[Order of 5-2-2009 §111.010]
A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent
and regular seat attached to the motorcycle. The operator shall not
carry, nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless the
motorcycle is designed to carry more than one (1) person. If so designed,
a passenger shall ride upon the permanent and regular seat or upon
another seat firmly attached to the rear or side of the operator's
position.
[Order of 5-2-2009 §111.020; Ord. No. 10-0269 §1,
7-7-2010]
A.
Every
person operating or riding as a passenger on any motorcycle shall
wear protective headgear at all times the vehicle is in motion. The
protective headgear shall meet standards and specifications established
by the Missouri Director of Revenue.
B.
The penalty for failure to wear protective headgear as required by Subsection (A) of this Section shall be deemed an infraction for which a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) may be imposed. Notwithstanding all other provisions of law and court rules to the contrary, no court costs shall be imposed upon any person due to such violation. No points shall be assessed pursuant to Section 302.302, RSMo., for a failure to wear such protective headgear.
[Order of 5-2-2009 §111.030]
A.
No person
riding on any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, sled, roller skates or
any toy vehicle shall attach the item or said person to any moving
vehicle, nor shall any person ride on the hood, roof or fender of
any vehicle.
B.
No driver
shall allow or permit any attaching of such items to the vehicle the
driver is operating.
[Order of 5-2-2009 §111.040]
No person shall drive a motor vehicle which has more than three
(3) persons over the age of sixteen (16) years in the front seat.
No person shall extend any body parts outside the vehicle, except
the hand and arm for signaling purposes only.
[Order of 5-2-2009 §111.050]
A.
No person
shall throw, dump, deposit, place or cause to be thrown, dumped, deposited
or placed upon any highway, roadway, alleyway, parking lot, private
road or driveway or right-of-way of same:
1.
Any
tacks, nails, wire, scrap metal, glass, crockery, sharp stones or
other substances injurious to the feet of persons, animals or the
tires of vehicles.
2.
Any
paper, rubbish, garbage or debris of any and all kinds.
3.
Any
mud, dirt, sand, gravel, rock, stone or other excavated material or
substance dug, scooped, blasted or removed from the earth on any lot
or tract of land; provided however, that this provision shall not
apply to any excavation in highways for which a special use permit
has been issued by the Highway Administrator.
4.
Any
and all substances and materials which cause or may cause a hazard
and obstruction to the movement of traffic, including snow or ice.
B.
No person
shall throw, dump, deposit or place or cause to be thrown, dumped,
deposited or placed such materials and substances in such a manner
as to cause the same to roll, flow or wash upon any highway, roadway,
alleyway, parking lot, private roadway or driveway or right-of-way
of same.
C.
No person,
when moving or hauling any load upon any highway, roadway, alleyway,
parking lot, private road or driveway or right-of-way of same, shall
allow the load or parts of the load to blow, spill, drop or otherwise
come to rest over and upon said highway, roadway, alleyway, parking
lot, private road or driveway or right-of-way of same.
D.
All motor
vehicles and every trailer and semi-trailer operating upon any highway,
roadway, alleyway, parking lot, private roadway or driveway in Jefferson
County and carrying goods, materials, farm products or any of the
substances referred to in this Section, 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 or by the movement of
the vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer, shall have a protective cover
or be sufficiently secure so that no portion of such goods or material
can become dislodged and fall from the vehicle, trailer or semitrailer
while being transported or carried; provided that covers for vehicles
transporting garbage, offal or other rubbish must be approved in accordance
with Chapter 607 SLCRO 1974, as amended.
E.
No person
shall drive an overloaded vehicle or one loaded in a manner such that
any part of the load is likely to fall upon and litter any road or
cause injury to persons or damage to other vehicles or property.
F.
Any person
who, by reason of accident, violates this Section shall be held blameless
of such violation upon an affirmative showing that the person:
[Order of 5-2-2009 §111.060]
A.
Except
as otherwise provided for in this Section, pedestrians and operators
of all other vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle
which is part of an organized funeral procession.
B.
Notwithstanding
any traffic control device or right-of-way provision prescribed by
State or local law, when the lead car of a funeral enters an intersection,
all vehicles in the procession shall follow the lead vehicle through
the intersection. The operator of each vehicle in the procession shall
exercise the highest degree of care toward any other vehicle or pedestrian
on the roadway.
C.
