[Ord. No. 451, § 1, 7-1-1958; Code 1965, § 52.48]
(a)
Where roads and streets are paved with two or more lanes for traffic,
drivers of vehicles shall drive only on the paved portion of the road;
but when not paved, they shall drive on that portion of the road regularly
used for vehicular traffic, and shall not drive vehicles on the shoulders
of roads or in the area outside of curbs or between curbs and sidewalks.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for any person to shortcut an intersection by
driving a vehicle off of the regularly traveled portion of streets
and roads by cutting through private or public property not set aside
and used regularly for street purposes in order to avoid obedience
to a traffic sign or traffic signal, and the act of shortcutting a
corner without stopping off of the street or road for a legitimate
purpose shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this section.
[Ord. No. 323, § 1, 7-31-1956; Code 1965, § 52.24]
(a)
Required. Upon all public roads or highways of sufficient width a
vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except
as follows:
(1)
When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the
same direction under the rules governing such movement;
(2)
When placing a vehicle in position for and when such vehicle
is lawfully making a left turn in compliance with this chapter;
(3)
When the right half of a roadway is closed to traffic while
under construction or repair; or
(4)
Upon a roadway designated by markings or signs for one-way traffic.
In driving upon a one-way street, the operator shall drive as closely
as practicable to the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway except
when overtaking or passing or traveling parallel with another vehicle
or when placing a vehicle in position to make a left turn.
(b)
Bridges, tunnels, etc. In approaching any bridge, viaduct or tunnel,
or approaching or crossing a railroad right-of-way or an intersection
of streets, the operator of a vehicle shall at all times cause such
vehicle to travel on the right half of the roadway unless such right
half is closed to traffic and for such reason impassable. This provision
shall not apply upon a one-way street.
(c)
Divided roadway. It is unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle
upon any highway or road which has been divided into two or more roadways
by means of a physical barrier or by means of a dividing section or
delineated by curbs, lines or other markings on the roadway, except
to the right of such barrier or dividing section, or to make any left
turn or semicircular or U-turn on any such divided highway, except
in a crossover or intersection.
(d)
Signs. The Director of Public Works may erect signs temporarily designating
lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless
of the center line of the street, and peace officers may direct traffic
in conformance with such signs. When authorized signs have been erected
designating off-center traffic lanes, no person shall disobey the
instructions given by such signs.
(e)
Multi-laned roadway. Whenever any roadway has been divided into three
or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following rules in addition
to all others consistent herewith shall apply:
(1)
A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practicable entirely
within a single lane and shall not be moved from such lane until the
driver has first ascertained that such movement can be made with safety.
(2)
Upon a roadway which is divided into three lanes, a vehicle
shall not be driven in the center lane, except when overtaking and
passing another vehicle where the roadway ahead is clearly visible
and such center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance, or
in preparation for a left turn or where such center lane is at the
time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the direction the
vehicle is proceeding and is signposted to give notice of such allocation.
(3)
Upon all streets, any vehicle proceeding at less than the normal
speed of traffic thereon shall be driven in the right-hand lane for
traffic or as close as practicable to the right-hand edge or curb,
except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(4)
Official signs may be erected by the Director of Public Works,
or he may place temporary signs directing slow moving traffic to use
a designated lane or allocating specified lanes to traffic moving
in the same direction, and drivers of vehicles shall obey the direction
of every such sign.
(5)
Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall
pass each other to the right, and except when a roadway has been divided
into traffic lanes, each driver shall give to the other at least 1/2
of the main traveled portion of the roadway whenever possible.
[Ord. No. 323, § 2, 7-31-1956; Code 1965, § 52.25; Ord. No. 1105, § 1, 1-28-1969; Ord. No. 1627, § 1, 9-28-1976]
(a)
Generally. The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing
of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to the limitations
and exceptions stated in this chapter:
(1)
A driver overtaking and desiring to pass a vehicle shall sound
his horn before starting to pass. The horn shall be sounded only by
a light touch, sufficient to warn the other person and need not be
sounded if the other person obviously is aware of the driver's intention
to pass.
(2)
The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding
in the same direction shall pass to the left thereof at a safe distance
and shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely
clear of the overtaken vehicle.
(3)
Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted,
the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in
favor of the overtaking vehicle on audible signal and shall not increase
the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking
vehicle.
(b)
Passing on right. The driver of a motor vehicle may overtake and
pass to the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:
(1)
When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left
turn;
(2)
Upon a street with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width
for two or more lines of vehicles in each direction;
(3)
Upon a one-way street.
The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle
upon the right only under the foregoing conditions when such movement
may be made in safety. In no event shall such movement be made by
driving off the paved or main traveled portion of the roadway. The
provisions of this subsection shall not relieve the driver of a slow
moving vehicle from the duty to drive as closely as practicable to
the right-hand edge of the roadway.
