[Ord. No. 252 §1; Ord. No. 370 §3; Ord. No. 1281 §1, 4-15-1997]
(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 Board of Aldermen 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.
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 fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant.
c.
Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
d.
Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing signal,
stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway.
e.
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 such entrance, when properly
signposted.
f.
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
(b)
No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into
any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is
unlawful.
[Ord. No. 252 §1]
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.
[Ord. No. 252 §1]
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner
or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten 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.
[Ord. No. 252 §1]
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal
purpose of:
[Ord. No. 953 §1, 5-1-1990]
No person shall park a trailer overnight upon any roadway or
street within the City of Eureka.
TRAILER: Any vehicle without motive power designed for carrying
passengers or property on its own structure and for being drawn by
a vehicle, except those running exclusively on tracks, but including
a semi-trailer or vehicle of the trailer type, so designed and used
in connection with any vehicle that a considerable part of its weight
rests upon and is carried by the towing vehicle.
[Ord. No. 954 §1, 5-1-1990]
No person shall park a boat or trailer overnight upon any roadway
or street or between the building set-back lines and the street unless
said boat or trailer is parked on a driveway.
[Ord. No. 1171 §1, 6-6-1995]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a recreational vehicle
upon any roadway within the City for a period exceeding twenty-four
(24) hours, except in a documentable emergency.
For purposes of this Section, a recreational vehicle is as defined
in the Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended, and as regulated
and licensed by the Missouri Motor Vehicle Bureau.
[Ord. No. 252, §1]
(a)
The board of aldermen 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 its 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.
[Ord. No. 252 §1]
(a)
The board of aldermen is authorized to erect signs indicating no
parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed
twenty feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs
when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty 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.
[Ord. No. 826 §1]
No person shall park any vehicle within ten feet of either side
of a mailbox within the City of Eureka, except therefrom such parking
on Sundays and legal Holidays.
[Ord. No. 252, §1]
The board of aldermen 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.
[Ord. No. 252, §1]
In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways
and traffic is restricted to one 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 board of aldermen 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.
[Ord. No. 252, §1]
(a)
The board of aldermen is hereby authorized to determine and designate
by proper signs places not exceeding one hundred 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.
[Ord. No. 359 §1; Ord. No. 706 §1; Ord. No. 712 §1]
The parking of commercial vehicles having a gross weight in
excess of twelve thousand pounds or licensed to haul in excess of
twelve thousand pounds, or any tractor or tractor-trailer truck unit,
is prohibited in all residential zones and on all streets, thoroughfares,
alleys and rights-of-way within the city limits.
[Ord. No. 657 §1]
The fire marshal, with the approval of the board of aldermen,
is authorized to designate fire lane areas on such portions of public
or private streets, alleys, roadways or any area accessible to vehicles
as the fire marshal may deem necessary to provide unobstructed access
to the fire department and other emergency vehicles. It shall be unlawful
for any person to stop, park or leave a vehicle in or upon, or to
obstruct in any manner, any fire lane so designated by the fire marshal.
Fire lanes legally designated by the fire marshal shall be posted
with appropriate signs or markings as required by the fire marshal
and approved by the board of aldermen so that the public will be aware
of the existence of such fire lanes. In the case of any fire lane
established on private property, the owner thereof shall provide such
signs or markings at his own expense, and in cases of fire lanes designated
on public property, the director of public works shall provide such
signs or markings at the expense of the city.
[Ord. No. 2230 §1, 7-17-2012]
No person shall park a vehicle along roadway for a continuous
twenty-four (24) hour period for more than seven (7) consecutive days.
[Ord. No. 2296 §1, 4-1-2014]
(a)
Compact motor vehicle parking spaces may be established by the Board
of Aldermen as deemed necessary in the interest of traffic or public
safety.
(b)
Compact motor vehicle parking spaces shall be designated by a combination
of striping and signage.
(c)
An individual will be deemed to be in violation of this section if
his or her vehicle projects beyond the established compact motor vehicle
parking space striping in any direction.
