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No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance 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 a private driveway if any part of the vehicle or an attachment to the vehicle, including a hitch or trailer, blocks an area of a sidewalk and impedes continuous pedestrian use of the sidewalk in a manner that is not consistent with the Americans With Disabilities Act as defined in Section 41-1492, Arizona Revised Statutes. This subsection does not apply if the vehicle is temporarily parked for the purposes of loading or unloading the vehicle.

3. In front of a public or private driveway or the entrance to an alley.

4. Within an intersection.

5. Where prohibited by official signs or where the curb is painted red.

6. Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.

7. On a crosswalk.

8. Within 20 feet of a cross walk at an intersection.

9. Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway.

10. Within a designated bus stop.

11. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing or within eight feet six inches of the center of any railroad track, except while a motor vehicle with motive power attached is loading or unloading railroad cars.

12. Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance when properly posted.

13. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstructions when stopping, standing or parking would impede traffic.

14. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.

15. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street or within a street tunnel.

16. In that area between the curb and sidewalk. On those roadways without curbs no person shall park a vehicle so as to force a pedestrian to walk in the traveled portion of the roadway. (Code 1962, § 37-50.03; Ord. No. G-1554, § 1; Ord. No. G-1851, § 1; Ord. No. G-7005, § 1, 2022)

State law reference—Stopping, standing or parking prohibitions, A.R.S. § 28-873.