PART XI. STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING

 

§291C-111  Noncompliance with stopping,standing, or parking requirements.  (a)  With respect to highways undertheir respective jurisdictions, the director of transportation is authorized toand the counties by ordinance may prohibit or restrict the stopping, standing,or parking of vehicles where the stopping, standing, or parking is dangerous tothose using the highway or where the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicleswould interfere unduly with the free movement of traffic; provided that theviolation of any law or any ordinance, regardless of whether established underthis or any other section, prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing,or parking of vehicles shall constitute a traffic infraction.  The countiesshall not provide any other penalty, civil or criminal, or any other charge, inthe form of rental or otherwise, in place of or in addition to the fine to beimposed by the district court for any violation of any ordinance prohibiting orrestricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles.

This section shall not be construed asprohibiting the authority of the director of transportation or the counties toallow the stopping, standing, or parking of motor vehicles at a"T-shaped" intersection on highways under their respectivejurisdictions; provided that such stopping, standing, or parking of motorvehicles is not dangerous to those using the highway or where the stopping,standing, or parking of motor vehicles would not unduly interfere with the freemovement of traffic.

The appropriate police department and county orprosecuting attorney of the various counties shall enforce any law or ordinanceprohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles,including but not limited to the issuance of parking tickets.  Any personcommitting a violation of any law or ordinance, regardless of whetherestablished under this or any other section, prohibiting or restricting thestopping, standing, or parking of vehicles shall be subject to a fine to beenforced and collected by the district courts of this State and to be depositedinto the state general fund for state use.

(b)  Thedirector of transportation, the counties, and owners of private highways, withthe consent of the county official responsible for traffic control with respectto highways under their respective jurisdictions shall place signs or curbmarkings which are clearly visible to an ordinarily observant personprohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles onthe highway.  Such signs or curb markings shall be official signs and markingsand no person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle in violation of therestrictions stated on such signs or markings. [L 1971, c 150, pt of §1;am L 1974, c 133, §4; am L 1976, c 238, §1; am L 1993, c 214, §12; am L 1994, c273, §1; am L 1995, c 173, §5; am L 1999, c 44, §1]

 

Cross References

 

  Adjudication of traffic infractions, see chapter 291D.

  Parking violation exemption, see §621-8.