ARTICLE III. - SPECIFIC STREET REGULATIONS

DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY#

Secs. 24-72—24-100. - Reserved.#

DIVISION 2. - SPEED LIMITS#

Sec. 24-101. - Prima facie speed; designated streets.#

(a)

When appropriate street signs giving notice of the maximum permitted speed thereon are erected, the prima facie speed limits shall apply to the appropriate streets.

(b)

Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or in any other section of the town, the prima facie speed limits on the streets of the town shall be 25 miles per hour.

(Code 1981, § 11-323)

Secs. 24-102—24-130. - Reserved.#

DIVISION 3. - STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING#

Sec. 24-131. - Angle parking.#

Angle parking shall be permitted in the town on Main Street. The marshal/chief of police shall mark or sign such street or parts of streets and also indicate the angle of such parking.

(Code 1981, § 11-324)

Sec. 24-132. - Parking or blocking streets or highways.#

In addition to the parking provisions contained in the state traffic code, it shall be a Class B misdemeanor for any person to: (1)

Remain standing, lying or sitting on any street or highway in such a manner as to obstruct the free passage of vehicular or pedestrian traffic thereon;

(2)

Willfully remain standing, lying or sitting on any street or highway in such manner as to obstruct the free passage of vehicular or pedestrian traffic thereon for more than one minute after being requested to move by any police officer; and

(3)

Willfully remain on such street or highway in such manner as to obstruct the free passage of any person or vehicle into or out of any property abutting upon the street or highway or any property having access to such street or highway.

(Code 1981, § 11-341)

Sec. 24-133. - No parking.#

It shall be a Class B misdemeanor to park or leave standing at any time a motor vehicle, in any of the places prohibited when properly posted, except when necessary to avoid interference with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control device.

(Code 1981, § 11-343)

Sec. 24-134. - Unlawful parking.#

(a)

No motor vehicle shall be parked with the left side of the vehicle next to the curb, except on one-way streets. It shall be unlawful to stand or park any motor vehicle in a street other than parallel with the curb and with the two right wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the regularly established curbline except on those streets which have been marked for angle parking; then vehicles shall be parked at the angle to the curb indicated by such marks.

(b)

It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle on any street for the purpose of displaying it for sale, or to park any vehicle from which merchandise is peddled on any business street.

(c)

When so posted, it shall be unlawful for the driver of a passenger vehicle to stand or park such vehicle for a period of time longer than is permitted by the posted sign for the loading or unloading of passengers, or for the driver to stand or park any freight-carrying motor vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary to load, unload and deliver materials in any place designated as a loading zone and marked as such.

(d)

It shall be unlawful for any person, except physicians on emergency calls or designated emergency vehicles when properly posted, to park any motor vehicle on any street in violation of the posted restrictions.

(e)

No person shall park a motor vehicle within an alley in such manner or under such conditions as to leave less than ten feet of the width of the roadway available for the free movement of vehicular traffic. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within an alley in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.

(f)

No motor vehicle other than a licensed taxicab shall be parked in any area designated by ordinance as a taxicab stand and no vehicle other than a bus shall be parked in a place so designated as a bus loading zone.

(g)

It shall be an infraction for any person to park or leave standing on any public road, street, alley or municipal property any motor vehicle for 48 or more consecutive hours, and any vehicle so parked or left standing may be impounded or removed by the town marshal/chief of police. For purposes of impoundment and removal, the town marshal/chief of police may impound and remove any motor vehicle which reasonably appears to have remained unmoved for 48 consecutive hours. The cost of impoundment and removal shall be charged to the owner or any person who claims the impounded motor vehicle.

(Code 1981, § 11-344)

Secs. 24-135—24-151. - Reserved.#

DIVISION 4. - THROUGH STREETS#

Sec. 24-152. - Designated; list on file.#

The list of those streets and parts of streets described and declared to be through streets is on file in the town clerk/recorder's office.

(Code 1981, § 11-325)

Secs. 24-153—24-172. - Reserved.#

DIVISION 5. - STOP OR YIELD STREETS#

Sec. 24-173. - Authority to erect stop or yield signs.#

Whenever any ordinance of the town designates and describes a through street, it shall be the duty of the marshal/chief of police or the superintendent of streets to place and maintain a stop sign or, where safety and efficiency require at any intersection, a yield sign on each and every street intersecting such through street unless traffic at such intersection is controlled at all times by traffic control signals. However, at the intersection of two through streets or at the intersection of a through street and a heavily traveled street, stop signs shall be erected at the approaches to either street as determined by the marshal/chief of police and on the basis of an engineering and traffic study.

(Code 1981, § 11-326)