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.
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.
[CC 1985 § 23-152; Ord. No. 476, §§ 1 — 2, 3-7-1988]
A. No person shall operate any motor vehicle
within the confines of the City of St. James, Missouri, in such a
manner as to block the entrance or exit of the parking grounds of
any shopping center, place of amusement, hotel, motel, restaurant,
or any other place of business, or impede the flow of traffic through
the parking grounds of any shopping center, place of amusement, hotel,
motel, restaurant, or any other place of business.
B. Any person violating the provisions of Subsection
(A) shall, upon conviction, be subject to a penalty as set forth in Section
100.220.
[CC 1985 § 23-325; Ord. No. 880 §§ 1 — 4, 8-7-2006; Ord. No. 944, 3-2-2009]
A. It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized
person to park, cause to be parked, or to enter for the purpose of
parking any motor vehicle or other wheeled vehicle on any private
parking lot in the City of St. James, Missouri, as hereinafter defined.
B. Definitions. As used in this Section, the
following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PRIVATE PARKING LOT
Any real estate within the City of St. James, Missouri, designated
as a private parking lot by the owner thereof and marked as such by
a sign or signs conspicuously posted at and or in the parking lot.
Signs shall be at least eighteen (18) inches wide by twenty-four (24)
inches high or larger with a minimum of four-inch lettering for the
announcement portion of the sign, example "Customer Parking," and
two and five tenths (2.5) inches high for the instructional portion,
example "8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.," with a white background, red border
and red lettering.
UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
Any person not authorized by the owner of the lot either
by private contract or by appropriate language on the posted sign
referred to above, such as "Parking limited to the customer of [name
of owner or business]" or words of similar effect.
C. Upon written complaint to the Police Department
of the City of St. James, Missouri, by the owner of the parking lot
or by his/her agent or by an individual renting designated space in
the private parking lot, the Police Department of the City of St.
James, Missouri, may cause the violating vehicle to be ticketed.
D. Penalty. Any person failing, neglecting, or refusing to comply with the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and shall face a penalty as set forth in Section
100.220.