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§502 Defining of roadways and references made to streets herein
§502.1 North-south streets parking prohibited on either side
§502.2 North-south streets parking prohibited on east side
§502.3 North-south streets parking prohibited on west side
§502.4 North-south streets other parking prohibitions
§502.5 East-west streets parking prohibited on either side
§502.6 East-west streets parking prohibited on north side
§502.7 East-west streets parking prohibited on south side
§502.8 East-west streets other parking prohibitions
§502.9 Regulations concerning parking in the Business District (Triangle)
§502.10 Parking Prohibited
§502.11 Parking for Certain Purposes Illegal
§502.12 Illegal Parking on Private Property
§502.13 Fire Lanes
§502.14 Handicapped Parking
§502.15 All-Night Parking Prohibited
§502.16 Loading and Unloading Zones
§502.17 Prohibited Parking During Snow Emergency
§502.18 Parking Restrictions in Residential Districts
§502.19 Manner of Parking
§502.20 Authority to Paint Curbs and Erect Signs Prohibiting Standing or Parking
§502.21 Signs Required
§502.22 Stopping on Traveled Way; Exception
§502.23 Officers Authorized to Remove
§502.24 Removal from Bridge
§502.25 Moving Other Vehicle
§502.26 Authority to Impound Vehicles
§502.27 Parking Violations; Failure to Pay
§502.28 Arrest and Notice to Appear
§502.29 Penalty
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AN ORDINANCE DELETING CHAPTER 502 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY
OF WAUKEE, AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF THE REVISED PARKING REGULATIONS
OF MOTOR VEHICLES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WAUKEE,
AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES
PROVIDED THEREIN.
PARKING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 502
SECTION
§502. All references made to public streets herein are to be construed to refer to the nearest
right of way line of said street. All public streets running in the manner here defined are to be described as
follows; north/south are to be described as “street”; east/west are to be described as “avenue”; curving or
diagonal are to be described as “drive” or “parkway”; roads with a total length of one block or less are to be
described as “lane”; and a cul-de-sac may be described as either a “court”, “point” or “circle”.
§502.1 No parking is permitted at any time on either side of the following north-south
streets:
1st Street
2nd Street (NW)
2nd Street between Ashworth Drive and Corene Avenue
3rd Street
6th Street (see §502.4 and §502.9)
7th Street (see §502.4)
10th Street
10th Street (N)
15th Street (NW)
17th Street (NW)
Alice’s Road from the northern City limit to University Avenue
Archer Drive (NE)
Bishop Drive (SE) between University Avenue and SE Emerald Drive
Boone Drive
Brick Drive (SE)
Dartmoor Drive (NE) between Hickman Road and Douglas Parkway
Dartmoor Drive (SE) between Laurel Street and Hickman Road
Florence Drive (SE) between University Avenue and Booth Drive (SE)
Florence Drive (SE) from its intersection with Booth Drive (SE) to a point 75
feet south
Grand Prairie Parkway
Legacy Pointe Boulevard (SE) from Hickman Road to Hawthorne Ridge Drive (SE)
Manor Drive
Serenity Drive between Ashworth Road and Daybreak Drive
Sunrise Drive (NW)
Warrior & North Warrior
Warrior Avenue
Westgate Drive between Hickman Road and Horizon Drive (NE)
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Wildflower Drive (SE)
Windfield Parkway
Windfield Parkway (SE)
Waco Place (SE) from US 6 (E Hickman Road) to SE Laurel Street, SE Sagewood Circle to
SE Traden Drive, and SE Rosewood Court to SE Ashworth Road
June 17, 2002 Ordinance 2384
October 6, 2003 Ordinance 2433
June 20, 2005 Ordinance 2520
September 19, 2005 Ordinance 2533
October 15, 2007 Ordinance 2613
June 1, 2009 Ordinance 2648
September 14, 2009 Ordinance 2654
May 19, 2014 Ordinance 2763
January 19, 2015 Ordinance 2776
December 21, 2015 Ordinance 2797
October 1, 2018 Ordinance 2901
November 19, 2018 Ordinance 2908
August 3, 2020 Ordinance 2963
January 4, 2021 Ordinance 2980
§502.2 No parking is permitted at any time on the east side of the following north-south
streets:
1st Street (NE)
1st Street (NW)
1st Street Place
2nd Street from Southview to Parkview
3rd Street from Laurel Street to Windfield Parkway between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.,
Monday – Friday
4th Street
8th Street
9th Street
10th Street
Abbott Drive
Addison Drive (NE)
Adobe Drive
Archer Avenue (NE)
Avalon Drive
Badger Lane (NE)
Bell Court (SE)
Bell Drive (SE)
Belmont Boulevard
Bluegrass Circle (SE) (loop street between 1010 and 1340 SE Bluegrass Circle)
Brentwood Drive
Brick Drive (SE)
Brodie Street
Carefree Lane (NE) (loop street)
Carefree Lane (SE)
Cari Circle
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Caterine Court
Crabapple Drive
Creekview Court
Dartmoor Drive (NE)
Dartmoor Drive (NE) between Douglas Parkway and Bobcat Drive (NE)
Dogwood Lane
Drumlin Drive (SE)
Elk Run Drive (NE)
Fox Valley Court (NE)
Frontier Avenue (SE)
Georgetown Drive (NW)
Gracewood Drive (NW)
Grant Woods Court (SE) (cul de sac from 1105 south to 1050 SE Grant Woods Court)
Harper Drive (SE)
Holiday Crest Circle (SE)
Indian Ridge Drive between Fox Landing and Prairie Bluff Drive
Jack Pine Drive
Kaylin Drive
Kimball Lane
Leeann Drive (SE) (loop street between 1010 and 1340 SE Leeann Drive)
Lexington Drive (NW)
Meadowlark Lane (NE)
Meadowlark Lane (SE)
Melrose Drive
Owl Ridge Lane (NE)
Oxford Drive (SE)
Parkview Crossing Drive between Westown Parkway and Madrone Lane (SE)
Peachtree Drive
Peachtree Lane (SE)
Plumwood Lane
Red Fox Lane (NE)
Serenity Drive
Shiloh Circle (NW)
Stratford Drive (NW)
Sugar Creek Drive
Terrace Drive
Traden Court (SE)
Waco Place (SE) from SE Laurel Street to SE Sagewood Circle, and SE Traden Drive to SE