(c)
Visibility. Except when a roadway has been divided into three traffic
lanes, no vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center line
of a highway or road in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding
in the same direction unless such left side is clearly visible and
is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit
such overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering
with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite
direction or any vehicle overtaken.
(d)
When prohibited. No vehicle shall at any time be driven to the left
side of the roadway under the following conditions:
(1)
When approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve of the
highway where the driver's view is obstructed within such distance
as to create a hazard in the event another vehicle might approach
from the opposite direction;
(2)
When the view is obstructed upon approaching within 100 feet
of any bridge, viaduct or tunnel, or when approaching within 100 feet
of or at any intersection or railroad grade crossing.
(e)
Yellow lines on roadway. At tops of hills, around curves, at other
obstructions or where it is determined by the Board of Aldermen that
on portions of any street, road or highway the overtaking or passing
of or driving to the left for passing in the opposite lane or lanes
of travel would be especially hazardous, a yellow line shall be painted
near or adjacent to the traffic stripe or center line dividing the
lanes, indicating where no passing is permitted. Traffic shall not
cross any yellow line which is in the right-hand area of traffic.
The center line shall be designated by a white painted stripe. Where
the no-passing provision applies only to traffic moving in one direction,
the yellow line shall be on the side of the center line on which the
traffic to be controlled travels. On state and federal highways, the
State Highway Commission is authorized to mark such yellow lines.
All such lines established by the State Highway Commission are hereby
recognized and shall be observed by drivers of motor vehicles as though
they had been established by the City. On other streets, roads and
highways in the City, the location of the yellow lines shall be specified
by ordinance. The yellow lines provided for in this section are established
at the following locations:
(1)
On Watson Road in the City as placed by the State Highway Commission;
(2)
On both sides of the center line of Old Sappington Road between
its intersection with Watson Road and New Sappington Road; and
(3)
On both sides of the center line of New Sappington Road, from
Big Bend Boulevard to Eddie and Park Road.
(f)
No-passing signs. The Director of Public Works shall cause to be
installed no-passing signs along both sides of the roads on Old Sappington
Road between Watson Road and New Sappington Road, and on New Sappington
Road between Big Bend Boulevard and Eddie and Park Road. The Director
of Public Works shall install as many signs as in his discretion shall
be necessary to sufficiently warn motorists that they are in the no-passing
zone.
[Ord. No. 323, § 3, 7-31-1956; Ord. No. 327, § I, 7-31-1956; Code 1965,
§ 52.26]
(a)
The driver of a vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely
than is reasonably safe and prudent, having due regard for the speed
of such vehicle and the traffic upon and the condition of the roadway.
Vehicles being driven upon any street, in a caravan or motorcade,
whether or not towing other vehicles, shall be so operated, except
in a funeral procession or in a duly authorized parade, so as to allow
sufficient space between each such vehicle or combination of vehicles
as to enable any other vehicle to overtake or pass such vehicles in
safety. This subsection shall in no manner affect the following regulation
regulating to distance between trucks and buses traveling on the roadway.
(b)
The driver of any truck or bus, when traveling upon any street, highway,
road or alley of the City, shall not follow within 300 feet of another
such vehicle; provided, the provisions of this section shall not be
construed to prevent the overtaking and passing by any such truck
or bus, or another similar vehicle.
(c)
Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit local delivery trucks
from traveling in the same direction within 300 feet of one another
for a distance of not more than 500 feet.
(d)
The term "bus" as used in this section means any vehicle or motor
car designed and used for the purpose of carrying more than seven
persons. The term "truck" means any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer
or semitrailer, or any combination thereof, propelled or drawn by
mechanical power and designed or used in the transportation of property
upon streets, roads, highways or alleys.
[Ord. No. 323, § 4, 7-31-1956; Code 1965, § 52.27]
(a)
The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the
right-of-way to a vehicle which has entered the intersection from
a different street where there is no form of traffic control at such
intersection.
(b)
When two vehicles enter an intersection from different streets at
approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left
shall yield the right-of-way to the driver of the vehicle on the right.
This subsection shall not apply to vehicles approaching each other
from opposite directions when the driver of one of such vehicles is
attempting or is making a left turn.
(c)
The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn
to the left shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching
from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so
close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(d)
The driver of any vehicle shall stop as required by this chapter
at the entrance to a through street and shall yield the right-of-way
to other vehicles which have entered the intersection on the through
street or which are approaching so closely on the through street as
to constitute an immediate hazard. The Director of Public Works may
erect stop signs at the entrance of any public street into a through
street.
