[R.O. 1996 § 355.010; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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;
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 City Traffic Engineer
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;
i.
At any place where official signs
prohibit stopping;
j.
Whether the vehicle is occupied or not, within ten (10) feet
of any box located in the right-of-way and used for delivery of United
States Mail between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. on any day
except Sunday or a Federal holiday, except momentarily to pick up
or deliver official United States Mail.
[Ord. No. 4733, 4-16-2018; Ord. No. 4948, 9-21-2020]
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
or within four (4) feet thereof;
[Ord. No.
4527 § 1, 12-15-2014]
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);
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.
B. No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully
under their control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb
such a distance as is unlawful.
[R.O. 1996 § 355.020; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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. 1996 § 355.030; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 355.040; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
A. No
person shall park a vehicle upon a roadway for the principal purpose
of:
1.
Displaying such vehicle for sale;
or
2.
Repair such vehicle except repairs
necessitated by an emergency.
[R.O. 1996 § 355.050; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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 their 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. 1996 § 355.060; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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. 1996 § 355.070; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 355.080; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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. 1996 § 355.090; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 355.100; CC 1968 § 20-49; Ord. No. 1175 § 1, 2, 10-4-1982; Ord.
No. 2442 § 1, 4-4-1994]
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 Section 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
such as "Accessible Parking" 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." Beginning August 28, 2011,
when any political subdivision or owner of private property restripes
a parking lot or constructs a new parking lot, one (1) in every four
(4) accessible spaces, but not fewer than one (1), shall be served
by an access aisle a minimum of ninety-six (96) inches wide and shall
be designated "lift van accessible only" with signs that meet the
requirements of the Federal Americans With Disabilities Act, as amended,
42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., and any rules and regulations
established pursuant thereto.
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 five dollars ($5.00) plus court costs, nor more than
two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225.00), including court costs.
Every day upon which such violation occurs shall constitute a separate
offense.
[R.O. 1996 § 355.110; Ord. No. 3032 § 1, 1-19-1998]
It shall be unlawful on commercially
zoned or public property to park a motor vehicle in the throat of
said property's driveway when any portion of said motor vehicle is
less than twenty-five (25) feet from the paved section of the roadway
which the driveway accesses. It shall also be unlawful on commercially
zoned property to park a motor vehicle within twenty-five (25) feet
of the paved portion of a roadway unless the motor vehicle is entirely
upon a paved parking lot. It shall also be unlawful on commercially
zoned property to park a motor vehicle in any public easement or required
setback that is not paved.
[R.O. 1996 § 355.120; Ord. No. 3646 § 1, 2-2-2004]
No person shall park a vehicle in
a fire lane that has been designated as such by either a sign or red
paint on the curb or pavement.