[R.O. 2010 §355.010; Ord. No. 14-96 §1, 9-3-1996; Ord. No. 07-24, 2-20-2024]
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; or
b. 
On a sidewalk; or
c. 
Within an intersection; or
d. 
On a crosswalk; or
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; or
f. 
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic; or
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; or
i. 
Upon any area which has been designated as a fire lane in Schedule XII of this Title III, when such area has been properly signed or marked.
j. 
More than twelve (12) inches from the curb of a street.
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; or
b. 
Within thirty (30) feet of an intersection; or
c. 
Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant; or
d. 
Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; or
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; or
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. 
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. 03-24, 1-16-2024]
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 twelve (12) 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.
[R.O. 2010 §355.050]
A. 
The Chief of Police or his/her designee 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.
[R.O. 2010 §355.100; C.O. 1948 c. 11 §12-3; CC 1970 §16-88; Ord. No. 1279 §1, 4-13-1962; Ord. No. 20-07 §1, 10-15-2007]
Every vehicle, except Fire Department apparatus and police vehicles on emergency business shall be brought to a full and complete stop before entering or crossing any school zone not at an intersection, now or hereafter lawfully designated as a school stop or playground stop and at which there shall have been erected a sign or other traffic control device (stop light) when activated as provided in Schedule IX of this Title.
[Ord. No. 07-24, 2-20-2024]
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon any street listed on Table III-A of Schedule III of Title III of the Code of Ordinances or upon one (1) side of a street as indicated by such signs upon any street listed on Table III-B of Schedule III of Title III of the Code of Ordinances.
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.
[Ord. No. 21-25, 10-6-2025]
No person shall park, or cause to be parked, any vehicle continuously upon any street where parking is permitted for longer than seven (7) consecutive days; nor shall any person park any wrecked or dilapidated vehicle, or any vehicle without motive power or not capable of immediate movement, on any street or roadway where parking is permitted longer than forty-eight (48) hours. Any such vehicle so parked is hereby declared to be a nuisance and an unlawful obstruction of the highway and street, and the owner thereof shall be prima facie responsible for such violation.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 355.110, All Night Parking Prohibited, was repealed 2-21-2023 by Ord. No. 08-23. Prior history includes: R.O. 2010 §355.120; C.O. 1948 c. 11 §1-32; CC 1970 §16-76; Ord. No. 14-88; and Ord. No. 4-90.
[R.O. 2010 §355.130; CC 1970 §16-77; Ord. No. 1106 §1, 5-10-1957; Ord. No. 4-90 §2, 3-5-1990]
It shall be unlawful for the operator or owner of any vehicle to park the vehicle on the paved City parking lot, which lot is located to the south and west of the City Hall and the Fire House, between the hours of 2:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. of any day except persons parking on official City business.
[R.O. 2010 §355.140; CC 1970 §16-74; Ord. No. 1366 §§1 — 3, 6-11-1965]
A. 
No motor vehicle or trailer shall be parked on any commercial premises outside of any building unattended between the hours of 2:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. except for a maximum of two (2) vehicles which are owned by the owners of such premises or the tenants occupying such premises and regularly used in connection with such business; provided, that this prohibition shall not govern in the case of new and used car automobile sales agency, and in the case of motels any tenant may park his/her car at the location provided on the premises overnight.
B. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, Boy Scout paper trucks may be parked on such premises by special permit from the Board of Aldermen.
C. 
No vehicle which is used for the transportation of gasoline or other inflammable material shall be parked overnight in any zone in the City.
[R.O. 2010 §355.160; C.O. 1948 c. 11 §1-72; CC 1970 §16-82]
If any vehicle is found upon a street or highway in violation of any provision of this Chapter regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles and the identity of the operator cannot be determined, the owner, or person in whose name such vehicle is registered, shall be held prima facie responsible for such violation.
[R.O. 2010 §355.170]
In cases where an equally direct and convenient alternate route is provided, an ordinance may describe and signs may be erected giving notice thereof, that no persons shall operate any commercial vehicle upon streets or parts of streets so described except those commercial vehicles making deliveries thereon.
[R.O. 2010 §355.180; Ord. No. 2-95 §§1 — 2, 4-3-1995]
A. 
No person shall park, keep, store or leave, nor shall any person, whether an owner, tenant, occupant or agent of any such persons, permit or allow to be kept, stored, parked or left any truck or vehicle having a manufacturer's rated capacity in excess of one and one-half (1½) tons and a seating capacity in excess of nine (9) persons, or any tractor, or any vehicle, trailer or boat having a length in excess of twenty (20) feet, on any public street, lot or tract in the City of Glendale in any residential area zoned as a Single-Family or Multiple-Family Dwelling District under the City of Glendale's zoning ordinances, except in an enclosed garage or behind the front as-built line of the owner's home (Single-Family residence only) unless a permit to do so has been secured from the Chief of Police.
B. 
The Chief of Police shall have discretion to grant a variance up to a maximum of ten percent (10%) on the length of vehicles or trailers in order to permit a vehicle or trailer to be parked in a residential zone provided that such variance does not:
1. 
Create a traffic hazard by reason of blocking the view of other vehicles.
2. 
Create a situation that would interfere with the adjoining property owner's enjoyment of their property.
C. 
Said permit shall authorize the parking of certain large and commercial vehicles for a period that shall not exceed fourteen (14) days in residential zones. No fourteen (14) day period shall follow immediately any fourteen (14) day period. Said permit shall be issued no more than one time in any three (3) month quarter and no more than four (4) times in any year.
D. 
Parking, storing, keeping a vehicle, trailer, or boat in a residential area without a permit in violation of this Section shall be a misdemeanor and punishable by fine in accordance with the general penalty provisions of the Glendale Code of Ordinances.
[Ord. No. B06-14 §1, 4-7-2014]
A. 
A resident may request the City to erect temporary no-parking signs on one (1) side of the street on which the resident lives for private events in order to ensure an adequate width of street is open to traffic and accessible for emergency vehicles.
B. 
Only authorized City staff shall erect temporary no-parking signs.
C. 
The resident shall be responsible for taking down the temporary no-parking signs within a two-hour period immediately following the termination of the event for which the signs were posted and returning the signs to the City.
D. 
The City shall collect an escrow deposit of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) from the resident at the time the signs are requested. A charge of five dollars ($5.00) shall be assessed for each damaged or unreturned sign. Any unused amount of the deposit shall be refunded to the resident.