(e)
The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a street from an
alley, building or any private road or driveway shall yield the right-of-way
to all vehicles approaching on said street.
(f)
The driver of a vehicle intending to make a left turn into an alley,
building, private road or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to
any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction when the making
of such left turn would create a traffic hazard.
[Ord. No. 323, § 5, 7-31-1956; Code 1965, § 52.28; Ord. No. 1228, § 1, 9-22-1970; Ord. No. 1493, § 1, 5-7-1974; Ord. No. 1546, 12-10-1974; Ord. No.
3332, § 1, 1-24-1995]
(a)
No vehicle in a residential district shall be turned left across
the roadway so as to proceed in the opposite direction when any other
vehicle is approaching from either direction where the same may create
a traffic hazard.
(b)
The streets and intersections described in Schedule F are designated
as no-left-turn intersections as indicated in the schedule.
(c)
Vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal alone shall stop before
entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, at a
clearly marked stop line, but if none, then before entering the intersection.
(d)
After stopping as required by paragraph (c), vehicular traffic facing
a steady red signal may cautiously enter the intersection to make
a right turn unless a sign is erected prohibiting such movement. Vehicular
traffic entering the intersection to make a right turn on the steady
red signal shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic
proceeding as directed by the signal at the intersection.
(e)
The streets and intersections described in Schedule F1 are designated
as no-right-turn-on-red intersections as indicated in the schedule.
(f)
The locations described in Schedule F2 are designated as no-right-turn
locations.
[Code 1965, § 52.285; Ord. No.
1491, § 1, 5-7-1974]
(a)
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to turn such vehicle
so as to proceed in the opposite direction at any intersection controlled
by a traffic signal or police officer; nor shall such turn be made
at any place unless the movement can be made in safety and without
interfering with other traffic. The driver of a vehicle shall not
turn such vehicle around so as to proceed in the opposite direction
upon any curve or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade,
or at any place upon a roadway where such vehicle cannot be seen by
the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction
along the roadway within a distance of 300 feet, or where the same
may create a traffic hazard, or in a congested district.
(b)
The turns referred to in this section shall be known as U-turns and
said U-turns are specifically prohibited at the places listed under
Schedule G.
[Ord. No. 256, § 1, 11-8-1955; Code 1965, § 52.29]
(a)
A driver when stopping, or when checking the speed of his vehicle,
if the movement of other vehicles may reasonably be affected by such
checking of speed, shall extend his arm at an angle below horizontal
so that the same may be seen in the rear of the vehicle.
(b)
A driver intending to turn his vehicle to the right shall extend
his arm at an angle above horizontal so that the same may be seen
in front of and in the rear of his vehicle, and shall slow down and
approach the intersecting street or highway as near as practicable
to the right side of the street or highway along which he is proceeding
before turning.
(c)
A driver intending to turn his vehicle to the left shall extend his
arm in a horizontal position so that the same may be seen in the rear
of his vehicle, and shall slow down and approach the intersecting
street or highway so that the left side of his vehicle shall be as
near as practicable to the center line of the street or highway along
which he is proceeding before turning.
(d)
The signals required in this section shall be given either by means
of the hand and arm or by a signal light or signal device in good
mechanical condition of a type approved by the state highway patrol;
however, when a vehicle is so constructed or loaded that a hand and
arm signal would not be visible both to the front and rear of such
vehicle, then such signals shall be given by such light or device.
A vehicle shall be considered as so constructed or loaded that a hand
and arm signal would not be visible both to the front and rear when
the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the
left outside limit of the body, cab or load exceeds 24 inches, or
when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post
to the rear limit of the body or load thereon exceeds 14 feet, which
limit of 14 feet shall apply to single vehicles or combinations of
vehicles. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any
trailer which does not interfere with a clear view of the hand signals
of the operator or of the signaling device upon the vehicle pulling
said trailer; provided further that the provisions of this section
as far as mechanical devices on vehicles so constructed that a hand
and arm signal would not be visible both to the front and rear of
such vehicle as above provided shall only be applicable to new vehicles
registered within this state after January 1, 1954.
[Code 1965, § 52.30; Ord. No. 1294, § 1, 9-28-1971; Ord. No. 1442, § 1, 5-22-1973; Ord. No. 1983, § 3, 12-11-1984; Ord. No. 3360, § 1, 7-25-1995]
Every vehicle shall be brought to a full and complete stop before
entering or crossing any street or location in the City which is now
or may hereafter be designated as a through street or as a stop intersection.
Stop signs shall be erected at all such locations. The streets and
locations designated as through streets or stop intersections are
described in Schedule B.
