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Title 15 Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 6 Parking
Title 15 Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 6 Parking
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:
- 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;
- In front of a public or private driveway;
- Within an intersection ;
- Within fifteen feet (15') of a fire hydrant;
- Within a pedestrian crosswalk;
- Within twenty feet (20') of a crosswalk at an intersection;
- Within thirty feet (30') upon the approach of any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
- Within fifty feet (50') of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
- 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;
- Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
- On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
- Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
- 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
- Physically handicapped, or
- 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)