Rosewood Court
Waters Edge Drive (SE)
Westwoods Drive (SE)
White Pine Court
Whitetail Lane (NE) (loop street)
Whitetail Lane (SE)
Wilden Drive (NE)
June 7, 1999 Ordinance 2297
November 27, 2000 Ordinance. 2333
January 15, 2002 Ordinance 2358
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June 17, 2002 Ordinance 2384
October 6, 2003 Ordinance 2433
June 20, 2005 Ordinance 2521
September 19, 2005 Ordinance 2533
March 20, 2006 Ordinance 2569
June 18, 2007 Ordinance 2606
October 15, 2007 Ordinance 2613
April 20, 2009 Ordinance 2643
January 19, 2015 Ordinance 2776
July 24, 2017 Ordinance 2853
December 17, 2018 Ordinance 2915
August 3, 2020 Ordinance 2963
January 4, 2021 Ordinance 2980
§502.3 No parking is permitted at any time on the west side of the following north-south
streets:
1st Street
2nd Street
2nd Street Court
3rd Street
3rd Street from Laurel Street to Windfield Parkway
4th Street from its intersection with School Street to a point 65 feet north
5th Street south of Ashworth Drive
7th Street
11th Street
Abigail Lane
Alice’s Road (a.k.a. W Avenue) from the northern corporate limits to a point 2,500 feet
south of said point of beginning
Applewood Lane (SE)
Arrowhead Drive
Ashland Court
Bennington Drive (NW)
Bison Trail
Bluegrass Circle (SE) (loop street between 1090 and 1140 SE Bluegrass Circle)
Bluestem Drive (SE)
Bobcat Drive (NE)
Bobwhite Lane (SE)
Bunker Hill Drive (NW)
Cardinal Lane (NE)
Cardinal Lane (SE)
Carefree Lane (NE)
Charlestown Lane (NW)
Cherokee Court
Cheyenne Court
Crabapple Court (SE)
Cypress Court (SE)
Dallas Point (SE)
Dakota Circle
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Deerfield Lane (SE)
Fieldstone Trail
Finch Circle (SE)
Florence Drive (SE)
Ford Lane
Glendale Drive
Grant Woods Court (SE) (from 1180 to 1110 SE Grant Woods Court)
Greenbriar Circle (SE)
Greentree Drive (SE)
Hannah Lane
Hummingbird Circle (SE)
Indigo Lane (SE)
Jamestown Lane (NW)
Kaylin Drive
Kettleridge Lane (SE)
Knottingham Circle
Langdale Lane (SE)
Leeann Drive (SE) (loop street between 1980 and 2105 SE Leeann Drive; 2145 and 2240 SE
Leeann Drive)
Linden Drive
Mapleleaf Lane
Maxwell Drive (SE)
Mill Springs Drive (NW)
Myles Court
Northbranch Drive (SE)
Oakleaf Lane
Oxford Drive (SE) (loop street between 2185 and 2175 SE Oxford Drive)
Parkview Crossing Drive (SE) between Madrone Lane (SE) and Prairie Park Lane (SE)
Piedmont Circle (SE)
Pine Bluff Circle (NW)
Prairie Creek Drive (SE) (L-shaped street)
Primrose Lane
Riverbirch Lane (SE)
Rosewood Drive
Sagewood Circle (SE)
Sandstone Point
Sawyer Point (SE)
Scout Trail
Stratford Drive (NW)
Telby Lane (SE)
Waddell Way (SE)
Waters Edge Drive (SE)
Westgate Drive
Westgate Drive (NE)
Westwind Court
Wildwood Court
Willowbrook Drive (SE)
Wood Creek Drive (SE)
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Woodcrest Drive
Woodland Court
January 4, 1999 Ordinance 2265
June 7, 1999 Ordinance 2296
February 12, 2002 Ordinance 2364
June 17, 2002 Ordinance 2384
September 8, 2003 Ordinance 2429
October 6, 2003 Ordinance 2433
June 20, 2005 Ordinance 2522
September 19, 2005 Ordinance 2533
March 20, 2006 Ordinance 2569
June 18, 2007 Ordinance 2606
October 15, 2007 Ordinance 2613
May 18, 2009 Ordinance 2645
May 19, 2014 Ordinance 2763
June 2, 2014 Ordinance 2764
January 19, 2015 Ordinance 2776
December 17, 2018 Ordinance 2915
September 3, 2019 Ordinance 2936
January 4, 2021 Ordinance 2980
§502.4 Other parking prohibitions on north-south streets:
A. Fourth Street parking prohibited on either side from U.S. Highway 6 south to the
south side of Northview, except:
1. Angle parking will be permitted 142 feet north from the northwest corner of
Maple Street on the west side of Fourth Street;
2. Angle parking will be permitted on the west side of Fourth Street from Locust
Street 716 feet south.
3. September through May, Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., 15
minute parking shall be allowed on the west side of Fourth Street from a
point 61 feet south of the south line of Locust Street to a point 150 feet south
of the south line of Locust Street; and 15 minute parking shall be allowed on
the west side of Fourth Street from a point 399 feet south of the south line of
Locust Street to a point 4454 feet south of the south line of Locust Street.
4. Parking is permitted on the west side of 4th Street from the South line of
Northview to the South Terminus of 4th Street at the North edge of the Cul-
de-sac.
October 6, 2003 Ordinance 2433
B. Seventh Street parking prohibited on either side, except:
1. Parallel parking is permitted on the west side of Seventh Street from
the south side of Maple Street to a point 122 feet south of Maple Street.
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2. Parallel parking is permitted on the west side of Seventh Street from a point
10 feet north of Walnut Street to a point 40 feet north of Walnut Street.
3. Angle parking is permitted on the east side of Seventh Street from the south
side of Maple Street to a point 142 feet south of Maple Street and from the
north side of Walnut Street to a point 73 feet north of Walnut Street.
4. Head-in parking is permitted on the east side of Seventh Street from a point
15 feet south of the south side of Walnut Street to a point 70 feet south of
Walnut Street.
5. Parallel parking is permitted on the east side of Seventh Street between
Walnut Street and Cherry Street.
C. Sixth Street parking prohibited on either side of north of Ashworth Drive, except;
1. Angle parking is permitted on the west side of Sixth Street starting 123 feet
north of Ashworth Drive South to north side of Locust Street;
2. Angle Parking is permitted on the west side of Sixth Street100 feet south
from Locust Street;
3. Parallel parking is permitted on the east side of Sixth Street from Walnut
Street south 134 feet.
