[Ord. No. 159 §1(a), 4-3-1972]
No person shall on the streets of the City drive a motor vehicle
which is in such defective mechanical condition as to be reasonably
likely, because of such defective mechanical condition, to cause damage
to persons or property while being so driven.
[RSMo. §307.170.2]
Muffler cutouts shall not be used and no vehicle shall be driven
in such manner or condition that excessive and unnecessary noises
shall be made by its machinery, motor, signaling device, or other
parts, or by any improperly loaded cargo. The motors of all motor
vehicles shall be fitted with properly attached mufflers of such capacity
or construction as to quiet the maximum possible exhaust noise as
completely as is done in modern gas engine passenger motor vehicles.
Any cutout or opening in the exhaust pipe between the motor and the
muffler on any motor vehicle shall be completely closed and disconnected
from its operating lever, and shall be so arranged that it cannot
automatically open, or be opened or operated while such vehicle is
in motion.
[RSMo. §307.170.3]
All motor vehicles, except motorcycles, shall be provided at
all times with two (2) sets of adequate brakes, kept in good working
order, and motorcycles shall be provided with one (1) set of adequate
brakes kept in good working order.
[Ord. No. 159 §1(d), 4-3-1972]
Any motor vehicle which is so constructed or loaded that the
operator of such motor vehicle cannot see the road behind such vehicle
by looking back or around the side of such vehicle shall be equipped
with a mirror so adjusted as to reveal the road behind and be visible
from the operator's seat.
[RSMo. §307.170.6]
When one (1) vehicle is towing another, the connecting device
shall not exceed fifteen feet. During the time that lights are required
by RSMo., Sections 307.020 to 307.120, the required lights shall be
displayed by both vehicles. Every towed vehicle shall be coupled to
the towing vehicle by means of a safety chain, cable, or equivalent
device in addition to the primary coupling device, except that such
secondary coupling device shall not be necessary if the connecting
device is connected to the towing vehicle by a center-locking ball
located over or nearly over the rear axle and not supported by the
rear bumper of the towing vehicle. Such secondary safety connecting
devices shall be of sufficient strength to control the towed vehicle
in the event of failure of the primary coupling device. The provisions
of this Section shall not apply to wreckers towing vehicles or to
vehicles secured to the towing vehicle by a fifth-wheel type connection.
[Ord. No. 159 §1(f), 4-3-1972]
All vehicles carrying poles or other objects which project more
than five (5) feet from the rear of such vehicles shall, during the
period when lights are required, carry a red light at or near the
end of the pole or object projecting. At other times, a red flag or
cloth not less than sixteen (16) inches square shall be displayed
at the end of such projections.
[Ord. No. 159 §1(g), 4-3-1972; Ord.
No. 032111B §2, 3-21-2011]
A.
For
the purpose of revealing the position and direction, a motor vehicle,
while in operation on a street, during the period when the street
lights are turned on, and in any event from thirty (30) minutes after
sunset to thirty (30) minutes before sunrise, and all times when fog
or other atmospheric conditions render the operation of motor vehicles
dangerous on the street, shall carry lighted lamps as required by
Missouri State Statutes and shall not use any other than the City
driving beam of the headlights while operating on the streets of the
City.
B.
Any
person who violates this Section shall, upon a plea of guilty or finding
of guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction, be guilty of a Class
C misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 05052014 §V, 5-5-2014]
A.
No person shall drive, move, park or be in custody of any vehicle
or combination of vehicles on any street or highway during the times
when lighted lamps are required unless such vehicle or combination
of vehicles displays lighted lamps and illuminating devices as hereinafter
in this chapter required.
B.
Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction, and any
person who violates this Section as it relates to violations of the
usage of lighted lamps required due to weather conditions or fog shall
only be fined ten dollars ($10.00), and no court costs shall be assessed.
C.
"When lighted lamps are required" means at any time from a half-hour
after sunset to a half-hour before sunrise and at any other time when
there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons
and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five hundred (500) feet
ahead. Lighted lamps shall also be required any time the weather conditions
require usage of the motor vehicle's windshield wipers to operate
the vehicle in a careful and prudent manner as defined in Section
304.012, RSMo. The provisions of this Section shall be interpreted
to require lighted lamps during periods of fog even if usage of the
windshield wipers is not necessary to operate the vehicle in a careful
and prudent manner.
