[R.O. 2006 §100.220; CC 1978 §13.010]
A. Whenever
in this Code or any other ordinance of the City, or in any rule, regulation,
notice or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the City under
authority duly vested in him/her or it, any act is prohibited or is
declared to be unlawful or an offense or misdemeanor or the doing
of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to
be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, and no specific penalty
is provided for the violation thereof, upon conviction of a violation
of any such provision of this Code or of any such ordinance, rule,
regulation, notice or order, the violator shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in
the City or County Jail not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment; provided, that in any case wherein the
penalty for an offense is fixed by a Statute of the State the statutory
penalty, and no other, shall be imposed for such offense, except that
imprisonments may be in the City Prison or Workhouse instead of the
County Jail.
B. Minor Traffic Violations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no punishment for a minor traffic violation as defined by Section
300.010 of this Municipal Code shall:
[Ord. No. 2253 §2, 12-1-2015]
1.
Impose a fine, when combined with the amount of Court costs,
that exceeds three hundred dollars ($300.00);
2.
Be punishable by imprisonment, unless the violation involved:
a.
Alcohol or controlled substances,
b.
Endangered the health and welfare of others, or
c.
Involved eluding or giving false information to a law enforcement
officer.
3.
Place a person convicted of a minor traffic violation in confinement
for failure to pay a fine unless such non-payment violates the terms
of the person's probation;
4.
Assess Court costs where a case has been dismissed; or
5.
Assess Court costs against a defendant who the Municipal Court
finds to be indigent based on standards set by the Presiding Judge
of the 12th Judicial Circuit Court of the State of Missouri.
[R.O. 2006 §100.230; CC 1978 §13.020]
Every day any violation of this Code or any other ordinance
or any such rule, regulation, notice or order shall continue shall
constitute a separate offense.
[R.O. 2006 §100.240; CC 1978 §13.030]
Whenever any act is prohibited by this Code, by an amendment
thereof, or by any rule or regulation adopted thereunder, such prohibition
shall extend to and include the causing, securing, aiding, or abetting
of another person to do said act. Whenever any act is prohibited by
this Code, an attempt to do the act is likewise prohibited.