W. Va. Code § 17C-13-3

Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places; penalty.

  1. (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 traffic-control device, in any of the following places:

    1. (1) On a sidewalk;
    2. (2) In front of a public or private driveway;
    3. (3) Within an intersection;
    4. (4) Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant;
    5. (5) In a properly designated fire lane;
    6. (6) On a crosswalk;
    7. (7) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
    8. (8) Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
    9. (9) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings;
    10. (10) Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
    11. (11) Within twenty feet 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 of the entrance (when properly signposted);
    12. (12) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
    13. (13) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
    14. (14) On any bridge or other elevated structure on a highway or within a highway tunnel;
    15. (15) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
    16. (16) Within twenty feet of any mail receptacle served regularly by a carrier using a motor vehicle for daily deliveries, if the parking interferes with or causes delay in the carrier's schedule;
    17. (17) On any controlled-access highway;
    18. (18) At any place on any highway where the safety and convenience of the traveling public is thereby endangered;
    19. (19) In front of a wheelchair accessible ramp or curb cut which is part of a sidewalk designed for use by the general public when the ramp or curb cut is properly marked with blue paint.
  2. (b) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
  3. (c) Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100; upon a second conviction within one year thereafter, shall be fined not more than $200; and upon a third or subsequent conviction, shall be fined not more than $500.
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