[Code 1975 §15.03(27); CC 1989 §13-121]
The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business
shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire
alarm closer than five hundred (500) feet or drive into or park such
vehicle within the block where the fire apparatus has stopped in answer
to a fire alarm.
[Code 1975 §15.03(28); CC 1989 §13-122]
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of any
Fire Department when laid down on any street or private driveway,
to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the
Fire Department Official in command, or his/her representative.
[Code 1975 §15.03(29); CC 1989 §13-123; Ord. No.
2381 §1, 8-7-1999]
A person licensed as a funeral director pursuant to the provisions
of Chapter 333, RSMo.
Any motor vehicle 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.
Two (2) or more vehicles accompanying the remains of a deceased
person from a funeral establishment, church, synagogue or other place
where a funeral service has taken place to a cemetery, crematory or
other place of final disposition, or a funeral establishment, church,
synagogue or other place where additional funeral services will be
performed, if directed by a licensed funeral director from a licensed
establishment.
[Code 1975 §15.03(30); CC 1989 §13-124; Ord. No.
2381 §1, 8-7-1999]
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 a 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 funeral lead vehicle in an organized
funeral procession lawfully 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.
1.
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.
2.
No person shall operate any vehicle as part of an organized funeral
procession without the flashing emergency lights of such vehicle being
lighted.
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.
A motorcycle
utilizing flashing amber lights may escort an organized funeral procession.
[Code 1975 §15.03(31); CC 1989 §13-125; Ord. No.
2381 §1, 8-7-1999]
A.
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 when such vehicles are in motion and have the flashing emergency lights lighted pursuant to Sections 340.030 and 340.040, 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 granted in Section 340.040; or
3.
Attempt to pass any vehicle in an organized funeral procession, except
where a passing lane has been specifically provided.
C.
Any
person violating the provisions of this Section is subject to a fine
not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).
[Code 1975 §15.03(33); CC 1989 §13-127]
No procession or parade containing two hundred (200) or more
persons or fifty (50) or more vehicles except the forces of the United
States Army or Navy, the military forces of this State and the forces
of the Police and Fire Departments, shall occupy, march or proceed
along any street except in accordance with a permit issued by the
Chief of Police and such other regulations as set forth herein which
may apply.
[Code 1975 §15.03(21); CC 1989 §13-116]
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk
area except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
[Code 1975 §15.03(32); CC 1989 §13-126]
The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless such
movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering
with traffic.
[Code 1975 §15.03(19); CC 1989 §13-114]
No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side
available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe
to do so, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a
motor vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer
than necessary to load or unload passengers.
[Code 1975 §15.03(24); CC 1989 §13-118]
No person shall throw, drop or permit to blow or allow to be
thrown, dropped or blown, any litter from any motor vehicle.
[1]
Cross References — Littering, §210.290; throwing
garbage, etc., on streets, etc., deemed a nuisance, §215.030(1).
[Code 1975 §15.03(25); CC 1989 §13-119]
No person shall place any obstruction in or upon a street without
proper authority.
[Code 1975 §15.03(17); CC 1989 §13-112; Ord. No.
1975 §1, 7-8-1996; Ord. No. 3157 §1, 6-28-2006]
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 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 (B) 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 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 Department of Public Safety shall promulgate rules and regulations for the issuance of the permit. 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 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 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.
[Code 1975 §15.03(18); CC 1989 §13-113; Ord. No.
1975 §1, 7-8-1996]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to ride or permit another person
to ride in or upon any portion of a motor vehicle not designated or
intended for the use of passengers. This Section shall not apply to
any person riding within truck bodies in spaces intended for merchandise.
B.
No
operator of a motor vehicle driven upon the streets or highways of
this City shall permit any person riding a bicycle, motorized bicycle,
coaster, sled, roller skates, or any toy vehicle to attach such items
or such person to the operator's moving motor vehicle.
[Code 1975 §15.09(7); CC 1989 §13-132; Ord. No.
