[Ord. No. 20, § 65, 12-13-1949; Code 1965, § 52.81]
If any vehicle is found upon a street in violation of any provision
of this chapter regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles
and the identity of the operator cannot be determined, the owner,
or person in whose name such vehicle is registered, shall be held
prima facie responsible for such violation.
[Ord. No. 575, § 2, 4-19-1960; Code 1965, § 52.71]
No person having control or charge of a motor vehicle shall
allow such vehicle to stand in any street unattended by a licensed
driver without first setting the brakes thereon, stopping the motor,
removing the ignition keys from the vehicle and, when standing upon
a perceptible grade, without turning the front wheels of the vehicle
toward the nearest, if any, curb or the near side of the roadway.
[Ord. No. 20, § 27, 12-13-1949; Code 1965, § 52.72]
(a)
Except when necessary in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic
signs or signals, the operator of a vehicle shall not stop, stand
or park such vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge
of the roadway, heading in the direction of traffic, and with the
curbside wheels of the vehicle within one foot of the edge of the
roadway, except as follows:
(1)
Upon those streets which have been marked or posted with signs
for angle parking, a vehicle shall be parked at the angle to the curb
indicated by such marks or signs.
(2)
In places where, and at hours when, stopping for the loading
or unloading of merchandise or materials is permitted, a vehicle used
for the transportation of merchandise or materials may back into the
curb to take on or discharge loads, when the owner of such vehicle
holds a permit granting him such special privilege and provided further
that such permit shall be either in the possession of the operator
or on the vehicle at the time such vehicle is backed against the curb
to take on or discharge a load, and it shall be unlawful for any owner
or operator to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any
such special permit.
(b)
The Director of Public Works, with the consent of the Board of Aldermen,
shall determine upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted
and shall mark or post signs on such streets.
(c)
The Chief of Police may issue to any owner of a vehicle used to transport
merchandise or materials a special permit, in no event to be for a
period longer than one day and to state therein the terms and conditions
thereof, allowing the operator of such vehicle the privilege of loading
and unloading while the vehicle is backed against the curb, if in
the opinion of the Chief of Police such privilege is reasonably necessary
in the conduct of the owner's business and will not seriously interfere
with traffic.
[Ord. No. 20, § 21, 12-13-1949; Code 1965, § 52.73]
(a)
The Director of Public Works with the consent of the Board of Aldermen
shall have authority to determine the location of passenger zones
and loading zones and shall erect and maintain or cause to be maintained
appropriate signs indicating the same.
(b)
The operator of a vehicle shall not stop, stand or park a vehicle
for a period of time longer than is necessary for the expeditious
loading or unloading of passengers in any place marked as a passenger
zone.
(c)
The operator of a vehicle shall not stop, stand or park a vehicle
for a period of time longer than is necessary for the expeditious
loading or unloading of passengers, or for the unloading and delivery
or pick up and loading of materials, in any place marked as a loading
zone. In no case shall the stop for loading and for unloading of materials
exceed 15 minutes. This subsection shall not be applicable between
the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
[Ord. No. 20, §§ 22
— 24, 12-13-1949; Code 1965, § 52.74]
(a)
The Chief of Police, with the consent of the Board of Aldermen, is
hereby authorized and required to establish bus stops, service car
stops and taxicab stands on such public streets, in such places and
in such number as shall be determined to be of the greatest service
and convenience to the public, and every such bus stop, service car
stop and taxicab stand shall be designated by appropriate signs.
(b)
The driver of any vehicle other than a bus shall not stand or park
in an officially designated bus stop. The driver of any vehicle other
than a service car shall not stand or park in an officially designated
service car stop. The driver of any vehicle other than a taxicab shall
not stand or park in any officially designated taxicab stand. The
driver of any passenger vehicle may temporarily stop in any such stop
or stand for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the loading
or unloading of passengers.
(c)
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any bus, taxicab or service
car to stand or park upon any street in any congested district at
any place other than at a bus stop, taxicab stand or service car stop,
respectively, except that this provision shall not prohibit the driver
of any vehicle from temporarily stopping in accordance with other
stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and
while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers.
