§ 10.3-18. Additional parking regulations.

(1)

Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked with the righthand wheels parallel to and within twelve (12) inches of the righthand curb or edge of the roadway.

(2)

Except when otherwise provided, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a one-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway, in the direction of authorized traffic movement, with its righthand wheels within twelve (12) inches of the righthand curb or edge of the roadway, or its left wheels within twelve (12) inches of the left hand curb or edge of the roadway.

(3)

Except when loading or unloading passenger(s), property, livestock, or actively engaged in the harvest of agricultural products, no person shall park or store a vehicle that has a payload capacity exceeding two (2) tons on rights-of-way in unincorporated Polk County. As used herein, right-of-way shall include the complete area within the boundary lines of land designated for use by the public, for vehicular or pedestrian travel including; without limitation, streets, roadways, deceleration lanes, shoulders, berms, medians, bridges, sidewalks, bike paths, road side drainage areas, ditches, curbs and gutters. This prohibition shall not apply to the parking of emergency vehicles when responding to an emergency, utility vehicles when working on a utility, governmental vehicles when providing a governmental service and/or law enforcement vehicles.

(Ord. No. 86-35, § 3, 12-23-86; Ord. No. 19-009, § 1, 2-19-19)