[CC 1970 §21-169; CC 1947 §11-166.1; Ord. No. 6014 §1, 4-22-2008; Ord. No. 6070 §1, 4-14-2009]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them:
A sedan motor vehicle which has:
An interior cubic volume of less than one hundred ten (110)
cubic feet, and
A height of less than sixty (60) inches, and
Regardless of its chassis construction, is not designated by
its manufacturer as a mini van, van, truck, utility vehicle, sports
utility vehicle (SUV), crossover, station wagon or jeep.
Every individual who shall operate a vehicle as the owner
thereof, or as the agent, employee or permittee of the owner, or is
in actual physical control of a vehicle.
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon
a street otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of, and while
actually engaged in, receiving or discharging passengers or loading
or unloading merchandise or in obedience to traffic regulations, signs
or signals or an involuntary stopping of the vehicle by reason of
causes beyond the control of the operator of the vehicle.
Any mechanical, electronic or other device or computer program,
software or application used for the purpose of regulating, managing
and controlling the use of parking spaces and obtaining payment for
such use either by deposit of currency, use of a credit device or
other approved payment process approved by the City Manager. This
term shall include: (i) any software or application ("app") by which
parking fees may be paid electronically; and (ii) any mechanical,
electronic or other device or meter of any kind, including "pay and
display," "pay by space," "pay by plate" and similar devices, placed
or erected by authority of this Article on City streets and other
parking areas under the jurisdiction of the City.
[Ord. No. 6454 §1, 10-18-2016]
Any space within a parking meter zone which requires the
payment of fees for its use and which is designated for use for parking
of a single vehicle by lines painted or otherwise durably marked on
the curb or on the surface of the street.
[Ord. No. 6454 §1, 10-18-2016]
An area of the City where parking is regulated and the payment
of fees is required for the use of parking spaces.
[Ord. No. 6454 §1, 10-18-2016]
Any device in, upon or by which any person or property is
or may be transported upon a highway, except a device which is operated
upon rails or tracks.
[CC 1970 §21-170; CC 1947 §11-166.3; Ord. No. 6014 §1, 4-22-2008]
The Director of Public Works, subject to the supervision of the City Manager, is directed and authorized to cause to be marked off individual spaces in the parking zones designated and described in Section 350.190, and in such other zones as may be established, said parking spaces to be designated by lines painted or durably marked on the curbing or surface of the street. At each space so marked off it shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in such a way that said vehicle shall not be entirely within the limits of the space so designated. The Director of Public Works may similarly restrict or designate parking of vehicles of specific dimensions or character at parking spaces or parking meter spaces by signage at locations where parked vehicles restrict sight distance or visibility from driveways, alleys or side streets.
[CC 1970 §21-171; CC 1947 §11-166.4; Ord. No. 6014 §1, 4-22-2008; Ord. No. 6454 §2, 10-18-2016]
In parking meter zones, the Director of Public Works, subject to the supervision of the City Manager, shall cause parking meters to be installed proximate to the parking spaces provided in Section 350.140, and the Director of Public Works shall be responsible for the regulation, control, operation, maintenance, and use of such parking meters. If payment may be made electronically through a computer program, software or application, instructions for use shall be posted in such locations approved by the Director of Public Works, subject to the supervision of the City Manager. Each mechanical parking meter shall be so placed so as to display a signal showing legal parking duration upon the appropriate payment, for the period of time prescribed by this Article. Each "Pay and Display," "Pay by Space" or "Pay by Plate" device shall provide a proof of payment receipt or indication on the parking payment device of the expiration of the lawful time for the period of time prescribed by this Article. The right of any vehicle to occupy any space shall cease and the operator, owner, possessor or manager thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the provisions, procedure and penalties of this Code if the vehicle occupies the space beyond the expiration of the lawful time period specified for the space.
[CC 1970 §21-172; CC 1947 §11-166.1; Ord. No. 6014 §1, 4-22-2008]
Each parking meter installed shall indicate by proper legend
the legal parking time established by the City and when operated shall
at all times indicate the balance of legal parking time, and at the
expiration of such period shall indicate illegal or overtime parking.
Except in a period of emergency determined by an officer of
the Fire or Police Department, or in compliance with the directions
of a Police Officer or traffic control sign or signal, when any vehicle
is parked in any parking meter space, the operator of such vehicle
shall, upon entering the parking meter space, immediately deposit
or make other form of payment as required for use of that such parking
meter space, and when required by the directions provided, the operator
of such vehicle, after making the proper payment, shall also set in
operation the timing mechanism on such meter in accordance with directions
properly appearing thereon, or place the proof of payment receipt
on the driver side window or dashboard, visible from the adjacent
travel lane or take those steps necessary when utilizing another approved
payment system. Failure to deposit such payment, set the timing mechanism
in operation when so required, display the proof of payment receipt,
or follow all steps required when using another approved payment system
shall constitute a violation of this Article. Upon the deposit or
making of such payment and completing the steps required by this Section,
the parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle during
the period of time which has been prescribed for the parking space.
