[Ord. No. 218 §2, 1-4-1988]
B.
Chapter
304 of the Missouri Statutes, consisting of Sections 304.010 through
304.570, which sets forth State traffic regulations, is hereby adopted
as and for an ordinance of this City with like effect as if recited
at length herein.
C.
Sections
307.010 through 307.198, RSMo., as amended which deals with vehicle
and light regulations are hereby adopted as and for an ordinance of
this City with like effect as if recited at length herein.
[Ord. No. 218 §2, 1-4-1988; RSMo. §300.010; Ord. No. 904 §1, 9-20-2010]
The following words and phrases when used in this Title mean:
Any street with a roadway of less than twenty (20) feet in
width;
Any motorized vehicle manufactured and used exclusively for
off-highway use which is fifty (50) inches or less in width, with
an unladen dry weight of six hundred (600) pounds or less, traveling
on three (3), four (4) or more low pressure tires, with a seat designed
to be straddled by the operator, and handlebars for steering control;
A vehicle publicly owned and operated as an ambulance, or
a vehicle publicly owned and operated by the State Highway Patrol,
Police, or Fire Department, Sheriff, Constable or Deputy Sheriff,
Traffic Officer, or any privately owned vehicle operated as an ambulance
when responding to emergency calls;
The territory contiguous to and including a highway when
within any six hundred (600) feet along the highway there are buildings
in use for business or industrial purposes, including but not limited
to hotels, banks, or office buildings, railroad stations and public
buildings which occupy at least three hundred (300) feet of frontage
on one side or three hundred (300) feet collectively on both sides
of the highway;
All streets and portions of streets within the area described
by City ordinance as such;
Every vehicle designed, maintained, or used primarily for
the transportation of property;
Every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners
or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right
of access to or from the same except at such points only and in such
manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction
over the highway, street or roadway;
That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the
connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides
of the highway measured from the curbs, or in the absence of curbs
from the edges of the traversable roadway;
Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly
indicated for pedestrian crossing by pedestrian crossing by lines
or other markings on the surface;
A space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use
of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials;
Every person who drives or is in actual physical control
of a vehicle;
A space adjacent to a curb for the exclusive use of vehicles
during the loading or unloading of freight (or passengers);
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel;
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the
lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of
the roadways of two (2) highways which join one another at, or approximately
at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon
different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict;
Where a highway includes two (2) roadways thirty (30) feet or
more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway
by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
In the event such intersecting highway also includes two (2) roadways
thirty (30) feet or more apart, then every crossing of two (2) roadways
of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection;
A roadway which is divided into two (2) or more clearly marked
lanes for vehicular traffic;
Any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon
tracks, except farm tractors and motorized bicycles;
Every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of
the rider and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels
in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor;
Any two-wheeled or three-wheeled device having an automatic
transmission and a motor with a cylinder capacity of not more than
fifty (50) cubic centimeters, which produces less than three (3) gross
brake horsepower, and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum
speed of not more than thirty (30) miles per hour on level ground;
A short oblong board with one (1) or more wheels on each
end, similar to a skateboard, which is propelled manually or by a
small motor, during which the operator is standing in an upright position.
Whenever certain hours are named herein they shall mean standard
time or daylight-saving time as may be in current use in the City.
All signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent
with this Title placed or erected by authority of a public body or
official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning
or guiding traffic;
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
loading or unloading merchandise or passengers;
A place adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use
of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers;
Any person afoot;
Every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or
corporation;
Every officer of the Municipal Police Department or any Officer
authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations
of traffic regulations;
Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular
travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission
from the owner, but not by other persons.
A carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars,
operated upon stationary rails;
A steam engine, electric or other motor, with or without
cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails, except streetcars;
The territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising
a business district when the property on such highway for a distance
of three hundred (300) feet or more is in the main improved with residences
or residences and buildings in use for business;
The right of one (1) vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in
a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching
under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give
rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other;
That portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the
event a highway includes two or more separate roadways the term ROADWAY
as used herein shall refer to any such roadway separately but not
to all such roadways collectively;
The area or space officially set apart within a roadway for
the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked
or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times
while set apart as a safety zone;
That portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral
lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for
use of pedestrians;
A short oblong board with two (2) wheels at each end, which
is ridden and manually propelled.