1814 §1, 1-9-1995]
No person shall drive a vehicle across a corner lot, a parking
lot or a driveway, whether publicly or privately owned, for the purpose
of avoiding any traffic control device.
[Code 1975 §15.09(8); CC 1989 §13-133]
No person operating a vehicle on the roadway shall move from
his/her lane into any other lane of traffic moving in the same direction
where appropriate signs on the roadway indicate a no-lane-changing
zone, and such signs are in place and clearly visible to any ordinarily
observant person.
[Code 1975 §15.03(34); CC 1989 §13-128]
No person shall operate a vehicle on streets designated by City
ordinance as "through traffic prohibited" and accordingly posted except
for the purpose of completing travel with a destination at properties
adjacent to such streets.
[Code 1975 §15.02(14)(A); CC 1989 §13-130]
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen are hereby authorized to establish
load restrictions upon streets, to prohibit commercial vehicles from
certain streets, to prohibit through traffic from using residential
streets, to designate and restrict heavily traveled streets upon which
motorscooters, bicycles, animals or non-motorized traffic are prohibited,
and to erect and maintain any and all necessary signs, markers, barriers
or other devices to give notice thereof.
[Code 1975 §15.09(11); CC 1989 §13-134]
A.
Streets. When signs are erected prohibiting either commercial
vehicles or vehicles in excess of a specified weight from the use
of a street, no person shall operate a commercial vehicle or a vehicle
in excess of the gross weight specified on such signs at any time
upon any of the streets or parts of streets so marked; except that
such vehicles may be operated thereon for the purpose of delivering
or picking up materials or merchandise and then only by entering such
streets at the intersection nearest the destination of the vehicle
and proceeding thereon no farther than the nearest intersection thereafter;
provided further, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply
to vehicles owned or officially used by Federal agencies, the State,
County, City or any other subdivision of government or agencies thereof.
B.
Bridges. When signs are erected by which a driver of a vehicle
when approaching a bridge is given notice that vehicles in excess
of a specified weight are prohibited the use of the bridge, no person
shall drive any vehicle in excess of the weight specified on said
bridge so marked by sign.
[Code 1975 §15.06(1), (8), (10); CC 1989 §13-146;
Ord. No. 3376 §1, 10-28-2008]
A.
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 the provisions of Sections 304.014
to 304.025, RSMo., or traffic regulations thereunder or of the City;
[Ord. No. 4446, 8-23-2021]
3.
When the right-half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under
construction or repair;
4.
Upon a roadway designated by ordinance of this City as a one-way
street and marked or signed for one-way traffic.
B.
It
is unlawful to drive any vehicle upon any highway or road which has
been divided into two (2) 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.
C.
The
authorities in charge of any highway or the State Highway Patrol may
erect signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving
in a particular direction, regardless of the centerline of the highway,
and all members of the State Highway Patrol and other 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.
D.
Whenever
any roadway has been divided into three (3) 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 (3) 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 sign-posted to give notice of such allocation;
3.
Upon all highways 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 Sections 304.014 to 304.026, RSMo.;
4.
Official signs may be erected by the State Highways and Transportation
Commission or the Highway Patrol 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 directions 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 one-half
(½) of the main traveled portion of the roadway whenever possible.
E.
All
vehicles in motion upon a highway having two (2) or more lanes of
traffic proceeding in the same direction shall be driven in the right-hand
lane except when overtaking and passing another vehicle or when preparing
to make a proper left turn or when otherwise directed by traffic markings,
signs or signals.
F.
All
trucks registered for a gross weight of more than forty-eight thousand
(48,000) pounds shall not be driven in the far left-hand lane upon
all interstate highways, freeways or expressways within urbanized
areas of the State having three (3) or more lanes of traffic proceeding
in the same direction. This restriction shall not apply when:
1.
It is necessary for the operator of the truck to follow traffic control
devices that direct use of a lane other than the right lane; or
2.
The right-half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under construction
or repair.
