[R.O. 2006 §355.010(A)(2)(f — h); Ord. No. 02-084 §1, 10-7-2002]
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;
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; or
h.
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.
In front of a public or private driveway;
b.
Within thirty (30) feet of an intersection;
c.
Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
d.
Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
e.
Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing signal,
stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;
f.
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);
g.
At any place where official signs prohibit standing;
h.
Within ten (10) feet of a mailbox during daylight hours;
i.
Within fifteen (15) feet of the projected intersection of the front
face of curb or within fifteen (15) feet from the intersection of
the edge of pavement where no curb exists; or
j.
Adjacent to any curb which is marked with yellow paint and in accordance
with the current edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices, and which has not been obscured by snow, vegetation or debris.
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.
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. 2006 §340.230; Ord. No. 02-085 §1, 10-7-2002; Ord. No. 11-027 §2, 8-23-2011]
No person, except those duly permitted under the provisions of Section 615.035 of this Code, shall impede or block the free flow of traffic, or solicit the operator of any motor vehicle to slow or stop a vehicle in a place or manner that is likely to impede or block the free flow of traffic for the purpose of selling any item, requesting donations, making collections or for any purpose, including fundraising on any street or highway in the City of Ozark.
Except in the case of an accident resulting in the injury or
death of any person, the driver of a vehicle which for any reason
obstructs the regular flow of traffic on the roadway of any public
road or State highway shall make every reasonable effort to move the
vehicle or have it moved so as not to block the regular flow of traffic.
Any person who fails to comply with the requirements of this Section
is guilty of an ordinance violation and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00)
nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).
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State Law Reference — For similar provisions, §304.151,
RSMo.
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.
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/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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Sections 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 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".
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 fifty dollars ($50.00)
nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00). Every day upon which
such violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
[R.O. 2006 §380.010; CC 1992 §380.010; Ord. No. 722 §§1 — 7, 11-6-1975]
A.
No
person, except the owner, tenant or their invitees, shall loiter upon,
enter, be upon, park motor vehicles upon, or permit motor vehicles
to remain upon or about any public or private parking lot, nor upon
any parking lot provided for the customers, business invitees, employees
or owners of any professional, commercial or industrial establishments
at any time any such public or private parking lot or professional,
commercial or industrial lot shall be closed to use by the erection
of signs hereinafter described.
B.
Any
such public or private parking lots or parking lots provided for the
customers, business invitees, employees or owners of any professional,
commercial or industrial establishment may be closed by the erection
of a sign or signs upon, about or adjacent to said lots giving notice
that the lot is closed to use between certain designated times or
hours. Evidence of the existence of such signs described herein shall
be prima facie evidence creating a presumption that the lot is closed
in accordance with the terms of such sign, and that such sign was
erected by persons having the lawful authority to regulate the closing
hours of such lot. Such presumption shall be rebuttable.
C.
It
shall be unlawful to deface, tamper with, alter, mutilate or remove
any of the signs described herein which purport to regulate the periods
such lots are closed.
D.
Any
person and/or motor vehicle found upon any such lot or facility at
any time during which said lot is closed in accordance with the provisions
contained on any sign or signs erected and maintained on, about or
adjacent to said lot shall be presumptively upon the lot in violation
of this Section. Such presumption shall be rebuttable.
E.
Any
motor vehicles found upon any such lot or facility at any time during
which said lot is closed in accordance with the terms of a sign or
signs erected and maintained on, about or adjacent to said lot shall
be presumptively upon the lot in violation of this Section and may
be impounded and towed from said lot by or at the direction of the
Ozark City Police. Such presumption shall be rebuttable. Any such
motor vehicle impounded and towed in accordance with the provisions
hereof shall thereafter be released only to the lawful owner of such
vehicle upon payment of all towing and storage charges incurred by
reason of such impounding and towing.
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Editor’s Note: Former Section 355.120, Parking Prohibited
on Snow Routes, as adopted and amended by R.O. 2006 Sch. IV; CC 1992
Sch. IV; Ord. No. 92-1 §1, 1-20-1992, was repealed 9-15-2014
by Ord. No. 14-040 §4; and former Section 355.130, Parking Prohibited
by Certain Types of Vehicles in Residential Areas, as adopted and
amended by Ord. No. 06-016 §2, 2-20-2006; Ord. No. 08-028 §1,
7-21-2008, was repealed 4-6-2009 by Ord. No. 09-013 §1.
