[Ord. No. 995 §301, 5-19-1987]
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 the State vehicle laws applicable to the
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.
[Ord. No. 995 §302, 5-19-1987]
No person shall fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order
or direction of a Police Officer.
[Ord. No. 995 §303, 5-19-1987]
No person shall knowingly and willfully give or cause to be
given to any Police Officer, so engaged in the performance of his
duties, any false report or false information; but nothing herein
shall abridge or prevent any person from exercising his right against
self-incrimination.
[Ord. No. 995 §304, 5-19-1987]
Every person propelling any push cart or riding an animal or
a bicycle upon a roadway, and every person driving any animal-drawn
vehicle, shall be subject to the provisions of this Code, applicable
to the driver of any vehicle, except those provisions of this Code
which by their very nature can have no application.
[Ord. No. 1726 §2, 6-16-1998; Ord. No. 2753 §§7 —
8, 6-3-2014]
No person shall bring a bicycle or vehicle into the Parkville
Nature Sanctuary/White Alloe Creek Conservation Area or Sullivan Nature
Sanctuary area, unless it is a wheelchair being used by a handicapped
person, a City vehicle being used in the conduct of City business,
or a vehicle authorized by the Nature Sanctuary Director, Public Works
Director, City Administrator, Chief of Police or their designee.
[Ord. No. 995 §305, 5-19-1987; Ord.
No. 2249A §§2 — 3, 4-4-2006; Ord. No. 2450 §3, 10-21-2008; Ord. No. 3016, 12-3-2019]
A.
No
person upon roller skates, skateboard, sled, coaster, recreational
motor scooter or riding in or by means of any toy vehicle, motorized
play vehicle or similar device shall go upon any roadway, alley or
highway, except while crossing a street on a crosswalk, and when so
crossing such person shall be granted all the rights and shall be
subject to all the duties applicable to pedestrians.
B.
No
person upon roller skates, skateboard, sled, coaster, recreational
motor scooter or riding in or by means of any toy vehicle, motorized
play vehicle or similar device shall go upon any sidewalk or upon
any parking lot in the Old Town District as defined in Ordinance No.
1963 or in Parkville Commons or in any public or private place posted
with signage saying such use is prohibited.
D.
No
person on electric-assisted bicycles shall go upon any trail within
the Parkville Nature Sanctuary, Sullivan Nature Sanctuary, or in any
public or private place posted with specific signage saying such use
is prohibited.
[Ord. No. 995 §306, 5-19-1987]
The provisions of this Chapter 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 Chapter.
[Ord. No. 995 §307, 5-19-1987]
A.
The
driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency
call or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the
law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm,
may exercise the privileges set forth in this Section, but subject
to the conditions herein stated.
B.
The
driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may:
1.
Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this Title;
2.
Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing
down as may be necessary for safe operation;
3.
Exceed the maximum speed limits; except privately owned vehicles
shall not exceed posted speed limits by more than ten miles per hour
(10 m.p.h.).
4.
Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning
in specified directions.
C.
The
exemptions herein granted to an authorized emergency vehicle shall
apply only when the driver of any said 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 lighted
lamp displaying a blue or red flashing light visible under normal
atmospheric conditions.
D.
The
foregoing provisions shall not relieve the driver of an authorized
emergency vehicle form the consequences of reckless disregard for
the safety of others.
[1]
State Law Reference — For Similar Provisions, see RSMo.
§300.100.
[Ord. No. 995 §308, 5-19-1987]
A.
Duly
appointed volunteer or employed firemen are authorized to display
and use a blue or red flashing emergency light and siren when responding
to a fire or emergency but not otherwise.
B.
The
drivers of all other vehicles, except authorized emergency vehicles,
shall yield the right-of-way to volunteer firemen while responding
to fire or emergency calls and while using such blue or red flashing
emergency lights and sirens.
C.
Nothing
herein shall authorize any volunteer firemen while operating other
than an authorized emergency vehicle, to exceed the speed limit, to
disregard any stop sign, stop light or other traffic control device.
[Ord. No. 995 §309, 5-19-1987]
Upon immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle making
use of audible and visual signals meeting the requirements of the
laws of this State or City, or of a police vehicle or a private vehicle
owned by a Police Officer displaying a red or blue light visible under
normal atmospheric conditions on the front of said vehicle or an audible
signal only, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way
and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close
as possible to, the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway clear of
any intersection and shall stop and remain in such position until
the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise
directed by a Police Officer.
[Ord. No. 995 §310, 5-19-1987]
A.
The
driver of the vehicle upon a street upon meeting or overtaking from
either direction any school bus which has stopped on the street for
the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children and whose
driver has in the manner prescribed by law given the signal to stop,
shall stop the vehicle before reaching such school bus and shall not
proceed until such school bus resumes motion, or until signalled by
its driver to proceed.
B.
Every
bus used for the transportation of school children shall bear upon
the front and rear thereon a plainly visible sign containing the words,
"School Bus" in letters not less than eight (8) inches in height.
Each bus shall have lettered on the rear in plain and distinct type
the following: "State Law: Stop While Bus is Loading and Unloading."