[Code 1965, § 52.31; Ord. No. 1357, § 1, 6-27-1972]
(a)
Signs to be known as "yield" signs shall be erected in the City as
provided in this chapter to control the movement of traffic. A driver
of a motor vehicle, upon entering an intersection, from a street having
a yield sign prominently displayed near the intersection, shall observe
the traffic approaching from all directions, give the right-of-way
to the traffic in the street about to be entered and shall operate
his vehicle in entering such intersection with the highest degree
of care and caution at a speed of not more than 15 miles per hour.
(b)
The intersections described in Schedule C are designated yield intersections
as indicated.
[Ord. No. 20, § 31, 12-13-1949; Code 1965, § 52.35]
Upon any street designated as a one-way street, traffic shall
move only in the indicated direction. A sign indicating the direction
of traffic shall be erected and maintained at every intersection where
movement in the opposite direction is prohibited.
[Ord. No. 20, § 41, 12-13-1949; Code 1965, § 52.39]
(a)
The driver of any vehicle shall not drive the same when such vehicle
is so loaded or is in such physical condition, or when there are in
the front seat of such vehicle such number of persons, as to obstruct
the view of the driver to the front or sides, or to interfere with
the driver's control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
(b)
A passenger in a vehicle shall not ride in such position as to interfere
with the driver's view ahead or to the sides, or to interfere with
the driver's control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
[Ord. No. 320, § 4, 7-31-1956; Code 1965, § 52.55; Ord. No. 1917, § 1, 7-12-1983]
(a)
The driver of a vehicle upon a street in the City upon meeting or
overtaking from either direction any school bus which has stopped
on the street for the purpose of receiving or discharging any schoolchildren
and whose driver has in the manner prescribed by law given the signal
to stop shall stop the vehicle before reaching such school bus and
shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion, or until signaled
by its driver to proceed. The provisions of this section shall apply
to all school buses marked in accordance with the provisions of Section
304.050, RSMo.
(b)
For the purpose of this section, a school bus shall be deemed to
be on the street if it has stopped for the purpose of receiving or
discharging any schoolchildren within the right-of-way lines of the
street or highway, or on what is generally designated as the "shoulder"
of the road, if within 10 feet of the paved surface of the road.
(c)
Every motor vehicle transporting passengers for hire, every school
bus and every motor vehicle transporting high explosives or poisonous
or compressed inflammable gases, and every motor vehicle used for
the transportation of inflammable or corrosive liquids in bulk, whether
loaded or empty, shall, upon approaching any railroad grade crossing,
be brought to a full stop within 50 feet, but no less than 10 feet,
from the nearest rail of such railroad crossing, and shall not proceed
until due caution has been taken to ascertain that the course is clear;
provided, that such full stop shall not be required at a railroad
grade crossing protected by a watchman or traffic officer on duty.
[Ord. No. 20, § 52, 12-13-1949; Code 1965, § 52.44]
The driver of a vehicle, before crossing at grade any track
or tracks of any steam railway shall stop such vehicle not less than
10 feet from the nearest rail of such track and while so stopped shall
listen and look in both directions along such track for approaching
steam trains or cars before traversing such crossing. The provisions
of this section shall not apply if the crossing is protected by a
gate or a watchman. The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized
to post proper stop signs at all crossings where drivers of vehicles
are required to stop by the foregoing provisions.
[Ord. No. 20, § 53, 12-13-1949; Code 1965, § 52.45; Ord. No. 1985, §§ 1, 2, 12-11-1984; Ord. No. 3838, § 1, 5-25-2004; Ord. No. 4073, § 1, 7-24-2007]
(a)
DRIVE, DRIVING, OPERATES or OPERATING
INTOXICATED CONDITION
Definitions. As used in this section the following terms shall have
these prescribed meanings:
Physically driving or operating a motor vehicle.
A person is in an "intoxicated condition" when he/she is
under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or drug, or
any combination thereof.
(b)
Driving while intoxicated or with excessive blood alcohol content.
(1)
Generally. A person commits the offense of "driving while intoxicated"
if he/she operates a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated and/or
drugged condition.
(2)
Driving with excessive blood alcohol content. A person commits
the offense of "driving with excessive blood alcohol content" if he/she
operates a motor vehicle in this City with 0.08% or more by weight
of alcohol in his/her blood.
(c)
Chemical tests for alcohol content of blood. Consent implied (when);
administered (when, how); and videotaping of chemical or field sobriety
test admissible evidence:
(1)
Any person who operates a motor vehicle upon the public highways
of this state or any street in this City shall be deemed to have given
consent to, subject to the provisions of Sections 577.020 to 577.041
RSMo., a chemical test or tests of the person's breath, blood, saliva
or urine for the purpose of determining the alcohol or drug content
of the person's blood pursuant to the following circumstances:
a.
