CODE OF ORDINANCES‚
CITY OF BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA and
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EAST
BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUSIANA‚
Inclusive ofMay 16, 2007.(Supplement No.
65, Update 1)
Preliminaries
CODE OF ORDINANCES‚OF THE, CITY OF BATON ROUGE,LOUISIANA‚AND‚ EAST BATON
ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA
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Recodified by, Donald Nijoka‚Council Administrator and Randal M. Beach, Parish Attorney's
Office, Under the Supervision of, Lynn E. Williams‚ Parish Attorney
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Adopted: October 12, 1983 Effective: October 12, 1983
Pat Screen‚Mayor-President, Michael G. Roubique
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Sec. 11:415. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited; general
rules:
(a)No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, or permit a vehicle registered in his name
to be stopped,
standing or
parked, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or
in compliance with law or the directions of a
law enforcement officer or traffic-
control device, or parking-control device in any of the following places:
(1)On a sidewalk;
(2)In front of or blocking a public or private driveway;
(3)Within an intersection;
(4)Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
(5)On a crosswalk;
(6)Within twenty-five (25) feet of a crosswalk or curbline at an intersection;
(7)Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-
control signal located at the
side of a roadway;
(8)Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within twenty (20) feet on points on the
curb immediately
opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the department of
public works has indicated a different length by signs or markings;
(9)Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(10)Within twenty (20) feet 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 (75) feet of
the
entrance (when properly signposted);
(11)Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing
or parking would obstruct traffic;
(12)On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a
street;
(13)Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway
tunnel;
(14)At any place where official signs prohibit such;
(15)On the driver's left-hand side of any two-way street or highway;
(16)At any place where the curb has officially been painted red;
(17)Within any zone or officially marked place designated as a fire lane at all schools,
hospitals, churches and other places of public assembly, as well as commercial and
shopping facilities, and apartment complexes; (18)   Within a lane of traffic
that is clearly marked by lines to identify it as a lane for the movement of
traffic;
(19)Any place where parking will obscure or obstruct visibility of any traffic-control
device;
(20)Upon the traveled portion of any roadway except to yield to other traffic, or as
directed by a signal or sign, or as directed by a law enforcement officer;
(21)Alongside a neutral ground curb;
(22)On the grass in a yard between the residence and the street of any lot in the A1,
A2,
A2.5, A3 or A4 districts and in recognized subdivisions in the rural
district.
(b)No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited
area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
(Ord. No. 7504, § 22, 4-25-84; Ord. No. 12725, § 1, 8-25-03; Ord. No. 13688,
§ 1, 7-26-06)
Sec. 11:416. Parking on neutral ground, parks, rights-of-way, sidewalks and other public
and private places prohibited:
(a)No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle or permit a vehicle registered in his
name
to be stopped, standing or parked, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with the law and directions of a police officer or traffic parking-
control device, at any of the following places:
(1)Upon a neutral ground, right-of-way, sidewalk, strip of land between a property line
and street curb, or other public way.
(2)Upon any area of property comprising parks, playgrounds, recreational areas or
facilities owned or operated by the recreation and parks commission that has not been
specifically designated for parking and which interferes with the designed purpose
thereof.
(3)Upon any portion of the leave of the east bank of the Mississippi River opposite the
Louisiana Arts and Science Center.
(4)Upon privately owned property without the prior authorization and consent of the
owner thereof.
(b)Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than five
hundred dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or
both.
(Ord. No. 7504, § 22, 4-25-84; Ord. No. 9876, § 1, 4-27-94; Ord. No. 13688,
§ 1, 7-26-06)
Shenandoah North Homeowners Association, Inc.
Jason Jacobs ‚President,
Glenda Martin ‚Glen Vice, Sam Williams, Arne Christiansen Vice Presidents
Phyllis Chapman ‚Treasurer,
Melody Broussard Secretary
4652 Fallwood Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70817
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