For the purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases
are defined as follows:
An act which violates the Statutes of the United States,
the Statutes of the State of Missouri or the ordinances of the City
of Manchester, including curfew and moving traffic violations.
Guardian appointed by court of competent jurisdiction.
Any person under the age of seventeen (17).
The natural father or mother, or the adoptive father or mother.
Any act or omission by which a parent fails to exercise customary
and effective control over a minor so as to contribute to, cause or
tend to cause a minor to commit any criminal act.
It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of seventeen
(17) years to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or to drive or ride in
an automobile, or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads,
alleys, parks, playgrounds, wharves, docks or other public grounds,
public places and public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment,
vacant lots or other unsupervised places between the hours of 11:00
P.M. and 6:00 A.M. of the following day, official City time, except
on Fridays and Saturdays when the hours shall be 12:00 Midnight to
6:00 A.M. of the following day, official City time; provided however,
that the provisions of this Section do not apply to a minor accompanied
by his or her parent, guardian or other adult person having the care
and custody of the minor, or where the minor is upon an emergency
errand or legitimate business directed by his or her parent, guardian
or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor. Each
violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute a separate
offense.
It shall be unlawful for the parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of a minor under the age of seventeen (17) years to knowingly permit such minor to violate the provisions of Section 210.1980 of this Article; provided however, that the provisions of this Section do not apply when the minor is accompanied by his/her parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor, or where the minor is upon an emergency errand or legitimate business directed by his/her parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor. Each violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute a separate offense.
A.
Any Police Officer finding a minor under the age of seventeen (17) years violating the provisions of Section 210.1980 of this Article shall immediately take such minor child into custody.
B.
The
Police Officer shall retain custody of the minor child until the parent
or guardian is located and the child released to him/her. The officer
shall also report the violation to his/her superior officer who shall
cause a written notice to be served on the parent, guardian or person
in charge of such child setting forth the manner in which the Section
has been violated.
A.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person twenty-one
(21) years of age or younger operating a moving motor vehicle on roads
exclusively within the jurisdiction of the City of Manchester, Missouri,
by means of a hand-held electronic wireless communication device,
shall send, read or write a text message or electronic message.
B.
C.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed or interpreted as prohibiting
a person from making or taking part in a telephone call, by means
of a hand-held electronic wireless communications device, while operating
a motor vehicle on roads exclusively within the jurisdiction of the
City.
D.
ELECTRONIC MESSAGE
HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
MAKING OR TAKING PART IN A TELEPHONE CALL
SEND, READ OR WRITE A TEXT MESSAGE OR ELECTRONIC MESSAGE
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A self-contained piece of digital communication that is designed
or intended to be transmitted between hand-held electronic wireless
communication devices. Electronic message includes, but is not limited
to, electronic mail, a text message, an instant message, or a command
or request to access an Internet site.
Includes any hand-held cellular phone, Palm Pilot, Blackberry®,
or other mobile electronic device used to communicate verbally or
by text or electronic messaging, but shall not apply to any device
that is permanently embedded into the architecture and design of the
motor vehicle.
Listening to or engaging in verbal communication through
a hand-held electronic wireless communication device.
Using a hand-held electronic wireless telecommunications
device to manually communicate with any person by using an electronic
message. Sending, reading or writing a text message or electronic
message does not include reading, selecting or entering a phone number
or name into a hand-held electronic wireless communications device
for the purpose of making a telephone call.
E.
A violation of this Section shall be deemed an infraction and shall
be subject to the penalties provided in this Chapter for moving violations.
F.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:
1.
The operator of a vehicle that is lawfully parked or stopped;
2.
The use of factory-installed or aftermarket global positioning
systems (GPS) or wireless communications devices used to transmit
or receive data as a part of a digital dispatch system;
3.
The use of voice-operated technology; or
4.
The use of two-way radio transmitters or receivers by a licensee
of the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio Service.
