[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.
[1]
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:
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.
[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.
[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.
[R.O. 2011 § 350.120; R.O. 2009
§ 73.20; CC 1981 § 18-292; Ord.
No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
TRAILER
Definitions. For the purposes of this Section,
the following terms shall have these prescribed meanings:
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.
See Code Section 400.050 for definition.
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.
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.
[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.
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.
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.
