§ 162-9. Parking regulations.

A. 

Except in the congested district hereinafter established, any vehicle shall be parked parallel to the curb and with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle within 12 inches of the curb. The foregoing requirements shall not apply, however, to any vehicle disabled upon any street, but any police officer of the City may require the person in charge thereof to move it to a place of safety, and if such movement is not made or if any motor vehicle is left alone or abandoned in any such position, the officer may provide for the removal of such 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 direction 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 10 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 a roadway.

(8) 

Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings.

(9) 

Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.

(10) 

Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance when properly signposted.

(11) 

Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic.

(12) 

On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.

(13) 

Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel, except as otherwise provided by ordinance.

(14) 

At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).

C. 

No person shall move a vehicle not owned by such person into any prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.

Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).

D. 

No person shall, for camping purposes, leave or park a travel trailer on or within the limits of any highway or on any highway right-of-way, except where signs are erected designating the place as a camp site.

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).

E. 

No person shall stop or park a vehicle on a street or highway when directed or ordered to proceed by any peace officer invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic.

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).

F. 

No vehicle shall be parked on any street for the purposes of displaying it for sale.

G. 

Parking on residential streets.

(1) 

No person shall park any vehicle or vehicle trailer combination that exceeds 21 feet on any residential street in the City of Fairfax for more than 24 hours.

(2) 

No person shall park any non-motorized vehicles, specifically including trailers, on any residential street in the City of Fairfax for more than 24 hours.

(3) 

As cited in this section, the term "residential street" refers to portions of streets which abut property exclusively zoned for residential use.

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).