Editor's Note—Per the County's request of June 15, 2007,
previous ch. 300: miscellaneous driving regulations has been relocated
as ch. 309. Section 300.010 "driving or parking of vehicles on county
highways under construction or repair or in the process of being striped
or painted prohibited, when" is renumbered as section 309.010.
[Ord. No. 07-017 §1, 1-30-2007; Ord. No. 08-030 §1, 3-3-2008]
A. Subject to Subsections
(B),
(C),
(D) and
(E) below, St. Charles County adopts by reference the State of Missouri's Model Traffic Ordinance, Revised Statutes of Missouri ("RSMo."), as amended ("Model Traffic Ordinance").
B. The
Model Traffic Ordinance as adopted hereby shall regulate traffic throughout
the unincorporated part of St. Charles County.
C. In
the Model Traffic Ordinance as adopted hereby, the following words
and phrases shall mean:
1. CHIEF OF POLICE: Chief of Police of St. Charles
County.
[Ord. No. 15-029 §1, 3-30-2015]
2. CITY: County (except in Section 300.095, RSMo.).
3. CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER: County Engineer.
5. OFFICER OF POLICE, OFFICER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT: Police Officer in the St. Charles County Police Department.
[Ord. No. 15-029 §1, 3-30-2015]
6. POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE: St. Charles County
Police Department.
[Ord. No. 15-029 §1, 3-30-2015]
7. POLICE OFFICER: Police Officer in the St. Charles
County Police Department.
[Ord. No. 15-029 §1, 3-30-2015]
D. The
following provisions are not included in the Model Traffic Ordinance
as adopted hereby:
1. Section 300.060, RSMo., as amended;
2. Section 300.065, RSMo., as amended; and
3. Section 300.070, RSMo., as amended.
E. A violation
of the Model Traffic Ordinance adopted by this Section is a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
or by imprisonment in the St. Charles County Jail for a term not to
exceed one (1) year, or by both fine and imprisonment. A separate
offense shall be deemed committed on each day a violation occurs or
continues. Enforcement of this Section shall be the responsibility
of the County Counselor.