Grove City Enforces Traffic Cone Mandate and Tighter Residential Street Parking Rules
Ordinance C-34-26 took effect Sept. 16, adding safety cone rules for parked trailers and restricting residential RV permits.
Grove City residents, contractors, and recreational vehicle owners are subject to updated street parking regulations under Ordinance C-34-26, which took effect Sept. 16 following approval by Grove City Council. The measure amended Chapter 351 of the Codified Ordinances to enact mandatory safety equipment rules for parked trailers and recreational vehicles, establish strict limits on temporary residential parking permits, and codify prohibitions against parking along yellow curbs and in excess of posted time limits.
Under the updated code, any trailer or recreational vehicle lawfully parked on a public street in a residential district must display a high-visibility traffic safety cone placed on the street surface directly behind the trailer in a manner visible to approaching motorists. The cone must be high visibility in color and not less than 18 inches in height. The vehicle or trailer's owner, agent, or operator is legally responsible for placing and maintaining the cone while the vehicle remains on the street.
While the code generally prohibits parking trailers and recreational vehicles on residential streets, RV owners or operators may obtain temporary permission through the Division of Police for up to 24 hours. The legislation restricts temporary permits to a maximum of two non-consecutive 24-hour periods during any calendar week running Sunday through Saturday, and mandates that at least 24 hours pass between permitted periods.
The street parking restrictions include specific exceptions for active commercial and residential work. The rules do not apply to vehicles conveying necessary tools and materials to premises where labor using them is performed during the actual time of parking. Vehicles are also exempt during the actual time they are actively loaded or unloaded, or used to deliver or hoist property, as long as the work is conducted diligently and without unnecessary delay.
The ordinance also amended Section 351.03 to codify curbside restrictions across the city, prohibiting stopping, standing, or parking where signs prohibit it, where the curb or street is painted yellow, or at any place in excess of the maximum time limited by signs. Grove City Council introduced the legislation on first reading Aug. 3 and approved the measure on second reading Aug. 17.
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Grove City residents, contractors, and recreational vehicle owners are subject to updated street parking regulations under Ordinance C-34-26, which took effect Sept. 16 following approval by Grove City Council.
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Ordinance C-34-26 Amend various sections of Chapter 351 of the Codified Ordinances regarding Parking and the Parking of Recreational Vehicles. First reading.
The measure amended Chapter 351 of the Codified Ordinances to enact mandatory safety equipment rules for parked trailers and recreational vehicles, establish strict limits on temporary residential parking permits, and codify prohibitions against parking along yellow curbs and in excess of posted time limits.
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 351 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES REGARDING PARKING AND THE PARKING OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
Under the updated code, any trailer or recreational vehicle lawfully parked on a public street in a residential district must display a high-visibility traffic safety cone placed on the street surface directly behind the trailer in a manner visible to approaching motorists.
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(d) Any recreational vehicle or trailer lawfully parked on a public street within a residential district shall have a high visibility traffic safety cone placed on the street surface directly behind the trailer in a manner visible to approaching motorists.
The cone must be high visibility in color and not less than 18 inches in height.
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(2) The cone shall be high visibility in color and not less than eighteen (18) inches in height.
While the code generally prohibits parking trailers and recreational vehicles on residential streets, RV owners or operators may obtain temporary permission through the Division of Police for up to 24 hours.
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(bc) Any recreational vehicle owner or operator may receive, through the Division of Police, temporary permission to allow for the parking of such vehicle, as defined in Section 351.19(c), upon a public street in a residential district for up to twenty-four (24) hours in length. This temporary permission shall not exceed two (2) non-consecutive twenty-four (24) hour periods during any calendar week. A calendar week shall be from Sunday to Saturday. A minimum of twenty-four (24) hours shall pass between the granting of the temporary periods. Failure to receive permission shall be deemed a violation of this Section.
The rules do not apply to vehicles conveying necessary tools and materials to premises where labor using them is performed during the actual time of parking.
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(b) However, this section shall not apply to such vehicles used for conveying the necessary tools and materials to premises where labor using such tools and materials is to be performed during the actual time of parking of such vehicles, nor to the actual time during which such vehicles are being loaded or unloaded or used to deliver or hoist property or merchandise for completion of delivery as long as such activities referred to in this provision are conducted diligently and without unnecessary delay.
The ordinance also amended Section 351.03 to codify curbside restrictions across the city, prohibiting stopping, standing, or parking where signs prohibit it, where the curb or street is painted yellow, or at any place in excess of the maximum time limited by signs.
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(n) At any place where signs prohibit stopping, standing or parking, or where the curb or street is painted yellow, or at any place in excess of the maximum time limited by signs;
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Grove City Council introduced the legislation on first reading Aug. 3 and approved the measure on second reading Aug. 17.
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Council approved changes to codified parking rules (Ordinance C3426) to (1) prohibit parking where curbs are painted yellow, (2) enable enforcement of posted time limits, and (3) restrict trailers parked on residential streets while allowing exceptions for active work and requiring a fluorescent traffic cone for safety.