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Port St. Lucie |
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Code of Ordinances |
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Title VII. TRAFFIC CODE |
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Chapter 72. STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING |
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Article I. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
§ 72.01. Parking prohibitions.
(a)
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle:
(1)
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(2)
On a sidewalk.
(3)
Within an intersection.
(4)
On a crosswalk.
(5)
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 the city indicates a different length by signs or markings.
(6)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic.
(7)
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel.
(8)
On any railroad tracks.
(9)
On a bicycle path.
(10)
At any place where official traffic-control devices prohibit stopping.
(11)
On the roadway or shoulder of a limited access facility, except as provided by regulation of the Department of Transportation, or on the paved portion of a connecting ramp; except that a vehicle which is disabled or in a condition improper to be driven as a result of mechanical failure or accident may be parked on such shoulder for a period not to exceed six hours. This provision is not applicable to a person stopping a vehicle to render aid to an injured person or assistance to a disabled vehicle in obedience to the directions of a law enforcement officer or to a person stopping a vehicle in compliance with applicable traffic laws.
(12)
For the purpose of loading or unloading a passenger on the paved roadway or shoulder of a limited access facility or on the paved portion of any connecting ramp. This provision is not applicable to a person stopping a vehicle to render aid to an injured person or assistance to a disabled vehicle.
(13)
Other than on the right-hand side of any two-way street.
(14)
Within any area designated as a zone for emergency vehicles or fire lanes.
(15)
In the swale area of a residential property without permission from the owner or the authorized legal occupant of the residential property. Exception shall be made for any government vehicles, including but not limited to, Federal, State, and local government vehicles or any emergency response vehicles, including but not limited to police department, fire department, utility and/or any municipal fleet vehicles, and authorized contractors working on behalf of the above listed agencies while in the commission of their duty.
(b)
Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily engaging in the expeditious loading or unloading of a passenger or passengers:
(1)
In front of a public or private driveway.
(2)
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(3)
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(4)
Within 30 feet of the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway.
(5)
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 such entrance (when properly signposted).
(6)
On an exclusive bicycle lane.
(7)
At any place where official traffic-control devices prohibit standing.
(8)
Notwithstanding anything hereinabove, in the swale area of a residential property.
(c)
Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers:
(1)
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing unless the state department of transportation establishes a different distance due to unusual circumstances.
(2)
At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
(d)
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle upon the shoulder of the roadway within any city right-of-way unless the vehicle is stopped or parked with the left or right side of the vehicle nearest the roadway parallel to the edge of the roadway.
(e)
No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.
(f)
A law enforcement or parking enforcement officer who discovers a vehicle parked in violation of this section may issue a ticket, in a form used by the city.:
(1)
To the driver or registered owner of the vehicles; or
(2)
If the vehicle is unattended, to the registered owner of the vehicle, leaving the ticket in a conspicuous place on the vehicle.
(g)
No person shall stand or park a vehicle upon or within the traveled roadway or within 12 inches of the edge of the pavement within the traveled roadway, except momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers or performing work within the traveled roadway.
(h)
Parking of a vehicle shall be prohibited on any portion of an improved residential building site considered to be the front yard of that building site, except in the area specifically designed and constructed for such use. Construction may consist of a generally accepted impervious, semi-impervious, or other material clearly defining the parking area. However, parking shall be absolutely prohibited in the wide side of the front yard. The wide side of the front yard is identified as that portion of the front yard found to be forward of the outside front corners of the residential structure and that side of the driveway which yields the larger area for lawn and/or landscaping.
(i)
No person shall stand or park a motor vehicle upon any federal, state, or local public right-of-way within the city or on any unimproved property for the principal purpose of:
(1)
Displaying a vehicle for sale,
(2)
Displaying any advertising, except by special use permit,
(3)
Selling merchandise from a vehicle, except in a duly established marketplace or when so authorized by special use permit from the city, or
(4)
Abandonment for more than 24 hours.
('78 Code, § 20-62; Ord. 82-8, passed 2-23-82; Am. Ord. 86-47, passed 5-27-86; Am. Ord. 93-48, passed 12-6-93; Ord. No. 00-88, § 1, passed 12-11-00; Am. Ord. 02-15, § 1, passed 2-11-02; Ord. No. 17-67, § 2, 9-25-17)