[R.O. 2004 § 235.901(A); Ord. No.
09-17, 5-12-2009]
The following definitions shall apply to this Article unless
the context requires another or different construction:
Approved by the Director of Revenue and when applied to lamps
and other illuminating devices, means that such lamps and devices
must be in good working order.
An additional lighting device on a motor vehicle used primarily
to supplement the headlamps in providing general illumination ahead
of a vehicle.
A major lighting device capable of providing general illumination
ahead of a vehicle.
The distance from the center of the lamp to the surface on
which the vehicle stands.
Headlamps or similar devices arranged so as to permit the
driver of the vehicle to use one (1) of two (2) or more distributions
of light on the road.
An approved device designed and used to give an indication
by reflected light.
Headlamps or similar devices arranged so as to permit the
driver of the vehicle to use but one (1) distribution of light on
the road.
Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is
or may be transported upon a street or highway, excepting devices
moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or
tracks.
A.
"When lighted lamps are required" means at any time from a one-half
(1/2) hour after sunset to one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise and
at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly
discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five
hundred (500) feet ahead. Lighted lamps shall also be required any
time the weather conditions require usage of the motor vehicle's windshield
wipers to operate the vehicle in a careful and prudent manner as defined
in Section 304.012, RSMo. The provisions of this Section shall be
interpreted to require lighted lamps during periods of fog even if
usage of the windshield wipers is not necessary to operate the vehicle
in a careful and prudent manner.
B.
When Lights Required — Violation — Penalty.
1.
No person shall drive, move, park or be in custody of any vehicle
or combination of vehicles on any street or highway during the times
when lighted lamps are required unless such vehicle or combination
of vehicles displays lighted lamps and illuminating devices as hereinafter
in this Article required. No person shall use on any vehicle any approved
electric lamp or similar device unless the light source of such lamp
or device complies with the conditions of approval as to focus and
rated candlepower.
2.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307.120, RSMo., or
any other provision of law, violation of this Section shall be deemed
an ordinance violation and any person who violates this Section as
it relates to violations of the usage of lighted lamps required due
to weather conditions or fog shall only be fined ten dollars ($10.00)
and no court costs shall be assessed.
The provisions of Section 307.030 et seq., RSMo., and this Article with respect to equipment and lights on vehicles shall not apply to agricultural machinery and implements, road machinery, road rollers, traction engines, motorized bicycles, electric bicycles as defined in Section 300.010, or farm tractors except as made applicable in Chapter 307, RSMo.
For purposes of this Article, a lamp, light, or other piece
of lighting equipment consisting of multiple light-emitting diodes
shall be deemed to be operating properly so long as not less than
seventy-five percent (75%) of the light-emitting diodes are operating
properly.
Except as in this Article provided, every motor vehicle other
than a motor-drawn vehicle and other than a motorcycle shall be equipped
with at least two (2) approved headlamps mounted at the same level
with at least one (1) on each side of the front of the vehicle. Every
motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one (1) and not more than
two (2) approved headlamps. Every motorcycle equipped with a sidecar
or other attachment shall be equipped with a lamp on the outside limit
of such attachment capable of displaying a white light to the front.
A.
Except as hereinafter provided, the headlamps or the auxiliary driving
lamp or the auxiliary passing lamp or combination thereof on motor
vehicles other than motorcycles or motor-driven cycles shall be so
arranged that the driver may select at will between distributions
of light projected to different elevations and such lamps may, in
addition, be so arranged that such selection can be made automatically,
subject to the following limitations:
1.
There shall be an uppermost distribution of light, or composite
beam, so aimed and of such intensity as to reveal persons and vehicles
at a distance of at least three hundred fifty (350) feet ahead for
all conditions of loading.
2.
There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite
beam, so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles
at a distance of at least one hundred (100) feet ahead; and on a straight
level road under any condition of loading none of the high-intensity
portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching
driver.
