vehicles engaged in the collection of solid waste or recyclable materials;
(15) To park or stand a vehicle in a street other than parallel with the edge of the street headed in the direction of traffic, and with the curbside wheels of the vehicle within eighteen (18) inches of the edge of the street or curb, except upon those streets which have been marked or signed for angle parking where such vehicles shall be parked at the angle to the curb indicated by such mark or signs;
(16) To park or stand a vehicle upon any street or right-of-way for the primary purpose of displaying it for sale and/or washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency. An exception may be permitted, subject to compliance with any other applicable requirements of the City Code, in those cases where a vehicle is parked on a street immediately adjacent to the vehicle owner's principal place of residence and access to any form of off-street parking is not available; or
(17) To park, stand or stop a vehicle in such a manner as to impede the curbside delivery of mail when notice has been given by a postal carrier to discontinue the blocking of access to a mailbox to allow the delivery of mail.
(C) Recreational Vehicles/Trailers. It shall be unlawful to park any recreational vehicle or a trailer on a public street in any residential zoning district for any portion of any five (5) cumulative days in any thirty (30) day period unless signs are posted prohibiting on-street parking or identifying a different period of time. For purposes of this provision, the changing of the position of a vehicle from one point directly to another point within the same block shall be deemed one (1) continuous parking period.
('76 Code, § 13-2-2) (Ord. 951, passed 4-14-94; Am. Ord. 2019-003, passed 2-28-19) Penalty, see § 70.99