If the person is arrested for any offense arising out of acts
which the arresting officer had reasonable grounds to believe were
committed while the person was driving a motor vehicle while in an
intoxicated condition; or
b.
If the person is under the age of 21, has been stopped by a
law enforcement officer, and the law enforcement officer has reasonable
grounds to believe that such person was driving a motor vehicle with
a blood alcohol content of 0.02% or more by weight; or
c.
If the person is under the age of 21, has been stopped by a
law enforcement officer, and the law enforcement officer has reasonable
grounds to believe that such person has committed a violation of the
traffic laws of the state, or of the City, and such officer has reasonable
grounds to believe, after making such stop, that such person has a
blood alcohol content of 0.02% or greater; or
d.
If the person is under the age of 21, has been stopped at a
sobriety checkpoint or roadblock and the law enforcement officer has
reasonable grounds to believe that such person has a blood alcohol
content of 0.02% or greater. The test shall be administered at the
direction of the law enforcement officer whenever the person has been
arrested or stopped for any reason.
(2)
The implied consent to submit to the chemical tests listed in
subparagraph (1) of this subsection shall be limited to not more than
two such tests arising from the same arrest, incident or charge.
(3)
Chemical analysis of the person's breath, blood, saliva, or
urine to be considered valid pursuant to the provisions of Sections
577.020 to 577.041 RSMo., shall be performed according to methods
approved by the State Department of Health by licensed medical personnel
or by a person possessing a valid permit issued by the State Department
of Health for this purpose.
(4)
Upon the request of the person who is tested, full information
concerning the test shall be made available to him/her.
(5)
Any person given a chemical test of the person's breath pursuant
to subparagraph (1) of this subsection or a field sobriety test, may
be videotaped during any such test at the direction of the law enforcement
officer. Any such video recording made during the chemical test pursuant
to this subsection or a field sobriety test, shall be admissible as
evidence at either any trial of such person for either a violation
of any state law or county or municipal ordinance, or any license
revocation or suspension proceeding pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter 302, RSMo.
(d)
Chemical tests, results admitted into evidence, when, effect of.
(1)
Upon the trial of any person for violation of any of the provisions
of this section, the amount of alcohol in the person's blood at the
time of the act alleged as shown by any chemical analysis of the person's
blood, breath, saliva or urine is admissible in evidence and the provisions
of subsection (5) of Section 491.060 RSMo., shall not prevent the
admissibility or introduction of such evidence if otherwise admissible.
It shall be prima facie evidence that the person was intoxicated if
such person has 0.08% or more by weight of alcohol in such person's
blood.
(2)
Percent by weight of alcohol in the blood shall be based upon
grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol
per 210 liters of breath.
(3)
The foregoing provisions of this section shall not be construed
as limiting the introduction of any other competent evidence bearing
upon the question whether the person was intoxicated.
(4)
A chemical analysis of a person's breath, blood, saliva or urine,
in order to give rise to the presumption or to have the effect provided
for in subparagraph (1) of this subsection, shall have been performed
as provided in Sections 577.020 to 577.041 RSMo., and in accordance
with methods and standards approved by the State Department of Health.
(e)
Alcoholic beverages in vehicles.
(1)
No person shall transport an open container of an alcoholic
beverage in a motor vehicle traveling upon the streets or highways
of this City except in the original container which shall not have
been opened and the seal upon which shall not have been broken, unless
the opened container be in a compartment outside of the passenger
compartment of the vehicle which is not accessible to the driver or
any other person in such vehicle while it is in motion.
(2)
No person shall consume any alcoholic beverage while operating
a moving motor vehicle upon the streets and highways of this City.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall be construed as to prohibit the
otherwise legal consumption of alcoholic beverages by passengers on
a privately or publicly owned transit authority that has been chartered
and is not utilized for conveyance of the general public, where the
operation and control of such conveyance is by a person not in possession
of or with ready access to such alcoholic beverage. This section shall
not apply to the living quarters of a recreational motor vehicle.
(4)
A violation of this section (e) shall be punishable by a fine
of not less than $25 and not more than $50 or incarceration for a
period not to exceed 90 days, or a combination of both fine and incarceration.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 14-125.1, which pertained
to driving with excessive blood alcohol content, was repealed 7-24-2007
by Ord. No. 4073.
(a)
As used in this section, the term "intoxication-related traffic
offense" is driving while intoxicated, driving with excessive blood
alcohol content or driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
in violation of state law or municipal or county ordinance.
(b)
As used in this section, a "persistent offender" is one who
has pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of two or more intoxication-related
traffic offenses committed at different times within 10 years of a
previous intoxication-related traffic offense conviction.
(c)
As used in this section, a "prior offender" is one who has pleaded
guilty to or has been found guilty of an intoxication-related traffic
offense within five years of a previous intoxication-related traffic
offense conviction.
