Town of Fountain City, IN
Commonly Used
Ordinance Violations
TRAFFIC & PARKING
8-1(a) Wide Vehicles (88 inches wide or more than 30 feet in length)
8-1(b) Mobile Homes (prohibited)
8-1(c) Campers, Boats & Boat Trailers (prohibited)
8-1(d) Semi-Tractors and/or Trailers (prohibited)
PENALTY: 1st offense $50.00 / 2nd offense $100.00 / 3rd offense $150.00
8-2 Unlicensed or invalid license plate (prohibited)
8-3(a) Parking so as to obstruct traffic (leaving less than 15 feet of roadway available)
8-3(b) Right hand wheels parallel and w/in 12 inches of edge of roadway or curb
8-5 Parking prohibited at all times:
NW corner of US 27 and W. Main St. on Main St.
South side of Mill St. from US 27 to Vine St.
South side of South St. from US 27 to Ross St.
North side of South St. from US 27 to Station driveway
At all corners of every intersection where yellow curbs or signs prohibit it
In front of all fire hydrants and fire lanes
Preventing the normal flow of traffic (parked wrong direction)
West side of US 27 from South St. to Hartley Ave.
North side of Levi Coffin House (permit required)
8-6 Handicap parking area
8-7 Parking on sidewalks
PENALTY: 1st offense $10.00 / 2nd offense $20.00 / 3rd offense $30.00
ANIMAL ORDINANCE
6-51 Shelter Requirements
6-52 Cruelty to Animals
6-53 Abandoning Domestic Animals (prohibited)
6-55 Dogs running at large (prohibited)
PENALTY: $20.00-$500.00
PARK REGULATIONS
5-20 Firearms prohibited in parks (including BB/pellet guns) (prohibited)
5-21 Consuming or possession of alcoholic beverages (prohibited)
5-22 Washing, waxing, or repairing a motor vehicle (prohibited)
5-23 Exceeding speed of 10MPH
5-24 In park after park hours (7am-10pm)
PENALTY: 1st offense $10.00-$50.00 / 2nd offense $20.00-$100.00 / 3rd offense $30.00-$150.00
TRANSIENT VENDORS
4-30 Must have permit issued by Clerk/Treasurer
PENALTY: $25.00-$250.00
CURFEW VIOLATIONS
6-78 15,16, or 17 (Friday and Saturday – 11:00pm-5:00am)
(Sunday-Thursday – 10:00pm – 5:00am)
6-79 Permitting a child to violate curfew
PENALTY: 1st offense $25.00 / 2nd offense $50.00 / 3rd offense $75.00
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE REGULATIONS
6-120 Consumption while in public street, alley, sidewalk, parking lot
6-121 Open Container
PENALTY: $25.00
BURNING REGULATIONS
6-140 Trash burning (prohibited)
PENALTY: 1st offense warning / 2nd offense $5.00 / 3rd $10.00 / 4th $25.00
PUBLIC NUISANCES
6-18 Littering
6-19 Leaky Load
PENALTY: 1st offense $25.00 / 2nd $50.00 / 3rd $75.00
6-169 Trash containers (no earlier than 6:00pm on the day prior to collection date and shall be removed no later than 11:00pm on collection date)
PENALTY: $25.00
FIREARMS
6-132(a) Discharge of gun in Town (prohibited)
PENALTY: ????
NOISE DISTURBANCES
6-151 Loud noises
PENALTY: 1st offense $25.00 / 2nd $50.00 / 3rd $75.00
LASER POINTERS
6-203 Possession of Laser Pointers (under 18 years of age)
6-204 Illegal to Point at Persons