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City of Fargo Municipal Code:
8-1004-Parking of trucks, trailers and semi-trailers regulated.
No truck, trailer, semitrailer, or commercial vehicle shall be parked on any street, avenue, boulevard, or alley in any residential district of the city for a period longer than one hour; provided, however, that such vehicles loading or unloading cargo may be parked on the streets, avenues, boulevards or alleys long enough to complete their loading or unloading; and provided further, that such restrictions shall not apply to any truck in use on any repair, maintenance, or construction project in progress on any such street, avenue, boulevard or alley. Except as otherwise allowed by permit issued by the city engineer's office, no case shall any semi-truck trailer be parked on any street, avenue, boulevard or alley in any district of the city while said semi-truck trailer is disconnected from the tractor; nor shall any truck, trailer, semi-trailer, or other commercial vehicle be parked on any street, avenue, boulevard or alley in any district of the city between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. "Commercial vehicle" as designated herein shall not include vehicles rated as less than one-ton.
8-1004.2 Impounding vehicles
The police department of the city or any of the members thereof may impound any truck, trailer, semi-trailer, delivery car, service car, or other commercial vehicle parked in violation of this ordinance and may retain possession of the same until all fines and fees have been paid and until any sentence or order of the court has been completed and/or obeyed.
8-1013 Parking to obstruct traffic
No person shall park any vehicle upon a street, other than an alley when permitted by this article, in such manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 10 feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic.
8-1020 Parking prohibited on sidewalks or boulevards
No person shall stop, stand, or park any automobile, truck, or other vehicle, whether attended or unattended, on a sidewalk or on any boulevard or on any berm between the sidewalk and the roadway in the city; provided, that berm parking shall be permitted on hard surfaced approaches to private driveways if such parked vehicle does not extend into the street or block any portion of the public sidewalk crossing said approach.
Damage to pavement is a $500 fine.
Unlawfully parked trailers may be ticketed and/or impounded. Impound fees start at $150 plus daily charges.