Editor's Note — Ord. no. 03-2009 §5, adopted January 12, 2009, repealed ch. 350 "method of parking" and enacted new provisions set out herein. Former ch. 350 derived from RSMo. §§300.415 — 300.435; ord. no. 13 §1.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words shall mean:
ABANDONED VEHICLE
Any unattended motor vehicle, trailer, all-terrain vehicle, outboard motor or vessel, whether or not operational, including, but not limited to, any motor vehicle or any part of a motor vehicle which is situated upon any street, highway or alley of the City for a continuous period of over forty-eight (48) hours and:
1. 
Does not have displayed thereon a permanent license plate or set of license plates issued for that vehicle indicating current registration; or
2. 
For which no arrangements have been made for its storage or removal by the owner or operator; or
3. 
The owner of which has indicated in some way his intention to leave this vehicle and that he no longer claims ownership of it.
DERELICT VEHICLE
Any partially dismantled, non-operating, wrecked or junked motor vehicle or any motor vehicle possessing one (1) or any combination of the following attributes:
1. 
Shattered or missing windows, headlights or taillights.
2. 
Unsecured or missing exterior parts including, but not limited to, bumpers, grills, doors and hoods, but excluding hubcaps.
3. 
An estimated fifty percent (50%) or more of the vehicle's exterior paint is rusted, oxidized or removed.
4. 
Observable amounts of vehicle fluids leaking from the vehicle resulting in a street discoloration or fluid streak not less than three (3) inches in diameter or three (3) inches in length.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel to and within eighteen (18) inches of the right-hand curb.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer shall determine upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall mark or sign such streets, but such angle parking shall not be indicated upon and Federal-aid or State highway within the City unless the State Highways and Transportation Commission has determined by resolution or order entered in its minutes that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.
B. 
Angle parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon the left side of the street.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
On those streets which have been signed or marked by the City Traffic Engineer for angle parking, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to issue special permits to permit the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials subject to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such permits may be issued either to the owner or lessee of real property or to the owner of the vehicle and shall grant to such person the privilege as therein stated and authorized herein.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for a permittee or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any such permit.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
A. 
Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours between a half (½) hour after sunset and a half (½) hour before sunrise and in the event there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred (500) feet upon such street or highway, no lights need to be displayed upon such parked vehicle.
B. 
Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between a half (½) hour after sunset and a half (½) hour before sunrise and there is not sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred (500) feet upon such highway, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with one (1) or more lamps meeting the following requirements: At least one (1) lamp shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of the vehicle and the same lamp or at least one (1) other lamp shall display a red light from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear of the vehicle, and the location of said lamp or lamps shall always be such that at least one (1) lamp or combination of lamps meeting the requirements of this Section is installed as near as practicable to the side of the vehicle which is closest to passing traffic. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to a motor-driven cycle.
C. 
Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009; Ord. No. 34-2009 §§1 — 3, 11-9-2009]
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 stop, stand or park a vehicle:
1. 
On a sidewalk.
2. 
Within an intersection or within fifteen (15) feet of an intersection.
3. 
On a crosswalk.
4. 
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 and markings.
5. 
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
6. 
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel.
7. 
On any railroad tracks.
8. 
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
9. 
Within ten (10) feet of a United States Postal Service mailbox.
10. 
At any place where the curb is painted yellow or surface is painted with yellow lines.
11. 
Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger.
12. 
In front of a public or private driveway.
13. 
Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant.
14. 
Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
15. 
Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway.
16. 
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 such entrance, when properly signposted.
17. 
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
18. 
Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
19. 
Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
20. 
At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
21. 
Within eight (8) feet of any privately owned mailbox during the hours of 9:00 o'clock, A.M. through 5:00 o'clock, P.M., on all Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, excepting all holidays upon which mail is not delivered by the United States Postal Service.
B. 
