CHAPTER 10.12:
Parking
Section
10.12.040 No parking where posted
10.12.060 Other parking restrictions
10.12.070 Parking for persons with physical disability
10.12.080 Parking restrictions in City parking lots
Statutory reference:
Authority to enact local parking regulations, see I.C. 9-21-1-3
Editor’s note:
The Common Council of the city may in the interest of facilitating traffic enforcement authorize from time to time any changes viewed by addition or deletion to the parking provisions of this chapter by a majority vote of the Council and written directions thereafter to the Southport Chief of Police.
10.12.010 NO PARKING.
No person shall park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to avoid conflict with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk;
(2) In front of or within five feet of a public or private driveway or alley;
(3) Within an intersection;
(4) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(5) On a crosswalk;
(6) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(7) Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb, immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the traffic authority indicates a different length by signs or markings;
(9) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(10) Within 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 75 feet of the entrance (when properly signposted);
(11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(12) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(13) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
(14) In any alley in the city;
(15) Alongside any yellow painted curb;
(16) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping, standing or parking;
(17) Upon any area between the curb and the sidewalk.
(18) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle unless the right-hand wheels of such vehicle are within 12 inches of the right-hand curb of the street and highway.
(Am. Ord. 17.05.01, passed 7-17-2017. Prior Code, § 10.12.010) Penalty, see § 10.12.999
10.12.020 NO PARKING ANY TIME.
No person shall park a vehicle at any time at the following places on the streets named:
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Street |
Location |
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On either side of Anniston Drive |
From McFarland Road to Walnut Street |
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On the north side of Babette Drive |
From McFarland Road west and then northwest to the intersection of Simone Drive and Babette Drive |
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Cedarbrook Drive |
On the south side of the inside radius of Cedarbrook Drive |
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On the west side of Church Street |
From South Street on the north to the dead end on the south |
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Corey Court |
On the east side of Corey Court |
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On the north side of Corey Drive |
From Partridge Court to Southfield Drive |
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On the south side of Corey Drive |
At the beginning of the neck |
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Crossgate Lane |
On the east side of Crossgate Lane |
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On either side of Crossgate Lane |
From Corey Drive to Stop 11 Road |
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On the east side of Derbyshire Road |
From Southport Road on the south to the Buck Creek Bridge on the north |
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On the west side of Derbyshire Road |
From Main Street to Southport Road |
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Eddington Road |
On the outside radius of Eddington Road |
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Hollybrook Lane |
On the outside radius of Hollybrook Lane |
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On the south side of Lotus Lane |
From Marywood Drive to Partridge Road |
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On the east side of Madison Avenue |
From the south corporate line to the north corporate line of Southport |
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On either side of Main Street |
From 25 Main Street to Derbyshire Road |
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Marywood Drive |
On the northeast side of Marywood Drive |
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On the west side of Partridge Road |
From Shakespeare Drive to Partridge Court |
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On the west and east sides of Pine Street |
From Southport Road to Anniston Drive |
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On the south side of Shakespeare Drive |
From Southfield Drive to Partridge Road |
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On the north side of South Street |
From Walnut Street on the east to Madison Avenue on the west |
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On the south side of South Street |
From Walnut Street west to Madison Avenue |
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On the east side of Southfield Drive |
From Corey Drive to Shakespeare Drive |
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On either side of Southfield Drive |
From Shakespeare Drive to Stop 10 Road |
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On both sides of Southport Road |
Between Madison Avenue and McFarland Road |
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On the north side of Southport Road |
Between Madison Avenue and McFarland Road, except as posted |
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On the south side of Southport Road |
Between Madison Avenue and McFarland Road, except as posted |
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On both sides of Stop 10 Road |
From Penn Central Railroad to Walnut Street |
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On either side of Walnut Street |
From Anniston Drive north to Hall Street |
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On either side of Walnut Street |
From Anniston Drive to Stop 10 Road to give the school buses and emergency vehicles full unrestricted access |
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On either side of Washington Street |
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On the east side of West Street |
From Southport Road on the north to South Street on the south |
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On the west side of West Street |
From Southport Road to the south entrance into 2025 East Southport Road |
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On the west side of West Street |
From 40 feet north of South Street, south to South Street |
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On the south side of Worman Street |
From West Street east to the entrance of the Southport Municipal Complex |
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On Mayor’s emergency declaration for snow removal, street cleaning and street repairs. |
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On any street or alley in excess of 72 hours. |
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Unlicensed vehicles found parked on any street or alley are declared to be a nuisance and will be impounded and towed to a storage area at owner’s expense, the person who performs the function of towing and storage shall have a possessory lien on the vehicle until payment of the cost thereof. |
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(Ord. 15.08.03, passed 9-21-2015; Am. Ord. 16.10.06, passed 12-19-2016; Am. Ord. 17.05.01, passed 7-17-2017; Am. Ord. 2019.02, passed 5-20-2019; Am. Ord. 17.05.01(2), passed 9-21-2020; Am. Ord. 2024-11, passed 10-21-2024. Prior Code, § 10.12.020) Penalty, see § 10.12.999
