Legal Documents of Rockford

Code of Rockford

Rockford
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 city, 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;
  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. (Ord. #06-02-00-01, July 2000)