Chapter 10.15
PARKING
Sections:
10.15.030 Use of loading zone.
10.15.040 Use of passenger loading zone.
10.15.050 Stopping, standing or parking of buses and taxicabs.
10.15.060 Restricted use of bus and taxicab stands.
10.15.080 Lights on parked vehicle.
10.15.100 Loading and unloading passengers.
10.15.010 Method of parking.
(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 a 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.
(B) Where parking space markings are placed on a street, no person shall stand or park a vehicle other than at the indicated direction and within a single marked space, unless the size or shape of such vehicle makes compliance impossible.
(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. [Code 2000 § 7.075.]
10.15.020 Prohibited parking.
In addition to state motor vehicle laws prohibiting parking, no person shall park:
(A) A vehicle upon any bridge, viaduct or other elevated structure used as a street or within a street tunnel in this city.
(B) A vehicle in any alley except to load or unload persons or materials not to exceed 15 consecutive minutes in any one-hour period.
(C) A vehicle where the curb line has been painted with yellow paint pursuant to official action of a city officer.
(D) A vehicle upon any street for the principal purpose of:
(1) Displaying such vehicle for sale.
(2) Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(3) Displaying advertising from such vehicle.
(4) Selling merchandise from such vehicle except in a duly established market place or when so authorized or licensed under CMC 10.45.015 or any other provision of Chapters 10.05 through 10.50 CMC.
(5) Storage, or as junkage or dead storage, for more than 72 hours.
(E) A vehicle upon any parkway except where specifically authorized.
(F) A vehicle in any reserved parking space in a municipal parking lot without authorization and payment of the required fee.
(G) A vehicle used for commercial purposes and in excess of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight (GVW), licensed as a motor truck, truck tractor, or truck trailer as defined under Chapter 801, Oregon Revised Statutes, within the right-of-way of any public street within the city of Cornelius except such trucks making deliveries or providing services. Further, no motor truck, truck tractor or truck trailer shall be parked on any street in such a manner as to obstruct travel lanes or vision of motorists to oncoming or intersection traffic, and no motor trucks, truck tractors, or truck trailers carrying flammable or dangerous material shall stop, stand or park on any city street except while picking up or delivering said material. For purposes of this section, the terms “commercial purposes” shall mean the use of a vehicle to transport for profit a person or persons or property belonging to another.
(H) A vehicle described as a camper, mobile home, motor home, travel trailer, tent trailer, boat trailer, utility trailer, livestock trailer, boat, dune buggy, destruction derby vehicle, pole trailer, special use trailer, balance trailer, bus trailer, bus, fixed load vehicle, self-supporting trailer, semi-trailer, truck trailer, truck tractor, and worker transport bus within the right-of-way of any public street within the city of Cornelius in such a manner that the vehicle:
(1) Remains in one location or area in excess of 72 hours; or
(2) Is inadequately marked with reflectors or parking lights so as to create a hazard to persons or vehicles using the public right-of-way during nighttime hours between sunset and sunrise; or
(3) Is utilized as a dwelling unit; or
(4) Obstructs the vision of persons or vehicles using the public right-of-way to official traffic control devices as defined in ORS 801.540 or intersections; or
(5) Is secured, anchored or leveled in a manner which causes or may cause damage to city streets, curbs or sidewalks, or which renders the vehicle immobile. Movement or relocation of a vehicle within a city block (between the intersections of the two nearest public streets) shall not extend the time limit for parking within the provisions of subsections (D)(5) and (H)(1) of this section. [Ord. 647 § 1, 1986; Ord. 701 § 1, 1990; Code 2000 § 7.080; Ord. 2014-008 § 1, 2014.]
10.15.030 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 a loading zone for loading and unloading of passengers and personal baggage exceed 10 minutes, nor the loading or unloading of materials exceed 30 minutes. [Code 2000 § 7.095.]
10.15.040 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. [Code 2000 § 7.100.]
10.15.050 Stopping, standing or parking of buses and taxicabs.
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. [Code 2000 § 7.105.]
10.15.060 Restricted use of bus and taxicab stands.
No person shall 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 for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter such a zone. [Code 2000 § 7.110.]
10.15.070 Moving vehicle.
The moving of any vehicle within the block shall not be deemed to extend the time of parking. [Code 2000 § 7.115.]
10.15.080 Lights on parked vehicle.
No lights need be displayed upon any vehicle parked in accordance with Chapters 10.05 through 10.50 CMC and upon a street where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of 500 feet upon such street. [Code 2000 § 7.120.]
10.15.090 Exemption.
Chapters 10.05 through 10.50 CMC 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. [Code 2000 § 7.125.]
10.15.100 Loading and unloading passengers.
(A) No person operating a motor vehicle shall load or unload passengers from a moving, parked or stopped motor vehicle in or along any city controlled street, alley or road provided signs or other markings are in place to notify the motor vehicle operator of said prohibition and of the area affected thereby.
(B) After advising the city council in writing of his/her identification of a locale where the above prohibition is to be effective, the city manager shall authorize the public works department to install such signs and other markings necessary to implement the above prohibition.
(C) The prohibition authorized by this section may be removed if, in the opinion of the city manager or the city council, it becomes unnecessary. [Ord. 785 § 1, 1997; Code 2000 § 7.130.]