ORDINANCE NO. ________

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE IV “STREETS”, CHAPTER 1 “TRAFFIC CODE”, TO PROHIBIT PARKING OF SEMI-TRUCKS AND OTHER LARGE VEHICLES ON CITY STREETS OR ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL CITY, IOWA:

SECTION 1. That Title IV “Streets” of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Central City, Iowa, be and the same is hereby amended by amending Chapter 1 “Traffic Code” to read as follows:

Section 30. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control sign or device in any of the following places:

1. In any public alley within the fire limits of this City.

2. In any private alley within the fire limits of this City in such a manner that ingress or egress of fire apparatus to and from such alley might be blocked.

3. Within 35 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.

4. Upon any street within the corporate limits when snow or ice removal is necessary.

5. On the center parkway or dividing area of any divided street.

6. Within 20 feet on either side of a mailbox which is so equipped so as to permit the depositing of mail from vehicles on the roadway.

7. Trucks weighing 9 tons or more, including semi-trucks, whether connected to a trailer or otherwise, loaded or empty, shall not be parked on streets of the City except for the purpose of loading or unloading.

8. Trucks weighing 9 tons or more, including semi-trucks, whether connected to a trailer or otherwise, loaded or empty, shall not be parked on private property within a residential district within the City.

PASSED AND APPROVED this ______ day of ________________, 2004.

CITY OF CENTRAL CITY, IOWA

By___________________________________

Don Gray, Mayor

ATTEST: ___________________________________

LaNeil McFadden, City Clerk