[Ord. No. 494 §1, 8-19-2002]
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;
c. 
Within 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 (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 fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
c. 
Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
d. 
Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;
e. 
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
f. 
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,
b. 
At any place where official signs prohibit parking, or
c. 
Within ten (10) feet in each direction from any mailbox except between the hours of 5:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M. or on Sunday or on any Federal holiday.
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. 494 §1, 8-19-2002]
Parking, unparking, stopping, standing and manner of driving shall be so regulated and controlled as to permit a clear, free and unimpeded freeway, travelway or throughway of certain widths for certain streets, alleys and State and Federal marked highways or portions thereof, and any person obstructing any such freeway, travelway or throughway by parking, unparking, stopping, standing or otherwise shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to the removal of such obstruction as provided by this Chapter provided, within the meaning of this Chapter, that not less than ten (10) feet in width shall constitute an unobstructed freeway, travelway or throughway for vehicular traffic on all streets in the City, other than an alley.
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. 494 §1, 8-19-2002]
A. 
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway or right-of-way for the principal purpose of:
1. 
Displaying such vehicle for sale; or
2. 
Repairing such vehicle except when repairs are necessitated by an emergency in order to remove the vehicle from the roadway or right-of-way.
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.
[Ord. No. 494 §1, 8-19-2002]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any motor vehicle to drive, stop or park such motor vehicle on any grass or unpaved surface within any City park other than on those areas specifically designated for such driving, stopping or parking.
B. 
Any person found guilty of violating Subsection (A) of this Section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars ($20.00).
[Ord. No. 494 §1, 8-19-2002]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to stop, stand or park such a vehicle in an area designated as a fire lane within the City, so marked and designated by a standing sign.
B. 
Any such vehicle parked in violation of this Section shall be removed therefrom by and under the direction of a member of the Police Department of the City and shall be conveyed by or under the immediate direction of a member of the Police Department of the City to such place as may be designated by ordinance or resolution of the Board of Aldermen, and notice of the owner to secure the return of the motor vehicle upon payment of the cost of removal and storage.
C. 
Before the owner or person in charge of such vehicle shall be permitted to remove it from the custody of the Police Department, he/she shall furnish evidence of his/her identity and title of the vehicle, shall sign a receipt and shall pay the costs of towing of vehicle and storage charges, if any.
D. 
Any person found guilty of violating Subsection (A) of this Section shall be deemed guilty of committing a misdemeanor.