§ 10.24.300. Parking for commercial purposes—Restrictions generally—Permit required when.

A.

No person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or foodstuffs are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale, bartered or exchanged, or any lunch wagon, eating car or vehicle, on any portion of any street within this city without first obtaining written permit to do so from the city council, which shall designate the specific location in which such vehicle, wagon or pushcart shall stand. The provision of this subsection shall not apply to persons delivering such articles from a store or other fixed place of business or to distribution upon order of, or by agreement with, a customer.

B.

No person shall park or stand any vehicle or wagon used or intended to be used in the transportation of persons or property for hire on any street, while awaiting patronage for such vehicle or wagon, without first obtaining a permit to do so from the city council, which shall designate the specific location where such vehicle may stand; such location shall be signed indicating that it has been reserved for the use of the particular named person and when so signed it shall be unlawful for any person other than that designated to park or stand a vehicle in such space.

C.

It is unlawful for the owner or person in charge of any vehicle used in carrying passengers, freight, baggage or merchandise for hire to permit such vehicle to stand or remain in front of any place of business without first obtaining the written consent of the tenant of such place of business.

D.

No person shall stand or park a vehicle upon any street for the purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale by sign or otherwise.

E.

Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of this section and a particular location to park or stand is specified therein, no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon or pushcart on any location other than as designated in such permit. In the event that the holder of any such permit is convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction for violating any of the provisions of this section, such permit shall be forthwith revoked by the city council upon the filing of the record of such conviction with the city council, and no permit shall thereafter be issued to such person until six months have elapsed from the date of such revocation.

(Prior code §16-82).