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CHAPTER71:PARKINGREGULATIONS Section 71.01 Parking prohibitions 71.02 Towing of Illegally Parked Vehicles 71.99 Penalty § 71.01 PARKING PROHIBITIONS. (A)Every vehicle parked upon any street with a curb shall be parked parallel to the curb and with the right- hand wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the curb. On other streets, a vehicle shall be parked to the right of the main traveled portion thereof and parallel thereto and in a manner as not to interfere with the free flow of traffic. These requirements shall not apply, however, to any vehicle disabled upon any street, but any police officer may require the person in charge thereof to move it to a place of safety, and if the movement is not made or if any motor vehicle is left alone or abandoned in that position, the officer may provide for the removal of the vehicle to the nearest convenient garage or other place of safekeeping. (B)No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with 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 ten feet of a fire hydrant; (5)On a crosswalk; (6)Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; (7)Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of the roadway; (8)Between a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings; (9)Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of the street opposite the entrance to the fire station, within 75 feet of the entrance when properly sign-posted; (10)Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when the stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic; (11)In the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street; or (12)At any place where official signs prohibit stopping. (C)No person shall, for camping purposes, leave or park a house trailer on any street or the right-of-way thereof. 61|Page