Section
452.01 Prohibition against parking on streets or highways
452.02 Police may remove illegally parked vehicle
452.03 Prohibited standing or parking places
452.04 Manner of parallel and angle parking; privileges for persons with disabilities
452.05 Willfully leaving vehicles on private or public property
452.055 Parking prohibitions on private property; private tow-away zones
452.06 Unattended vehicles; duty to lock ignition, remove key, set brake and the like
452.07 Opening doors on side available to traffic
452.08 Selling, washing or repairing vehicle upon roadway
452.09 Loading zones; noise control
452.10 Bus stops and taxicab stands
452.11 Parking in alleys and narrow streets; exceptions
452.12 Snow emergencies
452.13 Moving vehicles interfering with snow removal; charges
452.14 Overnight parking
452.15 Parking in driveways of city-owned property, multi- family dwellings and in shopping center, store and school areas
452.16 Registered owner prima facie liable for unlawful parking
452.17 Waiver
452.99 Penalty
CROSS REFERENCES
See section histories for similar state law
Handicapped parking, see Ch. 1466
Impounding; redemption, see § 404.05
Lights on parked or stopped vehicles, see § 438.09
Parking defined, see § 402.23
Parking near stopped fire apparatus, see § 432.25
Parking of bicycles; locks, see § 474.09
Police may remove ignition key from unattended vehicle, see § 404.08
Stop defined, see § 402.41
Stopping and standing defined, see § 402.43
Storage of junk vehicles, see § 660.07
(a) (1) Upon any highway, no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of the highway if it is practicable to stop, park or so leave the vehicle off the paved or main traveled part of the highway. In every event a clear and unobstructed portion of the highway opposite the standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of the stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon the highway.
(2) This section does not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or improved or main traveled portion of a highway in such manner and to the extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in that position.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this division (b), whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(R.C. § 4511.66)
(a) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of R.C. § 4511.66 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the officer may move the vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the paved or improved or main traveled part of the highway.
(b) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any highway, bridge or causeway, or in any tunnel, where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, the officer may provide for the removal of the vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety.
(R.C. § 4511.67)
(a) No person shall stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the provisions of this Traffic Code, or while obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk, except a bicycle;
(2) In front of a public or private driveway;
(3) Within an intersection;
(4) Within ten feet of a fire hydrant;
(5) On a crosswalk;
(6) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(7) Within 30 feet of, and upon the approach to, any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic-control device;
(8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by a traffic-control device;
(9) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(10) Within 20 feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within 75 feet of the entrance when it is properly posted with signs;
(11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(12) Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(13) Upon any bridge or elevated structure upon a highway, or within a highway tunnel;
(14) At any place where signs prohibit stopping;
(15) Within one foot of another parked vehicle;
(16) On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway or thruway; and
(17) Within any fire lane as established by the Fire Chief pursuant to Chapter 1660 of the Fire Prevention Code.
(b) Whoever violates division (a)(17) of this section shall be fined $50 for each violation. Whoever violates any other provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 1995-115, passed 7-17-1995)
Statutory reference:
Parking - prohibited acts, see R.C. § 4511.68
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