[CC 1984 §24-100; Rev. M.C. 1963 §51.80; Ord. No. 3140 §24-46]
A.
No driver
of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral
or other authorized procession while they are in motion and when such
vehicles are conspicuously designated as required in this Chapter.
A.
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
FUNERAL LEAD VEHICLE OR LEAD VEHICLE
ORGANIZED FUNERAL PROCESSION
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms
shall mean:
A person licensed as a funeral director pursuant to the provisions
of Chapter 333, RSMo.
Any motor vehicle equipped with at least one (1) lighted
circulating lamp exhibiting an amber or purple light or lens or alternating
flashing headlamps visible under normal atmospheric conditions for
a distance of five hundred (500) feet from the front of the vehicle.
A hearse or coach properly equipped may be a lead vehicle.
Two (2) or more vehicles accompanying the remains of a deceased
person from a funeral establishment, church, synagogue or other place
where a funeral service has taken place to a cemetery, crematory or
other place of final disposition, or a funeral establishment, church,
synagogue or other place where additional funeral services will be
performed, if directed by a licensed funeral director from a licensed
establishment.
B.
Driving Rules.
1.
Except
as otherwise provided for in this Section, pedestrians and operators
of all other vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle
which is a part of an organized funeral procession.
2.
Notwithstanding
any traffic control device or right-of-way provision prescribed by
State or local law, when the funeral lead vehicle in an organized
funeral procession lawfully enters an intersection, all vehicles in
the procession shall follow the lead vehicle through the intersection.
The operator of each vehicle in the procession shall exercise the
highest degree of care toward any other vehicle or pedestrian on the
roadway.
3.
An organized
funeral procession shall have the right-of-way at all intersections
regardless of any traffic control device at such intersections, except
that operators of vehicles in an organized funeral procession shall
yield the right-of-way to any approaching emergency vehicle pursuant
to the provisions of law or when directed to do so by a Law Enforcement
Officer.
4.
All
vehicles in an organized funeral procession shall follow the preceding
vehicle in the procession as closely as is practical and safe under
the conditions.
5.
No person
shall operate any vehicle as part of an organized funeral procession
without the flashing emergency lights of such vehicle being lighted.
6.
Any
person who is not an operator of a vehicle in an organized funeral
procession shall not:
a.
Drive between the vehicles comprising an organized funeral procession while such vehicles are in motion and have the flashing emergency lights lighted pursuant to Subsection (B)(5), above, except when required to do so by a Law Enforcement Officer or when such person is operating an emergency vehicle giving an audible or visual signal;
b.
Join
a funeral procession for the purpose of securing the right-of-way;
or
c.
Attempt
to pass any vehicle in an organized funeral procession, except where
a passing lane has been specifically provided.
7.
When
an organized funeral procession is proceeding through a red signal
light as permitted herein, a vehicle not in the organized funeral
procession shall not enter the intersection unless such vehicle may
do so without crossing the path of the funeral procession.
8.
No ordinance,
regulation or any other provision of law shall prohibit the use of
a motorcycle utilizing flashing amber lights to escort an organized
funeral procession on the highway.
C.
Any person
convicted of violating any provision of this Section shall be punished
by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).
[CC 1984 §16-22; Ord. No. 3140 §16-13]
[CC 1984 §16-23; Ord. No. 3140 §16-14; Ord. No. 4235 §8, 9-6-1988]
A.
Application
for a parade or public assemblage license shall be signed by the parties
intending to conduct the parade or public assemblage and shall be
filed with the Police Department not less than seven (7) business
days in advance of the parade or public assemblage.
B.
The application
shall state the:
[CC 1984 §24-102; Rev. M.C. 1963 §51.82; Ord. No. 3140 §24-48]
No procession or parade containing twenty-five (25) or more
persons or twenty-five (25) or more vehicles, excepting the forces
of the United States Army or Navy, the military forces of this State
and the forces of the Police and Fire Departments, shall occupy, march
or proceed along any highway, road or street except in accordance
with a license issued by the Police Department and any other regulations
of this Chapter which may apply.
[CC 1984 §24-103; Ord. No. 3140 §24-49]
A.
The applicant
or licensee must comply with the following regulations and requirements:
1.
The
premises shall not be dangerous or hazardous;
2.
No insanitary
conditions shall exist;
3.
No traffic
hazards shall exist;
4.
There
shall be sufficient accommodations for the public;
5.
The
licensee shall not make nor permit to be made any unnecessary or unreasonable
noise by loud speaker, amplifying device or any other means which
would disturb the residents in the vicinity of the premises wherein
such licensed activity is held; and
[CC 1984 §24-104; Rev. M.C. 1963 §151.83; Ord. No. 3140 §24-50]
Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as
near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practical. He/she shall
follow the vehicle ahead as closely as is practical and safe.
