[R.O. 2008 § 310.010; R.O. 2007
§ 310.010]
A. It shall be the duty of the Officers of
the Police Department or such Officers as are assigned by the Chief
of Police to enforce all street traffic laws of the City and all of
the State vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the City.
B. Officers of the Police Department or such
Officers as are assigned by the Chief of Police are hereby authorized
to direct all traffic by voice, hand, or signal in conformance with
traffic laws; provided that, in the event of a fire or other emergency
or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, Officers of the
Police Department may direct traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding
the provisions of the traffic laws.
C. Officers of the Fire Department, when at
the scene of an incident, may direct or assist the Police in directing
traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity.
[R.O. 2008 § 310.020; R.O. 2007
§ 310.020]
No person shall knowingly fail or
refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of a Police or
Fire Department Official.
[R.O. 2008 § 310.030; R.O. 2007
§ 310.030]
Every person propelling any push
cart or riding an animal upon a roadway, and every person driving
any animal-drawn vehicle, shall be subject to the provisions of this
Title applicable to the driver of any vehicle, except those provisions
of this Title which by their very nature can have no application.
[R.O. 2008 § 310.040; R.O. 2007
§ 310.040; Ord. No. 1509 § 2, 9-3-1987; Ord. No. 4416 § 2, 10-17-2002]
A. No person upon roller skates, or riding
in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle, skateboard, or similar
device, shall go upon any roadway except while crossing a street on
a crosswalk and when so crossing such person shall be granted all
of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable
to pedestrians.
B. No person shall ride a bicycle, coaster,
roller skates, skateboard, or similar device upon a sidewalk within
a business district.
C. The Chief of Police or City Traffic Engineer
is authorized to erect signs on any sidewalk or roadway prohibiting
the riding of bicycles, coasters, roller skates, skateboards, and
similar devices thereon by any person and when such signs are in place,
no person shall disobey the same.
D. Whenever any person is riding a bicycle,
coaster, roller skates, skateboard or similar device upon a sidewalk
in other than a business district, such person shall yield the right-of-way
to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before overtaking
and passing any pedestrian.
E. No person shall ride or operate a motorized
scooter on any street, highway, roadway, sidewalk or anywhere within
the boundaries of a City park.
[R.O. 2008 § 310.050; R.O. 2007
§ 310.050]
The provisions of this Title shall
apply to the driver of any vehicle owned by or used in the service
of the United States Government, this State, County, or City and it
shall be unlawful for any said driver to violate any of the provisions
of this Title, except as otherwise permitted in this Title.
[R.O. 2008 § 310.070]
The driver of a vehicle involved
in an accident within the City resulting in injury to or death of
any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of five
hundred dollars ($500.00) or more to one (1) person shall give or
cause to be given notice of such accident to the Police Department
as soon as reasonably possible.
[R.O. 2008 § 310.080; R.O. 2007
§ 310.090]
The driver of a vehicle which is
in any manner involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury to
or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent
of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more to one (1) person shall,
within five (5) days after such accident, forward a written report
of such accident to the Police Department. The provisions of this
Section shall not be applicable when the accident has been investigated
at the scene by a Police Officer while such driver was present thereat.
[R.O. 2008 § 310.090; R.O. 2007
§ 310.100]
A. Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving immediate notice of an accident as required in Section
310.070 and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of doing so, such occupant shall give, or cause to be given, the notice not given by the driver.
B. Whenever the driver is physically incapable of making a written report of an accident as required in Section
310.080 and such driver is not the owner of the vehicle, then the owner of the vehicle involved in such accident shall within five (5) days after the accident make such report not made by the driver.
[R.O. 2008 § 310.110; R.O. 2007
§ 310.120; Ord. No. 4654 §§ 1
– 6, 5-14-2004]
A. As used in this Section, the term "construction
zone" or "work zone" means any area upon or around any highway, as
defined in Section 302.010, RSMo., which is visibly marked by the
Missouri Department of Transportation, a contractor or subcontractor
performing work for the Missouri Department of Transportation, the
City of O'Fallon, Missouri, or a contractor or subcontractor performing
work for the City of O'Fallon, Missouri, as an area where construction,
maintenance, incident removal, or other work is temporarily occurring.
The term "work zone" or "construction zone" also includes the lanes
of highway leading up to the area upon which an activity described
in this Section is being performed, beginning at the point where appropriate
signs directing motor vehicles to merge from one lane into another
lane are posted or placed. The terms "worker" or "highway worker,''
as used in Sections 304.582 and 304.585, RSMo., shall mean any person
that is working in a construction zone or work zone, or any employee
of the Department of Transportation that is performing duties under
the Department's motorist assist program on a State highway or the
right-of-way of a State highway.
B. Upon a conviction or a plea of guilty by
any person for a moving violation as defined in Section 302.010, RSMo.,
or any offense listed in Section 302.302, RSMo., the court shall assess
a fine of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) in addition to any other fine
authorized to be imposed by law, if the offense occurred within a
construction zone or a work zone. Upon a second or subsequent such
conviction or plea of guilty, the court shall assess a fine of seventy-five
dollars ($75.00) in addition to any other fine authorized to be imposed
by law.
C. Upon a conviction or plea of guilty by any person for a speeding violation or a passing violation pursuant to Subsection
(F), the court shall assess a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) in addition to any other fine authorized by law, if the offense occurred within a construction zone or a work zone and at the time the speeding or passing violation occurred there was any person in such zone who was there to perform duties related to the reason for which the area was designated a construction zone or work zone. Upon a second or subsequent such conviction or plea of guilty, the court shall assess a fine of three hundred dollars ($300.00) in addition to any other fine authorized by law. However, no person shall be assessed an additional fine pursuant to this Section if no signs have been posted pursuant to Subsection
(D).
D. The penalty authorized by Subsection
(C) shall only be assessed by the court if the Missouri Department of Transportation, a contractor or subcontractor performing work for the Missouri Department of Transportation, the City of O'Fallon, Missouri, or a contractor performing work for the City of O'Fallon, Missouri, has erected signs upon or around a construction or work zone which are clearly visible from the highway and which state substantially the following message: "Warning: $250 fine for speeding or passing in this work zone when workers are present."
E. During any day in which no person is present in a construction zone or work zone established pursuant to Subsection
(A) to perform duties related to the purpose of the zone, the sign warning of additional penalties shall not be visible to motorists. During any period of two (2) hours or more in which no person is present in such zone on a day in which persons have been or will be present to perform duties related to the reason for which the area was designated as a construction zone or work zone, the sign warning of additional penalties shall not be visible to motorists. The Missouri Department of Transportation, any contractor performing work for the Missouri Department of Transportation, the City of O'Fallon, Missouri, or any contractor performing work for the City of O'Fallon, Missouri, shall be responsible for compliance with provisions of this Section. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit warning or traffic control signs necessary for public safety in the construction or work zone being visible to motorists at all times.
F. The driver of a motor vehicle may not overtake
or pass another motor vehicle within a work zone or construction zone.
This Section applies to a construction zone or work zone located upon
a highway divided into two (2) or more marked lanes for traffic moving
in the same direction and for which motor vehicles are instructed
to merge from one lane into another lane by an appropriate sign erected
by the any contractor performing work for the Missouri Department
of Transportation, the City of O'Fallon, Missouri or any contractor
performing work for the City of O'Fallon, Missouri.