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PARKING REGULATIONS
§ 72.20  OBEDIENCE TO PARKING SIGNS.
    No person shall park or stand a vehicle upon the portion of any street upon which authorized signs or markings have been erected designating the manner or length of time or parking, in a manner or for a length of time contrary to such posted signs or markings.
(Ord. 21, passed - -1952)  Penalty, see § 72.99
§ 72.21  STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING PROHIBITED.
   No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the law or the directions of a police officer or a traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
   (A)   On a sidewalk;
   (B)   Within an intersection;
   (C)   In front of a public or private driveway;
   (D)   On a crosswalk;
   (E)   Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
   (F)   Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
   (G)   Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
   (H)   Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
   (I)   On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of the street; or
   (J)   At any place where official signs prohibit stopping or parking.
(Ord. 21, passed - -1952)  Penalty, see § 72.99
§ 72.22  PARKING NOT TO OBSTRUCT TRAFFIC.
   No person shall park any vehicle upon a street or alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet from the center of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic, and no persons shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley in such position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.
(Ord. 21, passed - -1952)  Penalty, see § 72.99
§ 72.23  REMOVAL OF VEHICLES PARKED IN VIOLATION.
   The Chief of Police and any member of the Police Department shall have the authority to remove all vehicles parked in violation of this subchapter, and any vehicle so removed shall be taken into custody of the Police Department and not released until the reasonable costs of such removal are paid to the Police Department.
(Ord. 21, passed - -1952)  Penalty, see § 72.99
§ 72.24  OVERNIGHT PARKING.
   (A)   No motor vehicle or motorcycle shall be parked on any street or village parking lot in the village between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. at any time.
   (B)   Signs showing the prohibition against overnight parking shall be posted on all principal streets used for entrance into the village.
(Ord. 63, passed 8-5-1976)  Penalty, see § 72.99
§ 72.99  PENALTY.
   (A)   Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is otherwise provided, shall be subject to the provisions of § 10.99.
   (B)   Any person, firm their employee or agent, violating the provisions of §§ 72.20 through 72.23 shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1 and not more than $100 and costs of prosecution, or imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed 90 days or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
   (C)   (1)   Any person or persons, partnership or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of § 72.24, or Chapter 73, is responsible for a municipal civil infraction, subject to payment of a civil fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, plus costs and other sanctions for each infraction.
      (2)   Repeat offenses shall be subject to an increased civil fine as follows:
         (a)   The fine for any offense which is a first repeat offense shall be not less than $250, plus costs and other sanctions; and
         (b)   The fine for any offense which is a second repeat offense or any subsequent repeat offense shall be not less than $500, plus costs and other sanctions.
      (3)   A REPEAT OFFENSE means a second (or any subsequent) violation of § 72.24 or Chapter 73:
         (a)   Committed by a person within any six-month period; and
         (b)   For which the person admits responsibility or is determined to be responsible.
      (4)   Each day on which any violation of § 72.24 or Chapter 73 continues, constitutes a separate offense and shall be subject to penalties or sanctions as a separate offense.
(Ord. 21, passed - -1952; Ord. 63, passed 8-5-1976; Ord. 119, passed 4-12-1995)