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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE PARKING OF TRUCKS, TRAILERS,
MOTOR HOMES AND OTHER LARGE VEHICLES UPON CITY STREETS
WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT; PROHIBITING THE PARKING OF
TRUCKS, TRAILERS, SEMI -TRAILERS, BUSSES AND OTHER LARGE
VEHICLES UPON PROPERTY WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT;
PROHIBITING PARKING ON ANY STREET FOR THE PURPOSE OF SALE
OR REPAIR; PROHIBITING PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OVERNIGHT
ON ANY CITY STREET; PROVIDING FOR EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING FOR
THE IMPOUNDMENT OF ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES; PROVIDING
A PENALTY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS.
Section 1: Words and terms used in this ordinance shall have the meaning
assigned by The Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, Article 6701d
Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes.
Section 2: No person shall stop, stand or park a conuiiercial vehicle
with a manufacturers rated carrying capacity greater than one ton, a truck,
truck tractor, road tractor, trailer, semi -trailer, pole trailer, house'
trailer, travel trailer, camper trailer, boat trailer, motor home, bus, or
special mobile equipment upon any street or public right of way within or
adjacent to any residential district of the City of Georgetown, except as
follows:
(a) While expeditiously loading or unloading passengers, freight,
materials, or merchandise;
(b) While effecting emergency repairs when a vehicle is so disabled
as to render it unsafe to proceed further;
(c) Vehicles and equipment engaged in street construction, main-
tenance and repair, or the construction maintenance or repair of
public service utilities; or
(d) Vehicles.serving as emergency vehicles.
Section 3: No person shall stop, stand or park a truck tractor, road trac-
tor, semi -trailer, bus, or a trailer or truck with a manufacturers rated carry-
ing capacity in excess of one and one half tons or of a gross vehicle weight of
nine thousand (9,000) lbs. or more upon any property within a residential dist-
rict except for the purpose,of expedi-�iously loading or unloading passengers,
freight, or merchandise. This section shall not apply to church, school, nursinti,
or retirement home busses parked upon property owned by such institutions,
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Section 4: No person shall park a vehicle upon any street or sidewalk for
the purpose of:
(a) Displaying such vehicle for sale;
(b) Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle except emergency repairs. -
Provided further that emergency repairs shall consist only of such
repairs as are necessary to enable such vehicle to be safely
removed from the streets either under its own power or by
towing.
Section 5: No commercial vehicle shall be parked and left overnight
00 upon any public street or public way in the City.
Co Section 6: Any vehicle found stopped, standing or parked in violation
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of any provision of this ordinance shall be subject to be removed and im-
pounded at the owners expense.
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Section %: Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty
dollars nur inure than two hundred dollars.
Section 8: Should any portion of this ordinance be held invalid such hold-
ing shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions and the City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed such remaining portions de-
spite such invalidity.
Section 9: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
expressly repealed.
Passed on the first reading on the 14 th day of June , 1983,
Passed on the second reading on the 12th day of July , 1983,
J n 0oe-FT le ,Mayor
ATTEST:
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City ecretary
APPROVED:
Joe McMaster, City Attorney
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