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The Waterloo Police Department, parking enforcement officers, code enforcement officers, and any other persons authorized by Resolution of the City Council are hereby authorized as the enforcement agencies for all parking regulations. (Ord. #3591, 10/24/88; '91 Rev.; Ord. #4450, 12/11/00)
Except as herein provided, no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control devices, in any of the following places:
1. On a sidewalk, except a bicycle may stop, stand, or park on a sidewalk as long as the bicycle does not obstruct pedestrian traffic.
2. In front of a public or private driveway or within (5) five feet where the driveway intersects with the street. (Ord. #5537,1/27/2020).
3. Within an intersection.
4. Within five feet of a fire hydrant.
5. On a crosswalk.
6. Within ten feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of the roadway.
7. Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing, except when parked parallel with such rail and not exhibiting a red light.
8. Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five feet of said entrance when properly signposted.
9. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic.
10. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of street.
11. At any place where official signs or curb markings prohibit.
12. Within ten (10) feet of a crosswalk at all intersections within the City of Waterloo, Iowa.
13. Upon any bridge or underpass in the City of Waterloo, Iowa.
14. In any public or private alley of this City in such a manner that ingress or egress of vehicular traffic to or from such alley might be blocked. (Ord. #3539, 4/4/88)
15. Repealed by Ord. #3539, 4/4/88.
16. On that part of any street in the City of Waterloo between the curb line, if there be a curb, and the property line of the abutting property, nor shall any vehicle be parked on the that part of any city street not having a curb between the edge of the traveled portion of said street and property line of the abutting property, commonly referred to as “the parking” (hereinafter “the parking”). However, where lawfully authorized signs are erected by the City of Waterloo, patrons to any business adjacent to “the parking” are excepted from the prohibition of the foregoing paragraph. Under no circumstances may any of the work for any patron’s vehicle be performed on “the parking”, nor shall any vehicle be left on “the parking” after normal business hours, which shall include but not be limited to any overnight parking of said vehicle. Any other vehicles, including but not limited to those owned or operated by any business adjacent to “the parking” are prohibited from stopping, standing, or parking any of said vehicles on the “the parking”. Any business that desires to permit parking on “the parking”, shall apply to the City Council for said permit. The City Council shall make its determination as to which business may have said parking based upon the following non-exclusive factors:
a. That said parking must be paved in accordance with standards established by the city engineer;
b. That there shall be no such parking on arterial streets, which is defined as any area in which the speed limit is over 30 mph;
c. That there shall be no parking on, around, or about curves or conflict areas;
d. No part of any vehicle parked shall protrude onto the traveled portion of the roadway and/or sidewalk.
(Ord. #5537, 1/27/2020)
17. On any street or in any city owned parking lot or ramp in the City of Waterloo for a continuous period of more than 48 hours, except for monthly parking as provided in Sections 311 and 344. The violation of this subsection shall constitute said vehicle a nuisance to be abated as by law provided, or members of the police department may impound such vehicle as hereinafter provided. For the purpose of the regulations herein provided, any vehicle not moved out of the block during the specified and designated parking periods, shall be deemed to have remained stationary. City of Waterloo personnel in charge of city-owned parking lots and ramps are hereby authorized to have such vehicle towed.
(Ord. #3591, 10/24/88; '91 Rev.; Ord. #4082, 3/13/95) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.358]
Except where angle parking is permitted and on one-way streets, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there is an adjacent curb shall be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel with and within eighteen inches (18") of the right-hand curb. On one-way streets vehicles may also be parked with the left-hand wheels parallel with and within eighteen inches (18") of the left-hand curb. [Ref. Iowa Code §321.361]
A space, not to exceed 50 feet, is hereby reserved at the side of the street in front of any theater, auditorium, hotel having more than twenty-five sleeping rooms, or other buildings where large assemblages of people are being held, within which space, when clearly marked as such, no motor vehicle shall be left standing, parking, or stopped except in taking on or discharging passengers or freight, and then only for such length of time as is necessary for such purpose. [Ref. Iowa Code §321.360]
Where spaces have been set apart by signs or markings for bus stops or taxi zones, it shall be unlawful during the hours of bus or taxi operations for the operator of any vehicle, other than a bus or taxi to stand or park in any such officially designated bus stop or taxi zone except that the operator of any passenger vehicle may temporarily stop in any such bus space to stop or taxi zone for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in the loading of or unloading of passengers. No vehicles except licensed taxis shall be stopped or parked in any of the taxi cab stands as designated in Section 550 of this ordinance. No vehicle except buses shall be stopped or parked in any of the bus zones as designated in Section 548 of this ordinance from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. except Sunday.
When signs are erected giving notice of “Loading Zone” or “Grab-n-Go” – no person shall park any vehicle upon any of the streets or portions thereof as designated in Section 549 of this Ordinance, except when actually engaged in the loading or unloading of passengers of merchandise.
No person shall park a motor truck, implement of husbandry, special mobile unit, van or other vehicle used for the carrying of freight or persons on any residential street in the city, or on the following commercial streets: Cyclone Drive, Titan Trail and Athens Drive, except when making a delivery or picking up persons or freight on said street and when doing so shall park only for a length of time reasonably necessary to perform said function.
Nothing in this ordinance shall prevent the parking of a light delivery truck, panel delivery truck or pick-up truck on a residential street. A school bus may park on a residential street only on those days that school is in session and only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (Ord. #3758, 12/17/90; Ord. #5642, 5/2/22)
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