Chapter 10.24
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
Sections:
10.24.010 General parking regulations.
10.24.035 City owned parking facilities.
10.24.040 Use of loading zone.
10.24.050 Use of passenger loading zone.
10.24.060 Stopping, standing or parking of buses and taxicabs regulated.
10.24.070 Restricted use of bus and taxicab stands.
10.24.090 Prohibited parking or storing of recreational vehicles.
10.24.100 Vehicles subject to immediate towing.
10.24.005 Definitions.
See definitions in SMC Chapter 8.08. (Ord. 1082 § 2, 2020)
10.24.010 General parking regulations.
A. No person may stand or park a vehicle in a street or in a city parking facility, other than parallel with the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement, and with the curbside wheels of the vehicle within twelve (12) inches of the edge of the curb, except where the street is marked or signed for angle parking, in which case motor vehicles shall be parked with the front head-in to curb at the angle of and between painted stripes or other marking upon the pavement where such head-in parking is indicated.
B. Where parking space markings are placed on a street or city parking facility, no person may stand or park a vehicle other than at the indicated direction and within a single marked space.
C. Whenever the owner or driver of a vehicle discovers that such vehicle is parked immediately in front of or close to a building to which the fire department has been summoned, he shall immediately remove such vehicle from the area unless otherwise directed by police or fire officers.
D. No person, whether in a vehicle or not, may intrude himself upon a street or premises where a fire is in progress in such manner as to interfere with the fire department in its efforts to extinguish a fire and no person may congregate with other persons in the vicinity of a fire in such a manner as to hinder or interfere with the fire department in its efforts to extinguish a fire.
E. A vehicle shall not remain parked beyond a posted time limit or where parking is restricted.
F. A vehicle shall not be parked on a public street or within public right-of-way without license plates, with expired tags, with expired registration, or with expired temporary licensing permit.
G. No person shall park in front of the entrance of any place where mail is received or within ten (10) feet of a mailbox during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on days when mail is delivered.
H. It is unlawful to put nonvehicular property in a regulated parking zone without permission of the City Manager and/or Chief of Police. Any nonvehicular property stored in a regulated parking zone is a nuisance and may be summarily abated.
I. It is unlawful for any public vehicle parking business, or vehicle sales, repair, or servicing business, to cause or permit a vehicle including a trailer house, boat, boat trailer or other motorized, towable or mountable recreational vehicle to be parked on a street, alley, lane, or other public right-of-way while such vehicle is in the custody, control, or possession of the business for the purpose of being parked, offered for sale, repaired, or serviced.
J. The owner of the business, operator of the business, or the owner of the property where the business is located shall be the party responsible for any violation of subsection I of this section.
K. A sign which regulates the amount of time a vehicle may park such as “Parking 30 minutes” is in effect from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, excluding recognized holidays, unless the regulating sign shows other restrictions for days and/or hours. The moving of any vehicle within one city block shall not be deemed to extend the time parking.
L. A sign without stated hours or days which regulates parking zones such as “No Parking,” “No Parking This Block,” “Bus Zone,” or “Truck Loading Zone, No Parking Anytime” is in effect all hours of all days, including city recognized holidays.
M. A sign which prohibits parking during certain hours and/or days such as “No Parking 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday” or “Truck Loading Zone 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday” is in effect during the days and times shown on the sign, excluding city recognized holidays.
N. For a parking sign which has an arrow, the direction in which the head of the arrow points is the direction that the regulation is in effect. (Ord. 1082 § 3, 2020; Ord. 333 § 11, 1967)
10.24.030 Prohibited parking.
In addition to provisions of the Motor Vehicle Laws of the State of Oregon prohibiting parking, no person may park a vehicle:
A. Upon a bridge, viaduct or other elevated structure used as a street unless otherwise indicated by lawfully installed signs;
B. In an alley except to load or unload persons or materials not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes for loading or unloading; loading or unloading operations cannot restrict the flow of vehicular traffic;
C. Upon a street for the principal purpose of:
1. Displaying the vehicle for sale;
2. Washing, greasing, repairing and/or servicing the vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency;
3. Displaying advertising from vehicle;
4. Selling merchandise from the vehicle except in an established market place or when so authorized or licensed under this title; or
5. Storing the vehicle, or a junkage or dead storage for more than ten (10) consecutive hours;
D. Upon any parkway except where specifically authorized;
E. On private property not his own without the express or implied consent of the person in charge of the private property. When any express or implied consent has been given, the posting, in a conspicuous place on the property by the person in charge of the property, of a printed or written notice stating the name of the person in charge and specifying the parking limitations, shall be prima facie evidence of the withdrawal of such consent under the terms of the limitations. (Ord. 1082 § 4, 2020; Ord. 621 § 1, 1979: Ord. 333 § 13, 1967)
