§ 10-146. Parking large vehicles.  


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  • (a)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to park on the streets in the city any motor vehicle, trailer or other vehicle, any dimension of which equals or exceeds a width of seven (7) feet, an overall length of twenty-five (25) feet or a height (body above the ground) of seven (7) feet, during the daylight hours from thirty (30) minutes before sunrise to thirty (30) minutes after sunset, unless such vehicle is parked parallel to the curb and not more than one (1) foot therefrom, and is parked at least thirty (30) feet from the property line at any street intersection; provided, that any such vehicle when necessity requires may be parked nearer an intersection when required to do so for the purpose of loading and unloading.

    (b)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to park any motor vehicle or any other vehicle, any dimension of which exceeds a width of seven (7) feet, an overall length of twenty-five (25) feet or a height (body above the ground) of seven (7) feet, on any roadway within the city which is less than thirty-three (33) feet in width.

    (c)

    It shall be unlawful or any person to park on the streets in the city at night any vehicle, any dimension of which exceeds eight (8) feet in width, thirty-two (32) feet in overall length or ten (10) feet in height (body above the ground), except when it is necessary to load or unload such vehicle. For the purpose of this section, the parking of such vehicle at night shall be construed to mean parking at any time between the hours of thirty (30) minutes after sunset and thirty (30) minutes before sunrise.

    (d)

    No person may park any vehicle that exceeds twenty (20) feet in length in any location where diagonal parking is required; provided, that such vehicle may be parked for a period not exceeding five (5) minutes for loading or unloading in any street where diagonal parking is allowed.

(Ord. of 12-22-86, Art. IV, § 6)