A.Â
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.Â
Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
a.Â
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge
or curb of a street;
b.Â
On a sidewalk;
c.Â
Within an intersection;
d.Â
On a crosswalk;
e.Â
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.Â
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping,
standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
g.Â
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within
a highway tunnel; or
h.Â
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
2.Â
Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily
to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
a.Â
In front of a public or private driveway;
b.Â
Within thirty (30) feet of an intersection;
c.Â
Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
d.Â
Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
e.Â
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.Â
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);
or
g.Â
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
B.Â
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.
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.
[CC 1991 §355.040; CC 1970 §14-213; Ord. No. 155 §1, 8-25-1952; Ord. No. 429 §§1 — 2, 3-19-1973; Ord. No. 712 §§1 — 2, 1-12-1993]
A.Â
No
commercial vehicle, truck or trailer which is licensed in excess of
twelve thousand (12,000) pounds shall be parked for a period of more
than one (1) hour when not in the process of loading or unloading
on any public street or highway within the residential use area established
by and existing pursuant to any ordinance of the City.
B.Â
No
commercial vehicles, trucks or trailers which are licensed in excess
of twelve thousand (12,000) pounds shall be parked near or at any
points of ingress or egress for the general public or on any yard
in any residential area at any time.
A.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.
[Ord. No. 2014-009 §§1
— 5, 1-31-2014]
A.Â
BUILDING LINE
CORNER LOT
DRIVEWAY
FRONT YARD
IMPROVED PARKING SURFACE
REAR YARD
SIDE YARD
VEHICLE
Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A line parallel or approximately parallel to the street line
and beyond which, buildings or fences may not be erected.
A residential property located at the intersection or confluence
of two (2) or more streets such that public street rights-of-way are
directly adjacent to at least two (2) contiguous sides of the lot.
The primary improved or unimproved parking surface which
provides egress and ingress from a garage, carport or off-street parking
area to an adjacent street or alley.
The area from the front face of a residential structure to
the front property line or street right-of-way line or, when a structure
does not exist, the area from the front building line to the front
property line or street right-of-way.
An area used for the parking or storage of vehicles that
is overlaid or otherwise paved with concrete, asphalt, paving stones
or other hard surfaced durable material approved by the building official.
The area from the rear face of a residential structure to
the rear property line.
The area from the side of a residential structure to the
side property line.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn or moved upon a street, highway,
waterway or airway and shall include any automobile, bus, truck, tractor,
motor house, farm machinery, motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, all-terrain
vehicles, boats, aircraft, recreational vehicles, golf carts, go-carts,
trailers, fifth wheel trailers, campers, camper shells, wheeled towing
frames, semi-tractor trailers, truck beds mounted on chassis and mobile
homes. This definition does not include non-motorized bicycles, small
engine lawn mowers and devices of similar scale.
B.Â
Regulations; Parking On Unimproved Surfaces Restricted. A person commits an offense if, upon a residential single-family,
duplex or townhouse lot or tract:
1.Â
The person causes, permits or allows the parking or storage
of any vehicle in the front yard upon any surface other than an improved
parking surface.
2.Â
The person causes, permits or allows the parking or storage
of any vehicle upon the side yard or rear yard of a corner lot upon
any surface other than an improved parking surface.
C.Â
No driveway or improved parking surface shall cover more than sixty-seven
percent (67%) of a residential front yard.
D.Â
Maintenance. All improved parking surfaces shall
be maintained in good and safe condition and be free of holes, cracks
or other failures that may affect the use, safety, appearance or drainage
of the surface or of an adjoining property.
E.Â
Violation of the terms of this Section shall be deemed a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof any person so violating same shall be
fined a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and/or
imprisoned for a period of ninety (90) days.