[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.110, 7-6-1988]
This Title may be known and cited as the "Traffic Code" and
may be referred to as such when being amended and is also referred
to herein as "The Code".
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.115, 7-6-1988]
The provisions of this Code shall apply to all areas within
the corporate limits of the City of Bridgeton, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.120, 7-6-1988]
All regulations contained in this Traffic Code regarding traffic
control devices on State Highways shall be with the concurrence of
the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission. The Missouri Highway
and Transportation Commission is hereby authorized to post and install
all regulatory signs on State Highways.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.125, 7-6-1988]
All regulations contained in this Traffic Code regarding traffic
control devices on County Arterial roadways shall be with the concurrence
of the St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic. The St.
Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic is hereby authorized
to post and install all regulatory signs on County arterial roadways.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.130, 7-6-1988]
A.
The Police
Officers of the City of Bridgeton Department of Police, the State
Highway Patrol and the St. Louis County Department of Police shall
have authority to enforce all traffic ordinances of the City of Bridgeton
and shall have authority to make arrests for violations of this Code.
B.
Officers
of the City of Bridgeton Department of Police or such officers as
are duly and lawfully authorized are hereby authorized to direct all
traffic by voice, hand, or signal in conformance with the traffic
laws; provided that in the event of a fire or other emergency, or
to expedite traffic, or to safeguard pedestrians, such officers may
direct traffic as conditions may require; notwithstanding the provisions
of the traffic laws.
C.
Officers
of a Fire Protection District, when at the scene of a fire, may direct
or assist the Law Enforcement Officers in directing traffic at such
scene or in the immediate vicinity.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.135, 7-6-1988]
No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any
lawful order or direction of any Law Enforcement Officer or Fire Department
official invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate
traffic.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.140, 7-6-1988]
A.
The provisions
of this Code shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned by or
used in the service of the United States Government, this State, County,
or municipalities and it shall be unlawful for any said driver to
violate any of the provisions of this Code, except as otherwise permitted
in this Code or State law.
B.
All operators
of Fire Department vehicles returning from fires or false alarms,
or when on other non-emergency runs, shall obey all provisions of
this Code.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.145, 7-6-1988]
Every person propelling any push cart or riding an animal upon
a highway, roadway, alleyway or driveway 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. 88-39 §24.150, 7-6-1988]
A.
The provisions
of this Code regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles
shall apply to authorized emergency vehicles as defined in this Code,
except that 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; but subject to the conditions herein stated, may:
1.
Park
and stand, irrespective of the provisions of this Code;
2.
Proceed
past a red signal indication or stop sign, but only after slowing
down as may be necessary for safe operation;
3.
Exceed
the maximum speed limits, so long as the driver does not endanger
life or property;
4.
Disregard
regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified
directions;
B.
The exemption
herein granted to an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only
when the driver of any such vehicle, while in motion, sounds an audible
signal by bell, siren, or exhaust whistle as may be reasonably necessary
and when the vehicle displays at least one (1) lighted red or blue
beacon visible in normal atmospheric conditions for a distance of
five hundred (500) feet to the front of such vehicle.
C.
The foregoing
provisions shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency
vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard to the safety of all
persons, nor shall such provisions protect the driver from the consequences
of the driver's reckless disregard for the safety of others, nor shall
such provision relieve the driver from the duty of obeying the directions
of a Law Enforcement Officer at the scene of the emergency.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.155, 7-6-1988]
The office of the City Traffic Engineer is established. The
City Engineer/Director of Public Works or other designated City official
shall serve as City Traffic Engineer in addition to his other functions
and shall exercise the powers and duties with respect to traffic as
provided in this Title.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.160, 7-6-1988; Ord. No. 93-12 §1, 3-3-1993]
A.
The City
Traffic Engineer shall determine the installation and proper timing
and maintenance of traffic control devices, conduct engineering analyses
of traffic accidents and devise remedial measures, conduct engineering
investigation of traffic conditions, plan the operation of traffic
on streets and highways of the City and cooperate with other City
officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic
conditions and carry out the additional powers and duties imposed
by ordinances of the City.
B.