4. Angle parking is permitted on the east side of Sixth Street from a point 157
feet south of Walnut to a point 239 feet south of Walnut; and from a point
266 feet south of Walnut to a point 294 feet south of Walnut Regulations
concerning the other north-south streets from east to west are:
§502.5 No parking is permitted at any time on either side of the following east-west
streets:
Ashworth Drive (see §502.8)
Booth Avenue
Cherry Street
Corene Avenue from 1st Street Place to Christopher Avenue
Douglas Parkway (NE)
Douglas Parkway (NW)
Horizon Drive (NE) between Archer Drive (NE) and Alice’s Road (NE)
Indian Ridge Drive from R-22 to Eagle Drive
Interstate Parkway
Laurel Street from Warrior Lane east to Legacy Pointe Boulevard (SE)
Northview Drive west of 6th Street
Northview Drive from 6th Street east for a length of 210 feet
Olson Drive (SE) from Crabapple Drive (SE) east to Alice’s Road (SE)
Park Road (SE) from 7:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M., Monday through Friday
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Stratford Drive (NW) between Charlestown Lane (NW) and 10th Street (NW)
Sunrise Drive (NW) between 2nd Street (NW) and 10th Street (NW)
Sunrise Drive (NW) between Charlestown Lane (NW) and 10th Street (NW)
University Avenue
Venture Drive (N)
Westown Parkway (SE)
January 4, 1999 Ordinance 2266
May 3, 1999 Ordinance 2280
June 7, 1999 Ordinance 2296
January 17, 2000 Ordinance 2310
February 12, 2002 Ordinance 2363
June 17, 2002 Ordinance 2384
October 15, 2007 Ordinance 2613
September 14, 2009 Ordinance 2654
November 16, 2009 Ordinance 2658
March 22, 2010 Ordinance 2664
January 19, 2015 Ordinance 2776
November 5, 2018 Ordinance 2907
December 17, 2018 Ordinance 2915
September 3, 2019 Ordinance 2936
January 4, 2021 Ordinance 2980
§502.6 No Parking is permitted on the following streets:
A.No parking is permitted at any time, except as otherwise noted, on the north side of the following
streets:
Abigail Lane
Aidan Street
Ashland Court
Ashleaf Circle (SE)
Bailey Circle (loop street between 15 and 125 Bailey Circle)
Baytree Drive (SE)
Bel-Aire Drive
Brodie Street
Bobcat Court (NE)
Bristol Drive (SE)
Broderick Drive
Bunker Hill Drive (NW)
Cedar Street from the intersection of 8th Street to 10th Street
Corene Avenue
Dillion Drive (SE)
Dunham Drive
El Dorado Court
Emerson Lane
Esker Ridge Drive (SE)
Ford Lane (SE)
Georgetown Drive (NW)
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Gettysburg Lane (NW)
Glendale Drive (SE)
Gracewood Drive (NW)
Grant Park Lane (SE)
Gray Avenue
Greenbriar Circle (SE)
Greentree Drive (SE)
Hannah Lane
Hawthorne Ridge Drive
Hazelwood Drive (SE)
Heritage Drive (SE)
Hickory Circle (SE)
Holiday Crest Circle (SE)
Indian Ridge Drive east of Ute Avenue
Interstate Parkway
Jamestown Lane (NW)
Kellerman Lane (SE)
Leeann Drive (SE) (loop street between 1925 and 1970 SE Leeann Drive; 2105 and
2145 SE Leeann Drive)
Lexington Drive (NW)
Maple Street (see §502.7 and §502.8)
Marshall Drive (SE)
Melrose Drive (SE)
Mill Springs Drive (NW)
Murphy Drive (SE)
Northview Drive (see §502.8)
Olson Drive (SE)
Painted Woods Drive
Peachtree Drive (SE) (L Street)
Pembrooke Lane (SE) west of Waddell Way
Pine Bluff Circle (NW)
Pleasant View Drive (SE)
Prairie Bluff Drive
Prairie Creek Drive (SE) (L-shaped street)
Red Fern Drive (SE)
Red Fern Drive (SE) west of Bluestem Drive
Riverbirch Lane (SE)
Roman Road
Rosenkranz Drive (SE)
Rosewood Court (SE)
Sagewood Circle (SE)
Silverleaf Lane
Spruce Street from the intersection of 8th Street to 10th Street
Spyglass Lane
Stone Prairie Drive (SE)
Stratford Drive (NW)
Telby Lane (SE)
Terrace Drive
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Traden Drive (SE)
Trillium Drive (SE)
Venture Drive
Venture Drive (NW)
Vicksburg Court (NW)
Walnut Ridge Drive (SE)
Walnut Street
Waukee Avenue west of 6th Street
Westbranch Drive (SE)
Whistling Court
Wildflower Drive (SE)
Williamsburg Lane (NW)
Windfield Parkway from Third Street to Warrior Lane between 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Monday – Friday (see §502.7)
Wolf Pack Drive (NE)
Yorktown Drive (NW)
June 7, 1999 Ordinance 2296
January 17, 2000 Ordinance 2310
June 17, 2002 Ordinance 2384
September 19, 2005 Ordinance 2533
March 20, 2006 Ordinance 2569
June 18, 2007 Ordinance 2606
October 15, 2007 Ordinance 2613
January 21, 2013 Ordinance 2724
January 19, 2015 Ordinance 2776
December 17, 2018 Ordinance 2915
September 3, 2019 Ordinance 2936
January 4, 2021 Ordinance 2980
B.No parking is permitted at any time on the following streets:
SE Trillium Drive on the North/North East/East side of the Street commencing at the
midpoint of the Cul-de-sac and continuing to the end of the street.
SE Stone Prairie Drive on the North/Northeast/East side of the street commencing at the
mid point of the Cul-de-sac to the end of the street.
SE Wildflower Drive on the North/Northwest side of the street from its intersection with
LA Grant Parkway to SE Trillium Drive.
SE Aster Court on the North/West side of the cul-de-sac commencing at 2300 SE Aster
Court to its intersection with SE Stone Prairie Drive.
SE Telby Lane on the North side of the street commencing at its intersection with LA
Grant Parkway and continuing around the loop until said street intersects itself.
