Ordinance No. 78-76 1
CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
ORDINANCE NO. 78- 76
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10.28 PARKING OF THE TIGARD MUNICIPAL CODE
BY ADDING SECTION 10.28.170 PROHIBITING PARKING IN SPECIFIED PLACES
THE CITY OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS the City Council has found that the ordinances of
the City dealing with traffic movement and parking do not presently
provide adequate protection for the visibility of traffic signals,
traffic signs, intersections, and certain other road features, the
visibility of which is essential to safe and proper traffic movement,
and further that the City' s ordinances do not adequately protect
certain kinds of entrances and other spaces which for public safety
and convenience must be kept clear of vehicles,
NOW THEREFORE, The Municipal Code of the City of Tigard is
hereby amended by the addition of Section 10. 28.170, as follows:
10.28.170. Parking Prohibited in Specified Places.
It is unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to stop or park`
the vehicle, whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to
avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions
of a police officer or traffic control signal, in any of the
following places
(1) Within an intersection;
(2) On a crosswalk;
(3) Within fifty feet of any uncontrolled intersection or
any intersection controlled with side-mounted stop
signs, side-mounted yield signs, or side-mounted
signals, except
(a) on one-way streets leaving an intersection;
(b) on streets otherwise signed if;
(I) The vehicle is over six feet in height, or
-(II) The vehicle is less than six feet in height
but by manufacture or modification, obscures
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the vision of: ,
(A) Any official side-mounted traffic control
> sign or signal;
(B) Intersection traffic; or
(C) Any pedestrian in a crosswalk.
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(D) Vehicles described in (3) (b) include, but are not
limited to, the following:
(I) Vehicles with darkened, shaded or
curtained windows;
(II) Vehicles modified to eliminate side
window(s) and/or rear windows;
(III) Vehicles with visibility through windows
blocked by parcels, packages, or freight;
(IV) Pickup vehicles of less than six feet in
height but mounted with a canopy or
camper with limited visibility through it;
(V) Panel trucks (except those with windows
on both sides of the rear portion of the
truck, and also on the back of the truck) .
An uncontrolled intersection is one where there are
no traffic-regulating signs or signals.
(4) Any other vehicle not identified in Section (3) above,
within twenty-five feet from the intersection of curb
lines, or if none, then within fifteen feet of the
intersection of property lines at an intersection
within-a business or residence district;
(5) Within fifteen feet of the driveway entrance to any
fire station;
(6) Within ten feet of a fire hydrant, save and except
taxicabs occupying properly signed taxi zones;
(7) In front of a private driveway;
-(8) On a sidewalk or parking strip;
(9) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked
at the edge of a street or highway;
(1 0) At any place where offic_'-1 ai gns, =arb in-int, or
markings have been installed prohibiting standing,
stopping or parking; provided, however,-driver-attended
private passenger motor vehicles, taxicabs or other
public conveyancesmay stop for not more than thirty
seconds in such a tow-away zone. for. the purposes of
loading and unloading passengers;
(11) In front of the 'entrance, or other place where mail is
redelVdi ''=, of any ,post office' or mail box;
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(12) In any street, alley, or lane, so as to prevent the
free passage of other vehicles in both directions at
the same time (except on one-way streets) , or so as to
prevent any vehicle from turning from one street into
another;
(13) In any street, alley, or lane, in lieu of off-street
parking for a period longer than forty-eight hours;
(14) In any emergency zone;
(15) in any loading zone except as to a commercial vehicle
when actually engaged in loading or unloading goods,
wares, merchandise, or materials, for a period not
exceeding twenty minutes; and as taxicabs when loading
or unloading passengers or merchandise; for a period
of time not exceeding two minutes;
(16) In a bus loading zone except a motor bus, or taxicab
actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers or
merchandise for a period not exceeding two minutes;
(17) In any construction zone except by such vehicles as are
actually necessary to the construction work being
carried on;
(18) On city--owned or city-operated property designated for
use for motor vehicle parking by authorized city
personnel only, without the consent of the City, if
there is in plain view on such property a sign
prohibiting public parking or restricting parking;
(19) Within any city park or part thereof, during the time
the park, or the relevant part of it, is closed to the
public.
PASSED: By /1� ���,E,c:>yR; vote of all Council members present,
after being read two times by number and title only,
this ,�' 1�'`_.�day of �`UiJ�'y-'fir. h 1978.
Recorder - o-tem
APPROVED: By the Mayor this 77'�-day of r��/ybn��c�.' , 1978.
Mayor,
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