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Motor Vehicle Codes |
| Places where stopping, standing,
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| Sec. 5. A person may
not stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict
with other traffic or to avoid conflict with law or the directions of a
police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places: (1) On a sidewalk. (2) In front of a public or private driveway. (3) Within an intersection. (4) Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant. (5) On a crosswalk. (6) Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection. (7) Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway. (8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty (30) feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the traffic authority indicates a different length by signs or markings. (9) Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing. (10) Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to a fire station and, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to a fire station, within seventy-five (75) feet of the entrance (when properly sign posted). (11) Alongside or opposite a street excavation or obstruction if stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic. (12) On the roadway side of a vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street. (13) Upon a bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel. (14) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping. As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. IC 9-21-16-5.5 Stopping or parking in fire lane; local ordinances; complaints; summons; volunteers Sec. 5.5. (a) This section applies to a fire lane that is located on property that is privately or publicly owned. (b) A person may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle in a fire lane. (c) A fire lane must be marked with the words "No Parking Fire Lane" in white letters and a stripe of at least four (4) inches in width, in conformance with the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The words and stripe must be placed twelve (12) feet from the sidewalk, curb, or building. The words "No Parking Fire Lane" must be positioned between the stripe and the sidewalk, curb, or building. (d) This section does not prohibit a county, city, or town from adopting and enforcing an ordinance that regulates stopping, standing, and parking motor vehicles in a fire lane. (e) An ordinance adopted under subsection (d) may not conflict with this section. Complaints; summons; forms Sec. 5.7. A person enforcing this chapter may issue a complaint and summons for a violation of section 5.5(b) of this chapter or an ordinance adopted under section 5.5(d) of this chapter on a form other than the forms described in IC 9-30-3-6. However, the complaint must comply with the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure. As added by P.L.8-2003, SEC.3. IC 9-21-16-6 Movement of vehicle by nonowner Sec. 6. A person may not move a vehicle not owned by the person into a prohibited area or away from a curb to a distance that is unlawful. As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. IC 9-21-16-7 Parallel parking; roadways with adjacent curbs; regulations; motorcycles Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and except where angle parking is permitted by local ordinance for streets under local control and by order of the Indiana department of transportation on streets and highways in the state highway system, including routes through cities and towns, a vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there is an adjacent curb must be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle parallel with and within twelve (12) inches of the right-hand curb. (b) A motorcycle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there is an adjacent curb may be stopped or parked with the rear wheel of the motorcycle to the curb and with the front tire facing the flow of traffic. As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.60-1998, SEC.1. IC 9-21-16-8 Signs prohibiting or restricting stopping, standing, or parking; posting Sec. 8. The Indiana department of transportation may, with respect to highways under the department's jurisdiction, place signs prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on a highway where an engineering investigation has revealed the need for a restriction. The signs must be official signs. A person may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle in violation of the restrictions stated on the signs. As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. IC 9-21-16-9 Violations; Class C infraction Sec. 9. A person who violates this chapter commits a Class C infraction. As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
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