A.Â
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.Â
Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
a.Â
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge
or curb of a street;
b.Â
On a sidewalk;
c.Â
Within an intersection;
d.Â
On a crosswalk;
e.Â
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.Â
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping,
standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
g.Â
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within
a highway tunnel;
h.Â
On any railroad tracks; or
i.Â
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
2.Â
Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily
to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
a.Â
In front of a public or private driveway;
b.Â
Within thirty (30) feet of an intersection;
c.Â
Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
d.Â
Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
e.Â
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.Â
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.Â
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
B.Â
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.Â
The
City 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.Â
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.Â
The
City 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.Â
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 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 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.Â
The
City 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.Â
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.Â
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 $500 fine".
B.Â
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.Â
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 five hundred dollars ($500.00). Every day upon which
such violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.