The provisions of this Title prohibiting the standing or parking
of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified
or as indicated on official signs except when it is necessary to stop
a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with
the directions of a Police Officer or official traffic control device.
The provisions of this Title imposing a time limit on parking
shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more
restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing
or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall
park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
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 districts
or upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
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.
Whenever by this Title or any ordinance of the City any parking
time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets,
it shall be the duty of the City Traffic Engineer to erect appropriate
signs giving notice thereof and no such regulations shall be effective
unless said signs are erected and in place at the time of any alleged
offense.
In cases where an equally direct and convenient alternate route
is provided, an ordinance may describe and signs may be erected giving
notice thereof that no persons shall operate any commercial vehicle
upon streets or parts of streets so described except those commercial
vehicles making deliveries thereon.
[R.O. 2011 §§76.290 — 76.291; Ord. No. 1733 §§1 — 2, 9-21-1992]
A.Â
No
person, except fire and police personnel, shall park any vehicle on
the following designated streets near the City Square of Savannah
between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. on any day without first
obtaining a permit to do so issued by the City of Savannah:
1.Â
The north and south sides of Main Street between Fourth and Fifth
Streets;
2.Â
The east and west sides of Fourth Street between Main and Court Streets;
3.Â
The north and south sides of Court Street between Fourth and Fifth
Streets;
4.Â
The east and west sides of Fifth Street between Main and Court Streets.
B.Â
Any
resident of the City of Savannah living on or near the City Square
may request a permit to park in the above designated areas by filing
a request for a permit with City Hall. The Mayor of the City of Savannah
shall review each application for a permit and is hereby empowered
to issue said permits on a case-by-case basis.
[Ord. No. 2714 §§ 1
— 2, 11-21-2016]
No person, except emergency personnel, including, but not limited
to, Fire and Police personnel, shall park any vehicle on the City
Square by backing said vehicle into a parking space.
[R.O. 2011 §76.230; Ord. No. 2325 §1, 3-5-2007; Ord.
No. 2541 §1, 10-3-2011]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have these
prescribed meanings:
That portion of a street or highway in the City of Savannah,
Missouri, improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel,
exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
Those streets designated as such in accordance with provisions
of this Chapter.
Those streets designated as such in accordance with the provisions
of this Article.
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel.
[R.O. 2011 §76.231; Ord. No. 2325 §1, 3-5-2007: Ord.
No. 2541 §1, 10-3-2011]
A.Â
Whenever
the Director of Public Works finds, on the basis of falling snow,
sleet or freezing rain or on the basis of a forecast by the U.S. Weather
Bureau of snow, sleet or freezing rain, that weather conditions will
make it necessary that motor vehicles be expedited and that parking
on City streets be prohibited or restricted for snow plowing and other
purposes, the Director of Public Works shall put into effect the parking
prohibition on parts of or all snow emergency routes as necessary
by declaring it in a manner prescribed in this Article.
B.Â
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (A) hereof, a parking prohibition shall automatically go into effect on any part of any snow emergency route on which there has been an accumulation of snow and/or ice of two (2) inches or more for an hour or more between 6:00 A.M. and 10:00 P.M. of any day.
C.Â
Once
in effect, a prohibition under this Section shall remain in effect
until terminated by announcement of the Director of Public Works in
accordance with this Article; except that any street area which has
become substantially clear of snow and ice from curb to curb for the
length of the entire block shall be automatically excluded therefrom.
While the prohibition is in effect, no person shall park or allow
remaining parked any vehicle on any portion of a snow emergency route
to which it applies. However, nothing in this Section shall be construed
to permit parking at any time or place where it is forbidden by any
other provision of law.
D.Â
A ticket
will be issued and fine determined by Municipal Court Judge for parking
on an emergency snow route as described in this Article.
[R.O. 2011 §76.232; Ord. No. 2325 §1, 3-5-2007]
Whenever the Director of Public Works finds, on the basis of
falling snow, sleet, freezing rain or on the basis of a forecast by
the U.S. Weather Bureau or other weather service of snow, sleet or
freezing rain, the weather conditions will make it necessary that
motor vehicle traffic be expedited and that parking on City streets
be prohibited or restricted for snow plowing and other purposes, the
Director of Public Works shall put into effect a parking prohibition
on parts of or all secondary streets as necessary by declaring it
in a manner prescribed by this Article. Once in effect, the prohibition
shall remain in effect until terminated by announcement of the Director
of Public Works in accordance with this Article. Parking shall be
permitted only on the even-numbered sides of secondary streets during
the time the prohibition is in effect. However, nothing in this Section
shall be construed to permit parking at any time or place where it
is forbidden by any other provision of law.
[R.O. 2011 §76.233; Ord. No. 2325 §1, 3-5-2007]
Whenever a vehicle becomes stalled for any reason, whether or
not in violation of this Chapter, on any part of a snow emergency
route in which there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice or on which
there is a parking prohibition in effect, the person operating such
vehicle shall take immediate action to have the vehicle towed or pushed
off the roadway of such snow emergency route onto the first (1st)
cross street which is not a snow emergency route. No person shall
abandon or leave his/her vehicle in the roadway of a snow emergency
route (regardless of whether he/she indicates, by raising the hood
or otherwise, that the vehicle is stalled), except for the purpose
of securing assistance during the actual time necessary to go to a
nearby telephone or to a nearby garage, gasoline station or other
place of assistance and return without delay.
