(a) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk;
(2) In front of a public or private driveway;
(3) Within an intersection;
(4) Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant;
(5) In a properly designated fire lane;
(6) On a crosswalk;
(7) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(8) Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(9) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings;
(10) Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(11) Within twenty 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 feet of the entrance (when properly signposted);
(12) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(13) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(14) On any bridge or other elevated structure on a highway or within a highway tunnel;
(15) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
(16) Within twenty feet of any mail receptacle served regularly by a carrier using a motor vehicle for daily deliveries, if the parking interferes with or causes delay in the carriers schedule;
(17) On any controlled-access highway;
(18) At any place on any highway where the safety and convenience of the traveling public is thereby endangered;
(19) On any public property or right-of-way not otherwise indicated by official signs or markings authorizing parking, to include, but not limited to, any grassy or unpaved public property, to include grassy areas adjacent to public streets whether paved, or unpaved, with or without sidewalks. (Ord. 2014-04. Passed 2-18-14.)
(b) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
(c) Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars; upon a second conviction within one year thereafter, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars; and upon a third or subsequent conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, provided, however, that any person violating subsection (a)(5) hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for a first offense violation, provided that the fine shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) if not paid within 10 days of the citation, complaint or warrant being issued, fined one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a second offense violation which occurs within one year, and fined tow hundred dollars ($200.00) and/or imprisoned not more than thirty (30) days, or both fined and imprisoned for a third offense violation.
If after thirty days a citation issued under this article remains unpaid the Municipal Court Clerk shall then cause to be sent by first class mail a notice informing the offender that if the citation is unpaid proceedings will be instituted in Municipal Court against them.
(Ord. 2009-20. Passed 12-7-09.)