January 21, 2013 Ordinance 2724
§502.7 No parking is permitted on the south side of the following east-west streets:
Arrowhead Drive
Augusta Court
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Badger Lane (NE)
Bailey Circle (loop street from 145 to 255 Bailey Circle)
Bel Aire Court
Bell Drive (SE)
Bellflower Court (NE)
Birchwood Circle (SE)
Bishop Drive (SE) from Waco Place (SE) to Emerald Drive (SE)
Bluegrass Circle (SE) (loop street)
Bobcat Drive (NE)
Boston Parkway (NE)
Bowman Drive (NE)
Brookridge Court (NE)
Brookshire Court (NE)
Brookshire Drive (NE)
Carefree Lane (NE) (loop street)
Cedar Street west of 10th Street
Cherry Street
Chestnut Drive
Christopher Avenue
Coyote Drive (NE)
Dakota Circle
Daybreak Drive
Dellwood Court (NE)
Dellwood Drive (NE)
Driftwood Lane (SE)
Drumlin Drive (SE)
Fox Run Trail (NE)
Golden Harvest Drive (SE)
Gracewood Drive (NE)
Gracewood Drive (NW)
Greenwood Drive (NW)
Holiday Crest Circle (SE)
Horizon Drive (NW) between Westgate Drive (NE) and Archer Drive (NE)
Indian Ridge Drive west of Ute Avenue
Jack Pine Drive
Laurel Street
Locust Street (see §502.5, §502.6 & §502.8)
Locust Street west of 10th Street
Lookout Court
Madrone Lane (SE)
Maple Street (parking prohibited on the south side of from Seventh Street to Tenth
Street, see§502.8)
Marshall Drive
Melrose Drive (SE)
Meridian Drive (NE)
Mesa Drive (SE)
Northview Drive (see §502.8)
Park Road
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Parker Drive (SE)
Parkview Drive
Peachtree Lane (SE)
Pembrooke Lane (SE)
Prairie Bluff Drive
Prairie Park Lane (SE)
Prairie Wolf Drive (NE)
Oxford Drive (SE) (loop street)
Southbranch Drive (SE)
Southview Drive
Spruce Street west of 10th Street
Spyglass Court
Stoneridge Drive (SE)
Sunrise Drive (NE) between Warrior Lane and NE Dartmoor Drive
Sunrise Drive (NW) between Warrior Lane (N) and 2nd Street (NW)
Tallgrass Lane (SE)
Traverse Drive (NE)
Walnut Street (see §502.8 and §502.9)
Waukee Avenue
Westbrook Drive (SE)
Whitetail Lane (NE) (loop street)
Wildflower Drive (SE)
Windfield Parkway from Third Street to Warrior Lane (see §502.6)
Windfield Drive (SE)
Wood Creek Drive (SE)
June 7, 1999 Ordinance 2296
January 17, 2000 Ordinance 2310
June 17, 2002 Ordinance 2384
September 19, 2005 Ordinance 2533
March 20, 2006 Ordinance 2569
June 18, 2007 Ordinance 2606
October 15, 2007 Ordinance 2613
January 21, 2013 Ordinance 2724
January 19, 2015 Ordinance 2776
July 6, 2015 Ordinance 2787
May 7, 2018 Ordinance 2887
October 1, 2018 Ordinance 2901
November 5, 2018 Ordinance 2907
December 17, 2018 Ordinance 2915
January 7, 2019 Ordinance 2917
January 4, 2021 Ordinance 2980
§502.8 Other parking prohibitions on east-west streets:
A. Ashworth Drive parking prohibited on either side, except:
1. Accept, angle parking is permitted from a point 82 feet west of Sixth Street east on
both sides of Ashworth Drive to the west side of Fifth Street on the north side of 121
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feet West of Fifth Street on the south Side.
B. Locust Street parking prohibited on the south side excluding school busses, with the
following exceptions:
1. Angle parking is permitted a distance of 134 feet west of Sixth Street on the south
side of Locust Street.
2.Head-in parking is permitted on the south side of Locust Street, except the East 75
feet thereof, between Fourth Street and Fifth Street, except during the hours 8:00
A.M. to 9:00 A.M. and from 3:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. Monday through Friday, and
12:30 P.M. to 1:30 P.M., Wednesday, during the school year.
February 28, 2000 Ordinance 2311
October 21, 2002 Ordinance 2389
C. Maple Street parking prohibited on the south side of from Seventh Street to Tenth Street.
D. Maple Street parking prohibited on the north side of Maple Street, except:
1. Head-in parking is permitted from a point 65 feet west of Seventh Street to a point
155 feet west of Seventh Street.
E. Northview parking prohibited on the north side from Warrior Lane to Fourth Street between
the hours of 6:00 A.M and 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday.
F. Northview Drive parking prohibited on the south side from Warrior Lane to Sixth Street at
any time.
G. Walnut Street parking prohibited on the north side, except:
1. As hereinafter provided in §502.9 regarding regulations concerning parking in the
business district (triangle).
2. Head-in parking is permitted on the north side of Walnut Street from a point 15 feet
west of Sixth Street to a point 76 feet west of Sixth Street; and from a point 95 feet
west of Sixth Street to a point 114 feet west of Sixth Street.
H. Walnut Street parking prohibited on the south side, except:
1. As hereinafter provided in §502.5 regarding regulations concerning parking
in the business district (triangle).
2. Head-in parking is permitted from a point 9 feet west of Sixth Street to a
point 118 feet west of Sixth Street.
3. Head-in parking is permitted east from Seventh Street a distance of 50 feet.
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I.No parking on either side of Bel-Aire Drive from its intersection with Warrior Lane
to a point 195 feet to the west.
August 1, 2016 Ordinance 2819
November 20, 2017 Ordinance 2862
§502.9 Regulations concerning parking in the Business District (Triangle).
A. Parallel parking is permitted on the east side of Sixth Street from Ashworth Drive south to
Walnut Street.
B. Parallel parking is permitted on the north side of Walnut Street between west side of
Ashworth Drive and east side of Sixth Street.
C. Head-in parking is permitted from a point 111 feet west of Fifth Street to a point 138 feet
west of Fifth Street; and from a point 162 feet west of Fifth Street to a point 183 feet west of
Fifth Street.
D. Angle parking is permitted from a point 206 feet west of Fifth Street to a point 295 feet west
of Fifth Street.
