[R.O. 2011 § 355.010; R.O. 2009
§ 75.01; CC 1981 § 18-130]
No person shall operate any motor
vehicle upon any road or highway of this State between April 1 and
November 1 while the motor vehicle is equipped with tires containing
metal or carbide studs.
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State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 307.171,
RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 355.020; R.O. 2009
§ 75.02; CC 1981 § 18-131]
All vehicles carrying poles or other objects which project more than five (5) feet from the rear of such vehicle shall, during the period when lights are required by Section 355.040, carry a red light at or near the rear end of the pole or other object so projecting. At other times a red flag or cloth, not less than sixteen (16) inches square, shall be displayed at the end of such projection.
[1]
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 307.170(5),
RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 355.030; R.O. 2009
§ 75.03; CC 1981 § 18-132]
Muffler cutouts shall not be used
and no vehicle shall be driven in such manner or condition that excessive
and unnecessary noises shall be made by its machinery, motor, signaling
device or other parts or by any improperly loaded cargo. The motors
of all motor vehicles shall be fitted with properly attached mufflers
of such capacity or construction as to quiet the maximum possible
exhaust noise as completely as is done in modern gas engine passenger
motor vehicles. Any cutout or opening in the exhaust pipe between
the motor and the muffler on any motor vehicle shall be completely
closed and disconnected from its operating lever and shall be so arranged
that it cannot automatically open or be opened or operated while such
vehicle is in motion.
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State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 307.170(2),
RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 355.040]
No person shall drive, move, park
or be in custody of any vehicle or combination of vehicles on any
street or highway during the times when lighted lamps are required
unless such vehicle or combination of vehicles displays lighted lamps
and illuminating devices as Chapter 307, RSMo., requires. No person
shall use on any vehicle any approved electric lamp or similar device
unless the light source of such lamp or device complies with the conditions
of approval as to focus and rated candlepower.
[1]
State Law Reference: Lights generally, §§ 307.020
et seq., RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 355.050; R.O. 2009
§ 75.05; CC 1981 § 18-450(a)–(c),(e),(f)(1); Ord. No. 84-27, 3-22-1984; Ord. No. 86-9, 1-8-1986; Ord. No. 01-99, 5-21-2001; Ord. No. 09-22, 2-5-2009]
A.
CHILD BOOSTER SEAT
CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM
DRIVER
PASSENGER CAR
Definitions. As used in Subsections (B) and (C) below, the following words have the following meanings:
A seating system which meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards set forth in 49 CFR 571.213, as amended, that is designed
to elevate a child to properly sit in a federally approved safety
belt system.
A seating system which meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards set forth in 49 CFR 571.213, as amended, and which is either
permanently affixed to a motor vehicle or is affixed to such vehicle
by a safety belt or a universal attachment system.
The person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle.
Every motor vehicle designed for carrying ten (10) persons
or less and used for the transportation of persons; except that the
term shall not include motorcycles, motorized bicycles, motortricycles
and trucks with a licensed gross vehicle weight of twelve thousand
(12,000) pounds or more.
B.
Each driver, except persons employed by
the United States Postal Service while performing duties for that
Federal agency which require the operator to service postal boxes
from their vehicles, or which require frequent entry into and exit
from their vehicles, and front seat passenger of a passenger car manufactured
after January 1, 1968, operated on a street or highway in this State,
and persons less than eighteen (18) years of age operating or riding
in a truck, as defined in Section 301.010, RSMo., on a street or highway
of this State shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt
that meets Federal National Highway, Transportation and Safety Act
requirements. No person shall be stopped, inspected, or detained solely
to determine compliance with this Subsection. The provisions of this
Section and Section 307.179, RSMo., shall not be applicable to persons
who have a medical reason for failing to have a seat belt fastened
about their body, nor shall the provisions of this Section be applicable
to persons while operating or riding a motor vehicle being used in
agricultural work-related activities. Non-compliance with this Subsection
shall not constitute probable cause for violation of any other provision
of law. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to the transporting
of children under sixteen (16) years of age, as provided in Section
307.179, RSMo.
C.
Each driver of a motor vehicle transporting
a child less than sixteen (16) years of age shall secure the child
in a properly adjusted and fastened restraint as follows:
1.
Children less than four (4) years
of age, regardless of weight, shall be secured in a child passenger
restraint system appropriate for that child.
2.
Children weighing less than forty
(40) pounds, regardless of age, shall be secured in a child passenger
restraint system appropriate for that child.
3.
Children at least four (4) years
of age but less than eight (8) years of age, who also weigh at least
forty (40) pounds but less than eighty (80) pounds and who are also
less than four (4) feet, nine (9) inches in height, shall be secured
in a child passenger restraint system or booster seat appropriate
for that child.
4.
Children at least eighty (80) pounds
or children more than four (4) feet, nine (9) inches in height shall
be secured by a vehicle safety belt or booster seat appropriate for
that child.
5.
A child who otherwise would be required
to be secured in a booster seat may be transported in the back seat
of a motor vehicle while wearing only a lap belt if the back seat
of the motor vehicle is not equipped with a combination lap and shoulder
belt for booster seat installation.
6.
When transporting children in the
immediate family when there are more children than there are seating
positions in the enclosed area of the motor vehicle, the children
who are not able to be restrained by a child safety restraint device
appropriate for the child shall sit in the area behind the front seat
of the motor vehicle unless the motor vehicle is designed only for
a front seat area. The driver transporting children referred to in
this Subsection is not in violation of this Section.
D.
No person shall be stopped, inspected or
detained solely to determine compliance with the provisions contained
in this Section.
E.
