A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who stops or parks a vehicle on a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall stop or park the vehicle with its right-hand wheels parallel to and within eighteen inches of the right-hand curb.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-874

  • Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way if a part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Local authority: means any county, municipal or other local board or body exercising jurisdiction over highways under the constitution and laws of this state. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Roadway: means that portion of a highway that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. See Arizona Laws 28-601
  • State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances either singly or together while using a highway for purposes of travel. See Arizona Laws 28-601

B. A local authority may permit by ordinance:

1. Parking of vehicles with the left-hand wheels adjacent to and within eighteen inches of the left-hand curb of a one-way roadway.

2. Angle parking on any roadway, except that a local authority shall not permit angle parking on any federal aid highway or state highway unless the director has determined by resolution or order that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.

C. With respect to highways under the director’s jurisdiction, the director may place signs prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles on any highway where in the director’s opinion the stopping, standing or parking is dangerous to those using the highway or where the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic on the highway. The signs shall be official signs, and a person shall not stop, stand or park a vehicle in violation of the restrictions stated on the signs.