§502.10 Parking Prohibited: No one shall stop, stand or park a vehicle except when
necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the other traffic or in compliance with the
directions of a peace officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
A. Crosswalk: On a crosswalk at an intersection.
B. Center Parkway: On the center parkway or dividing area of any divided street.
C. Mailboxes: Within twenty feet (20') on either side of a mailbox which is so placed and so
equipped as to permit the depositing of mail from vehicles on the roadway.
D. Sidewalks: On or across a sidewalk.
E. Driveway: In front of or within three feet (3') of a public or private driveway.
F. Intersection: Inside of an intersection, or within ten feet (10'), of any street or alley
intersection.
G. Fire Hydrant: Within five feet (5') of a fire hydrant.
H. Stop Sign or Signal: Within ten feet (10') upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop or
yield sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway.
I. Railroad Crossing: Within fifty feet (50') of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing, except
when parked parallel with such rail and not exhibiting a red light.
J. Fire Station: Within twenty feet (20') of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the
side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy five feet (75') of said
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entrance when properly sign posted.
K. Excavations: Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping,
standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
L. Double Parking: On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of
a street.
M. Hazardous Locations: When, because of restricted visibility or when standing or parked
vehicles would constitute a hazard to moving traffic, or when other traffic conditions require,
the Chief of Police may cause curbs to be painted with a yellow color and erect no parking or
standing signs.
N. Theaters, Hotels and Auditoriums: A space of fifty feet (50') is hereby reserved at the side of
the street in front of any theater, auditorium, hotel having more than twenty five (25) sleeping
rooms, hospital, nursing home, taxicab stand, bus depot, church or other building where large
assemblages of people are being held, within which space, when clearly marked as such, no
motor vehicle shall be left standing, parked or stopped except in taking on or discharging
passengers or freight and then only for such length of time as is necessary for such purpose.
O.Alleys Generally: No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under
such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet (10') of width of the roadway for free
movement of vehicular traffic, and no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an
alley in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.
P. Parking or Terrace: No person shall park or drive a vehicle upon the parking or terrace,
designated as that area between the curb line and the sidewalk line, where curbing has been
installed.
Q. Time Limit on Parking: No parking is permitted on the public streets anywhere in the City of
Waukee for more than forty-eight (48) consecutive hours.
R. Prohibited Parking on portions of Street Right-of-Way Outside the Traveled Portions of the
Street:No parking is permitted on portions of the street right-of-way outside the traveled
portion of the street, except as may be specifically permitted and indicated by appropriate
signs pursuant to duly enacted and published ordinances.
S. Centennial Park: From the first to the last day of school for the Waukee Community School
District, parking shall be limited to a maximum of two (2) consecutive hours between the hours
of 7 a.m. and 12 p.m., Monday through Friday, in all parking lots located in Centennial Park.
This prohibition shall not apply to parking along and adjacent to SE Park Road.
November 16, 1998 Ordinance 2261
November 16, 2009 Ordinance 2658
September 18, 2017 Ordinance 2856
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§502.11 Parking for Certain Purposes Illegal: No person shall park a vehicle upon the
roadway for any of the following principal purposes:
A. Sale: Displaying such vehicle for sale.
B. Repairing: For commercial washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle except such repairs as
are necessitated by an emergency.
C. Advertising: Displaying advertising.
D. Merchandise Sales: Selling merchandise from vehicle except in a duly established
marketplace or when so authorized or licensed under the City Code.
E. Storage: Storage or as junk or dead storage for more than forty-eight (48) hours.
§502.12 Illegal Parking on Private Property. No person shall drive, stop, stand, or park a
vehicle onto or upon privately owned property or in an area developed as an off-street parking facility,
without the consent of the owner, lessee or person in charge of such privately owned property or facility. A
violation of this Section shall place such vehicle in the status of an illegally parked vehicle, however, no
vehicle shall be deemed illegally parked under this Section on land zoned commercial or industrial unless the
owner, lessee or person in charge of such privately owned property or facility shall first post in a
conspicuous location a sign or signs designating the specific use of the off-street parking facility.
§502.13 Fire Lanes. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in a fire lane as provided
herein.
A. Fire Lanes Established: The Fire Chief may designate fire lanes on any private road or
driveway where deemed necessary to assure access to property or premises by authorized
emergency vehicles.
B. Signs and Markings: Wherever a fire lane has been designated, the Public Works Director
shall cause appropriate signs and markings to be placed identifying such fire lanes and the
parking prohibition established by this Section.
C. Exception: The provisions of this Section shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles.
§502.14 Handicapped Parking. Parking for the use of physically handicapped is provided as
follows:
A.Public Property: The City Council, by resolution, may set aside on or off street parking
spaces as handicapped parking spaces.
B. Private Property: A person may set aside handicapped parking spaces on the person’s
property, provided each parking space is clearly and prominently designated as a
handicapped parking space, and provided that such signage designating each space is in
accordance with State law using the international symbol of accessibility.
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C. Unlawful Use: The use of a handicapped parking space by a motor vehicle not displaying a
handicapped identification device, or by a motor vehicle displaying such a device but not
being used by a handicapped person, as operator or passenger is a misdemeanor.
D. Scheduled Violation: A violation of this Section is a scheduled violation and subject to a fine
as per State code.
§502.15 All-Night Parking Prohibited: No person, except physicians or other persons on
emergency calls, shall park a vehicle on any street marked to prohibit all night parking and giving notice
thereof, for a period of time longer than thirty (30) minutes between the hours of 2 A.M. and 5 A.M. of any
day.
§502.16 Loading and Unloading Zones: It shall be unlawful to park a vehicle for any purpose
or length of time other than for the loading and unloading of material or merchandise or passengers in any
designated loading zone.
A. Loading Zones Identified: The locations designated as loading zones shall be marked by
signs with the words “loading zone” and the designated area marked off with yellow paint
with the words “no parking - loading zone” visibly stenciled inside the marked-off area, and
it shall be the duty of the driver or operator of any vehicle to park the vehicle within the
limits of the marked off loading zone areas.
§502.17 Prohibited Parking During Snow Emergency: No person shall park, abandon or
leave unattended any vehicle on any public street, alley or city-owned off-street parking area during any
snow emergency proclaimed by the public works director or his designee unless the snow has been removed
or plowed from said street, alley or parking area and the snow has ceased to fall. A snow emergency parking
ban shall continue from its proclamation through the duration of the snow or ice storm and the forty-eight
(48) hour period after cessation of such storm except as above provided upon streets which have been fully
opened.