[Ord. No. 20, §§ 28,
29, 12-13-1949; Code 1965, § 52.76; Ord. No. 1627, § 1, 9-28-1976]
(a)
No person shall park upon a street any vehicle displayed for sale.
(b)
No person shall park on any street any vehicle for the primary purpose
of displaying advertising.
(c)
On Watson Road, no person shall park a vehicle for sale or for display
advertising closer than 15 feet from the pavement of the street.
[Code 1965, § 52.79; Ord. No. 1111, § 1, 4-22-1969; Ord. No. 1130, § 1, 6-10-1969; Ord. No. 1983, § 4, 12-11-1984]
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall
park a vehicle in those areas designated in Schedule D where such
areas are designated no parking at any time or in those areas where
parking is prohibited for a specific time.
[Code 1965, § 52.791; Ord. No.
1375, § 1, 8-8-1972; Ord. No. 1983, § 5, 12-11-1984]
In order to regulate properly the movement of traffic in the
City and to facilitate the rapid and unobstructed passage of fire
apparatus, certain streets and drives are hereby established as fire
lanes, as designated in Schedule E of this chapter, and, when so marked
with appropriate signs, parking is hereby prohibited in the places
designated in Schedule E.
[Ord. No. 4187,[1] § 1, 5-12-2009]
(a)
Whenever there has been an accumulation of snow of one inch or more,
or ice or freezing rain, within the City, parking on any street for
which the City provides snow removal operations, shall be limited
to one side of the street only, until snow removal operations are
complete and the weather emergency has ended. The side of the street
on which parking shall be allowed is determined as follows: During
the winters which begin in even-numbered years, parking shall be limited
to the side of the street immediately adjacent to the even-numbered
addresses and during winters which begin in odd-numbered years, parking
shall be limited to the side of the street immediately adjacent to
the odd-numbered addresses. For those streets on which parking is
already restricted on one side, this section will not apply and parking
during snow, ice or freezing rain shall be limited to the side of
the street that is not restricted.
(b)
Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall,
upon conviction, be subject to the penalties provided for violation
of City ordinances.
[1]
Editor's Note: this ordinance also provided for the repeal
of former § 14-159.
[Ord. No. 461, § 1, 8-12-1958; Code 1965, § 52.80]
Drivers of buses and commercial vehicles are prohibited from
parking or stopping for more than one hour on the streets of the City
except when actually being used or engaged in the transaction of business.
In any case for good, valid and sufficient reasons, other than mere
convenience or accommodation for stopping such a vehicle in such place
for more than one hour, the driver shall apply to the Chief of Police
for a permit, which shall be issued without cost, authorizing the
vehicle to stop or park for a period of more than one hour. The Director
of Public Works is hereby directed to post metal, permanent traffic
signs in at least eight conspicuous places in the City, giving notice
of the provisions of this section.
[Code 1965, § 52.801; Ord. No.
1497, § 1, 5-7-1974; Ord. No. 5331, 1-24-2023]
(a)
The Board of Aldermen hereby finds and determines that the indiscriminate
parking and stopping of motor vehicles on lawns of residences, and
between the curb and sidewalk and on sidewalks, adversely affects
the appearance of neighborhoods to the extent of decreasing property
values; decreases the desirability of locating businesses in the City;
creates problems for fire apparatus in emergencies and requires regulation
by the City for maintaining the peace and good government and welfare
of the City and its trade and commerce.
(b)
No automobiles, motorcycles, motortricycles, motorized bicycles, trucks, trailers or other motor vehicles shall be parked or stopped between the curb and the front façade of any residential or other building, or in the side yard next to the street in case of corner lots, except on a parking area, as defined in Section 26-5 of this code, having a durable surface conforming to the requirements of Sections 7-11(b) and 26-27(a) of this code, and any other applicable ordinances of this City for parking and driveway, except as provided in subsection (c); and no automobile, motorcycle, motortricycle, motorized bicycle, trucks, trailers or other motor vehicles shall be parked or stopped along any street with any portion of the vehicle on the area between curb and sidewalk nor on sidewalks.
