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(a) No person shall stop, park or leaving standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of a street which is not improved with curbing and guttering. (Ord. 639. Passed 3-6-61.)
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(a) During the period from December 1 of each year to March 31 of each succeeding year, no person shall park a motor vehicle on public streets and thoroughfares in the City between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of each day in areas of the City which are classified by the City zoning laws as being residential areas or commercial areas.
(b) In areas of the City in which driveways or other spaces for the parking of motor vehicles off the streets and thoroughfares are not reasonably available, the Chief of Police is hereby authorized to grant permission, at his or her discretion, to the owners of motor vehicles to park their motor vehicles in the streets and thoroughfares during the time period covered by this section. Such permission may be granted by the Chief after the owner of the motor vehicle has requested permission from the Chief. Such permission shall require that the motor vehicle owner comply with all other applicable parking regulations.
(Ord. 84-23. Passed 3-19-84.)
(c) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(a) Council, upon recommendation by the Chief of the Fire Department, may establish fire lanes on either public or private property within the City upon finding that the following conditions exist:
(1) That a fire lane is necessary for safeguarding life and property from the hazards of fire and explosion and for the use and occupancy of buildings and structures and adjacent property; and
(2) That the fire lane is incident to a retail, commercial or manufacturing use or other use where it can reasonably be expected that the public will assemble in sufficient numbers so that the presence of the public and their motor vehicles, if not controlled, will interfere with the operation of the fire-fighting equipment and personnel and the egress of occupants in the case of fire.
(b) Fire lanes shall be of such width as is reasonable, determined by the Chief of the Fire Department with approval of Council as necessary to permit access and operation of fire- fighting equipment and personnel and the egress of occupants. Fire lanes shall be suitably marked by appropriate markings on the ground or by displaying adequate signs, or both. The markings shall be placed and maintained by the City in accordance with color and design as prescribed by the Director of Public Service.
(c) No person shall obstruct a fire lane by parking, stopping or standing a motor vehicle whether such vehicle is attended or unattended, or by constructing a fence or other barricade, or in any manner whatsoever. A barricade or fence which is readily removable or through which access may be gained by fire-fighting equipment and personnel without delay shall not be prohibited by the terms of this section. Any such permitted barricade or fence may not be locked in any manner.
(Ord. 68-44. Passed 7-15-68.)
(d) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(a) No person shall park a motor vehicle on land owned by the City, which land is located other than on public streets, except in those areas designated for parking in the Traffic Control File of the City, or on any accepted plan of any park, or on any other accepted plan of any other land owned by the City.
(b) The Director of Public Service is hereby authorized and instructed to place the necessary signs indicating those areas on lands owned by the City where parking is prohibited.
(Ord. 69-41. Passed 5-19-69.)
(c) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(a) Whenever, during any period of twenty hours or less, snow falls in the City or in a section thereof to a depth of two inches or more, an emergency is declared to exist in that such a heavy snow storm constitutes a serious public hazard impairing transportation, the moving of food and fuel supplies, medical care, fire, health and public protection and other vital facilities of the City. Such emergency shall continue until an announcement, by the Mayor, that snow plowing operations have been completed, which announcement should be made in the manner provided in subsection (b) hereof.
(b) Whenever such an emergency exists, the Mayor shall request the cooperation of the local press and radio and television stations to announce the emergency and the time that emergency parking regulations are to become effective, which time shall be no sooner than one hour after the first announcement to such news media. Such announcement to the news media shall constitute notice to the general public of the existence of the emergency. However, the owners and operators of motor vehicles shall have full responsibility to determine existing weather conditions and to comply with emergency parking regulations.
(c) During the period of such emergency, the Mayor may prohibit the parking of any vehicle upon any or all of the City streets, notwithstanding any conflicting ordinances regulating off-street parking. During such emergency, no person shall park or cause or permit to be parked or abandon or leave unattended any vehicle of any kind upon such public streets. The Mayor may direct the Police Department to tow any violating vehicle. However, vehicles may be parked for a period of not longer than three minutes for actual loading or unloading of passengers or thirty minutes for actual loading or unloading of property, provided that no other provision of this Traffic Code or other ordinance restricting parking as to place or time is violated thereby. The Mayor may close certain streets to motor vehicular traffic or designate certain streets temporarily not to be used by commercial or heavy vehicles until the emergency conditions have passed.
(d) During any such excessive snowfall in which the Mayor invokes this section, no person shall cause any accumulation of ice or snow to be placed upon a public street from private premises.
(e) Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section, or with any order issued under authority of this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Punishment shall be as provided in Section 408.01.
(Ord 78-22. Passed 2-20-78. )
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