The provisions of this Title prohibiting the standing or parking
of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified
or as indicated on official signs except when it is necessary to stop
a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with
the directions of a Police Officer or official traffic control device.
The provisions of this Title imposing a time limit on parking
shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more
restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing,
or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall
park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
When signs are erected in each block giving notice thereof,
no person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified by ordinance
of any day except Sunday and public holidays within the districts
or upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
When signs are erected in each block giving notice thereof,
no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle between the hours specified
by ordinance of any day except Sundays and public holidays within
the district or upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
[CC 1983 §17-223]
Whenever by this Title or any ordinance of the City any parking
time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets
it shall be the duty of the City Traffic Engineer to erect appropriate
signs giving notice thereof and no such regulations shall be effective
unless said signs are erected and in place at the time of any alleged
offense.
[Ord. No. 2009-1 §1, 1-5-2009]
A.
Classification Of Streets. Each street of the City shall
be classified as either a restricted street or a truck route. Each
street shall be regulated as to heavy traffic in accordance with the
regulations as set forth in this Section applicable to the classification
of the street.
B.
Truck Routes. All motor vehicles licensed for a gross vehicle
weight of more than twenty-four thousand (24,000) pounds shall, except
as provided herein, travel through the City on designated truck routes.
The designated truck routes for the City are set forth on Schedule
II to this Title III.
C.
Restricted Streets. All streets not designated as a truck
route shall be restricted streets. Except as otherwise provided herein,
whenever signs are erected giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful
for any person owning or operating any commercial motor vehicle or
truck-trailer combination licensed for a gross vehicle weight of more
than twenty-four thousand (24,000) pounds to drive or propel the same
or to cause or permit the same to be driven or propelled at any time
upon restricted streets of the City.
D.
Erection Of Signs. The traffic engineer is hereby authorized
to post appropriate signs on any street in the City which signs shall
state and declare limits established by this Section.
E.
Exemptions From This Section. The provisions of this Section
shall not apply to:
1.
Prohibit any vehicle from loading or delivering freight of any kind;
provided the most direct route from a designated truck route is utilized
to complete such load or delivery.
2.
Any vehicle operated by the City, or a private contractor under contract
with the City, while engaged in street maintenance, construction,
solid waste collection or related activities.
3.
Any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in
the construction, installation or repair of any public utility facility.
4.
Emergency vehicles of the City.
5.
School buses.
6.
Trucks directed to the Pemiscot County Justice Center by the State
of Missouri.
F.
Penalties. Any person violating any of the provisions of
this Section shall be deemed guilty of an offense and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding five hundred dollars
($500.00).
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to park or stand any vehicle in any
stall or space designated or reserved for handicapped persons by means
of an upright sign whether on a pole or attached to a building which
is inscribed with the international symbol of accessibility and/or
the word "Handicapped" whether upon public property 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 Section
301.142, RSMo., as amended or any other similar plate or placard from
another State. Said sign may or may not contain additional language
indicating that the stall or space is designated or reserved for "handicapped
persons."
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.
Upon
conviction thereof, violators shall be punished by a fine of not less
than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).
