(a) Parking Prohibited. Unless otherwise permitted by the Chief of Police, in any shopping center or public grounds off-street parking area, no vehicle shall stop, stand or park immediately in front of, or at the rear of, any building except while loading or unloading passengers or parcels, in which event such motor vehicle shall be parked parallel to the building line or curb, except trucks or semi-trailers loading or unloading at the rear of a building. Except as herein provided, no person shall park a vehicle in any place other than those places designated as parking places by markers, signs, lines or stripes.
(b) Parking By Hydrants. No person shall stop, stand or park a motor vehicle within ten feet of a fire hydrant in a shopping center or upon any public grounds.
(c) Parking By Crosswalks and Doorways. In a shopping center, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle on or across a sidewalk, within twenty feet of a stop sign or other traffic control device located at the side of the portion of a shopping center or public grounds traversed by vehicles, or within ten feet of a doorway or other access or entrance to the rear of a building except vehicles loading or unloading. The Chief of Police is empowered and authorized to designate or approve the marking of no-parking areas prescribed by this chapter by signs or painted lines or curbs.
(d) Handicapped Parking. No person who is not handicapped or operating a vehicle to transport a handicapped person, shall stop or park any motor vehicle at parking locations which are designated for handicapped persons. (Ord. 1987-45. Passed 10-22-87.)