40-6-203. Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places; stopping or standing for collecting municipal solid waste or recovered materials.

Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall:#

1. (1)

   Stop, stand, or park a vehicle:#

   1. (A)

      On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge of a curb of a street;#

   2. (B)

      On a sidewalk;#

   3. (C)

      Within an intersection;#

   4. (D)

      On a crosswalk;#

   5. (E)

      Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings;#

   6. (F)

      Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;#

   7. (G)

      Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;#

   8. (H)

      On any railroad tracks;#

   9. (I)

      On any controlled-access highway;#

   10. (J)

       In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers; or#

   11. (K)

       At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;#

2. (2)

   Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:#

   1. (A)

      In front of a public or private driveway;#

   2. (B)

      Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;#

   3. (C)

      Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;#

   4. (D)

      Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;#

   5. (E)

      Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of such entrance (when properly posted); or#

   6. (F)

      At any place where official signs prohibit standing; or#

3. (3)

   Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers:#

   1. (A)

      Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; or#

   2. (B)

      At any place where official signs prohibit parking.#

No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any prohibited area or to such a distance away from the curb as is unlawful.#

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any vehicle used solely for the purpose of collecting municipal solid waste or recovered materials as defined in Code Section 12-8-22 may stop or stand on the road, street, or highway for the sole purpose of collecting such waste or materials; provided, however, that such vehicle shall maintain flashing hazard lights at all times that it is engaged in stopping or standing for the purpose of waste or materials collection.#