Every person driving a motor vehicle equipped with multiple-beam
road lighting equipment, during the times when lighted lamps are required,
shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high
enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles
at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following
requirements and limitations: Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches
an oncoming vehicle within five hundred (500) feet or is within three
hundred (300) feet to the rear of another vehicle traveling in the
same direction, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite
beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes
of the other driver, and in no case shall the high-intensity portion
which is projected to the left of the prolongation of the extreme
left side of the vehicle be aimed higher than the center of the lamp
from which it comes at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet ahead,
and in no case higher than a level of forty-two (42) inches above
the level upon which the vehicle stands at a distance of seventy-five
(75) feet ahead.
A.
Every motor vehicle and every motor-drawn vehicle shall be equipped
with at least two (2) rear lamps, not less than fifteen (15) inches
or more than seventy-two (72) inches above the ground upon which the
vehicle stands, which when lighted will exhibit a red light plainly
visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear. Either
such rear lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed
as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration marker and
render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty (50) feet to the
rear. When the rear registration marker is illuminated by an electric
lamp other than the required rear lamps, all such lamps shall be turned
on or off only by the same control switch at all times.
B.
Every motorcycle registered in this State, when operated on a highway,
shall also carry at the rear, either as part of the rear lamp or separately,
at least one (1) approved red reflector which shall be of such size
and characteristics and so maintained as to be visible during the
times when lighted lamps are required from all distances within three
hundred (300) feet to fifty (50) feet from such vehicle when directly
in front of a motor vehicle displaying lawful undimmed headlamps.
A motorcycle may be equipped with a means of varying the brightness
of the vehicle's brake light for a duration of not more than five
(5) seconds upon application of the vehicle's brakes.
C.
Every new passenger car, new commercial motor vehicle, motor-drawn
vehicle and omnibus with a capacity of more than six (6) passengers
registered in this State after January 1, 1966, when operated on a
highway shall also carry at the rear at least two (2) approved red
reflectors, at least one (1) at each side, so designed, mounted on
the vehicle and maintained as to be visible during the times when
lighted lamps are required from all distances within five hundred
(500) to fifty (50) feet from such vehicle when directly in front
of a motor vehicle displaying lawful undimmed headlamps. Every such
reflector shall meet the requirements of this Article and shall be
mounted upon the vehicle at a height not to exceed sixty (60) inches
nor less than fifteen (15) inches above the surface upon which the
vehicle stands.
D.
Any person who knowingly operates a motor vehicle without the lamps
required in this Section in operable condition is guilty of an ordinance
violation.
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed three (3)
auxiliary lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than twelve
(12) inches nor more than forty-two (42) inches above the level surface
upon which the vehicle stands.
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two (2)
side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit a white or yellow light
without glare. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than
one (1) running board courtesy lamp on each side thereof which shall
emit a white or yellow light without glare. Any motor vehicle may
be equipped with a backup lamp either separately or in combination
with another lamp, except that no such backup lamp shall be continuously
lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion.
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one (1)
spotlamp but every lighted spotlamp shall be so aimed and used so
as not to be dazzling or glaring to any person.
Headlamps, when lighted, shall exhibit lights substantially
white in color; auxiliary lamps, cowl lamps and spotlamps, when lighted,
shall exhibit lights substantially white, yellow or amber in color.
No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment, except a school
bus when used for school purposes or an emergency vehicle, upon any
street or highway with any lamp or device thereon displaying a red
light visible from directly in front thereof.
Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle other than headlamps, spotlamps, front direction signals or auxiliary lamps which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred (300) candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five (75) feet from the vehicle. Alternately flashing warning signals may be used on school buses when used for school purposes and on motor vehicles when used to transport United States mail from post offices to boxes of addressees thereof and on emergency vehicles as defined in Section 300.010 of this Title and on buses owned or operated by churches, mosques, synagogues, temples or other houses of worship and on commercial passenger transport vehicles or railroad passenger cars that are stopped to load or unload passengers, but are prohibited on other motor vehicles, motorcycles and motor-drawn vehicles except as a means for indicating a right or left turn.
