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Sec. 12-65. General prohibitions.
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with law or the directions of a police
officer or official traffic control device, no person shall:
(1) Stop, stand, or park a vehicle:
a. On any roadway; except as follows:
1. Parking on collector roads shall only be permitted within designated on-street parking
spaces approved by the city. Parking of vehicles on roadways not designated an arterial or
collector road shall be permitted provided the roadway has a minimum width of twenty-
two (22) feet of paved parkable roadway width and either a concrete ribbon curb, gutter or
Miami curb. For purposes of this subsection, the concrete ribbon curb, gutter, or Miami
curb shall be included in the measurement of the paved parkable width.
2. Upon recommendation of the chief of police and city engineer, the city commission may on
a case-by-case basis establish site specific parking zones on roadways for purposes of
allowing the parking of vehicles in areas where parking is prohibited by this section
provided such allowance is otherwise allowed by law. Such parking zones shall be
established by resolution at a public hearing. A parking zone shall become effective upon
the chief of police erecting a sign(s) or marker(s) identifying the parking zone requirements
established by the commission in accordance with the traffic signage requirements of this
chapter and state law and any conditions set forth in the resolution adopted by the city
commission.
3. The chief of police (including any city law enforcement officer designated by the chief), in
accordance with the authority granted under sections 12-26 and 12-27 of the City Code and
other applicable traffic laws, may grant temporary parking permits authorizing the parking
of vehicles on roadways where on-street parking is prohibited for emergencies, special
events, or other public purposes. The permit shall identify the dates, time, duration, and
name of the roadway(s) or portion thereof which parking of vehicles shall be allowed,
provided the permit is limited in duration to the minimum necessary to accommodate the
emergency, special event or other public purpose and does not authorize overnight on-
street parking. Such permits shall also be subject to immediate revocation by the chief of
police if the chief of police determines that the permitted on-street parking is negatively
affecting the public health, safety and welfare of the area or interfering with safe vehicular
or pedestrian traffic flow.
For purposes of this subsection (1)a. and in lieu of the definition contained in section 12-1 of this
chapter, the term "roadway" shall mean all portions of a right-of-way, improved or unimproved,
including the paved portion and any shoulder or berm.
b. On a sidewalk;
c. Within an intersection;
d. On a crosswalk or within ten (10) feet of a crosswalk;
e. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty (30) feet of points on the curb
immediately opposite the end of the safety zone;
f. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction;
g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure;

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h. Upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
i. On any railroad tracks;
j. At any place where official signs prohibit standing, stopping or parking;
k. On any portion of a roadway with a horizontal curve where the centerline street radius is one
hundred (100) feet or less as determined by the city engineer, plus the first thirty (30) feet from
both ends of the curve.
(2) Stand or park a vehicle whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a
passenger or passengers:
a. In front of a public or private driveway;
b. Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
c. Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
d. Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, or traffic control signal
located at the side of a roadway;
e. Within twenty (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 seventy-five (75) feet of such entrance, when
property signposted;
f. At any place where official signs prohibit standing or parking;
g. Within three (3) feet of a city utility meter.
(3) Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually
engaged in, loading or unloading merchandise or passengers:
a. Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing, unless the department of
transportation establishes a different distance due to unusual circumstances;
b. At any place where official signs prohibit parking;
(4) No person shall move a vehicle not owned by such person into any prohibited area.
(Ord. No. 2002-22, § 2, 7-8-02; Ord. No. 2005-18, § 2, 7-11-05; Ord. No. 2014-06, § 2, 3-10-14)
State law reference(s)—Similar provisions, F.S. § 315, 1956.