It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to enter a street intersection or a marked crosswalk or to drive across a sidewalk in entering or leaving a garage or parking lot unless there is sufficient space beyond the intersection or crosswalk on the right half of the roadway or in the garage or on the parking lot to accommodate the vehicle he is driving or operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed. Except that on a 1-way street, drivers shall not be restricted to the use of the right half of the road but may have access to the entire width thereof beyond the intersection or crosswalk provided sufficient space be available. City Code, 1950, art. 38, §46 1966, art. 31, §59 1976/83, art. 31, §53 Ord. 56-692

No person may back, draw, move, propel, drive, or operate any motor vehicle of any kind or any vehicle of any kind that is drawn by a horse or mule on or over any sidewalk or curbing of the City unless:the curbing is lowered to grade and the sidewalk so paved and arranged as to allow the passage of these vehicles; or the person has special permission to do so from the Director of Transportation. In addition to any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement procedure, this section may be enforced by issuance of:an environmental citation under City Code <cite data-path="|1">Article 1</cite>, Subtitle 40 {“Environmental Control Board”}; or a civil citation under City Code <cite data-path="|1">Article 1</cite>, Subtitle 41 {“Civil Citations”}. The issuance of a citation to enforce this section does not preclude pursuing any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement action authorized by law. Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than $100 for each offense. City Code, 1893, art. 48, §138 1927, art. 32, §52 1950, art. 24, §96 1966, art. 19, §135 1976/83, art. 19, §160 Ord. 1885-033 Ord. 26-756 Ord. 45-267 Ord. 77-573 Ord. 99-548 Ord. 15-435

It shall not be lawful for any public cartman, or for any person driving or having charge of any public cart, wagon, or other vehicle, to:drive or back any such public cart or any other cart, wagon, or other vehicle on to the sidewalk of any of the streets of said City, except as hereinafter provided; stop any such cart, or any other vehicle, on any of the crosswalks or intersections of streets so as to obstruct or hinder the travel along such crosswalks or intersections of street; or place any such carts or other vehicles crosswise of any street of said city except to load thereon or unload therefrom, but in no case shall it be lawful for any person to permit such cart or other vehicle to remain so crosswise of any street for a longer period than may be actually necessary for such purposes. But it shall be lawful for the owner or occupant of any store, warehouse, or building in any street or avenue in which the rails of any railroad company are laid so close to the curbstones as to prevent the owners or occupants from keeping any such cart or other vehicle in the carriageway in front of his place of business without interference with the passing cars of any such railroad company, to occupy with such cart or other vehicle during business hours so much of the sidewalk as may be necessary for such cart or other vehicle, provided that sufficient space be retained for the passage of pedestrians between the cart or other vehicle so permitted to occupy such portion of the sidewalk and the front of every such store, warehouse, or other building. City Code, 1927, art. 4, §3 1950, art. 38, §33 1966, art. 31, §45 1976/83, art. 31, §34 Ord. 08-139

No horse or vehicle shall be driven, backed, led, or allowed to stand on any sidewalk, or on any driveway across a sidewalk, whether with or without curbs, except that wares or merchandise in process of loading and unloading, shipment, or being received from shipment, may be transferred from trucks or other vehicles over the sidewalk by the use of skids, provided a passageway be kept open for the free passage of pedestrians. City Code, 1927, art. 4, §53 1950, art. 38, §34 1966, art. 31, §46 1976/83, art. 31, §35 Ord. 08-139 Ord. 55-1428