[CC 1983 §75.050; Ord. No. 08-26, 8-7-2008]
A person commits the offense of driving while intoxicated (alcohol)
if he/she operates a motor vehicle, within the City limits, while
under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any combination of
an alcoholic beverage.
[Ord. No. 08-27, 8-7-2008]
A person commits the offense of driving while intoxicated (drugs)
if he/she operates a motor vehicle, within the City limits, while
under the influence of a drug or any combination of drugs.
[CC 1983 §75.051; Ord. No. 02-42, 11-7-2002]
A person commits the offense of driving with excessive blood
alcohol content if he/she operates a motor vehicle with eight-hundredths
of one percent (0.08%) or more by weight of alcohol in his/her blood.
It shall be unlawful for a person to drive a commercial motor
vehicle while having an alcohol concentration of four one-hundredths
of a percent (0.04%) or more as prescribed by law or such other alcohol
concentration as may be later determined by regulation.
[CC 1983 §75.052; Ord. No. 08-31, 8-7-2008]
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have these
prescribed meanings:
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Includes intoxicating liquor, beer, wine and/or any liquid
having any alcoholic content, regardless of the percentage of alcoholic
content by weight or volume.
DRUG
Any substance, natural or artificial, which taken into the
human body, can impair the ability of the person to operate a vehicle
safely.
INTOXICATED CONDITION
Defined by Missouri State Statute as being under the influence
of alcohol, drug or any combination thereof.
OPERATING
Defined by Missouri State Statute as physically driving or
operating a motor vehicle. An individual is held to be "operating"
when the automobile is parked with the engine running and the individual
is behind the steering wheel asleep. The operation need not be on
a public street.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
That as a result of taking into the body alcohol, drugs or
any combination thereof, a person's ability to safely operate a vehicle
has been diminished.
[CC 1983 §75.053]
As used herein, the term "percent by weight of alcohol" shall have the same meaning as provided by State law, in RSMo. 577.012.2.
[CC 1983 §75.062]
A person commits the offense of transporting an open beer or liquor container if a container of non-intoxicating beer, malt liquor or intoxicating liquor (as those terms are defined in Chapter
600 of this Code) is found to be open (that is available for ready consumption) within a vehicle which that person has under his/her control or in which that person is a passenger.