The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business
shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to an emergency
call 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.
Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as
near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practicable and shall
follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practicable and safe.
No funeral, procession or parade containing two hundred (200)
or more persons or fifty (50) or more vehicles except 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 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.
The driver of a motor vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk
area except on a permanent or temporary driveway. A designated bicycle
lane shall not be obstructed by a parked or standing motor vehicle
or other stationary object. A motor vehicle may be driven in a designated
bicycle lane only for the purpose of a lawful maneuver to cross the
lane or to provide for safe travel. In making an otherwise lawful
maneuver that requires traveling in or crossing a designated bicycle
lane, the driver of a motor vehicle shall yield to any bicycle in
the lane. As used in this Section, the term "designated bicycle
lane" shall mean a portion of the roadway or highway that
has been designated by the Governing Body having jurisdiction over
such roadway or highway by striping with signing or striping with
pavement markings for the preferential or exclusive use of bicycles.
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, nor shall the driver of a vehicle knowingly
pull a rider behind a vehicle.
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.
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.
[Ord. No. 34 §1, 7-22-1968]
It shall be unlawful for any operator of a motor vehicle to
start or operate vehicle in such a manner that the driving wheels
are caused to spin and squall.
[Ord. No. 264-07 §§1 —
2, 8-28-2007]
A. Definition. As used in this Section, the following term
shall have the prescribed meaning:
ULTRA-TERRAIN VEHICLE
Any motorized vehicle manufactured and used exclusively for
on or off highway which is eighty-six (86) inches or less in width,
with an unladen dry weight of one thousand five hundred (1,500) pounds
or less, traveling on four (4) or more tires and with a seat configuration
to provide seating for two (2) or more passengers and an operator.
B. No
person shall operate an ultra-terrain vehicle:
1. In any careless way or manner so as to endanger the person or property
of another;
2. While under the influence of alcohol or any controlled substance;
3. Without a securely fastened seat belt for operator and all passengers;
4. Without a properly displayed City sticker;
5. Without an insurance certificate covering liability to others and
property under the minimum requirements of the Department of Revenue;
6. In no case shall any operator or passage allow a lap rider;
7. Without an operational taillight, brake lights and headlight; and
8. Without an orange/amber triangle on rear of said vehicle.
C. Penalties. The penalty for a violation of any Subsection
herein shall be a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars
($250.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).