Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places.
Charleston, W. Va., City Code § 114-559
in effectSec. 114-559. - Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places.
(a) No person shall 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 official 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 or within 30 feet of an intersection.
(4) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(5) On a crosswalk, or within ten feet of a crosswalk not at an intersection.
(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 such 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 traffic control signs prohibit stopping.
(15) Within 20 feet of any mail receptacle served regularly by a carrier using a motor vehicle for daily deliveries, if such parking interferes with or causes delay in the carrier's schedule.
(16) Upon any controlled-access highway.
(17) At any place on any highway where the safety and convenience of the traveling public is endangered.
(18) In front of the entrance to any school, hospital, church, hotel, theater, assembly hall or place of amusement.
(19) In a turnaround, including, but not limited to, Hammerheads, three-point sides, cul-de-sacs, and three-point wyes.
(b) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under their control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
(Code 1975, § 31-189; Bill No. 7920, 9-7-2021)
Source: City of Charleston, West Virginia, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wv/charleston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH114TROR_ARTVIISTSTPA_DIV1GE_S114-559STSTPAPRSPPLFetched: 11/7/2026