At the times when lighted lamps are required, at least two (2)
lighted lamps shall be displayed, one (1) on each side of the front
of every motor vehicle except a motorcycle and except a motor-drawn
vehicle except when such vehicle is parked subject to the provisions
governing lights on parked vehicles. Whenever a motor vehicle equipped
with headlamps as in this Article required is also equipped with any
auxiliary lamps or a spotlamp or any other lamp on the front thereof
projecting a beam of an intensity greater than three hundred (300)
candlepower, not more than a total of four (4) of any such lamps on
the front of a vehicle shall be lighted at any one time when upon
a highway.
All vehicles, including agricultural machinery or implements,
road machinery, road rollers, traction engines and farm tractors not
in this Article specifically required to be equipped with lamps, shall
be equipped during the times when lighted lamps are required with
at least one (1) lighted lamp or lantern exhibiting a white light
visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of
such vehicle and with a lamp or lantern exhibiting a red light visible
from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear, and such lamps
and lanterns shall exhibit lights to the sides of such vehicle.
A.
Any person who shall place or drive or cause to be placed or driven
upon or along any State highway of this City any animal-driven vehicle
whatsoever, whether in motion or at rest, shall after sunset to one-half
(1/2) hour before sunrise have attached to every such vehicle at the
rear thereof a red taillight or a red reflecting device of not less
than three (3) inches in diameter of effective area or its equivalent
in area. When such device shall consist of reflecting buttons, there
shall be no fewer than seven (7) of such buttons covering an area
equal to a circle with a three-inch diameter. The total subtended
effective angle of reflection of every such device shall be no less
than sixty degrees (60°) and the spread and efficiency of the
reflected light shall be sufficient for the reflected light to be
visible to the driver of any motor vehicle approaching such animal-drawn
vehicle from the rear of a distance of not less than five hundred
(500) feet.
B.
In addition, any person who operates any such animal-driven vehicle
during the hours between sunset and one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise
shall have at least one (1) light flashing at all times the vehicle
is on any highway of this City. Such light or lights shall be amber
in the front and red in the back and shall be placed on the left side
of the vehicle at a height of no more than six (6) feet from the ground
and shall be visible from the front and the back of the vehicle at
a distance of at least five hundred (500) feet.
C.
Any person operating an animal-driven vehicle during the hours between sunset and one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise may, in lieu of the requirements of Subsection (B) of this Section, use lamps or lanterns complying with the rules promulgated by the Director of the Department of Public Safety.
D.
Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty
of an ordinance violation.
A.
Signaling Devices. Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a horn,
directed forward, or whistle in good working order capable of emitting
a sound adequate in quantity and volume to give warning of the approach
of such vehicle to other users of the highway and to pedestrians.
Such signaling device shall be used for warning purposes only and
shall not be used for making any unnecessary noise, and no other sound-producing
signaling device shall be used at any time.
B.
Muffler Cutouts. Muffler cutouts shall not be used and no vehicle
shall be driven in such manner or condition that excessive and unnecessary
noises shall be made by its machinery, motor, signaling device, or
other parts, or by any improperly loaded cargo. The motors of all
motor vehicles shall be fitted with properly attached mufflers of
such capacity or construction as to quiet the maximum possible exhaust
noise as completely as is done in modern gas engine passenger motor
vehicles. Any cutout or opening in the exhaust pipe between the motor
and the muffler on any motor vehicle shall be completely closed and
disconnected from its operating lever and shall be so arranged that
it cannot automatically open, or be opened or operated, while such
vehicle is in motion.
C.
Brakes. All motor vehicles, except motorcycles, shall be provided
at all times with two (2) sets of adequate brakes kept in good working
order, and motorcycles shall be provided with one (1) set of adequate
brakes kept in good working order.
D.
Mirrors. All motor vehicles which are so constructed or loaded that
the operator cannot see the road behind such vehicle by looking back
or around the side of such vehicle shall be equipped with a mirror
so adjusted as to reveal the road behind and be visible from the operator's
seat.