(d)
Any person arrested under the provisions of § 14-125 above, who is a prior or persistent offender, shall, by the officer so arresting such person, be charged under the appropriate state statutes, and such charge shall be submitted to the prosecuting attorney of St. Louis County for appropriate action.
[Ord. No. 3837, § 1, 5-25-2004]
Upon a plea of guilty or a finding of guilty for an offense of violating the provisions of § 14-125 of the Municipal Code of the City of Crestwood involving alcohol or drug related traffic offenses, the municipal court may, in addition to imposition of any penalties provided by law, order the convicted person to reimburse the Crestwood Police Department for the costs associated with such arrest. Such costs shall include the reasonable cost of making the arrest, including the cost of any chemical test made under this section to determine the alcohol or drug content of the person's blood, and the costs of processing, charging, booking and holding such person in custody. The Police Department may establish a schedule of such costs; however, the municipal court may order the costs reduced if it determines that the costs are excessive.
[Ord. No. 479, § 1, 10-14-1958; Code 1965, § 52.47]
When a line of traffic in which a motor vehicle is proceeding
is stopped by traffic signals, police officers or otherwise, the driver
of each vehicle in the line is charged with the duty of bringing his
vehicle to a halt, if possible, in such manner that it will not obstruct
crosswalks and ingress to and egress from intersecting streets or
alleys or entrances or exits of parking lots, or of the City Fire
Department or governmental buildings. The stopping of a vehicle contrary
to the foregoing provision shall in itself not be prima facie evidence
of violation of this provision and conviction of violation shall depend
upon evidence that the operator of the vehicle in the exercise of
reasonable care could have stopped his vehicle in conformity with
the requirements of this provision.
[Code 1965, § 52.205; Ord. No.
1192, §§ 1, 2, 5-20-1970]
All vehicular traffic shall drive to the right of the island
located at the intersections of Trelane and Volz Drives in the City.
All vehicular traffic is prohibited from driving to the left of the
island.
[Ord. No. 397, § 1, 9-24-1957; Ord. No. 681, § 1, 10-10-1961; Code 1965,
§ 52.22; Ord. No. 1448, § 1, 6-26-1973; Ord. No. 1533, 10-22-1974; Ord. No.
1593, 2-10-1976; Ord. No. 1627, 9-28-1976; Ord. No. 1753, § 1, 8-28-1979; Ord. No. 1762, § 1, 10-9-1979; Ord. No. 1983, § 2, 12-11-1984; Ord. No. 3019, § 2, 7-28-1987; Ord. No. 4125, § 1, 4-22-2008; Ord. No. 4233, § 16, 2-9-2010]
(a)
Generally. Unless otherwise specified by this chapter, no person
shall operate or drive a motor vehicle (except emergency vehicles
on emergency runs) on any street in the City, at any time, at a rate
of speed in excess of 20 miles per hour unless a higher maximum rate
of speed applicable to certain designated portions of specific streets
is fixed by ordinance and marked by signs erected at the beginning
and end of such designated portions of such streets.
(b)
School zones. No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle in
a legally designated school zone at a rate of speed in excess of 20
miles an hour, except that on Sappington Road the school zone speed
limit shall be 25 miles per hour. Legally designated school zones
within the City are as follows:
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School
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Location
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Crestwood Elementary
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Sappington Road from Reco Avenue to Elmont Lane
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Long Elementary
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Sappington Road from Craigwood Terrace to Eddie and Park
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Our Lady of Providence
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Pardee Road from Sunray Lane to Tremont Circle Drive Sunray
Lane from Pardee Road to Cassia Court
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Truman Elementary
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Robyn Road from Eddie and Park to Glenfield Terrace
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School zone speed limits on Sappington Road shall only be in
effect when the yellow warning lights are flashing. School zone speed
limits in all areas other than Sappington Road shall be in effect
only from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on days when school is in session.
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(c)
Commercial vehicles. Except on Watson Road, no person shall operate
a commercial motor vehicle having a rated live load capacity of more
than two tons at a rate of speed exceeding 15 miles per hour.
(d)
Iron tires. No person shall operate a motor vehicle equipped with
iron or other metal tires on any street in the City without a special
permit from the Director of Public Works, which permit shall prescribe
the route and other conditions under which the vehicle may be operated,
and no such vehicle shall travel in excess of 10 miles per hour on
any street unless so directed by the police.
(e)
Advertising vehicles. No person shall operate or drive a vehicle
used primarily for advertising purposes or display posters or placards
or any article for the inspection of the public on such vehicle or
as a part thereof at a rate of speed less than 15 miles per hour,
and the operator of such vehicle shall move the same continuously
and shall not stop the same except when ordered by any police officer
or in obedience to traffic signals or signs. The permit for such vehicles
shall be issued by the City Clerk/Collector at a cost of $1 per day,
and it shall be unlawful to operate such a vehicle without a permit.
