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<br />PUBLIC PROTECTION § 5.32.290
<br />(4) For the purpose of enforcement of this Sec. 5.32.280. Truck parking.
<br />section, any vehicle moved less than one (a) It is unlawful to park a detached semitrailer
<br />block in a limited -time parking zone upon any street, city -owned parking lot, or other
<br />shall be deemed to have remained station- public property except streets as specifically
<br />ary. designated by the council by resolution and
<br />(Code 1984, § 8.20; Code 2003, § 66-80) signposted.
<br />Sec. 5.32.260. Parking after snowfall
<br />prohibited.
<br />It is unlawful for any person, except an opera-
<br />tor of an emergency motor vehicle on an emergency
<br />call, to park or leave standing any vehicle on any
<br />street or municipal parking lot when there is
<br />more than two inches of snow on the street or
<br />municipal parking lot and snow is falling or has
<br />fallen within the previous 48 hours, or snow is
<br />blowing or has been blowing within the previous
<br />48 hours.
<br />(Code 1984, § 8.21; Code 2003, § 66-81)
<br />Sec. 5.32.270. Emergency parking.
<br />(a) Definitions. The following words, terms
<br />and phrases, when used in this section, shall
<br />have the meanings ascribed to them in this
<br />subsection, except where the context clearly
<br />indicates a different meaning:
<br />Emergency means a condition created on city
<br />streets because of the presence of snow, freezing
<br />rain, sleet or ice on the streets, or other natural
<br />phenomena which create or are likely to create
<br />hazardous road conditions or impede or are
<br />likely to impede the free movement of fire,
<br />health, police, emergency or other vehicular
<br />traffic, when an emergency has been duly declared.
<br />(b) Declaration of emergency. Whenever in the
<br />opinion of the city administrator, or in his absence
<br />the chief of police, an emergency exists, he may
<br />declare an emergency and cause an announce-
<br />ment to be made to local news media.
<br />(c) Unlawful act. During an emergency, it is
<br />unlawful to park or leave standing any vehicle
<br />upon a street on which parking has been restricted
<br />by the declaration of an emergency.
<br />(d) Exceptions. This section shall not apply to
<br />persons in charge of wreckers or authorized
<br />emergency vehicles while actually servicing
<br />mechanical, fire, police or medical emergencies.
<br />(Code 1984, § 8.22; Code 2003, § 66-82)
<br />(b) It is unlawful to park a truck (other than a
<br />truck of 9,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or
<br />less), truck -trailer, tractor -trailer or truck -
<br />tractor within an area zoned as a residential
<br />district except for the purpose of loading or
<br />unloading the vehicle.
<br />(c) It is unlawful to park a commercial vehicle
<br />of more than 9,000 pounds gross vehicle weight
<br />upon any street in the business district except
<br />streets as specifically designated by the council
<br />by resolution and signposted, but parking of
<br />such vehicle for a period of not more than 20
<br />minutes shall be permitted in such space for the
<br />purpose of necessary access to abutting property
<br />while actively loading or unloading when such
<br />access cannot reasonably be secured from an
<br />alley or from an adjacent street where truck
<br />parking is not so restricted.
<br />(d) It is unlawful to park a truck or other
<br />vehicle using or equipped with a trailer, or
<br />extended body or other extension or projection
<br />beyond the original length of such vehicle, or any
<br />passenger bus, diagonally along any street except
<br />for a time sufficient to load or unload, and, in
<br />such case, only parallel parking shall be permit-
<br />ted. However, a truck may stand backed up to
<br />the curb if the weight or bulk of the load makes
<br />parallel parking impracticable, but then only for
<br />a period of time sufficient to load or unload.
<br />(e) Parking of commercial vehicles is permit-
<br />ted in duly designated and signposted loading
<br />zones, and in alleys, for a period of up to 20
<br />minutes, provided that such alley parking does
<br />not prevent the flow of traffic in the alley, all of
<br />which shall be for the purpose of access to
<br />abutting or adjacent property while actively
<br />loading or unloading.
<br />(Code 1984, § 8.23; Code 2003, § 66-83)
<br />Sec. 5.32.290. Parking rules in city park-
<br />ing lots and ramps.
<br />In city -owned parking lots and ramps, the
<br />council may limit the sizes and types of motor
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