2004 Minnesota Statutes

     169.34 Prohibitions; stopping, parking. 

    (a) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except 
 when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in 
 compliance with 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 of a fire hydrant; 

    (5) on a crosswalk; 

    (6) within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; 

    (7) within 30 feet 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 
 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a 
 safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or 
 markings; 

    (9) within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad 
 crossing; 

    (10) within 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 75 feet of said entrance when properly 
 signposted; 

    (11) alongside or opposite any street excavation or 
 obstruction when such 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, except as otherwise provided 
 by ordinance; 

    (14) at any place where official signs prohibit stopping.  

    (b) No person shall move a vehicle not owned by such person 
 into any prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is 
 unlawful.  

    (c) No person shall, for camping purposes, leave or park a 
 travel trailer on or within the limits of any highway or on any 
 highway right-of-way, except where signs are erected designating 
 the place as a camp site.  

    (d) No person shall stop or park a vehicle on a street or 
 highway when directed or ordered to proceed by any peace officer 
 invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate 
 traffic.  

    HIST: (2720-219) 1937 c 464 s 69; Ex1937 c 38 s 1; 1939 c 430 
 s 13; 1989 c 342 s 16