10.24.035 City owned parking facilities.
A. No person shall store any vehicle including a trailer house, boat, or boat trailer on city owned property including city owned parking facilities unless the owner seeks and receives permission from the City Manager, Chief of Police or their designee.
City owned parking facilities parking will be posted with any parking restrictions. (Ord. 1082 § 5, 2020)
10.24.040 Use of loading zone.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials, freight or passengers in any place designated as a loading zone during the hours when the provisions applicable to loading zones are in effect. In no case shall the stop in unmetered loading zone for loading and unloading of passengers and personal baggage exceed five minutes, nor the loading or unloading of materials exceed fifteen (15) minutes. (Ord. 333 § 14, 1967)
10.24.050 Use of passenger loading zone.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers in any place designated as a passenger loading zone during the hours when the provisions applicable to passenger loading zones are in effect. (Ord. 333 § 15, 1967)
10.24.060 Stopping, standing or parking of buses and taxicabs regulated.
The driver of a bus or taxicab shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street in any business district at any place other than at a bus stand or taxicab stand, respectively, except that this provision shall not prevent the driver of any taxicab from temporarily stopping for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the loading or unloading of passengers. (Ord. 333 § 16, 1967)
10.24.070 Restricted use of bus and taxicab stands.
A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section no person may stop, stand or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stand or other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand, except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus or taxicab about to enter or using such zone.
B. A driver of a vehicle may stop, stand or park in a bus stand during the hours when buses are not using bus stands. (Ord. 333 § 17, 1967)
10.24.080 Exemption.
The provisions of this chapter regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a city department or public utility while necessarily in use for construction or repair work on the street or any vehicle owned by the United States while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail. (Ord. 333 § 19, 1967)
10.24.090 Prohibited parking or storing of recreational vehicles.
A. No person shall park or store any trailer, camper, mobile home, motor home, trailer house, boat, boat trailer or other motorized, towable or mountable recreational vehicle on any street, alley or highway, except as provided herein.
B. Emergency or temporary parking of a recreational vehicle is permitted on any street or highway for not longer than 24 hours, subject to any other prohibitions, regulations or limitations imposed by the traffic and parking regulations for that street, alley or highway. (Ord. 997 § 1, 2009)
10.24.100 Vehicles subject to immediate towing.
A. The city, without prior notice to the owner or operator of a vehicle, may cause the vehicle to be impounded and towed when the city reasonably believes one circumstance under subsection (B) to exist in conjunction with one circumstance under subsection (C).
B. 1. The location of the vehicle creates a public safety hazard;
2. A potential use of the vehicle creates a public safety hazard; or
3. There is a need to protect the vehicle.
C. 1. The operator of the vehicle does not possess a valid operator’s license as required by ORS 807.010;
2. The operator of the vehicle is driving uninsured or without other means to prove financial responsibility as required by ORS 806.010 through ORS 806.012; or
3. The operator of the vehicle is unable to prove successful registration of the vehicle or to carry a valid registration card as required by ORS 803.300 and ORS 803.505; or
4. The vehicle is illegally parked on a street in a restricted space, zone or traffic lane where parking is limited or prohibited to designated classes of vehicles or periods of time that fit the circumstances, or any time the vehicle interferes with the intended use of such space, zone or traffic lane as proscribed by ORS 811.550.
D. The procedures set forth in Chapter 8.08 of this code related to the towing of vehicles, including but not limited to post-tow notice, hearings, and cost recovery, shall apply to any vehicle impounded and towed under this section. (Ord. 1092 § 2 (Exh. B), 2023; Ord. 1082 § 6, 2020)
10.24.110 Enforcement.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00). Each day is a separate violation. (Ord. 1082 § 7, 2020)