Chapter 10.20
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
Sections:
10.20.010 Parking control signs.
10.20.030 Parking restrictions designated.
10.20.040 Display, sale, storage or advertising restrictions.
10.20.050 Violation--Infraction.
10.20.010 Parking control signs.
A. Parking control signs, including signs prohibiting parking in certain areas, may be established within the city, and the same shall be official parking signs of the city where the signs are approved by motion of the city council, with the motion duly recorded in the minutes of the recorder.
B. No person shall park a motor vehicle in a parking space continuously for a period of time longer than the maximum time indicated on the parking control sign controlling that space, and no person shall park a motor vehicle in a space marked as a no-parking zone.
C. In the trial of any charge for a parking violation under this chapter, the registered owner of the vehicle allegedly parked in violation of this section shall be presumed to be the person operating or in control of the vehicle at the time and place charged. Such presumption shall, however, be rebuttable.
D. Vehicles owned by the federal, state, county or municipal governments, while engaged on, or in pursuit of, official business are exempted from the provisions of subsections B and C of this section.
E. No unauthorized person shall open, or deface, injure, tamper with, or willfully break, destroy, or impair the usefulness of any parking sign installed pursuant to this section, or hitch any animal thereto.
F. Any person upon conviction in the city court for a violation of subsection D of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
G. Violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punishable upon conviction by a fine pursuant to Section 1.20.020 of this code.
(Ord. 883 (part), 2007: Ord. 220 §§ 1—6, 1966)
10.20.030 Parking restrictions designated.
A. It is unlawful for any vehicle or combination of vehicles in excess of twenty-five feet in length to be parked in excess of six hours on any street in the city, except for the state highways that travel through the city.
B. It is unlawful for any vehicle to be parked within eleven feet of the centerline of the pavement of any street in the city.
C. It is unlawful for any vehicle to be parked in front of and ten feet on either side of a vehicle delivery mailbox between eight a.m. and six p.m., except for Sundays and official postal holidays.
D. It is unlawful for any vehicle to be parked within twenty-five feet of the corner of any intersection within the city.
E. It is unlawful for any vehicle that does not display a current and valid registration and license plate to be parked on a city street or right-of-way.
F. It is presumed that the registered owner of any vehicle parked in violation of these regulations was parked by such registered owner unless facts present at the time reveal otherwise.
G. Any vehicle parked in violation of these regulations for a period in excess of seventy-two hours is subject to being towed and stored, after authorization has been given from police authorities, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 483 ORS. Tow-away and storage charges are to be charged to the person owning, or maintaining control of, the vehicle in question.
H. Any person who parks a vehicle in violation of this section shall be guilty of an infraction.
I. Vehicle and/or trailer parking is only allowed on approved parking shoulders and/or approved parking surfaces (streets, rock, pavement, asphalt), within garages or carports (no temporary or tarp carports are allowed), or on driveways or parking lots that have been developed in conformance with the Land Development Code. Specific locations for parking are indicated in Chapter 2 of the Land Development Code for some land uses (e.g., the requirement that parking be located to the side or rear of buildings, with access from alleys, for some uses).
(Ord. 1007 § 1, 2019: Ord. 962 § 1, 2015; Ord. 869, 2006; Ord. 554 §§ 1—7, 1982)
10.20.040 Display, sale, storage or advertising restrictions.
A. In addition to provisions of the motor vehicle laws of Oregon prohibiting parking, it shall also be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle, including a trailer, on any street with the principal purpose of:
1. Displaying such vehicle for sale;
2. Repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by emergency;
3. Displaying advertising from such vehicle;
4. Selling merchandise from such vehicle except when so authorized or licensed under the ordinances of this city;
5. Storage or as junkage or dead storage for more than seventy-two consecutive hours.
B. In addition, no person shall store or permit to be stored on a street or other public property without permission of the council, a vehicle, including a trailer, or personal property for a period in excess of seventy-two hours. It shall constitute prima facie evidence of storage of a motor vehicle if the same is not removed for a period of seventy-two hours.
C. It shall be rebuttably presumed that the registered owner of any vehicle in violation of these regulations was parked by such registered owner.
D. Any vehicle stored or abandoned in violation of these regulations for a period in excess of seventy-two hours are subject to being towed and stored after authorization has been given from police authorities, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 483 ORS. Tow-away and storage charges are to be charged to the person owning, or maintaining control of the vehicle in question.
E. Any person who parks a vehicle in violation of this section shall be guilty of an infraction.
(Ord. 868, 2006; Ord. 593 §§ 1—3, 1985)
10.20.050 Violation--Infraction.
A. All present rules and regulations and laws of the city that presently exist and that relate to parking prohibitions, limitations or regulations are declared to be an infraction and subject to the penalty contained in this chapter.
B. All future ordinances and resolutions of this city which relate to parking prohibitions, limitations or regulations will be parking infractions and subject to the penalties contained in this chapter unless designated in the resolution or ordinance.
(Ord. 473 §§ 2, 3, 1979)
10.20.060 Violation--Penalty.
A person committing an infraction by violating designated provisions of the Phoenix municipal ordinances shall not suffer any disability or legal disadvantage based upon conviction thereof. The penalty for committing an infraction shall be a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars; however, each and every day during any portion of which any infraction is committed, continued or permitted by any such person, is a separate violation subject to a separate fine of two hundred dollars, and such person shall be punished accordingly and in the discretion of the judge. The city shall have the burden of proving the infraction by a preponderance of the evidence and defendant may not be required to be a witness at the trial of such infraction. At any trial involving an infraction, the city attorney shall not appear unless the defendant is represented by an attorney. Further, at any such trial defense counsel shall not be provided at public expense.
(Ord. 593 § 4, 1985: Ord. 554 § 8, 1982: Ord. 473 § 1, 1979)