Editor's Note — Ord. no. 03-2009 §6, adopted January
12, 2009, repealed sections 355.010 — 355.090 of this chapter
dealing with stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specific
places. These sections can now be found in new ch. 350. Former sections
355.010 — 355.090 derived from RSMo. §§300.440 —
300.480; ord. no. 13 §1; ord. no. 580, 4-24-95; ord. no. 04-006
§§1 — 2, 3-8-04. At the editor's discretion, these
sections have been reserved for the city's future use.
[Ord. No. 535 §§1 —
10, 3-8-1993; Ord. No.
36-2011 §1, 8-22-2011]
A. Authorization Generally. The City, by separate ordinance, may from time to time, pursuant to Section 301.143, RSMo., as amended, designate parking spaces on City streets and on municipal public off-street parking facilities operated or owned by the City for the exclusive use of physically disabled persons driving vehicles meeting the requirements set forth in Subsection
(F).
B. Street Markings. All City street parking spaces so designated shall be by a sign upon which shall be inscribed the international symbol of accessibility and the words "Accessible Parking" in white on a blue background, and may also include any appropriate wording to indicate that the space is reserved for the exclusive use of physically disabled persons driving vehicles meeting the requirements set forth in Subsection
(F).
C. Off-Street Markings. All municipal public off-street parking spaces so designated shall be made by posting immediately adjacent to, and visible from, each space, a sign upon which is inscribed the international symbol of accessibility and the words "Accessible Parking" in white on a blue background, and may also include any appropriate wording to indicate that the space is reserved for the exclusive use of physically disabled persons driving vehicles meeting the requirements set forth in Subsection
(F).
D. Authorization By Person Or Corporation — Generally. Any person or corporation in lawful possession of a public off-street parking facility may designate reserved parking spaces for the exclusive use of physically disabled persons parking vehicles that meet the requirements set out in Subsection
(C), as close as possible to the nearest accessible entrance.
E. Authorization By Person Or Corporation — Designation —
Notification — Markings. It shall be the responsibility of the person or corporation referred to in Subsection
(D) to designate the reserved parking spaces for the exclusive use of physically disabled persons and vehicles meeting the requirements of Subsection
(F) and to notify the City Clerk and Chief of Police, in writing, of the spaces so designated. It shall be the further responsibility of the person or corporation referred to in Subsection
(D) to post immediately adjacent to, and visible from, each space, a sign upon which is inscribed the international symbol of accessibility and may also include the words "Accessible Parking" in white on a blue background, which may also include any appropriate wording to indicate that the space is reserved for the exclusive use of physically disabled persons driving vehicles meeting the requirements set forth in Subsection
(F).
F. Parking Requirements. No person shall park a vehicle in
a space designated and marked as provided in this Section for disabled
parking or "Accessible Parking" unless the person and/or the vehicle
such person so parks shall meet one (1) of the following requirements:
1. The
vehicle shall have a valid State disabled license plate or card issued
pursuant to Section 301.143, RSMo., as amended.
2. The
vehicle shall have a Veterans Administration disabled veteran license
plate issued pursuant to Sections 301.071 — 301.075, RSMo.,
as amended.
G. Violation And Fine. Any person who parks a vehicle in a
space reserved for physically disabled persons or vehicles in violation
of this Section is guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction in
Municipal Court, may be sentenced to pay a fine not less than fifty
dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).
H. Records To Be Kept. With reference to this Section, the City Clerk and the Chief of Police shall maintain on file in their respective offices a schedule which indicates at all times the disabled parking spaces currently designated by the City and the disabled parking spaces currently designated in writing by persons or corporations pursuant to Subsection
(D).
I. Space Size. Spaces designated for disabled parking shall
be twelve (12) feet wide or greater or shall be open on one (1) or
both sides so as not to impede the safe ingress and exit of the disabled
person.
J. Law Enforcement Officials May Enter Upon Private Property, When. Police Officers of the City of Herculaneum are empowered to:
1. Enter
upon private property open to the public use to enforce provisions
of this Section.
2. Cause
the removal of any vehicle not displaying a distinguishing license
plate or card on which is inscribed the international symbol of accessibility
and the word "disabled" issued pursuant to Section 301.142, RSMo.,
or a "disabled veteran" license plate issued pursuant to Section 301.071,
RSMo., or a distinguishing license plate or card issued by any other
State from a space designated for physically disabled persons if there
is posted adjacent to, and readily visible from, such space a sign
on which is inscribed the international symbol of accessibility which
may 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.
K. Lift Van Accessible Access Aisles. When any owner of real
property restripes a parking lot or constructs a new parking lot,
one (1) in every four (4) accessible spaces, but not less than one
(1), shall be served by an access aisle a minimum of ninety-six (96)
inches wide and which shall be designated "lift van accessible only"
with signs that meet the requirements of the Federal Americans with
Disabilities Act, as amended, and any rules or regulations established
pursuant thereto.
L. Sign Wording. All news signs erected under this Section
shall not contain the words "Handicap Parking" or "Handicapped Parking".
[Ord. No. 98-024, 11-9-1998]
A. Definition. For purposes of this Section, "prohibited
vehicles" shall mean all vehicles displaying more than six
(6) wheels.
B. Unlawful Parking. It shall be unlawful for anyone to park any prohibited vehicles, as herein defined, on the street, or on private property, in a residential district, subject however, to the exceptions set forth in Subsection
(C) of this Section.
C. Exceptions. The following are hereby declared to be exceptions
to the foregoing restrictions:
1. Operation on street of destination. The operation of trucks
or other prohibited vehicles as herein defined upon any street where
necessary to the conduct of business at a destination point, provided,
street upon which such traffic is permitted are used until reaching
the intersection nearest their destination point.
2. Emergency vehicles. The operation of emergency vehicles
upon any street in the City.
3. Public utilities. Operation of trucks or other prohibited
vehicles owned or operated by this City, public utilities and any
contractor or materialmen while engaged in the repair, maintenance
or construction of streets, street improvements or street utilities,
or City services within the City.
4. Detoured trucks. The operation of trucks or other prohibited
vehicles upon any officially established detour in any case where
such truck could lawfully be operated upon the street for which such
detour is established.
D. Parking Of Other Than Prohibited Vehicles. The parking of
vehicles other than those herein declared as "prohibited vehicles" in residential areas shall continue to be and remain governed by
other Sections of this Chapter thereto pertaining.