Chapter 10.16
STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING
Sections
10.16.010 Additional parking regulations
10.16.020 Restricted parking—designation
10.16.030 Limited time parking
10.16.040 Parking in city parking lots
10.16.050 Motor vehicles used as living or sleeping accommodations
10.16.060 Violation of this chapter a public nuisance
10.16.080 Owner of vehicle presumed responsible for violation
10.16.010 Additional parking regulations
(a) No person may park a vehicle upon a street, roadway, alley, vehicular way or area, or a city parking lot for the purpose of:
(1) Washing the vehicle if the person parking the vehicle is a dealer, agent, or employee of a garage, filling station, or car wash;
(2) Repairing or performing maintenance work on the vehicle except repairs or maintenance work necessitated by an emergency;
(3) Displaying the vehicle for sale or hire in the regular course of the person’s business except that a motor bus, sightseeing vehicle, airline service vehicle, or taxicab may park in accordance with the provisions of 13 AAC 02.372 (see also KCC 5.04.010 and 5.04.015);
(4) Storing or parking, without being attended by a driver, a vehicle to be used for hire to another person; or
(5) Commercial advertising.
(b) No person may park a vehicle on a street, highway, public way, or area, or other public property, including a city parking lot, for more than 24 consecutive hours unless the location where the vehicle is parked is designated by an official traffic control device for parking for a different maximum time.
(c) No person may park a vehicle on a sidewalk. [Ord. 1391 §8, 2020]
10.16.020 Restricted parking—designation
For the purpose of this title, including those regulations adopted by reference by KCC 10.16.010, the following official traffic control devices have the following meanings:
(a) Parking is prohibited next to a curb that is painted red.
(b) A curb that is painted yellow designates the adjacent parking space as a taxi or loading zone.
(c) A parking space designated with a sign bearing the federal handicapped symbol, or with the federal handicapped symbol painted on the parking space, is a designated handicapped zone. [Ord. 1391 §8, 2020]
10.16.030 Limited time parking
(a) The chief of police may designate, by placing official traffic control devices, time limits for parking on those parts of a street, roadway, alley, or vehicular way where the chief of police has determined that demand for parking warrants the designation.
(b) No person may stop, stand, or park a vehicle in violation of such an official traffic control device.
(c) The chief of police may issue permits to occupy parking spaces on a street, roadway, alley, or vehicular way for the duration that the applicant demonstrates is necessary to accommodate a temporary activity such as a special event, construction project, or loading or unloading. [Ord. 1391 §8, 2020]
10.16.040 Parking in city parking lots
(a) The council by resolution may:
(1) Establish time limits for parking in city parking lots;
(2) Designate city parking lots for paid parking, and establish fees for paid parking in city parking lots; and
(3) Designate city parking lots for permit parking, and the fees and qualifications for obtaining a permit.
(b) The city shall notify the public of time limits in city parking lots, fees required to park in city parking lots, and permit requirements for parking in city parking lots by the placement of official traffic control devices.
(c) No person may stop, stand, or park a vehicle in violation of a traffic control device described in this section. [Ord. 1391 §8, 2020]
10.16.050 Motor vehicles used as living or sleeping accommodations
No person may occupy or utilize any motor vehicle or trailer as living quarters or sleeping accommodations while the motor vehicle or trailer is parked on any public or private property without authorization of the person holding the right to possession of the premises, nor may any person park or leave standing a motor vehicle or trailer utilized or prepared for utilization as living quarters or sleeping accommodations through having been connected to any water, sewer, electric, or other utility lines or having been rendered incapable of immediate movement under its own power through the use of jacks, blocks, leveling devices, or any other devices, except as provided in KCC 14.20.030. [Ord. 1391 §8, 2020]
10.16.060 Violation of this chapter a public nuisance
A vehicle parked, stopped, or standing in violation of this chapter is a public nuisance. [Ord. 1391 §8, 2020]
10.16.070 Service of citation
Repealed by Ord. 1431. [Ord. 1391 §8, 2020]
10.16.080 Owner of vehicle presumed responsible for violation
A vehicle which is found to be parked, stopped, or standing in violation of this title is presumed to have been so operated by the registered owner
thereof or has been operated by another person with the consent of the registered owner for which the registered owner holds legal responsibility. The presumption may be rebutted by presentation of clear and convincing evidence that the vehicle was being operated by another person at the time of the violation without the consent of the registered owner. [Ord. 1391 §8, 2020]
10.16.090 Vehicle defined
For the purposes of this chapter, “vehicle” means a device in, upon, or by which a person or property may be transported or drawn upon or immediately over a highway or vehicular way or area, and expressly includes any trailer and its contents, whether or not connected to a motor vehicle. [Ord. 1391 §8, 2020]