Cross Reference: See also Schedule IV, Parking Regulations,
included at the end of Title III.
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;
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 City Traffic Engineer 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;
h.Â
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
2.Â
Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily
to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
a.Â
In front of a public or private driveway;
b.Â
Within thirty (30) feet of an intersection;
c.Â
Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
d.Â
Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
e.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;
f.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);
g.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
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.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.
[R.O. 1995 § 355.110; Ord. No.
217 § 7.030, 1-28-1963]
All angle parking is strictly prohibited upon any highway, road,
street or alley except where so allowed by the Board of Aldermen by
the adoption of an appropriate ordinance, and the proper signs posted
allowing the angle parking.
[R.O. 1995 § 355.130; Ord. No.
554 §§ 1 — 5, 11-25-1986; Ord. No. 584 §§ 1
— 2, 7-26-1988]
A.Â
Prohibitions On Parking. It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator
of any vehicle licensed in excess of twelve thousand (12,000) pounds
and length in excess of twenty-four (24) feet or height in excess
of eight (8) feet to park such vehicle on any street or driveway in
any residentially zoned area in the City of Bel-Ridge, except as otherwise
permitted by this Section.
B.Â
Parking Of Recreational Vehicles. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit
or restrict the parking of recreational vehicles licensed by the State
of Missouri.
C.Â
Parking — Where Prohibited. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit
the owner or operator of a vehicle so described in this Section from
parking such a vehicle in the rear of a residence behind the building
line, or parking in an enclosed garage.
D.Â
Special Permit, Application For.
1.Â
The owner or operator of such a vehicle described in this Section
may apply to the Board of Adjustment for a special permit in order
to park such a vehicle in a manner otherwise prohibited herein. The
Board of Adjustment shall conduct a hearing concerning the application
wherein the Board should determine whether such parking will:
a.Â
Adversely affect the character of the neighborhood.
b.Â
Adversely affect the general welfare of the community.
c.Â
Subsequently interfere with the protection of the property on
which the vehicle is parking with relation to fire and police protection.
d.Â
Subsequently interfere with the enjoyment of neighbors in relation
to vision, screen, appearance and utilization of their property.
3.Â
Any person desiring to apply for a special permit under this
Section shall pay the City of Bel-Ridge the sum of thirty-five dollars
($35.00) for costs herein, and upon receipt of an application and
thirty-five dollars ($35.00), the Board shall grant a public hearing.
Notice of said hearing shall be either posted or advertised fifteen
(15) days before the hearing date.
E.Â
Vehicles In Process Of Loading Or Unloading. Nothing in this Section
shall be construed as to prohibit an owner or operator of such a vehicle
from parking in a residentially zoned area while loading or unloading
such vehicle.
[R.O. 1995 § 355.140; Ord. No.
553 §§ 1 — 2, 10-28-1986]
A.Â
Prohibited — Where. It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator
of any vehicle of the "over-the-road" type with a license weight in
excess of eighteen thousand (18,000) pounds to park his/her vehicle
or to detach from his/her vehicle a trailer and leave either the vehicle
or trailer on any public street or business or private property in
the City of Bel-Ridge, between the hours of 12:00 Midnight and 6:00
A.M., unless:
B.Â
Permitted Parking — Time Limitation. Nothing in this Section
shall be construed to restrict vehicles licensed in excess of the
limits specified above from stopping at eating and refueling establishments
or parking for purposes of deliveries and pick-ups for periods not
to exceed sixty (60) minutes.
[R.O. 1995 § 355.150; Ord. No.
532 §§ 1 — 4, 6-22-1985; Ord. No. 95-22 § 1, 7-13-1995]
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle, boat or
trailer on the unpaved portion or unpaved part of any front yard of
any improved parcel of real property within the City of Bel-Ridge
or upon any public sidewalk or portion thereof in said municipality
or upon any portion of the area between any public sidewalk and the
curb of any street adjacent thereto, commonly known as a parkway,
or on any other parkway, in said municipality and if there is no public
sidewalk constructed along any parcel of real property within said
municipality, such parking on such premises is hereby declared unlawful
thereon except upon a paved driveway.
B.Â
Any person, persons, firm, company, partnership or corporation who shall permit any person to park any vehicle, boat or trailer on premises owned, leased or rented by him/her or under his/her control in violation of Subsection (A) hereof, shall be deemed guilty of creating or permitting a nuisance and shall be subject, upon conviction, to the penalty prescribed herein.
D.Â
Any provision of this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, a
vehicle may be parked on the unpaved part of the front yard of a property
for a period not to exceed twenty (20) minutes at any one (1) time
for the purpose of facilitating the entry or exit of persons suffering
from a handicap which limits such person's ability to move to or from
the vehicle. In any prosecution of any person for violating the provisions
of this Section, the burden of persuasion that this Subsection exempts
the defendant's conduct from violating this Section shall rest with
the defendant.
[R.O. 1995 § 355.160; Ord. No.
529 §§ 1 — 8, 2-23-1985]
A.Â
PARKING LOTS
PRIVATE WAYS
Definitions. These definitions shall apply in constructing this Section:
Areas on private property providing for parking five (5)
or more automobiles or other vehicles and which are regularly used
by the public incident to commercial purposes of the owner or occupant
of the property.