E.
Projections On Vehicles. All vehicles carrying poles or other objects,
which project more than five (5) feet from the rear of such vehicle,
shall, during the period when lights are required by this Chapter,
carry a red light at or near the rear end of the pole or other object
so projecting. At other times a red flag or cloth, not less than sixteen
(16) inches square, shall be displayed at the end of such projection.
F.
Towlines. When one vehicle is towing another, the connecting device
shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet. During the time that lights are
required by Sections 307.020 to 307.120, RSMo., the required lights
shall be displayed by both vehicles. Every towed vehicle shall be
coupled to the towing vehicle by means of a safety chain, cable or
equivalent device in addition to the primary coupling device, except
that such secondary coupling device shall not be necessary if the
connecting device is connected to the towing vehicle by a center-locking
ball located over or nearly over the rear axle and not supported by
the rear bumper of the towing vehicle. Such secondary safety connecting
devices shall be of sufficient strength to control the towed vehicle
in the event of failure of the primary coupling device. The provisions
of this Subsection shall not apply to wreckers towing vehicles or
to vehicles secured to the towing vehicle by a fifth-wheel type connection.
The provisions of this Subsection shall also not apply to farm implements
or to any vehicle which is not required to be registered.
G.
Commercial Motor Vehicles And Trailers. When being operated on any
highway, street or road of this City, commercial motor vehicles and
trailers shall be equipped with adequate and proper brakes, lighting
equipment, signaling devices, steering mechanisms, horns, mirrors,
windshield wipers, tires, wheels, exhaust system, glazing, air pollution
control devices, fuel tank and any other safety equipment required
by the State in such condition so as to obtain a certificate of inspection
and approval as required by the provisions of Section 307.360, RSMo.
H.
Devices attached to or towed by motor vehicles for the purpose of
transporting hay shall have the protruding parts raised or retracted
when not in use to a position which will not cause injury or damage
to persons or property in the vicinity of such device when on the
highways, streets or roads of this City.
A.
All motor vehicles and every trailer and semitrailer operating upon
the public highways, streets or roads of this City and carrying goods
or material or farm products which may reasonably be expected to become
dislodged and fall from the vehicle, trailer or semitrailer as a result
of wind pressure or air pressure and/or by the movement of the vehicle,
trailer or semitrailer shall have a protective cover or be sufficiently
secured so that no portion of such goods or material can become dislodged
and fall from the vehicle, trailer or semitrailer while being transported
or carried.
B.
Operation of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer in violation
of this Section shall be an ordinance violation, and any person convicted
thereof shall be punished as provided by law.
A.
As used in this Section, the term "truck" means a motor vehicle designed,
used or maintained for the transportation of property.
B.
As used in this Section, the term "passenger car" means every motor
vehicle designed for carrying ten (10) persons or fewer and used for
the transportation of persons; except that the term "passenger car"
shall not include motorcycles, motorized bicycles, motortricycles
and trucks with a licensed gross weight of twelve thousand (12,000)
pounds or more.
C.
Each driver, except persons employed by the United States Postal Service while performing duties for that Federal agency which require the operator to service postal boxes from their vehicles or which require frequent entry into and exit from their vehicles, and front seat passengers of a passenger car manufactured after January 1, 1968, operated on a street or highway in the City, and persons less than eighteen (18) years of age operating or riding in a truck, as defined in Subsection (A) of this Section, on a street or highway of this City shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt that meets Federal National Highway, Transportation and Safety Act requirements. No person shall be stopped, inspected or detained solely to determine compliance with this Subsection. The provisions of this Section and Section 370.170 of this Chapter shall not be applicable to persons who have a medical reason for failing to have a seat belt fastened about their body, nor shall the provisions of this Section be applicable to persons while operating or riding a motor vehicle being used in agricultural work-related activities. Non-compliance with this Subsection shall not constitute probable cause for violation of any other provision of law. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to the transporting of children under sixteen (16) years of age, as provided in Section 370.170 of this Chapter.
