§ 32-156. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places  


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  • (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 a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said 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) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;

    (15) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;

    (16) Within 20 feet of any mail receptacle served regularly by a carrier using a motor vehicle for daily deliveries, if such parking interferes with or causes delay in the carrier's schedule;

    (17) Upon 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 blue paint.

    (b) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.

    (c) Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100.00; upon a second conviction within one year thereafter, shall be fined not more than $200.00; and upon a third or subsequent conviction, shall be fined not more than $500.00.