[Ord. No. 2.114, 8-14-2017]
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; or
j.
Blocking any U.S. postal mailbox or boxes.
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); or
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.
[Ord. No. 2.561.6 §§1
— 2, 6-12-1989]
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 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 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".
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.
D.
Designated Parking Spaces.
1.
There are hereby designated three (3) parking spaces in the City
of Weston for the exclusive use of vehicles which display the International
Symbol of Accessibility or a symbol to be designated by the Director
of Revenue to indicate a disabling condition, which parking spaces
shall be located as follows:
2.
No person shall park in the areas designated herein unless they meet
the requirements of this Section.
