§ 38-7. Parking prohibition in residential areas.

(a)

Except as provided in this section and in section 38-6 above, it shall be unlawful for any person/business operating, driving, or controlling a VFH—when such vehicle is in service or operation—to stop, stand, or park said VFH for any length of time on a street in a residential district other than for the expeditious loading/unloading of passengers/deliveries; and, when the VFH is not in service or operation, it shall be unlawful for any person/business to stop, stand, or park said vehicle in a manner contrary to the provisions of the traffic laws of this Code.

(b)

Subject to the provisions of any applicable law or regulation regarding the stopping, standing, or parking of private vehicles, no driver shall be prohibited by the provisions of the above paragraph (a) from parking such a VFH upon said driver's residential premises or upon the street within the immediate vicinity of said driver's residence of record as long as said driver continues to reside thereat, provided: that such VFH is not then being used or offered for use as a VFH; that the applicable provisions of the comprehensive zoning ordinance are complied with; and that no such VFH shall be parked at any place or time when such parking of said VFH is prohibited by any applicable law or regulation other than the provisions of this section. However, in no event shall the number of such vehicles-for-hire at or in the vicinity of any residential premises, as permitted by this paragraph (b), exceed the number of valid respective driver residents thereat.

(Ord. No. 25219 , § 1, 9-21-16)