[R.O. 2011 § 350.060; R.O. 2009 § 73.15; CC 1981 § 18-284; Ord. No. 75-35, 8-6-1975; Ord. No. 77-63, 1-4-1978]
Except as otherwise provided in Sections 350.050 and 350.080, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel to and within eighteen (18) inches of the right-hand curb; provided, however, that such vehicle shall not be so stopped or parked with the wheels beyond the back of the curb line.
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State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 300.415, RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.080; R.O. 2009 § 73.16; CC 1981 § 18-288; Ord. No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
A. 
Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours between a half-hour after sunset and a half-hour before sunrise and in the event there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred (500) feet upon such street or highway, no lights need be displayed upon such parked vehicle.
B. 
Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between a half-hour after sunset and a half-hour before sunrise and there is not sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred (500) feet upon such highway, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with one (1) or more lamps meeting the following requirements:
1. 
At least one (1) lamp shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of the vehicle and the same lamp or at least one (1) other lamp shall display a red light visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear of the vehicle and the location of the lamp or lamps shall always be such that at least one (1) lamp or combination of lamps meeting the requirements of this Section is installed as near as practicable to the side of the vehicle which is closer to passing traffic. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to a motor-driven cycle.
C. 
Any lighted head lamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
[1]
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 300.435, RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.090; R.O. 2009 § 73.17; CC 1981 § 18-289; Ord. No. 75-35, 8-6-1975; Ord. No. 95-132, 5-4-1995; Ord. No. 04-241, 10-1-2004; Ord. No. 04-259, 11-8-2004; Ord. No. 05-190, 7-13-2005; Ord. No. 07-124, 4-24-2007; Ord. No. 10-231 § 2, 11-10-2010; Ord. No. 11-133 § 1, 7-8-2011; Ord. No. 14-261 § 1, 12-2-2014]
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, except on the east side and in the cul-de-sac of North Village Drive or in any residential driveway that is less than twenty-two (22) feet in length, in which case enforcement of the prohibition against stopping, standing or parking shall not occur absent the receipt of a complaint;
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;
i. 
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
j. 
On a bicycle path.
2. 
Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
a. 
Within three (3) feet of a public or private driveway, provided that enforcement of this restriction as to private driveways shall only be initiated after receipt of a complaint;
b. 
Within ten (10) feet of a fire hydrant on the cul-de-sac at Evergreen Drive, within fifteen (15) feet of all other fire hydrants within the City, or within ten (10) feet of a mailbox, provided that enforcement of this restriction as to mailboxes shall only be initiated after receipt of a complaint;
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 the entrance (when properly signposted);
f. 
At any place where official signs prohibit standing;
g. 
To cause a site distance obstruction that creates a traffic hazard. In such case the vehicle, at the Police Officer's discretion, may be immediately towed.
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;
c. 
Along any curb painted the color yellow and duly established by City Code to prohibit parking.
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.
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Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 350.430.
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 300.440, RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.100; R.O. 2009 § 73.18; CC 1981 § 18-290; Ord. No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
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.
[1]
Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 350.430.
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 300.445, RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.110; R.O. 2009 § 73.19; CC 1981 § 18-291; Ord. No. 75-35, 8-6-1975; Ord. No. 88-105, 6-23-1988; Ord. No. 89-48, 3-22-1989; Ord. No. 90-128, 5-17-1990; Ord. No. 90-261, 10-4-1990]
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than twelve (12) 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.
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Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 350.430.
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 300.450, RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.130; R.O. 2009 § 73.21; CC 1981 § 18-293; Ord. No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer is 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.
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Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 350.430.
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 300.460, RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.140; R.O. 2009 § 73.22; CC 1981 § 18-294; Ord. No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
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.
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Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 350.430.
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 300.465, RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.150; R.O. 2009 § 73.23; CC 1981 §§ 18-295 — 18-296; Ord. No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
A. 
Standing Or Parking On One-Way Streets. 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.
