PARKING IN FRONT OF DRIVEWAY ILLEGAL

55-8-160. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specific places - 
          Penalty - Exceptions for disabled veterans and handicapped persons.

(a)  No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle outside of the limits of an 
     incorporated municipality, 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; provided, that a bicycle may be parked on a sidewalk if 
    it does not impede the normal and reasonable movement of pedestrian or 
    other traffic, or such parking is not prohibited by ordinance; 
	
(2) In front of a public or private driveway; 
	
(3) Within an intersection; 

(4) Within fifteen feet (15') of a fire hydrant; 

(5) On a crosswalk; 

(6) Within twenty feet (20') of a crosswalk at an intersection; 

(7) Within thirty feet (30') 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 thirty feet (30') of 
    points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the
    department of transportation or local traffic authority indicates a different
    length by signs or markings; 

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

(10) Within twenty feet (20') 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 (75') 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 signs prohibit stopping; 
	
(15) In a parking space clearly identified by an official sign as being reserved for 
     the physically handicapped, unless, however, the person driving the vehicle is 
     physically handicapped or parking such vehicle for the benefit of a physically 
     handicapped person. A vehicle parking in such a space shall display a certificate
     or placard as set forth in chapter 21 of this title, or a disabled veteran's
     license plate issued under § 55-4-237. 

(b)  The provisions of subsection (a) do not apply to a certified police cyclist engaged 
     in the lawful performance of duty using a police bicycle as a barrier or traffic 
     control device at the scene of an emergency or in response to other calls for 
     police service. 

(c)  No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under such person's control into any 
     such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful. 
	
(d) 
(1)  The provisions of this section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which  
     is disabled while on the paved or improved or main traveled portion of a road, 
     street or highway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid
     stopping and temporarily leaving such vehicle in such position. 

(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle operating 
    as a carrier of passengers for hire who is authorized to operate such vehicle upon the
    roads, streets or highways in Tennessee, while taking passengers on such vehicle, or 
    discharging passengers from such vehicle; provided, that the vehicle is stopped so that
    a clear view of such vehicle shall be obtained from a distance of two hundred feet (200')
    in each direction, upon such roads, streets or highways. 
	
(3) The provisions of this section do not apply to a solid waste vehicle while on the paved 
    or improved main traveled portion of a road, street or highway in such manner and to such
    extent as is necessary for the sole purpose of collecting municipal solid waste, as defined
    by § 68-211-802; provided, that such vehicle shall maintain flashing hazard lights at all 
    times while it is stopping or standing; provided further, that the vehicle is stopped so 
    that a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of two hundred 
    feet (200') in either direction upon the highway. The provisions of this subdivision do not
    preclude any claimant from pursuing such claimant's common law claim for recovery pursuant
    to common law negligence. 
	
(e)  A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor. 

[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 60; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; 
 Acts 1978, ch. 810, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., § 59-861; Acts 1981, ch. 261, § 12; 1983, ch. 128, § 1; 
 1985, ch. 138, § 2; 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1992, ch. 784, §§ 3, 4; 1992, ch. 947, § 2; 1995, ch.
 140, § 3; 1995, ch. 305, § 114.]




 
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