[R.O. 2011 § 320.010]
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.
[1]
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 577.060,
RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 320.020]
The driver of a vehicle involved
in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or total
damage to all property to an apparent extent of five hundred dollars
($500.00) or more shall immediately by the quickest means of communication
give notice of such accident to the Police Department if such accident
occurs within the City.
[1]
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 300.110,
RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 320.030]
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 all property to
an apparent extent of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more 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.
[1]
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 300.115,
RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 320.040; R.O. 2009
§ 74.21; CC 1981 § 18-105; Ord.
No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
A.
Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving immediate notice of an accident as required in Section 320.030 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 320.030 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.
[1]
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 300.120,
RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 320.050; R.O. 2009
§ 74.35; CC 1981 § 18-174; Ord.
No. 74-22, 5-22-1974 ; Ord. No. 98-397, 9-14-1998]
A.
Every person operating a motor vehicle
within the City shall operate or drive such motor vehicle in a careful
and prudent manner and in the exercise of the highest degree of care.
1.
A person is guilty of operating a
motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner whenever such a person
operates a motor vehicle in such a manner that there is likelihood
of danger to property of another or to the life or limb of any person,
taking into consideration the time of day, the amount of vehicular
and pedestrian traffic, the condition of the street or highway, the
atmospheric conditions and the location with reference to intersecting
streets or highways, curves, residences or schools.
2.
A person is guilty of operating a
motor vehicle on a parking lot in a careless and imprudent manner
whenever such person operates a motor vehicle on a public or private
parking lot in such a manner that there is likelihood of danger to
property of another or to the life or limb of any person, taking into
consideration the time of day, the amount of vehicular traffic and
pedestrian traffic, the condition of the parking lot, the atmospheric
conditions and the location with reference to adjacent streets, highways,
residences or schools.
3.
A prima facie case of careless and
imprudent driving shall exist whenever:
a.
A person operating a motor vehicle
is racing another person operating a motor vehicle;
b.
A violation of a traffic law results
in an accident with another vehicle;
c.
A person operates a motor vehicle
at a speed twice the speed limit or at such a rate of speed so as
to recklessly endanger the property of another of the life or limb
or any person;
d.
A motor vehicle crosses a marked
centerline so as to force a motor vehicle traveling in the opposite
direction to turn away to avoid a collision; or
e.
A person operates a motor vehicle
in such a manner so as to attempt to outrun, evade or outdistance
a pursuing police vehicle.
[R.O. 2011 § 320.060]
A person commits the offense of "driving
while intoxicated" if he/she operates a motor vehicle while in an
intoxicated condition as defined in Section 577.001, RSMo., as amended.
[1]
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 577.010,
RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 320.070]
A person commits the offense of "driving
with excessive blood alcohol content" if such person operates:
A.
A motor
vehicle in this City with eight-hundredths of one percent (0.8%) or
more by weight of alcohol in such person's blood; or
B.
A commercial
motor vehicle while having four one-hundredths of one percent (0.4%)
or more by weight of alcohol in such person's blood. As used in this
Section, percent by weight of alcohol in the blood shall be based
upon grams of alcohol per one hundred (100) milliliters of blood or
two hundred ten (210) liters of breath and may be shown by chemical
analysis of the person's blood, breath, saliva or urine. For the purposes
of determining the alcoholic content of a person's blood under this
Section, the test shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions
of Sections 577.020 to 577.041, RSMo.
[1]
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 577.012,
RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 320.080; R.O. 2009
§ 74.38; CC 1981 § 18-177; Ord.
No. 3433, 10-5-1966; Ord. No. 80-104, 9-3-1980]
A.
Sections 320.010, 320.050, 320.060, 320.070, 355.030, 355.040 and 360.060 shall apply to and be in force on all publicly used parking lots, drive-ins and all areas upon which the public is invited or permitted to operate motor vehicles, whether such parking lots, drive-ins and other publicly used areas are publicly or privately owned or held.
[R.O. 2011 § 320.090; R.O. 2009
§ 74.39; CC 1981 §§ 18.178 — 18-178.1; Ord. No. 75-19, 4-9-1975; Ord. No. 86-107, 5-15-1986; Ord. No. 07-162, 6-11-2007]
A.
Driving On Unpaved Property Prohibited.
1.
It shall be unlawful for any person
to willfully and without right destroy, deface, injure or molest any
yard, lawn, garden, courtyard or any other unpaved portion of any
parcel of ground owned by another person by operating a motor vehicle
thereupon.
2.
It shall be unlawful for any person
to willfully and intentionally operate a motor vehicle upon any unpaved
portion of any parcel of ground owned by another person without the
express consent of such owner.
3.
In enforcing the provisions of this
Section, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the owner of
a vehicle involved in a violation of this Section was the operator
of the vehicle at the time such violation occurred. For purposes of
this Section, the person in whose name the vehicle is registered with
the State Department of Revenue shall be deemed to be the owner of
the vehicle.
B.
Reward For Information Used To Prosecute
Persons Who Damage Property By Driving On Unpaved Property.
1.
A reward will be paid to any person supplying information which is used in the prosecution of violations of Subsection (A) of this Section, if the information supplied leads to the conviction of the person charged with a violation of that Section. If two (2) or more persons supply information correctly leading to the conviction, the reward will be divided equally between the informants. Rewards will be paid upon the conviction of the person charged. The exact amount of the reward will be determined by the Mayor upon the recommendations of the Chief of Police and Director of the Public Works Department and shall be not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00). The recommendations shall be based upon the extent and severity of the violation.
2.
The City and its employees will keep
confidential the identity of any informant unless testimony of the
informant is deemed necessary for the successful prosecution of the
offense or unless otherwise ordered by a court.
3.
Rewards shall be paid only from account
number 01-026-7312 as established in the City's budget. If payments
for rewards exhaust the amount appropriated for that purpose, no further
rewards will be paid unless authorized by supplemental appropriations.
