HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 803- REVOKED Parking of Semi Trailers, Trailers, Trucks, and Truck Tractors
CHAPTER VIII & IX – TRAFFIC & MOTOR VEHICLES
ORDINANCE 803 PARKING OF SEMI TRAILERS, TRAILERS, TRUCKS AND TRUCK
TRACTORS ........................................................................................ 803-1
Section 803.01: DEFINITIONS .................................................................................. 803-1
Section 803.02: DECLARATION OF NUISANCE .................................................... 803-1
Section 803.03: CATTLE TRUCK PARKING ........................................................... 803-2
Section 803.04: OVERNIGHT PARKING ................................................................. 803-2
Section 803.05: RESTRICTIONS CUMULATIVE .................................................... 803-2
Section 803.06: PENALTY ........................................................................................ 803-2
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REVOKED 12/2006
ORDINANCE 803PARKING OF SEMI TRAILERS, TRAILERS,
TRUCKS AND TRUCK TRACTORS
Section 803.01: DEFINITIONS. As used in this ordinance the following terms shall
mean:
Subd. 1: Semi Trailer. Every vehicle without mode of power designed for carrying
persons or property and for being drawn by vehicle and so constructed that some part of its
weight and some part of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
Subd. 2: Trailer. Every vehicle without mode of power designed for carrying persons or
property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight
rests upon another towing vehicle.
Subd. 3: Truck. Every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the
transportation of persons and property.
Subd. 4: Truck Tractor. Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing
other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the
vehicle and load so drawn.
Subd. 5: Street or Highway. The entire width between the boundary lines of any way or
place when any part thereof is open to the use of the public as a matter of right or purpose of
vehicular traffic.
Subd. 6: Residents District. All that territory defined as either single family or
residential or multiple residential district in the zoning ordinance for the City of St. Joseph.
Section 803.02: DECLARATION OF NUISANCE. The parking of the following
vehicles in an area of the City zoned R-1, R-2, R-3, or R-M is found to create a nuisance and
detrimental influence upon the public health, safety, prosperity, good order and general welfare
of such district by obstructing the view of streets and of private properties, bringing unhealthful
and annoying odors and materials into the residential neighborhoods, creating cluttered and
otherwise unsightly areas, preventing the full use of residential streets, residential parking,
introducing commercial advertising signs into areas where commercial advertising signs are
otherwise prohibited, and otherwise adversely affecting residential property values in the
neighborhood patterns. It shall be unlawful for any person owning, driving or in charge of a
semi trailer, to park the same in a zoned district R-1, R-2, R-3, or R-M nor within 100 feet of any
residence for more than 60 minutes. It shall also be unlawful for any person owning, driving, or
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in charge of a truck with a refrigeration unit running to park the same in a zoned district R-1, R-
2, R-3, or R-M or within 200 feet of any residence for more than 60 minutes. It shall also be
unlawful for any person owning, driving or in charge of a truck tractor to park the same in a
zoned district R-1, R-2, R-3, or R-M or within 200 feet of any residence for more than 60
minutes with the engine running.
Section 803.03: CATTLE TRUCK PARKING. It shall be unlawful to leave standing
upon any street or public alley in the City of St. Joseph, any cattle truck or vehicle regularly used
for transporting livestock for a period exceeding one hour.
Section 803.04: OVERNIGHT PARKING: No trailer or other object shall remain parked
for more than forty-eight (48) hours upon any street or alley. Any trailer, which is moved less
than one (1) block, shall be deemed to have remained stationary in violation of this subdivision.
It is unlawful to remove any mark made by a Police Officer to determine the length of time a
trailer or other object remained parked.
Section 803.05: RESTRICTIONS CUMULATIVE. The restrictions of this Ordinance
relating to the parking of trucks are not to be construed as exclusive, but rather as in addition to
the parking restrictions which apply to all motor vehicles generally, as provided by state law or
other Ordinance provisions.
Section 803.06: PENALTY. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Updated Section 803.04, 803.05 and 803.06 on 9/2005
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