[R.O. 2012 §610.010; Ord. No. 385 §1, 3-14-1995]
As used in this Article, the following terms have the following
meanings:
The bi-state development agency created by compact under
Section 70.370, RSMo.
Includes bus, paratransit vehicle, rapid transit car or train,
locomotive, light rail vehicle, rail vehicle, or other vehicle used
or held for use by the agency as a means of transportation of passengers.
Includes all property and equipment, including, without limitation,
rights-of-way and related trackage, rails, signals, power, fuel, communication
and ventilation systems, power plants, stations, terminals, signage,
storage yards, depots, repair and maintenance shops, yards, offices,
parking lots and other real estate or personal property used or held
by the agency for or incidental to the operation, rehabilitation or
improvement of the public mass transportation system of the agency.
Includes any token, badge, ticket, coin, document, pass,
transfer or card used to gain entry to the facilities or conveyances
of, or make use of the services, of the agency.
Includes any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation,
association or company; and
Includes, but is not limited to, any radio receiver, phonograph,
television receiver, musical instrument, tape recorder, compact disk
player, cassette player, speaker device and any sound amplifier.
[R.O. 2012 §610.020; Ord. No. 385 §2, 3-14-1995]
A.
In
interpreting or applying this Article, the following provisions shall
apply:
1.
Any act otherwise prohibited by this Article is lawful if performed
by an officer, employee or designated agent of the agency acting within
the scope or his/her employment or agency;
2.
The singular shall mean and include the plural; the masculine gender
shall mean and include the feminine and the neuter genders; and vice
versa.
[R.O. 2012 §610.030; Ord. No. 385 §3, 3-14-1995]
A.
The
following acts are prohibited to the extent provided in this Section:
1.
No person shall use or enter upon any conveyance of the agency without
payment of the fare or other lawful charges established by the agency.
Any person on any light rail conveyance must have valid proof of payment
in his/her possession. This proof of payment must be valid to or from
the station the passenger is using, and must have been used for entry
for the trip then being taken;
2.
No person shall use any fare media to gain entry to the facilities
or conveyances of, or make use of the services of the agency, except
as provided, authorized or sold by the agency and in accordance with
any restriction on the use thereof imposed by the agency.
3.
No person shall enter in a vehicle or park upon parking lots designated
by the agency as requiring payment to enter, either by electronic
gate or parking meters, where the cost of such parking fee is visibly
displayed at each location, without payment of such fees or other
lawful charges established by the agency;
4.
No person shall sell, provide, copy, reproduce or produce, or create
any version of any fare media;
5.
No person shall put or attempt to put any paper, article, instrument
or item, other than fare media issued by the agency and valid for
the place, time and manner in which used, into any fare box, pass
reader, ticket vending machine, parking meter, parking gate or other
fare collection instrument, receptacle, device, machine or location;
6.
No person shall perform any act which interferes with the provision
of transit service or obstructs the flow of traffic on facilities
or conveyances or which would in any way interfere or tend to interfere
with the safe and efficient operation of the facilities or conveyances
of the agency;
7.
All persons on or in any facility or conveyance of the agency shall
obey any instructions on notices or signs duly posted on such facility
or conveyance;
8.
No person shall falsely represent himself/herself as an agent, employee
or representative of the agency.
9.
No person on or in any facility or conveyance shall:
a.
Litter, dump garbage, liquids, or other matter, or create a nuisance,
hazard or unsanitary condition, including but not limited to spitting
and urinating, except in facilities provided and designated for such
acts by the agency;
b.
Drink any alcoholic beverage or possess any opened or unsealed container
of alcoholic beverage, except on premises duly licensed for the sale
of alcoholic beverages, such as bars and restaurants;
c.
Enter or remain in any facility or conveyance while his/her ability
to function safely in the environment of the agency transit system
is impaired by the consumption of alcohol or any drug;
d.
Consume foods or liquids of any kind, except in those areas specifically
authorized for such acts by the agency;
e.
Smoke or carry an open flame or lighted match, cigar, cigarette,
pipe or torch, except in those areas or locations specifically authorized
for such acts by the agency; or
f.
Throw or cause to be propelled any stone, projectile or other article
at, from, upon or in a facility or conveyance;
g.
Create any unreasonable noise through the use of any sound production
device. Use of radios and other devices listened to solely by headphones
or earphones and inaudible to others is permitted;
h.
Interfere with any lamp, electric light, or electric fixture;
i.
Destroy, mark, soil or paint, or draw, inscribe, write, spray paint
or place graffiti upon, or remove, injure or tamper with any facility,
conveyance, sign, advertisement or notice of the agency or authorized
by the agency;
10.
No weapon or other instrument intended for use as a weapon may be
carried in or on any facility or conveyance, except by law enforcement
personnel. For the purposes hereof, a weapon shall include, but not
be limited to, a firearm, switchblade knife, sword, or any instrument
of any kind known as blackjack, billy club, club, sandbag, metal knuckles,
leather bands studded with metal, wood impregnated with metal filings
or razor blades; except that this Subdivision shall not apply to a
rifle or shotgun which is unloaded and carried in any enclosed case,
box or other container which completely conceals the item from view
and identification as a weapon.
11.
No explosives, flammable liquids, acids, fireworks or other highly
combustible materials or radioactive materials, may be carried on
or in any facility or conveyance;
12.
No person, except as specifically authorized by the agency, shall
enter or attempt to enter into any area of a facility or conveyance
not open to the public, including, but not limited to train operator's
cabs, conductor's cabs, bus operator's seat location, closed-off areas,
mechanical or equipment rooms, concession stands, storage areas, interior
rooms, tracks, roadbeds, tunnels, plants, shops, barns, train yards,
garages, or any area marked with a sign restricting access or indicating
a dangerous environment.
13.
No person may ride on the roof, the coupler between light rail vehicles,
or on any other exterior area of any light rail vehicle or bus or
other conveyance operated by the agency;
14.
No person shall extend any part of his/her person or any item, article
or other substance outside of the window or door of a moving conveyance
operated by the agency;
15.
No person shall enter or leave a conveyance operated by the agency
except through the entrances and exits provided for that purpose;
16.
No animals may be taken on or into any conveyance or facility except
the following:
a.
An animal enclosed in a container, accompanied by the passenger and
carried in a manner which does not annoy other passengers; and
b.
Working dogs for law enforcement agencies, agency dogs on duty, dogs
properly harnessed and accompanying blind or hearing-impaired persons
to aid such persons, or dogs accompanying trainers carrying a certificate
of identification issued by a dog school.
17.
Bicycles are prohibited on conveyances, except when specifically
authorized by permit of the agency;
18.
No vehicle shall be operated carelessly, or negligently, or in disregard
of the rights or safety of others or without due caution and circumspection,
or in such a manner as to be likely to endanger persons or property,
on facilities of the agency. The speed limit on parking lots and access
roads shall be posted as fifteen (15) miles per hour unless otherwise
designated.
[R.O. 2012 §610.040; Ord. No. 385 §4, 3-14-1995]
A.
Stalled,
disabled, or illegally parked vehicles may be removed from the roadways
of the agency property by the agency and parked or stored elsewhere
at the risk and expense of the owner.
B.
Motor
vehicles which are left unattended or abandoned on the property of
the agency for a period of over twenty-four (24) hours may be removed,
except as permitted by special parking agreements or permits, as provided
for in Sections 304.155 through 304.158, RSMo., except that the removal
may be authorized by personnel designated by the agency.