The provisions of this Section shall not
be applicable to persons who have a medical reason for failing to
have a seat belt fastened about his/her body, to any person employed
by the United States Postal Service while performing duties for that
Federal agency which requires the operator to service postal boxes
from a vehicle, to persons operating or riding a motor vehicle being
used in agricultural work-related activities, to any person required
to make frequent entry into and exit from a vehicle or to any public
carrier for hire.
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State Law Reference: Passenger restraint system,
§§ 307.178 – 307.179, RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 355.060; R.O. 2009
§ 75.06; Ord. No. 03-131, 6-4-2003]
A.
No person shall operate a motorized bicycle
on any street in this City unless it is equipped in accordance with
the minimum requirements for construction and equipment of MOPEDS
as required by Section 307.196, RSMo.
B.
Every electric personal assistive mobility
device (EPAMD) when in use on a roadway during the period from one-half
(1/2) hour after sunset to one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise shall
be equipped with the following:
1.
A front-facing lamp on the front
or carried by the rider which shall emit a white light visible at
night under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight, level, unlighted
roadway at five hundred (500) feet;
2.
A rear-facing red reflector at least
two (2) square inches in reflective surface area or a rear-facing
red lamp on the rear which shall be visible at night under normal
atmospheric conditions on a straight, level, unlighted roadway when
viewed by a vehicle driver under the lower beams of vehicle headlights
at six hundred (600) feet.
[R.O. 2011 § 355.065; Ord. No. 12-115 § 1, 7-12-2012]
A.
Any person may operate a motor vehicle with front sidewing vents or windows located immediately to the right of the driver that have a sun-screening device, in conjunction with safety glazing material, that has a light transmission of thirty-five percent (35%) or more plus or minus three percent (3%) and a luminous reflectance of thirty-five percent (35%) or less plus or minus three percent (3%). Except as provided in Subsection (C) of this Section, any sun-screening device applied to the front sidewing vents or windows located immediately to the left and right of the driver in excess of the requirements of this Section shall be prohibited without a permit pursuant to a physician's prescription as described below. A permit to operate a motor vehicle with front sidewing vents or windows located immediately to the left and right of the driver that have a sun-screening device, in conjunction with safety and glazing material, which permits less light transmission and luminous reflectance than allowed under the requirements of this Subsection may be issued by the State of Missouri's Department of Public Safety to a person having a serious medical condition which requires the use of a sun-screening device if the permittee's physician prescribes its use. The Director of the State of Missouri's Department of Public Safety shall promulgate rules and regulations for the issuance of the permit. This permit shall allow operation of the vehicle by any titleholder or relative within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, which shall mean a spouse, each grandparent, parent, brother, sister, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, child and grandchild of a person who resides in the household. Except as provided in Subsection (B) of this Section, all sun-screening devices applied to the windshield of a motor vehicle are prohibited.
B.
This Section shall not prohibit labels,
stickers, decalcomania or information signs on motor vehicles or the
application of tinted or solar-screening material to recreational
vehicles as defined in Section 700.010, RSMo., provided that such
material does not interfere with the driver's normal view of the road.
This Section shall not prohibit factory-installed tinted glass, the
equivalent replacement thereof or tinting material applied to the
upper portion of the motor vehicle's windshield which is normally
tinted by the manufacturer of motor vehicle safety glass.
C.
Any vehicle licensed with a historical
license plate shall be exempt from the requirements of this Section.
D.
Any person who violates the provisions
of this Section is guilty of an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2011 § 355.070; R.O. 2009
§ 75.15; CC 1981 § 18-205]
It shall be unlawful for any person
to operate, or for an owner to permit to be operated, a motor vehicle
while such vehicle is unsafe and in a dangerous condition upon any
public street within the City.
[R.O. 2011 § 355.080]
All motor vehicles, and every trailer
and semi-trailer operating upon the public highways of this City and
carrying goods or material or farm products which may reasonably be
expected to become dislodged and fall from the vehicle, trailer or
semi-trailer as a result of wind pressure or air pressure and/or by
the movement of the vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer shall have a
protective cover or be sufficiently secured so that no portion of
such goods or material can become dislodged and fall from the vehicle,
trailer or semi-trailer while being transported or carried.
[R.O. 2011 § 355.090; R.O. 2009
§ 75.17; CC 1981 § 18-207]
A.
No vehicle or combination of vehicles shall
be moved or operated on any highway, street or alley in the City having
a greater weight than that described under Section 304.180, RSMo.,
provided that the City Council and State Highway Commission or their
legal agents for their respective jurisdictions, whenever by thawing
or frost, rains or soft conditions due to construction, reconstruction
and maintenance, adverse critical weather conditions or other causes
detrimental to the surface or physical condition of such highways,
streets and alleys in the City, are authorized to limit the weights
described under this Section to such an amount and in such manner
as will preserve their economical use by the general public. When
posted or marked it shall be unlawful to transport any gross load
in excess of the posted notice and in addition to conviction and punishment
for an ordinance violation, the registered owner of any such vehicle
shall be held liable in any court of competent jurisdiction for destructive
damages to the surface and physical conditions pertaining, by an action
of the State, City or any interested person.
B.
Any person violating any of the provisions
of this Section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished in accordance with the provisions
of Section 304.240, RSMo., and the same rates of punishment shall
apply where weights are limited in excess of those posted as apply
to those exceeded under Section 304.180, RSMo.
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State Law Reference: Vehicle weight regulations,
§§ 304.180 et seq., RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 355.100; R.O. 2009
§ 75.18; CC 1981 § 18-208; Ord.
No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
In cases where an equally direct
and convenient alternate route is provided, an ordinance may describe
and signs may be erected giving notice thereof that no persons shall
operate any commercial vehicle upon streets or parts of streets so
described except those commercial vehicles making deliveries thereon.
[1]
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 300.550,
RSMo.