B. 
Standing Or Parking On One-Way Roadways. 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.
[1]
Cross Reference: As to one-way streets and alleys, §§ 340.060 et seq.
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, §§ 300.470 – 300.475, RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.160; R.O. 2009 § 73.24; CC 1981 § 18-296.1(a); Ord. No. 81-37, 4-15-1981; Ord. No. 93-100, 5-5-1993]
Where signs have been erected indicating a public or private area to be designated as a fire lane, no person shall stand or park a vehicle within the area of the thirty (30) feet adjacent to such sign or impede in any way the free movement of vehicular traffic within such area.
[1]
Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 350.430.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.170; R.O. 2009 § 73.25; CC 1981 § 18-297; Ord. No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to determine and designate by proper signs placed 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.
[1]
Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 350.430.
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 300.480, RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.180; R.O. 2009 § 73.26; CC 1981 § 18-298]
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, whenever he/she has knowledge or is informed that any vehicle is parked or placed in violation of the preceding Section, to forthwith give a written notice to the owner or driver of such vehicle or, if he/she is not able to ascertain the name and whereabouts of such owner or driver, to place a written notice in a conspicuous place upon such vehicle requiring that such vehicle be moved within a reasonable time, which time shall be specified in such notice and shall not exceed forty-eight (48) hours. Such notice may be served or placed upon or within such vehicle by the Chief of Police or any Police Officer of the City and a copy shall be kept by the officer serving the same, who shall make his/her written return thereon, setting out when and where served, on whom served and such officer shall subscribe his/her name thereto. It shall be unlawful for the owner or driver thereof to fail to remove any such vehicle within the time specified in such notice.
[1]
Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 350.430.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.190; R.O. 2009 § 73.28; CC 1981 § 18-317; Ord. No. 75-35, 8-6-1975; Ord. No. 82-48, 6-16-1982; Ord. No. 99-275, 8-11-1999; Ord. No. 99-334, 9-23-1999; Ord. No. 99-335, 9-23-1999; Ord. No. 99-336, 9-23-1999; Ord. No. 00-130, 5-19-2000]
A. 
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
B. 
All parking restrictions previously adopted by ordinance shall be continued at the present locations thereof. Any addition or deletion of parking restrictions from and after January 1, 1982, as authorized in Subsection (A) above is included in Schedule III, Parking Restrictions, of this Title.
[1]
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 300.530, RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.200; R.O. 2009 § 73.29; CC 1981 §§ 18-318 — 18-319; Ord. No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
A. 
Parking Prohibited During Certain Hours On Certain Streets. When signs are erected in each block giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified by ordinance of any day except Sunday and public holidays within the district or upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
B. 
Stopping, Standing Or Parking Prohibited During Certain Hours On Certain Streets. When signs are erected in each block giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle between the hours specified by ordinance of any day except Sundays and public holidays within the district or upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
[1]
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, §§ 300.535 – 300.540, RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.210; R.O. 2009 § 73.30; CC 1981 § 18-322; Ord. No. 84-99, 8-23-1984; Ord. No. 96-49, 2-21-1996; Ord. No. 98-443, 10-22-1998; Ord. No. 04-125, 6-18-2004; Ord. No. 04-156, 7-23-2004; Ord. No. 05-03, 1-11-2005; Ord. No. 17-111 § 2, 6-13-2017; Ord. No. 24-022, 2-13-2024]
A. 
Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have these prescribed meanings:
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
Every vehicle in excess of three-fourths (3/4) ton gross vehicle weight designed, maintained or used primarily for the transportation of property or more than eight (8) passengers.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
See Code Section 400.050 for definition.
TRAILER
Any vehicle without motive power designed for carrying property or passengers on its own structure and for being drawn by a self-propelled vehicle, except those running exclusively on tracks, including a semi-trailer or vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in conjunction with a self-propelled vehicle that a considerable part of its own weight rests upon and is carried by the towing vehicle.
