The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business
shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire
alarm closer than five hundred (500) feet or drive into or park such
vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer
to a fire alarm.
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a Fire
Department when laid down on any street or private driveway to be
used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the Fire
Department official in command.
[CC 1990 §340.060; CC §76.010; Ord. No. 93.009 §§1 — 2, 4-12-1993]
A. No parade
or procession of more than three (3) vehicles or ten (10) people except
for funeral processions or forces of the United States and the forces
of the Police and Fire Departments, shall occupy, march or proceed
along any street except in accordance with a permit issued by the
Chief of Police and such other regulations as are set forth herein
which may apply.
B. Penalty. Any person convicted of violating this Section
shall be fined not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than five
hundred dollars ($500.00) at the discretion of the Municipal Court
Judge in assessing said fine.
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk
area except on a permanent or temporary driveway.
The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless such
movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering
with other traffic.
No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side
available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe
to do so, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a
motor vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer
than necessary to load or unload passengers.
No person riding upon any bicycle, motorized bicycle, coaster,
roller skates, sled or toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself/herself
to any vehicle upon a roadway.
No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any controlled
access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are established
by public authority.
It shall be unlawful for the directing officer or the operator
of any railroad train to direct the operation of or to operate the
same in such a manner as to prevent the use of any street for purposes
of travel for a period of time longer than five (5) minutes; provided
that this Section shall not apply to a moving train or to one stopped
because of an emergency or for repairs necessary before it can proceed
safely.
No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety
zone.
Every person operating a motor vehicle on the highways of this
City shall drive the vehicle in a careful and prudent manner and at
a rate of speed so as not to endanger the property of another or the
life or limb of any person and shall exercise the highest degree of
care.
The driver of a vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more
closely than is reasonably safe and prudent, having due regard for
the speed of such vehicle and the traffic upon and the condition of
the roadway. Vehicles being driven upon any roadway outside of a business
or residence district in a caravan or motorcade, whether or not towing
other vehicles, shall be so operated, except in a funeral procession
or in a duly authorized parade, so as to allow sufficient space between
each such vehicle or combination of vehicles as to enable any other
vehicle to overtake or pass such vehicles in safety. This Section
shall in no manner affect Section 304.044, RSMo., relating to distance
between trucks traveling on the highway.
[CC 1990 §340.230; Ord. No. 75.241 §§1 — 2, 12-14-1981]
No person shall stop or place any carriage, wagon, motor vehicle
or any other items in any street, alley, thoroughfare, or across any
street crossing or footway so as to obstruct the free passage of persons
or traffic along and over said street, alley, thoroughfare, street
crossing or footway, or he/she shall be deemed guilty of an offense.