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As used in this Subsection, "truck" means any
vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer or semitrailer, or any combination
thereof, propelled or drawn by mechanical power and designed for or
used in the transportation of property upon the highways. The term "truck" also includes a commercial motor vehicle as defined
in Section 301.010, RSMo.
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[Code 1975 §15.06(2) — (6); CC 1989 §13-147]
A.
The
following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles
proceeding in the same direction, subject to the limitations and exceptions
hereinafter stated:
1.
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.
2.
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 and shall not increase the speed of his/her
vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.
B.
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 City street with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width
for two (2) or more lines of vehicles in each direction;
3.
Upon a one-way street;
4.
The driver of a motor vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle
upon the right only under the foregoing conditions when such movement
be made in safety. In no event shall such movement be made by driving
off the paved or main traveled portion of the roadway;
C.
Except
when a roadway has been divided into three (3) traffic lanes, no vehicle
shall be driven to the left side of the centerline of a highway or
public 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.
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 one hundred (100)
feet of any bridge, viaduct, tunnel, or when approaching within one
hundred (100) feet of or at any intersection or railroad grade crossing.
[Code 1975 §15.06(7); CC 1989 §13-148]
A.
The
Mayor and the Board of Aldermen are hereby authorized to determine
those portions of any highway under their respective jurisdictions
where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway
would be especially hazardous and shall place and maintain appropriate
signs or markings on the roadway to indicate the beginning and end
of such zones, and when such signs or markings are in place and clearly
visible to an ordinarily observant person, every driver of a vehicle
shall obey the directions thereof.
B.
Where
signs or marked barrier lines are in place to define a no-passing
zone it shall be unlawful for any driver at any time to drive on the
left side of the roadway within such no-passing zone or on the left
side of any pavement striping designed to mark such no-passing zone
throughout its length.
C.
This Section does not apply under the conditions described in Section 340.190(A)(1), nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from a private road or driveway.
[Code 1975 §15.06(9); CC 1989 §13-149]
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 roadway in the City, 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 Section shall in no way affect
Section 304.044, RSMo., relating to distance between trucks traveling
on the highway.
[Code 1975 §15.06(11); CC 1989 §13-150]
No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any controlled
access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are established
by public authority.
[Code 1975 §15.06(12); CC 1989 §13-151]
No vehicle shall be driven so as to overtake and pass any other
vehicle proceeding in the same direction while driving either on a
public way adjacent to a school while children are going to or leaving
school, or in a school zone when the school zone signs are in place.
[Code 1975 §15.06(13); CC 1989 §13-152; Ord. No.
2217 §1, 6-22-1998]
A.
The
driver of a vehicle upon a street or highway of this City, upon meeting
or overtaking from either direction any school bus which has stopped
on the street or highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging
any school children 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 the school bus resumes
motion, or until signaled by its driver to proceed.
B.
Every
bus used for the transportation of school children shall bear upon
the front and rear thereon a plainly visible sign containing the words
"school bus" in letters not less than eight (8) inches in height.
Each bus shall have lettered on the rear in plain and distinct type
the following: "State law: Stop while bus is loading and unloading".
Each school bus subject to provisions of Sections 304.050 to 304.070,
RSMo., shall be equipped with a mechanical and electrical signaling
device approved by the State Board of Education, which will display
a signal plainly visible from the front and rear and indicating intention
to stop.
C.
Every school bus operated to transport students in the public school system which has a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand (10,000) pounds, which has the engine mounted entirely in front of the windshield and the entrance door behind the front wheels, and which is used for the transportation of school children shall be equipped no later than August 1, 1998, with a crossing control arm. The crossing control arm, when activated, shall extend a minimum of five (5) feet six (6) inches from the face of the front bumper. The crossing control arm shall be attached on the right side of the front bumper and shall be activated by the same controls which activate the mechanical and electrical signaling devices described in Subsection (B) of this Section.
D.
Except
as otherwise provided in this Section, the driver of a school bus
in the process of loading or unloading students upon a street or highway
shall activate the mechanical and electrical signaling devices, in
the manner prescribed by the State Board of Education, to communicate
to drivers of other vehicles that students are loading or unloading.
