A. Except
when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance
with law or the directions of a Police Officer or official traffic
control device, no person shall:
1. Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
a. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge
or curb of a street;
e. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty (30)
feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety
zone, unless the (traffic authority) indicates a different length
by signs or markings;
f. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping,
standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within
a highway tunnel;
h. On any railroad tracks; or
i. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
2. Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily
to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
a. In front of a public or private driveway;
b. Within thirty (30) feet of an intersection;
c. Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
d. Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
e. Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing signal,
stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;
f. Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station
and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station
within seventy-five (75) feet of said entrance (when properly sign
posted); or
g. At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
3. Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the
purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise
or passengers:
a. Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
or
b. At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
B. No
person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his/her control into
any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is
unlawful.
[Ord. No. 4831 § 1, 11-7-2016]
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall
park or drive a motor vehicle on the grass adjacent to a street and
each date the violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
No person shall park any vehicle upon a street, other than an
alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available
less than ten (10) feet of the width of the roadway for free movement
of vehicular traffic.
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner
or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten (10)
feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular
traffic and no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an
alley in such position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting
property.
A. No
person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose
of:
1. Displaying such vehicle for sale; or
2. Repair such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
A. The
City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating
no parking upon either or both sides of any street adjacent to any
school property when such parking would, in his/her opinion, interfere
with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
B. When
official signs are erected indicating no parking upon either side
of a street adjacent to any school property as authorized herein,
no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
A. The
City Traffic Engineer is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking
upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed twenty
(20) feet or upon one (1) side of a street as indicated by such signs
when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty (30) feet.
B. When
official signs prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets
as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such
street in violation of any such sign.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to erect signs upon
the left-hand side of any one-way street to prohibit the standing
or parking of vehicles and when such signs are in place, no person
shall stand or park a vehicle upon such left-hand side in violation
of any such sign.
In the event a highway includes two (2) or more separate roadways
and traffic is restricted to one (1) direction upon any such roadway,
no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of
such one-way roadway unless signs are erected to permit such standing
or parking. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to determine when
standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any
such one-way roadway and to erect signs giving notice thereof.
A. The
City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine and designate
by proper signs places not exceeding one hundred (100) feet in length
in which the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would create
an especially hazardous condition or would cause unusual delay to
traffic.
B. When
official signs are erected at hazardous or congested places as authorized
herein, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any such
designated place.
A. It
shall be unlawful for any person to park or stand any vehicle in any
stall or space designated or reserved for physically disabled persons,
as defined in Section 301.142, RSMo., as amended, whether upon public
or private property open to public use, unless the vehicle bears the
State of Missouri license plate or placard for the disabled as provided
for in Sections 301.071 or 301.142, RSMo., as amended. The space shall
be indicated by an upright sign whether on a pole or attached to a
building upon which shall be inscribed the international symbol of
accessibility and may also include any appropriate wording to indicate
that the space is reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles which
display a distinguishing license plate or card. The sign described
in this Subsection shall also state, or an additional sign shall be
posted below or adjacent to the sign stating, the following: "$50
to $300 fine".
B. Any
vehicle operator who is not physically disabled shall not use the
handicapped parking space unless there is a physically disabled person
in the vehicle or while the vehicle is being used to transport a physically
disabled person.
C. Any
person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of an offense
and shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00)
nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00). Every day upon which
such violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
[CC 1974 §76.040]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
park and leave unattended a truck, whether a single unit or tractor-trailer
combination or the tractor, cab or a trailer, whether severally or
as a unit, on any street, alley or public thoroughfare in this City;
provided however, that such a truck or part thereof as described herein
may be parked on any street, alley or thoroughfare within this City
when necessary for the loading or unloading of cargo, freight, goods
and chattels but this shall not be construed to mean that such a truck,
cab, tractor or trailer shall remain on any such street, alley or
thoroughfare with this City for a greater length of time than shall
be necessary to do such loading or unloading of said cargo and goods
nor shall it be construed that, in any instance, such parking of such
trucks, cabs, tractors and trailers or either of them may be parked
overnight on any of said public thoroughfares or portions thereof.
[CC 1974 §76.060]
It shall be unlawful for any person having charge and control
of any motor vehicle to depart from the premises of any business establishment
and leave his/her motor vehicle parked upon the premises of such business
establishment without having the specific consent of the person then
in charge of such business establishment or an owner thereof to leave
his/her motor vehicle parked upon such premises.
[Ord. No. 4125 §1(76.055), 8-20-2001]
It shall be unlawful for any person driving a motor vehicle
carrying livestock, garbage, carrion, fecal matter or any odoriferous
cargo, which may be declared a public nuisance detrimental to public
health and welfare, to park the same within two hundred (200) feet
of any residence or business establishment (except for loading and
unloading purposes and then not exceeding thirty (30) minutes) at
any area or place in this City. It shall further be unlawful to park
such motor vehicle empty, which has been hauling or contains such
described odoriferous matter which may likewise be classified as a
nuisance, within two hundred (200) feet of any residence or business
establishment in this City until the same has been thoroughly cleaned
and disinfected according to the orders of health officials.