No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009; Ord. No. 03-2018 § 1, 2-5-2018]
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 fourteen (14) feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
No person shall leave a motor vehicle unattended on the highway without first stopping the motor and cutting off the electric current and, when parked upon a perceptible grade, without turning the wheels of the vehicle to the curb or side of the roadway.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel to the right-half of the roadway and facing with the direction of traffic flow.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
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.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
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.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
No person shall park any partially dismantled, non-operating, wrecked or junked motor vehicle on a City street or highway. Vehicles left parked in this condition are subject to definition as a derelict vehicle pursuant to Section 350.010 and are subject to tow pursuant to Section 350.460.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
No person shall leave any abandoned vehicle on any private or public property in the City. No person shall leave any abandoned vehicle on any street, highway or alley in the City. Vehicles left abandoned are subject to tow pursuant to Section 350.460.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
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 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.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
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.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
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.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
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.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
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.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine the location of passenger and freight curb loading zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this Section are applicable.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
The City Traffic Engineer shall not designate or sign any curb loading zone upon special request of any person unless such person makes application for a permit for such zone and for two (2) signs to indicate the ends of each such zone. The City Traffic Engineer upon granting a permit and issuing such signs shall collect from the applicant and deposit in the City Treasury a service fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per year or fraction thereof and may by general regulations impose conditions upon the use of such signs and for reimbursement of the City for the value thereof in the event of their loss or damage and their return in the event of misuse or upon expiration of permit. Every such permit shall expire at the end of one (1) year.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers in any place marked as a passenger curb loading zone during hours when the regulations applicable to such curb loading zone are effective and then only for a period not to exceed three (3) minutes.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials in any place marked as freight curb loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to such zones are in effect.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized and required to establish bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands and stands for other passenger common carrier motor vehicles on such public streets, in such places and in such number as he shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public and every such bus stop, bus stand, taxicab stand or other stand shall be designated by appropriate signs.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
A. 
The operator of a bus shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than a bus stand so designated as provided herein.
B. 
The operator of a bus shall not stop such vehicle upon any street at any place for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or their baggage other than at a bus stop, bus stand or passenger loading zone so designated as provided herein, except in case of an emergency.
C. 
The operator of a bus shall enter a bus stop, bus stand or passenger loading zone on a public street in such a manner that the bus when stopped to load or unload passengers or baggage shall be in a position with the right front wheel of such vehicle not further than eighteen (18) inches from the curb and the bus approximately parallel to the curb so as not to unduly impede the movement of other vehicular traffic.
D. 
The operator of a taxicab shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than in a taxicab stand so designated as provided herein. This provision shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop or other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately signed, except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter such zone.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
The provisions of this Chapter prohibiting the standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified or as indicated on official signs except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a Police Officer or official traffic control device.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
The provisions of this Chapter imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
If any vehicle is found upon a street, alley, highway, public place, parking lot, drive-in, driveway or entrance drive in violation of any Section of this Chapter regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles, the owner or person in whose name such vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for such violation.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
When signs are erected in each block giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified by ordinance of any day except Sunday and public holidays within the district or upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
When signs are erected in each block giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle between the hours specified by ordinance of any day except Sunday and public holidays within the district or upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
Whenever by this Chapter or any ordinance of the City any parking time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets, it shall be the duty of the City Traffic Engineer to erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof and no such regulations shall be effective unless said signs are erected and in place at the time of any alleged offense.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
In cases where an equally direct and convenient alternate route is provided, an ordinance may describe and signs may be erected giving notice thereof, that no persons shall operate any commercial vehicle upon streets or parts of streets so described except those commercial vehicles making deliveries thereon.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
No person owning or having possession of a motor vehicle without a current State license plate shall permit such motor vehicle to be parked on any street, alley or public place in the City.
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Editor's Note — Ord. no. 36-2011 §2, adopted August 22, 2011, repealed section 350.360 "handicapped parking" in its entirety. Former section 350.360 derived from ord. no. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-09.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009; Ord. No. 11-2010 §1, 6-7-2010]
A. 
Any vehicle, except a pickup truck, which is licensed at eighteen thousand (18,000) pounds or more or trailer which exceeds a width of eight (8) feet and/or a length of twenty (20) feet shall be prohibited from parking upon any City street or alley.
B. 
Any vehicle or trailer herein described may be used for the purpose of making local deliveries upon City-maintained streets and in so doing may park upon said streets for the period of time necessary for completing such deliveries.
C. 
No commercial vehicle, trailer or tractor shall stand or be parked on any street or highway when not being unloaded or loaded.
D. 
No trailer of any type or any size, except as otherwise provided for in this Section, shall be parked, stored or placed on any street within the City of Herculaneum unless actively being loaded or unloaded, and any such trailer shall be connected to a vehicle at all times.
[Ord. No. 05-2018 § 1, 2-5-2018]
E. 
Violation of this Section shall be punishable on conviction by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any construction equipment to be parked at any time upon any public street or highway within the City.
B. 
This Section shall not apply, to trucks ailed in street construction work and maintenance or trucks of any other public utility company while engaged in work.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
No person engaged in selling fruit, produce or goods, wares or merchandise at retail from any vehicle shall stand or park such vehicle on any street within the City, except in the case of emergency.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
No person shall park a vehicle, trailer or boat upon any premises in the City of Herculaneum designated by the Missouri Department of Transportation as a "commuter lot" for the principal purpose of displaying such vehicle, trailer or boat for sale or rent.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009; Ord. No. 12-2018, 3-6-2018]
A. 