The City
Traffic Engineer shall install regulatory traffic control devices
in the case of emergency or special conditions which the public peace,
safety, convenience and expedition of traffic may demand.
C.
Closing of Streets — Authority of City Traffic Engineer.
1.
The
City Traffic Engineer may close any roadway, alleyway, or driveway
within the City and withdraw the same from public use temporarily
and during such period as public work thereon or other public emergency
or expediency shall make such acts necessary. He shall place appropriate
signs at the end of the portion of such roadway, alleyway or driveway.
2.
The
City Council may by ordinance, on recommendation of the Chief of Police
or City Traffic Engineer, in the interest of health, safety and welfare
of the community, permanently close any street owned and maintained
by the City, or any portion thereof. Upon passage and approval of
such an ordinance, Schedule XIV, relating to closed streets, shall
be amended to describe the City street, or portion thereof, that is
to be permanently closed, withdrawing the same from public use. It
shall be unlawful for any person to trespass upon or operate a motor
vehicle upon any City street so ordained and included in Schedule
XIV, except for:
3.
The
Department of Public Works is hereby authorized to erect and maintain
appropriate signs at said streets notifying the public of the prohibition
on entry on said streets.
D.
When
it has been determined by the City Traffic Engineer that any barrier,
obstacle or plant material within the public right-of-way adjacent
to any street or roadway is hazardous, the City Traffic Engineer is
authorized to remove said barrier or plant material from the right-of-way.
E.
The City
Traffic Engineer is authorized to mount and install lamps upon any
part of any or all of the vehicles owned or operated by the City which
lamps, when lighted, display a flashing yellow or amber light visible
in any and all directions from such vehicle and to use such lamps
when such vehicle is being used in the performance of emergency services.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §29.165, 7-6-1988]
A.
The driver
of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic
control device applicable to the driver placed in accordance with
the provisions of this Code, unless otherwise directed by a Law Enforcement
Officer. This Section is subject to the exceptions granted the driver
of any authorized emergency vehicle by this Code.
B.
When
a traffic control signal is not operating due to mechanical failure
or other reasons, all traffic shall come to a complete stop before
proceeding through the intersection at which the non-operating signal
is stationed.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.170, 7-6-1988]
No provisions of this Code for which signs or other traffic
control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged
violator if, at the time and place of the alleged violation, an official
sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen
by an ordinarily observant person. If a particular Section does not
state that signs are required, the Section shall be effective even
though no signs are erected or in place.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.175, 7-6-1988]
All traffic control devices on highways, roadways, alleyways
and driveways within the City of Bridgeton, Missouri, shall conform
to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices published by the
Federal Highway Administration with its latest revisions. A copy of
the manual is on file in the office of the City Traffic Engineer.
The City of Bridgeton Department of Police shall maintain a
suitable system of filing traffic accident reports. Such reports shall
be available for the use and information of the City Traffic Engineer
and other City offices which require their use.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.185, 7-6-1988]
The Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission on State
highways, the St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic
on County arterial roadways and the City of Bridgeton Department of
Public Works on all streets and roadways other than State highways
and County arterial roadways shall be authorized to install any traffic
control device(s) subject to the provisions of the Traffic Code.
[Ord. No. 88-39 §24.190, 7-6-1988]
[Ord. No. 90-39 §3, 4-18-1990]
All written reports made by persons involved in accidents, or
by garages, shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting
and shall be for the confidential use of the Police Department or
other governmental agencies having use for the records for accident
prevention purposes, except that the Police Department or other governmental
agency may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident
when such identity is not otherwise known, or when such person denies
his presence at such accident.
[1]
State Law Reference — For similar state law see RSMo.
§300.125.
[Ord. No. 91-25 §1, 3-6-1991; Ord. No. 97-69 §1, 10-1-1997; Ord. No. 10-39 §1, 8-18-2010]
A.
ABANDONED VEHICLE
ALLEY
ALLEYWAY
ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE
ANGLE PARKING
ARTERIAL ROAD
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES
1.
2.
3.
BICYCLE
CENTER LINE
COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE
CONTROLLED OR LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY/ROADWAY
CROSSWALKS
1.
2.
DRIVER
DRIVEWAY
EDGE LINE
FRONT YARD
GROSS WEIGHT
HIGHWAY
INTERSECTION
1.
