[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
If any vehicle is found upon a street in violation of any provision of this Chapter regulating the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles and the identity of the operator cannot be determined, the owner, or person in whose name such vehicle is registered, shall be held prima facie responsible for such violation.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
No person may stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any place hereof or in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police or traffic control sign or signal:
(1) 
Within an intersection.
(2) 
On a crosswalk or at any intersection, within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk.
(3) 
Within fifteen (15) feet of the intersection of curb lines, or if no curbs, then within fifteen (15) feet of the intersection, of property lines at the intersection, except at alleys, or in the alternative, there shall be no parking within a distance not exceeding seventy-five (75) feet of street intersections, when the Chief of the Police Department finds that traffic or topographical conditions are such as to create traffic hazards and causes to be erected a suitable sign reading "No Parking Here to Corner."
(4) 
Within thirty (30) feet of any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of the roadway.
(5) 
Within ten (10) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station.
(6) 
Within ten (10) feet of a fire hydrant.
(7) 
In front of a driveway, or the minimum number of feet required but not to exceed thirty (30) feet of either side of a driveway entrance where the Police Department has determined that stopped vehicles constitute a hazardous view obstruction to those persons exiting a driveway. The latter locations, so determined by the Police Department, shall be posted.
(8) 
Within ten (10) feet of any United States mailbox.
(9) 
On a sidewalk.
(10) 
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction, when such stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct travel.
(11) 
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the right-hand edge or curb of a street.
(12) 
At any place where official traffic signs have been erected prohibiting or limiting stopping, standing, and parking, in accordance with ordinance directions.
(13) 
Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest railway crossing, except as required by ordinance.
(14) 
In any place marked as a passenger or no-parking zone not to exceed three (3) minutes.
(15) 
In any place marked as a loading zone for a period of time longer than is necessary
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
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.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
No person having control or charge of a motor vehicle shall allow such vehicle to stand in any street unattended by a licensed driver without first setting the brakes thereon, stopping the motor, removing the ignition keys from the vehicle and, when standing upon a perceptible grade, without turning the front wheels of the vehicle toward the nearest, if any, curb or the near side of the roadway.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
(a) 
Except when necessary, in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic signs or signals, the operator of a vehicle shall not stop, stand or park such vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge of the roadway, heading in the direction of traffic, and with the curbside wheels of the vehicle within one (1) foot of the edge of the roadway, except as follows:
(1) 
Upon those streets which have been marked or posted with signs for angle parking, a vehicle shall be parked at the angle to the curb indicated by such marks or signs.
(2) 
In places where, and at hours when, stopping for the loading or unloading of merchandise or materials is permitted, a vehicle used for the transportation of merchandise or materials may back into the curb to take on or discharge loads, when the owner of such vehicle holds a permit granting him/her such special privilege and provided further that such permit shall be either in the possession of the operator or on the vehicle at the time such vehicle is backed against the curb to take on or discharge a load, and it shall be unlawful for any owner or operator to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any such special permit.
(b) 
The Director of Public Works, with the consent of the Board of Aldermen, shall determine upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall mark or post signs on such streets.
(c) 
The Chief of Police may issue to any owner of a vehicle used to transport merchandise or materials a special permit, in no event to be for a period longer than one (1) day and to state therein the terms and conditions thereof, allowing the operator of such vehicle the privilege of loading and unloading while the vehicle is backed against the curb, if in the opinion of the Chief of Police such privilege is reasonably necessary in the conduct of the owner's business and will not seriously interfere with traffic.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
(a) 
The Director of Public Works with the consent of the Board of Aldermen shall have authority to determine the location of passenger zones and loading zones and shall erect and maintain or cause to be maintained appropriate signs indicating the same.
(b) 
The operator of a vehicle shall not stop, stand, or park a vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers in any place marked as a passenger zone.
