[Ord. No. 995 §101, 5-19-1987; Ord. No. 1050 §1, 5-17-1988; Ord. No. 1078 §1, 11-15-1988; Ord. No. 1304 §1, 6-2-1992; Ord. No. 1306 §1, 6-16-1992; Ord. No. 1460 §1, 9-20-1994; Ord. No. 1564 §1, 2-6-1996; Ord. No. 1626 §1, 1-21-1997; Ord. No. 2113 §1, 2-3-2004; Ord. No. 2249A §1, 4-4-2006; Ord.
No. 2450 §2, 10-21-2008]
Whenever in this Title the following terms are used, they shall
have the meaning respectfully ascribed to them in this Section;
Any unattended motor vehicle, trailer, all-terrain vehicle,
outboard motor or vessel removed or subject to removal from public
or private property as provided in Title III, whether or not operational.
For any vehicle towed away from the scene of an accident at the request
of law enforcement and not retrieved by the vehicle's owner within
five (5) days of the accident, the agency requesting the tow shall
be required to write an abandoned property report or criminal inquiry
or inspection report.
[Ord. No. 2881 § 1, 1-17-2017]
A collision between a vehicle and another vehicle, railroad
train, person, animal or bicycle or stationary object, or the overturn
or upset of a vehicle which results in property damage, personal injury
or death; or an entry into or emerging from a motor vehicle by a person
which results in personal injury or death to such person.
Any street with a roadway of less than twenty (20) feet in
width.
Approved by the Board of Alderman.
A vehicle publicly owned and operated as an ambulance, or
a vehicle publicly owned and operated by the State Highway Patrol,
Police or Fire Department, sheriff or constable or deputy sheriff,
traffic officer or any privately owned vehicle operated as an ambulance
when responding to emergency calls. Also such vehicles as are designated
or authorized by the Board of Aldermen.
Every device propelled by human power on which any person
may ride.
The territory contiguous to and including a highway when
within any five hundred (500) feet along the highway there are buildings
in use for business or industrial purposes, including but not limited
to hotels, banks, or office buildings, railroad stations and public
buildings when fifty percent (50%) or more of the frontage thereon
for a distance of three hundred (300) feet or more is occupied by
buildings in use for business.
A seating system which meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. § 571.213, as amended, that
is designed to elevate a child to properly sit in a Federally approved
safety belt system.
[Ord. No. 2927, 12-5-2017]
A seating system which meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. § 571.213, as amended, and which
is either permanently affixed to a motor vehicle or is affixed to
such vehicle by a safety belt or a universal attachment system.
[Ord. No. 2927, 12-5-2017]
The City of Parkville, Missouri.
A motor vehicle designed or used to transport passengers
or property:
If the vehicle has a gross combination weight rating of twenty-six
thousand one (26,001) or more pounds inclusive of a towed unit which
has a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand one (10,001) pounds
or more;
If the vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty-six
thousand one (26,001) or more pounds or such lesser rating as determined
by Federal regulation;
If the vehicle is designed to transport more than fifteen (15)
passengers, including the driver; or
If the vehicle is transporting hazardous materials and is required
to be placarded under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act.
That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the
connection of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides
of the street measured from the curbs, or in the absence of curbs
from the edges of the traversable roadway;
Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly
indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the
surface.
The lateral boundaries of a roadway, whether or not marked
by curbing.
A space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use
of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
From thirty (30) minutes before sunrise until thirty (30)
minutes after sunset.
Every person who drives or is in actual physical control
of vehicle.
A bicycle with two (2) or three (3) wheels that has a saddle
and fully operable pedals for human propulsion and has an electric
motor that:
[Ord. No. 3016, 12-3-2019]
Has a power output of not more than one thousand (1,000) watts;
Is incapable of propelling the bicycle at a speed of more than
twenty (20) miles per hour;
Is incapable of further increasing the speed of the device when
human power alone is used to propel the vehicle at a speed of more
than twenty (20) miles per hour, and;
Disengages or ceases to function when the vehicle's brakes are
applied.
A motor vehicle designed and manufactured for operation on
a golf course for sporting or recreational purposes and that is not
capable of exceeding speeds in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour,
and otherwise satisfies the definition of “golf cart”
as provided in Missouri Revised Statutes, Chapter 304, Section 304.034
[Ord. No. 2620 §1, 12-20-2011[2]]
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular traffic.
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of
the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines
of the roadways of two (2) highways which join one another at, or
approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles
traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come
in conflict.
A roadway divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for
vehicular traffic.
A parking district designated by the Board of Aldermen where
parking is permitted for loading and unloading only, for periods not
to exceed thirty (30) minutes. Such districts shall be of lengths
designated for each specific location, and clearly marked.
A four-wheeled motor vehicle capable of a top speed greater
than twenty (20) miles per hour, but not greater than twenty-five
(25) miles per hour, and otherwise satisfies the definition of “low-speed
vehicle” as provided in Missouri Revised Statutes, Chapter 304,
Section 304.029.
[Ord. No. 2620 §1, 12-20-2011[3]]
Receptacle placed on the sidewalk or at the side of a street
for the deposit of mail by or for the United States Postal Service.
Motorized bicycle.