2.
JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
LOADING SPACE
LOADING ZONE
MAJOR REPAIR
MOTOR VEHICLE
MOTORCYCLE
MOTORIZED BICYCLE
MOTOR TRICYCLE
OPERATOR
PARK OR PARKING
PARKING OR STORAGE SPACE
PHYSICALLY DISABLED
PRIVATE ROADWAY OR DRIVEWAY
PROPERTY
REAR YARD
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
RIGHT-OF-WAY
ROAD
ROADWAY
SCHOOL ZONE
SHOULDER
SIDEWALK
STAND OR STANDING
STOP OR STOPPING
1.
2.
STORAGE
STREET
THROUGH ROADWAY
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
VEHICLE
The following
words and phrases as used in this Code shall for the purpose of this
Code have the meaning respectively ascribed to them:
Any unattended vehicle left at any place within the City
for such time and under such circumstances as to cause such vehicle
to reasonably appear to have been abandoned.
The entire width and length of the public right-of-way and/or
easement of an alley.
That portion of an alley intended for use by the general
traveling public.
Any motorized vehicle manufactured and used exclusively for
off-highway use which is fifty (50) inches or less in width, with
an unladen dry weight of six hundred (600) pounds or less, traveling
on three (3), four (4) or more low pressure tires, with a seat designed
to be straddled by the operator, and handlebars for steering control.
A motor tricycle shall not be included in the definition of all-terrain
vehicle.
The standing or parking of any vehicle upon a highway, roadway
or alleyway in a manner where the longitudinal axis of the vehicle
forms an angle with the alignment of the curb.
Any road designated by the St. Louis County Council as part
of the County arterial road system authorized by Section 137.558,
RSMo.
Vehicles operated as ambulances, or operated by the Bridgeton
Police, State Highway Patrol, Police or Fire Departments in St. Louis
County, Missouri.
Any privately owned vehicle operated as an ambulance when responding
to emergency calls.
Any privately owned wrecker or tow truck, or vehicles owned
and operated by a public utility or public service corporation while
performing emergency service.
Every device propelled by human power upon which any person
or persons may ride, having two (2) or more tandem wheels, either
of which is twenty (20) or more inches in diameter.
A yellow line or lines delineating the separation between
travel lanes in opposite directions. It need not be at the geometrical
center of the pavement.
A motor vehicle designed or regularly used for carrying freight,
merchandise, supplies, tools or equipment.
Every highway or roadway or right-of-way thereof in respect
to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons having
no legal rights of access to, from, on or across the same except at
such points and in such manner as may be determined or designated
by the public authority having jurisdiction over such highway or roadway.
That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the
connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides
of the highway measured from the curbs, or in the absence of curbs
from the edges of the traversable roadway;
Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly
indicated for pedestrian crossing by pedestrian crossing by lines
or other markings on the surface;
Any person who drives, operates or is in any manner in actual
physical control of a vehicle.
A travelway privately used for access to and distribution
within a site, not including sidewalks.
A solid white line used to delineate the right edge of a
highway or roadway.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying
between the front (street) lot line and the nearest point of a building.
On a corner lot, the owner may elect either street lot line as the
front lot line.
The total weight of a vehicle including the weight of any
carried cargo.
The traveling portion of a public right-of-way of a highway
intended for use by the general traveling public and maintained by
the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department.
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the
lateral boundary lines or, if present, the lateral curb lines of two
(2) or more intersecting highways, roadways or alleyways, whether
or not one (1) such highway, roadway or alleyway crosses the other.
Where a highway or roadway includes two (2) roadways thirty
(30) or more feet apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such
divided highway or roadway by an intersecting highway or roadway shall
be regarded as a separate intersection.
A motor vehicle without current valid registration plates
and motor vehicle safety inspection certificates lawfully attached
to it, or a motor vehicle which is wrecked, dismantled, inoperative,
abandoned, or discarded.
Every officer of the Bridgeton Department of Police or any
officer lawfully and duly authorized, deputized, assigned or called
upon to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests pursuant to
this Code.
An area of land not a part of a street right-of-way, and/or
the area of a building used principally for the loading and unloading
of materials or merchandise from a single motor vehicle.
