A.
It shall be the duty of the officers of the Police
Department or such officers as are assigned by the Chief of Police
to enforce all traffic laws of the City and all of the State vehicle
laws applicable to traffic in the City.
B.
Officers of the Police Department or such officers
as are assigned by the Chief of Police are hereby authorized to direct
all traffic by voice, hand or signal in conformance with traffic laws;
provided that, in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite
traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the Police Department
may direct traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions
of the traffic laws.
C.
Officers of the Fire Department, when at the scene
of an incident, may direct or assist the Police in directing traffic
thereat or in the immediate vicinity.
No person shall knowingly fail or refuse to
comply with any lawful order or direction of a Police Officer or Fire
Department official.
Every person propelling any pushcart or riding
an animal upon a roadway, and every person driving any animal-drawn
vehicle, shall be subject to the provisions of this Title applicable
to the driver of any vehicle, except those provisions of this Title
which by their very nature can have no application.
[Ord. No. 00-05-01 § 1, 5-11-2000]
A.
No person shall attach themselves to any motor vehicle
while upon roller skates, in-line skates, roller blades, skateboards
or similar devices, nor shall any operator of a motor vehicle allow
anyone to attach themselves to such motor vehicle while such person
is upon roller skates, in-line skates, roller blades, skateboards
or similar devices.
B.
The use of roller skates, in-line skates, roller blades,
skateboards or similar devices shall be prohibited, by any person,
upon any public street, alley, sidewalk, park, plaza, mall or other
public area located upon or contiguous to the following streets:
1.
Beginning 100 Block of South Broadway, east
to 100 Block of South Grand, continuing on South Grand to intersection
of 4th Street and South Grand; beginning west on 4th Street to intersection
of 4th Street to South LeFevre; continuing north on LeFevre to intersection
of 2nd Street and South LeFevre; continuing east to South Broadway,
thence north to intersection of Front Street to South Broadway;
C.
Any person found in violation of any of the provisions
of this Section shall be fined an amount not to exceed the sum of
twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
The provisions of this Title shall apply to
the driver of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United
States Government, this State, County or City and it shall be unlawful
for any said driver to violate any of the provisions of this Title,
except as otherwise permitted in this Title.
A.
Upon the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle giving audible signal by siren or while having at least one (1) lighted lamp exhibiting red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of such vehicle or a flashing blue light authorized by Section 310.070 of this Chapter, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as far as possible to the right of, the traveled portion of the highway and thereupon stop and remain in such position until such emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a Police or Traffic Officer.
B.
Upon approaching a stationary vehicle displaying lighted
red or red and blue lights, or a stationary vehicle displaying lighted
amber or amber and white lights, the driver of every motor vehicle
shall:
1.
Proceed with caution and yield the right-of-way,
if possible with due regard to safety and traffic conditions, by making
a lane change into a lane not adjacent to that of the stationary vehicle,
if on a roadway having at least four (4) lanes with not less than
two (2) lanes proceeding in the same direction as the approaching
vehicle; or
2.
Proceed with due caution and reduce the speed
of the vehicle, maintaining a safe speed for road conditions, if changing
lanes would be unsafe or impossible.
C.
Responsibilities Of Driver Of Emergency Vehicle.
1.
The driver of any "emergency vehicle" defined in Section 300.010 of this Code shall not sound the siren thereon or have the front red lights or blue lights on except when such vehicle is responding to an emergency call or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected law violator, or when responding to, but not upon returning from, a fire.
2.
The driver of an emergency vehicle may:
a.
Park or stand irrespective of the provisions
of Sections 304.014 to 304.025, RSMo., and the provisions of this
Code;
b.
Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign,
but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation;
c.
Exceed the prima facie speed limit so long as
the driver does not endanger life or property;
d.
Disregard regulations governing direction of
movement or turning in specified directions.
3.
The exemptions granted to an emergency vehicle pursuant to Subsection (C)(2) of this Section shall apply only when the driver of any such vehicle while in motion sounds audible signal by bell, siren or exhaust whistle as may be reasonably necessary, and when the vehicle is equipped with at least one (1) lighted lamp displaying a red light or blue light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of such vehicle.
D.
No person shall purchase an emergency light as described
in this Section without furnishing the seller of such light an affidavit
stating that the light will be used exclusively for emergency vehicle
purposes.
A.
Motor vehicles and equipment, not otherwise defined in this Title as an authorized emergency vehicle, which are operated by any member of an organized Fire Department, ambulance association or rescue squad, whether paid or volunteer, may be operated on streets and highways in this City as an emergency vehicle under the provisions of Section 310.060 of this Chapter, while responding to a fire call or ambulance call or at the scene of a fire call or ambulance call and while using or sounding a warning siren and using or displaying thereon fixed, flashing or rotating blue lights, but sirens and blue lights shall be used only in bona fide emergencies.
B.
Use
Of Other Authorized Lights.
1.
Notwithstanding Subsection (A) of this Section, the following vehicles may use or display fixed, flashing, or rotating red or red and blue lights:
a.
Emergency vehicles, as defined in Section 304.022, RSMo., when responding
to an emergency.
c.
