§ 76.12. Prohibition against parking on streets or highways.

A.

On any street or highway outside a business or residence district, no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, on the paved or main traveled part of the street or highway if it is practicable to stop, park, or so leave such vehicle off the paved or main traveled part of the street or highway. In every event a clear and unobstructed portion of the street or highway opposite such standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of two hundred feet in each direction upon such street or highway.

B.

This section does not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or improved or main traveled portion of a street or highway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in such position.

C.

No person shall stop or park a motor vehicle upon the traveled portion of a controlled-access street or highway except in response to a traffic signal and traffic-control devices or at the direction of duly constituted authority. In the event of mechanical failure, lack of gas, or other emergency, the driver of the vehicle so disabled shall take immediate action to drive, push, or coast such vehicle onto the berm or shoulder of the street or highway. Penalty, see §§ 70.99, 76.99. (R.C. § 4511.66)

(Ord. 252-1992; Ord. 48-1992; Ord. 729-1973)