Cross Reference — As to parking of unlicensed vehicles regulated, ch. 219.
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; or
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);
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.
[Bill No. 2007-21(360.011), 7-20-2007]
A.
No person
shall park a trailer upon any street or right-of-way of the City of
Chaffee, Missouri, for a period of time longer than twenty-four (24)
hours, provided that the location and method of parking of the same
is otherwise lawful and in compliance with all other ordinances of
the City of Chaffee, Missouri. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing
herein shall be deemed to make it unlawful to park a trailer on the
City streets or rights-of-way of the City of Chaffee when necessary
to make emergency repairs or for emergency purposes. In circumstances
where emergency repairs are required or for emergency purposes, the
trailer shall be removed as soon as the emergency repairs have been
completed or the emergency purpose has been resolved, provided the
repairs and/or emergency circumstances are concluded as soon as reasonably
possible. The burden of proving an emergency or similar circumstance
for a person accused of violating the provisions of this Section shall
be placed on the person so claiming that an emergency or similar circumstances
existed. In the event of an emergency repair or emergency circumstances,
the trailer shall be parked in such a manner so that it does not violate
any other provisions or requirements of the City ordinances of the
City of Chaffee, Missouri.
B.
For the
purposes of this Section, a "trailer" shall be deemed
to mean any device in, upon or by which any person or property is
or may be transported when drawn upon a street, alleyway or highway
by a motor vehicle, excepting devices moved solely by human power.
C.
Any person
violating the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of
an ordinance violation and shall be subject to a fine of not less
than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail for a period of time
not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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 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 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 less 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,
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.
[CC 1978 §340.290; Ord. No. 748 §§1—3, 4-1-1971]
A.
It shall
be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to park,
store or stop and permit to remain for an extended period of time
any motor vehicle which is being or has been used in the transportation
of bulk gasoline, kerosene, liquid propane or other similar volatile
or explosive substances upon any street, alley or public place of
and in the City of Chaffee, Missouri.
B.
The term "extended time", as used in the preceding Section, shall
be construed to mean a longer time than is reasonably required for
loading or unloading such volatile or explosive substances, when required
loading or unloading is promptly commenced upon stopping such vehicle
and is diligently continued without interruption until completed.
C.
Except
when engaged in loading or in bona fide deliveries, all such vehicles
when not in motion shall be parked or stopped entirely clear of any
street, alley, avenue or other public place and in such place and
manner as to afford the greatest possibility of securing against damage
to neighboring property and persons by fire or explosion.
[Bill No. 2002-32(360.111), 9-16-2002]
No person operating a motor vehicle of any type shall stop,
stand or park the same for any purpose or length of time upon or along
the outside/perimeter curb of Martha Circle.
[Bill No. 99-09(360.115), 5-3-1999]
A.
No person
operating a motor vehicle of any type shall stop, stand or park the
same for any purpose or length of time upon, along or on either side
of Black Street from the intersection of Black Street and Main Street
and continuing eastwardly a distance of one hundred fifty (150) feet.
[Bill No. 79-19(360.120), 12-17-1979]
A.
No person operating a truck, tractor or trailer, whose rated manufacturer's capacity is greater than three-fourths (¾) ton or whose length is greater than twenty (20) feet and whose width, with or without load, is greater than ninety-six (96) inches, shall stop, stand or park the same for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials on any street in the City of Chaffee except as provided in Subsection (B) herein.
B.
Any such truck, tractor or trailer as referred to in Subsection (A) hereinabove may stop, stand or park on the streets of the City of Chaffee:
1.
For
purposes of making emergency repairs and then only for a time not
to exceed twenty-four (24) hours, or
2.
Pursuant
to any order or under any authority granted to any individual by the
ordinances of the City of Chaffee, or
3.
Pursuant
to any ordinance of the City of Chaffee, or
4.
At any location on the truck routes as designated in Section 370.250(E) of the ordinances of the City of Chaffee, and then only so that the said truck, tractor or trailer is not on the same side of the street and directly in front of or within thirty (30) feet of the property line of any residence, commercial or business establishment, unless consent of the landowner is given therefor.
