[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.010), 5-20-2004]
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle in the
City of Dardenne Prairie when his/her privilege to do so has been
suspended, revoked or canceled.
[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.020), 5-20-2004]
A.
Unless otherwise provided for by law, it shall be unlawful for any person, except those expressly exempted by Section 385.040, to:
1.
Operate any vehicle upon any highway in the City of Dardenne Prairie
unless he/she has a valid license;
2.
Operate a motorcycle or motortricycle upon any highway of the City
of Dardenne Prairie unless such person has a valid license that shows
he/she has successfully passed an examination for the operation of
a motorcycle or motortricycle as prescribed by the Director. The Director
may indicate such upon a valid license issued to such person or shall
issue a license restricting the applicant to the operation of a motorcycle
or motortricycle if the actual demonstration, required by Section
302.173, RSMo., is conducted on such vehicle;
3.
Authorize or knowingly permit a motorcycle or motortricycle owned
by him/her or under his/her control to be driven upon any highway
by any person whose license does not indicate that the person has
passed the examination for the operation of a motorcycle or motortricycle
or has been issued an instruction permit therefor;
4.
Operate a motor vehicle with an instruction permit or license issued
to another person;
5.
Refuse to write his/her name and address in the presence of a Police
Officer, court official or any other duly authorized person in order
that identity of the licensee may be determined.
[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.030), 5-20-2004]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to:
1.
Display or to permit to be displayed or to have in his/her possession
any license knowing the same to be fictitious or to have been canceled,
suspended, revoked, disqualified or altered;
2.
Lend to or knowingly permit the use of by another any license issued
to the person so lending or permitting the use thereof;
3.
Display or to represent as one's own any license not issued to the
person so displaying the same;
4.
Fail or refuse to surrender to the Clerk of any Division of the Circuit
Court or the Director, any license which has been suspended, canceled,
disqualified or revoked as provided by law;
5.
Use a false or fictitious name or give a false or fictitious address
on any application for a license or any renewal or duplicate thereof
or knowingly to make a false statement;
6.
Knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in
any such application;
7.
Authorize or consent to any motor vehicle owned by him/her or under
his/her control to be driven by any person when he/she has knowledge
that such person has no legal right to do so or for any person to
drive any motor vehicle in violation of any of the provisions of Sections
302.010 to 302.780, RSMo.;
8.
Employ a person to operate a motor vehicle in the transportation
of persons or property with knowledge that such person has not complied
with the provisions of Sections 302.010 to 302.780, RSMo., or whose
license has been revoked, suspended, canceled or disqualified; or
who fails to produce his/her license upon demand of any person or
persons authorized to make such demand;
9.
Operate a motor vehicle in any manner in violation of the restrictions
imposed in a restricted license;
10.
Fail to carry his/her instruction permit, operator's or chauffeur's
license while operating a vehicle and to display instruction permit
or said license upon demand of any Police Officer, court official
or any other duly authorized person for inspection, when demand is
made therefor. Failure to exhibit his/her instruction permit or license
as aforesaid shall be presumptive evidence that said person is not
a duly licensed operator or chauffeur.
[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.040), 5-20-2004]
A.
The
following persons are exempt from license hereunder:
1.
Any person while operating any farm tractor or implement of husbandry
temporarily operated or moved on a highway;
2.
A non-resident who is at least sixteen (16) years of age and who
has in his/her immediate possession a valid license issued to him/her
in his/her home State or country;
3.
A non-resident who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and who
has in his/her immediate possession a valid license issued to him/her
in his/her home State or country which allows such person to operate
a motor vehicle in the transportation of persons or property as classified
in Section 302.015, RSMo.;
4.
Convicted offenders of the Department of Corrections who have not
been convicted of a motor vehicle felony as follows — driving
while intoxicated, failing to stop after an accident and disclosing
his/her identity or driving a motor vehicle without the owner's consent
— may operate State-owned trucks for the benefit of the correctional
facilities, provided that such offender shall be accompanied by a
correctional officer or other staff person in such truck.
[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.050), 5-20-2004]
No person under the age of sixteen (16) years old shall operate
a motor vehicle unless such person has a valid temporary instruction
permit, nor shall any person allow anyone under the age of sixteen
(16) years old to operate a motor vehicle or permit a person who does
not have a valid driver's license or valid temporary instruction permit
to operate a motor vehicle.
[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.060), 5-20-2004]
Any person who has a driver's license from another State shall
within sixty (60) days after making his/her residence in this State
obtain a valid Missouri driver's license before operating a motor
vehicle.
[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.070), 5-20-2004]
No person shall operate or park any motor vehicle or trailer
upon any street or highway of the City of Dardenne Prairie, unless
such motor vehicle or trailer has properly displayed a valid license
plate or plates or temporary permit issued to the lawful owner of
the vehicle by the Department of Revenue of the State of Missouri,
except that any person who is a non-resident of the State of Missouri
may operate or park any motor vehicle or trailer upon any street or
highway of this City, provided the motor vehicle or trailer has been
duly registered for the current year in the State, country or other
place of which the owner is a resident, provided that at all times
such motor vehicle or trailer is being operated or parked upon the
streets or highways of this City, the valid license plate or plates
or temporary permit is properly displayed on such vehicle or trailer.