Such a ban shall be of uniform application and the public works department is directed to widely
publicize the requirements, using all available news media, in early November each year. When predictions
or occurrences indicate the need, the public works director or his designee shall proclaim a snow emergency
and shall inform the news media to publicize the proclamation and the parking rules thereunder. Such
emergency may be extended or shortened when conditions warrant.
This section shall not be construed as suspending parking limitations or restrictions imposed by any
other section of this chapter, except that, in the event of a proclamation pursuant to this section, this section
shall supersede any ordinances in conflict with this provision.
May 15, 2006 – Ordinance 2578
February 26, 2007 – Ordinance 2597
March 5, 2018 – Ordinance 2876
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§502.18 Parking Restrictions in Residential Districts: As used in this section:
A.Bus means a motor vehicle designed to seat more than sixteen (16) passengers and used for
the transportation of persons, regardless of compensation, including but not limited to motor
vehicles operated for profit by governmental agencies and motor vehicles used for the
transportation of children to and from school.
B.Camper means non-wheeled, detachable vehicular equipment that weighs over five hundred
(500) pounds, used for temporary or permanent habitation, which has no independent motor
power and that is capable of being placed on a vehicle but is not capable of being towed.
C.Camping Trailer means a trailer constructed to provide temporary occupancy as a dwelling
or sleeping place for one or more persons, to include “fifth wheels.”
D.Commercial Vehicle means:
1.Any self-propelled or towed vehicle bearing a commercial license plate or having a
manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination rating of ten thousand
one (10,001) pounds or more, which vehicle is used in commerce or is designed to
transport sixteen (16) or more passengers, including the driver, unless such vehicle is a
bus as defined herein; and
2.Any motor vehicle designed or equipped to transport other motor vehicles from place to
place by means of winches, cables, pulleys, or other equipment for towing, pulling, or
lifting.
E.Load(ed)(ing) and/or Unload(ed)(ing) means the activity of moving material, equipment,
goods, or other items of personal property from or to a vehicle.
F.Mobile Home means a non-motorized vehicle designed to be permanently affixed to land to
be used for occupancy as a dwelling or sleeping place for one or more persons, but which is
constructed to allow it to be transported upon streets or highways.
G.Motor Home means a motorized vehicle designed to provide temporary occupancy as a
dwelling or sleeping place for one or more persons and which is intended to be transported
upon streets and highways, but excluding pick-up trucks with attached campers.
H.Residential District means a zoning district that generally allows for the development and
preservation of residential neighborhoods, more particularly described in the Zoning
Ordinance of the City.
I.Recreational Vehicle (RV) means a motor home, mobile home, camper or camping trailer.
J.Rendering Services means commercial activities carried on in connection with the business
purpose of the vehicle, such as making deliveries, service calls, accepting articles for removal
or delivery, and related commercial activities.
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K.Semi-Tractor means a motor vehicle with a manufacturer’s gross combination weight rating
(GCWR) in excess of twenty-six thousand and one (26,001) pounds, which is designed and
commonly used to draw a semi-trailer and its cargo load over public roadways.
L.Semi-Trailer means a wheeled vehicle, the empty weight of which is more than two thousand
(2,000) pounds or the length of which is greater than twenty-five (25) feet, which has no
motor power and is designed to be used in conjunction with a semi-tractor so that some part
of its own weight and that of its cargo load rests upon or is carried by such semi-tractor.
M.Trailer means any wheeled vehicle without motor power that may be drawn over the
roadway by a motor vehicle, including camping trailers, utility trailers and boat trailers.
N.Truck means a motor vehicle exceeding eight (8) feet in width, twenty-five (25) feet in
length, or ten (10) feet in height, excluding motor homes and recreational vehicles as defined
herein.
No person shall park a commercial vehicle, semi-tractor, semi-trailer, truck, trailer, camper, camping trailer,
motor home, bus, recreational vehicle (RV), trailer or boat, whether or not attached to a motorized vehicle,
on any public street or highway within any residential district of the City, with the exception of:
A.A recreational vehicle (RV), boat, or trailer if:
1.it is parked only for a period that does not in any event exceed forty-eight (48)
consecutive hours, and
2.the recreational vehicle (RV), boat, or trailer is parked immediately adjacent to and on
the same side of the street as the property occupied permanently by the registered owner
of such recreational vehicle (RV), boat, or trailer, and
3.a new up-to-forty-eight (48) hour period allowed by subsection (1) is never initiated
without an intervening minimum forty-eight (48) hour period from the conclusion of the
previous up-to-forty-eight (48) hour period, during which time the vehicle must be
removed from and remain off the street, and
4.no part of the recreational vehicle (RV), boat, or trailer is on or over the sidewalk,
including, without limitation, tires, and no slide outs or awnings or other protrusions
from the body of the recreational vehicle (RV), boat, or trailer are in the open positions,
and no cords, wires, hoses, or other appurtenances from such recreational vehicle (RV),
boat, or trailer are laid upon or across the sidewalks or rights-of-way, and
5.there are no tarps or vehicle covers placed upon such recreational vehicle (RV), boat, or
trailer.
Any recreational vehicle (RV) parked in accordance with this subsection shall not be
occupied or used as a sleeping quarters or for other housekeeping purposes.
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B.A commercial vehicle, semi-tractor and attached semi-trailer, or truck temporarily parked for
only that period of time necessary to expeditiously complete rendering services to real
property located within two hundred (200) feet of the commercial vehicle.
C.A recreational vehicle (RV) parked immediately adjacent to and on the same side of the
street as a residential lot for up to forty-eight (48) hours when and if the registered owner of
such vehicle is temporarily visiting the permanent occupant of such residential lot. Any
vehicle parked in accordance with this subsection shall not be occupied or used as a sleeping
quarters or for other housekeeping purposes.
D.Any vehicle otherwise parked in violation of this section for a period not to exceed four (4)
hours as a result of an emergency.