(c)
In cases of emergency or hardship on the owner or occupant of residential
property, said owner or occupant may make application to the police
chief for a permit, that it be granted because of an emergency situation
or to prevent a hardship. The police chief shall issue said permit
for a period of not longer than 30 days, and upon such terms and conditions
as may be proper under the circumstances.
[Ord. No. 20, § 17, 12-13-1949; Code 1965, § 52.82]
No person shall solicit the privilege of watching or guarding
a vehicle while it is parked on any street of the City.
[Ord. No. 363, §§ 1
— 9, 4-30-1957; Code 1965, § 52.83]
(a)
Authorization. Members of the Police Department may remove a vehicle
from a street to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to
a garage designated or maintained by the Police Department, or may
arrange with a private hauling or towing business to so remove a vehicle
from a street under the following circumstances:
(1)
When any vehicle is so parked as to block the entrance to or
the exit from a private or public driveway;
(2)
When a vehicle is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction
to traffic and the person or persons in charge of the vehicle are
by reason of physical injury incapacitated to such an extent as to
be unable to provide for its custody or removal;
(3)
When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street and is so
parked illegally as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction
to the normal movement of traffic;
(4)
When any vehicle is involved in an accident or violation of
the law or of the ordinances of the City and the driver is arrested
or has abandoned the vehicle; or
(5)
When a motor vehicle is left on private property other than
that of the owner or driver of the vehicle without the consent of
the owner or of the person having the right to the use of such private
property on which the vehicle is left.
(b)
Notice. Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street or private
property and the officer knows or is able to ascertain from the registration
records the name and address of the owner thereof, such officer shall
give or cause to be given notice in writing to such owner of the fact
of such removal and the reasons therefor, and of the place to which
such vehicle has been moved. In the event any such vehicle is stored
in a public garage, a copy of such notice shall be given to the proprietor
of such garage.
(c)
Notice to state. Whenever an officer removes a vehicle and does not
know and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner, or for any
other reason is unable to give the notice to the owner as hereinbefore
provided, and in the event the vehicle is not returned to the owner
within a period of three days, the officer shall immediately send
or cause to be sent written report of such removal by mail to the
state official whose duty it is to register motor vehicles, and shall
file a copy of such notice with the proprietor of any public garage
in which the vehicle may be stored. Such notice shall include a complete
description of the vehicle, the date, time and place from which removed,
the reasons for such removal and the name of the garage or place where
the vehicle is stored.
(d)
Redemption. The owner may redeem the motor vehicle impounded within
a period of 30 days from the date it is taken into custody, upon payment
of an impounding fee of $1 and repayment to the City for any costs
it may have incurred in removing and storing such motor vehicle.
(e)
Sale of vehicle. In the event of the failure of the owner to redeem
the motor vehicle within such period of time, the Chief of Police
is hereby authorized in behalf of the City to sell the property, after
at least three days' notice of the time, place and the terms of the
sale have been posted in at least five public places in the City,
to the highest and best bidder for cash. Out of the proceeds of sale
there shall be turned over to the City Finance Officer/Treasurer the
impounding fee and costs of removal and storage and of the holding
of the sale, if any, and the balance, if any, shall be tendered to
the owner, if known. If the owner cannot be found within a period
of 90 days after the sale, or if the owner refuses or fails to accept
the tender, the Chief of Police shall pay over such balance, if any,
to the City Finance Officer/Treasurer for municipal purposes. If the
motor vehicle is unsalable, the Chief of Police may give it away or
destroy it. The City may bid on and become the purchaser of any such
motor vehicle offered for sale.
(f)
Deficiency on sale. If the owner of the motor vehicle impounded does
not redeem it and if it is impossible to realize the full amount of
the impounding, removal and storage charges and other expenses out
of the sale of the motor vehicle, the owner of the motor vehicle shall
be liable to the City for the balance remaining due to it, and such
balance may be recovered in a civil action before any court of competent
jurisdiction.
