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 traffic laws
of the City and all of the State vehicle laws applicable to 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.
No person shall knowingly fail or refuse to comply with any
lawful order or direction of a Police Officer or Fire Department official
or other designated official.
Every person propelling any pushcart 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. 2005 §26-6; Ord. No. 2731 §1, 12-7-2005]
A.
No person
upon roller skates or roller blades, or riding in or by means of any
coaster, skateboard, scooter, toy vehicle or similar device, shall
go upon any public 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.
For purposes of this Section, a "scooter" shall be
defined as a device that typically has one (1) front and one (1) rear
wheel with a low footboard between, is steered by a handlebar, and
is propelled either by pushing one (1) foot against the ground while
resting the other foot on the footboard or by a motor. A scooter may
have more than two (2) wheels. This Section shall not apply upon any
street while set aside as a play street as authorized by ordinance
of the City.
B.
No person
shall use, operate or permit the use or operation of any coasters,
roller skates, roller blades, skateboard, scooter or like instrument
on any sidewalk, street, parking lot or other public place within
the commercial districts of the City.
C.
Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 100.110 of Municipal Code of the City of Ellisville, except that in the event the person violating the provisions of this Section is, by reason of age, not subject to the jurisdiction of the Municipal Court, then:
1.
Said
person may be prosecuted through the St. Louis County Juvenile Court,
and
2.
The
Police Officers of the City are hereby authorized to impound the roller
skates, roller blades, coaster, skateboard, scooter, toy vehicle or
similar device of such person and to retain possession of same until
such time as the parent or guardian of the violator shall appear at
the Police Department and claim such.
D.
It shall
be unlawful for a parent or guardian to permit a child under the age
of seventeen (17) years to operate or be a passenger on a scooter,
skateboard, roller blades or roller skates unless the child shall
wear protective headgear which properly fits and is fastened securely
upon the head of the operator or passenger. The headgear shall meet
or exceed the impact standard for protective bicycle helmets set be
the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI), the Snell Memorial Foundation or the American
Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM).
E.
Any parent or guardian found to be in violation of Section 310.040(D) may be issued a violation notice, which violation may be dismissed if the parent or guardian brings an approved helmet to the Ellisville Police Department within twenty-five (25) working days of receipt of the violation.
[1]
State Law Reference—Similar provisions, §300.090,
RSMo.
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.
A.
Upon
the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle giving audible signal
by siren or while having at least one (1) lighted lamp exhibiting
red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance
of five hundred (500) feet to the front of such vehicle or a flashing
blue light authorized by Section 307.175, RSMo., the driver of every
other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive
to a position parallel to, and as far as possible to the right of,
the traveled portion of the highway and thereupon stop and remain
in such position until such emergency vehicle has passed, except when
otherwise directed by a Police or Traffic Officer.
B.
Upon
approaching a stationary emergency vehicle displaying lighted red
or red and blue lights, the driver of every motor vehicle shall:
1.
Proceed
with caution and yield the right-of-way, if possible with due regard
to safety and traffic conditions, by making a lane change into a lane
not adjacent to that of the stationary vehicle, if on a roadway having
at least four (4) lanes with not less than two (2) lanes proceeding
in the same direction as the approaching vehicle; or
2.
Proceed
with due caution and reduce the speed of the vehicle, maintaining
a safe speed for road conditions, if changing lanes would be unsafe
or impossible.
C.
An "emergency vehicle" is a vehicle of any of the following
types:
1.
A vehicle
operated by the State Highway Patrol, the State Water Patrol, the
Missouri Capitol Police, or a State Park Ranger, those vehicles operated
by enforcement personnel of the State Highways and Transportation
Commission, Police or Fire Department, Sheriff, Constable or Deputy
Sheriff, Federal Law Enforcement Officer authorized to carry firearms
and to make arrests for violations of the laws of the United States,
Traffic Officer or Coroner or by a privately owned emergency vehicle
company;
2.
A vehicle
operated as an ambulance or operated commercially for the purpose
of transporting emergency medical supplies or organs;
3.
