351.03 PROHIBITED STANDING OR PARKING PLACES.

   No person shall stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the provisions of this Traffic Code, or while obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device, in any of the following places:

   (a)   On a sidewalk, except a bicycle;

   (b)   In front of a public or private driveway including entrances to service stations;

   (c)   Within an intersection;

   (d)   Within ten feet of a fire hydrant;

   (e)   On a crosswalk;

   (f)   Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;

   (g)   Within thirty feet of, and upon the approach to, any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control device;

   (h)   Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by a traffic control device;

   (i)   Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;

   (j)   Within twenty feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within seventy-five feet of the entrance when it is properly posted with signs;

   (k)   Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such standing or parking would obstruct traffic;

   (l)   Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

   (m)   Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street, or within a street tunnel;

   (n)   At any place where signs prohibit stopping, standing or parking, or where the curbing or street is painted yellow, or at any place in excess of the maximum time limited by signs;

   (o)   Within one foot of another parked vehicle;

   (p)   On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway or thruway.

      (ORC 4511.68)

   (q)   Within thirty feet of the entrance to any theater or other place of public assembly having a seating capacity of 300 or over.

   (r)   At all locations in metered zones where it is impractical to place meters.

   (s)   On the strip of land paralleling the curb, or where there is no sidewalk, the property line of the abutting strip. However, the Commissioner of Engineering may designate with the approval of Council, certain streets where parking is permitted on the devil strip to improve traffic safety. On streets where there is not a prohibition of parking and there is no visible curb, the Commissioner of Engineering may permit parking on the devil strip, with the approval of Council, to prevent the safety hazard of parking on the street.

   (t)   In the front yard or side yard on a corner lot, between the curb line and principal structure of any residential property except for temporary parking in a permitted driveway, as defined by the City Zoning Ordinance.

   (u)   On fire lanes duly established pursuant to Chapter 1509 of the Fire Prevention Code.

   (v)   On any cement or brick surface, intended for pedestrian use, separated from the roadway by the curb line.

      (Ord. 15-170. Passed 5-20-15.)