D.
Each driver of a motor vehicle transporting a child less than sixteen (16) years of age shall secure the child in a properly adjusted and fastened restraint under Section 370.170 of this Chapter.
E.
Except as otherwise provided for in Section 370.170 of this Chapter, each person found guilty of violating the provisions of Subsection (B) of this Section is guilty of an ordinance violation for which a fine not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) may be imposed. All other provisions of law and court rules to the contrary notwithstanding, no court costs shall be imposed on any person due to a violation of this Section.
F.
If there are more persons than there are seat belts in the enclosed
area of a motor vehicle, then the passengers who are unable to wear
seat belts shall sit in the area behind the front seat of the motor
vehicle unless the motor vehicle is designed only for a front-seated
area. The passenger or passengers occupying a seat location referred
to in this Subsection is not in violation of this Section. This Subsection
shall not apply to passengers who are accompanying a driver of a motor
vehicle who is licensed under Section 302.178, RSMo.
A.
CHILD BOOSTER SEAT
CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM
DRIVER
As used in this Section, the following terms shall have these prescribed
meanings:
A seating system which meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards set forth in 49 CFR 571.213, as amended, that is designed
to elevate a child to properly sit in a Federally approved safety
belt system.
A seating system which meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards set forth in 49 CFR 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.
A person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle.
B.
Requirement; Applicability.
1.
Every driver transporting a child under the age of sixteen (16)
years shall be responsible, when transporting such child in a motor
vehicle operated by that driver on the streets or highways of this
City, for providing for the protection of such child as follows:
a.
Children less than four (4) years of age, regardless of weight, shall
be secured in a child passenger restraint system appropriate for that
child.
b.
Children weighing less than forty (40) pounds, regardless of age,
shall be secured in a child passenger restraint system appropriate
for that child.
c.
Children at least four (4) years of age but less than eight (8) years
of age, who also weigh at least forty (40) pounds but less than eighty
(80) pounds, and who are also less than four (4) feet nine (9) inches
tall, shall be secured in a child passenger restraint system or booster
seat appropriate for that child.
d.
Children at least eighty (80) pounds or children more than four (4)
feet nine (9) inches in height shall be secured by a vehicle safety
belt or booster seat appropriate for that child.
e.
A child who otherwise would be required to be secured in a booster
seat may be transported in the back seat of a motor vehicle while
wearing only a lap belt if the back seat of the motor vehicle is not
equipped with a combination lap and shoulder belt for booster seat
installation.
f.
When transporting children in the immediate family when there are
more children than there are seating positions in the enclosed area
of a motor vehicle, the children who are not able to be restrained
by a child safety restraint device appropriate for the child shall
sit in the area behind the front seat of the motor vehicle unless
the motor vehicle is designed only for a front seat area. The driver
transporting children referred to in this Subsection is not in violation
of this Section.
2.
This Subsection shall only apply to the use of a child passenger
restraint system or vehicle safety belt for children less than sixteen
(16) years of age being transported in a motor vehicle.
C.
Any driver who violates Subsection (B)(1)(a), (b) or (c) herein, is guilty of an ordinance violation and upon conviction may be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) and court costs. Any driver who violates Subsection (B)(1)(d) herein shall be subject to the penalty in Subsection (E) of Section 370.160 of this Chapter. If a driver receives a citation for violating Subsection (B)(1)(a), (b) or (c) herein, the charges shall be dismissed or withdrawn if the driver prior to or at his/her hearing provides evidence of acquisition of a child passenger restraint system or child booster seat which is satisfactory to the court or the party responsible for prosecuting the driver's citation.
D.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any public carrier
for hire. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to students
four (4) years of age or older who are passengers on a school bus
designed for carrying eleven (11) passengers or more and which is
manufactured or equipped pursuant to Missouri Minimum Standards for
School Buses as school buses are defined in Section 301.010, RSMo.
A.
