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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
No person may stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
1. On a sidewalk.
2. In front of a public or private driveway.
3. Within an intersection.
4. Within ten feet [3.05 meters] of a fire hydrant.
5. On a crosswalk.
6. Within ten feet [3.05 meters] of a crosswalk at an intersection.
7. Within fifteen feet [4.57 meters] upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway.
8. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within fifteen feet [4.57 meters] of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the department or local authority indicates a different length by signs or markings.
9. Within fifteen feet [4.57 meters] of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
10. Within twenty feet [6.10 meters] 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 feet [22.86 meters] of said entrance when properly signposted.
11. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic.
12. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
13. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel.
14. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under the person's control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - North Dakota Century Code Title 39. Motor Vehicles § 39-10-49. Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nd/title-39-motor-vehicles/nd-cent-code-sect-39-10-49/
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