[Code 1975 §15.11(1); CC 1989 §13-346; Ord. No. 4484, 2-14-2022]
Every bicycle, electric bicycle, and motorized bicycle shall
be equipped with a brake or brakes which will enable its driver to
stop the bicycle, electric bicycle, or motorized bicycle within twenty-five
(25) feet from a speed of ten (10) miles per hour on dry, level, clean
pavement.
[Code 1975 §15.11(2); CC 1989 §13-347; Ord. No. 4484, 2-14-2022]
A.
Every
bicycle, electric bicycle, and motorized bicycle when in use on a
street or highway during the period from one-half (½) hour
after sunset to one-half (½) hour before sunrise shall be equipped
with the following:
1.
A front-facing lamp on the front or carried by the rider which shall
emit a white light visible at night under normal atmospheric conditions
on a straight, level, unlighted roadway at five hundred (500) feet;
2.
A rear-facing red reflector, at least two (2) square inches in reflective
surface area, or a rear-facing red lamp, on the rear which shall be
visible at night under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight,
level, unlighted roadway when viewed by a vehicle driver under the
lower beams of vehicle headlights at six hundred (600) feet;
3.
Reflective material and/or lights on any part of the bicyclist's
pedals, crank arms, shoes or lower leg, visible from the front and
the rear at night under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight,
level, unlighted roadway when viewed by a vehicle driver under the
lawful lower beams of vehicle headlights at two hundred (200) feet;
and
4.
Reflective material and/or lights visible on each side of the bicycle,
electric bicycle, motorized bicycle or bicyclist and visible at night
under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight, level, unlighted
roadway when viewed by a vehicle driver under the lawful lower beams
of vehicle headlights at three hundred (300) feet. The provisions
of this subdivision shall not apply to motorized bicycles which comply
with National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration regulations
relating to reflectors on motorized bicycles.
[Ord. No. 4484, 2-14-2022]
Every person riding a bicycle, electric bicycle, or motorized
bicycle upon a street or highway shall be granted all of the rights
and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver
of a vehicle as provided by Chapter 304, RSMo., except as to special
regulations in Sections 307.180 to 307.193, RSMo., and except as to
those provisions of Chapter 304, RSMo, which by their nature can have
no application, and as said Statutory provisions may subsequently
be amended or superseded.
[Code 1975 §15.11(4); CC 1989 §13-349; Ord. No. 4484, 2-14-2022]
No bicycle, electric bicycle, or motorized bicycle shall be
used to carry more persons at one (1) time than the number for which
it is designed or equipped, except that an adult rider may carry a
child securely attached to his/her person in a backpack or sling.
[Ord. No. 4484, 2-14-2022]
Every person operating a bicycle, electric bicycle, or motorized
bicycle at less than the posted speed or slower than the flow of traffic
upon a street or highway shall ride as near to the right side of the
roadway as safe, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle
or one proceeding in the same direction, except when making a left
turn, when avoiding hazardous conditions, when the lane is too narrow
to share with another vehicle, or when on a one-way street. Bicyclists
may ride abreast when not impeding other vehicles.
[Code 1975 §15.11(10); CC 1989 §13-355; Ord. No. 4484, 2-14-2022]
A.
A person
may not propel or operate a Class 3 electric bicycle or motorized
bicycle on sidewalks or crosswalks.
B.
A person
propelling a bicycle, a Class 1 electric bicycle, or a Class 2 electric
bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon and along
a crosswalk, shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrians and shall
give audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian.
C.
A person
shall not ride a bicycle, a Class 1 electric bicycle, or a Class 2
electric bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon
and along a crosswalk, where such use of bicycles, a Class 1 electric
bicycle, or a Class 2 electric bicycle is prohibited by official traffic
control devices.
D.
A person
propelling a bicycle, a Class 1 electric bicycle, or a Class 2 electric
bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon and along
a crosswalk shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian
under the same circumstances.
