[R.O. 2009 § 370.010; R.O. 2007
§ 370.010; Ord. No. 1002, 3-10-1988; Ord. No. 1473 § 1(a) – (n), 7-13-1995; Ord. No. 1511 § 1, 12-14-1995]
A.
There is hereby adopted a second amended
map of controlled parking areas for the Downtown Business District
called "Amended Map Number 2 of Controlled Parking Areas, Downtown
Business District, City of Bolivar, Missouri," which may be referred
to as the second amended map of controlled parking areas and which
shall be kept on file by the City Clerk of the City of Bolivar, Missouri,
and identified by his/her signature or initials. Such map and all
notations, references and other information shown thereon are hereby
made a part of this Chapter by reference and shall have the same force
and effect as if the map and all notations, references and other information
shown therein were fully set forth or described herein at length.
All blocks have been numbered on said map in accordance with the original
plat of the Town, now City of Bolivar, Missouri, and each parking
space within each block has been designated with a number.
B.
There is hereby adopted a second amended
map of controlled parking areas for the Downtown Business District
called "Amending Amended Map No. 2 of Controlled Parking Areas, Downtown
Business District, City of Bolivar, Missouri," which may be referred
to as the second amended map of controlled parking areas and which
shall be kept on file by the City Clerk of the City of Bolivar, Missouri,
and identified by his/her signature or initials. Such map and all
notations, references and other information shown thereon are hereby
made a part of this Chapter by reference and shall have the same force
and effect as if the map and all notations, references and other information
shown therein were fully set forth or described herein at length.
All blocks have been numbered on said map in accordance with the original
plat of the Town, now City, of Bolivar, Missouri, and each parking
space within each block has been designated with a number.
1.
Spaces 10 and 11 in Block 20 are
hereby changed from zone 2 to zone 4.
2.
Spaces 7, 8, 9 and 13 in Block 32
are hereby changed from zone 1 to zone 13.
3.
Space 12 in Block 32 is hereby changed
from zone 1 to zone 8.
4.
A new parking space numbered 18 shall
be inserted on the south side of Block 7 immediately west of space
17 and is hereby designated as a zone 13 space.
5.
Space 9 in Block 7 is hereby changed
from zone 4 to zone 8.
6.
A new space lying east of space 10
in Block 7 is hereby created to be known as space 9A and is hereby
designated as a zone 4 space.
7.
The southern most parking space on
the west side of Block 7 is hereby numbered 19 and is designated as
zone 2.
8.
One (1) new space to be known as
space 38 is hereby inserted west of space 32 in Block 14 and said
space is hereby designated as zone 4.
9.
Space 18 in Block 8 is hereby changed
from zone 15 to zone 13.
10.
Space 24 in Block 8 is hereby changed
from zone 4 to zone 2.
11.
Space 23 in Block 8 is hereby changed
from zone 13 to zone 2.
12.
Space 32 of Block 18 is hereby changed
from zone 4 to zone 13.
13.
Space 38 of Block 18 is hereby changed
from zone 13 to zone 2.
14.
Space 24 of Block 13 is hereby changed
from zone 4 to zone 6.
15.
Space 6 Block 20 is hereby changed
from zone 4, two (2) hour parking, to zone 13, handicapped parking.
[R.O. 2009 § 370.020; R.O. 2007
§ 370.020; Ord. No. 1002, 3-10-1988]
Parking zones to accommodate either
parallel or angle parking as shown and established on the second map
of controlled parking areas are hereby adopted. The spaces shown thereon
are drawn to the scale designated and the size, location and angle
(if appropriate) of such spaces are hereby adopted as designated on
said second amended map.
[R.O. 2009 § 370.030; R.O. 2007
§ 370.030; Ord. No. 1002, 3-10-1988]
No person shall park a motor vehicle
in any controlled parking area except in compliance with the provisions
of this Chapter; nor in any area designated as a no parking zone;
nor except entirely within an area designated as a parking zone or
for a period of time in excess of the limitations hereby imposed.
However, nothing contained herein shall be construed as any other
Code Sections pertaining to the removal of any vehicle left continuously
and unattended upon any street for a period of more than forty-eight
(48) hours and the provisions of said Section are hereby extended
and adopted by reference as to vehicles left continuously and unattended
in any designated parking area of the second map of controlled parking
areas hereby adopted.
[R.O. 2009 § 370.031; R.O. 2007
§ 370.031]
For the purpose of this Chapter,
the movement of a vehicle from a parking space followed within a period
of five (5) minutes or less by the movement of the same vehicle into
the same parking space shall not be deemed as a vacation of the space
and the vehicle shall be considered as occupying that space as if
no movement had been made.