(g)
Title. The sale or giving away of a motor vehicle under this section
shall pass good and full title thereto.
[Ord. No. 404, § 1, 10-22-1957; Ord. No. 730, §§ 1, 2, 5-1-1962; Code
1965, § 52.84]
(a)
DRIVE-IN
PARKING LOT
PRIVATE WAYS
Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the construction
of this section:
A place where the occupants of motor vehicles are served
while seated in the vehicle, including drive-in theaters, restaurants
and filling stations.
An area on public or private property where spaces are provided
gratuitously or for hire for the parking of motor vehicles; provided
that, nothing herein shall be construed to include driveways or other
portions of single-family residential lots used by the occupant and
his invitees for parking automobiles, nor spaces on public streets
where parking is permitted.
Private streets and alleys, roadways and driveways at tourist
courts, trailer camps, hotels and multiple-family dwellings and entrance
drives into garages, repair shops and other mercantile business, commercial
and industrial establishments.
(b)
Traffic regulations applicable. Every person driving a vehicle in
a parking lot, drive-in or private way as herein described shall drive
the same in a careful and prudent manner and shall exercise ordinary
care, and at a rate of speed not in excess of 20 miles per hour and
at such lesser speed when required so as not to endanger the property
of another or the life or limb of any person, taking into consideration
the amount of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, the visibility and
atmospheric conditions and the condition of the pavement. All regulations
provided by this chapter applicable to motor vehicles on public streets
with respect to signaling, lights, backing, turning and sounding of
horns shall apply to persons driving vehicles in such places.
(c)
Loading zones; stopping at exits. No person shall park or leave his
vehicle in any parking lot, drive-in or private way in any space or
so as to block or prevent the full and complete use of any space set
aside by the owner of the property for loading or unloading, and the
driver of a vehicle leaving a parking lot, drive-in or private way
shall bring the vehicle to a full and complete stop before entering
any street. The Director of Public Works is authorized to erect stop
signs at all exits from parking lots, drive-ins and private ways at
the entrance to any street, or may authorize such signs to be erected
by the owner of the property, and such stop signs whether erected
by the City or by the owner shall constitute notice of the provisions
of this section.
(d)
Driving lanes; parking spaces. In any parking lot, drive-in or private
way where lanes are marked for driving motor vehicles, they shall
be observed, and where spaces are marked for the parking of automobiles,
vehicles shall be parked in accordance therewith and without encroaching
upon drives, reserved spaces or other parking spaces. Drivers of vehicles
in such places are required to enter and leave parking spaces with
extreme caution so as to avoid injury or damage to persons and property,
and vehicles shall not be parked, stopped or operated in such manner
as to block or unnecessarily hold up or delay the normal movement
of other vehicles. Where fire hydrants are installed on the premises,
no motor vehicle shall be parked within 10 feet of a hydrant or in
such manner as to block access thereto by personnel and equipment
of the Fire Department.
[Code 1965, § 52.841; Ord. No.
1495, §§ 1, 2, 5-7-1974]
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to park or leave unattended
any vehicle or vehicles on any commercial, industrial or public parking
lot within the City, unless such vehicle or vehicles are so parked
or left unattended within spaces properly designated for the parking
of vehicles.
(b)
This section shall not apply to commercial trucks or vehicles while
loading or unloading goods, wares or merchandise to establishments
or institutions served by the particular parking lot.
[Ord. No. 3581, §§ 1
— 5, 8-24-1999]
(a)
Parking is prohibited on any street on which street repairs or improvements
are being made during the period that such work is being performed.
(b)
Reasonable prior notice shall be given by the Department of Public
Works to the residents along a street where street repairs or improvements
are being made. The term, reasonable prior notice, shall include a
letter or other written notice delivered to each home, not less than
48 hours prior to the commencement of such work. Such notice shall
inform the residents as to the anticipated time when street repairs
or improvements will commence on such street, that no parking on such
street is permitted while such work is in process, that failure to
comply with such no parking restriction shall authorize City personnel
to cause said vehicle to be towed, that such failure is a violation
of this section and that a violation shall subject the resident to
the penalties provided by this section.
