Abandoned Vehicles

ABANDONED VEHICLE

(A) No person shall park any car or pickup on any public street for a period in excess of ten days. No person shall park any other vehicle on any public street for a period in excess of three days. The intent of this section is to penalize people who use the street as a parking area for their vehicles but not to penalize people who use their cars or pickups on a day-to-day or other similar regular basis and park that vehicle on the street.

(B) Definitions.

STREET means every public way, road, thoroughfare, alley, and place, including bridges and other structures within the boundaries of this city, open, used or intended for use of the general public for vehicles or vehicular traffic as a matter of right.

VEHICLE means any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway and includes vehicles that are propelled or powered by any means

PROHIBITED PARKING OR STANDING.

(A) No person shall park or stand a vehicle as follows.

(1) In violation of state motor vehicle laws or in violation of a lawfully erected parking limitation device or curb painting.

(2) In an alley other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of persons or materials, and in no case for a period in excess of 20 consecutive minutes in any two-hour period.

(’91 Code, § 5-3.22)

(B) No operator shall park and no owner shall allow a vehicle to be parked on a street for the principal purpose of the following.

(1) Displaying the vehicle for sale.

(2) Repairing or servicing the vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency.

(3) Displaying temporary advertising from the vehicle.

(4) Selling merchandise from the vehicle, except when authorized.

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