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;
h. 
On any railroad tracks;
i. 
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping; or
j. 
On any street, roadway or area designated in Schedule IV of this Title.
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 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 signposted); or
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; or
b. 
At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
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.
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.
[CC 1992 §355.040; Ord. No. 101 §69, 8-16-1957]
A. 
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:
1. 
Displaying such vehicle for sale; or
2. 
Repair such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
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.
[Ord. No. 99-705 §1, 5-24-1999; Ord. No. 00-760 §§1 — 2, 11-27-2000]
A. 
As used in this Section, the term "vehicle" shall have the same meaning given it in Section 301.010, RSMo., and the term "physically disabled" shall have the same meaning given it in Section 301.142, RSMo.
B. 
The City of Charlack is authorized by the State to, by ordinance or resolution designate parking spaces for the exclusive use of vehicles which display a distinguishing license plate or card issued pursuant to Section 301.071, RSMo., or Section 301.142, RSMo. Owners of private property used for public parking shall also designate parking spaces for the exclusive use of vehicles which display a distinguishing license plate or card issued pursuant to Section 301.071, RSMo., or Section 301.142, RSMo. Whenever a political subdivision or owner of private property so designates a parking space, the space shall be indicated by a sign upon which shall be inscribed the international symbol of accessibility and may also include any appropriate wording such as "Accessible Parking" to indicate that the space is reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles which displays 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. Beginning August 28, 2011, when any political subdivision or owner of private property restripes a parking lot or constructs a new parking lot, one (1) in every four (4) accessible spaces, but not less than one (1), shall be served by an access aisle a minimum of ninety-six (96) inches wide and shall be designated "lift van accessible only" with signs that meet the requirements of the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, and any rules or regulations established pursuant thereto.
C. 
The City of Charlack and any person or corporation within the City in lawful possession of a public off-street parking facility or any other owner of private property may designate reserved parking spaces for the exclusive use of vehicles which display a distinguishing license plate or card issued pursuant to Section 301.071, RSMo., or Section 301.142, RSMo., as close as possible to the nearest accessible entrance. Such designation shall be made by posting immediately adjacent to, and visible from, each space, a sign upon which is 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 plate or card.
D. 
The Police Department may cause the removal of any vehicle not displaying a distinguishing plate or card on which is inscribed the international symbol of accessibility and the word "disabled" issued pursuant to Section 301.071, RSMo., or Section 301.142, RSMo., or a "disabled veteran" license issued pursuant to Section 301.071, RSMo., or a distinguishing license plate or card issued by any other State from a space designated for physically disabled persons if there is posted immediately adjacent to, and readily visible from, such space a sign on which is inscribed the international symbol of accessibility and may 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. Any person who parks in a space reserved for physically disabled persons and is not displaying distinguishing license plates or a card is guilty of an infraction and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00). Any vehicle which has been removed and which is not properly claimed within thirty (30) days thereafter shall be considered to be an abandoned vehicle.
E. 
Spaces designated for use by vehicles displaying the distinguishing "disabled" license plate issued pursuant to Section 301.071, RSMo., or Section 301.142, RSMo., shall meet the requirements of the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, and any rules or regulations established pursuant thereto. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, on-street parking spaces designated by political subdivisions in residential areas for the exclusive use of vehicles displaying a distinguishing license plate or card issued pursuant to Section 301.071, RSMo., or Section 301.142. RSMo., shall meet the requirements of the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act pursuant to this Subsection and any such space shall have clearly and visibly painted upon it the international symbol of accessibility and any curb adjacent to the space shall be clearly and visibly painted blue.
F. 
Any person who, without authorization, uses a distinguishing license plate or card issued pursuant to Section 301.071, RSMo., or Section 301.142, RSMo., to park in a parking space reserved under authority of this Section shall be guilty of an infraction and shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00).
G. 
Law enforcement officials may enter upon private property open to public use to enforce the provisions of this Section and Section 301.142, RSMo., including private property designated by the owner of such property for the exclusive use of vehicles which display a distinguishing license plate or card issued pursuant to Section 301.071, RSMo., or Section 301.142, RSMo.
H. 
Non-conforming signs or spaces otherwise required pursuant to this Section which are in use prior to August 28, 1997, shall not be in violation of this Section during the useful life of such sign or spaces. Under no circumstances shall the useful life of the non-conforming signs or spaces be extended by means other than those means used to maintain any sign or space on the owner's property which is not used for vehicles displaying a disabled license plate.
I. 
Application For Disabled Parking Space On Public Street — Procedure.
1. 
Any person possessing a current distinguishing license plate or card issued pursuant to Section 301.071, RSMo., (Disabled Veterans) or Section 301.142, RSMo., (Physically Disabled Persons), may apply to have a parking space on a public street in a residential district designated as a handicapped parking space. The application shall be filed with the Department of Public Works on a form approved by the Department.
2. 
The designated parking spaces covered by this Section shall be issued only to physically disabled person, as defined by Section 301.142, RSMo., and those persons eligible for disabled veteran license plates as set forth in Section 301.071, RSMo.
3. 
The Director of Public Works shall determine whether the parking space shall be designated as a handicapped parking space, based upon the following considerations:
a. 
Proximity of residences of individuals who possess a current handicapped parking identification card or sticker.
b. 
Access to, and proximity of driveways by those physically disabled persons or disabled veterans as provided above.
c. 
Access to, and proximity to, off-street parking spaces, including driveways, by those physically disabled persons or disabled veterans as provided above.
d. 
Number and proximity of other handicapped parking spaces on public streets in the area.
e. 
Number of days or nights per week on which the space will be used including the length of time each day or each night it will be in use.
f. 
Parking restrictions already in existence in the area.
g. 
Traffic and pedestrian safety considerations.
h. 
No parking space on a public street shall be designated as handicapped parking space unless input consent has been obtained from the owners of the property adjacent to the parking space.
i. 
Handicapped parking spaces on public streets shall be restricted to the use of any person properly possessing a current distinguishing license plate or card issued pursuant to Section 301.071, RSMo., or Section 301.142, RSMo., and shall not be reserved for any specific individual.
4. 
If the application is disapproved, then the applicant may appeal in writing to the City Administrator who shall forward the appeal to the Board of Aldermen, within thirty (30) days after the disapproval.
5. 
If the application is approved by the Director of Public Works or by the Board of Aldermen, then the Director of Public Works is authorized to install signs indicating the parking space is restricted.
6. 
Designation of a parking space as a handicapped parking space shall be valid for one (1) year, and be renewed annually.
7. 
If the person receiving a designated parking space under this Section should no longer be eligible for a current distinguishing license plate or card as provided above, or should no longer reside at the residence which was stated in the application for a designated space, the designated parking space shall be terminated.
8. 
Application for handicapped parking should be filed with the office of the City Clerk, who shall forward the application to the Director of Public Works. An application fee of ten dollars ($10.00) payable to the City of Charlack should accompany the application.
9. 
Permits granted for handicap parking shall be valid for one (1) year, based on a January through December calendar year and shall be renewable each year for the fee of five dollars ($5.00).