§ 130-66. Generally.

Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the direction of a law enforcement officer or official traffic control device, no person shall:

(1)

Stop, stand or park a vehicle:

a.

Upon a street or highway in such a manner or under such conditions as to obstruct the free movement of traffic;

b.

On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street or highway;

c.

On a sidewalk, bike path, or bike lane;

d.

Within an intersection;

e.

On a crosswalk;

f.

Alongside or opposite any street or highway, or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;

g.

Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway, or within a highway tunnel, where parking is not provided for herein;

h.

Within any fire lane appropriately signed;

i.

Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the transportation services division or the state department of transportation indicates a different length by signs or markings;

j.

On any railroad tracks.

(2)

Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:

a.

In front of a public or private driveway;

b.

Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;

c.

Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;

d.

Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;

e.

Within 20 feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street or highway opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance;

f.

Within 100 feet of intersecting road right-of-way;

g.

On any roadway pavement maintained by the county on other than duly designated parking lanes;

h.

Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing unless the transportation services division or the state department of transportation establishes a different distance due to unusual circumstances;

i.

At any place where official signs prohibit or restrict parking, or in excess of time periods authorized by such signs;

j.

Along or adjacent to any curb painted red or yellow, or across the delineated boundaries of a public parking place;

k.

At any place where official signs prohibit standing;

l.

Within a drainage swale;

m.

Seaward of the coastal construction setback line.

(3)

It is unlawful for any person or persons to willfully obstruct the free, convenient, and normal use of any public street, highway or road, by impeding, hindering, stifling, retarding or restraining traffic or passage thereon, or by endangering the safe movement of vehicles or pedestrians travelling thereon:

a.

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley in a business district except for the expeditious loading or unloading of material, and in no event for a period of more than 20 minutes, and no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any other alley in such a manner as to obstruct the free movement of vehicular traffic;

b.

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley in such position as to block the driveway or entrance to any abutting property.

(4)

It is a violation of this article II to park a boat trailer or other vehicle used to launch boats if the trailer or other boat launch vehicle is parked in whole or in part on paved or unpaved public road right-of-way within one mile of the nearest entrance to a county park, or other county facility that includes a boat launch ramp or has other designed boat launching capability and the boat launch trailer or vehicle is not displaying a county boat launch permit or a paid county boat launch receipt to launch boats at that county facility.

(Ord. No. 80-47, § 5; Ord. No. 91-23, § 3; Ord. No. 01-33, § 1, 6-12-01)

State law reference

General prohibitions on stopping, standing and parking, F.S. § 316.1945.