(A) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or when in compliance with law or the directions of a peace officer or traffic-control device, no person shall:
(1) Stop, stand or park any vehicle:
(a) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(b) On a sidewalk, except in a residentially zoned district of the city, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., of the succeeding day, Sunday through Saturday, inclusive;
(c) Within an intersection;
(d) On a crosswalk;
(e) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone unless the Governing Body indicates a different length by signs or markings;
(f) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
(g) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure over a highway or within a highway tunnel;
(h) On any railroad track;
(i) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
(j) On any highway without first securing a current registration as provided by law; or
(k) For more than 24 hours at one general location.
(l) On the north side of 10th Street, from the intersection of Chestnut Street and 10th Street to the intersection of Laurel Street and 10th Street except as may be permitted by divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section.
(2) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
(a) In front of a public or private driveway or alley or be within five feet from the entrance of said public or private driveway or alley;
(b) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(c) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(d) Within 30 feet of any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or other traffic-control device located at the side of a roadway;
(e) Within 15 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 25 feet of such entrance when properly signposted; or
(f) At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
(3) Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers:
(a) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; or
(b) At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
(B) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as shall be unlawful.
(C) The provisions of this chapter regulating the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles while the driver of such vehicle is operating the same in an emergency in the necessary performance of public duties.
(Ord. 1818, passed 10-10-02; Am. Ord. 1841, passed 6-12-03; Am. Ord. 1932, passed 5-25-06)