A. When appropriate signs are posted, no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a peace officer or traffic-control signal device, on the south side of Sumner Street for a distance of one hundred seventy feet east of the east curbline of Union Avenue.

B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the driver or owner of any service vehicle owned or operated by or for, or operated under contract with a utility or public utility whether privately, municipally or publicly owned, used in the construction, operation, removal or repair of utility property or facilities, when such vehicle is stopped, standing or parked at the site of work involving the construction, operation, removal or repair of such utility or public property or facility upon, in, over, under or adjacent to the highway, or of a vehicle, whether privately, municipally, or publicly owned, engaged in authorized work on the highway.

C. The ordinance codified in this section shall cease to be operative six months after receipt by the city council of written notice of withdrawal of approval of the Department of Public Works of the state. (Prior code § 11.04.729)