CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally

Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any street, bridge or causeway, or in any tunnel, where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, such officer may provide for the removal of such vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety.

(ORC 4511.67)

351.02 REGISTERED OWNER PRIMA-FACIE LIABLE FOR UNLAWFUL PARKING.

In any hearing on a charge of illegally parking a motor vehicle, testimony that a vehicle bearing a certain license plate was found unlawfully parked as prohibited by the provisions of this Traffic Code, and further testimony that the record of the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles shows that the license plate was issued to the defendant, shall be prima-facie evidence that the vehicle which was unlawfully parked, was so parked by the defendant. A certified registration copy, showing such fact, from the Registrar shall be proof of such ownership.

351.03 PROHIBITED STANDING OR PARKING PLACES.

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:

(a) On a sidewalk, curb or street lawn area, except a bicycle;

(b) In front of a public or private driveway;

(d) Within ten feet of a fire hydrant;

(e) On a crosswalk;

(f) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;

(g) Within thirty feet of, and upon the approach to, any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control device;

(h) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by a traffic control device;

(i) Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;

(j) Within twenty feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within seventy-five feet of the entrance when it is properly posted with signs;

(k) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such standing or parking would obstruct traffic;

(l) Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

(m) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street, or within a street tunnel;

(n) At any place where signs prohibit stopping, standing or parking, or where the curbing or street is painted yellow, or at any place in excess of the maximum time limited by signs;

(o) Within one foot of another parked vehicle;

(p) On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway or thruway.

(ORC 4511.68)

(q) Within any lawfully designated fire lane.

(r) Within any lawfully designated horse-drawn carriage stop.

(Ord. 76-83. Passed 9-19-83.)

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