The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or
discharging passengers;
When required, complete cessation from movement;
When prohibited, any halting even momentarily of a vehicle,
whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a Police Officer
or traffic control sign or signal;
The entire width between the lines of every way publicly
maintained when any part thereof is open to the uses of the public
for purposes of vehicular travel.
Every highway or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic
is given preferential right-of-way, and at the entrances to which
vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to
yield right-of-way to vehicles on such through highway in obedience
to either a stop sign or a yield sign, when such signs are erected
as provided in this Title;
Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars
and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway
for purposes of travel;
Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically
operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to
proceed;
The Traffic Division of the Police Department of the City,
or in the event a Traffic Division is not established, then said term
whenever used herein shall be deemed to refer to the Police Department
of the City;
Any motorized vehicle manufactured and used exclusively for
off-highway use which is more than fifty (50) inches, but no more
than sixty-seven (67) inches in width, with an unladen dry weight
of two thousand (2,000) pounds or less, traveling on four (4) or six
(6) wheels.
[Ord. No. 1080 § 1, 5-1-2017]
Any mechanical device on wheels, designed primarily for use,
or used, on highways, except motorized bicycles, vehicles propelled
or drawn by horses or human power, or vehicles used exclusively on
fixed rails or tracks, cotton trailers or motorized wheelchairs operated
by handicapped persons.
[CC §76.210]
No person shall operate any motor driven vehicle on the streets
of Scott City, Missouri, unless such person has first procured an
operator's permit or a chauffeur's permit from the State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 546 §1, 2-18-1997; Ord.
No. 1294, 12-5-2022]
A.
Unless
otherwise provided for by law, it shall be unlawful for any person,
except those expressly exempted by applicable law, to:
1.
Operate any vehicle upon any highway or on any publicly or privately
owned parking lot or parking facility generally open for use by the
public in this City unless the person has a valid license as required
by Chapter 302, RSMo., or a temporary instruction permit issued in
compliance with Section 302.130, RSMo., or an intermediate driver's
license issued in compliance with Section 302.178, RSMo., in his/her
possession;
2.
Operate a motorcycle or motortricycle upon any highway or on any
publicly or privately owned parking lot or parking facility generally
open for use by the public in this City unless such person has a valid
license that shows the person has successfully passed an examination
for the operation of a motorcycle or motortricycle as prescribed by
the Director of Revenue. The Director of Revenue may indicate such
upon a valid license issued to such person or shall issue a license
restricting the applicant to the operation of a motorcycle or motortricycle
if the actual demonstration, required by Section 302.173, RSMo., is
conducted on such vehicle:
3.
Authorize or knowingly permit a motorcycle or motortricycle owned
by such person or under such person's control to be driven upon any
highway or on any publicly or privately owned parking lot or parking
facility generally open for use by the public in this City by any
person whose license does not indicate that the person has passed
the examination for the operation of a motorcycle or motortricycle
or has been issued an instruction permit therefor;
4.
Cause or knowingly permit his/her child or ward under the age of
sixteen (16) years to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway or on
any publicly or privately owned parking lot or parking facility generally
open for use by the public in this City when such minor is not authorized
hereunder or in violation of any of the provisions of Sections 302.010
to 302.260, RSMo.;
5.
Authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by him/her or
under his/her control to be driven upon any highway or on any publicly
or privately owned parking lot or parking facility generally open
for use by the public in this City by any person who is not authorized
hereunder or in violation of any of the provisions of Sections 302.010
to 302.260, RSMo.;
6.
Operate a motor vehicle with an instruction permit, intermediate
driver's license or license issued to another person;
7.
Operate a motor vehicle in violation of the provisions of Sections
302.130 and 302.178, RSMo., regarding accompaniment by a qualified
driver or stated hours of operation; or
8.
