CHAPTER 72: STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING
     
    Section
     
    72.01 Application
    72.02 Parking signs required
    72.03 Parking not to obstruct traffic
    72.04 Parking restricted in alleys
    72.05 Parking for certain purposes prohibited
    72.06 Obedience to parking signs or markings
    72.07 Truck and bus parking restricted
    72.08 Standing or parking prohibited off roadway
    72.09 Standing or parking prohibited at alleys
    72.10 Parking restricted in business district
    72.11 No left-of-center parking; exception
    72.12 Standing in loading zone
    72.13 Standing on parking within 20 feet of fire hydrant
    72.14 Handicap parking
    72.15 Yellow line parking or standing prohibited  
    Cross-reference:
    Parking schedules, see Ch. 76
    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.
     
    (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84)
    Statutory reference:
    Local regulation of stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles, see IC 9-21-8 et seq.
      
     
    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.
    (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84)
    72.03
    AUBURN - STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING
    72.03 PARKING NOT TO OBSTRUCT TRAFFIC
    No person shall park any vehicle upon a street, other than an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic.
    (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99
     
    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.
    (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99
     
    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.
    (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99
     
    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.
    (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99
    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.
     
    72.08
    AUBURN - STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING
    (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.
     
    (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99
     
    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.
    (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99
     
    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.
    (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99
     
    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.
    (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99
     
    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.
    (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99
     
      
     
    72.12
    AUBURN - STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING
    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.
    (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99
      
    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.
    (Ord. 89-26, passed 9-5-89) Penalty, see 70.99
    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.
    (Ord. 89-26, passed 9-5-89) Penalty, see 70.99
    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.
     
    (Ord. 89-26, passed 9-5-89) Penalty, see 70.99

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