Includes private streets and those areas designated or appearing
as driveways, on private property, that are utilized to provide a
flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic upon or providing access to
or from parking lots, commercial buildings to which the public is
invited, or servicing multiple family apartment developments of five
(5) dwelling units or more.
B.Â
Drivers To Exercise Care — Speed. Every person operating a
motor vehicle on parking lots and private ways within the City of
Bel-Ridge, Missouri, shall drive the same in a careful and prudent
manner, and shall exercise ordinary care, at a rate of speed not in
excess of ten (10) miles per hour, and at such lesser speed, when
required, so as not to endanger the life or limb of any person or
his/her property. Every person shall take into consideration the amount
of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, the visibility and atmospheric
conditions, and the condition of the driveways or parking lots. All
regulations provided by other City ordinances, to include amendments,
that are applicable to motor vehicles on public streets with respect
to signalling lights, backing, turning, sounding horn, etc., shall
apply to vehicles operated in parking lots and private ways.
C.Â
Parking In Lots, Etc. — Not To Obstruct Traffic — Loading
And Unloading. No person shall park or leave his/her car in any parking
lot, private way, fire lane or in any space so as to prevent the free
flow of traffic at all times. A person in the act of loading or unloading
shall be permitted to park only in those areas, if any, set aside
by the owner of the property for the purpose of loading and unloading.
All other stopping or parking of vehicles shall be only in parking
areas as designated and only in the course of business of the establishment
there located.
D.Â
Appropriate Signs To Be Erected. Stop signs, parking restriction
signs, fire lane signs, exit and entrance signs and other appropriate
signs, as well as barriers and curbings, regulating the flow of traffic
or parking shall be erected at the direction of the City.
E.Â
Non-Motor-Propelled Vehicles. Non-motor-propelled vehicles shall
park only in the designated areas provided, and shall not be propelled
or driven in such a manner as to be inconsistent with the proper and
prudent operation. The operation of a non-motor-propelled vehicle,
including bicycles, scooters, wagons, push-mobiles and all other vehicles
carrying persons, shall be subject to the direction of the City Police
Officers on all parking lots and private ways.
F.Â
Improper Conduct. No person or persons shall use any parking lot
or private way for any indecent or immoral purpose. Improper conduct
of all kinds is expressly prohibited, either inside or outside of
a vehicle.
G.Â
Loud Or Unnecessary Noise. Loud, boisterous, or unnecessary noise
is prohibited on any parking lot or private way within the City.
H.Â
Loitering. Loitering, at all times, is prohibited on any parking
lot or private way within the City. Refusal of any person or persons
to disperse or vacate such occupied place, when requested by any Police
Officer, shall constitute a violation of this Section and subject
the person to arrest.
[R.O. 1995 § 355.180; Ord. No.
338 §§ 1 — 4, 2-25-1974]
A.Â
Whenever the Fire Marshal of the Normandy Fire Protection District
shall have designated any place, driveway, parking lot or portion
thereof, whether public or private, as a fire lane, and shall notify
the Board of Aldermen of the City of Bel-Ridge of the fact of such
designation, the designation of such fire lanes are hereby adopted,
as of the date of notification, as fire lanes of the City of Bel-Ridge.
B.Â
The City Traffic Engineer shall cause appropriate and adequate signs
and markings to be erected, painted and maintained, designating said
fire lanes.
C.Â
All persons, partnerships, or corporations are hereby prohibited
from parking any vehicles, of whatsoever kind or nature upon, or in
any way obstructing, any fire lane so designated.
[R.O. 1995 § 355.190; Ord. No.
217 § 7.080, 1-28-1963]
Parking on certain roads or streets or parts thereof shall be
prohibited or limited as shown in Schedule IV of this Code.
[R.O. 1995 § 355.200; Ord. No.
94-17 §§ 1 — 2, 5-12-1994]
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave a motor vehicle
on any public or private street in such a fashion that it obstructs
or interferes with access to curb side mail receptacles or mailboxes
adjacent to such streets.
B.Â
It shall be prima facie evidence that a person is responsible for
parking or leaving a car in violation of this Section such person
is a registered owner of the vehicle which has been improperly parked
or left.
[Ord. No. 2017-20 § 1, 7-11-2017]
It shall be unlawful to park or store overnight work vehicles,
backhoes, trailers, tow trucks and commercial trucks in public view
within two hundred (200) feet of the right-of-way of any street in
the City of Bel-Ridge, Missouri, not to include emergency vehicles.
[Ord. No. 2022-04, 3-1-2022]
A.Â
No
person shall park a vehicle on or in any parking lot, parking area
or parking space located on property owned by or leased to the City
of Bel-Ridge except while an occupant of the vehicle is engaged in
use of the City services offered on the property.
B.Â
No
person shall park a vehicle on any parking areas of the Bel-Ridge
City Hall facility except while an occupant of the vehicle is actively
engaged in conducting business in the building or attending a meeting
held in the building.
C.Â
No
person shall park a vehicle in the parking areas at any Bel-Ridge
park or recreation facility except while an occupant of the vehicle
is actively using the park or recreation facility.
D.Â
No
person shall park a vehicle at the Bel-Ridge public works facility
except while an occupant of that vehicle is actively engaged in conducting
business with personnel employed at that facility.