[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.080, 5-20-2004]
No motor vehicle or trailer shall be operated on any highway
of the City of Dardenne Prairie unless it shall have displayed thereon
the license plate or set of license plates issued by the Director
of Revenue and authorized by Section 301.140, RSMo. Each such plate
shall be securely fastened to the motor vehicles in a manner so that
all parts thereof shall be plainly visible and reasonably clean so
that the reflective qualities thereof are not impaired. License plates
shall be fastened to all motor vehicles except trucks, tractors or
truck tractors licensed in excess of twelve thousand (12,000) pounds
on the front and rear of such vehicles not less than eight (8) nor
more than forty-eight (48) inches above the ground, with the letters
and numbers thereon right side up. The license plates on trailers,
motorcycles, motortricycles and motor scooters shall be displayed
on the rear of such vehicles, with the letters and numbers thereon
right side up. The license plate on trucks, tractors or truck tractors
licensed in excess of twelve thousand (12,000) pounds shall be displayed
on the front of such vehicles not less than eight (8) nor more than
forty-eight (48) inches above the ground, with the letters and numbers
thereon right side up. The license plate or plates authorized by Section
301.140 RSMo., when properly attached, shall be prima facie evidence
that the required fees have been paid.
[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.090), 5-20-2004]
No person shall operate or park any motor vehicle or trailer
on any street or highway of the City of Dardenne Prairie on which
there is displayed a plate, tag, sticker, sign or placard bearing
the words "license lost", "license applied for" or words of similar
import as a substitute for a valid plate or temporary permit.
[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.100), 5-20-2004]
No person shall show, exhibit, display or have in possession
for the purpose of sale any motor vehicle bearing or displaying thereon
any number or license plates, except those of the dealer or owner
so displaying said motor vehicle; provided however, that where the
motor vehicle is placed on consignment with a dealer by the owner
thereof, there may be displayed a number or license plate issued to
the owner thereof.
[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.110), 5-20-2004]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate in the City of
Dardenne Prairie a motor vehicle or trailer registered as provided
by law, unless a certificate of ownership shall have been issued.
[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.120), 5-20-2004]
It shall be unlawful for any person to buy or sell in the City
of Dardenne Prairie any motor vehicle or trailer registered under
the laws of this State unless at the time of delivery thereof there
shall pass between the parties a certificate of ownership with assignment
thereof as provided in Section 301.210, RSMo., as amended, and the
sale of any motor vehicle or trailer registered under the laws of
this State, without the assignment of such certificate of ownership,
shall be fraudulent and void.
[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.130), 5-20-2004]
Upon the lawful transfer of ownership of any motor vehicle or
trailer, the certificate of registration and the right to use the
number plates shall expire and the number plates shall be removed
by the owner at the time of the transfer of possession and it shall
be unlawful for any person other than the person to whom such number
plates were originally issued to have the same in his/her possession
whether in use or not; except that the buyer of a motor vehicle or
trailer who trades in a motor vehicle or trailer may attach the license
plates from the traded-in motor vehicle or trailer to the newly purchased
motor vehicle or trailer. The operation of a motor vehicle with such
transferred plates shall be lawful for no more than thirty (30) days.
[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.140), 5-20-2004]
Upon the sale of a motor vehicle or trailer by a dealer, a buyer who has made application for registration, by mail or otherwise, may operate the same for a period of fifteen (15) days after taking possession thereof, if during such period the motor vehicle or trailer shall have attached thereto, in the manner required in Section 385.080, number plates issued to the dealer. Upon application and presentation of satisfactory evidence that the buyer has applied for registration, a dealer may furnish such number plates to the buyer for such temporary use. In such event, the dealer shall require the buyer to deposit the sum of ten dollars fifty cents ($10.50) to be returned to the buyer upon return to the dealer of such number plates within fifteen (15) days.
[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.150), 5-20-2004]
No dealer shall advise any purchaser of a motor vehicle or trailer
that such purchaser may drive such a motor vehicle or trailer without
compliance with the foregoing license requirements.
[Ord. No. 754 §1(385.160), 5-20-2004]
A.
For
the purposes of this Section, the term "financial responsibility" shall mean the ability to respond in damages for liability occurring
after the effective date of proof of said financial responsibility,
arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle,
in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) because
of bodily injury to or death of one (1) person in any one (1) accident
and, subject to said limit for one (1) person, in the amount of fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death
of two (2) or more persons in any one (1) accident and in the amount
of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) because of injury to or destruction
of property of others in any one (1) accident.
1.
No owner of a motor vehicle registered in this State shall operate
the vehicle upon the streets or highways of the City of Dardenne Prairie,
unless the owner maintains the financial responsibility as required
in this Section. Furthermore, no person shall operate a motor vehicle
owned by another with the knowledge that the owner has not maintained
financial responsibility unless such person has financial responsibility
which covers operation of vehicles owned by another person.
B.
Proof
of financial responsibility may be shown by any of the following:
1.
An insurance identification card issued by a motor vehicle insurer
or by the Director of Revenue of the State of Missouri for self-insurance.
A motor vehicle insurance policy, a motor vehicle liability insurance
binder or receipt which contains the name and address of the insurer,
the name and address of the insured, the policy number, the effective
dates of the policy and a description by year and make of the vehicle
or at least five (5) digits of the vehicle identification number or
the word "fleet" if the insurance policy covers five (5) or more motor
vehicles shall be satisfactory evidence of insurance in lieu of an
insurance identification card.
2.
A certificate of the State Treasurer of a cash deposit according
to Section 303.240, RSMo.
3.
A surety bond according to Section 303.230, RSMo.
C.
Proof
of financial responsibility shall be carried at all times in the insured
motor vehicle or by the operator of the motor vehicle if the proof
of financial responsibility is effective as to the operator rather
than the vehicle. The operator of the motor vehicle shall exhibit
the proof of financial responsibility on the demand of any Police
Officer who lawfully stops such operator while that officer is engaged
in the performance of the duties of his/her office.
D.
Any
person who violates any provisions of this Section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by
a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00) for each and every violation.
