§ 31-26. Public parking facilities.

Except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers or for emergency repairs when the vehicle cannot be driven, a person must not park any vehicle on a public parking facility:

(1) in violation of an official sign;

(2) in a no-parking zone when posted by sign or indicated by yellow painted curb or yellow painted lines on the parking surface, except for a motorcycle where motorcycle parking is permitted by an official sign;

(3) in any place that is not designated as a parking space by painted lines, except for a motorcycle where motorcycle parking is permitted by an official sign;

(4) in or on any driving aisle, driveway, sidewalk, landscaped area, island, or device for channeling traffic;

(5) in an area where parking is temporarily prohibited when marked off by temporary signs or barricades or when an official cover or hood is placed over a parking meter;

(6) in a way that prevents another vehicle already stopped or otherwise legally parked in a designated parking space from moving away;

(7) for longer than 14 consecutive days in surface parking lots or garages, except when otherwise authorized by Executive order;

(8) when the vehicle is unregistered or inoperative or otherwise not capable of being operated legally or safely on County or state highways, roads or streets;

(9) by backing the vehicle into a parking space when posted by front-in only signs;

(10) in a way that causes the vehicle to straddle the painted lines marking a parking space or otherwise to be parked not wholly in one designated parking space;

(11) by leaving the vehicle unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key and effectively setting the brake; or

(12) in a way that impedes or obstructs the free flow of traffic or causes a hazard to public safety. (1978 L.M.C., ch. 7, § 2; 1983 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 36; 1986 L.M.C., ch. 22, § 1; , § 1; , §1.)