[R.O. 2011 §76.234; Ord. No. 2325 §1, 3-5-2007]
No person or persons engaged in the removal of snow or ice from
driveways, parking lots or sidewalks shall deposit such snow or ice
in the streets or any public way for vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
[R.O. 2011 §76.235; Ord. No. 2325 §1, 3-5-2007]
The Director of Public Works shall, when permitted by said radio
or telecasts, cause each declaration made by him/her pursuant to this
Article to be publicly announced by means of broadcasts or telecasts
from a station with a normal operating range covering the City, and
he/she may cause such declaration to be further announced in newspapers
of general circulation when feasible. Each announcement shall describe
the action taken by the Director of Public Works, including the time
it became or will become effective, and shall specify the streets
or areas affected. A parking prohibition or traffic emergency declared
by the Director of Public Works shall not go into effect until at
least one (1) hour after it has been announced in accordance with
this Article.
[R.O. 2011 §76.236; Ord. No. 2325 §1, 3-5-2007]
Whenever the Director of Public Works shall find that some or
all of the conditions which give rise to a parking prohibition or
traffic emergency in effect pursuant to this Article no longer exist,
he/she may declare the prohibition or emergency terminated, in whole
or in part, in a manner prescribed by this Article effective immediately
upon announcement.
[R.O. 2011 §76.237; Ord. No. 2325 §1, 3-5-2007]
Any provision of this Article which becomes effective by declaration
of the Director of Public Works or upon the occurrence of certain
weather conditions shall, while temporarily in effect, take precedence
over other conflicting provisions of law normally in effect; except
that it shall not take precedence over provisions of law relating
to traffic accidents, emergency travel of authorized emergency vehicles
or emergency traffic directions by a public safety officer.
[R.O. 2011 §76.238; Ord. No. 2325 §1, 3-5-2007]
On each street designated by this Article as a snow emergency
route, the Director of Public Works shall post special signs at intervals
not exceeding five hundred (500) feet with the wording "Snow Route".
These signs shall be distinctive and uniform in appearance and shall
be plainly readable to persons traveling on the street or highway.
[R.O. 2011 §76.239; Ord. No. 2325 §1, 3-5-2007]
A.Â
Members
of the City are hereby authorized to remove or have removed a vehicle
from a street to the nearest garage or other place of safety (including
another place on a street), or to a garage designated or otherwise
maintained by the City, when:
1.Â
The vehicle is parked on a part of a snow emergency route on which
a parking prohibition is in effect.
2.Â
The vehicle is stalled on a part of a snow emergency route on which
there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice or on which there is a parking
prohibition in effect and the person who was operating such vehicle
does not appear to be removing it in accordance with the provisions
of this Article.
3.Â
The vehicle is parked in violation of any parking ordinance or provision
of law and is interfering or about to interfere with snow removal
operations.
B.Â
The
removal, impounding and return of obstructing vehicles on snow emergency
routes shall be at the violator's expense.
[R.O. 2011 §76.240; Ord. No. 2325 §1, 3-5-2007]
Whenever any motor vehicle without a driver is found parked
or left in violation of any provision of this Article, and is not
removed and impounded as provided for in this Article, the Police
Officer finding such vehicle shall take its registration number and
any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify
its user and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a traffic citation
for the driver to answer to the charge against him/her within thirty
(30) days during the hours and date and place specified in the citation.
[R.O. 2011 §76.241; Ord. No. 2325 §1, 3-5-2007]
If a violator of this Article does not appear in response to
a traffic citation affixed to such motor vehicle in accordance with
this Chapter within a period of thirty (30) days, the Clerk of the
Traffic Court or other appropriate person shall send the owner of
the motor vehicle to which the traffic citation was affixed a letter
informing him/her of the violation and warning him/her that in the
event such letter is disregarded for a period of five (5) days, a
warrant of arrest will be issued.
[R.O. 2011 §76.242; Ord. No. 2325 §1, 3-5-2007]
In any prosecution with regard to a vehicle parked or left in
a place or in a condition in violation of any provision of this Article,
proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked
or left in violation of a provision of this Article, together with
proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time the
registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute prima facie evidence
that the defendant was the person who parked or left the vehicle in
violation of this Article.
[R.O. 2011 §76.243; Ord. No. 2325 §1, 3-5-2007]
The following streets or portions of streets within the City
shown hereto are hereby designated as snow emergency routes:
City Square: Main Street from Third to Sixth;
Court Street from Fifth to Fourth; Fourth Street from Market to Pearl;
Fifth Street from Market to Pearl.
Others: West Main Street from Fourteenth to
Business Route 71 Highway; West Price Street from Fourteenth to Business
Route 71 Highway; Park Street from Seventh Street to Business Route
71 Highway; Swenson Drive from Seventh Street to Business Route 71
Highway; First Street from Business Route 71 Highway to Park Street;
Tenth Street from Business Route 71 Highway to Main Street; Fifth
Street from Business Route 71 Highway to Swenson Drive; Fourteenth
Street from T Highway to Main Street; East Price Street from Business
Route 71 Highway to City limits; Pawnee Street from Business Route
71 Highway to Catalpa Street; Cedar from Price to E Highway; and Catalpa
from Pawnee to Price.
[R.O. 2011 §76.244; Ord. No. 2325 §1, 3-5-2007]
Every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this
Article shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars
($100.00) or less than five dollars ($5.00).
