(a)   Parking of large vehicles prohibited

(1)   It shall be unlawful for any person to park any truck with a gross weight exceeding 20,000 pounds, or any bus, trailer, truck tractor, semi-trailer, or the trailer component thereof regardless of weight, upon any street or alley in the city, except as provided herein.

(2)   As used in this subsection, the term gross weight shall mean and include the empty weight of truck, or of combination of truck or truck tractor and any type of trailer or semi-trailer, plus the weight of cargo, if any which is being transported on or with the same at the time of a violation of this section.

(b)   Exceptions.

(1)   Any truck, bus, trailer, truck tractor, semi-trailer, or the trailer component thereof, may be parked on any street or alley in the city, for so long as may be necessary to make deliveries of cargo or provide services therefrom the stores, residences or business establishments in the city, or to load cargo into such trailers from the premises for delivery elsewhere.

(2)   An exception of eight (8) hours to this section shall apply to the parking of trucks, buses, trailers thereof, in case of a breakdown or emergency necessitating such parking, provided it is parked in such a manner as not to obstruct traffic on any street or alley or obstruct the entrance or exit to any property adjoining the street or alley where it is parked.

(c)   Penalties. Every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.00, or by imprisonment of not more than twenty (20) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, provided, however, that each day of violation constitutes a new separate offense.

(Ord. 340; Code 2018)

(a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to park at any time on either side of the 200 Block of Watermelon Road in the City of Thayer, Kansas.

(b)   That any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in the sum of not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00, provided, however, each violation shall be a separate offense.

(Ord. 259; Code 2018)

(a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a vehicle upon a highway or street in the City of Thayer in a careless or heedless or an inattentive manner, or without due caution and circumspection.

(b)   Penalty. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.00 or by imprisonment of not more than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 278; Code 2018)