(f)
Excessively slow speed. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive
at such a slow speed or in such position on the roadway as to impede
or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when
reduced speed is necessary for safe operation, or because upon a grade,
or in compliance with law. Traffic and police officers are hereby
authorized to enforce this provision by directions to operators, and
in the event of apparent willful disobedience to this provision and
refusal to comply with the direction of an officer in accordance herewith
the continued slow operation by an operator shall be unlawful and
constitute an offense.
(g)
Speed signs. It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works to post signs at all entrances to the City showing the speed limits, and where there is a change in the lawful speed limit for a portion of a street or in traveling from one street to another, the change shall be clearly and legibly shown on signs of a design as set forth in § 14-52 of this chapter.
(h)
Specific speed limits. No person shall drive a vehicle in excess
of the speed limits set forth in Schedule H of this chapter.
(i)
Upon conviction or plea of guilty for exceeding the speed limit in a school zone designated in Subsection (b) of this section, any fine assessed shall be assessed at the following rates for exceeding the speed limit:
[Added 7-23-2019 by Ord.
No. 4978]
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Speeding 1 to 5 mph over the limit
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$50.50 plus court costs
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Speeding 6 to 10 mph over the limit
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$121 plus court costs
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Speeding 11 to 15 mph over the limit
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$211.50 plus court costs
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Speeding 16 to 19 mph over the limit
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$301.50 plus court costs
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Speeding 20 to 25 mph over the limit
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$466.50 plus court costs
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The Municipal Judge or Associate Circuit Judge issuing
the sentence may reduce such fine in accordance with Missouri Supreme
Court Rule 37.65 if the Judge finds the defendant has the ability
to pay but is unable to pay the amount when assessed or due, or the
Judge finds the defendant does not have the ability to pay the amount
when assessed or due and is unable to acquire the resources to pay.
(j)
For speeding violations in a school zone designated in Subsection (b) of this section, the prosecuting attorney shall designate such violation as requiring a court appearance as required by Missouri Supreme Court Rule 38.06. Police officers issuing violations shall note on the ticket that a court appearance is required and that fines are doubled.
[Added 7-23-2019 by Ord.
No. 4978]
(k)
Subsections (i) and (j) of this section shall not apply in a school zone designated in Subsection (b) of this section, unless the Director of Public Services has erected signs notifying motorists of the enhanced fines in such school zone, provided that it shall not be a defense to a violation of this section that a motorist did not observe such signage or was not aware that enhanced fines would be assessed.
[Added 7-23-2019 by Ord.
No. 4978]
[Code 1965, § 52.21; Ord. No. 1266, § 1, 5-11-1971]
(a)
Degree of care. Every person operating a motor vehicle on the streets
of the City or on parking lots located in the City shall operate or
drive the same in a careful and prudent manner, and shall exercise
the highest degree of care, and at a rate of speed so as not to endanger
the property of another or the life or limb of any person.
(b)
Charges. In the summons, complaint or information charging a person with violation of subsection (a) of this section, the offense shall be described as "careless and imprudent driving" or as "careless and reckless driving" as hereinafter defined and shall be followed by a brief statement of the acts alleged to have been committed in such violation. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive a motor vehicle on the City streets or parking lots located in the City in either a careless and imprudent manner or in a careless and reckless manner.
(c)
Definitions. Careless and imprudent driving shall include, but shall
not be limited to, the following:
(1)
Driving a motor vehicle at an excessive speed when said speed
is not clocked;
(2)
Alternately starting and stopping a motor vehicle;
(3)
Rapidly accelerating a motor vehicle from a stop or low speed
up to or in excess of the lawful speed;
(4)
Driving a motor vehicle in such a fashion as to cause its tires
to make excessive noise or to cause chat or gravel from the driving
surface to be thrown or expelled from its present location or to leave
tire marks on pavement;
(5)
Repeatedly changing lanes in which a motor vehicle is being
driven, commonly known as weaving;
(6)
Any other violation of subsection (a) of this section which
does not include imminent danger to the lives of others or their property
or injury to other persons and/or damage to their property.
[Ord. No. 767, § 1, 4-23-1963; Code 1965, § 52.23]
(a)
The Board of Aldermen finds, determines and declares that drag racing
as defined in this section, on the public streets and ways of the
City, has an adverse effect upon the peace and good government and
welfare of the City and its trade and commerce in that it disturbs
the inhabitants and others in the City and interferes with the peaceful
and quiet enjoyment of their homes and businesses, decreases property
values, creates dangerous and hazardous conditions in the public streets
of the City and, unless prohibited, will result in the presence and
congregation in the City of an undesirable class of persons with resulting
mischief and misbehavior.
