CHAPTER 71
PARKING REGULATIONS
Section
71.02 Parking in city-owned lots
71.04 Displaying vehicles and the like for sale on streets prohibited
71.05 Passenger and loading zones
71.06 No parking for snow emergency
Commercial Vehicle, Truck, and Trailer Parking
71.01 REQUIRED PARKING STYLE.
(A) The style of parking on streets under the city’s control shall be at a slight angle headed into the curb, except as otherwise posted or provided in this chapter, between lines to be marked on the street by the police department. (’73 Code, § 16-23)
(B) No person having control or charge of a motor vehicle of any kind shall allow such vehicle on any alley, street, or avenue in the city unattended without first setting the brakes thereon and stopping the motor of such vehicle, and, when standing upon a perceptible grade, without turning the front wheels of such vehicle to the curb or to the side of the street or highway.
(’73 Code, § 16-24) (Ord. No. 341, passed - - ) Penalty, see § 34.94
71.02 PARKING IN CITY-OWNED LOTS.
(A) No person, persons, firm, association or corporation shall park, place, store or stand, or cause the same to be done, any vehicle, trailer, tractor, implement or machinery on or in any parking lot or lots owned or operated by the city, for more than 72 continuous hours.
(B) Any person, persons, firms, association or corporations that does, or causes to be done, any parking, placing, storing or standing contrary hereto shall be subject to the penalty in § 34.94.
71.03 PARKING RESTRICTIONS.
(A) On all streets and avenues 25 feet or less in width from curb to curb, the parking of vehicles shall be restricted to one side of such street or avenue if such street or avenue runs north and south, the parking of vehicles shall be on the west side only. If such street or avenue runs east and west, the parking of vehicles shall be on the south side only; except, as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(B) Parking is prohibited in all alleys of the city.
(C) It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park the same in any of the following places at any time, except temporarily during the actual loading or unloading of passengers or when necessary in obedience to traffic regulations of traffic signs or signals or the directions of a police officer, within a space of 25 feet immediately in front of the entrance of any church, school, hotel, theater, motion picture house, hospital, railway station, bus station, public meeting place or public meeting hall.
(D) School buses and trucks are not to be parked on Washington Street at any time, excepting trucks of one-half ton capacity.
(’73 Code, § 16-27) (Ord. 341, passed - - ) Penalty, see § 34.94
71.04 DISPLAYING VEHICLES AND THE LIKE FOR SALE ON STREETS PROHIBITED.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, who is a dealer engaged in selling automobiles, trucks, tractors, farm machinery or any other merchandise, to use any part of any street in the city, at any time, for the purpose of displaying any of the above things for sale or making sale thereof or for the storage thereof.
(’73 Code, § 16-27) (Ord. 341, passed - - ) Penalty, see § 34.94
Statutory reference
Authority, I.C. 9-21-1-3(a)(1)
71.05 PASSENGER AND LOADING ZONES.
(A) The city council shall determine and designate passenger zones and loading zones. It shall be unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to stop, stand or park such for a longer period of time than is necessary for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers in any place designated and marked as a passenger zone.
(B) It shall be unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to stop, stand or park such for a longer period of time than is necessary for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers, or for the loading, unloading, delivery or pick up of materials or merchandise, in any place designated and marked as a loading zone; provided, that in no case shall the stop for loading and for unloading of materials exceed a total of 20 minutes.
(’73 Code, § 16-29) (Ord. 341, passed - - ) Penalty, see § 34.94
71.06 NO PARKING FOR SNOW EMERGENCY.
(A) Whenever there is a three inch accumulation or more of snow, sleet, or freezing rain, all city streets will be cleared of parked cars for snow plowing or other purposes, until said streets are cleared for traffic from curb to curb. Also, the Mayor may declare an emergency and notify the news media so the citizens are aware of the emergency.
(B) Whenever a vehicle becomes stalled for any reason, the person owning or operating said vehicle shall take immediate action to have vehicle towed or removed from the roadway.
(C) Any vehicle parked on any city street in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter may be impounded, and no person shall recover any vehicle removed pursuant to this section, without first paying the cost of removal and storage.
(D) Any payment required by this section shall not be construed as a penalty so as to preclude prosecution for violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(’73 Code, § 10-84, passed 11-12-84) Penalty, see § 34.94
71.07 HANDICAPPED PARKING.
(A) The Common Council may restrict parking upon any city street whether or not there be concurrent jurisdiction with the State of Indiana Highway Department, and shall further have authority to establish parking time limits at any place for parking, and also parking places reserved exclusively for handicapped persons usable only by persons in vehicles displaying a handicapped person’s or disabled veteran’s placard issued under I.C. 5-16-9-4 or the laws of another state.
(B) Further the Common Council shall have authority to establish such parking zones by resolution and without publication of same, except that said resolution shall not be effective until a sign is erected and established designating such time limit parking or handicapped parking.
(Ord. 21-89, passed 11-27-89) Penalty, see § 34.94
Commercial Vehicle, Truck, and Trailer Parking
71.10 DEFINITIONS.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE, for purposes of I.C. 9-18-2-4.5, means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce to transport property if the motor vehicle:
(1) Has a gross combination weight rating of at least 26,001 pounds, including a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds;
(2) Has a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 26,001 pounds; or
(3) Meets both of the following requirements:
(a) The motor vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 7,000 pounds, but less than 26,001 pounds;
(b) The motor vehicle is owned by a registered carrier holding a valid Indiana fuel tax permit under I.C. 6-6-4.1.
TRAILER means any vehicle without motor power designed for carrying persons or property on its own structure and to be drawn by a vehicle with motor power. The term TRAILER includes trailer coach, semi-trailer or utility trailer, but does not include recreational vehicles such as travel trailers.
TRUCK means any motor vehicle designed primarily for the transportation of property.
(Ord. 20-2014, passed 9-22-2014)
71.11 TRUCK/TRAILER PARKING.
It shall be unlawful to park or leave standing a detached trailer upon any street, alley, city-owned parking lot, or other public property except as such are specifically designated by the City of Rensselaer, by resolution and sign posting.
It shall be unlawful to park a truck (other than a truck of 10,000-pound gross vehicle weight or less), upon any street, alley, city-owned parking lot, or other public property except as such are specifically designated by the City of Rensselaer, by resolution and sign posting.
(Ord. 20-2014, passed 9-22-2014)
71.12 PENALTY.
A violation of this subchapter relating to parking within the city limits of the City of Rensselaer shall be enforced as follows:
(A) First violation. Any person who violates or fails to comply with the provisions of this subchapter or who counsels, aids, or abets any such violation or failure to comply, shall be fined $75, which shall be paid within 72 hours.
(B) If a person is subject to more than three fines in a 12-month period, the vehicle may be towed at the owner’s expense. The towing of said vehicle shall be left in the discretion of the Police Department. At the time of violation, the Police Department shall issue a notice and demand payment for the proper fine and shall have the vehicle towed at owner’s expense.
Fines shall be paid to the Rensselaer Ordinance Violation Bureau. The Clerk of the Violation Bureau shall be authorized to receive, process, and make records of all parking citations issued and fines paid and to note whether or not the matter was handled through the payment of a fine or through towing of the vehicle.
(Ord. 20-2014, passed 9-22-2014)