[R.O. 2009 § 370.035; R.O. 2007
§ 370.035]
It shall be unlawful for any person
to attempt to deceive a parking officer by erasing tire markings by
hand, by movement of the vehicle or otherwise, when such tire markings
are placed thereon by an officer of the City to indicate the length
of time that a vehicle has been parked in a particular space. Evidence
of movement of a vehicle from and to the same space within a period
of five (5) minutes shall presumptively be an attempt to deceive a
parking officer in violation of this Section.
[R.O. 2009 § 370.040; R.O. 2007
§ 370.040; Ord. No. 731 §§ 4
– 5, 10-27-1978; Ord. No. 835 § 1, 6-10-1982; Ord. No. 982 § 1, 9-10-1987; Ord. No. 1313 § 1, 9-9-1993]
A.
The following time limitations are hereby
imposed in each parking zone as established on the map of controlled
parking area heretofore described:
1.
In any zone designated on said map
with the No. 1, there shall be no time limitation for parking of motor
vehicles.
2.
In any zone designated on said map
with the No. 2, the time limitation shall be fifteen (15) minutes
for the parking of motor vehicles between the hours of 8:00 A.M. to
5:00 P.M. There shall be no time limitation at other hours.
3.
In any zone designated on said map
with the No. 3, the time limitation shall be thirty (30) minutes for
the parking of motor vehicles between the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 5:00
P.M. There shall be no time limitation at other hours.
4.
In any zone designated on said map
with the No. 4, the time limitation shall be two (2) hours for the
parking of motor vehicles between the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
There shall be no time limitation at other hours.
5.
In any zone designated on said map
with No. 5, there shall be a time limitation of two (2) hours from
8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on weekdays; 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon Saturdays
and Sundays; and no parking at any other time.
6.
In any zone designated on said map
with the No. 6, there shall be no parking except by the Polk County
Sheriff, his/her Deputies or employees while on duty or by the courthouse
custodian while on duty.
7.
In any zone designated on said map
with the No. 7, there shall be no parking except by taxis who have
previously been authorized by the Board of Aldermen of the City of
Bolivar to occupy said spaces.
8.
In any zone designated on said map
with the No. 8, there shall be no parking at any time.
9.
In any zone designated on said map
with the No. 9, there shall be a time limitation of four (4) hour
parking from 8:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. There shall be no time limitation
at other hours.
10.
The zones designated on said map
as zone 10, private parking, public parking permitted and 11, private
parking, restricted by owner, are references only and enforcement
of parking thereon shall be covered by other ordinances of the City
as they now exist or as they may be amended from time to time.
11.
In any zone designated by the No.
12, there shall be no parking at any time between the hours of 9:30
P.M. and 5:00 A.M. except by special parking permits issued by the
Police Chief of the City of Bolivar, Missouri, or a duty officer under
the following circumstances:
a.
For participants in civic or festive
occasions that are scheduled past the hour of 9:30 P.M.;
b.
For participants in business, commercial
or civic functions where parking in zone 12 is reasonably required
to accommodate the anticipated motor vehicles and such function is
expected to last past the hour of 9:30 P.M.;
c.
To transients with trailers, mobile
homes, campers and like vehicles that require parking space overnight.
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During the hours, there shall be
no time limitations.
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12.
In any zone designated by the No.
13, there shall be no parking at any time except by vehicles which
display a distinguishing license plate or placard issued by the Missouri
Director of Revenue, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 301.071,
RSMo., as amended, and 301.142, RSMo., as amended, or as either of
those Sections may hereafter be amended from time to time, to "disabled
veterans" and the "physically disabled" as those terms are defined
in said Sections. Between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., parking
in zone 13 spaces by authorized persons shall be limited to a maximum
of two (2) hours. At other hours, there shall be no time limitation.
Each space designated as a space 13 shall be so indicated by blue
paint on the curb or edge of the paved portion of the street adjacent
to the space and by a sign upon which shall be inscribed the international
symbol of accessibility and the words "Handicapped Parking" in white
on a blue background.
13.
In any zone designated by the No.
14, there shall be no parking at any time between the hours of 8:00
P.M. and 6:00 A.M.
14.
In any zone designated on said map
with the No. 15, the time limitation shall be fifteen (15) minutes
for the parking of motor vehicles between the hours of 5:00 P.M. and
12:00 Midnight.
