The Standard Traffic Ordinance as adopted is hereby modified by adding thereto the following: The governing body may, by resolution, establish and fix the location of such traffic control devices as may be deemed necessary to guide and warn traffic under the provisions of this chapter, other traffic ordinances and the state laws. The city shall place and maintain such traffic control signs, signals and devices when and as may be required by the authority of the governing body to make effective the provisions of this chapter and other ordinances for the regulation of traffic. Any official traffic control device placed pursuant to this section shall be marked and labeled on a map of the City of Valley Falls for the purpose of displaying all such traffic control devices and shall be filed with the city clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours of business.
(Code 2006; Code 2023)
(a) The school zone shall be between the east edge of Walnut Street and the west edge of Elm Street on Phoebe/9th Street/Kansas Highway 16 and shall be marked by signs indicating SCHOOL ZONE 20 MPH WHEN FLASHING and yellow flashing beacons mounted to sign posts at these locations as approved by Kansas Department of Transportation.
(b) The yellow flashing beacons shall be programmed to operate during times established by the Chief of Police or other designated city official after consultation with school district administrators.
(c) One-way driving and parking is established around the public school property of the city as follows:
(1) One way driving going north on Elm Street between Francis/7th Street and Caroline/6th Street; going south on Oak Street between Caroline/6th Street and Catherine/8th Street; and going east on Caroline/6th Street between Elm Street and Oak Street.
(2) Only during school hours, parking on Elm Street and Oak Street shall be on the right hand side only and there shall be no parking on the north side of Caroline/6th Street.
(Code 1983; Ord. 14-202.1; Code 2023)
(a) Vehicles shall be parked on Broadway between the Depot and Oak Streets at an angle of 45 degrees with the right front wheel touching the curb. All parking of trucks exceeding the size of one ton is prohibited. Parking in front of the theater or within 10 feet of any fire hydrant and center parking is prohibited and double parking is prohibited except for the loading and unloading of supplies and then not longer than five minutes.
In the block north of Broadway on Walnut Street, cars shall park at an angle on the east side of the street and parallel on the west side. In the block south of Broadway on Walnut, parking is prohibited except parallel parking on the west side south of the first station. In the block north of Broadway on Sycamore, angle parking is allowed on the east side of the street and parallel parking on the west side of the street. In the block south of Broadway on Sycamore, angle parking is allowed on the west side of the street and on the east side of street to the alley, and parallel to the corner. Parallel parking is allowed on all streets in the rest of the city with the right hand side of the car to the curb as close as possible.
No parking is allowed overnight on Broadway between Maple and Oak Streets.
No truck parking is allowed on any street for over one hour when it creates a safety hazard.
No parking will be allowed on the South side of Francis Street from Walnut Street to the alley (approximately 170 feet west of Walnut Street).
The governing body can by resolution prescribe no parking zones within the city when it is considered necessary in the interest of safety, and the zone shall be clearly marked.
(b) All automobiles parked on Broadway Street between Maple Street and Oak Street, shall, when leaving, be backed far enough to allow the driver to go ahead in the same direction as he or she was going before parking.
(c) Vehicles may, for the purpose of loading and unloading, delivery or loading for delivery, be backed parallel with the curb, long enough only to so load or unload in no case more than 15 minutes.
(d) It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle on the streets of this city within 10 feet of any intersection.
(Ord. 14-203.1; Ord. 14-208; Ord. 14-210; Ord. 14-214, Sec. 1; Code 2006; Code 2023)
Whenever authorized signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall park any truck at any time upon that portion of the streets so posted or signed for No Truck Parking, excepting that vehicles used for the transportation of merchandise or materials may stand or be parked at the curb to take on or discharge loads on any street so marked. For purposes of this section, truck shall be defined as every motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
(Code 1983; Code 2023)
(a) Any person desiring to park a truck tractor or trailer on the streets for a period in excess of four hours must show good cause to the governing body of the city and obtain a written permit for the parking from the city clerk.
(b) No truck tractor or trailer may be parked on the street or within 300 feet of any residence and leave the motor, either truck or refrigeration, running to create a nuisance to residents in the area.
(Ord. 14-208, Secs. 2:3; Code 2006; Code 2023)
(a) Except as provided in Chapters of this code, it shall be unlawful for any person to park any trailer on any street, alley, highway or other public place, or any tractor of land, whether owned by the person himself, herself or by others, within the city limits.
(b) No person shall park or occupy any trailer outside a duly authorized trailer camp or trailer lot, unless the trailer complies with all of the regulations that apply to a permanent dwelling in the same area. No trailer shall be permitted to be parked within 40 feet of the dwelling house of any person, unless the owner thereof shall give his or her consent in writing to permit such parking.
(c) Emergency or temporary stopping or parking shall be done only in accordance with the traffic regulations and other ordinances of the city and as the same may be permitted or authorized by the chief of police.
(Code 1983; Code 2023)