CHAPTER 355: STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES

Cross Reference-As to removal of vehicles, see ch. 215, art. III.

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL

SECTION 355.010: STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING PROHIBITED

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:
   1. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
   2. On a sidewalk;
   3. Within an intersection;
   4. On a crosswalk;
   5. 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;
   6. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
   7. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a high-way or within a highway tunnel;
   8. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
   9. In such a manner as to occupy more than one (1) delineated parking space or to encroach upon lanes marked, set aside or commonly used for driving motor vehicles upon any parking lot or upon any drive-in or driveway not delineated with marked lanes for parking.
2. Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except mo-mentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passen-gers:
   1. In front of a public or private driveway;
   2. Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
   3. Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
   4. Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;
   5. 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 en-trance (when properly signposted);
   6. At any place where official signs prohibit standing;
   7. Within fifteen (15) feet of an intersection;
   8. Within eight (8) feet of a public U.S. mailbox;
   9. Within eight (8) feet of a mailbox located on or at private property between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. except on Sunday and Federal holidays;
   10. In spaces designated for the handicapped unless said vehicle bears a permit sticker issued by a governmental agency or issued pursuant to Section 301.071, RSMo., or Section 301.142, RSMo., as visual evidence of handicap. The penalty for violation hereof shall be set at one hundred dollars ($100.00) and the vehicle shall be immediately removed by the City.
3. Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unload-ing merchandise or passengers:
   1. At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
4. Park a commercially licensed vehicle or other vehicle bearing commercial advertising in excess of ten (10) square inches in a Zone "A' semi-rural district for a period exceeding two (2) hours unless said vehicle is engaged in loading or unloading at said site and can show intent to deliver or pick up at said site by delivery papers including, but not limited to, cargo bills or bills of lading. Excepted from this Section is the parking of construction vehicles when a valid building permit is in effect for the site.

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.

C. It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle displayed "For Sale" upon any public or private parking lot within the City. (CC 1990 §10-66 (A)(1)(i), (A)(2)(e-g,i), (A)(3)(b); Code 1977 §16.361; Ord. No. 90-12, §6, 10-2--90; Ord. No. 93-06 §§1-3, 3-2-93; Ord. No. 93-16 §§1-2, 10-5-93; Ord. No. 96-04 §§1-3, 3-5-96; Ord. No. 98-04 §§1-2, 3-3-98; Ord. No. 98-12 §§1-2, 12-1-98)

SECTION 355.020: PARKING NOT TO OBSTRUCT TRAFFIC

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.

SECTION 355.030: PARKING IN ALLEYS

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.

SECTION 355.040: PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES PROHIBITED

No person shall park a vehicle upon a roadway for the principal purpose of:

1. Displaying such vehicle for sale; or
2. Repair such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency.

SECTION 355.050: PARKING ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS

A. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to erect signs indicat-ing no parking upon either or both sides of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his/her opinion, inter-fere 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.

SECTION 355.060: PARKING PROHIBITED ON NARROW STREETS

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.

SECTION 355.070: STANDING OR PARKING ON ONE-WAY STREETS

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.

SECTION 355.080: STANDING OR PARKING ON ONE-WAY ROADWAYS

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.

SECTION 355.090: NO STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING NEAR HAZARDOUS OR CONGESTED PLACES

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.

SECTION 355.100: LEAVING VEHICLE OVER TWENTY-FOUR HOURS PROHIBITED

No person shall park a vehicle on any street for an uninterrupted period of time longer than twenty-four (24) hours. (CC 1990 §10-69; Ord. No. 92-12 §3, 6-2-92)

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