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.
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:
[Ord. No. 3427, 2-5-2018]
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.
[CC 1977 §33-261; Ord. No. 1605 §§1 — 2, 7-13-1987]
A.
The
owner of a public off-street parking facility may, with a concurrence
of the Chief of the Harrisonville Fire Department, designate fire
lanes in which no person shall park a vehicle. The owner of the public
off-street parking facility shall cause signs to be posted which shall
state "No Parking, Fire Lane".
B.
Any
person who then parks a vehicle in the fire lane of a public off-street
parking facility shall be in violation of this Section and upon a
conviction of same shall be fined as established in the City's Comprehensive
Schedule of Fees.[1]
[Ord. No. 3650, 5-1-2023]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Comprehensive Schedule of Fees is on file
in the City offices.
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 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".
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 as established in the City's Comprehensive
Schedule of Fees.[1] Every day upon which such violation occurs shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 3650, 5-1-2023]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Comprehensive Schedule of Fees is on file
in the City offices.
[CC 1977 §33-247; Ord. No. 1853 §§1 — 5, 10-14-1991; Ord. No. 2162 §§1 — 2, 8-14-1995; Ord. No. 2179 §§1 — 2, 10-23-1995]
B.
This Section is not applicable to Section 355.110 regarding handicapped marked spaces and the penalties applicable thereto.
1.
It shall be the duty of the Police Officers of this City to include
any personnel, hired specifically for parking violations in the City,
to report parking violations as follows:
2.
Each such officer shall attach to such vehicle a notice of said violation, which notice shall state the information contained in Subsections (B)(1)(a — c) and the provision of this Article which was violated. Such notice shall contain instruction to the owner or operator of the vehicle concerning fine schedules for such violation and manner in which to pay the fine amount.
C.
Any
person receiving a notice of violation of this Article regarding parking
violations, or the owner or operator of a vehicle to which said notice
was attached, shall, within seventy-two (72) hours of the time when
such notice was attached, pay to the City as a penalty for parking
violation as established in the City's Comprehensive Schedule of Fees.[1]
[Ord. No. 3650, 5-1-2023]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Comprehensive Schedule of Fees is on file
in the City offices.
D.
Failure
to pay the violation or obtain a court setting contesting the violation
within ten (10) days of the time when such notice was attached shall
cause a warrant to be issued against the vehicle owner. If the tenth
(10th) day shall fall on a Saturday or Sunday, it shall be extended
to Monday. In such instance, the minimum penalty for violation of
a provision of this Article shall be as established in the City's
Comprehensive Schedule of Fees.[2]
[Ord. No. 3650, 5-1-2023]
[2]
Editor's Note: The Comprehensive Schedule of Fees is on file
in the City offices.