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Scott City, MO
Scott County
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[Ord. No. 218 §2, 1-4-1988; RSMo. §300.440; Ord. No. 540 §1, 12-2-1996; Ord. No. 952 §1, 8-20-2012]
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 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;
h. 
On any railroad tracks;
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. 
In front of a public or private driveway;
b. 
Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
c. 
Within thirty (30) 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.
C. 
No person shall park a motor vehicle in a space reserved for physically disabled persons, if said person is not displaying distinguishing license plates or a card issued pursuant to Section 301.071 or 301.142 of the Missouri Statutes. Any person violating this Section is guilty of an infraction and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).
[Ord. No. 218 §2, 1-4-1988; RSMo. §300.445; Ord. No. 953 §1, 8-20-2012; Ord. No. 1163, 11-4-2019]
No person shall park any vehicle upon a street in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than fourteen (14) feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic.
[Ord. No. 218 §2, 1-4-1988; RSMo. §300.450; Ord. No. 1163, 11-4-2019]
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley used or capable of use by abutting property owners for ingress and egress.
[Ord. No. 218 §2, 1-4-1988; RSMo. §300.455]
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.
[Ord. No. 218 §2, 1-4-1988; RSMo. §300.460]
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.
[Ord. No. 218 §2, 1-4-1988; RSMo. §300.465]
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.
[Ord. No. 218 §2, 1-4-1988; RSMo. §300.470]
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.
[Ord. No. 218 §2, 1-4-1988; RSMo. §300.475]
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.
[Ord. No. 218 §2, 1-4-1988; RSMo. §300.480]
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine and designate by proper sign placed 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. 218 §2, 1-4-1988; RSMo. §300.480; Ord. No. 456 §1, 2-21-1995; Ord. No. 645 §1, 12-4-2000]
A. 
No person shall sell, display for sale, or advertise for sale any motor vehicle, food items, clothing, or any other personal property on any parking lot owned by or leased to the City of Scott City, Missouri.
B. 
In any parking lot owned by or leased to the City of Scott City, Missouri, when said parking lot has been marked by the City with parking lines, no person shall park any motor vehicle in said City parking lot, except in an appropriate space indicated by said parking lines.
C. 
When the City shall cause to be marked traffic lanes for travel into and out of a parking lot owned by or leased to the City of Scott City, no person shall operate any motor vehicle upon said parking lot, except within the boundaries of the marked traffic lanes.
D. 
No person shall park a vehicle on that portion of the Scott City parking lot located south of the 1400 and 1500 Blocks of Main Street in Scott City, Missouri, except as provided below:
1. 
This prohibition shall not apply to persons visiting the caboose maintained by the Historical Society on the lot, provided the vehicles are parked within parking spaces clearly marked adjacent to the caboose for visitors.
2. 
The above prohibition shall not apply to any guest, invitee or an employee of any church, business or other person or organization occupying premises located on the north side of the 1400 and 1500 Blocks of Main Street.
3. 
The above prohibition shall not apply to any owners of or drivers of tractor-trailers parked on the gravel portion of said parking lot for a period not in excess of twenty-four (24) hours.