10.12.030 METHOD GENERALLY.
Recodified to Section 10.12.010 by Ord. 17.05.01. (Prior Code, § 10.12.030) Penalty, see § 10.12.999
10.12.040 NO PARKING WHERE POSTED.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle upon the public streets of the city at any place where official signs or where appropriate devices, marks or painting, either upon the surface of the street or the curb immediately adjacent thereto, prohibit such acts.
Penalty, see § 10.12.999
10.12.050 LIMITED PARKING.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle upon the public streets of the city where official signs are erected limiting the parking time thereon, for a period of time in excess of the time as designated by the official signs.
Penalty, see § 10.12.999
10.12.060 OTHER PARKING RESTRICTIONS.
The Common Council may order the placing of signs, or devices, or marks, or the painting of streets or curbs prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on any street where, in its opinion, the stopping, standing, or parking is dangerous to those using the highway, or where the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic thereon. The signs, devices, marks, or painting shall be official signs, devices, marks, or painting and no person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle in violation of the restrictions thereon or as indicated thereby.
Penalty, see § 10.12.999
10.12.070 PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY.
(A) Definition. For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
PERSON WITH A PHYSICAL DISABILITY. Any person who has been issued a placard or special registration plate or decal for a motor vehicle by the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles under I.C. 9-14-5, 9-18-18, 9-18-22, or the laws of another state.
(B) Parking prohibited.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle, motorcycle, moped, bicycle, or other vehicle of any nature, which does not have displayed a placard for a person with a physical disability issued under the laws of this state or the laws of another state, in a parking space reserved for a vehicle of a person with a physical disability.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly park in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability while displaying a placard to which neither the person nor the person’s passenger is entitled.
(C) Violation. If any vehicle is parked unlawfully in violation of any of the provisions of this section, and the identity of the driver cannot be determined, the owner or person in whose name the vehicle is registered shall be held, prima facie, responsible for the violation.
(D) Towing. In addition to any fines which may be given as a result of violations of this section, any vehicle which is parked in a manner in violation of this section may be towed to an area designated by the city at the owner’s expense. The owner shall also be required to pay any and all storage fees resulting from this action.
Penalty, see § 10.12.999
Statutory reference:
Similar state law, see I.C. 5-16-9
10.12.080 PARKING RESTRICTIONS IN CITY PARKING LOTS.
No person shall park a vehicle or allow a vehicle to remain parked in a City parking lot between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. In addition to any fines which may be imposed as a result of a violation of this section, vehicles may be towed at the owner’s expense by the City of Southport or its legally designated agent if found to be parked in violation of this section, which violations and vehicles shall also be subject to the provisions of Chapter 9.04 (Abandoned Vehicles); and notwithstanding any time requirements of Chapter 9.04, vehicles in violation of this section may be towed immediately. Appropriate signage giving reasonable notice of such parking restrictions shall be posted wherever such parking restrictions are to be enforced.
(Ord. 2021.08 § 2, passed 12-20-2021)
10.12.999 PENALTY.
Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any provision of this chapter for which another penalty is not specifically provided shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding $100. A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during which a violation occurs or continues.