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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-OR-06ORDINANCE NO. 80-OR- ~ An Ordi~nce Amending Ordinance No. 1622 and Section 11 of the City Code for the Purpose of Regulating the Operation and Parking of Motor Vehicles upon the Streets, Alleys and Thoroughfares of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, CLARK COUNTY, INDIANA: Section One. Standing or Parking Close to Curb. Except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance every Vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall he so stoped or parked with the right hand wheels of such vehicle parallel to and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb. 'Section Two. Angle Parking... Anglesor Diagonal Parking is permitted only upon Court Ave., between Locust Street on the West and Meigs Avenue on the East, in those area's so designated. No person shall park or stand a vehicle other than parallel to the curb except in the above described location in this city. Section Thr~e. Stopping, standing or Parking Prohibited. No Signs required. No person shall stop, stand oK park a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law, or the ~irections of a POlice office or Traffic-Control device in any of the following pla~es: .. 1. On a sidewalk. 2. In front of a public or private driveway. 3. Within an intersection. 4. Within 15 (fifteen) feet of a fire hydrant. 5. On a Cross Walk. 6. Within twenty (20) feet of a cross walk. 7. Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any f~ashing beacon, stop sign or trafficecontrol signal lodated at the side of the roadway. 8. Within fifty (50) feet of the Nearest rail of a Railroad Crossing. -1- 9. Within twenty (20) feet to the driveway to any Emergency Vehicle Garage or Parking Space, a~d on the opposite~e of the street of said driveway or space for the same entrance. 10. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic. 11. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge of curb or a street. (Double Parking) 12. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel. 13. At any place or location where official signs prohibit stopping or parking. 14. In parking areas designated for handicapped persons unless the operator or a passenger is handicapped. 15. In those areas marked and designated as fire lanes. Section 3-A. Semi-trailer trucks, that is tractors with trailers attached, shall not park on the public streets or alleys of the city except for the?purpose of unloading the cargo from such trucks. In all locations where lines have been painted on the pavement designating parking places or spots, vehicles must be parked within those lines and it is hereby declared a parking violation to park across the li~es when parallel parking or to straddle the lines for diagonal or straight in parking. Section 4. Parking in Streets or Alleys. No person shall park a Vehicle in a street or alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten (10) feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic, and no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in a street or alley in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property. Section 5. Parking for Certain Purposes Prohibite~. No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway, alley for the principal purpose of: 1. Displaying such vehicle for sale. 2. Repairing or lubricating said vehicle. street, or Section 6. Parking Adjacent To Schools. The Board of Public Works and Safety is hereby authorized to errect signs indicating "No Parking" upon either or both sides of any Street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in their opinion, interfere wi~h traffic or create a hazardous situation. -2- When "Official" signs are erected indicating "No Parking" upon either side of a streetaadjacent to any school property as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place. Section Parking Prohibited. All vehicular Parking is hereby prohibited according to the following schedule: 1. Sparks Avenue - btw. Spring St. & Missouri Ave. (North Side) 2. Graham Street between 8th Street and Market on east side. 3. Tenth Street between Spring and Main Streets. 4. Morningstde.~ Drive for entire length both sides. 5. Penn Street between 7th and 10th Streets East side. 6. Market Street between Graham and Main Streets South Side. 7. Riverside Drive between Spring & Watt Streets South side. 8. Crestview Court between Park Place & 8th Street East side. 9. Ewing Lane between 8th Street and Utica Pike West side. 10. Charlestown Avenue between Division and Main Street South side. No Stopping Standing - Or Parking near Hazardous or Congested Places. The Board of Public Works & Safety is hereby authorized to determine and designate by proper signs places not exceeding One Hundred (100) feet in length in which stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would create an especially hazardous condition or would cause delay in traffic~: When Official Signs are Erected at Hazardous or Congested Places as authorized herein no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any such designated place. SectionS. Public Carrier Stop and Stands. The Board of Public Works & Safety is hereby authorized and required to establish bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands and stands for other passenger common-carrier motor vehicles on such public streets in such places and in such numbers as they shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and =onvenience to the public, and every such bus stop, bus stand, taxicab stand or other stand shall be designated by appropriate signs. Section 9~ Application of Regulations. The provisions of this Ordinance prohibiting the standing or parking of a motor 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. -3- SECTION 'i~0'-A RESIDENTIAL PARKING Residential parking streets: PRATT STREET, fr~a 10th Street only. FRENCH STREET, from 10th Street and west sides. HOk~ARD AVENUE, from 10th Street and west sides. llTH STREET, from Pratt Street only. Residents Jeffersonville only will be allowed on the following to llth Street, east side to llth Street, both east to llth Street, both east to Howard Avenue, south side may obtain residential parking stickers from the Police Department. Any person receiving a citation as the result of a violation of the provisions of this amendment shall be subject to the same penalty set out in Section llA of Ordinance No. 80-0R-6. Section 10. Limited Parking in Designated ~reas. The ~ommon Council by ordinance and the Board of Public Works and Safety by resolution may limit parking at any time it is deemed in the public interest on any s-reet, alley or thoroughfare or other public place and such limitation shall become effective upon posting of appropriate signs indicating such limitations. Section 11. Parking is hereby prohibited, effective upon the posting of appropriate signs, on the North side of Market Street from Meigs Avenue to Main Street from 7:00 o'clock A.M. until 9:00 o'clock A.M. and from 2:00 o'clock P.M. until 4:00 ~!clock P.M., however residents of this area may obtain a windshield sticker of permit from the Chief of Police and upon displaying such sticker or permit appropriately on their vehicle shall be permitted to park in the limited area at any time. Section llA. Penalty .. Any person receiving a citation as the result of a violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall pay an assessment of Five Dollars (excep as hereinafter provided) if paid within 72 hours of the time of such violation to the Clerk or officer in charge at Jeffersonville Police Headquarters at the City County Building, 519 East Court Avenue, however, if such violation is not paid within 72 hours or if the violation is for usurping a parking space provided for the handicapped, or if the violation is for parking a semi-tra6tor trailer truck in a prohibited place then each assessment shall be ten dollars. In the event any[,person charged with a violation hereunder fails to pay as above provided such person shall be charged in city court and upon conviction shall be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. Section 12. Any ordinance or part thereof in conflict with this ordinance is hereby repealed. Section 13. This ordinance shall become effective upon its passage, approval and publication as required by statute. Passed this ~,~' .day of /~/~4~ , 1980. Clerk-Treasurer to ~he Mayor of said C~ty Presented by me as of Jeffersonville this ~- day of ,~980. J C .E -T ASU Approved and signed by me thi's 1980. -5-