Any gasoline or electrical powered device designed to be
ridden in or on that is not a motor vehicle, motorcycle, vehicular
motor scooter, motorized bicycle, all-terrain vehicle or electric
personal assistive mobility device.
A self-propelled device a person may ride upon having two
(2) tandem or three (3) wheels, each greater than ten (10) inches
in diameter and in contact with the ground, a saddle seat, handlebars
and an electric or gas motor fifty (50) cubic centimeters or greater
and two hundred fifty (250) cubic centimeters or less, and distinguished
from a motorcycle primarily by inclusion of a platform or integrated
floorboard and step-through architecture.
Any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon
tracks, except farm tractors and motorized bicycles.
Every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of
the rider and designated to travel on not more than three (3) wheels
in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.
Any two (2) wheeled or three (3) wheeled device having an
automatic transmission and a motor with a cylinder capacity of not
more than fifty (50) cubic centimeters, which produces less than three
(3) gross brake horsepower, and is capable of propelling the device
at a maximum speed of not more than thirty (30) miles per hour on
level ground.
Includes mini-motorcycles, pocket bikes and any other vehicle
that is capable of transporting a person or persons at a speed in
excess of five (5) miles per hour that is self-propelled by a motor
or engine and that is not otherwise defined by Missouri Statutes as
a motor vehicle, motorcycle, bicycle or motorized bicycle.
A low-speed vehicle or a golf cart.
[Ord. No. 2620 §1, 12-20-2011[4]]
From thirty (30) minutes after sunset until thirty (30) minutes
before sunrise.
Whenever certain hours are named herein they shall mean standard
time or daylight-savings time as may be in current use in the City.
All signs, signals, markings, and devices not inconsistent
with this Title placed or erected by authority of a public body, or
official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning
or guiding traffic.
Designated by the Board of Aldermen or the City Traffic Engineer.
A one-way street is any street upon which all vehicular and
bicycle traffic is restricted to movement in one (1) direction only.
The standing of a vehicle whether occupied or not, otherwise
than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
loading or unloading merchandise or passengers, but such standing
not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes.
A device for the purpose of measuring the time elapsed since
the deposit of a coin in the slot provided, and equipped with a mechanism
to indicate the legal time a vehicle may remain parked in a designated
space.
Every motor vehicle designed for carrying ten (10) persons
or less and used for the transportation of persons; except that the
term "passenger vehicle" shall not include motorcycles, motorized
bicycles, motor tricycles and trucks with a licensed gross weight
of twelve thousand (12,000) pounds or more.
[Ord. No. 2927, 12-5-2017]
A place adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use
of a vehicle during the loading or unloading of passengers.
Any person afoot.
Every natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
Any person who has permanently lost the use of one or both
legs or one or both arms, or any combination thereof, or any person
who is so severely disabled as to be unable to move freely without
the aid of crutches or wheelchair.
Every officer of the Municipal Police Department or any officer
authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violation
of traffic regulations.
Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular
traffic by the owner and those having express or implied permission
from the owner, but not by other persons.
The carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than
street cars, operated upon stationary rails.
A steam engine, electric or other motor, with or without
cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails.
Territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising
a business district when the property on such highway for a distance
of three hundred (300) feet or more is mainly occupied by dwellings
and buildings in the use for residents.
The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful
manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching
under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give
rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other.
That portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the shoulder.
The area of space officially set apart within a roadway for
the exclusive use of pedestrians which is protected or is so marked
or indicated by adequate signs, or to be plainly visible at all times
while set apart as a safety zone.
Safety belt that meets Federal National Highway, Transportation
and Safety Act requirements.
That portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral
lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property line, intended for the
use of pedestrians and any lane, path, trail or bridge intended solely
for foot traffic.
Halting a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging
passengers and otherwise than temporarily in obedience to traffic
regulation or traffic signs or signals.
Means complete cessation of movement.
When prohibited, any halting momentarily of a vehicle, whether
occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with the directions of a Police Officer or
traffic control sign or signal.
The entire width between the lines every way publicly maintained
when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes
of vehicular traffic.
Every street or portion thereof at the entrances to which
vehicular traffic from intersecting streets is required by law to
stop or obey official traffic control devices before entering or crossing
the same, when stop signs or other official traffic-control devices
are provided as in this Title.
Any person or entity which tows, removes or stores abandoned
property.
[Ord. No. 2881 § 1, 1-17-2017]
Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other
conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for
purposes of travel.
Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically
operated, by which traffic is alternatively directed to stop and to
proceed.
Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a
pull-trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and being
drawn by a motor vehicle.
Every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily
for the transportation of property or which displays a truck registration
plate except those which display a truck registration plate for a
gross weight of twelve-thousand pounds (12,000 lbs.) or less and which
are no more than twenty (20) feet in length and which do not exceed
a total outside height of seven (7) feet.
Any mechanical device on wheels, designed primarily for use,
or used, on highways, except motorized bicycles, vehicles propelled
or drawn by horses or human power, or vehicles used exclusively on
fixed rails or tracks, cotton trailers or motorized wheelchairs operated
by handicapped persons.
Any motorized vehicle designed and used exclusively for off-highway
use which is fifty (50) inches or less in width, with an unladen dry
weight of six hundred (600) pounds or less, traveling on three (3),
four (4) or more low pressure tires, with a seat designed to be straddled
by the operator, and handlebars for steering control.
