§ 76.03  PROHIBITED STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING PLACES.
   (A)   No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
      (1)   On a sidewalk;
      (2)   In front of a public or private driveway;
      (3)   Within an intersection;
      (4)   Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
      (5)   In a properly designated fire lane;
      (6)   On a crosswalk;
      (7)   Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
      (8)   Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
      (9)   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 a different length is indicated by signs or markings;
      (10)   Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
      (11)   Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance (when properly signposted);
      (12)   Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
      (13)   On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
      (14)   On any bridge or other elevated structure on a highway or within a highway tunnel;
      (15)   At any place where official signs prohibit stopping, standing, or parking, or where the curbing or street painted yellow or red, or at any place in excess of the maximum time limited by signs;
      (16)   Within 20 feet of any mail receptacle served regularly by a carrier using a motor vehicle for daily deliveries, if the parking interferes with or causes delay in the carrier’s schedule;
      (17)   On any controlled-access highway;
      (18)   At any place on any highway where the safety and convenience of the traveling public is thereby endangered;
      (19)   In front of a wheelchair accessible ramp or curb cut which is part of a sidewalk designed for use by the general public when the ramp or curb cut is properly marked with yellow paint;
      (20)   Standing or parking vehicle in wheelchair accessible area marked with blue paint; or
      (21)   Over or across any lines or marks established by the municipality to indicate parking spaces.
   (B) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
(W.Va. Code § 17C-13-3)  (1986 Code, § 361.03)  (Ord. passed 9-11-2000)  Penalty, see § 76.99