Public Off-Street Parking: No vehicle shall be left unattended or parked in a twenty-four (24) hour public
off-street parking zone. No semi-tractor, truck, or semi-trailer shall be parked upon any public street or
private property located in a residential district other than when being loaded and/or unloaded or otherwise
rendering services within two hundred (200) feet of the commercial vehicle, and such loading and/or
unloading or rendering of service locally shall not exceed twelve (12) hours between the hours of 7:00 a.m.
and 7:00 p.m., or four (4) hours between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. No loading and/or unloading
of a semi-tractor, truck, or semi-trailer during permissible hours is allowed to extend over more than two (2)
consecutive calendar days.
November 7, 2016 – Ordinance 2830
§502.19 Manner of Parking:
A. Adjacent to Curb: No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a roadway other than parallel
with the edge or the roadway headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement and with the
right-hand wheels of the vehicle within eighteen inches (18") of the curb or edge of the
roadway and not placed closer than four feet (4') from another vehicle except in the case of
angle parking and vehicles parked on the left-hand side of one-way streets.
B. Park Adjacent to Curb on one-way Street: No person shall stand or park a vehicle on the left-
hand side of a one-way street other than parallel with the edge of the roadway headed in the
direction of lawful traffic movement and with the left-hand wheels of the vehicle within
eighteen inches (18') of the curb or edge of the roadway and not closer than four feet (4')
from another vehicle except as hereinafter provided in the case of angle parking.
C. Angle Parking; Manner: Upon those streets or portions of streets which have been signed
or marked for angle parking, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at an angle
to the curb or edge of the roadway as indicated by such signs and markings and with the
right-hand front wheel, if parked on the right-hand side, or the left-hand front wheel, if
parked on the left-hand front wheel, if parked on the left-hand side of a one-way street,
within twelve inches (12") of the curb. No part of any vehicle, or the load thereon, when
parked within a diagonal parking district, shall extend into the roadway more than a distance
of sixteen feet (16') when measured at right angles to the adjacent curb or edge or roadway.
D. Stalls and Sections: Where now or hereafter stalls or sections may be marked or painted upon
the surface any street or portion thereof, it shall be the duty of the driver or operator of any
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vehicle to park the same within the limits of one of the said stalls or sections and not over or
across said lines.
§502.20 Authority to Paint Curbs and Erect Signs Prohibiting Standing or Parking:
When, because of restricted visibility or when standing or parked vehicles constitute a hazard to moving
traffic, or when other traffic conditions require the police department may cause curbs to be painted with a
yellow or orange color and erect no parking or standing signs. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any
vehicle to stand or park a vehicle in an area so painted or sign-posted.
§502.21 Signs Required: Whenever by this Chapter or any section of the City Code any
parking time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets or portions of streets, it shall be
the duty of the Public Works Director to erect or cause to be erected appropriate signs giving notice thereof
and no such regulations shall be effective unless signs are erected and in place at the time of the alleged
offense. When the signs are so erected giving notice thereof, no person shall disobey the restrictions stated
on such signs.
§502.22 Stopping on Traveled Way; Exception:
A. Prohibition: Upon any highway outside of a business district, rural residence district or
residence district a person shall not stop, park or leave standing a vehicle, whether attended
or unattended:
1. Upon the paved part of the highway when it is practical to stop, park or leave the
vehicle off that part of the highway, however, a clear and unobstructed width of at
least twenty feet (20') of the paved part of the highway opposite the standing vehicle
shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles. As used in this subsection, “paved
highway” includes an asphalt surfaced highway.
2. Upon the main traveled part of a highway when it is practical to stop, park or leave
the vehicle off that part of the highway. However, a clear and unobstructed width of
that part of the highway opposite the standing vehicle shall be left to allow the free
passage of other vehicles.
A clear view of the stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of two hundred
feet (200') in each direction upon the highway. However, school buses may stop on
the highway for receiving and discharging pupils and all other vehicles shall stop for
school buses which are stopped to receive or discharge pupils, as provided in Iowa
Code.
B. Disabled Vehicle: Subsection A above shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is
disabled while on the paved or improved or main traveled portion of a highway in such
manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping temporarily leaving such
disabled vehicle in such position.
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§502.23 Officers Authorized to Remove: Whenever any peace officer finds a vehicle
standing upon a highway in violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this Chapter or sections thereof,
such officer is hereby authorized to move such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the
vehicle to move the same, to a position off the paved or improved or main traveled part of such highway.
§502.24 Removal from Bridge: Whenever any peace officer finds a vehicle unattended upon
any bridge or causeway or in any tunnel where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, such officer
is hereby authorized to provide for the removal of such vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety.
§502.25 Moving Other Vehicle: No person shall move a vehicle not owned by such person
into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
§502.26 Authority to Impound Vehicles. Members of the police department are hereby
authorized to remove, or cause to be removed, a vehicle from a street, public alley or highway to the nearest
available garage or other place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the police department, or
otherwise maintained by the city, under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated:
A. When a vehicle is upon a roadway and is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic
and the person or persons in charge of the vehicle are by reason of physical injury
incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal.
B. When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street and is so illegally parked as to constitute a
definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic.
C. When any vehicle is left parked upon a street for a continuous period of forty-eight (48)
hours or more. A diligent effort shall first be made to locate the owner. If the owner is found
he shall be given an opportunity to remove the vehicle.
D. When any vehicle is left parked in violation of a ban on parking during a snow emergency as
proclaimed by the mayor.
In addition to the penalties hereinafter provided, the owner or driver of any vehicle impounded for
violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be required to pay the reasonable cost of towing
charges and storage.
§502.27 Parking Violations; Failure to Pay:
A. Notice on Illegally Parked Vehicles: Whenever any motor vehicle without a driver is found
parked or stopped in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by this Chapter or any other
City ordinance or by State law, the officer or designated City employee finding such vehicle
shall take its registration number and may take any other information displayed on the
vehicle which may identify its owner or user and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a
citation-complaint, in writing, on a form as provided by the City Code for the owner to
appear to the charge against him at the City Clerk’s office or in the District Court for the
County in which the alleged violation occurred as designated in the citation-complaint.
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B. Failure to Pay or to Contest: Failure to pay a parking citation-complaint within thirty (30)
days of its issuance or to timely contest such citation under the provisions of this Section
shall render the charges contained therein admitted.
C. Payment of Parking Citation-Complaint: Persons receiving a citation-complaint who desire
to admit and pay the violation may do so in one of the following ways:
1. Place the amount specified on the face of the citation-complaint in the envelope
provided and mail within thirty (30) days of the date issued.
