§ 32-152. Parking—Method.

(a)

No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a street 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 12 inches of the edge of the curb, except where the street is marked or signed for angle parking; provided, however, if a vehicle is totally within the markings of a parallel parking area, it shall not be deemed in violation of this subsection, notwithstanding it is more than 12 inches from the curb.

(b)

Where parking space markings are placed on a street, no person shall stand or park a vehicle other than in the indicated direction and, unless the size or shape of the vehicle makes compliance impossible, within a single marked space.

(c)

The operator who first begins maneuvering the person's motor vehicle into a vacant parking space on a street shall have priority to park in that space, and no vehicle operator shall attempt to deprive the first operator of the first's priority or block the person's access.

(d)

Whenever the operator of a vehicle discovers that the person's vehicle is parked close to a building to which the fire department has been summoned, the operator shall immediately remove the vehicle from the area, unless otherwise directed by police or fire officers.

(Prior Code, § 52.410; Code 2006, § 10.20.2)