Any person may operate a motor vehicle with front sidewing vents or windows located immediately to the left and right of the driver that have a sun-screening device, in conjunction with safety glazing material, that has a light transmission of thirty-five percent (35%) or more plus or minus three percent (3%) and a luminous reflectance of thirty-five percent (35%) or less plus or minus three percent (3%). Except as provided in Subsection (C) of this Section, any sun-screening device applied to front sidewing vents or windows located immediately to the left and right of the driver in excess of the requirements of this Section shall be prohibited without a permit pursuant to a physician's prescription as described below. A permit to operate a motor vehicle with front sidewing vents or windows located immediately to the left and right of the driver that have a sun-screening device, in conjunction with safety glazing material, which permits less light transmission and luminous reflectance than allowed under the requirements of this Subsection may be issued by the Department of Public Safety to a person having a serious medical condition which requires the use of a sun-screening device if the permittee's physician prescribes its use. The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall promulgate rules and regulations for the issuance of the permit. The permit shall allow operation of the vehicle by any titleholder or relative within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, which shall mean a spouse, each grandparent, parent, brother, sister, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, child and grandchild of a person who resides in the household. Except as provided in Subsection (B) of this Section, all sun-screening devices applied to the windshield of a motor vehicle are prohibited.
B.
This Section shall not prohibit labels, stickers, decalcomania or
informational signs on motor vehicles or the application of tinted
or solar-screening material to recreational vehicles as defined in
Section 700.010, RSMo., provided that such material does not interfere
with the driver's normal view of the road. This Section shall not
prohibit factory-installed tinted glass, the equivalent replacement
thereof or tinting material applied to the upper portion of the motor
vehicle's windshield which is normally tinted by the manufacturer
of motor vehicle safety glass.
C.
Any vehicle licensed with a historical license plate shall be exempt
from the requirements of this Section.
D.
Any person who violates the provisions of this Section is guilty
of an ordinance violation.
[1]
Editor's Note: This Section previously pertained to the use
of headgear while operating or riding as a passenger on a motorcycle
or motortricycle. However, the authorizing Statute, § 302.020,
RSMo., was revised by HB1963 in the 2020 Legislative Session to preempt
any political subdivision from imposing protective headgear requirements
on the operator or passenger of a motorcycle or motortricycle.
No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any road or highway
of this City between the first day of April and the first day of November
while the motor vehicle is equipped with tires containing metal or
carbide studs.
A.
No metal-tired vehicle shall be operated over any of the improved
highways of this City, except over highways constructed of gravel
or claybound gravel, if such vehicle has on the periphery of any of
the road wheels any lug, flange, cleat, ridge, bolt or any projection
of metal or wood which projects radially beyond the tread or traffic
surface of the tire unless the highway is protected by putting down
solid planks or other suitable material or by attachments to the wheels
so as to prevent such vehicles from damaging the highway, except that
this prohibition shall not apply to tractors or traction engines equipped
with what is known as caterpillar treads when such caterpillar does
not contain any projection of any kind likely to injure the surface
of the road. Tractors, traction engines and similar vehicles may be
operated which have upon their road wheels "V" shaped, diagonal or
other cleats arranged in such manner as to be continuously in contact
with the road surface if the gross weight on the wheels per inch of
width of such cleats or road surface, when measured in the direction
of the axle of the vehicle, does not exceed eight hundred (800) pounds.
B.
No tractor, tractor engine or other metal-tired vehicle weighing
more than four (4) tons, including the weight of the vehicle and its
load, shall drive onto, upon or over the edge of any improved highway
without protecting such edge by putting down solid planks or other
suitable material to prevent such vehicle from breaking off the edges
of the pavement.
C.
Any person violating this Section, whether operating pursuant to
a permit or not, or who shall willfully or negligently damage a highway,
shall be liable for the amount of such damage caused to any highway,
bridge, culvert or sewer, and any vehicle causing such damage shall
be subject to a lien for the full amount of such damage, which lien
shall not be superior to any duly recorded or filed chattel mortgage
or other lien previously attached to such vehicle; the amount of such
damage may be recovered in any action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
A.
