Farmersville Municipal Code Ch. 10.32 Stopping, Standing and Parking

A. The provisions of this title prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times specified in this title, 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.

B. The provisions of this title imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of the Vehicle Code or the ordinances of the city prohibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(Ord. 57 § 10, 1965)

A. The city traffic engineer is authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb surface, all no stopping zones, no parking areas, and restricted parking areas, as defined and described in this title.

B. When said curb markings or signs are in place no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation of any of the provisions of this title.

(Ord. 57 § 10.2, 1965)

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any parkway.

(Ord. 57 § 10.1, 1965)

No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand, park or leave standing such vehicle in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized officer, or traffic sign or signal:

A. Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings;

B. On either side of any street between the projected property lines of any public walk, public steps, street, or thoroughfare terminating at such street, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

C. In any area where the city traffic engineer determines that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

D. In any area established by resolution of the council as a no parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or red paint upon the curb surface;

E. On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or the installation of underground utilities or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided, that signs giving notice of such no parking are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior to the effective time of such no parking;

F. At any place within twenty feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the midblock end of a safety zone, when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;

G. At any place within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection (in the central traffic district or) in any business district when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop;

H. Within twenty feet of the approach to any traffic signal, boulevard stop sign, or official electric flashing device.

(Ord. 57 § 10.3((a)-(d), (g)-(j)), 1965)

No operator of any vehicle shall park said vehicle upon any street in this city for the principal purpose of advertising or displaying it for sale, unless authorized by resolution of the council.

(Ord. 57 § 10.5, 1965)

A. The city traffic engineer is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.

B. When official signs are erected prohibiting parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.

(Ord. 57 § 10.8, 1965)

No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle unattended on a highway when upon any grade exceeding three percent, within any business or residence district, without blocking the wheels of said vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means.

(Ord. 57 § 10.9, 1965)

A. Whenever the city traffic engineer determines that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings, or functions, or for other reasons, the city traffic engineer shall have power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys as the city traffic engineer directs during the time such temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such emergency and the city traffic engineer shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter.

B. When signs authorized by the provisions of this chapter are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and provisions of such signs.

(Ord. 57 § 10.11, 1965)

No person shall construct or cause to be constructed, repair or cause to be repaired, grease or cause to be greased any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street in this city. Temporary emergency repairs may be made upon a public street.

(Ord. 57 § 10.6, 1965)

The traffic engineer is authorized to place and maintain by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb surface, all no stopping zones, no parking areas, and restricted parking areas, as defined and described in this code and as specified in the vehicle code. When the curb markings are in place, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation of any of the provisions of this code.

A. Red indicates no stopping, standing or parking, whether the vehicle is attended or unattended, except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signs posted as a bus loading zone.

B. White indicates stopping only for loading or unloading of passengers provided that the loading or unloading or passengers shall not take more than five minutes.

C. Green shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than twenty minutes at any one time.

(Ord. 329 § 19, 1988: Ord. 290 § 5, 1985: Ord. 57 § 12.1, 1965)

A. The city traffic engineer is authorized to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings where authorized parking is permitted.

B. When such parking space markings are placed on the highway, subject to other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be stopped, left standing or parked other than within a single space unless the size or shape of such vehicle makes compliance impossible.

(Ord. 57 § 11.3, 1965)

A. The city traffic engineer shall designate established no-stopping zones by placing and maintaining appropriate signs indicating that stopping of vehicles is prohibited and indicating the hours and day when stopping is prohibited.

B. During the hours and days designated on the signs, it is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop said vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets established by resolution of the council as no stopping zones.

(Ord. 57 § 11.4, 1965)

A. On any of the streets or portions of streets established by resolution of the council as diagonal parking zones, when signs or pavement markings are placed indicating such diagonal parkings, it is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park said vehicle except:

1. At the angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits of said allotted space;

2. With the front wheel nearest the curb within six inches of said curb.

B. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply when such vehicle is actually engaged in the process of loading or unloading passengers, freight or goods, in which event the provisions applicable in Section 10.32.180 shall be complied with.

(Ord. 57 § 11.5, 1965)