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Glasgow Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited ordinance (§ 355.010)

Chapter 355: Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited in Specified Places

In short: Unless avoiding traffic or following police or signs, don't stop, stand or park double-parked, on sidewalks, crosswalks, intersections, bridges or railroad tracks. Stay 3 feet from driveways and alleys, 15 feet from hydrants, 30 feet from intersections and 50 feet from rail crossings (pickups and loading excepted).

Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.

A. Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a Police Officer or official traffic control device, no person shall:

1. Stop, stand or park a vehicle:

a. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

b. On a sidewalk;

c. Within an intersection;

d. On a crosswalk;

e. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty (30) feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the Traffic Authority indicates a different length by signs or markings;

f. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;

g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;

h. On any railroad tracks;

i. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.

2. Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:

a. Within three (3) feet of any public or private driveway or alley within the City;

b. Within thirty (30) feet of an intersection;

c. Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;

d. Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;

e. Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;

f. 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 said entrance (when properly signposted);

g. At any place where official signs prohibit standing.

3. Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers:

a. Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;

b. At any place where official signs prohibit parking.

B. No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his/her control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.

Official source: City of Glasgow official Code of Ordinances (online), § 355.010

Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.