Legal Documents of Mountain City

Code of Mountain City

Mountain City
Title 15 : Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 6 : Parking

15-604 : Where prohibited.

No person shall park a vehicle in violation of any sign placed or erected by the state or town, nor:

  1. On a sidewalk; provided, however, a bicycle may be parked on a sidewalk if it does not impede the normal and reasonable movement of pedestrian or other traffic;
  2. In front of a public or private driveway;
  3. Within an intersection;
  4. Within fifteen feet (15') of a fire hydrant;
  5. Within a pedestrian crosswalk;
  6. Within twenty feet (20') of a crosswalk at an intersection;
  7. Within thirty feet (30') upon the approach of any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;
  8. Within fifty feet (50') of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
  9. Within twenty feet (20') of the driveway entrance to any fire station, and on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five feet (75') of such entrance when properly signposted;
  10. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
  11. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
  12. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel; or
  13. In a parking space clearly identified by an official sign as being reserved for the physically handicapped, unless, however, the person driving the vehicle is:
    1. Physically handicapped; or
    2. Parking such vehicle for the benefit of a physically handicapped person. A vehicle parking in such a space shall display a certificate of identification or a disabled veteran's license plate issued under Tennessee Code Annotated, title 55, chapter 21. (1994 Code, § 15-604)