The streets listed in Schedule I within the City are hereby designated as emergency "snow routes."
B. 
The Mayor shall be the authority designated by this Section who may declare a snow emergency or, in the Mayor' s absence, the Superintendent of Public Works. When the Mayor or Superintendent of Public Works declares a snow emergency, the announcement shall be announced publicly by means of broadcasts or telecasts from stations with a normal operating range covering the City, including the time it became or will become effective.
C. 
Once in effect, a prohibition under this Section shall remain in effect until the streets have been completely cleared of the snow and/or ice by snow removal equipment.
D. 
When a snow emergency has been declared, it shall be unlawful for any person to stop or park a motor vehicle on or on the shoulder of a designated snow route and any vehicle found stopped or parked on or on the shoulder of a snow route, whether attended or unattended, may be ordered towed by the Police Department to keep the snow routes clear of traffic. The presence of any vehicle found parked or abandoned in violation of this Section on any snow routes shall be prima facie evidence that the person in whose name such vehicle is registered, in the records of the Director of Revenue of the State, committed or authorized such violation.
E. 
Any provision of this Section which becomes effective upon the occurrence of certain weather conditions shall, while temporarily in effect, take precedence over other conflicting provisions of law normally in effect, except that it shall not take precedence over provisions of law relating to traffic accidents, emergency travel of authorized emergency vehicles, or emergency traffic directions of a Police Officer.
F. 
On each street designated by this Section as a snow route, there shall be posted special signs at intervals indicating that this is a snow route. These signs shall be distinctive and uniform in appearance and shall be plainly readable to persons traveling on the street or highway.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
Whenever any motor vehicle without driver is found parked or stopped in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by an ordinance of the City or by State law, the officer finding such vehicle shall take its registration number and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a uniform parking ticket for the driver to answer to the charge against him within seven (7) days.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
A. 
If a violator of the provision of this Chapter relative to stopping, standing or parking under the traffic laws or ordinances does not appear in response to a uniform parking ticket affixed to such motor vehicle within a period of thirty (30) days of the issuance of a notice, the violation(s) will be considered outstanding and a summons to appear before the Municipal Court issued.
B. 
The operation or use of a motor vehicle in violation of the provisions of this Section shall be prima facie evidence that said motor vehicle was at the time of such violation controlled, operated and used by the owner thereof.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009; Ord. No. 07-2018 § 1, 2-5-2018; Ord. No. 04-2020, 1-6-2020]
All parking violations, with the exception of those specified in Section 350.370 and 350.080, are punishable by a fine of not more than the amount listed in the Herculaneum Municipal Division Violations Bureau Fine Schedule.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
A. 
Any person charged with an offense under this Chapter for which payment of a fine may be made to the Municipal Court shall have the option of paying their fine within the time specified in the notice of arrest at the Municipal Court upon entering a plea of guilty and upon waiving appearance in court; or may have the option of depositing required lawful bail and upon plea of guilty shall be entitled to a trial as authorized by law.
B. 
The payment of a fine to the Municipal Court shall be deemed and acknowledgment of conviction of the alleged offense and the court, upon accepting the prescribed fine, shall issue a receipt to the violator acknowledging payment thereof.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
A. 
Whenever any vehicle shall be found parked in a place in such a way as to obstruct the free flow of traffic, such vehicle may be removed and conveyed by or under the immediate direction of a member of the Police Department by means of towing the vehicle to a designated impound lot or other place under the control of the Police Department and the owner shall be notified of such action. Before the owner or person in charge of such vehicle shall be permitted to remove it from custody, he shall furnish evidence of his identity and proof of ownership of the vehicle; shall sign a release; and shall pay the cost of towing of the vehicle, storage charges and other charges, if any.
B. 
Whenever any vehicle shall be found parked in a place where parking is not permitted pursuant to this Chapter or is in a state of abandonment or disrepair, such vehicle may be tagged with a tow warning notice for a period of not less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to removal.
Upon expiration of forty-eight (48) continuous hours, the vehicle may be towed and conveyed by or under the immediate direction of a member of the Police Department by means of towing the vehicle to a designated impound lot or other place under the control of the Police Department and the owner shall be notified of such action. Before the owner or person in charge of such vehicle shall be permitted to remove it from custody, he shall furnish evidence of his identity and proof of ownership of the vehicle; shall sign a release; and shall pay the cost of towing of the vehicle, storage charges and other charges, if any.
[Ord. No. 03-2009 §5, 1-12-2009]
The Police Department is authorized to tow and impound any motor vehicle within the City limits whenever there are four (4) or more previously issued parking notices or one (1) or more traffic summons that the driver, owner or person in charge of such motor vehicle has failed to answer or appear on.