A. Use Of Public Ways:
1. The city manager or designee is authorized to designate such places upon the streets, avenues or highways of the city, for public and private buses, taxicabs, and transportation network companies to stand when not employed in carrying passengers. No public or private bus, taxicab, or transportation network company shall stand or park at any place other than at the location so designated by the city manager or designee, except that this provision shall not prevent the operator of any such vehicle from temporarily stopping in accordance with other parking regulations for the purpose of and while actually engaged in letting passengers into or out of such vehicle.
2. The city manager or designee is authorized to place and maintain signage designating the location upon the streets or highways where public or private buses, taxicabs and transportation network companies may stand when not employed in the actual carrying of passengers.
B. Specific Areas: It is unlawful, at any time, to permit any vehicle to stand in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control device:
1. In any intersection;
2. In any crosswalk;
3. At any place where the vehicle would block the use of a driveway;
4. On any sidewalk, parkway or curb area between any sidewalk and street curb line;
5. Within any alley in such a manner or under such conditions as prohibit the free movement of vehicular traffic, or to block the driveway entrances to any abutting property;
6. At any place where official signs prohibit parking;
7. On any private property without the consent of the owner of the property.
C. Violation; Penalty: A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine as provided in the general penalty in section 1-4-1 of this Code. A person who violates this section shall also be deemed to have committed a Municipal infraction, and shall be assessed the civil penalty described in section 1-4-4 of this Code. For each separate incident, the City shall elect to treat the violation as a misdemeanor or a Municipal infraction, but not both. If a violation is repeated, the City may treat the initial violation as a misdemeanor and the repeat violation as a Municipal infraction, or vice versa. Each day that a violation remains shall constitute a separate violation. (Ord. A-85, 12-5-1955; amd. Ord. A-137, 11-19-1965; Ord. A-155, 8-7-1967; Ord. A-165, 10-7-1968; Ord. 85-14, 10-21-1985; Ord. 03-09, 4-7-2003; Ord. 09-20, 10-19-2009; Ord. 20-09, 6-1-2020)