[Ord. No. 4125 §1(76.065), 8-20-2001]
A. If
a person abandons property on any real property owned by another without
the consent of the owner or person in possession of the property,
at the request of the person in possession of the real property, any
City Police Officer may authorize a towing company to remove such
abandoned property from the property in the following circumstances:
1. The abandoned property is left unattended for more than forty-eight
(48) hours; or
2. In the judgment of the officer, the abandoned property constitutes
a safety hazard or unreasonable interferes with the use of the real
property by the person in possession.
B. Neither
the Police Officer nor anyone having custody of the abandoned property
under the officer's direction shall be liable for any damage to such
abandoned property occasioned by a removal authorized by this Section
other than damages occasioned by negligence or willful or wanton acts
or omissions.
C. When
the owner of real property or a lessee in lawful possession of the
real property authorizes a towing company to remove abandoned property
without the authorization of a City Police Officer, pursuant to Section
304.157, RSMo., and a towing company submits an abandoned property
report to the Police Department, the Police Department must record
the date the abandoned property report was filed with the department
and within five (5) days of such filing make an inquiry into the National
Crime Information Center and any statewide law enforcement computer
system to determine if the abandoned property has been reported stolen.
The Police Department shall enter the information pertaining to the
towed abandoned property into the statewide law enforcement computer
system.
[Ord. No. 3437 §1(76.033), 3-20-1989]
Each person who operates a properly licensed taxi service within
the City limits of Dexter, Missouri, is hereby allowed one (1) parking
place adjacent to such person's primary place of business and the
Street Department is directed to erect a sign restricting such a parking
place to taxis. After the erection of such a sign, all persons other
than the operator of the taxi service are prohibited from parking
in said parking place.
[Ord. No. 3038 §1, 12-17-1979]
The Board of Aldermen finds that parking and operation of vehicles
on certain streets covered by a heavy accumulation of snow or ice
is a matter affecting the health, safety and welfare of the citizens
of Dexter, Missouri, for the reason that parking vehicles impede snow
removal operations and cause serious traffic congestion.
[Ord. No. 3038 §2, 12-17-1979]
A. Whenever
the Mayor or his/her designated representative finds on the basis
of falling snow, sleet or freezing rain that weather conditions will
make it necessary that motor vehicle traffic be expedited and that
parking on City streets be prohibited or restricted for snow plowing
and other purposes, the Mayor or his/her designated representative
shall put into effect a parking prohibition on parts of all snow emergency
routes as necessary by declaring it in a manner described in this
Article.
B. Once
in effect, a prohibition under this Section shall remain in effect
until terminated by announcement of the Mayor in accordance with this
Article. While the prohibition is in effect, no person shall park
or allow to remain any vehicle on any portion of a snow emergency
route to which it applies. However, nothing in this Section shall
be construed to permit parking at any time or place where it is forbidden
by provision of law.
[Ord. No. 3038 §3, 12-17-1979]
No parking or persons engaged in removal of snow or ice on driveways,
parking lots or sidewalks shall deposit such snow or ice on the streets
or any public ways for vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
[Ord. No. 3038 §4, 12-17-1979]
The Mayor or his/her designated representative shall cause each
declaration made by him/her pursuant to this Article to be publicly
announced by means of broadcast or telecast from a station within
normal operating range covering the City and he/she may cause such
declaration when feasible. Each announcement shall describe the action
taken by the Mayor or his/her designated representative, including
the time it became or will become effective, and shall specify the
street or streets affected. A parking prohibition or traffic emergency
declared by the Mayor shall not go into effect until at least three
(3) hours after the first (1st) announcement between 6:00 A.M. and
11:00 P.M. in accordance with this Section.
[Ord. No. 3038 §5, 12-17-1979]
Whenever the Mayor or his/her designated representative shall
find that some or all of the conditions which give rise to a parking
prohibition or traffic emergency in effect pursuant to this Article
no longer exists, he/she may declare the prohibition or emergency
terminated, in whole or in part, in a manner prescribed by this Article
effectively upon announcement.
[Ord. No. 3038 §6, 12-17-1979]
On each street designated by this Article as a snow emergency
route, the Mayor shall cause to be posted special signs at intervals
not exceeding five hundred (500) feet with the wording "Snow Route".
[Ord. No. 3038 §7, 12-17-1979]
Members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to remove
or have removed a vehicle from a street when the vehicle is parked
on part of a snow route on which a parking prohibition is in effect
or when the vehicle is parked in violation of any parking ordinance
or provision of law and is interfering or about to interfere with
snow removal operations. The removal, impounding and return of obstructing
vehicles on the snow routes shall be at the owner's expense.