Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel to and within eighteen (18) inches of the right-hand curb.
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer shall determine upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall mark or sign such streets but such angle parking shall not be indicated upon any Federal-aid or State highway within the City unless the State Highways and Transportation Commission has determined by resolution or order entered in its minutes that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.
B. 
Angle parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon the left side of the street.
On those streets which have been signed or marked by the City Traffic Engineer for angle parking, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings.
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to issue special permits to permit the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials subject to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such permits may be issued either to the owner or lessee of real property or to the owner of the vehicle and shall grant to such person the privilege as therein stated and authorized herein.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any permittee or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any such permit.
A. 
Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours between a half (½) hour after sunset and a half (½) hour before sunrise and in the event there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred (500) feet upon such street or highway, no lights need be displayed upon such parked vehicle.
B. 
Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between a half (½) hour after sunset and a half (½) hour before sunrise and there is not sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred (500) feet upon such highway, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with one (1) or more lamps meeting the following requirements: At least one (1) lamp shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of the vehicle, and the same lamp or at least one (1) other lamp shall display a red light visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear of the vehicle, and the location of said lamp or lamps shall always be such that at least one (1) lamp or combination of lamps meeting the requirements of this Section is installed as near as practicable to the side of the vehicle which is closer to passing traffic. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to a motor-driven cycle.
C. 
Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
[Ord. No. 636 §§1 — 5, 3-25-2004]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have these prescribed meanings:
FIFTH STREET RESIDENTIAL PARKING DISTRICT
The area comprising the east side of Fifth Street bounded on the south by Highway N and on the north by Lime Street.
PARKING PERMIT
A valid resident or visitor parking permit issued for the Fifth Street parking district by the City of Cottleville.
RESIDENT
A person who lives in property abutting the east side of Fifth Street between Highway N and Lime Street.
RESIDENTIAL PARKING ZONE
Any street or any portion of a street within the boundaries of the Fifth Street residential parking district which is designated and posted by the City as a residential parking zone with specific parking restrictions.
VISITOR
Any person who is a household guest, a visitor, a worker performing services for, or domestic help for, a resident.
B. 
Residential Parking District. The City is hereby authorized to designate the location and restrictions for curb parking or residential parking zones within the Fifth Street residential parking district on any portion on the east side of the street on which the predominant land use is zoned single-family residential.
C. 
Permit Use.
1. 
When signs are erected upon streets in residential parking zones designating "Residential Permit Parking Only", no person, firm or corporation shall park or cause to be parked any vehicle during such hours of such days that does not display either a resident or visitor parking permit.
2. 
When signs are erected upon streets in residential parking zones restricting public curb parking to certain amounts of time during certain hours of the day on certain days, no person, firm or corporation shall park or cause to be parked in excess of the prescribed parking time limit any vehicle that does not display either a resident or visitor parking permit.
D. 
Permit Issuance. The City may issue annual parking permits to the residents of any designated residential parking zone upon proof of residence as determined by the City.
E. 
Penalty For Violation.
1. 
Any person, firm or corporation who shall park or cause to be parked any vehicle in violation of the provisions of this Section shall upon the conviction thereof be fined seventy-two dollars fifty cents ($72.50) for each such offense.
2. 
Any person, firm or corporation who shall distribute a resident or visitor parking permit to any person, firm or corporation not authorized to display such parking permit shall have his/her parking permits suspended by the City for a period not to exceed one (1) year.