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STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING REGULATIONS-DECLARED BY OFFICIAL SIGNS
Sections:
10.36.010 Regulations not exclusive.
10.36.020 Obedience to stopping, standing or parking regulations.
10.36.030 Parking privileges for persons with disabilities.
10.36.040 All-night parking.
10.36.060 Parking in fire lanes or emergency access lanes.
10.36.070 Parking in bicycle lanes or pedestrian walkways.
10.36.010 Regulations not exclusive.
The provisions of this article imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve
any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting
or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places,
at specified times, or in a specified manner. (Ord. O-75-21 § 1 (part),
1975).
10.36.020 Obedience to stopping, standing or parking
regulations.
Upon any public street or at any public place within this municipality where
official signs are posted giving notice of stopping, standing, or parking restrictions
or prohibitions, including fire lane, emergency access lane and restrictions
or prohibitions for individuals with disabilities, no person shall stop, stand
or park a vehicle in any manner in violation of the provisions contained on
such sign or signs except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic,
or in compliance with the direction of a police agent or except for the purpose
of loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not obstruct, impede
or endanger any traffic; provided that in school zones no person shall stop
on the roadway to load or unload passengers where prohibited by signs. Any person
who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 4 traffic offense.
(Ord. O-94-34 § 10, 1994; Ord. O-81-86 § 2, 1981; Ord. O-75-96 §
43, 1975; Ord. O-75-21 § 1 (part), 1975).
10.36.030 Parking privileges for persons with disabilities.
A. Only a vehicle with distinguishing license plates or an identifying placard
issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles or otherwise authorized by subsection
(D) of this section, which indicates that the occupant of said vehicle is a
person with disability, may be parked in any parking space identified as being
reserved for use by persons with disabilities whether on public property or
private property available for public use, or along any public street regardless
of any time limitations imposed by official signs upon parking in such area;
except that a time limitation to park on any public street shall not be limited
to less four hours. The time limits in such area shall be clearly posted. Such
privilege shall not apply to zones in which:
1. Stopping, standing or parking of all vehicles is prohibited at all times;
2. Only special vehicles may be parked; or
3. Parking is not allowed during special periods of the day in order to accommodate
heavy traffic.
B. The owner of private property available for public use may install signs
which clearly identify certain parking spaces as reserved for use by persons
with disabilities. The installation of such signs shall be a waiver of any objection
the owner of private property may assert concerning enforcement of this section
by peace officers or authorized parking enforcement volunteers.
C. It is unlawful for any person other than a person with a disability to park
in a parking space on public or private property which is clearly identified
as being reserved for use by persons with disabilities unless such person is
parking the vehicle for the direct benefit of a person with a disability to
enter or exit the vehicle while it is parked in the space reserved for use by
persons with disabilities and the vehicle displays a placard or a license plate
issued to a person with a disability. Such placard or license plate shall be
displayed at all times on the vehicle while parked in such space.
D. Any person who is not a person with a disability and who uses a license plate
or placard issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles in order to receive the
benefits or privileges available to a person with disability commits a Class
4 traffic offense and shall be subject to a fine of up to twice the maximum
penalty identified for a Class 4 traffic offense.
E. It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle as to block reasonable access
to curb ramps or passenger loading zones that are clearly identified and are
adjacent to a parking space reserved for use by persons with disabilities unless
such person is loading or unloading a person with a disability.
F. Persons with disabilities from states other than Colorado shall be allowed
to use parking spaces for persons with disabilities in Colorado so long as such
persons have valid license plates or placards from their home state.
G. Each parking space reserved for use by persons with disabilities whether
on public property or private property shall be marked with an upright sign,
which sign may be stationary or portable, identifying such parking space as
reserved for use by persons with disabilities.
H. For the purposes of this section, a parking enforcement volunteer is defined
as any person designated by the chief of police, who is not a police agent,
as having the authority to enforce the provisions of this section. A parking
enforcement volunteer shall have the power and authority to issue and serve
summonses and complaints in the municipal court for violations of this section.
Nothing contained in this subsection shall vest or be taken to vest in parking
enforcement volunteers other powers, duties, rights, and emoluments of sworn
police agents of the City of Lakewood.
I. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 4 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-2006-30 § 8, 2006; Ord. O-2000-45 § 1, 2000; Ord.
O-94-34 § 11, 1994; Ord. O-93-73 § 1, 1993; Ord. O-87-32 § 2,
1987; Ord. O-81-86 § 3, 1981; Ord. O-75-96 § 44, 1975; Ord. O-75-21
§ 1 (part), 1975).
10.36.040 All-night parking.
A. No person shall park a vehicle on any street signed to prohibit all-night
parking, for a period of time longer than thirty minutes between the hours of
two a.m. and five a.m. of any day.
B. The provisions of subsection (A) of this section shall not apply to physicians
or other persons on emergency calls.
C. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 4 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-75-96 § 45, 1975; Ord. O-75-21 § 1 (part), 1975).
10.36.060 Parking in fire lanes or emergency access lanes.
No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in an area designated by official
signs and/or official pavement or curb markings as a fire lane or emergency
access lane. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a
Class 4 traffic offense. (Ord. O-75-96 § 47, 1975; Ord. O-75-21 §
1 (part), 1975).
10.36.070 Parking in bicycle lanes or pedestrian walkways.
No person shall stop, stand or park any motor vehicle in any area designated
by official signs and/or pavement or curb markings as a bikeway, bicycle lane,
bicycle path or pedestrian walkway or crosswalk, except in those areas where
the on-street bikeway or pedestrian walkway is of sufficient width to allow
the parking of motor vehicles and will not interfere with the passage of a bicycle
within the designated bikeway or pedestrian walkway. Any person who violates
any provision of this section commits a Class 4 traffic offense. (Ord. O-75-96
§ 48, 1975; Ord. O-75-21 § 1 (part), 1975).
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