[Ord. No. 79-4 § 1, 2-6-1979]
For purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section:
PARKING ZONES
Portions of streets described and established by the City
Council as zones within which the parking of motor vehicles shall
be controlled, regulated and inspected with the aid of a Parking Control
Officer.
ROADWAY
That portion of a street between the regularly established
curblines.
SIDEWALK
That portion of a street between the curblines and the adjacent
property lines.
STREET
Every way set apart for public travel except alleyways.
VEHICLE
Any device, or component thereof, in, upon or by which any
person or property is or may be transported or pulled upon a highway,
street or waterway, including, but not limited to, travel trailer,
camper, motor home/coach, trailers of all kinds, trucks of all sizes,
cars, buses, boats, and off-road vehicles. Devices moved by human
power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks are not
deemed to be a vehicle.
[Ord. No. 2015-01 § II, 1-13-2015]
VEHICLE, COMMERCIAL MOTOR
A motor vehicle designed or regularly used for carrying freight
and merchandise, or more than eight passengers but not including vanpools
or shuttle buses.
[Ord. No. 2015-01 § II, 1-13-2015]
VEHICLE, MOTOR
A conveyance propelled by motor power.
[Ord. No. 2015-01 § II, 1-13-2015]
[Ord. No. 79-4 § 3, 2-6-1979]
Those areas so designated by the City Council as above set out,
the Mayor shall have or cause to have lines or markings painted upon
the curb or street adjacent to each parking zone or area, designating
the parking space, and each vehicle parked shall park within such
lines or markings. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle across
any such lines or markings, or to park a vehicle in such a position
that it shall not be entirely within the space designated by such
lines or markings.
[Ord. No. 79-4 § 4, 2-6-1979; Ord. No. 94-08 § 1, 5-10-1994]
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit
or suffer any vehicle registered in his name, operated, or controlled
by him to be upon any street within a parking zone or area longer
than two (2) continuous hours (one hundred twenty (120) consecutive
minutes) between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. on Monday through
Friday, legal holidays, excepted.
[Ord. No. 79-4 § 5, 2-6-1979; Ord. No. 2008-23 § 1, 7-22-2008]
It shall be the duty of Police Department of the City to enforce
the terms and provisions of this Article. It shall be the duty of
the Police Department to enforce illegal parking as posted if not
specifically covered under this Article.
[Ord. of 2-10-1965, §§ 1-3]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to park any motor vehicle which
is not licensed by the State on the streets of the City.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to park or stand any motor vehicle
on any street in the City for a continuous period of over seventy-two
(72) hours.
C. The City Marshal is hereby directed to cause any motor vehicle parked
in violation of this Section to be towed from the streets of the City.
The costs of the towing of the vehicle shall be at the expense of
the owner thereof, or the person violating this Section.
[Ord. No. 2007-05 § 1, 2-13-2007]
That parking shall be and is herewith prohibited on Main Street
from Highland Avenue to 13th Street, Broadway from Highland Avenue
to Main Street, Franklin Avenue from 9th Street to 13th Street, any
State Highway, a City side Street between 9th Street and 13th Street
on Main Street and Franklin Avenue from 2:00 A.M. until 5:00 A.M.
of each day for the best interest of the public health, safety and
welfare.
[Ord. No. 79-4 § 6, 2-6-1979]
A. Whenever any motor vehicle without a driver is found parked or stopped
in violation of any of the restrictions imposed in this Article, the
officer finding such vehicle shall take its registration number and
may take any other information displayed on the vehicle. A Uniform
Traffic Ticket may then be issued to the owner of the vehicle to answer
the charge against him within five (5) days during the hours and at
a place specified in and upon the traffic ticket.
B. Such violations shall be considered misdemeanors and are punishable under Section
1-8 of this Code. The City Council may establish the fine upon conviction or plea of guilty for the first (1st), second (2nd), and third (3rd) offenses.
[Ord. No. 2006-44 §§ 1 — 2, 10-10-2006]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle, except momentarily
to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers, within fifteen
(15) feet upon the approach of any flashing signal, stop sign or traffic
control signal located at the side of a roadway within the City limits
of Lexington, Missouri.
B. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this Section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) or more than one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or may be imprisoned in the City or
County Jail for not more than ninety (90) days, or both fine and imprisonment
together with court cost therein.
[Ord. No. 2006-45 § 1, 11-14-2006; Ord. No. 2015-01 § III, 1-13-2105]
No school buses, campers, camper-trailers, recreational vehicles, commercial vehicles, tractors, trailers, tractor-trailers, or trucks that exceed one (1) ton rated capacity shall be parked at the curb or on the street in a zoned Residential District unless specifically authorized by on-site signage or by Chapter
29, Zoning, Section
29-30, of the Lexington City Code of Ordinances.
[Ord. No. 2019-06, 2-12-2019]
A. Large trucks,
also known as “commercial vehicles,” may be permitted
to park in the Public Works parking lot of the City of Lexington (“City
lot”), located on 24th Street, pursuant to the following guidelines
and conditions:
1. In order
to be eligible to park in the City lot, a truck must be rated in excess
of one-ton capacity; additionally, it must be designed or regularly
used for carrying freight and merchandise, or for transporting more
than eight (8) passengers at one time (not including vanpools or shuttle
busses).
2. Parking
in the City lot will be available only to truck drivers who are residents
of the City of Lexington (“City”).
3. Any resident
desiring to park a truck in the City lot will be required to purchase
a monthly parking permit from the City at a cost of twenty-five dollars
($25.00) per month. Alternatively, residents may purchase a one-year
permit for two hundred dollars ($200.00). All permits must be purchased
at Lexington City Hall, 919 Franklin Avenue, Lexington.
4. Drivers
who park in the City lot will have an assigned parking spot and must
display parking stickers on the front windshield of their trucks.
5. The number
of parking permits to be issued at any given time will be limited
due to the availability of parking spaces. Periodically, parking may
be temporarily prohibited due to specific City events or commitments.
6. Trucks
parking in the City lot are prohibited from storing hazardous materials
or other substances that might be considered dangerous in nature.
Any truck that the City has reason to believe may contain hazardous
or other dangerous materials must be inspected and approved by the
Lexington Fire Department before being permitted to park in the City
lot.
7. The City
shall not be liable for any damage or vandalism to any truck that
occurs during the time the truck is parked on the City lot. The driver
of any truck that causes any damage to the City lot or any vehicles
or property therein, will be responsible to adequately repair the
damage.
8. Trucks
from the Lexington MFA Plant will be permitted to continue to park
in the City lot as they currently do at no additional cost, as this
will be a continuation of a previously approved agreement between
MFA and the City. This permission may be revoked at any time by a
majority vote of the City Council.
9. Any trucks parked in the City lot for a time period of more than four (4) hours without a sticker will be subject to being ticketed and towed in accordance with Section
15-25 Violations. Such violations shall be considered misdemeanors and are punishable under Section
1-8 of this Code.
B. Should
any section, sentence or clause of this Section be declared invalid
or unconstitutional, such declaration shall not affect the validity
of the remaining sections, sentences or clauses.