A.Â
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.Â
Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
a.Â
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge
or curb of a street;
b.Â
On a sidewalk;
c.Â
Within an intersection or within twenty (20) feet of an intersection;
d.Â
On a crosswalk;
e.Â
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.Â
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping,
standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
g.Â
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within
a highway tunnel; or
h.Â
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
2.Â
Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily
to pickup or discharge a passenger or passengers:
a.Â
In front of a public or private driveway;
b.Â
Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
c.Â
Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
d.Â
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.Â
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.Â
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
B.Â
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.
A.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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. 239-04 §1, 4-27-2004]
A.Â
RESIDENT
RESIDENTIAL PARKING ZONE
RESIDENTIAL ZONE
VISITOR
Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the words
and terms defined below shall have the following meanings:
Any person who lives in property abutting a street designated
as a residential parking zone.
A residential parking zone is any street or part thereof
in one (1) of the hereinafter defined residential zones which is designated
as such with a specified parking time limit.
The residential zones of the City shall be as follows:
1100 block of Main Street, west side, between the north property
line of house numbered 1107 and the south property line of house numbered
1129 Main Street.
Any person who is a household guest, a visitor or a workman
performing services for or domestic help for a resident.
B.Â
Parking Permit.
1.Â
Required. On any street which is designated a residential
parking zone, parking in excess of the prescribed parking time limit
will be permitted by a resident or a visitor only with a valid resident
or visitor parking permit. Overnight parking will be permitted by
a resident or a visitor only with a valid resident or visitor parking
permit.
2.Â
Use. Each parking permit shall be limited for use
in the residential parking zone for which it is issued. A resident
or visitor parking permit issued in one residential zone of the City
shall not be valid in any other residential zone.
3.Â
Issuance. Each building abutting a street in a residential
zone shall be entitled to two (2) permits for any two (2) vehicles
legally registered at said address and the personal property tax receipt
and license registration must be submitted for each vehicle. Each
building owner shall also be entitled to two (2) visitor permits at
no cost. The City Clerk shall issue the authorized number of permits
to each such building owner. Each building owner will be charged five
dollars ($5.00) for each additional permit.
C.Â
Violation — Penalty. The owner of each automobile
which is found to have been parked in a residential parking zone in
violation of this Section without displaying the residential parking
permit in the right front portion of the windshield shall be liable
for a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than five
hundred dollars ($500.00) for each instance of violation.