[RSMo. §307.170.1]
Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a horn, directed
forward, or whistle in good working order, capable of emitting a sound
adequate in quantity and volume to give warning of the approach of
such vehicle to other users of the highway and to pedestrians. Such
signaling device shall be used for warning purposes only and shall
not be used for making any unnecessary noise, and no other sound-producing
signaling device shall be used at any time.
[Ord. No. 159 §1(j), 4-3-1972]
No person shall drive or operate any vehicle, tractor, or trailer
on any paved street in the City when such vehicle, tractor or trailer
has tires or wheels so constructed or in such condition as to injure
the pavement; and no person shall so operate such vehicle, tractor
or trailer if the rubber or other material on such tires or wheels
has been so worn or otherwise damaged as to cause pounding or injury
to the pavement provided, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed
to prohibit use of ordinary anti-skid chains on rubber tires attached
to the wheels of such motor vehicle, tractor or trailer. It shall
be unlawful to operate any vehicle, tractor or trailer on the public
streets of the City when the wheels of such vehicle, tractor or trailer
are equipped with blocks, studs, cleats, ribs, ridges, lugs, spikes,
beads or other protuberances other than anti-skid chains mentioned
above, except the following will be permitted; tire chains of reasonable
proportions upon a vehicle when required for safety because of snow,
and snow tires equipped with metal studs from November first (1st)
to April first (1st).
[RSMo. §307.070; Ord.
No. 032111B §3, 3-21-2011]
A.
Every
person driving a motor vehicle equipped with multiple-beam road lighting
equipment, during the times when lighted lamps are required, shall
use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough
and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe
distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements
and limitations: Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming
vehicle within five hundred (500) feet, or is within three hundred
(300) feet to the rear of another vehicle traveling in the same direction,
the driver shall use a distribution of light or composite beam so
aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the
other driver, and in no case shall the high-intensity portion which
is projected to the left of the prolongation of the extreme left side
of the vehicle be aimed higher than the center of the lamp from which
it comes at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet ahead, and in no case
higher than a level of forty-two (42) inches above the level upon
which the vehicle stands at a distance of seventy-five (75) feet ahead.
B.
Any
person who violates this Section shall, upon a plea of guilty or finding
of guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction, be guilty of a Class
C misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 91189 §§11,14, 9-11-1989; Ord. No. 032111B §I, 3-21-2011]
A.
Any
motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed three (3) auxiliary
lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than twelve (12) inches
nor more than forty-two (42) inches above the level surface upon which
the vehicle stands.
B.
Any
person who violates this Section shall, upon a plea of guilty or finding
of guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction, be guilty of a Class
C misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 91189 §§12,14, 9-11-1989; Ord. No. 032111B §I, 3-21-2011]
A.
Headlamps,
when lighted, shall exhibit lights substantially white in color; auxiliary
lamps, cowllamps and spot lamps, when lighted, shall exhibit lights
substantially white, yellow or amber in color. No person shall drive
or move any vehicle or equipment, except a school bus when used for
school purposes or an emergency vehicle upon any street or highway
with any lamp or device thereon displaying a red light visible from
directly in front thereof.
B.
Any
person who violates this Section shall, upon a plea of guilty or finding
of guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction, be guilty of a Class
C misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 91189 §§13,14, 9-11-1989; Ord. No. 032111B §I, 3-21-2011]
A.
At
the times when lighted lamps are required, at least two (2) lighted
lamps shall be displayed, one (1) on each side of the front of every
motor vehicle except a motorcycle and except a motor-drawn vehicle
except when such vehicle is parked subject to the provisions governing
lights on parked vehicles. Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with
head lamps as in this Chapter required is also equipped with any auxiliary
lamps or a spot lamp or any other lamp on the front thereof projecting
a beam of an intensity greater than three hundred (300) candlepower,
not more than a total of four (4) of any such lamps on the front of
a vehicle shall be lighted at any one time when upon a highway.
B.
Any
person who violates this Section shall, upon a plea of guilty or finding
of guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction, be guilty of a Class
C misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 062094E §4,7, 6-20-1994; Ord. No. 032111B §I, 3-21-2011]
A.