A public school district shall have the authority pursuant to this
Section to adopt a policy which provides that the driver of a school
bus in the process of loading or unloading students upon a divided
highway of four (4) or more lanes may pull off the main roadway and
load or unload students without activating the mechanical and electrical
signaling devices in a manner which gives the signal for other drivers
to stop and may use the amber signaling devices to alert motorists
that the school bus is slowing to a stop; provided that the passengers
are not required to cross any traffic lanes and also provided that
the emergency flashing signal lights are activated in a manner which
indicates that drivers should proceed with caution, and in such case,
the driver of a vehicle may proceed past the school bus with due caution.
No driver of a school bus shall take on or discharge passengers at
any location upon a highway consisting of four (4) or more lanes of
traffic, whether or not divided by a median or barrier, in such manner
as to require the passengers to cross more than two (2) lanes of traffic;
nor shall any passengers be taken on or discharged while the vehicle
is upon the road or highway proper unless the vehicle so stopped is
plainly visible for at least five hundred (500) feet in each direction
to drivers of other vehicles in the case of a highway with no shoulder
and a speed limit greater than sixty (60) miles per hour and at least
three hundred (300) feet in each direction to drivers of other vehicles
upon other highways, and on all highways, only for such time as is
actually necessary to take on and discharge passengers.
E.
The
driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadways need not
stop upon meeting or overtaking a school bus which is on a different
roadway, or which is proceeding in the opposite direction on a highway
containing four (4) or more lanes of traffic, or which is stopped
in a loading zone constituting a part of, or adjacent to, a limited
or controlled access highway at a point where pedestrians are not
permitted to cross the roadway.
F.
The
driver of any school bus, driving upon the streets or highways of
this City after loading or unloading school children, shall remain
stopped if the bus is followed by three (3) or more vehicles, until
such vehicles have been permitted to pass the school bus, if the conditions
prevailing make it safe to do so.
G.
If
any vehicle is witnessed by a Peace Officer or the driver of a school
bus to have violated the provisions of this Section and the identity
of the operator is not otherwise apparent, it shall be a rebuttable
presumption that the person in whose name such vehicle is registered
committed the violation. In the event that charges are filed against
multiple owners of a motor vehicle, only one of the owners may be
convicted and court costs may be assessed against only one of the
owners. If the vehicle which is involved in the violation is registered
in the name of a rental or leasing company and the vehicle is rented
or leased to another person at the time of the violation, the rental
or leasing company may rebut the presumption by providing the Peace
Officer or prosecuting authority with a copy of the rental or lease
agreement in effect at the time of the violation. No prosecuting authority
may bring any legal proceedings against a rental or leasing company
under this Section unless prior written notice of the violation has
been given to that rental or leasing company by registered mail at
the address appearing on the registration and the rental or leasing
company has failed to provide the rental or lease agreement copy within
fifteen (15) days of receipt of such notice.
[Ord. No. 3466 §1, 11-24-2009]
Any person operating a moving motor vehicle who fails to maintain
a proper lookout by operating such motor vehicle in a visibly inattentive
manner shall be guilty of inattentive driving.
[Ord. No. 4009 §1, 8-22-2016]
A.
GOLF CART
As used herein, the following terms shall have the prescribed definitions:
A low-speed, four-wheeled, self-propelled vehicle, with a
seat for the use of the rider, an unladen dry weight of less than
one thousand (1,000) pounds and sixty (60) inches in width or less,
but utilizing a device other than handlebars for steering control.
B.
Use Prohibited-Exceptions. No person may operate
or ride a golf cart anywhere within the City limits of the City of
Town and Country except on privately owned residential property with
the consent of the owner of that property. Nothing herein contained
shall permit or allow the operation of a golf cart on any roadway,
inclusive of the berm and shoulder, residential street, whether publicly
or privately owned, right-of-way, easement, sidewalk or parking lot.
Nothing shall prevent the City of Town and Country from consenting
to the operation or use of motorized wheelchairs by persons with physical
disabilities.
