Auburn - Stopping, Starting, Standing, and Parking
| CHAPTER 72: STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING | ||
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| 72.01 APPLICATION OF ARTICLE |
| A) | The provisions of this chapter and Chapter 76 prohibiting the standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified or as indicated on official signs, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device. | |
| B) | The provisions of this chapter and Chapter 76 imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times. | |
| 72.02 PARKING SIGNS REQUIRED | ||
| Whenever, by this traffic code or any other ordinance of the city, any parking time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets, it shall be the duty of the City Council to erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof. No such regulations shall be effective unless the signs are erected and in place at the time of any alleged offense. | ||
| 72.03 PARKING NOT TO OBSTRUCT TRAFFIC | ||
| No person shall park a vehicle upon a street, other than an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less then ten feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic. No person shall block the private driveway of a resident in the City of Auburn. No person shall obstruct a public sidewalk with any vehicle and/or trailer. | ||
| 72.04 PARKING RESTRICTED IN ALLEYS | ||
| It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any alley for a period of time longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers or freight. No vehicle shall stand or park in any alley for any such purpose so as to leave available less than eight feet of the width of the alley for the free movement of traffic or if less than eight feet of the width of the alley is available, the operator of the parked or standing vehicle shall immediately move it upon the approach of another vehicle. | ||
| 72.05 PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES PROHIBITED | ||
| No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principle purpose of displaying the vehicle for sale, greasing, or repairing the vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency. | ||
| 72.06 OBEDIENCE TO PARKING SIGNS OR MARKINGS | ||
| In those locations that have been officially signed or marked for parking on the streets or in municipal parking lots, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than within any parkings and at the orientation indicated by the signs or markings. | ||
| 72.07 TRUCK AND BUS PARKING RESTRICTED |
| A) | Residential district | |
| No person owning, leasing, possessing, or operating a truck, trailer, bus, recreational vehicle, tractor, or tractor-trailer, taller, wider, and longer than a conventional station wagon or pick-up truck shall be permitted to park the same upon any street or alley within the residential district of the corporate limits of the city. However, the vehicles may park for a sufficient time to make deliveries or pick up merchandise, provided such parking does not interrupt the regular flow of traffic and does not create a hazard for the safety of others. | ||
| (B) Business District | ||
| In the business district, no such truck, bus, or recreational vehicle shall park upon any street or alley within the corporate limits of the city longer than one hour. However, the vehicles may park for a sufficient time to make deliveries or pick up merchandise in the regular course of business, provided such parking does not interrupt the regular flow of traffic and does not create a hazard for the safety of others and provided such parking complies with all other parking regulations in force in the city. | ||
| (C) Exception | ||
| Notwithstanding the provisions of divisions (A) and (B) above, such truck or bus may park upon a street in a business or residential district after obtaining written permission from the Police Department which shall stipulate the location and length of time the vehicle may be parked. | ||
| 72.08 STANDING OR PARKING PROHIBITED OFF ROADWAY | ||
| No person shall stand or park a vehicle on a street other than on the roadway or paved shoulder. | ||
| 72.09 STANDING OR PARKING PROHIBITED AT ALLEYS | ||
| No person shall stand or park a vehicle on a street in any manner which would restrict full access to any alley. | ||
| 72.10 PARKING RESTRICTED IN BUSINESS DISTRICT | ||
| No person shall park a vehicle for a period longer than 12 consecutive hours in a business district without authorization of the Municipal City of Auburn, Indiana. | ||
| 72.11 NO LEFT-OF-CENTER PARKING; EXCEPTION | ||
| No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle left of the center of the roadway except where parking space is provided on a one-way street. | ||
| 72.12 STANDING IN LOADING ZONE | ||
| No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers or materials, in any place marked as a loading zone during hours and days when the regulations applicable to the curb loading zone are effective and then only for a period not to exceed three minutes for passengers or 20 minutes for materials. | ||
| 72.13 STANDING OR PARKING WITHIN 20 FEET OF FIRE HYDRANT | ||
| No person shall park or stand any vehicle within 20 feet of a fire hydrant except for emergency vehicles. | ||
| 72.14 HANDICAP PARKING | ||
| No person shall park or stand any vehicle in a designated handicap parking space except with a handicap sticker affixed to the rear window of the vehicle or any other conspicuous place or handicap license plate. | ||
| 72.15 YELLOW LINE PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITED |
| A) | No person shall park or stand any vehicle at any location designated with a yellow curb marking or painting. | |
| B) | The Chief of Police shall so designate those areas to be marked as no parking-yellow line. | |