(A) Purpose. It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this section to prohibit the obstruction by a vehicle of a mailbox in such a manner so as to impede the delivery of the mail by the United States Postal Service.
(B) Mailbox defined. For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MAILBOX.
(a) A public container approved by the United States Postal Service for deposit of outgoing mail.
(b) A private container approved by the United States Postal Service for incoming mail.
(C) Obstruction of mailbox. A person may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle in such a manner as to obstruct a mailbox or to interfere with the delivery of mail by the United States Postal Service. Vehicles following the direction of a law enforcement officer or traffic control device, emergency response personnel attending to an emergency call, United States Postal Service vehicles, and individuals stopped for the sole purpose of placing or removing mail from a mailbox are exempted from this section.
(Prior Code, § 58-2) (Ord. 11-17, passed 9-12-2011)