CITY OF WILMINGTON PARKING RULES (Includes our streets)

Code of Ordinances – City of Wilmington

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ARTICLE IV. PARKING

DIVISION 1. GENERALLY

Sec. 5-52. Parking prohibited in certain locations; traffic-control devices.

(a) No person, except the operator of an emergency vehicle during an emergency, a law enforcement officer or other public employees required to so park in the performance of his duties, shall park any vehicle on any street in any of the following locations:

(1) In front of a private driveway as provided in G.S. section 20-162;

(2) Within fifteen (15) feet of either direction of a fire hydrant or the entrance to a fire station as provided in G.S. section 20-162;

(3) Within twenty-five (25) feet of the intersection of curb lines, or if none, then within fifteen (15) feet of the intersection of property lines at an intersection of highways, except that this paragraph shall not apply to buses stopping in properly designated locations;

(4) Within an intersection or in front of any alley;

(5) Within twenty (20) feet of any ground-mounted traffic signal, stop sign or yield sign;

(6) On a sidewalk, sidewalk area or plaza;

(7) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped, standing or parked at the edge of a curb or street;

(8) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such parking or standing would obstruct traffic;

(9) Upon any bridge, overpass or other elevated structure or within any tunnel or other underpass structure;

(10) On either side of any street at the approaches to a bridge, an underpass or an overhead bridge within fifty (50) feet in either direction of the outer edge of such structure;

(11) On either side of any street leading to a grade crossing within fifty (50) feet of the closest rail; provided that where existing permanent structures are located closer than fifty (50) feet parking may be permitted in front of such structures unless otherwise prohibited, and if such parking does not block the view in either direction of the approach of a locomotive or train;

(12) In such a manner as to leave available less than ten (10) feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular travel;

(13) On the left side of any street in the direction of vehicular travel, except where permitted on one-way roadways;

(14) In any bus stop, except for buses;

Code of Ordinances – City of Wilmington

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(15) Within any marked traffic lane;

(16) On any median;

(17) On any crosswalk;

(18) Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk or handicap ramp;

(19) On any street in the area bounded by the Cape Fear River, the north line of Red Cross Street, the east line of Fourth Street between Red Cross Street and Chestnut Street, the west line of Chestnut Street between Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue, the east line of Fifth Avenue between Chestnut Street and Market Street, the south line of Market Street between Fifth Avenue and Second Street, the east line of Second Street between Market Street and Orange Street, the south line of Orange Street between Second Street and Front Street, the east line of Front Street between Orange Street and Ann Street and the south line of Ann Street between Front Street and the Cape Fear River, except entirely within a space which is marked as a parking space, or except in a loading zone of any type during times when the restrictions applicable to such loading zone are not in effect.