(c)
Signs shall be posted at each end of a street on which repairs or
improvements are being made that parking is prohibited.
(d)
In the event that vehicles are parked on the street during the period
that repairs or improvements are being made, City personnel are hereby
authorized to cause any such vehicle to be removed from such street
and towed. Notice shall be given to the owner of such vehicle, as
prescribed by state law that the vehicle has been removed and towed
and the location to which the vehicle has been towed and that the
owner of such vehicle may reclaim it upon proof of ownership and payment
of all reasonable charges for the towing and storage of such vehicle.
(e)
In addition, any person violating the no parking restriction shall,
upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided for
violation of a City ordinance.
[Ord. No. 3709, § 1, 2-12-2002]
(a)
PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
VISITOR
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following words
and phrases shall have the following meanings:
A residential district in which parking is prohibited except
in accordance with this section.
An area within 1,000 feet of any existing or future section(s)
of the recreational trail known as "Grant's Trail" as delineated by
the Director of Public Works.
A person who stays temporarily at a residence but is domiciled
elsewhere outside the residential district.
(b)
Parking in permit parking districts. Whenever the Board of Aldermen,
of its own initiative or upon a petition signed by at least 30% of
the property owners on a block within the residential district as
determined by the Director of Public Works, shall determine that the
street(s) of a particular block of the residential district is/are
being used for parking by the operators of motor vehicles who are
nonresidents of the residential district, the Board of Aldermen may
by ordinance prohibit parking in a particular area within the residential
district (the "permit parking district") during hours specified by
the Board. In such cases, the Board of Aldermen shall cause appropriate
signs, which give notice of the prohibition, to be posted on those
streets restricting all parking, except parking by holders of permits
granted under the following conditions:
(1)
There may be issued one color-coded permit for each vehicle
belonging to a resident owner who resides in the permit parking district.
(2)
Each residence within a permit parking district shall be issued
two visitors permits. Such permits shall be limited to that particular
permit parking district for a stated period not to exceed one-year.
One additional permit for visitors to a particular residence within
a permit parking district may be issued for a stated period but not
more than 30 days.
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Permits shall be color-coded to identify the permit parking
district in which they shall be valid for parking. Each permit parking
district shall be assigned a different color or series of colors for
permits issued under this section for the purpose of identifying the
districts in which such permits apply.
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(c)
Exceptions.
(1)
The parking prohibitions contained herein shall not apply to
service or delivery vehicles which are being used to provide services
or make deliveries in a permit parking district.
(2)
A petition requesting the exception of a particular block within
the residential district subject to the provisions herein, signed
by more than 50% of the residents of that block, will authorize the
City Administrator to except that particular block from the restricted
parking regulations set forth herein.
(d)
Issuance of permits to residents.
(1)
After the Board of Aldermen adopts an ordinance designating
a permit parking district, the City Clerk shall issue parking permits
to the residents of that district. This issuance shall take place
upon proof of the applicant's residence.
(2)
Whenever a person is no longer a resident of Crestwood, the
person holding such a permit issued under this section shall surrender
it to the City Clerk or his or her authorized representative. No permit
issued hereunder shall be valid for more than one-year, but may be
renewed upon its expiration, provided that the conditions for the
eligibility continue to exist.
(3)
It shall be unlawful for any person to represent that he or
she is entitled to such a permit when he or she is not so entitled
or to fail to surrender a permit to which he or she is no longer entitled.
It shall also be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle displaying
such a permit at any time when the holder of such permit is not entitled
to hold it.
(e)
Issuance of permits to visitors. On the application of any resident
of the permit parking district, the City Clerk or his or her authorized
representative shall issue two visitor permits limited to a particular
residence in the particular permit parking district. These visitor
permits shall be for a period of no more than one-year. One additional
visitor permit may be issued to a particular residence within such
permit parking district and shall be limited to a period of no more
than 30 days. Notification of all visitor permits issued shall be
provided to the Chief of Police.
