[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.1310, 7-6-1988]
No person, firm, or corporation shall operate or park a motor
vehicle or trailer upon highway, roadway, or alleyway unless the vehicle
or trailer has attached to it registration plates in accordance with
Chapter 301, RSMo. providing for the registration and licensing of
motor vehicles.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.1315, 7-6-1988]
No person, firm, or corporation shall operate or park a motor
vehicle or trailer upon a highway, roadway or alleyway of the City
of Bridgeton, unless the vehicle or trailer displays a certificate
of inspection and approval, in accordance with Sections 307.350 to
307.390, RSMo. providing for motor vehicle safety inspection. This
Section shall not apply to any motor vehicle owned and operated by
any Government Entity.
[Ord. No. 91-25 §2, 3-6-1991]
A. In accordance with RSMo. Section 302.020 or as hereinafter may be amended, unless otherwise provided for by law, it shall be unlawful for any person, except those expressly exempted by Subsection
(B) of this Section to:
1. Operate
any vehicle upon any highway in this State unless he has a valid license.
2. Operate a motorcycle or motor tricycle upon any highway of this State unless such person has a valid license that shows he has successfully passed an examination for the operation of a motorcycle or motor tricycle as prescribed by the Director. The director may indicate such upon a valid license issued to such person, or shall issue a license restricting the applicant to the operation of a motorcycle or motor tricycle if the actual demonstration, required by Subsection
(B) of this Section is conducted on such vehicle.
3. Authorize
or knowingly permit a motorcycle or motor tricycle owned by him or
under his control to be driven upon any highway by any person whose
license does not indicate that the person has passed the examination
for the operation of a motorcycle or motor tricycle or has been issued
an instruction permit therefor.
4. Operate
a motor vehicle with an instruction permit or license issued to another
person.
B. In accordance
with RSMo. Section 302.080 or as hereinafter may be amended, the following
persons are exempt from license hereunder:
1. Any
person while operating any farm tractor or implement of husbandry
temporarily operated or moved on a highway.
2. A non-resident
who is at least sixteen (16) years of age and who has in his immediate
possession a valid license issued to him in his home State or country.
3. A non-resident
who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and who has in his immediate
possession a valid license issued to him in his home State or country
which allows such person to operate a motor vehicle in the transportation
of persons or property as classified in RSMo. Section 302.015.
4. Convicted
offenders of the Department of Corrections who have not been convicted
of motor vehicle felony as follows - driving while intoxicated, failing
to stop after an accident and disclose his or her identity, or driving
a motor vehicle without the owner's consent - may operate State-owned
trucks for the benefit of the correctional facilities, provided that
such offender shall be accompanied by a correctional officer or other
staff person in such truck.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.1325, 7-6-1988; Ord. No. 10-39 §2, 8-18-2010]
A. No person
shall operate a motorized bicycle on any highway, roadway or alleyway
unless the person has a valid operator's or chauffeur's license.
B. No motorized
bicycle may be operated on any public thoroughfare located within
this State which has been designated as part of the Federal interstate
highway system.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.1330, 7-6-1988; Ord. No. 92-41 §1, 8-5-1992]
A. No person
under the age of sixteen (16) years shall operate a motor vehicle
on any highway, roadway or alleyway of the City of Bridgeton.
B. Exceptions:
1. Any
person at least fifteen and one-half (15½) years of age who,
except for age or lack of instruction in operating a motor vehicle,
would otherwise be qualified to obtain a license pursuant to RSMo.,
Sections 302.010 to 302.340, who has obtained from the Missouri Department
of Revenue a valid instruction permit entitling the applicant, while
having such permit in his immediate possession, may drive a motor
vehicle of the appropriate class upon the highways for a period of
six (6) months, but any such person, except when operating a motorcycle
or a motortricycle, must be accompanied by a licensed operator for
the type of motor vehicle being operated who is actually occupying
a seat beside the driver for the purpose of giving instruction in
driving the motor vehicle, and in the case of any driver under sixteen
(16) years of age, the licensed operator occupying the seat beside
the driver shall be a parent or guardian who has a valid driver's
license.
2. Any
person at least fifteen (15) years of age who has obtained a restricted
instruction permit pursuant to the provisions of RSMo., Section 302.130
and who is enrolled in a driver training program approved as provided
under RSMo., Section 302.130, while having such permit in his immediate
possession, may operate a motor vehicle, but only when an instructor
approved by the State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
is occupying a seat beside the driver.
C. No owner
or lessee of any motor vehicle shall permit any person under the age
of sixteen (16) years to operate such motor vehicle on any highway,
roadway or alleyway of the City of Bridgeton, except for a person
under the age of sixteen (16) who may validly operate a motor vehicle
under exceptions as provided in this Code.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.1335, 7-6-1988]
No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle
owned by or under the control of such person to be driven by any person
who is not authorized to drive under any of the provisions of Chapter
302, Section 302.010 to 302.270, RSMo. providing for driver's and
chauffeur's licenses.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.1340, 7-6-1988]
In any prosecution charging a violation of Section
355.060, proof that an unauthorized person as described in Section
355.060 and Chapter 302, Section 302.010 to 302.270, RSMo. was driving the motor vehicle described in the complaint, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was, at the time described in the complaint, the registered owner of the vehicle, shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the registered owner was the person who authorized or knowingly permitted the unauthorized person to drive the vehicle at the point where and during which the violation occurred.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.1345, 7-6-1988]
A. No person
shall display, permit to be displayed, or have in possession, any
operator's or chauffeur's license knowing it to be fictitious or to
have been cancelled, suspended, revoked, or altered.
B. No person
shall lend or knowingly permit the use of another of any operator's
or chauffeur's license issued to the person lending or permitting
its use.
C. No person
shall display or represent as one's own any operator's or chauffeur's
license not issued to the person displaying the license.