[Code 1975 §15.11(11); CC 1989 §13-356; Ord. No. 4484, 2-14-2022]
A uniformed City Police Officer may at any time, upon reasonable
cause to believe that a bicycle, electric bicycle or motorized bicycle
is unsafe or not equipped as required by law, or that its equipment
is not in proper adjustment or repair, require the person riding the
bicycle or motorized bicycle to stop and submit the bicycle, electric
bicycle, or motorized bicycle to an inspection and such test with
reference thereto as may be appropriate.
[Code 1975 §15.11(13); CC 1989 §13-357; Ord. No. 4484, 2-14-2022]
[Code 1975 §15.11(14); CC 1989 §13-358; Ord. No. 4484, 2-14-2022]
No electric bicycles or motorized bicycle may be operated on
any public thoroughfare located within this City which has been designated
as part of the Federal interstate highway system .
[Code 1975 §15.11(15); CC 1989 §13-359; Ord. No. 4484, 2-14-2022]
A.
No
person shall operate an electric bicycle on any street or highway
in this City unless it is equipped in accordance with the minimum
requirements established by the United States Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 16 CFR 1512, as the same may be subsequently amended or
superseded.
B.
No
person shall operate a motorized bicycle on any street or highway
in this City unless it is equipped in accordance with the minimum
requirements for construction and equipment of MOPEDS, Regulation
VESC-17, approved July, 1977, as promulgated by the Vehicle Equipment
Safety Commission, as the same may be subsequently amended or superseded.
C.
Electric
bicycles shall have affixed to them the labeling required under Section
307.194, RSMo., as the same may be subsequently amended or superseded.
D.
No person shall tamper with or modify an electric bicycle so as to change the motor-powered speed capability or engagement of an electric bicycle, unless he or she replaces the label required under Subsection (C) of this Section with a new label indicating the new classification. If the classification of an electric bicycle is altered, the bicycle must be operated in accordance with the regulations applicable to the new classification of the electric bicycle.
E.
All
Class 3 electric bicycles shall be equipped with a speedometer that
is capable of displaying the speed the electric bicycle is traveling
in miles per hour.
[Ord. No. 2674 §1, 3-12-2002; Ord.
No. 4484, 2-14-2022]
A.
Every
person operating or being a passenger on a bicycle, an electric bicycle
or a motorized bicycle or using in-line skates, roller skates, skateboards
or scooters or any other similar two- or four-wheeled recreational
devices upon any highway, roadway, alleyway or public right-of-way
within the City limits of the City of Town and Country shall wear
a bicycle helmet of good fit, fastened securely upon the head with
the straps of the helmet.
B.
"Bicycle helmet" shall be defined as a piece of headgear
which meets or exceeds the impact standard for protective bicycle
helmets set by the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission Federal
safety standards, those developed by the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI), the Snell Memorial Foundation or the American Society
of Testing and Materials (ASTM).
C.
No
parent, custodian or legal guardian of a person age sixteen (16) and
under shall knowingly permit said person:
1.
To operate or be a passenger on a bicycle, an electric bicycle or
a motorized bicycle operated upon any highway, roadway, alleyway,
sidewalk, crosswalk or public right-of-way within the City limits
of the City of Town and Country without wearing a helmet as required
by this Section; or
2.
To use in-line skates, roller skates, skateboards or scooters upon
any highway, roadway, alleyway, sidewalk, crosswalk or public right-of-way
within the City limits of the City of Town and Country without wearing
a bicycle helmet as defined in this Section.
D.
No
person operating a bicycle, an electric bicycle or a motorized bicycle
upon any highway, roadway, alleyway, sidewalk, crosswalk or public
right-of-way within the City limits of the City of Town and Country
shall allow anyone who is four (4) years old or younger to ride as
a passenger on the bicycle, electric bicycle or a motorized bicycle
other than in a seat which shall adequately retain the passenger in
place and protect the passenger from the bicycle's moving parts.
E.
Any
operator or passenger, as defined in this Section, found to be in
violation of this Section may be issued an equipment violation notice
as prescribed on a Missouri Uniform Complaint and Summons. Every violation
of any provision of this Section shall be punishable by a fine of
not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars
($25.00); provided however, that any person responsible for payment
of the violation of this Section may have the violation dismissed,
if the person submits a receipt for a proof of purchase of a bicycle
helmet along with the helmet to the Town and Country Police Department
within fourteen (14) calendar days of the date of the violation notice.
