[RSMo. §300.440; Ord. No. 98 §1, 11-6-1967; Ord. No. 121608A §1, 12-16-2008]
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 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;
i. At
any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
2. Stand
or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to
pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
a. Parked
in front of a public or private driveway or within four (4) feet thereof;
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 sign
posted);
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 his control into any such
prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.
[Ord. No. 98 §1-8, 11-6-1967]
No person shall park any vehicle upon a street, other than an alley, in any manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten (10) feet of width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic; however, this Section shall not apply to any highway included in Section
305.130 of this Title.
[RSMo. §300.450; Ord. No. 98 §1, 11-6-1967]
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.
[RSMo. §300.455; Ord. No. 98 §1, 11-6-1967]
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.
[RSMo. §300.460; Ord. No. 98 §1, 11-6-1967]
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 his 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.
[RSMo. §300.465; Ord. No. 98 §1, 11-6-1967]
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.
[RSMo. §300.470; Ord. No. 98 §1, 11-6-1967]
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to erect signs upon
the left-hand side of any one (1) 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.
[RSMo. §300.475; Ord. No. 98 §1, 11-6-1967]
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.
[RSMo. §300.480; Ord. No. 98 §1, 11-6-1967]
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.
[Ord. No. 021704 §1, 2-17-2004]
Fire lanes/roads/alleys shall not be obstructed in any manner.
No person shall park a vehicle in any area marked as an emergency
fire lane or fire lane, which might impede or interfere with emergency
vehicle access. This Section shall include dedicated and non-dedicated
roads, alleys and/or drives where business, multi-family or residential
structures are located.