Drive a commercial motor vehicle, unless fully licensed in compliance
with Chapter 302, RSMo., except when operating under an instruction
permit as provided for in Section 302.720, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 1313, 3-6-2023]
No person shall operate a motor vehicle or trailer on which
there is displayed on the front or rear thereof any other plate, tag
or placard bearing any number except the plate furnished by the Director
of Revenue or the placard herein authorized and the official license
tag of any municipality of this State, nor shall there be displayed
on any motor vehicle or trailer a placard, sign or tag bearing the
words "license lost," "license applied for" or words of similar import
as a substitute for such number plates or such placard.
[Ord. No. 214 §§1-2, 10-5-1987]
A.
It
is unlawful for any person whose operator's or chauffeur's license
or driving privilege as a resident or non-resident has been canceled,
suspended, or revoked under the provisions of the Missouri State Statutes,
to drive any motor vehicle upon a public thoroughfare of this City
while such license and 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.
B.
Any person who violates Subsection (A) of this Section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail not less than one (1) day nor more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[Ord. No. 396 §2, 3-1-1993; Ord. No. 654 §§1 — 3, 2-25-2000]
A.
No
person shall operate a motor vehicle registered in this State, whether
owned by such operator or by another, upon the streets, alleys or
highways of this City, unless such operator, or the owner of the vehicle,
maintains financial responsibility which covers the operation of that
vehicle by such operator.
B.
For
the purpose of this Section, the term "financial responsibility" shall mean the ability to respond in damages for liability occurring
after the effective date of proof of such financial responsibility,
arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle,
in the amount twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) because of
bodily injury to or death of one (1) person in any one (1) accident
and, subject to said limit for one (1) person, in the amount of fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death
of two (2) or more persons in any one (1) accident and in the amount
of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) because of injury to or destruction
of property of others in any one (1) accident.
C.
Proof
of financial responsibility may be shown by any of the following:
1.
An insurance identification card issued by a motor vehicle insurer
or by the Director of Revenue of the State of Missouri for self-insurance,
as provided by Section 303.024, RSMo. A motor vehicle insurance policy,
a motor vehicle liability insurance binder, or receipt which contains
the name and address of the insurer, the name and address of the named
insured, the policy number, the effective dates of the policy and
a description by year and make of the vehicle, or at least five (5)
digits of the vehicle identification number or the word "fleet" if the insurance policy covers five (5) or more motor vehicles,
shall be satisfactory evidence of insurance in lieu of an insurance
identification card.
2.
A certificate of the State Treasurer of Missouri of a cash deposit
as provided by Section 303.240, RSMo.
3.
A surety bond filed with the Director of Revenue of the State of
Missouri as provided by Section 303.230, RSMo.
D.
Proof
of financial responsibility shall be carried at all times in the insured
motor vehicle or by the operator of the motor vehicle if the proof
of financial responsibility is effective as to the operator rather
than to the vehicle. The operator of the motor vehicle shall exhibit
the proof of financial responsibility on the demand of any Police
Officer who lawfully stops such operator while that officer is engaged
in the performance of the duties of his office.
E.
Failure of any person who operates a motor vehicle on the streets, alleys or highways of this City to exhibit proof of financial responsibility on the demand of any Police Officer, who lawfully stops such person shall be prima facie evidence that such person, or that the owner of the vehicle, does not maintain financial responsibility as required by this Section. It shall be an absolute affirmative defense to a violation charged under Subsection (A) of this Section that the operator of a motor vehicle, or the owner of the vehicle, did maintain financial responsibility which covered operation of the vehicle by such operator on the date of the violation. It shall be a mitigating circumstance to a violation charged under Subsection (A) of this Section that the operator, subsequent to the date of the offense, and prior to a trial or guilty plea, obtained and maintained financial responsibility which covers operation of motor vehicles by such operator.
F.
No
person shall display evidence of insurance to a Law Enforcement Officer
knowing there is no valid liability insurance in effect on the motor
vehicle as required pursuant to State law, or knowing the evidence
of insurance is illegally altered, counterfeit or otherwise invalid
as evidence of insurance.
G.