Vehicles and equipment owned or leased by a contractor or subcontractor
performing work for the Department of Transportation, except that
the red or red and blue lights shall be displayed on vehicles or equipment
described in this Subsection only between dusk and dawn, when such
vehicles or equipment are stationary, such vehicles or equipment are
located in a work zone as defined in Section 304.580, RSMo., highway
workers, as defined in Section 304.580, RSMo., are present, and such
work zone is designated by a sign or signs. No more than two (2) vehicles
or pieces of equipment in a work zone may display fixed, flashing
or rotating lights under this Subsection.
d.
Vehicles and equipment owned, leased, or operated by a Coroner, Medical
Examiner, or Forensic Investigator of the County Medical Examiner's
Office or a similar entity, when responding to a crime scene, motor
vehicle accident, workplace accident, or any location at which the
services of such professionals have been requested by a Law Enforcement
Officer.
2.
The following vehicles and equipment may use or display fixed, flashing,
or rotating amber or amber and white lights:
a.
Vehicles and equipment owned or leased by the State Highways and
Transportation Commission and operated by an authorized employee of
the Department of Transportation.
b.
Vehicles and equipment owned or leased by a contractor or subcontractor
performing work for the Department of Transportation, except that
the amber or amber and white lights shall be displayed on vehicles
described in this Subsection only when such vehicles or equipment
are located in a work zone, as defined in Section 304.580, RSMo.,
highway workers, as defined in Section 304.580, RSMo., are present,
and such work zone is designated by a sign or signs.
c.
Vehicles and equipment operated by a utility worker performing work
for the utility, except that the amber or amber and white lights shall
be displayed on vehicles described in this Subsection only when such
vehicles are stationary, such vehicles or equipment are located in
a work zone, as defined in Section 304.580, RSMo., a utility worker
is present, and such work zone is designated by a sign or signs. As
used in this Subsection, the term "utility worker" means any employee
while in performance of his or her job duties, including any person
employed under contract of a utility that provides gas, heat, electricity,
water, steam, telecommunications or cable services, or sewer services,
whether privately, municipally, or cooperatively owned.
C.
Permits
for the operation of such vehicles equipped with sirens or blue lights
shall be in writing and shall be issued and may be revoked by the
Chief of an organized Fire Department, organized Ambulance Association,
Rescue Squad, or the State Highways and Transportation Commission
and no person shall use or display a siren or blue lights on a motor
vehicle, fire, ambulance, or rescue equipment without a valid permit
authorizing the use. A permit to use a siren or lights as heretofore
set out does not relieve the operator of the vehicle so equipped with
complying with all other traffic laws and regulations. Violation of
this Section constitutes an ordinance violation.
The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident
within the City resulting in injury to or death of any person or total
property damage to an apparent extent of five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or more to one (1) person shall give or cause to be given notice of
such accident to the Police Department as soon as reasonably possible.
The driver of a vehicle which is in any manner
involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of
any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of five
hundred dollars ($500.00) or more to one (1) person shall, within
five (5) days after such accident, forward a written report of such
accident to the Police Department. The provisions of this Section
shall not be applicable when the accident has been investigated at
the scene by a Police Officer while such driver was present thereat.
A.
Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving immediate notice of an accident as required in Section 310.080 and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of doing so, such occupant shall give or cause to be given the notice not given by the driver.
B.
Whenever the driver is physically incapable of making a written report of an accident as required in Section 310.090 and such driver is not the owner of the vehicle, then the owner of the vehicle involved in such accident shall, within five (5) days after the accident, make such report not made by the driver.
A.
A person commits the offense of leaving the scene
of an accident when:
1.
Being the operator of a vehicle or a vessel
involved in an accident resulting in injury or death or damage to
property of another person; and
2.
Having knowledge of such accident he or she
leaves the place of the injury, damage or accident without stopping
and giving the following information to the other party or to a Law
Enforcement Officer, or if no Law Enforcement Officer is in the vicinity,
then to the nearest law enforcement agency:
B.
For the purposes of this Section, all Law Enforcement
Officers shall have jurisdiction, when invited by an injured person,
to enter the premises of any privately owned property for the purpose
of investigating an accident and performing all necessary duties regarding
such accident.
C.
A Law Enforcement Officer who investigates or receives
information of an accident involving an all-terrain vehicle and also
involving the loss of life or serious physical injury shall make a
written report of the investigation or information received and such
additional facts relating to the accident as may come to his or her
knowledge, mail the information to the Department of Public Safety,
and keep a record thereof in his or her office.
D.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to
the operation of all-terrain vehicles when property damage is sustained
in sanctioned all-terrain vehicle races, derbies and rallies.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense
can be a felony under state law.
[CC 1996 § 310.120; Ord. No. 487, 3-9-1995]
Sections 310.020 and 380.020 shall apply to and be in force on all publicly used parking lots, drive-ins and all areas upon which the public is invited or permitted to operate motor vehicles, whether such parking lots, drive-ins and other publicly used areas are publicly or privately owned or held. All motor vehicles shall be operated in a careful and prudent manner and at a speed not in excess of ten (10) miles per hour on all such private parking lots and drive-ins. Anyone violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of an ordinance violation and shall be subject to the penalties provided for in Section 100.220 of this Code.