As used in this Section, the term "truck" means a motor vehicle designed,
used or maintained for the transportation of property.
B.
No person shall operate any truck, as defined in Subsection (A) of this Section, with a licensed gross weight of less than twelve thousand (12,000) pounds on any highway which is part of the State or Federal highway system or when such truck is operated within the corporate limits of the City when any person under eighteen (18) years of age is riding in the unenclosed bed of such truck. No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall ride in the unenclosed bed of such truck when the truck is in operation.
C.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:
1.
Any employee engaged in the necessary discharge of the employee's
duties where it is necessary to ride in the unenclosed bed of the
truck;
2.
Any person while engaged in agricultural activities where it
is necessary to ride in the unenclosed bed of the truck;
3.
Any person riding in the unenclosed bed of a truck while such
truck is being operated in a parade, caravan or exhibition which is
authorized by law;
4.
Any person riding in the unenclosed bed of a truck if such truck
has installed a means of preventing such person from being discharged
or such person is secured to the truck in a manner which will prevent
the person from being thrown, falling or jumping from the truck;
5.
Any person riding in the unenclosed bed of a truck if such truck
is being operated solely for the purpose of participating in a special
event and it is necessary that the person ride in such unenclosed
bed due to a lack of available seating. "Special event," for the purposes
of this Section, is a specific social activity of a definable duration
which is participated in by the person riding in the unenclosed bed;
6.
Any person riding in the unenclosed bed of a truck if such truck
is being operated solely for the purposes of providing assistance
to, or ensuring the safety of, other persons engaged in a recreational
activity; or
7.
Any person riding in the unenclosed bed of a truck if such truck
is the only legally titled, licensed and insured vehicle owned by
the family of the person riding in the unenclosed bed and there is
insufficient room in the passenger cab of the truck to accommodate
all passengers in the truck. For the purposes of this Section, the
term "family" shall mean any persons related within the first degree
of consanguinity.
A.
No person shall operate any passenger motor vehicle upon the public
streets or highways of this City, the body of which has been altered
in such a manner that the front or rear of the vehicle is raised at
such an angle as to obstruct the vision of the operator of the street
or highway in front or to the rear of the vehicle.
B.
Every motor vehicle which is licensed in this State and operated
upon the public streets or highways of this City shall be equipped
with front and rear bumpers if such vehicle was equipped with bumpers
as standard equipment. This Subsection shall not apply to motor vehicles
designed or modified primarily for off-highway purposes, while such
vehicles are in tow, or to motorcycles or motor-driven cycles, or
to motor vehicles registered as historic motor vehicles when the original
design of such vehicles did not include bumpers nor shall the provisions
of this Subsection prohibit the use of drop bumpers. Maximum bumper
heights of both the front and rear bumpers of motor vehicles shall
be determined by weight category of gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR)
measured from a level surface to the highest point of the bottom of
the bumper when the vehicle is unloaded and the tires are inflated
to the manufacturer's recommended pressure. Maximum bumper heights
are as follows:
|
Type of Vehicle
|
Maximum Front Bumper Height
(inches)
|
Maximum Rear Bumper Height
(inches)
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Motor vehicles except commercial motor vehicles
|
22
|
22
| ||
|
Commercial motor vehicles (GVWR):
| ||||
|
4,500 lbs. and under
|
24
|
26
| ||
|
4,501 lbs. through 7,500 lbs.
|
27
|
29
| ||
|
7,501 lbs. through 9,000 lbs.
|
28
|
30
| ||
|
9,001 lbs. through 11,500 lbs.
|
29
|
31
| ||
C.
Any person knowingly violating the provisions of this Section is
guilty of an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2004 § 235.903; Ord. No. 09-17, 5-12-2009]
No vehicle shall carry in operation a siren,
exhaust whistle or similar instrument that produces unusually loud,
annoying or peculiar noises; provided that this Section shall not
apply to ambulances and to vehicles belonging to or used by the Fire
or Police Departments of the City.
