[Ord. No. 05-20 §1, 12-22-2005]
A. Except
when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance
with law or the directions of a Law Enforcement 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 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; or
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 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);
or
g. 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.
[Ord. No. 05-20 §1, 12-22-2005]
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.
[Ord. No. 05-20 §1, 12-22-2005]
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.
[Ord. No. 05-20 §1, 12-22-2005]
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.
[Ord. No. 05-20 §1, 12-22-2005]
A. The
County 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.
[Ord. No. 05-20 §1, 12-22-2005]
A. The
County 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. 05-20 §1, 12-22-2005]
The County 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. 05-20 §1, 12-22-2005]
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 County 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. 05-20 §1, 12-22-2005]
A. The
County 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. 05-20 §1, 12-22-2005]
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.