Cross Reference: See also Schedule III, 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.
On any railroad tracks;
i.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
[Ord. No. 05-05-03 § 1, 5-12-2005]
A.
Parking Trucks, Tractors, Commercial Trailers, Buses,
Car Haulers, Box Trailers Or Stock Trailers On City Streets. Parking
of these type trailers, either attached or unattached, is prohibited
on any street within the City of Salisbury, Missouri; provided, however,
that this prohibition shall not apply to trailers in the act of loading
or unloading from such trailers. No person shall park a truck, tractor,
or trailer having a licensed capacity of more than eighteen thousand
(18,000) pounds or any bus on any street in the City of Salisbury,
Missouri, except for the purpose of loading and unloading such vehicle,
provided that this prohibition shall not apply to those vehicles commonly
known as "pickup trucks" licensed for eighteen thousand (18,000) pounds
or more which are parked without full cargo, or construction vehicles
engaged in the current act of construction, or motor homes which are
able to be parked on private property, or church-owned buses which
are able to be parked on private property. Parking livestock trailers
near the City park livestock arena during livestock events shall not
be a violation so long as the trailers are not obstructing traffic
or traffic signs and are not otherwise creating a dangerous or unsafe
situation.
B.
Obstructing Traffic Signals And Signs. No person shall
park a truck, tractor, trailer, or other vehicle, including recreational
vehicles, on any street (residential or otherwise), alley, parking
lot, or elsewhere within the City of Salisbury, Missouri, in such
a location and in such a manner as to obstruct the visibility of any
traffic control or of any other vehicular traffic.
C.
Repairing Or Reconditioning. No person shall use any
street within the City of Salisbury, Missouri, for the purpose of
repairing or reconditioning any truck, trailer, or any common carrier
or any part thereof, except when such repairs shall be necessary by
an emergency.
D.
Parking Boats, Trailers, Or Recreational Vehicles.
No unattached boat, trailer or recreational vehicle shall be parked
on any street of the City of Salisbury, Missouri; however, this prohibition
shall not apply to those vehicles commonly known as "recreational
vehicles" (RV's or other motor homes) which are in use by someone
other than the owner of the property directly abutting the street
where such vehicle is parked. This provision is for visitors using
the RV's for lodging while visiting, although this provision is for
no more than three (3) days, except where permitted. If the RV is
parked in substantially the same place for more than sixteen (16)
consecutive hours, that time period shall constitute one (1) day beginning
when the sixteen (16) hours first began to be measured.
[Ord. No. 05-05-03 § 1, 5-12-2005]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park and leave
unattended upon the public streets, alleys or thoroughfares of the
City any equipment, tools, machinery or vehicles used in excavation
or construction of any kind without first having obtained a permit
from the Chief of Police of the City for the parking of such equipment,
tools, machinery, or vehicles.
B.
Permits authorized by Subsection (A) hereof shall state the exact location of such equipment, tools, machinery, or vehicles, and shall be issued for a period of not more than thirty (30) days.
C.
No permit shall be issued by the Chief of Police until
he/she has ascertained that such parked and unattended equipment,
tools, machinery or vehicles will be properly lighted during the hours
of darkness.
[Ord. No. 07-10-01, 10-11-2007]
B.
When any part of the paved surface of the streets
listed in Table III-B, including but not limited to traffic lanes,
has any accumulation of ice, sleet, or snow, said prohibition shall
remain in effect until the precipitation has been entirely removed
from said paved roadway for a distance of a minimum of one hundred
(100) feet in both directions as measured from the bumper or end of
the vehicle closest to the measured portion of roadway. For purposes
of this prohibition, if any part of a vehicle is on or extends over
the paved portion of the roadway, it shall be considered being parked
on the roadway. This prohibition shall apply from the first instance
of any accumulation and failure to anticipate that accumulation would
occur shall be no defense.
