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parking spaces. No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a handicapped parking space unless authorized to do so under state law. Sec. 29-41. Stopping, standing or parking on a roadway. It shall be unlawful for a person to stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the main-traveled part of a street, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than fourteen (14) feet of the width of the street for the free movement of vehicles. Sec. 29-42. One way streets. On one way streets, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such street unless signs are erected under authority granted by ordinance to permit such standing or parking. Sec. 29-43. Parking limited by specific time. When signs or markings are placed on a public street or in a public area giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for a period of time longer than the time indicated on the signs or marking s. These areas shall be described by separate ordinance and shall be maintained in the traffic register. A separate violation of this section shall be deemed committed for each period of time, regardless of whether the violations occur on a single day and at the same location. Sec. 29-44. Tow-away zones. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter, any street or alley in the City, or part thereof, may be designated as a tow-away zone by separate ordinance. See 29-45. Presumption regarding person Who parked vehicle. In any prosecution charging a violation of any law governing the standing or parking of a vehicle under this Chapter, proof that the vehicle described in the complaint was standing or parked in violation of such law, together with proo f that the defendant named in the complaint was, at the time of the violation, the registered owner of the vehicle, shall create a prima facie presumption that the defendant was the person who caused or permitted the vehicle to stand or be parked at the point where, and for the time during which, the violation occurred. A defendant may introduce evidence, as a defense, to show that the vehicle was parked by a person other than the defendant as charged in the complaint. Sec. 29-46. Violations of parking laws notice to be attached to vehicle. (a) Whenever any motor vehicle without a driver is found parked or stopped in violation of this article, any ordinance of this city or state law, the officer finding such vehicle may take its registration number and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its owner or operator, and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a notice in writing, for the operator to answer to the charge against him at The municipal court. (b) If a violator, as described in subsection (a) of this Section, does not appear to response to a notice affix to such vehicle within a period of ten (lØ) days, the clerk of the municipal court shall send to the registered owner -9-