(c) 
The operator of a vehicle shall not stop, stand, or park a vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers, or for the unloading and delivery or pick up and loading of materials, in any place marked as a loading zone. In no case shall the stop for loading and for unloading of materials exceed fifteen (15) minutes. This Subsection shall not be applicable between the hours of 6:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
(a) 
The Chief of Police, with the consent of the Board of Aldermen, is hereby authorized and required to establish bus stops, service car stops and taxicab stands on such public streets, in such places and in such number as shall be determined to be of the greatest service and convenience to the public, and every such bus stop, service car stop and taxicab stand shall be designated by appropriate signs.
(b) 
The driver of any vehicle other than a bus shall not stand or park in an officially designated bus stop. The driver of any vehicle other than a service car shall not stand or park in an officially designated service car stop. The driver of any vehicle other than a taxicab shall not stand or park in any officially designated taxicab stand. The driver of any passenger vehicle may temporarily stop in any such stop or stand for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the loading or unloading of passengers.
(c) 
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any bus, taxicab or service car to stand or park upon any street in any congested district at any place other than at a bus stop, taxicab stand or service car stop, respectively, except that this provision shall not prohibit the driver of any vehicle from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
(a) 
No person shall park upon a street any vehicle displayed for sale.
(b) 
No person shall park on any street any vehicle for the primary purpose of displaying advertising.
(c) 
On Watson Road, no person shall park a vehicle for sale or for display advertising closer than fifteen (15) feet from the pavement of the street.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle in those areas designated in Schedule D[1] where such areas are designated no parking at any time or in those areas where parking is prohibited for a specific time.
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule D is set out in § 14-185 of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
In order to regulate properly the movement of traffic in the City and to facilitate the rapid and unobstructed passage of fire apparatus, certain streets and drives are hereby established as fire lanes, as designated in Schedule E[1] of this Chapter, and, when so marked with appropriate signs, parking is hereby prohibited in the places designated in Schedule E[2].
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule E is set out in § 14-186 of this Chapter.
[2]
Editor's Note: Schedule E is set out in § 14-186 of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
(a) 
Whenever there has been an accumulation of snow of one (1) inch or more, or ice or freezing rain, within the City, parking on any street for which the City provides snow removal operations, shall be limited to one (1) side of the street only, until snow removal operations are complete and the weather emergency has ended. The side of the street on which parking shall be allowed is determined as follows: During the winters which begin in even-numbered years, parking shall be limited to the side of the street immediately adjacent to the even-numbered addresses and during winters which begin in odd-numbered years, parking shall be limited to the side of the street immediately adjacent to the odd-numbered addresses. For those streets on which parking is already restricted on one (1) side, this Section will not apply and parking during snow, ice or freezing rain shall be limited to the side of the street that is not restricted.
(b) 
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties provided for violation of City ordinances.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024; Ord. No. 5495, 10-22-2024]
(a) 
Drivers of buses and commercial vehicles are prohibited from parking or stopping for more than one (1) hour on the streets of the City except or when actually being used or engaged in the transaction of business, or during construction when a valid building permit is in effect for the property. In any case for good, valid and sufficient reasons, other than mere convenience or accommodation for stopping such a vehicle in such place for more than one (1) hour, the driver shall apply to the Chief of Police for a permit, which shall be issued without cost, authorizing the vehicle to stop or park for a period of more than one (1) hour. Nothing in this Section is intended to prohibit commercial vehicles from being stored in enclosed structures in residential districts.
(b) 
No commercial vehicle with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating ("GVWR") of twelve thousand one (12,001) pounds or more, shall be allowed to be stored or parked, when not being unloaded or loaded for any business purpose, in any residential district of the City including multi-family residential (outside of an enclosed structure).
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
(a) 
The Board of Aldermen hereby finds and determines that the indiscriminate parking and stopping of motor vehicles on lawns of residences, and between the curb and sidewalk and on sidewalks, adversely affects the appearance of neighborhoods to the extent of decreasing property values; decreases the desirability of locating businesses in the City; creates problems for fire apparatus in emergencies and requires regulation by the City for maintaining the peace and good government and welfare of the City and its trade and commerce.
