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Parking on the city streets and on city roads and parking lots shall be subject to the following restrictions, violations of which shall be infractions:

A. Red curb markings mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code.

B. Yellow curb markings mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between nine a.m. and six p.m. of any days except Sundays and holidays for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials; provided that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than ten minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than thirty (30) minutes.

C. White curb markings mean no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, which shall not exceed ten (10) minutes, and such restrictions shall apply between nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays and except as follows:

1. When such zone is in front of a hotel the restrictions shall apply at all times.

2. When such zone is in front of a theater the restriction shall apply at all times except when such theater is closed.

D. Green curb markings mean no standing, stopping or parking for longer than ten (10) minutes at any time between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays.

E. Blue curb markings and/or signage indicates parking limited exclusively to the vehicles of disabled persons and disabled veterans.

F. Seventy-two (72) hours is the maximum legal time for parking on any street or alley in Montague not designated for shorter parking restrictions.

G. No parking zones are those set forth below:

1. On either side of any street between the projected property lines of any public walk, public steps, street or thoroughfare terminating at such street, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curbs surface;

2. In any area where the public works director determines that the stopping or parking of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curbs surface;

3. In any area established by resolution of the council as a no parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curbs surface;

4. Upon, along or across any railway track in such manner as to hinder, delay or obstruct the movement of any car traveling upon such track;

5. In any area where the stopping or parking of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property;

6. On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or the installation of underground utilities or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicles would prohibit or interfere with such use of movement; provided that signs giving notice of such no parking are erected or placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the effective time of such no parking;

7. At any place within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection in the central traffic district or in any business district when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface except that of a bus stop at a designated bus stop;

8. The public works director is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his/her opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation. When official signs are erected prohibiting parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place. The public works director is authorized to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed twenty (20) feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty (30) feet When official signs or markings prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of such sign or marking.

H. No operator of any vehicle shall park said vehicle upon any street or alley in this city for the principal purpose of advertising or displaying it for sale, unless authorized by resolution of the council.

1. If a vehicle remains parked in the same location for more than eight hours and there is displayed a sign or some other means of communication on or near the vehicle stating the vehicle is for sale, there shall be a presumption that the vehicle owner is engaged in the principal purpose of offering such vehicle for sale.

2. To avoid a violation of this section, a vehicle must be moved five hundred (500) feet after a sheriffs deputy or designated city employee has marked the vehicle and placed a warning notice on such vehicle.

I. No person shall construct or cause to be constructed, repair or cause to be repaired, grease or cause to be greased, dismantle or cause to be dismantled, any vehicle or any part thereof upon any public street or alley in this city. Temporary emergency repairs may be made upon a public street or alley.

J. No operator of any vehicle shall park said vehicle in any alley in violation of any of the aforementioned restrictions. (Ord. 03-01A (part), 2003)