General Information
Racial Profiling Statement
Highlights of revised parking ordinance
This revised ordinance modifies several provisions affecting parking in public areas.
I. Residential Areas
1. Cannot stop, stand or park a vehicle with a carrying capacity over 1 1/2 tons or exceeding 21 feet in length on any street or right-of-way in residential area
2. Cannot stop, stand or park a trailer on any street or right-of-way in residential area
3. Cannot stop, stand or park a recreational vehicle on any street or right-of-way in residential area more than seven (7) consecutive days and not more than fifteen (15) total days per year, without a permit:
a. Cannot connect to water or electricity except to make ready.
b. Cannot connect to sewer, gas, television cable or other utility line, ever.
c. Cannot inhabit when parked on any public street or right-of-way
4. Cannot stop, stand or park an abandoned vehicle on any street or right-of-way in residential area.
Exceptions:
1. Vehicle or trailer making pick-ups or deliveries
2. City or other governmental vehicles if engaged in maintenance work
3. Emergency vehicles
4. Bus or school bus engaged in receiving or discharging passengers
5. Vehicle or trailer left at or on an active job site
II. All areas within the city – At all times, except as noted:
1. Cannot stop, stand or park:
a. If designated no parking or restricted parking;
b. On a sidewalk;
c. Within street right-of-way in front of or within five (5) feet of public or private driveway for single family or duplexes, except in cul-de-sacs;
d. Within street right-of-way in front of or within twenty (20) feet of driveway serving other uses;
e. Within an intersection of two public roadways or within the rounded corner at an intersection;
f. Within fifteen feet of fire hydrant;
g. On a marked crosswalk;
h. Within twenty (20) feet of marked crosswalk at an intersection of 2 public streets;
i. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction, if such stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
j. On roadway side of any vehicle already stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
k. Adjacent to curb of public street (except parallel and immediately adjacent to curb and oriented in direction of travel);
l. Within roadway or right-of-way of state highway or designated arterial roadway;
m. On a bridge or elevated structure; or
n. On a railroad track or within railroad right-of-way.
2. Cannot park on street or alley that would obstruct vehicular traffic.
3. Cannot park on street if obstructing a designated bike lane.
4. Cannot park in designated fire zone.
5. Cannot park on public roadway or public right-of-way if principal purpose is to display vehicle for sale, greasing, repairing, servicing or maintaining such vehicle, except in an emergency.
6. No vehicle having a manufacturer carrying capacity over 1 ½ tons or exceeding 21 feet in length, trailer, recreational vehicle, abandoned vehicle parked on any public street or public right-of-way within the city between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., except for repairs or service in an emergency.
7. Cannot park, stop, or stand a vehicle in a “handicap zone” unless the vehicle is operated by or for a physically handicapped person and bears a special device or decal.
8. Cannot inhabit a vehicle, including recreational vehicle, any time when it is parked on public street or public right-of-way.
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In accordance with 77th Legislature’s mandate prohibiting racial profiling in Texas, the Cedar Park Police Department affirms its commitment to unbiased policing in all encounters between an officer and any person. Furthermore, the Department will take measures to ensure behaviors and operating procedures that serve to promote public confidence and mutual trust through the provision of services in a fair and equitable fashion. Racial bias policing or “Racial Profiling” is a method and behavior that the Cedar Park Police Department will not condone, nor tolerate and has established policy and procedure to prohibit.
DEFINITION:
Racial profiling is a law enforcement-initiated action based on an individual's race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than on the individual's behavior or on information identifying the individual as having engaged in criminal activity.
Racial profiling pertains to persons who are contacted and viewed as suspects or potential suspects of criminal behavior. The prohibition against racial profiling does not preclude the use of race, ethnicity or national origin as factors in a detention decision. Race, ethnicity or national origin may be legitimate factors in a detention decision when used as part of an actual description of a specific suspect for whom an officer is searching. Detaining an individual and conducting an inquiry into that person's activities only because of that individual's race, ethnicity or national origin is racial profiling.
The Cedar Park Police Department shall accept complaints from any person who believes he or she has been stopped or searched based on racial, ethnic or national origin profiling. No person shall be coerced or discouraged from filing a complaint, nor discriminated against because he or she filed such a complaint.
Complaints can be filed in person, by phone, or in written form. The Cedar Park Police department has established a preprinted form for all complaints and will make that form available to assist any member of the community in filing a formal complaint against a member of the department. All complaints of employee misconduct or racial profiling will be reviewed by the Chief of Police and assigned for investigation.
Complaints can be filed with any department supervisor or through the Professional Standards Division at 512-260-4600 or in person at 911 Quest Parkway, Cedar Park, TX78613.
If a person has a complaint regarding a Cedar Park Police Officer's delivery of police services, their demeanor, conduct, alleged racial profiling or any other form of misconduct, they should contact the department by phone at 512-260-4600 or in person and ask for an on-duty supervisor. Any supervisor can take a complaint from a member of the community and will provide a Confidential Citizen’s Complaint Form upon request.