Every
motor vehicle and every motor-drawn vehicle shall be equipped with
at least two (2) rear lamps, not less than fifteen (15) inches or
more than seventy-two (72) inches above the ground upon which the
vehicle stands, which when lighted will exhibit a red light plainly
visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear. Either
such rear lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed
as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration marker and
render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty (50) feet to the
rear. When the rear registration marker is illuminated by an electric
lamp other than the required rear lamps, all such lamps shall be turned
on or off only by the same control switch at all times.
B.
Every
motorcycle registered in this State, when operated on a highway, shall
also carry at the rear, either as part of the rear lamp or separately,
at least one (1) approved red reflector, which shall be of such size
and characteristics and so maintained as to be visible during the
times when lighted lamps are required from all distances within three
hundred (300) feet to fifty (50) feet from such vehicle when directly
in front of a motor vehicle displaying lawful undimmed headlamps.
C.
Every
passenger car, commercial motor vehicle, motor-drawn vehicle and omnibus
with a capacity of more than six (6) passengers registered in this
State when operated on a highway, shall also carry at the rear at
least two (2) approved red reflectors, at least one (1) at each side,
so designed, mounted on the vehicle and maintained as to be visible
during the times when lighted lamps are required from all distances
within five hundred (500) to fifty (50) feet from such vehicle when
directly in front of a motor vehicle displaying lawful undimmed headlamps.
Every such reflector shall meet the requirements of this Section and
the Statutes of the State of Missouri and shall be mounted upon the
vehicle at a height not to exceed sixty (60) inches nor less than
fifteen (15) inches above the surface upon which the vehicle stands.
D.
Violation. Any person who violates this Section shall, upon
a plea of guilty or finding of guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction,
be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 062094E §§1, 7, 6-20-1994; Ord. No. 071508 §1, 7-15-2008; Ord.
No. 032111B §I, 3-21-2011]
A.
Any person may operate a motor vehicle with front side-wing 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 (C) of this Section, any sun-screening device applied to front side-wing 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 side-wing 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.
D.
Violation. Any person who violates this Section shall, upon
a plea of guilty or finding of guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction,
be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 062094E §§3, 7, 6-20-1994; Ord. No. 032111B §I, 3-21-2011]
A.
No
person shall operate any passenger motor vehicle upon the public streets
or highways of this City, the body of which has been altered in such
a manner that the front or rear of the vehicle is raised at such an
angle as to obstruct the vision of the operator of the street or highway
in front or to the rear of the vehicle.
B.
Every
motor vehicle which is licensed in this State and operated upon the
public streets or highways of this State shall be equipped with front
and rear bumpers if such vehicle was equipped with bumpers as standard
equipment. This Subsection shall not apply to motor vehicles designed
or modified primarily for off-highway purposes while such vehicles
are in town or to motorcycles or motor driven cycles, or to motor
vehicles registered as historic motor vehicles when the original design
of such vehicles did not include bumpers nor shall the provisions
of this Subsection prohibit the use of drop bumpers. Maximum bumper
heights of both the front and rear bumpers of motor vehicles shall
be determined by weight category of gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR)
measured from a level surface to the highest point of the bottom of
the bumper when the vehicle is unloaded and the tires are inflated
to the manufacturer's recommended pressure. Maximum bumper heights
are as follows:
|
|
Maximum Front Bumper Height
|
Maximum Rear Bumper Height
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Motor vehicles except commercial motor vehicles
|
22 inches
|
22 inches
|
|
|
Commercial motor vehicles (GVWR)
| ||
|
4,500 lbs and under
|
24 inches
|
26 inches
| |
|
4,501 lbs through 7,500 lbs
|
27 inches
|
29 inches
| |
|
7,501 lbs through 9,000 lbs
|
28 inches
|
30 inches
|
C.
Violation. Any person who violates this Section shall, upon
a plea of guilty or finding of guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction,
be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 062094E §§5, 7, 6-20-1994; Ord. No. 020210D §1, 2-2-2010; Ord.
No. 032111B §I, 3-21-2011]
A.
All
motor vehicles and every trailer and semi-trailer operating upon the
public streets of the City and carrying goods or material or farm
products which may reasonably be expected to become dislodged and
fall from the vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer as a result of wind
pressure or air pressure and/or by the movement of this vehicle, trailer
or semi-trailer shall have a protective cover or be sufficiently secured
so that no portion of any goods or material can become dislodged and
fall from the vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer while being transported
or carried.
B.
Violation. Any person who violates this Section shall, upon
a plea of guilty or finding of guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction,
be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