(f)
Special events parking. The City Administrator may waive the enforcement
of the residential permit parking system in any permit parking district
for the purpose of providing parking for special events. Normally
this waiver will be valid for one-day only, but in no event for more
than three consecutive days.
(g)
Parking signs. Following the adoption of the ordinance designating
an area a permit parking district, the Public Works Director shall
cause parking signs to be posted in the district indicating the parking
restrictions. It shall be unlawful thereafter to park in these districts
without a permit.
(h)
Changing permit parking district boundaries. Following the designation
of a permit parking district, the Board of Aldermen, upon receipt
of a petition signed by more than 50% of the residents of a block
contiguous to the district may by ordinance alter the boundaries of
the district to include it within any such block.
(i)
Penalties. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties provided for violation
of City ordinances.
[Ord. No. 3806, § 1, 11-11-2003]
(a)
BOAT
MOTORIZED CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE, (RV)
TRAILER
VEHICLE ACCESSORIES
Definitions. The following definitions apply to this section:
Any object that has the intended use of transporting people
on water. This shall include, but is not limited to, houseboats, speedboats,
fishing boats, canoes, paddleboats, personal watercraft, and yachts.
Any device that has the intended use of moving dirt, materials
and/or completing other construction activities. This includes, but
is not limited to, skid loaders, backhoes and bulldozers.
A vehicle structure without permanent foundation, which can
be driven or towed and is primarily designed and constructed to permit
occupancy for use as a temporary dwelling or sleeping quarters for
one or more persons for recreational, camping or travel purposes.
Any object without motor power designed for carrying property
on its own structure and for being drawn by a self-propelled vehicle.
Items which can be attached to a vehicle to be used for storing
or transporting objects. This includes, but is not limited to, campers,
camper shells, luggage racks, and sports equipment racks.
(b)
Restrictions:
(1)
RVs, trailers, and boats must be stored in an enclosed area
or on an asphalt, concrete or paving stone surface in the side or
rear yard behind the front building line. In the case of a corner
lot, the side yard will also be considered a front yard.
(2)
Vehicle accessories must be stored in an enclosed area or attached
to a licensed vehicle in the manner for which they are intended to
be used.
(3)
Motorized construction equipment must be stored in an enclosed
area.
(4)
A resident owner or lessee is allowed to park a licensed RV
on a residential street for purposes of loading and unloading only,
but not to exceed 48 hours at a given time. Visitors of residents
are allowed to park a licensed RV on a residential street or in a
driveway for up to seven days in a calendar year, with an RV parking
permit issued by the Police Department.
(5)
Parking of trailers, boats, motorized construction equipment,
and vehicle accessories is not allowed on residential streets. Trailers
and boats on trailers may be parked on a residential street for a
period not to exceed 72 hours if the trailer is attached to a licensed
vehicle. Visitors of residents are allowed to park trailers and boats
on trailers, if attached to a licensed vehicle, on a residential street
or in a driveway for up to seven days in a calendar year, with a parking
permit issued by the Police Department.
(6)
The foregoing notwithstanding, RV's, trailers, and boats may
be parked in the front driveway by a resident owner or lessee, for
purposes of loading and unloading only, but not to exceed 72 hours
at any given time.
(c)
Applicability to current RV, boat and trailer owners. City of Crestwood
resident owners or lessees who are RV, boat or trailer owners at the
time this section becomes effective [November 17, 2003], will not
be subject to the restrictions set forth in subsection (b)(1), so
long as said RV, boat or trailer owner registers the RV, boat or trailer
with the City Clerk on or before December 31, 2003. This exemption
also applies to any resident owner or lessee, with a properly registered
RV, boat or trailer hereunder, who acquires a new or replacement RV,
boat or trailer, provided the new or replacement RV, boat or trailer
is of the same kind, and general size and character.
(d)
Penalties. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties provided for violation
of City ordinances.
