§ 12-67. Parallel parking required; exceptions and special permits.

Except when necessary in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic signs or signals, the operator of a vehicle shall not stop, stand or park such vehicle in a roadway other than parallel to the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of traffic and with the curb-side wheels of the vehicle within eighteen inches of the edge of the roadway and within the area designated by the markings on the roadway, except as provided in the following subsections:

A. 

Upon those streets which have been marked or signed for angle parking, vehicles shall be parked at the angle to the curb indicated by such marks or signs.

B. 

The chief of police is hereby authorized to issue to any owner of a vehicle used to transport merchandise or materials a special permit, renewable annually and stating therein the terms and conditions thereof, allowing the operator of such vehicle the privilege of loading or unloading while the vehicle is backed against the curb, if, in the opinion of the City council, such privilege is reasonably necessary in the conduct of the owner's business and will not seriously interfere with traffic. In places where and at hours when stopping for the loading or unloading of merchandise or materials is permitted, vehicles used for the transportation of merchandise or materials may back against the curb to take on or discharge loads, when the owner of such vehicle holds a permit granting him such special privilege. Such permits shall be either in the possession of the operator or on the vehicle at the time such vehicle is backed against the curb to take on or discharge a load, and it shall be unlawful for any owner or operator to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any such special permit.

C. 

On a street where there is a perceptible grade, a vehicle, when stopped or left unattended, shall have a front wheel or a rear wheel turned at an angle against a curb.