A.
The
City shall provide books containing uniform traffic tickets as prescribed
by Supreme Court Rule. Said books shall include serially numbered
sets of citations in quadruplicate in the form prescribed by Supreme
Court Rule.
B.
Such
books shall be issued to the Chief of Police or his/her duly authorized
agent, a record shall be maintained of every book so issued, and a
written receipt shall be required for every book. The judge or judges
hearing City ordinance violation cases may require that a copy of
such record and receipts be filed with the court.
C.
The
Chief of Police shall be responsible for the issuance of such books
to individual members of the Police Department. The Chief of Police
shall require a written receipt for every book so issued and shall
maintain a record of every such book and each set of citations contained
therein.
Except when authorized or directed under State law to immediately
take a person before the Municipal Judge for the violation of any
traffic laws, a Police Officer who halts a person for such violation,
other than for the purpose of giving him/her a warning or warning
notice and does not take such person into custody under arrest, shall
issue to him/her a uniform traffic ticket which shall be proceeded
upon in accordance with Supreme Court Rules.
[Ord. No. 1853 §§1 —
5, 10-14-1991; Ord. No.
2162 §§1 — 2, 8-14-1995; Ord. No. 2179 §§1 —
2, 10-23-1995]
A.
Whenever
any motor vehicle without driver is found parked or stopped in violation
of any of the restrictions imposed by ordinance of the City or by
State law, the officer finding such vehicle shall take its registration
number and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle
which may identify its user and shall conspicuously affix to such
vehicle a uniform traffic ticket or other citation for the driver
to answer to the charge against him/her.
B.
Any
person receiving a notice of violation regarding parking violations,
or the owner or operator of a vehicle to which said notice was attached,
shall within seventy-two (72) hours of the time when such notice was
attached, pay to the City a penalty for such parking violation as
established in the City's Comprehensive Schedule of Fees.[1]
[Ord. No. 3650, 5-1-2023]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Comprehensive Schedule of Fees is on file
in the City offices.
C.
Failure
to pay the violation within seventy-two (72) hours or appear on the
scheduled court date shall cause a warrant to be issued against the
vehicle owner and the penalty for the violation of a provision of
this Section shall be as established in the City's Comprehensive Schedule
of Fees.[2]
[Ord. No. 3650, 5-1-2023]
[2]
Editor's Note: The Comprehensive Schedule of Fees is on file
in the City offices.
A.
Any
Law Enforcement Officer, or an official of the City where the City's
real property is concerned, may authorize a towing company to remove
to a place of safety:
1.
Any abandoned property on the right-of-way of:
a.
Any State highway or interstate highway or freeway in an urbanized
area of the City left unattended for ten (10) hours, or if a Law Enforcement
Officer determines that the abandoned property is a serious hazard
to other motorists;
b.
Any State highway or interstate highway or freeway outside of an
urbanized area of the City left unattended for more than forty-eight
(48) hours, or if a Law Enforcement Officer determines that the abandoned
property is a serious hazard to other motorists;
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provided that commercial motor vehicles not hauling waste designated
as hazardous under 49 U.S.C. 5103(a) may only be removed under this
Section to a place of safety until the owner or owner's representative
has had a reasonable opportunity to contact a towing company of choice.
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2.
Any unattended abandoned property illegally left standing upon any
highway or bridge if the abandoned property is left in a position
or under such circumstances as to obstruct the normal movement of
traffic where there is no reasonable indication that the person in
control of the property is arranging for its immediate control or
removal.
3.
Any abandoned property which has been abandoned under Sections 220.160 et seq. of this Code or Section 577.080, RSMo.
4.
Any abandoned property which has been reported as stolen or taken
without consent of the owner.
5.
Any abandoned property for which the person operating such property
is arrested for an alleged offense for which the officer is required
to take the person into custody and where such person is unable to
arrange for the property's timely removal.
6.
Any abandoned property which due to any other State law or City ordinance
is subject to towing because of the owner's outstanding traffic or
parking violations.
7.
Any abandoned property left unattended in violation of a State law
or City ordinance where signs have been posted giving notice of the
law or where the violation causes a safety hazard.
B.
When
the City Police Department authorizes a tow pursuant to this Section
in which the abandoned property is moved from the immediate vicinity,
it shall complete a crime inquiry and inspection report.
C.
Any
City agency other than the City Police Department authorizing a tow
under this Section where property is towed away from the immediate
vicinity shall report the tow to the City Police Department within
two (2) hours of the tow, along with a crime inquiry and inspection
report.
