The provisions of this Title prohibiting the standing or parking
of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified
or as indicated on official signs except when it is necessary to stop
a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with
the directions of a Police Officer or official traffic control device.
The provisions of this Title imposing a time limit on parking
shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more
restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing
or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall
park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
When signs are erected in each block giving notice thereof,
no person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified by ordinance
on any day except Sunday and public holidays within the districts
or upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
When signs are erected in each block giving notice thereof,
no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle between the hours specified
by ordinance on any day except Sundays and public holidays within
the district or upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
Whenever by this Title or any ordinance of the City any parking
time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets,
it shall be the duty of the City Traffic Engineer to erect appropriate
signs giving notice thereof and no such regulations shall be effective
unless said signs are erected and in place at the time of any alleged
offense.
In cases where an equally direct and convenient alternate route
is provided, an ordinance may describe and signs may be erected giving
notice thereof that no persons shall operate any commercial vehicle
upon streets or parts of streets so described except those commercial
vehicles making deliveries thereon.
[CC 1984 §14.555; Ord. No. 418 §1, 4-4-1977; Ord.
No. 423 §1, 10-3-1977]
A.
No
person, firm or corporation shall cause any vehicle to be parked upon
the streets and alleyways of the City of New Haven, Missouri, having
a width over seven (7) feet and/or a length of over twenty-five (25)
feet except under the following conditions:
1.
While in the process of loading or unloading the vehicle including
a reasonable waiting time to be loaded or unloaded. Waiting time in
excess of two (2) hours shall be deemed to be unreasonable.
2.
Upon breakdown of the vehicle where moving the vehicle without assistance
from another source would cause serious damage to the vehicle or streets
and alleyways of the City of New Haven, Missouri. Said vehicle shall
not be repaired upon the City street or alleyway unless repair would
be needed prior to having the vehicle moved by towing or needed repair
could be made within a short duration of time. Any person, firm or
corporation parking a vehicle described herein because of a breakdown
must notify the City Police Department of the breakdown giving location
of vehicle and nature of breakdown. Said vehicle shall be removed
as expeditiously as possible.
3.
Under temporary permit issued by the Chief of Police of New Haven,
Missouri, the Chief of Police of the City of New Haven may issue a
temporary permit not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours under the following
circumstances:
a.
Application to the Chief of Police setting forth the particular hardship
caused by not allowing the vehicle to be parked at a specific location;
and
b.
Determination by the Chief of Police that to deny the permit would
cause undue hardship. Inconvenience shall not be considered a hardship;
and
c.
Determination by the Chief of Police that the location at which the
vehicle would be parked would not unduly hinder traffic and would
not cause damage to surface of the street or alleyway.
No person firm or corporation shall park any vehicle having
an overall length over eighteen (18) feet on the north side of Front
Street.
