§ 22-5. Parking or obstructing traffic on street or road.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to park any motor vehicle on the paved portion of any street or road in the village except where adequate provision for motor vehicles has been provided by marked spaces for parking or where signs clearly indicating that motor vehicle parking is permitted have been posted at such locations.

(b)

It is unlawful for any person willfully to obstruct the free, convenient and normal use of any street or road, by impeding, hindering, stifling, retarding or restraining traffic or passage thereon or by endangering the safe movement of motor vehicles or pedestrians traveling thereon.

(c)

This section shall not apply in emergency situations or vehicle breakdown; provided, however, that, to the extent possible and whenever practical, the disabled motor vehicle shall wholly or partly be driven off of the paved portion of the roadway.

(d)

This section shall not apply to the temporary parking of any commercial vehicle with or without trailer upon the paved portion of a street or road for only that period of time in which the operator of the vehicle is actively engaged in deliveries, lawn maintenance or other trade activity upon the abutting property, if there is insufficient unoccupied driveway space upon the abutting property to accommodate the length of the vehicle and trailer, if any. However, in every event, an unobstructed width of the paved portion of the right-of-way opposite the vehicle and trailer, if any, shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of the stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon the paved portion of the right-of-way.

(Code 1993, § 5-9)