No
person knowingly shall make, sell or otherwise make available an invalid
or counterfeit insurance card.
H.
Any
owner or operator who violates any provisions of the Section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 495 §1, 9-5-1995; Ord. No. 947 §1, 4-16-2012]
A.
Every
driver transporting a child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall
be responsible, when transporting such child in a motor vehicle operated
by that driver on the streets or highways of this State, for providing
for the protection of such child as follows:
1.
Children less than four (4) years of age, regardless of weight, shall
be secured in a child passenger restraint system appropriate for that
child.
2.
Children weighing less than forty (40) pounds, regardless of age,
shall be secured in a child passenger restraint system appropriate
for that child.
3.
Children at least four (4) years of age but less than eight (8) years
of age, who also weigh at least forty (40) pounds but less than eighty
(80) pounds, and who are also less than four (4) feet, nine (9) inches
tall shall be secured in a child passenger restraint system or booster
seat appropriate for that child.
4.
Children at least eighty (80) pounds or children more than four (4)
feet, nine (9) inches in height shall be secured by a vehicle safety
belt or booster seat appropriate for that child.
5.
A child who otherwise would be required to be secured in a booster
seat may be transported in the back seat of a motor vehicle while
wearing only a lap belt if the back seat of the motor vehicle is not
equipped with a combination lap and shoulder belt for booster seat
installation.
6.
When transporting children in the immediate family when there are
more children than there are seating positions in the enclosed area
of a motor vehicle, the children who are not able to be restrained
by a child safety restraint device appropriate for the child shall
sit in the area behind the front seat of the motor vehicle unless
the motor vehicle is designed only for a front seat area. The driver
transporting children referred to in this Subsection is not in violation
of this Section.
B.
This
Section shall only apply to the use of a child passenger restraint
system or vehicle safety belt for children less than sixteen (16)
years of age being transported in a motor vehicle. Such child shall
be protected by a child passenger restraint system approved by the
Department of Public Safety of the State of Missouri. However, the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any public carrier for
hire.
C.
Any person convicted in violation of this Section shall pay a fine
of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), plus costs.
[Ord. No. 1023 §1, 6-15-2015]
[Ord. No. 1023 §2, 6-15-2015]
A.
Each driver and front seat passenger of a passenger car and all persons
less than eighteen (18) years of age, operating or riding in a truck
on a street or highway within the City shall wear a properly adjusted
and fastened seat belt that meets Federal National Highway, Transportation
and Safety Act requirements, unless excused as provided by Missouri
Statute.
B.
No person shall be stopped, inspected or detained solely to determine
compliance with this Section.
C.
Any person convicted of violation of this Section shall pay a fine
of ten dollars ($10.00) with no cost assessed.
[Ord. No. 1023 §3, 6-15-2015]
A.
Any person operating or riding as a passenger on any motorcycle or
motorcycles as defined by Missouri Statute upon a street or highway
of this State shall wear protective headgear at all times when the
vehicle is in motion, as may be prescribed by reasonable standards
and specifications established by the State of Missouri.
B.
Any person violating the provisions of this Section, shall be subject
to fine, not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) with no court
costs assessed.
[Ord. No. 1202, 8-3-2020]
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two (2)
side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit a white or yellow light
without glare. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than
one (1) running board courtesy lamp on each side thereof which shall
emit a white or yellow light without glare. Any motor vehicle may
be equipped with a backup lamp either separately or in combination
with another lamp; except that no such backup lamp shall be continuously
lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion.
[Ord. No. 1203, 8-3-2020]
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 less plus or minus three percent (3%). Except as otherwise provided by law, 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 licenses with a historical license plate shall be exempt from
the requirements of this Section.
[1]
Editor's Note — Ord. no. 764 §1, adopted September 7, 2004, repealed article II and sections 300.060 — 300.070, dealing with "city stickers", in their entirety. Former article II and sections 300.060 — 300.070 derived from CC §76.220; ord. no. 39 §§1 — 9, 10-20-1980; ord. no. 381 §§1 — 2, 9-21-1992. At the editor's discretion, this article has been left reserved for the city's future use.