(b) 
No automobiles, motorcycles, motor-tricycles, motorized bicycles, trucks, trailers or other motor vehicles shall be parked or stopped between the curb and the front facade of any residential or other building, or in the side yard next to the street in case of corner lots, except on a parking area, as defined in § 26-5 of this Code, having a durable surface conforming to the requirements of §§ 7-11(b) and 26-27(a) of this Code, and any other applicable ordinances of this City for parking and driveway, except as provided in Subsection (c); and no automobile, motorcycle, motor-tricycle, motorized bicycle, trucks, trailers or other motor vehicles shall be parked or stopped along any street with any portion of the vehicle on the area between curb and sidewalk nor on sidewalks.
(c) 
In cases of emergency or hardship on the owner or occupant of residential property, said owner or occupant may make application to the Police Chief for a permit, that it be granted because of an emergency situation or to prevent a hardship. The Police Chief shall issue said permit for a period of not longer than thirty (30) days, and upon such terms and conditions as may be proper under the circumstances.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
(a) 
Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this Section:
PROPERTY
Any real property within the City which is not a street or highway.
STREET or HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained where any part thereof is open to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular traffic and shall include for the purpose of this Section public walkways and sidewalks.
VEHICLE
A machine propelled by power, other than human power, designed to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides, and transport persons or property or pull machinery and shall include, without limitation, automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, tractor, buggy and wagon.
(b) 
Abandonment of vehicles. No person shall abandon any vehicle within the City, and no person shall leave any vehicle at any place within the City for such time, and under such circumstances, as to cause such vehicle to appear abandoned. A failure to have any vehicle properly licensed by the State, with the license properly displayed, shall be conclusive evidence of abandonment.
The parking of any vehicle on any City street continuously for a period of seven (7) days or more shall be prima facie evidence of abandonment. The Police Department shall give notice to the owner of any such abandoned vehicle, by placing said notice on the vehicle, that the vehicle must be moved within twenty-four (24) hours. If after the expiration of said twenty-four (24) hours the vehicle has not been moved, the owner shall be deemed guilty of an offense and upon conviction shall be punished as provided for in § 1-6 of this Code.
(c) 
Leaving wrecked or non-operating vehicle in street. No person shall leave any partially dismantled, non-operating, wrecked, inoperable or junked vehicle on any street or highway within the City.
(d) 
Disposition of wrecked or discarded vehicles. No person in charge or control of any property within the City, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall allow any partially dismantled, non-operating, wrecked, junked, inoperable or discarded vehicle to remain on such property. Such vehicles may be removed or towed in the manner provided by § 7-38 of this Code. This Section shall not apply with regard to a vehicle in an enclosed building, a vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful manner when necessary to the operation of such business enterprise or a vehicle when in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the City.
(e) 
Impounding vehicles. The Chief of Police, or any member of his/her department designated by him/her, is hereby authorized to remove, or have removed any vehicle left at any street or public place within the City in violation of this Section, in the manner provided by Sections 304.155 through 304.159, RSMo.
(f) 
Violations. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section, notwithstanding any other remedy for such violation herein provided, such as the impounding of vehicles or any other remedies, shall be deemed guilty of an offense.
(g) 
Conflict resolved. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to conflict with or repeal any provisions of any applicable Zoning Ordinance or other code or regulation of the City prohibiting the abandonment of vehicles or the storage or maintenance of partially dismantled, non-operating, wrecked, inoperable or junked vehicles on any property within the City.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to park or leave unattended any vehicle or vehicles on any commercial, industrial, or public parking lot within the City, unless such vehicle or vehicles are so parked or left unattended within spaces properly designated for the parking of vehicles.
(b) 
This Section shall not apply to commercial trucks or vehicles while loading or unloading goods, wares or merchandise to establishments or institutions served by the particular parking lot.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
(a) 
Parking is prohibited on any street on which street repairs or improvements are being made during the period that such work is being performed.
(b) 
Reasonable prior notice shall be given by the Department of Public Works to the residents along a street where street repairs or improvements are being made. The term, reasonable prior notice, shall include a letter or other written notice delivered to each home, not less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the commencement of such work. Such notice shall inform the residents as to the anticipated time when street repairs or improvements will commence on such street, that no parking on such street is permitted while such work is in process, that failure to comply with such no parking restriction shall authorize City personnel to cause said vehicle to be towed, that such failure is a violation of this Section and that a violation shall subject the resident to the penalties provided by this Section.
