[CC §32.065; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980; Ord. No. 548 §1, 7-15-1996]
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 adjacent curb or within thirty (30) feet
of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone,
unless the City Manager 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.
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 said entrance (when properly sign
posted);
f.
At any place where official signs prohibit standing;
g.
Within fifteen (15) feet of a container currently being utilized
and maintained as a public mail box by the U.S. Postal Service.
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 at any place where official signs prohibit parking.
4.
Park a privately-owned, unattached trailer or recreational vehicle,
on a residential street.
[Ord. No. 1124 § 2, 7-17-2017]
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.
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.
[CC §32.067; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980]
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.
[CC §§32.068, 32.093; Ord. No.
160, 2-4-1980]
[CC §32.069; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980]
A.
The
City Manager 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 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.
[CC §32.070; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980]
A.
The
City Manager 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.
[CC §32.071; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980]
The City Manager is authorized to erect signs upon the left-hand
side of any one (1) 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.
[CC §32.072; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980]
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 (1) way roadway unless signs are erected to permit such standing
or parking. The City Manager is authorized to determine when standing
or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any such one
(1) way roadway and to erect signs giving notice thereof.
[CC §32.073; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980]
A.
The
City Manager 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 §11.94; Ord. No. 188, 6-15-1981]
No person shall park or stand a motor vehicle, whether occupied
or not, in a private driveway, on a private parking lot, or on private
property, without the express or implied consent of the owner or other
person in lawful charge of such driveway, parking lot or property.
[CC §36.57; Ord. No. 52, 5-5-1975]
Parking is prohibited on all City property immediately adjacent to any public building owned by the City unless by special permit or when conducting official business with the City of St. John. Any unauthorized vehicle found to be so illegally parked, shall be towed from the premises at the owners expense as set out by Section 370.050 of this Title.
[CC §11.99; Ord. No. 432 §§1
— 4, 5-18-1992; Ord. No. 833 §1, 6-6-2005]
A.
The
parking or standing of a motor vehicle in a designated handicapped
parking space within the City of St. John is hereby prohibited unless
said vehicle bears a distinguished license plate or placard hanging
from the rear view mirror in accordance with Sections 301.142 or 301.071,
RSMo., for the State of Missouri.
B.
Any
person, firm or corporation must submit a request for a permit for
a designated handicapped parking space on a public street. Said permit
will be reviewed by City staff and issued subject to the approval
of the City Manager. An initial fee will be charged and subsequent
renewal fees will apply pursuant to the issuance of the permit.
C.
Each
designated handicapped parking space must be marked by a posted sign
which displays the international symbol of accessibility and the words "Handicapped Parking" in white on a blue background.
D.
The
owner or person in lawful possession of a public off-street parking
facility, and any political subdivision owning or operating a public
off-street parking facility, may, after notifying the local Police
or Sheriff's Department, cause the removal of any vehicle not displaying
a distinguishing license plate or card on which is inscribed the international
symbol of accessibility and the word "disabled" issued
pursuant to Section 301.142, RSMo., or a "disabled veteran" license plate issued pursuant to Section 301.071, RSMo., or a distinguishing
license plate or card issued by any other state from a space designated
for physically disabled persons if there is posted immediately adjacent
to, and readily visible from, such space a sign on which is inscribed
the international symbol of accessibility in white on a blue background
and may 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. Any person who parks in a space reserved for
physically disabled persons and is not displaying distinguishing license
plates or a card is guilty of an infraction and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00)
nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00). Any vehicle which has
been removed and which is not properly claimed within thirty (30)
days thereafter shall be considered to be an abandoned vehicle.
