§ 71.034 USE OF LOADING ZONE.

   No person shall stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time, other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of persons or materials, in a place designated as a loading zone when the hours applicable to that loading zone are in effect. In no case, when the hours applicable to the loading zone are in effect, shall the stop for loading and unloading of materials exceed the time limits posted. If no time limits are posted, then the use of the zone shall not exceed 30 minutes.

(Ord. 513, passed 9-13-2010) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 71.035 ACTION BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

   Whenever a police officer shall find a motor vehicle parked unattended with the ignition key in the vehicle, the law enforcement is authorized to remove the key from the vehicle and deliver the key to the person in charge.

(Ord. 523, passed 9-13-2010)

§ 71.036 STANDING OR PARKING OF BUSES AND TAXICABS.

   The operator of a bus or taxicab shall not stand or park the vehicle upon a street in a business district at a place other than a bus stop or taxicab stand, respectively; except that this provision shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab from temporarily stopping his or her vehicle outside a traffic lane while loading or unloading passengers.

(Ord. 523, passed 9-13-2010) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 71.037 RESTRICTED USE OF BUS AND TAXICAB STANDS.

   No person shall stand or park a vehicle other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand, or a bus in a bus stop; except that the operator of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers, when stopping does not interfere with a bus or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter the restricted space.

(Ord. 523, passed 9-13-2010) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 71.038 EXTENSION OF PARKING TIME.

   Where maximum parking time limits are designated by sign, movement of a vehicle within a block shall not extend the time limits for parking.

(Ord. 523, passed 9-13-2010)

§ 71.039 UNNECESSARY NOISE.

   (A)   No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway unless it is equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise and annoying smoke. No person shall operate, and no owner of any motor vehicle shall permit to be operated upon any public road, street or highway, any motor vehicle so as to cause any greater noise or sound than reasonably necessary for the proper operation of such motor vehicle.

   (B)   The use of exhaust brakes (jake brakes), except in an emergency or except when used by a person operating an emergency services vehicle equipped with a muffled compression braking system, is prohibited at all times within the city.

(Ord. 523, passed 9-13-2010; Ord. 551, passed 4-11-2016) Penalty, see § 10.99