Cross Reference: See also Schedule
I, Parking Restrictions, included at the end of Title III.
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.
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);
g.
At any place where official signs
prohibit standing.
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.
[R.O. 2004 § 355.025; Ord. No. 12.29A §§ 1 — 2, 9-13-1983]
It shall be unlawful for any person
to park any automobile, truck or other vehicle in or upon or otherwise
obstruct any utility easement in the City of Mount Vernon, Missouri;
provided, however, that any truck or other vehicle may be stopped
in or upon any utility easement for such reasonable time as may be
required for loading or unloading freight.
[R.O. 2004 § 355.030; Ord. No. 12.21 § 2, 11-14-1978]
A.
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.
B.
The City Superintendent is hereby authorized
to issue thirty-minute alley parking permits to be used for commercial
vehicles only when in his/her discretion it is necessary for such
vehicles to be permitted to use such alley in the process of loading
and unloading.
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 placed 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 Section 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 such as "Accessible Parking" 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." 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 fewer 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, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et
seq., and any rules and regulations established pursuant thereto.
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.
[R.O. 2004 § 355.110; Ord. No. 12.38 §§ 1 — 3, 12-12-1989]
A.
No person shall drive any self-propelled
vehicle or bicycle upon a parking lot or into a parking lot carelessly
and imprudently in a willful or wanton disregard of the rights and
safety of others or without due caution and care and in a speed or
in a manner so as to endanger any person or property. No person shall
park on a parking lot if the business is closed.
B.
The term "parking lot," as used in this
Section, shall mean any building or parcel of land regularly used,
in whole or in part, for the storing or parking of more than five
(5) motor vehicles and which is open to the general public, including,
but not limited to, drive-in facilities, commercial courtesy lots
and lots for which a fee is charged. The term "parking lot" shall
not include lots owned by a person and operated for the exclusive
use of such person or his/her employees.
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions
of this Section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and,
upon conviction, shall be fined a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars
($500.00) or imprisoned for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[R.O. 2004 § 355.120; Ord. No. 12.21 § 5, 11-14-1978]
No person shall park a truck, tractor
or trailer with a license weight in excess of twenty-four thousand
(24,000) pounds on any residential street within the City limits of
Mount Vernon, Missouri, between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M.,
except for loading and unloading where the same does not exceed thirty
(30) minutes or otherwise violate the ordinances of the City of Mount
Vernon, Missouri, pertaining to parking; nor shall any person use
any street for the purpose of repairing or reconditioning any such
truck, tractor, trailer or any common carrier or any part thereof
except when such repairs shall be necessitated by an emergency.
[R.O. 2004 § 355.140; Ord. No. 8.10 §§ 1 — 5, 5-8-1984]
A.
No person shall park, cause to be parked
or allow to be parked, any vehicle within and upon the parking lots
for the parks of the City of Mount Vernon, Missouri, after closing
time for said parks.
B.
The closing time for the parks of the City
of Mount Vernon, Missouri, is 11:00 P.M. or the time at which the
park functions, as supervised by proper officials, shall cease, whichever
time is sooner.