B. 
Parking By Commercial Vehicles Prohibited Except For Certain Purposes In Certain Districts — Exception. It shall be unlawful for any person to encumber any public street, road, alley or highway within the City by placing or parking or causing to be placed or parked thereon any commercial vehicle, except when loading and unloading, in zoning districts "R-1C," "R-1D," "R-1E," "R-2," "R-3A," "R-M." Special permission may be granted for repairmen to park in such areas for periods up to eight (8) hours by the Chief of Police.
C. 
Parking Of Motor Trucks, Trailers, Tractor Trailers And Truck Trailers.
1. 
No person shall park any licensed motor truck or trailer or truck-trailer combination over twelve thousand (12,000) pounds gross vehicle weight, manufacturer's rating, or any truck designed for hauling a tractor-trailer upon any street, public parking lot or public parking area for greater than one (1) hour between 5:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M.
2. 
Except when loading or unloading, no person shall park any licensed motor truck or trailer or truck-trailer combination over twelve thousand (12,000) pounds gross vehicle weight, manufacturer's rating, or any truck designed for hauling a tractor-trailer upon any private parking lot, parking area or other private property for greater than one (1) hour between 5:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M. where signs are erected at the entrances of the parking lot, parking area or a restricted or assigned parking area prohibiting such parking and notifying that unauthorized parking is subject to the issuance of a citation for illegal parking.
3. 
The signs described in Subsection (C)(2) shall be of dimensions not less than seventeen (17) inches by twenty-two (22) inches, with letters of a font size not less than one (1) inch in height.
D. 
Parking Of Trailers Prohibited Except For Certain Purposes In Certain Districts. It shall be unlawful for any person to encumber any public street, road, alley or highway within the City by placing or parking or causing to be placed or parked thereon; any trailer, except when loading and unloading, in zoning districts "HCD," "C-1," "C-2" or "C-3."
E. 
Parking Of Recreational Vehicles Prohibited. No person shall park any recreational vehicle upon any City street except for no more than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours for the purpose of loading and unloading if the owner is present.
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Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 350.430.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.220; R.O. 2009 § 73.31; Ord. No. 98-192, 4-23-1998; Ord. No. 05-242, 9-16-2005]
During any City festival held in Frontier Park, no person shall park any vehicle, except passenger cars, passenger vans and pickup trucks, in the parking spaces on the west side of Riverside Drive from the Blanchette Creek Bridge north to First Capitol Drive and on the east side of Riverside Drive from First Capitol Drive north to Monroe Street.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.230; R.O. 2009 § 73.32; Ord. No. 05-288, 11-4-2005]
A. 
No more than six (6) vehicles shall be allowed per family or dwelling unit within an "R1-E" Single-Family Residential Zoning District. This shall include vehicles parked on the property of the dwelling unit and vehicles parked on the street.
1. 
For purposes of this Subsection, vehicles shall include automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles as defined in Section 400.050, boats, trailers, any other conveyance which requires State registration to be operated on public streets and those machines described in Section 375.010.
2. 
For purposes of this Subsection, "family" is defined as persons who are related by blood, marriage or adoption, living together and occupying a single housekeeping unit with single kitchen facilities or a group of persons living together and occupying a single housekeeping unit with single kitchen facilities, of which group no person shall be unrelated to more than two (2) persons in the group or any group of people related by blood, marriage or adoption and one (1) other unrelated person residing at the dwelling unit.
3. 
For purposes of this Subsection, "dwelling unit" shall have the same meaning as in Section 400.050.
B. 
Any vehicle in excess of the six (6) described in Subsection (A) shall be subject to immediate towing pursuant to Section 350.030(A)(10) in areas that are so designated by signs or other official markings. This provision shall apply to vehicles parked on the street. Vehicles parked on private property shall only be towed upon application and issuance of a search warrant pursuant to Chapter 135 of this Code.