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§ 1104. Stopping prohibited
(a) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of an enforcement officer or official traffic-control device, no person may:
(1) Stop, stand, or park a vehicle
(A) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(B) On a sidewalk;
(C) Within an intersection;
(D) On a crosswalk;
(E) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
(F) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure or within a highway tunnel;
(G) On any railroad tracks; or
(H) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(2) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger
(A) In front of a public or private driveway;
(B) Within six 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 light located at the side of a roadway;
(E) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite and within 75 feet of the entrance to any fire station, when properly signposted;
(F) At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
(3) Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or a passenger
(A) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(B) At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
(b) No person may move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any prohibited area or an unlawful distance away from a curb. (Added 1971, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 1, 1973.)