An organized
funeral procession shall have the right-of-way at all intersections
regardless of any traffic control device at such intersections, except
that operators of vehicles in an organized funeral procession shall
yield the right-of-way to any approaching emergency vehicle or when
directed to do so by a Law Enforcement Officer.
D.
The lead
vehicle of a funeral procession shall be equipped with at least one
(1) lighted circulating lamp exhibiting an amber or purple light or
lens or alternating flashing headlamps visible under normal atmospheric
conditions for a distance of five hundred (500) feet from the front
of the vehicle. A hearse or coach properly equipped may be a lead
vehicle.
E.
All vehicles
in an organized funeral procession shall follow the preceding vehicle
in the procession as closely as is practical and safe under the conditions.
No person shall operate any vehicle as part of an organized funeral
procession without the flashing emergency lights of such vehicle being
lighted.
F.
Any person
who is not an operator of a vehicle in an organized funeral procession
shall not:
1.
Drive
between the vehicles comprising an organized funeral procession while
such vehicles are in motion, except when required to do so by a Law
Enforcement Officer or when such person is operating an emergency
vehicle giving an audible or visual signal;
2.
Join a funeral procession for the purpose of securing the right-of-way as described under Subsection (C) of this Section; or
3.
Attempt
to pass any vehicle in an organized funeral procession, except where
a passing lane has been specifically provided.
G.
When
an organized funeral procession is proceeding through a red signal
light or stop sign, a vehicle not in the organized funeral procession
shall not enter the intersection unless such vehicle can do so without
crossing the path of the funeral procession.
[Order of 5-2-2009 §111.070]
A.
No person
shall place, maintain or display or cause to be placed, maintained
or displayed upon or in view of any highway or roadway an unauthorized
sign, signal, marking or other device which purports to be or is an
imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or which
attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view
or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic control
device or signal.
B.
No person
shall place or maintain or cause to be placed or maintained nor shall
any public authority permit upon any highway or roadway any traffic
sign or signal bearing any commercial advertising.
C.
This
Section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private
property adjacent to highways or roadways of signs giving useful directional
information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
D.
Every
such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to be a
public nuisance and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway
or roadway is hereby empowered to remove it or cause it to be removed
without notice.
[Order of 5-2-2009 §111.080]
No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in
fact alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove or cause to be altered,
defaced, injured, knocked down or removed any official traffic control
device or any inscription shield or insignia thereon or any part thereof.
[Order of 5-2-2009 §111.090]
No person shall use or attempt to use any roadway, alleyway
or driveway withdrawn from public use. Nor shall any person drive
or attempt to drive any vehicle or animal on the same during the period
such roadway, alleyway or driveway is withdrawn from public use.
[Order of 5-2-2009 §111.100]
A.
No person
shall place or erect a basketball hoop, playground or sports-related
apparatus or similar object on or within a public roadway or sidewalk,
nor shall any person use such apparatus or object for any activity
conducted within a roadway or on a sidewalk.
B.
The Highway
Administrator of Highways and Traffic or his/her designated representative
or any Jefferson County Police Officer may remove any such apparatus
or object from a roadway or sidewalk.
[Order of 5-2-2009 §111.110]
A.
It is
unlawful to place personal property, including personal property involved
in an eviction from rental property, on the sidewalk, roadway or any
part of the public right-of-way of a County roadway, except as follows:
[Order of 5-2-2009 §111.120]
A.
Whenever
the County Highway Administrator finds that any County bridge is in
such a condition that use thereof by vehicles of the weights specified
in Section 304.180, RSMo., will endanger the bridge or the users thereof,
the County highway engineer may establish maximum weight limits for
vehicles using such bridge in such amounts as will preserve the bridge
and provide a reasonable margin of safety to the users thereof. Notice
of any such weight limit established shall be given by posting signs
at each end of any such bridge.
B.
It shall
be unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle of a weight in excess
of the maximum limit established pursuant to the provisions of this
Section on or over any bridge upon which such maximum weight limits
have been established unless the person shall have the express permission
of the officer empowered to establish such limit.
C.
Any person
who shall violate the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of
a Class C misdemeanor and shall be liable in a civil action for any
damages to the road or bridge.
[Order of 5-2-2009 §111.130]
The use of engine compression brakes is prohibited in designated
areas. There shall be signs posted at the start of the area where
engine compression brakes are prohibited.