(c) 
Signs shall be posted at each end of a street on which repairs or improvements are being made that parking is prohibited.
(d) 
In the event that vehicles are parked on the street during the period that repairs or improvements are being made, City personnel are hereby authorized to cause any such vehicle to be removed from such street and towed. Notice shall be given to the owner of such vehicle, as prescribed by State law that the vehicle has been removed and towed and the location to which the vehicle has been towed and that the owner of such vehicle may reclaim it upon proof of ownership and payment of all reasonable charges for the towing and storage of such vehicle.
(e) 
In addition, any person violating the no parking restriction shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided for violation of a City ordinance.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 14-166, Permit Parking District, which derived from Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024, was repealed by Ord. No. 5486, 9-24-2024.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024; Ord. No. 5494, 10-22-2024]
(a) 
Definitions. The following definitions apply to this Section:
BOAT
Any object that has the intended use of transporting people on water. This, shall include, but is not limited to, houseboats, speedboats, fishing boats, canoes, paddleboats, personal watercraft, and yachts.
MOTORIZED CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
Any device that has the intended use of moving dirt, materials and/or completing other construction activities. This, includes, but is not limited to, skid loaders, backhoes, and bulldozers.
NON-MOTORIZED CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
Any non-power device that has the intended use of moving dirt, materials and/or completing other accessory construction activities. This includes, but is not limited to, any size towed trailer, dump trailers, and flatbed equipment haulers.
RECREATIONAL TRAILER
A trailer that is primarily designed and constructed as an accessory for recreational, camping or travel purposes. This includes, but is not limited to, trailers for boats, motorcycles, side by side off-road vehicles, ATVs, and agricultural/livestock trailers.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE, (RV)
A vehicle structure without permanent foundation, which can be driven or towed and is primarily designed and constructed to permit occupancy for use as a temporary dwelling or sleeping quarters for one (1) or more persons for recreational, camping or travel purposes.
TRAILER
Any object without motor power designed for carrying property on its own structure and for being drawn by a self-propelled vehicle.
VEHICLE ACCESSORIES
Items which can be attached to a vehicle to be used for storing or transporting objects. This, includes, but is not limited to, campers, camper shells, luggage racks, and sports equipment racks.
(b) 
Restrictions.
(1) 
RVs, trailers, and boats must be stored in an enclosed area or on an asphalt, concrete or paving stone surface in the side or rear yard behind the front building line. In the case of a corner lot, the side yard will also be considered a front yard.
(2) 
Vehicle accessories must be stored in an enclosed area or attached to a licensed vehicle in the manner for which they are intended to be used.
(3) 
Motorized and non-motorized construction equipment must be stored in an enclosed area.
(4) 
A resident owner or lessee is allowed to park a licensed RV on a residential street for purposes of loading and unloading only, but not to exceed forty-eight (48) hours at a given time. Visitors of residents are allowed to park a licensed RV on a residential street or in a driveway for up to seven (7) days in a calendar year, with an RV parking permit issued by the City.
(5) 
Parking of trailers, boats, motorized and non-motorized construction equipment, and vehicle accessories is not allowed on residential streets. Recreational trailers may be parked on a residential street for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours in a 14-day period if the trailer is attached to a licensed vehicle. Visitors of residents are allowed to park trailers and boats on trailers, if attached to a licensed vehicle, on a residential street or in a driveway for up to seven (7) days in a calendar year, with a parking permit issued by the City.
(6) 
The foregoing notwithstanding, RV's, trailers, and boats may be parked in the front driveway by a resident owner or lessee, for purposes of loading and unloading only, but not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours in any 14-day period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a resident owner or lessee may utilize an additional and separate seven (7) days [up to one hundred sixty-eight (168) hours], up to three (3) times in any calendar year, for purposes of de-winterizing, seasonal preparation, mid-season deep clean-out, and seasonal storage activities during which time RVs, trailers, and boats may be parked in the front driveway with a parking permit issued by the City.
