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.
In such a manner as to impede or restrict the ability of a vehicle
to exit from a driveway on the opposing or on the same side of the
street on which such vehicle is parked.
[R.O. 1993 § 355.010; Ord. No.
203 § 1, 10-20-1970; Ord. No. 795 § 1, 9-9-2005]
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.
[R.O. 1993 § 355.100; Ord. No.
175 §§ 1, 2, 5, 12-18-1967]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle, boat or
trailer on any unpaved portion of any street right-of-way and in residential
private areas on any lawn area, or other premises not designed and
paved as a driveway.
B.
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-Nor or
on any unpaved portion of any street right-of-way or in residential
private areas or any lawn area, or other premises not designed and
paved as a driveway, 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.
C.
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 the preceding Subsection of this Section shall be deemed guilty
of creating or permitting a nuisance and shall be subject upon conviction
to the penalty prescribed herein.
D.
Any person, persons, firm, company, partnership or corporation violating
any provision of this Section shall upon conviction be fined not less
than ten dollars ($10.00) or more than fifty dollars ($50.00), and
the parking of more than one (1) of such vehicles, boats or trailers
at one (1) time or on one (1) day shall constitute a separate and
distinct offense for each of such vehicles, boats or trailers parked.
[R.O. 1993 § 355.110; Ord. No.
260 §§ 1-2, 8-26-1974; Ord. No. 487, 4-19-1993]
A.
Any resident of the City of Bel-Nor owning a motor vehicle upon which
the current City MOTOR VEHICLE license fee sticker or plate is displayed
shall be permitted to park the same on any residential street within
the City of Bel-Nor, except as otherwise provided in Schedule III
of this Title. In the event a resident of the City has in his/her
custody and possession a motor vehicle not required by the City ordinances
of the City of Bel-Nor to display a current motor vehicle license,
he/she shall also be permitted to park the same upon a residential
street within the City.
B.
Motor vehicles in the possession and control of guests and invitees of residents of the City of Bel-Nor to whom parking privileges are extended pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (A) hereof may also be parked upon residential streets of the City while such guests or invitees are visiting the premises of said resident, except as otherwise provided in Schedule III of this Title; and provided further that such motor vehicle be parked as close as practical to the residence where such guest is visiting.
[R.O. 1993 § 355.120; Ord. No.
487, 4-19-1993]
Whenever by this Chapter or any City ordinance 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.
[R.O. 1993 § 355.130; Ord. No.
487, 4-19-1993]
Automotive vehicles or trailers of any kind or type without
current license plates shall not be parked or stored on any residentially
zoned property other than in a completely enclosed building.
[R.O. 1993 § 355.135; Ord. No.
723 § 1, 10-15-2001; Ord. No. 883 § 1, 7-16-2012]
It shall be unlawful for any property owner or occupant or vehicle
owner to park any vehicle on any lot or property within the City with
any covering other than a commercially manufactured cover specifically
designed for covering motor vehicles, which covering cannot be ripped or torn and can be securely fastened
to the vehicle in accord with the manufacturer's instructions.
It shall be unlawful to park any covered vehicle of any kind on any
City street or roadway. Provided, however, nothing in this Section
shall apply to a vehicle which is completely enclosed within a garage
or locked fence area and not visible from adjacent public or private
property nor to any vehicle upon the property of a business licensed
as salvage, swap, or junk dealer, towing or storage facility, so long
as the business is operated in compliance with its business license
and the property is in compliance with applicable zoning ordinances.[1]