2. Appear in person no sooner than seventy-two (72) hours but no more than thirty (30)
calendar days after the date of issuance of the citation-complaint. Place and time of
appearance will be the City Clerk’s office between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00
P.M. Monday through Friday, expecting holidays, and pay in person the amount
specified on the face of the citation-complaint to a City Clerk.
3. Persons wishing to contest the citation-complaint may do so by appearing in person
in the office of the City Clerk no sooner than seventy two (72) hours but not more
than ten (10) calendar days after the date of issuance of the citation-complaint
between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday expecting
holidays.
D. Notification of Contest and Assignment of Court Dates: Persons wishing to contest the
citation-complaint will do so in writing on forms provided by the City Clerk and shall appear
as provided in subsection C of this Section. At the time of filing of the contest, a date and
time of court appearance will be established by the City Clerk and notice thereof provided to
the person contesting the citation-complaint. The person contesting the citation-complaint
will be required to post an unsecured appearance bond in the amount specified pursuant to
section 805.6(1), Code of Iowa, providing for the setting of unsecured appearance bonds for a
scheduled fine. The City Clerk shall forward the citation-complaint to the Traffic Division of
the office of the Clerk of District Court for Dallas County.
E. Form and Use of Parking Citation-Complaint Forms: Parking citation-complaints shall be
issued by the Police Department, the Fire Department and other designated personnel, upon
serially numbered sets of parking citation-complaint forms, each copy of each set to be
clearly imprinted with citation-complaint number. Copies of the citation-complaint forms
shall be used as notice of violation to be delivered to the owner of the vehicle, or affixed to
the vehicle illegally parked, as provided in subsection A of this Section; one to be placed on
file with the City Clerk which may be proceeded upon as a simple notice pursuant to Code of
Iowa, which, if admitted, may be paid to the City Clerk as specified in the citation-complaint
or which, if denied, shall be sworn to by an officer as an information and filed in the District
Court of Dallas County upon the filing of a written request to receive a date for entering a
court appearance and plea as provided in this Section, and one to be retained for record
purposes by the Police Department. Citation-complaints which are denied as provided in this
Section shall be filed in the Traffic Division of the office of the Clerk of District Court for
Dallas County and prosecuted pursuant to law.
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F. Habitual Violator: For the purposes of this Section, a delinquent parking citation-complaint
is one which has not been paid within thirty (30) days of the date upon which the violation
occurred.
Any person who has allowed four (4) or more overtime and/or illegal parking citation-
complaints issued on a single motor vehicle to become delinquent shall be deemed to be a
habitual violator.
No person shall park a vehicle and permit it to remain standing upon any public street or
public lot or City-owned parking facility in the City when there are four (4) or more
delinquent parking citation-complaints outstanding against that vehicle.
A violation of this Section shall place such vehicle in the status of an illegally parked vehicle
and the vehicle may be dealt with pursuant to subsection G of this Section.
G. Removal and Impoundment of Illegally Parked Vehicles: The Police Department may
remove and impound vehicles or cause vehicles to be removed and impounded, when the
vehicles are stopped or parked in violation of this Chapter or other City ordinances and, in so
doing, may employ such means as are reasonably necessary. Impounded vehicles shall be
stored in a location designated be the City.
H. Right of Owner to Redeem Impounded Vehicle: The registered owner or person having a
legal entitlement to possession of a motor vehicle impounded pursuant to subsection G of
this Section may claim the same by appearing personally in the office of the City Clerk and
either paying, in full, all delinquent parking citation-complaints pursuant to subsection C2 of
this Section, or contesting the citation-complaints pursuant to the procedure established in
subsection D of this Section. The City Clerk, upon compliance with above procedure, shall
provide the registered owner or person having legal entitlement to possession of the motor
vehicle, a written release to be presented to the towing impoundment entity which, upon
payment of all towing and storage fees by the registered owner or person having legal
entitlement or possession of the motor vehicle, shall enable the individual to possession of
the automobile.
I. Failure of Owner to Claim Impounded Vehicle: If an impounded vehicle is not claimed by
the owner within ten (10) days after impoundment, the unclaimed vehicle shall be placed in
the status of, and, shall be deemed an abandoned vehicle as provided by State law and/or the
City Code.
J. Notice of Impoundment: When a vehicle has been impounded pursuant to this Chapter, the
registered owner of the vehicle shall be sent, by certified mail, to the owner’s last known
address of record, within seventy two (72) hours of the impoundment, excluding weekends
and holidays, a notice of said impoundment along with a description of any personal property
contained within the vehicle and of the right to a hearing pursuant to this Chapter. Notice
personally presented within said period to said owner or person having a legal entitlement to
possession shall satisfy the mailing requirement.
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§502.28 Arrest and Notice to Appear. Whenever a peace officer has reasonable cause to
believe that a person has violated any provision of this ordinance such officer may:
A. Immediately arrest such person and take him before a magistrate having jurisdiction, or
B. Without arresting the person, prepare in five copies a written summons to appear in court
containing the name and address of such person, the operator or chauffeur license number, if
any, the registration number of his vehicle, the offense charged, the time when and place
where such person shall appear, and if the offense charged by speeding such summons shall
also specify the speed at which such person is alleged to have driven and the speed limit
applicable within the district or location.
The original and copy of the summons shall be delivered to the Court where the defendant is
to appear; 2 copies to be given to the defendant; and one copy to the law enforcement agency
of the officer.
§502.29 Penalty. The standard penalty for violation of any part of this Chapter of sections
thereof, shall be as follows:
A. In the event a violation of this Chapter constitutes a violation charged, admitted and collected
pursuant to a simple notice of fine as established in section 502.28, the fine shall be as
follows:
1. For each violation of this Chapter, excluding a scheduled violation that is subject to a
fine as per State Code, the fine shall be ten dollars ($10.00).
2. For a violation of the provisions of §502.17, Prohibited Parking During Snow
Emergency, the fine shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
3. In the event the penalty as set forth in this subsection in not paid within thirty (30)
days from the date of issuance of an illegal parking citation-complaint and the
defendant has failed to appear to contest the citation-complaint, the penalty shall
automatically increase to five dollars ($5.00) more than the fine for the initial
violation in accordance with Sec. 805.8A(1)(a) Code of Iowa.
November 3, 2003 – Ordinance 2448
May 15, 2006 – Ordinance 2579
February 6, 2017 – Ordinance 2835