(c) 
Applicability to current RV, boat, and trailer owners. City of Crestwood resident owners or lessees who are RV, boat, or trailer owners at the time this Section becomes effective [November 17, 2003], will not be subject to the restrictions set forth in Subsection (b)(1), so long as said RV, boat or trailer owner registers the RV, boat, or trailer with the City Clerk on or before December 31, 2003. This exemption also applies to any resident owner or lessee, with a properly registered RV, boat, or trailer hereunder, who acquires a new or replacement RV, boat, or trailer, provided the new or replacement RV, boat or trailer is of the same kind, and general size and character. Notwithstanding anything in this Code to the contrary, this exemption will expire December 31, 2028. Starting January 1, 2029, all Crestwood residents will be subject to Subsection (b)(1) as it relates to storage and location of RVs, boats, and trailers.
(d) 
Penalties. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties provided for violation of City ordinances.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
(a) 
The parking of vehicles on grassy areas of any park is not permitted. No person shall park a vehicle in any area or on any portion of the roadway located within a park where signs have been posted designating such area or portion of said roadway as a no-parking zone. Vehicles must park only in areas designated for such use.
(b) 
Any vehicle parked within the boundaries of a City of Crestwood Park in violation of any Section of Chapter 17 Parks and Recreation, or in violation of any Section of this Chapter, is subject to towing by a Police Officer, at the owner's expense.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave, park or stop a motor vehicle within any Crestwood park after the designated closing time unless specifically authorized by the City.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
(a) 
Designated disabled parking spaces may only be used when a disabled person, who has been issued disabled license plates or windshield hanging placards pursuant to the provisions of Section 301.142, RSMo., or by those States with which the director has entered into reciprocity agreements as provided in Section 301.142, RSMo., is then, or immediately preceding being parked, was an occupant of the motor vehicle bearing the disabled license plate or windshield hanging placard or in cases where the motor vehicle bearing the disabled license plate or windshield hanging placard is then being used to deliver or collect one (1) or more of the disabled persons for whom the disabled license plate or windshield hanging placard was issued.
(b) 
The driver, or any occupant, of a motor vehicle bearing disabled license plates or a windshield hanging placard which is parked or has been observed to have been parking in a duly designated disabled parking space shall, upon request from any Law Enforcement Officer or other duly constituted peace officer upon identification as such, produce the disabled registration certificate issued to the disabled person or entity as provided for in Section 301.142, RSMo., or such other authorization to show that the driver or any occupant of the vehicle is lawfully entitled to use a designated disabled parking space. The driver or any occupant of the motor vehicle shall, in addition to the certificate, produce other identification with a photograph of the disabled person for whom the disabled plates or windshield hanging placard was issued.
(c) 
If the driver, or an occupant, of a motor vehicle which is parked or has been observed to have parked in a designated disabled parking space is unable to, or cannot, produce the certificate as provided for in Section 301.142, RSMo., or other proper authorization showing that the vehicle is being used or has been lawfully parking in a disabled parking space, the operator is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. However, no person shall be found guilty of violating this Section if the operator produces such a certificate to the court that was valid at the time of the citation for a person who was using the vehicle.
(d) 
The windshield hanging placard shall only be used when the vehicle is parked in a disabled parking space. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive a motor vehicle with a windshield hanging placard hanging from the inside rearview mirror.
[Ord. No. 5479, 9-10-2024]
(a) 
Whenever authorized signs are erected designating an area for public electric vehicle charging in accordance with § 26-79 of this Code, no person shall stop a vehicle within that marked area unless that vehicle is an electric vehicle and connected to an electric vehicle charging station. No person shall stop a vehicle within an area designated as a private electric vehicle charging station without the expressed permission of the operator of the private electric vehicle charging station and/or the owner of the property on which the private electric charging station is located.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or allow any vehicle registered in his/her name or that is under his/her control that is not an electric vehicle connected to an electric vehicle charging station, to be parked or standing in a space that is designated as an area for public electric vehicle parking or charging.
(c) 
The provisions of this Section may be enforced on property that is not public property only when the owner or other person in possession or control of the property has requested enforcement of these provisions of this Section.