If any person places a vehicle in a parking meter space adjacent to
a mechanical meter which indicates that unused time has been left
in the parking meter by the previous occupant of the space, he or
she shall not be required to deposit additional payment so long as
his or her occupancy of said space does not exceed the indicated unused
parking time. If the vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking
space beyond the parking time limit set for such parking space, or
if payment has not been made for the use of such parking space, such
vehicle shall be considered as illegally parked and such parking shall
be deemed a violation of this Article.
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Editor’s Note: Section 3 of Ord. No. 6454 also changed
the title of this Section from “Parking Meter Operation”
to “Payment of Parking Fees.”
[CC 1970 §21-174; CC 1947 §11-166.6; Ord. No. 3432 §1, 1-26-1971; Ord. No. 4147 §1, 10-31-1980; Ord. No. 5217 §2, 2-13-1996; Ord. No. 6014 §1, 4-22-2008; Ord. No. 6040 §§1—2, 10-14-2008; Ord. No. 6120 §1, 9-28-2010; Ord. No. 6454 §4, 10-18-2016[1]; Ord. No. 6651, 4-14-2020]
A.
Within the parking meter zones described in Section 350.190, the City Manager shall establish from time to time, the maximum time limits for parking within which any given vehicle may be parked within each parking meter zone and the rates for parking within each parking meter zone. Time limitations established by the City Manager shall not be less than two (2) hours nor more than ten (10) hours. The Director of Public Works may authorize daily meter rental at a rate fixed by the Director taking into consideration the timing and length of the rental arrangement, demand for parking at the location in question, the revenue associated with meters in similar locations, the inconvenience caused to the public and other businesses by the reduction in available public parking, administrative costs associated with the arrangement and other factors considered relevant by the Director.
B.
In establishing the maximum time limits for parking within a parking
meter zone, the City Manager shall consider the following factors:
1.
The demand for parking within the particular parking meter zone
so as to accommodate the needs of motorists patronizing businesses
in the vicinity, but also ensuring availability of spaces for access
by a greater number of motorists;
2.
The land uses within the parking meter zone and the reasonable
time required to conduct business within such zone; and
3.
Availability of other parking alternatives within or near the
parking meter zone.
C.
In establishing the rates for parking within each parking meter zone,
the City Manager shall consider the City's costs in providing, monitoring
and maintaining the parking meter zone and rates of other parking
facilities, public or private, in the vicinity and in Cities with
similar parking demands. The City Manager may establish a separate
rate for parking for residents provided that such differing rates
can be supported by the approved payment system with sufficient safeguards
to prevent fraud or abuse.
D.
The maximum time limit and the parking rates established for a parking
meter zone shall be applied throughout the parking meter zone. Depending
on the parking demands, traffic conditions and other conditions within
a particular parking meter zone, the City Manager may designate certain
parking meter zones to be "park once" zones. In such zones, the maximum
time limit shall apply to all parking meter spaces throughout the
parking meter zone and a vehicle may not park within a parking meter
zone for a longer period of time during any calendar day simply by
moving the vehicle to a different parking meter space within the same
parking meter zone. The City Manager may establish maximum time limits
within a "park once" zone as: (i) a single, continuous time limit
for the entire calendar day; or (ii) time limit intervals for the
calendar day requiring removal of the vehicle from the zone for a
specified period of time between intervals.
E.
The parking meters shall be operated in parking meter zones every
day between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., except weekends
and holidays; provided, however, within the meaning of this Article,
the term "holidays" shall include the following days only: the first
day of January, the last Monday in May, the fourth day of July, the
first Monday in September, the fourth Thursday in November and the
twenty-fifth day of December.
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Editor’s Note: Section 4 of Ord. No. 6454 also changed
the title of this Section from “Parking Time Limits” to
“Parking Time Limits and Fees.”
[CC 1970 §21-175; CC 1947 §11-166.2; Ord. No. 3438 §1, 3-9-1971; Ord. No. 3832 §1, 8-10-1976; Ord. No. 4889 §2, 6-23-1992; Ord. No. 6014 §1, 4-22-2008; Ord. No. 6454 §5, 10-18-2016[1]]
A.
The City Manager shall, from time to time, establish one (1) or more
parking meter zones which will allow the City to control and manage
parking within each such parking meter zone by providing parking meter
spaces and enforcement of time limits for parking. Of these parking
meter zones, the City Manager shall determine which zones shall be
designated as "park once" zones.
B.
In establishing the boundaries of each parking meter zone and designating
"park once" zones, the City Manager shall consider: (i) existing land
uses; (ii) parking demands and parking disparities between different
areas; (iii) traffic conditions, and (iv) available parking alternatives.
The City Manager shall designate parking meter zones so as to attempt
to reasonably balance parking options evenly throughout the commercial
areas of the City and minimize parking difficulties that are focused
in certain areas.
C.
The Director of Public Works shall erect and maintain official signs
in each parking meter zone and on the streets where the parking of
vehicles is limited as to time indicating: (i) the parking meter zone;
and (ii) the time limits of such parking. In addition, in "park once"
zones, the official signs shall also provide notice that the time
limitation on parking applies within the entire parking meter zone.
