fun with parking in KC
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:09 pm
Did you know KCMO code forbids on street parking within 4 feet of a driveway of any kind? Lest you think this is a commercial driveway, your home driveway applies too, the law is that broadly worked. Perhaps there's a contingency law but I haven't found it yet.
Every curb cut removes the width of the driveway + 8 feet worth of parking. It doesn't seem like much except that four feet push can mean a lot when you include the other parts of code. this one I like and it makes sense. more visibility is safer.
All the new fire hydrants require a 10 foot gap centered on them. Water services moved a ton around downtown to put new ones in and failed to redo the parking to match. Could be painful during a fire if people ignore this and park there anyways. Without a no parking sign, who do you blame?
One can't park within 20 feet of a crosswalk. You can guess how often that's enforced. This one makes total sense for pedestrian safety. 20 feet is good visibility for a car making a moving right turn across a GO pedestrian signal. I wouldn't decrease this number one inch.
20 feet is quite long. The 6.5 foot 2015 *supercrew* F-150 is barely over 20 feet long, 4.3" too long. the 8 foot supercab is almost a foot longer. the shorter supercab and supercrew would both have 8" to spare. So if you couldn't fit that vehicle in the space left, it's an illegal parking spot.
or my favorite, you can't park within 30 feet or any stop sign on the side of the road. tell me what stop sign *isn't* on the side of the road and how much parking is that close to a stop sign. 30 feet is long enough to make a green statement by parallel parking a Ford Escape and a Smart Car and have 6 feet left over.
Every curb cut removes the width of the driveway + 8 feet worth of parking. It doesn't seem like much except that four feet push can mean a lot when you include the other parts of code. this one I like and it makes sense. more visibility is safer.
All the new fire hydrants require a 10 foot gap centered on them. Water services moved a ton around downtown to put new ones in and failed to redo the parking to match. Could be painful during a fire if people ignore this and park there anyways. Without a no parking sign, who do you blame?
One can't park within 20 feet of a crosswalk. You can guess how often that's enforced. This one makes total sense for pedestrian safety. 20 feet is good visibility for a car making a moving right turn across a GO pedestrian signal. I wouldn't decrease this number one inch.
20 feet is quite long. The 6.5 foot 2015 *supercrew* F-150 is barely over 20 feet long, 4.3" too long. the 8 foot supercab is almost a foot longer. the shorter supercab and supercrew would both have 8" to spare. So if you couldn't fit that vehicle in the space left, it's an illegal parking spot.
or my favorite, you can't park within 30 feet or any stop sign on the side of the road. tell me what stop sign *isn't* on the side of the road and how much parking is that close to a stop sign. 30 feet is long enough to make a green statement by parallel parking a Ford Escape and a Smart Car and have 6 feet left over.