One (1) or more loading spaces, together with necessary maneuvering
space, aisles and driveways.
Any repair, overhaul or revision of either motor, chassis
or body which shall require the removal of one (1) or more heads,
or the rendering of the vehicle immovable under its own power for
a period of more than six (6) hours.
Any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively on tracks.
A motor vehicle operated on two (2) or three (3) wheels,
however,, this definition shall not include motorized bicycles.
Any two-wheeled or three-wheeled device having an automatic
transmission and a motor with a cylinder capacity of not more than
fifty (50) cubic centimeters, which produces less than three (3) gross
brake horsepower, and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum
speed of not more than thirty (30) miles per hour on level ground.
A motor vehicle operated on three (3) wheels, including a
motorcycle while operated with any conveyance, temporary or otherwise,
requiring the use of a third wheel. A motor tricycle shall not be
included in the definition of all-terrain vehicle.
Any person actually in physical control of a vehicle.
The stopping of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other
than only temporarily for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers
or cargo.
An area, exclusive of access drives and aisles, large enough
to accommodate all of the wheels or other supports of the vehicle
placed upon it, and entirely paved with portland cement concrete,
asphaltic concrete, paving block or paving brick that is maintained
in good condition. Such parking place shall not include any portion
of a street or alley, but may be connected to a street or alley by
access drives, aisles and/or driveway.
The term "Physically disabled" shall have
the same meaning given to it in Section 301.142, RSMo.
Every roadway or driveway not open to the use of the general
traveling public.
Any real property within the City which is not a street or
highway.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying
between the rear lot line and the nearest point of a building. The
rear lot line is opposite the front lot line.
A vehicle designed principally for recreational purposes,
and includes the following:
Travel trailer. A vehicular, portable structure
built on a chassis, designed to be used as a dwelling or shelter for
travel, recreational, or vacation uses.
Pick up camper. A structure designed primarily
to be mounted on a pick up or truck chassis to render it suitable
for use as a temporary dwelling or shelter for travel, recreational,
or vacation uses.
Motorized home. A portable structure designed
to be used as a dwelling or shelter, constructed as an integral part
of a self-propelled vehicle.
Tent trailer. A folding structure, mounted
on wheels and designed for travel and vacation use.
Boats and boat trailers. Boats, floats, and
rafts, plus the normal equipment to transport the same on the highway.
Buses.
Snowmobiles and snowmobile trailers.
Vehicles licensed by a State authority as recreational
vehicles.
The territory contiguous to and including a highway, roadway
or alleyway not comprising a business district as set forth by the
City of Bridgeton Zoning Ordinance, when the property on such highway,
roadway or alleyway, for a distance of six hundred (600) feet or more
is primarily improved with residences or residences and buildings
in use for business.
The entire width and length of the right-of-way or the easement
of a road, avenue, or boulevard or similar item
That portion of a road intended for use by the general traveling
public, typically delineated by curbs, edge lines, or the edge of
pavement.
A section of any highway or roadway where signs warn of the
presence of persons going to and returning from public or private
schools.
The portion of a road outside the roadway excluding sidewalks.
A paved area separate from the highway or roadway intended
for use by pedestrians.
The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other
than for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers.
Stop means, when required, the complete cessation of movement.
Stop or stopping, when prohibited, means the halting even momentarily
of a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic,
or in compliance with the directions of a Law Enforcement Officer
or traffic control device.
The non-transient placement of a vehicle upon a location.
That portion of a road intended for use by the general traveling
public, typically delineated by curbs, edge lines, or the edge of
pavement.
All highways and every roadway or portion thereof on which
vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way.
All official signs, signals, markings, intersection lighting
and devices not inconsistent with this Code, placed by a public body
having authority to regulate, warn or guide traffic.
Any mechanical device on wheels designed primarily for use,
or used, on highways, except motorized bicycles, vehicles propelled
or drawn by horses or human power, or vehicles used exclusively on
fixed rails or tracks, or cotton trailers or motorized wheelchairs
operated by handicapped persons.
[1]
Cross Reference — Section 410.110(E), ordinance 85-45, 6-19-1997, of the zoning ordinances for the City of Bridgeton, Missouri.
