[Ord. No. 1416 §3, 2-19-1988; Ord. No. 1508 §1, 8-6-1990; Ord.
No. 1814 §1, 4-2-1996; Ord. No. 3048, 9-6-2011]
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;
b.
On a sidewalk, parkway or other public property where no provision
therefor has been made, except that, unless otherwise prohibited by
ordinance, a vehicle may be parked upon a sidewalk which is a direct
part of an established private driveway, necessary to the normal ingress
and egress of vehicles over and upon the property served by such driveway;
c.
Within twenty-five (25) feet in any direction of an intersection;
d.
On a crosswalk;
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 City Traffic Engineer 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;
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:
[Ord. No. 3197 § 1, 2-1-2016]
a.
In front of a public or private driveway;
b.
Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
c.
Within fifteen (15) feet of any mailbox;
[Ord. No. 3289, 3-5-2018]
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
signposted);
g.
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
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. 1814 §1, 4-2-1996]
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.
[Ord. No. 1814 §1, 4-2-1996]
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. 439 Art. XVI §4, 2-19-1968; Ord. No. 1814 §1, 4-2-1996]
B.
Vehicle Stands And Selling From Parked Vehicle.
1.
No farmer, gardener or other person selling or offering for sale
from trucks, wagons, carts, or other vehicles, within the limits of
the City, any fruits, vegetables, butter, eggs, cheese, meats, game,
poultry and foodstuff of any description, shall stand with such trucks,
wagons, carts or other vehicles for more than thirty (30) minutes
at any place on any public street or square.
2.
No licensed huckster's, hawker's or peddlers's vehicles shall be
allowed to obstruct the passage of any street or alley.
3.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or keep a vehicle longer
than thirty (30) minutes in one (1) block for the purpose of selling
merchandise contained in such vehicle.
[Ord. No. 1814 §1, 4-2-1996]
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.
[Ord. No. 1814 §1, 4-2-1996]
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. 1814 §1, 4-2-1996]
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. 1814 §1, 4-2-1996]
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. 1814 §1, 4-2-1996]
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. 439 Art. XVII §2, 2-19-1968]
It shall be unlawful for the driver, owner or operator of any bus, truck, tractor, trailer, house-trailer, tractor-trailer, truck-trailer combination, road building machinery or other commercial vehicles to park, or cause to be parked for longer than two (2) hours at any one (1) time on any street in a residence district as defined in Section 300.020 of this Title, except that an operator may park said vehicle for a longer period while actually and continuously engaged in loading or unloading; provided however, that said vehicles may be parked in front of a place of business in such district during business hours of said business, but subject to all other ordinances regulating parking at said location.
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, Missouri Revised Statutes, 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, Missouri
Revised Statutes, 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 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 vehicles
which display a distinguishing license plate or card.
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 infraction
and shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00)
nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00). Every day upon which
such violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
[1]
Editor's Note — Ordinance no. 2204 §1, adopted
June 5, 2000, has repealed sections 355.120, 355.130, 355.140, 355.150
and 355.160. Former sections 355.120 — 355.160 derived from
ord. no. 2058 §1, 4-5-99 and ord. no. 2088 §1, 7-19-99.
These sections have been reserved for the city's future use.