(b)
Drag racing is also known as "dragging," "peeling" or "hot rodding"
and by various other designations and consists of the operator of
a motor vehicle engaging in the act, while on the public streets and
ways of the City, of accelerating the speed of the vehicle from a
stop or low speed to a high or much greater velocity over a short
period of time and distance, usually for the purpose of determining
or observing the maximum speed that can be reached by the vehicle
engaged in the act through constant and uninterrupted acceleration,
and sometimes to determine or observe the distance required to attain
a certain speed from a stop or low starting speed. Drag racing also
includes contests between two or more motor vehicles, in which the
vehicles involved compete in the foregoing act or acts.
(c)
Drag racing as herein defined is prohibited in the City.
[Ord. No. 20, § 54, 12-13-1949; Code 1965, § 52.46]
No person operating a vehicle on the streets, knowing that an
injury has been caused to a person or damage has been caused to property
due to culpability of said operator or to accident shall leave the
place of said injury, damage or accident without stopping and giving
his name, residence, including City and street number, motor vehicle
number and chauffeur's or registered operator's number, if any, to
the injured person or to the operator or owner of the damaged vehicle,
or to a police officer or if no police officer is in the vicinity,
then to the nearest police station or judicial officer.
[Ord. No. 3778, § 1, 4-22-2003]
No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon a street, highway
or roadway within the City while that person's license or driving
privilege is canceled, suspended or revoked and before an official
reinstatement notice or termination notice is issued by the Director
of Revenue of the State of Missouri, pursuant to state laws, whether
that person's license or driving privilege is that of a resident or
non-resident of the State of Missouri. The Municipal Court of the
City of Crestwood shall not suspend the imposition of sentence nor
suspend execution of the sentence of such person, nor shall such person
be eligible for probation until such person has served a minimum of
48 hours of imprisonment unless, as a condition of such probation,
the court assesses a special deterrent payment to be made to the City
in such amount as the municipal judge deems appropriate to ensure
the person will not again violate the law, provided such amount shall
not exceed the maximum fine that could be levied for conviction of
said offense, and/or the person is directed to perform at least 40
hours of community service.
[Ord. No. 4042, § 1, 4-10-2007]
(a)
Any person may 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 glazing material, that has a light transmission of 35% or more plus or minus 3% and a luminous reflectance of 35% or less plus or minus 3%. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, any sun screening device applied to 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 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 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 permit shall allow operation of the vehicle by any titleholder or relative within the second degree by 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 other sun screening devices applied to the windshield of a motor vehicle are prohibited.
(b)
This section shall not prohibit labels, stickers, decalcomania, or
informational signs on motor vehicles or the application of tinted
or solar screening material to recreational vehicles as defined in
RSMo. 700.010, 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.
[Ord. No. 4149, § 1, 11-25-2008]
No person shall violate any provision of RSMo. Ch. 301, §§ 301.002
through 301.4000 (2008) pertaining to the registration and licensing
of motor vehicles. Each such section of RSMo. Ch. 301 (2008) is adopted
and incorporated herein and shall establish separate offenses in the
same manner as if fully set forth.
[Ord. No. 4149, § 1, 11-25-2008]
No person shall violate any provision of RSMo. Ch. 302, §§ 302.010
through 302.782 (2008) pertaining to drivers' and commercial drivers'
licenses. Each such section of RSMo. Ch. 302 (2008) is adopted and
incorporated herein and shall establish separate offenses in the same
manner as if fully set forth.
[Ord. No. 4149, § 1, 11-25-2008]
No person shall violate any provision of RSMo. Ch. 303, §§ 303.010
through 303.415 (2008) pertaining to motor vehicle responsibility
laws. Each such section of RSMo. Ch. 303 (2008) is adopted and incorporated
herein and shall establish separate offenses in the same manner as
if fully set forth.
[Ord. No. 4149, § 1, 11-25-2008]
No person shall violate any provision or requirement of RSMo.
Ch. 304, §§ 304.001 through 304.705 (2008) pertaining
to traffic regulations generally. Each such section of RSMo. Ch. 304
(2008) is adopted and incorporated herein and shall establish separate
offenses in the same manner as if fully set forth.
[Ord. No. 4149, § 1, 11-25-2008]
No person shall violate any provision or requirement of RSMo.
Ch. 307, §§ 307.010 through 373.782 (2008) pertaining
to vehicle equipment regulations. Each such section of RSMo. Ch. 307
(2008) is adopted and incorporated herein and shall establish separate
offenses in the same manner as if fully set forth.
