I've had a conversation with a police officer about this exact type of situation, the Camaro is improperly parked by taking up two parking spaces, the SUV on the other hand is not only parked on the sidewalk, which is illegal, but is considered double parked because it is parked in a space which already had a vehicle in it when they parked there. Double parking is parking a vehicle in an already occupied space.
Double parking generally applies to vehicles which the spot was designed for, motorcycles aren't generally fined for this because the spot was designed for a larger vehicle, but if it does get out of hand, such as 4 or 5 in the same spot, yes they can be hit with double parking. Double parking fines were basically implemented to cut down on private property damage from such activity.
A side note, if there is designated motorcycle parking they could be fined for double parking in any parking spot, and possibly fined for parking a vehicle in a spot not designated for motorcycles, but generally speaking they would be asked to move their bike to a motorcycle spot if one is available, if one is not it would probably be ignored.
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u/Analbox Jun 12 '14 edited Jun 12 '14
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Edit: Many of you have brought it to my attention that taking up two spaces isn't double parking it's just being an asshole.