Any
vehicle qualifying as an emergency vehicle pursuant to Section 307.175,
RSMo.;
4.
Any
wrecker, or tow truck or a vehicle owned and operated by a public
utility or public service corporation while performing emergency service;
5.
Any
vehicle transporting equipment designed to extricate human beings
from the wreckage of a motor vehicle;
6.
Any
vehicle designated to perform emergency functions for a Civil Defense
or Emergency Management Agency established pursuant to the provisions
of Chapter 44, RSMo.;
7.
Any
vehicle operated by an authorized employee of the Department of Corrections
who, as part of the employee's official duties, is responding to a
riot, disturbance, hostage incident, escape or other critical situation
where there is the threat of serious physical injury or death, responding
to mutual aid call from another criminal justice agency, or in accompanying
an ambulance which is transporting an offender to a medical facility;
8.
Any
vehicle designated to perform hazardous substance emergency functions
established pursuant to the provisions of Sections 260.500 to 260.550,
RSMo.
D.
Additional Regulations—Exceptions.
1.
The driver of any vehicle referred to in Subsection (D) of this Section shall not sound the siren thereon or have the front red lights or blue lights on except when such vehicle is responding to an emergency call or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected law violator, or when responding to, but not upon returning from, a fire.
2.
The
driver of an emergency vehicle may:
a.
Park
or stand irrespective of the provisions of Sections 304.014 to 304.025,
RSMo.;
b.
Proceed
past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down
as may be necessary for safe operation;
c.
Exceed
the prima facie speed limit so long as the driver does not endanger
life or property;
d.
Disregard
regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified
directions.
3.
The
exemptions granted to an emergency vehicle pursuant to Subdivision
(2) of this Subsection shall apply only when the driver of any such
vehicle while in motion sounds audible signal by bell, siren, or exhaust
whistle as may be reasonably necessary, and when the vehicle is equipped
with at least one (1) lighted lamp displaying a red light or blue
light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance
of five hundred (500) feet to the front of such vehicle.
E.
No person
shall purchase an emergency light as described in this Section without
furnishing the seller of such light an affidavit stating that the
light will be used exclusively for emergency vehicle purposes.
F.
Violation
of this Section shall be deemed an ordinance violation.
Motor vehicles and equipment, not otherwise defined in this
Title as an authorized emergency vehicle, which are operated by any
member of an organized Fire Department, ambulance association or rescue
squad, whether paid or volunteer, may be operated on streets and highways
in this City as an emergency vehicle under the provisions of Section
304.022, RSMo., while responding to a fire call or ambulance call
or at the scene of a fire call or ambulance call and while using or
sounding a warning siren and using or displaying thereon fixed, flashing
or rotating blue lights, but sirens and blue lights shall be used
only in bona fide emergencies. Permits for the operation of such vehicles
equipped with sirens or blue lights shall be in writing and shall
be issued and may be revoked by the Chief of an organized Fire Department,
organized ambulance association or rescue squad and no person shall
use or display a siren or rotating blue lights on a motor vehicle,
fire, ambulance or rescue equipment without a valid permit authorizing
the use. Permit to use a siren or lights as heretofore set out does
not relieve the operator of the vehicle so equipped with complying
with all other traffic laws and regulations. Violation of this Section
constitutes an ordinance violation.
A.
A person
commits the offense of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident
when, being the operator or driver of a vehicle on the highways, streets
or roads of the City or on any publicly or privately owned parking
lot or parking facility within the City generally open for use by
the public and knowing that an injury has been caused to a person
or damage has been caused to property due to his/her culpability or
to accident, he/she leaves the place of the injury, damage or accident
without stopping and giving his/her name, residence, including City
and street number, motor vehicle number and driver's license number,
if any, to the injured party or to a Police Officer, or if no Police
Officer is in the vicinity, then to the nearest Police station or
judicial officer.
B.
For the
purposes of this Section, all Peace Officers shall have jurisdiction,
when invited by an injured person, to enter the premises of any such
privately owned parking lot or parking facility for the purpose of
investigating an accident and performing all necessary duties regarding
such accident.