An affidavit of helmet ownership shall be accepted in lieu of a receipt
of helmet purchase. The right to a dismissal as stated herein shall
be applicable only to those persons who receive or are responsible
for a first (1st) violation of this Section.
F.
Fines
assessed to juvenile violators (age sixteen (16) and under) will be
the legal responsibility of the violator's parent, custodian or legal
guardian and therefore any summons issued as a result of a violation
committed by such a juvenile shall be issued to said violator's parent,
custodian or legal guardian.
[Ord. No. 4484, 2-14-2022]
Any person seventeen (17) years of age or older who violates
any provision of this Article, is guilty of a municipal ordinance
violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine
of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars
($25.00). Such violation does not constitute a crime and conviction
shall not give rise to any disability or legal disadvantage based
on conviction of a criminal offense. If any person under seventeen
(17) years of age violates any provision of this Article in the presence
of a Peace Officer possessing the duty and power of arrest for violation
of the general criminal laws of the State or for violation of ordinances
of Counties or municipalities of the State, said officer may impound
the bicycle, electric bicycle or motorized bicycle involved for a
period not to exceed five (5) days upon issuance of a receipt to the
child riding it or to its owner.
[Code 1975 §15.12(1); CC 1989 §13-376; Ord. No.
1975 §1, 7-8-1996]
Every person operating a motorcycle shall be granted all of
the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to
the driver of any other vehicle under this Title, except as to special
regulations in this Title and except as to those provisions of this
Article which by their very nature can have no application.
[Code 1975 §15.12(2); CC 1989 §13-377]
A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent
and regular seat attached thereto, and such operator shall not carry
any other person nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless
such motorcycle is designed to carry more than one (1) person, in
which event a passenger may ride upon the permanent and regular seat
if designed for two (2) persons, or upon another seat firmly attached
to the rear or side of the operator.
[Code 1975 §15.12(3); CC 1989 §13-378]
A.
All
motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle
shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the
full use of a lane.
B.
The
operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane
occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.
C.
No
person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between
adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.
D.
Motorcycles
shall not be operated more than two (2) abreast in a single lane.
[Code 1975 §15.12(4); CC 1989 §13-379]
It shall be unlawful for any person riding upon a motorcycle
to attach himself/herself or the motorcycle to any other vehicle on
a roadway.
[Code 1975 §15.12(5); CC 1989 §13-380]
[Code 1975 §15.12(6); CC 1989 §13-381; Ord. No. 4388, 9-28-2020; Ord. No. 4446, 8-23-2021]
Persons under the age of twenty-six (26) who are operating or
riding as a passenger on a motorcycle shall wear a helmet when the
vehicle is in motion. Similarly, a person who is twenty-six (26) or
older, is operating a motorcycle, and who has been issued an instruction
permit shall wear a helmet when the vehicle is in motion. Qualified
operators who are twenty-six (26) or older may operate a motorcycle
without a helmet if he or she is covered by a health insurance policy
or other form of insurance which will provide the person with medical
benefits for injuries incurred as a result of a motorcycle accident.
Proof of such coverage shall be provided on request of law enforcement
by showing a copy of the qualified operator's insurance card. No person
shall be stopped, inspected, or detained solely to determine compliance
with this Section.
[Code 1975 §15.12(7); CC 1989 §13-382]
No person shall rent, lease or lend any motorcycle to any person
without first ascertaining that such person possesses a valid State
license for the operation of a motorcycle upon a street or highway.
[CC 1989 §13-386; Ord. No. 1975 §1, 7-8-1996]
Notwithstanding any other provision of this City's ordinances, the penalty for failure to wear protective headgear as required by Section 375.170 of this Chapter shall be a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00). No points shall be assessed under Section 302.302, RSMo., for failure to wear protective headgear. Notwithstanding all other provisions of law and court rules to the contrary, no court costs shall be imposed upon any person due to such violation.
