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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE PARKING OF TRUCKS, TRAILERS,
MOTOR HOMES AND OTHER LARGE VEHICLES UPON CITY STREETS
WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT; PROHIBITING THE PARKING OF
TRUCKS, TRAILERS, SEMI -TRAILERS, BUSSES AND OTHER LARGE
VEHICLES UPON PROPERTY WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT;
PROHIBITING PARKING ON ANY STREET FOR THE PURPOSE OF SALE
OR REPAIR; PROHIBITING PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OVERNIGHT
ON ANY CITY STREET; PROVIDING FOR EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING FOR
THE IMPOUNDMENT OF ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES; PROVIDING
A PENALTY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS.
Section 1: Words and terms used in this ordinance shall have the meaning
assigned by The Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, Article 6701d
Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes.
Section 2: No person shall stop, stand or park a conuiiercial vehicle
with a manufacturers rated carrying capacity greater than one ton, a truck,
truck tractor, road tractor, trailer, semi -trailer, pole trailer, house'
trailer, travel trailer, camper trailer, boat trailer, motor home, bus, or
special mobile equipment upon any street or public right of way within or
adjacent to any residential district of the City of Georgetown, except as
follows:
(a) While expeditiously loading or unloading passengers, freight,
materials, or merchandise;
(b) While effecting emergency repairs when a vehicle is so disabled
as to render it unsafe to proceed further;
(c) Vehicles and equipment engaged in street construction, main-
tenance and repair, or the construction maintenance or repair of
public service utilities; or
(d) Vehicles.serving as emergency vehicles.
Section 3: No person shall stop, stand or park a truck tractor, road trac-
tor, semi -trailer, bus, or a trailer or truck with a manufacturers rated carry-
ing capacity in excess of one and one half tons or of a gross vehicle weight of
nine thousand (9,000) lbs. or more upon any property within a residential dist-
rict except for the purpose,of expedi-�iously loading or unloading passengers,
freight, or merchandise. This section shall not apply to church, school, nursinti,
or retirement home busses parked upon property owned by such institutions,