D.
The following named and described areas, streets and ways or portions
thereof lying within the City shall be included within a Parking Meter
Zone:
[Ord. No. 6543, 6-26-2018; Ord. No. 6624, 10-8-2019]
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Bemiston Avenue between Shaw Park Drive and Maryland Avenue.
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Bonhomme Avenue between Hanley Road and Brentwood Boulevard.
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Brentwood Boulevard between Bonhomme Avenue and a point 120
north of Maryland Avenue
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Brighton Way from Maryland Avenue to a point one hundred forty-five
(145) feet north of Maryland Avenue.
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Carondelet Avenue between Brentwood Boulevard and Hanley Road.
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Carondelet Plaza; south side between a point one hundred fifty
(150) feet east of Hanley Road to the Carondelet Plaza Circle, and
north side from the Carondelet Circle to Forsyth Boulevard.
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Central Avenue, between Shaw Park Drive and a point two hundred
(200) feet north of the north line of Maryland Avenue.
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Clayton Road, north side between Hanley Road and Oleta Drive;
north side between a point one hundred sixty (160) feet west of the
west curb line of DeMun Avenue, and DeMun Avenue.
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Crandon Drive between Maryland Avenue and the first alley north
of Maryland Avenue.
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DeMun Avenue, east and west sides, from Clayton Road to the
east and west alley situated between Clayton Road and Alamo Avenue.
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Forest Court from Wydown Boulevard to sixty seven (67) feet
south of Wydown Boulevard.
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Forsyth Boulevard between Maryland Avenue and Hanley Road, on
the east side from the alley north of Maryland to Maryland, on the
north side between Hanley Road and Lyle Avenue, on the north side
between Jackson Avenue and Lee Avenue, and on the south side west
of Lyle Avenue.
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Francis Place, east side from Clayton Road to Brentwood Boulevard.
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Gay Avenue, east side between Maryland Avenue to south of University
Drive.
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Hanley Road, east side from Wydown Boulevard to two hundred
(200) feet north of Wydown Boulevard.
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Hunter Avenue.
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Kingbury Boulevard on the south side east of Meramec Avenue
to a point one hundred fifty (150) feet east of Meramec Avenue.
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Lancaster Drive, west side from Maryland Avenue to one hundred
forty-five (145) feet north of Maryland Avenue.
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Lyle Avenue.
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Maryland Avenue, north side between Gay Avenue and Forsyth Boulevard,
north and south side between Forsyth and Meramec, south side between
Meramec Avenue and North Central Avenue, and north and south side
between North Central Avenue and Hanley Road. Meramec Avenue between
Shaw Park Drive and Kingsbury Boulevard, and Clayton Road to the alley
north of Clayton Road.
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Parkside Drive on the east and west side between Forsyth Boulevard
and Topton Way.
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Topton Way on the southwest side between Parkside Drive and
the north entrance of Mark Twain Circle.
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Wydown Boulevard on the north side between Hanley Road and Westwood
Drive and its prolongation northwardly and on the south side between
Hanley Road and Westwood Drive.
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[1]
Editor’s Note: Section 5 of Ord. No. 6454 also changed
the title of this Section from “Zone” to “Parking
Meter Zones.”
[CC 1970 §21-176; CC 1947 §11-166.7; Ord. No. 6014 §1, 4-22-2008]
A.
It
shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Article
for any person:
1.
To cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name
of, or operated by such person to be parked overtime, or beyond the
period of legal parking time established for any parking meter zone
as herein described, or to deposit in any parking meter any coin for
the purpose of parking beyond the maximum legal parking time for the
particular parking meter zone.
2.
To cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name
of, or operated by such person to remain or be placed in any parking
space adjacent to any parking meter while said meter is displaying
a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying such parking space
has already been parked beyond the period prescribed for such parking
space.
3.
To cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name
of, or operated by such person to be parked across any line or marking
of a parking meter space or in such position that the vehicle shall
not be entirely within the area designated by such lines or markings.
4.
To deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy,
or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the
provisions of this Article.
5.
To deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slugs,
device or metal substance, or other substitute for lawful coins.
6.
To cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle other than a compact
car, motorcycle or scooter registered in the name of, or operated
by such person to be parked in a parking meter or parking space designated
as "Parking Compact Cars, Motorcycles or Scooters Only".
[CC 1970 §21-177; CC 1947 §11-166.10; Ord. No. 6014 §1, 4-22-2008]
The coins deposited in parking meters shall be credited to the
general revenue fund from which shall be defrayed the expense of proper
regulation of traffic, cost of purchasing, operating and maintaining
parking meters, the establishment, improvement and maintenance of
off-street parking area or lots, control of the parking of vehicles
in parking meter zones, or as directed by the Board of Alderman in
the annual budget process.
[CC 1970 §21-178; CC 1947 §11-166.11; Ord. No. 6014 §1, 4-22-2008]
Nothing in this Article shall be construed as prohibiting other
parking regulations consistent herewith or the establishment of loading
zones, or bus, taxicab or service car stops or stands in the zones
herein designated.
