[R.O. 2009 § 355.010]
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.
Within eight (8) feet of a public
or private mailbox;
i.
On any railroad tracks; or
j.
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.
[R.O. 2009 § 355.020]
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.
[R.O. 2009 § 355.030]
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.
[R.O. 2009 § 355.040; R.O. 2006
§ 355.040; Ord. No. 497 § 78, 6-26-1979; Ord. No. 1175 § 1, 12-19-1988; Ord. No. 1363 § 1, 3-19-1990]
A.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any
public or private roadway or upon any public or private property for
the principal purpose of:
1.
Displaying such vehicle for sale whether signs are displayed or not indicating that the vehicle is for sale, unless such vehicle sale has been approved by permit as set out in Section 250.030 of this Code or unless such vehicle is displayed on a car sales lot for which a certificate of occupancy has been issued in accordance with Title IV of this Code; or
2.
To repair such vehicle except repairs
necessitated by an emergency.
[R.O. 2009 § 355.050]
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.
[R.O. 2009 § 355.060]
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.
[R.O. 2009 § 355.070]
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.
[R.O. 2009 § 355.080]
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.
[R.O. 2009 § 355.090]
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 Section 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 fewer 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, 42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.,
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.
[R.O. 2009 § 355.110; R.O. 2006
§ 355.120; Ord. No. 1032 § 1, 11-16-1987; Ord. No. 3300 § 2, 12-20-2012]
Unless otherwise provided within
this Title, no person shall park, keep, or leave any commercial vehicle
on any street or highway for a period of more than one (1) hour in
any one (1) calendar day.
[R.O. 2009 § 355.120; R.O. 2006
§ 355.130; Ord. No. 755 § 1, 11-19-1984; Ord. No. 3300 § 3, 12-20-2012]
A.
For purposes of this Section, "recreational
vehicle/equipment" shall mean a camper trailer, pickup camper (not
attached to a truck) motorized mobile home, boat, houseboat, boat
trailer, horse trailer, dunebuggy, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle
or any similar equipment not primarily used for ordinary day-to-day
transportation.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to
park, leave or store any recreational vehicle/equipment or any device
licensed as a trailer, on any street or highway except while same
is being loaded or unloaded or, in the case of a non-recreational
trailer, being actively used for the purpose of providing service
to a property located adjacent to the street at the place where same
is parked.
[R.O. 2009 § 355.130; R.O. 2006
§ 355.140; Ord. No. 716 § 3, 6-18-1984]
No person shall park or stand any
vehicle on any street or highway within the City for seven (7) consecutive
days without moving said vehicle.
[R.O. 2009 § 355.140; R.O. 2006
§ 355.100; Ord. No. 561 § 1, 12-21-1981; Ord. No. 565 § 11, 1-18-1982]
A.
Unlawful Act.
1.
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized
person to park, to cause to be parked, or enter for the purpose of
parking any motor vehicle or other wheeled vehicle on any private
parking lot as hereinafter defined.
2.
No person shall park or stand a motor
vehicle, whether occupied or not, in a private driveway, on private
or public property, without the express or implied consent of the
owner or other person in lawful charge of such driveway or property.
B.
PRIVATE DRIVEWAY, PRIVATE PARKING LOT, PRIVATE PROPERTY and
PUBLIC PROPERTY
PRIVATE PARKING LOTS
UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
Definitions. As used in this Section, the
following terms shall mean:
Any driveway, parking lot or property other than public streets,
and includes any other driveway, parking lot or property, even if
owned by a governmental entity.
As used in this Section means any real estate within the
City designated as a private parking lot by the owner thereof and
marked by signs conspicuously posted at the entrances to the parking
lot, said signs to be of at least three (3) square feet in size and
to contain the words "Private Parking, "Private Parking Lot", or words
of similar effect sufficient to give notice to the public of the use
of the said real estate as a private parking facility.
As used in this Section means any person not authorized by
the owner of the lot, either by private contract or by appropriate
language on the posted sign referred to above, such as "Parking Limited
to Customers of _____________", or words of similar effect, except
that the offending vehicle shall only be towed if words such as "Vehicles
subject to Tow", or words of similar effect shall be added to said
sign.
C.
Written Complaint. Upon written complaint
to the Police Department of the City by the owner of the parking lot
or by his agent or by an individual renting a designated space in
the private parking lot, the Police Department of the City of Fenton
shall cause the violating vehicle to be ticketed.
D.
Towing, When. Also upon written complaint
to the Police Department of the City, the owner, or other person in
charge of the private driveway, private parking lot, and private property
may, upon written complaint, cause the violating vehicle to be towed.
In that case, the Police Department of the City shall call upon the
entity with which the City has a towing contract to perform said service.
But, before any vehicle shall be towed, there shall be additionally
affixed to the sign designating the lot a "Private Parking Lot", the
words "Violators Subject to Tow - Call City of Fenton Police Department",
or words of similar effect. Upon inquiry, the Police Department of
the City shall inform the owner of the violating vehicle where the
vehicle is, and the cost for towing.
E.
Responsibility For Violation. If any motor
vehicle is found in violation of this Section, the owner or person
in whose name such vehicle is registered in the records of any City,
County or State shall be held prima facie responsible for such violation,
if the owner thereof is not present.
