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. 
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.
3. 
Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers:
a. 
At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
b. 
At the locations designated in Table III-A, regardless of whether a sign is present.
[Ord. No. 68-2020, 11-24-2020]
4. 
Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, in excess of the time limits set forth in Table III-B.
[Ord. No. 68-2020, 11-24-2020]
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. 68-2020, 11-24-2020]
A. 
"Physically Disabled" Defined. The term "physically disabled" as used in this Section shall mean any person whose vehicle displays a distinguishing license plate or a distinguishing card issued by the State pursuant to Section 301.071, RSMo., pertaining to license plates for physically disabled veterans, or Section 301.142, RSMo., pertaining to license plates for physically disabled persons, or displaying a distinguishing license plate issued to a physically disabled person by another state.
B. 
Spaces Generally. The City Clerk shall designate as "disabled only" parking spaces those parking spaces designated as such by ordinance.
C. 
Unauthorized Use Of Parking Space Designated For The Disabled. It shall be unlawful to park a motor vehicle in a parking space which has been properly designated as a parking space for the disabled on private or public property unless the person operating or using the motor vehicle is physically disabled, or is transporting a person who is physically disabled.
D. 
Signs To Designate Spaces. For the purpose of enforcement of this Section, a parking space shall be considered to be properly designated as a parking space for the disabled if it is identified by a reasonably visible sign upon which is inscribed the international wheelchair accessibility symbol and the words "Reserved Parking," "Disabled Parking" or words having a similar meaning.
E. 
Presumption Of Compliance Or Violation. A person operating or using a motor vehicle which has attached to it a Missouri motor vehicle license plate for the physically disabled, or which displays any other card or sign issued by the Director of Revenue for such purposes, shall be presumed to be utilizing such space in accordance with the terms of this Section. A person operating or using a motor vehicle which does not display a Missouri motor vehicle license plate for the physically disabled, or which does not display any other card or sign issued by the Director of Revenue for such purposes, shall be presumed to be in violation of this Section. These presumptions shall be rebuttable and may be overcome by the individual charged or other parties submitting evidence to the contrary.
[Ord. No. 2017.16, 10-5-2017; Ord. No. 2017.20, 12-4-2017]
A. 
No operator of a truck, tractor, or tractor trailer having a capacity of twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds or greater shall park such vehicle on streets or alleyways of the City of Russellville, Missouri, for a period of time in excess of one (1) hour except for loading or unloading merchandise or cargo. Operators are prohibited from dropping trailers and parking said trailers on City streets or alleyways.
B. 
Vehicles which are otherwise prohibited from using or parking on certain streets by Subsection (A) of this Section shall be permitted to use and park on those streets when they are engaged in delivery or pick up of goods and services. Designated truck routes are established (Simpson Street/Railroad Avenue) for transit of these vehicles in the City of Russellville, Missouri.
C. 
Any person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of an infraction 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.