Each school bus subject to the provisions of Sections 304.050 to 304.070
RSMo. shall be equipped with a mechanical and electrical signalling
device approved by the State Board of Education, which will display
a signal plainly visible from the front and rear indicating intent
to stop.
C.
The
driver of a school bus in the process of loading or unloading students
upon a street or highway shall activate the mechanical and electrical
signaling devices, in the manner prescribed by the State Board of
Education, to communicate to drivers of other vehicles that students
are loading or unloading. No driver of a school bus shall take on
or discharge a passenger at any location upon highway consisting of
four (4) or more lanes of traffic, whether or not divided by a median
or barrier, in such a manner as to require the passengers to cross
more than two (2) lanes of traffic; nor shall he take on or discharge
passengers while the vehicle is upon the road or highway proper unless
the vehicle so stopped is plainly visible for at least three hundred
(300) feet in each direction to drivers of other vehicles upon the
highway and then only for such time as is actually necessary to take
on and discharge passengers.
D.
The
driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadways need not
stop upon meeting or overtaking a school bus which is on a different
roadway, which is proceeding in the opposite direction on highway
containing four (4) or more lanes of traffic, or which is stopped
in a loading zone constituting a part of, or adjacent to, a limited
or controlled access highway at a point where pedestrians are not
permitted to cross the roadway.
E.
If
any vehicle is witnessed by a peace officer or the driver of a school
bus to have violated the provisions of this Section and the identity
of the operator is not otherwise apparent, it shall be a rebuttable
presumption that the person in whose name such vehicle is registered
committed the violation. In the event that charges ar filed against
multiple owners of a motor vehicle, only one of the owners may be
convicted and court costs may be assessed against only one of the
owners.
[1]
State Law Reference — For similar provisions, see RSMo.,
§304.050.
[Ord. No. 995 §311, 5-19-1987]
The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident or resulting
in the injury or death of any person, or property damaged in the apparent
extent of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more, shall immediately
stop such vehicle at the scene of the accident and by the quickest
means of communication available, shall notify the police, give them
such information as they shall require, and remain at said scene until
authorized to proceed by the police. Such driver shall give his name,
address, and registration number and such other pertinent information
requested to any other driver or injured party involved.
[Ord. No. 995 §312, 5-19-1987]
Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving an immediate report of an accident as is required in Section 310.110, and there is another capable occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of making of such report, then such other occupant shall make or cause to be made said report required of the driver, but this shall not relieve the driver of the obligation to remain until authorized to proceed by the police unless his injuries require immediate removal for medical attention.
[Ord. No. 995 §313, 5-19-1987]
Every officer of the Police Department who, in the regular course
of duty, investigates a motor vehicle accident, either at the time
of and at the scene of an accident or thereafter by interviewing the
participants or witnesses, shall immediately prepare and file written
report of said accident.
[Ord. No. 995 §314, 5-19-1987]
A.
The
driver of any vehicle involved in an accident in which there are no
personal injuries and the apparent property damage is less than five
hundred dollars ($500.00) shall immediately stop such vehicle and
give his name, address, and registration number, and such other pertinent
information requested, to any other driver involved, and if requested
by such other driver, shall remain at the scene of the accident until
authorized to proceed by the police.
B.
If
the damage is to unattended vehicle or fixture or other property along
the roadway, the driver involved shall make reasonable effort to locate
and give the owner thereof such information, and if unable to do so
in the case of an unattended vehicle, shall leave his name and address
in a conspicuous place thereon; provided, however, that if the owner
cannot be found, then report of such action shall be made to the police
by the quickest means of communication available and said driver shall
remain at the scene until authorized to proceed by the police.
[Ord. No. 995 §315, 5-19-1987]
It shall be unlawful for any operator or passenger in any vehicle
to cause or allow debris, litter, paper, junk, obstruction or any
other items including but not limited to putrescible animal and vegetable
wastes resulting from handling, preparation, cooking and consumption
of food, non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and non-combustible wastes such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery,
ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, sold or liquid market or industrial
wastes to be thrown, placed, dropped, unloaded or blown from such
vehicle and remain in, upon or about any street, highway, roadway,
alley, public property or public right-of-way in the City.
[Ord. No. 995 §316, 5-19-1987]
All motor vehicles, and every trailer and semi-trailer operating
on the public streets or roadways of this City and carrying goods
or materials or farm products which may reasonably be expected to
become dislodged and fall from the vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer
as a result of wind pressure or air pressure and/or by the movement
of the vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer shall have a protective cover
or be sufficiently secured that no portion of such goods or material
can become dislodged and fall from the vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer
while being transported or carried.
[Ord. No. 995 §317, 5-19-1987; Ord.
No. 2099 §2, 11-4-2003]
A.
No
person shall damage, injure or obstruct any street, curb, sidewalk,
public property or public right-of-way, either willfully or negligently.
[Ord. No. 1629 §1, 1-21-1997]
It shall be unlawful for the directing officer or the operator
of any railroad train to direct the operation of or to operate the
same in such a manner as to prevent the use of any street for purposes
of travel for a period of time longer than five (5) minutes; provided
that this Section shall not apply to a moving train or to one stopped
because of an emergency or for repairs necessary before it can proceed
safely.
