The following words and phrases, when used in this Title, mean:
The definition for abandoned property shall be the same as that set out in Section 217.010 of this Code.
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.
Any street with a roadway of less than twenty (20) feet in
width.
The territory contiguous to and including a highway when
within any six hundred (600) feet along the highway there are buildings
in use for business or industrial purposes including, but not limited
to, hotels, banks or office buildings, railroad stations and public
buildings which occupy at least three hundred (300) feet of frontage
on one (1) side or three hundred (300) feet collectively on both sides
of the highway.
All streets and portions of streets within the area described
by City ordinance as such.
A motor vehicle designed or regularly used for carrying freight
and merchandise or more than eight (8) passengers but not including
vanpools or shuttle buses.
Every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners
or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right
of access to or from the same except at such points only and in such
manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction
over the highway, street or roadway.
A search of criminal records, including criminal history
record information as defined in Section 43.500, RSMo., maintained
by the Missouri State Highway Patrol in the Missouri criminal records
repository or by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of its
criminal history records, including but not limited to, any record
of conviction, plea of guilty or nolo contendre, or finding of guilty
in any State for any offense related to alcohol, controlled substances,
or drugs.
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 lines or other markings on the
surface.
A space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use
of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
Every person who drives or is in actual physical control
of a vehicle.
A vehicle of any of the following types:
A vehicle operated by the State Highway Patrol, the State Water
Patrol, the Missouri Capitol Police, a Conservation Agent or a State
Park Ranger, those vehicles operated by enforcement personnel of the
State Highways and Transportation Commission, Police or Fire Department,
Sheriff, Constable or Deputy Sheriff, Federal Law Enforcement Officer
authorized to carry firearms and to make arrests for violations of
the laws of the United States, Traffic Officer or Coroner or by a
privately owned emergency vehicle company;
A vehicle operated as an ambulance or operated commercially
for the purpose of transporting emergency medical supplies or organs;
Any vehicle qualifying as an emergency vehicle pursuant to Section 310.070 of this Title;
Any wrecker or tow truck or a vehicle owned and operated by
a public utility or public service corporation while performing emergency
service;
Any vehicle transporting equipment designed to extricate human
beings from the wreckage of a motor vehicle;
Any vehicle designated to perform emergency functions for a
civil defense or emergency management agency established pursuant
to the provisions of Chapter 44, RSMo.;
Any vehicle operated by an authorized employee of the Department
of Corrections who, as part of the employee's official duties, is
responding to a riot, disturbance, hostage incident, escape or other
critical situation where there is the threat of serious physical injury
or death, responding to mutual-aid call from another criminal justice
agency, or in accompanying an ambulance which is transporting an offender
to a medical facility;
Any vehicle designated to perform hazardous substance emergency
functions established pursuant to the provisions of Sections 260.500
to 260.550, RSMo.
Any vehicle owned by the State Highways and Transportation Commission
and operated by an authorized employee of the Department of Transportation
that is marked as a Department of Transportation emergency response
or motorist assistance vehicle.
A space adjacent to a curb for the exclusive use of vehicles
during the loading or unloading of freight (or passengers).
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel.
A towed vehicle for over the road use, equipped to be used
as a dwelling.
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the
lateral curb lines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of
the roadways of two (2) highways which join one another at, or approximately
at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon
different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict;
Where a highway includes two (2) roadways thirty (30) feet or
more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway
by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
In the event such intersecting highway also includes two (2) roadways
thirty (30) feet or more apart, then every crossing of two (2) roadways
of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
A roadway which is divided into two (2) or more clearly marked
lanes for vehicular traffic.
A motor vehicle, as defined in 49 CFR, 571.500, as amended:
That is 4-wheeled,
Whose speed attainable in one (1) mile (1.6 km) is more than
twenty (20) miles per hour (32 kilometers per hour) and not more than
twenty-five (25) miles per hour (40 kilometers per hour) on a paved
level surface, and
Whose GVWR is less than one thousand three hundred sixty-one
(1,361) kilograms (3,000 pounds).
A Municipal Traffic Code violation prosecuted that does not
involve an accident or injury, that does not involve the operation
of a commercial motor vehicle, and for which no points are assessed
by the Department of Revenue or the Department of Revenue is authorized
to assess one (1) to four (4) points to a person's driving record
upon conviction. Minor traffic violation shall include amended charges
for any minor traffic violation. Minor traffic violation shall exclude
a violation for exceeding the speed limit by more than nineteen (19)
miles per hour or a violation occurring within a construction zone
or school zone.
[Ord. No. 1561 §1, 9-15-2015; Ord. No. 1573 § 1, 8-23-2016]
A self-propelled vehicle equipped to be used as a dwelling.
Any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon
tracks, except farm tractors and motorized bicycles.
Every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of
the rider and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels
in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.
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 Municipal Code violation prosecuted for which penalties
are authorized by statute under §§ 67.398, 71.285,
89.120, and 89.490 RSMo. The term "municipal ordinance violation"
shall include amended charges for municipal ordinance violations.
[Ord. No. 1573 § 1, 8-23-2016]
Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean
standard time or daylight-saving time as may be in current use in
the City.
All signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent
with this Title placed or erected by authority of a public body or
official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, warning
or guiding traffic.
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
A place adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use
of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.
Any person afoot.
Every natural person, firm, co-partnership, association or
corporation.
Every officer of the municipal Police Department or any officer
authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations
of traffic regulations.
A motor vehicle that does not exceed the dimensions of 18.75
feet by 7 feet by 6.7 feet, and that does not bear or display any
markings, emblems, lettering, wording, numbers, images, graphics or
any other devices that advertise or identify goods or services offered
for sale by the owner of such vehicle, and that does not otherwise
advertise or identify the business of which such motor vehicle's
owner is associated; provided, however, that nothing lawfully contained
on or within such motor vehicle's legally required license plates
shall preclude such vehicle from being a private motor vehicle. In
no instance shall an agricultural, landscaping, construction, or commercial
motor vehicle or equipment be considered a private motor vehicle even
if it would otherwise satisfy this definition.
[Ord. No. 1537 §1, 7-15-2014]
Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular
travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission
from the owner but not by other persons.
A carrier of persons or property upon cars operated upon
stationary rails.
A steam engine, electric or other motor, with or without
cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails.
Any motorized vehicle manufactured and used exclusively for
off-highway use which is more than fifty (50) inches but no more than
sixty-seven (67) inches in width, with an unladen dry weight of two
thousand (2,000) pounds or less, traveling on four (4) or more non-highway
tires, with a non-straddle seat, and steering wheel, which may have
access to ATV trails.
[Ord. No. 1596 § 2, 8-15-2017[1]]
The territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising
a business district when the property on such highway for a distance
of three hundred (300) feet or more is in the main improved with residences
or residences and buildings in use for business.
The right of one (1) vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in
a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching
under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give
rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other.
That portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the
event a highway includes two (2) or more separate roadways, the term "roadway", as used herein, shall refer to any such roadway
separately but not to all such roadways collectively.
The area or space officially set apart within a roadway for
the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked
or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times
while set apart as a safety zone.
That portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral
lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for use
of pedestrians.
The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or
discharging passengers.
When required, complete cessation from movement.
When prohibited, any halting even momentarily of a vehicle,
whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a Police Officer
or traffic control sign or signal.
The entire width between the lines of every way publicly
maintained when any part thereof is open to the uses of the public
for purposes of vehicular travel. "State highway", a highway maintained by the State of Missouri as a part of the State
highway system.
Every highway or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic
is given preferential right-of-way, and at the entrances to which
vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to
yield right-of-way to vehicles on such through highway in obedience
to either a stop sign or a yield sign when such signs are erected
as provided in this Title.
A self-propelled motor vehicle designed for drawing other
vehicles, but not for the carriage of any load when operating independently.
When attached to a semi-trailer, it supports a part of the weight
thereof.
Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other
conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for
purposes of travel.
Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically
operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to
proceed.
Any vehicle without motive power designed for carrying property
or passengers on its own structure and for being drawn by a self-propelled
vehicle, except those running exclusively on tracks, including a semi-trailer
or vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in conjunction
with a self-propelled vehicle that a considerable part of its own
weight rests upon and is carried by the towing vehicle. The term "trailer" shall not include cotton trailers as defined in
Subdivision (8) of Section 301.010, RSMo., and shall not include manufactured
homes as defined in Section 700.010, RSMo.
An area with a population of fifty thousand (50,000) or more
designated by the Bureau of the Census within boundaries to be fixed
by the State Highways and Transportation Commission and local officials
in cooperation with each other and approved by the Secretary of Transportation.
The boundary of an urbanized area shall, at a minimum, encompass the
entire urbanized area as designed by the Bureau of the Census.
Any motorized vehicle manufactured and used exclusively for
off-highway use which is more than fifty (50) inches but no more than
sixty-seven (67) inches in width, with an unladen dry weight of two
thousand (2,000) pounds or less, traveling on four (4) or six (6)
wheels, to be used primarily for landscaping, lawn care or maintenance
purposes.
[Ord. No. 1596 § 3, 8-15-2017[2]]
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, cotton trailers, or motorized wheelchairs operated
by handicapped persons.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Section 1 of this ordinance states that the “whereas” clauses, which provide that the City wishes to amend Sections 340.115 and 340.120 in order to clarify the City’s traffic ordinances regarding certain aspects of the Traffic Regulation Statutes and wishes to amend certain definitions in Section 340.010 to conform with the Model Traffic Ordinance (Section 300.010, RSMo.), shall be fully integrated into the ordinance as if stated herein. The full text of these clauses is on file in the City offices.
[2]
Editor’s Note: Section 1 of this ordinance states that the “whereas” clauses, which provide that the City wishes to amend Sections 340.115 and 340.120 in order to clarify the City’s traffic ordinances regarding certain aspects of the Traffic Regulation Statutes and wishes to amend certain definitions in Section 340.010 to conform with the Model Traffic Ordinance (Section 300.010, RSMo.), shall be fully integrated into the ordinance as if stated herein. The full text of these clauses is on file in the City offices.