[R.O. 2009 § 370.050; R.O. 2007
§ 365.060; Ord. No. 486 § 14(p-6), 11-16-1973]
If a violator of the restrictions
on stopping, standing or parking under this Title do not appear in
response to a traffic citation affixed to such motor vehicle within
the specified time of citation, the Clerk of the Municipal Court shall
send to the owner of the motor vehicle to which traffic citation was
affixed a notice by mail informing him/her of the violation and warning
him/her that in the event such notice is disregarded for a period
of five (5) days, a warrant of arrest will be issued.
[R.O. 2009 § 370.055; R.O. 2007
§ 370.055; Ord. No. 1002, 3-10-1988]
There shall be a rebuttable presumption
that the person or persons in whose name(s) a motor vehicle parked
in violation of this Chapter is registered committed the violation,
but in the event that charges are filed against multiple owners of
a motor vehicle, only one (1) of the owners may be convicted and costs
assessed against only one (1) of the owners. If the vehicle which
is involved in the violation is registered in the name of a rental
or leasing company and the vehicle was rented or leased to another
person at the time of the violation, the rental or leasing company
may rebut the presumption by providing the Police Department or City
Attorney with a copy of the rental or lease agreement in effect at
the time of the violation. The City Attorney shall not bring any legal
proceedings against the rental or leasing company under this Section
unless prior written notice that the violation has been given to the
leasing company by registered mail at the address appearing on the
registration and the rental or leasing company has failed to provide
the rental or lease agreement copy within fifteen (15) days of receipt
of such notice. Any lessee shown on a copy of the rental or lease
agreement during the period of time when the violation occurred shall
be rebuttably presumed to be the person who committed the violation.
[R.O. 2009 § 370.060; R.O. 2007
§ 370.060; Ord. No. 731 § 6, 10-27-1978]
The Chief of Police and all City
Policemen are hereby authorized to remove and tow away or have removed
and towed any vehicles parked in a parking zone designated 5, 6, 7
and 8 in violation of the provisions of this Chapter and any vehicle
so towed shall be returned to the owner or other person entitled to
the possession thereof only after payment of charges incurred for
the towing and storage of such vehicle. This Section shall not be
construed as repealing, amending or limiting other ordinances of the
City of Bolivar pertaining to the towing of illegally parked motor
vehicles.
[R.O. 2009 § 370.070; R.O. 2007
§ 370.070; Ord. No. 731 § 7, 10-27-1978]
In any parking zone designated 2,
3, 4 or 9, each fifteen-minute, thirty-minute, two-hour or four-hour
period additional, respectively, that a vehicle remains parked in
violation of the provisions of this Chapter be a separate violation
thereof.
[R.O. 2009 § 370.090; R.O. 2007
§ 370.090; Ord. No. 731 § 9, 10-27-1978]
Anything contained herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, no truck with a manufacturer's rating of
one (1) ton or more shall be parked in any parking zone designated
on the map of controlled parking areas at anytime except for those
parking zones located within an area designated at a City parking
lot and shall not park within such lots if the parking thereof shall
interfere with the usual traffic movement within said parking lot
or shall take up or prevent the parking within more than two (2) parking
zones.
[R.O. 2009 § 370.090; R.O. 2007
§ 370.111]
All references in Sections 370.031
through 370.080 to parking zones, to the map of controlled parking
areas or similar references shall be deemed a reference to the Amended
Map Number 2, Controlled Parking Areas, City of Bolivar, Missouri.
[R.O. 2009 § 370.100; Ord. No. 3499, 11-13-2018]
A.
Whenever any motor vehicle without a driver
is found parked or stopped in violation of any of the restrictions
imposed by this Chapter, the officer finding such vehicle shall take
its registration number and may take any other information displayed
on the vehicle which may identify its user, and shall conspicuously
affix to such vehicle a traffic citation, on a form provided by the
City, for the driver or registered owner to answer the charge against
them during the hours and at a place specified in the citation.
B.
Upon conviction of a violation of the restrictions
imposed by this Chapter, the violator will be punished pursuant to
the following fine schedule:
1.
For the violator's first, second,
third, fourth, and fifth violation occurring in a given calendar year,
a fine of ten dollars ($10.00) for each such violation; and
2.
For the violator's sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth, and tenth violation occurring in a given calendar year,
a fine of twelve dollars ($12.00) for each such violation; and
3.
For the violator's eleventh, twelfth,
thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth violation occurring in a given
calendar year, a fine of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each such violation;
and
4.
For the violator's sixteenth and
each subsequent violation occurring in a given calendar year, a fine
of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each such violation.
