Storage & Parking of Vehicles

Municode 10.04.200

Parking or standing - Prohibited in designated locations. In addition to the state motor vehicle laws prohibiting parking, no person shall park or leave standing a vehicle as defined in Oregon Revised Statutes 801.590, in the following locations:

1. Within twenty (20) feet in front of any fire hydrant;

2. In an alley, other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of persons or materials, but in no case for a period in excess of thirty (30) consecutive minutes, unless authorized by state statute, this code, or by the Chief of Police or his or her designee;

3. Upon State Highway 47, except as authorized by state statute, this code, or by the Chief of Police or his or her designee;

4. In such a manner that the vehicle blocks all or any part within the defined area of a public sidewalk;

5. In such a manner that the vehicle blocks all or any part of any driveway;

6. Upon a street within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, unless designated by stripes or lines.

Parking for sale, repair, or storage prohibited. No operator shall park, and no owner shall allow a vehicle to be parked upon a street for the principal purpose of:

1. Displaying a vehicle for sale, as evidenced by signs or postings on the vehicle that it is for sale;

2. Repairing or servicing the vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency;

3. Selling merchandise from the vehicle, except by permit or authorized by this code, or by the Chief of Police or his or her designee.

4. Storage or as junk for more than seventy-two (72) hours. After a vehicle has been stored on a public street for more than one hundred forty-four (144) consecutive hours and has received two parking citations for storage or junk, the Chief of Police or his or her designee may cause the vehicle to be towed and stored at the owner's expense. The owner shall be liable for the costs of towing and storing, notwithstanding that the vehicle was parked by another.

a. For purposes of this subsection "storage" shall mean leaving a vehicle parked upon a public street for more than seventy-two (72) hours.

b. Moving a vehicle to a new location more than three hundred (300) feet (as measured in a straight line from the site where the violations occurred) shall interrupt the running of the seventy-two (72) hour period.

MuniCode  10.04.130

 “It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, unless he or she first obtain written permission from the marshal, to park, place, or leave any motor vehicle or any part thereof, or any trailer, box, ware, or merchandise of any description, or any other thing that in any way impedes the traffic or obstructs the view, upon any street, alley, parking strip, sidewalk, or curb of the city.”

Municode 10.01.140 - Method of parking

A. Whenever any motor vehicle is parked upon any street in this city it shall be headed as though proceeding upon the right side of the street.

B. Where no mode of parking is indicated by such painted white stripe or other marking, any and all vehicles parked in any such marked area shall be parked parallel with the street curb and with the tires or wheels on the right-hand side of such vehicle, within twelve (12) inches of the curb.

ORS 811.570 Improperly positioning parallel parked vehicle:

1. A person commits the offense of improperly positioning a parallel parked vehicle if:

a. The person stops or parks a vehicle on a highway where parallel parking is permitted and the vehicle is not parked in accordance with the following:

A. Upon a two-way highway, the vehicle shall be positioned so that the right-hand wheels are parallel to and within 12 inches of the right curb or, if none, as close as possible to the right edge of the right shoulder.

B. On a one-way highway where parallel parking is permitted on either side, a vehicle parked or stopped on the right side shall be positioned in accordance with the requirements of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph and a vehicle parked or stopped on the left side shall be positioned so that the left-hand wheels are parallel to and within 12 inches of the left curb or, if none, as close as possible to the left edge of the left shoulder.

C. Where marked parking spaces are provided, a vehicle shall be positioned so that it faces in the direction in which vehicles in the adjacent lane of the roadway are required to travel and so that the wheels are within the parking space markings which are parallel to the curb or, if none, to the edge of the shoulder; or

b. The person is the owner of an unattended vehicle parked on a highway in violation of paragraph (a) of this subsection.

2. The provisions of this section do not apply to the driver of a vehicle that is disabled in such manner and to such extent that the driver cannot avoid stopping or temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in a position prohibited by this section.

3. A police officer, under authority granted by ORS 810.430 (Movement of illegally parked vehicles), may move or require to be moved a vehicle that is parked in violation of this section.

4. It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution of the owner of a vehicle under subsection (1)(b) of this section that the use of the vehicle was not authorized by the owner, either expressly or by implication.

5. The offense described in this section, improperly positioning a parallel parked vehicle, is a Class D traffic violation.