The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business
shall not follow any emergency vehicle 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.
[CC 1990 App. C § 300.305]
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a Fire
District when laid down on any street, private driveway or streetcar
track, to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent
of the Fire District official in command.
A.
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
FUNERAL LEAD VEHICLE or LEAD VEHICLE
ORGANIZED FUNERAL PROCESSION
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall mean:
A person licensed as a funeral director pursuant to the provisions
of Chapter 333, RSMo.
Any motor vehicle equipped with at least one (1) lighted
circulating lamp exhibiting an amber or purple light or lens or alternating
flashing headlamps visible under normal atmospheric conditions for
a distance of five hundred (500) feet from the front of the vehicle.
A hearse or coach properly equipped may be a lead vehicle.
Two (2) or more vehicles accompanying the remains of a deceased
person from a funeral establishment, church, synagogue or other place
where a funeral service has taken place to a cemetery, crematory or
other place of final disposition or a funeral establishment, church,
synagogue or other place where additional funeral services will be
performed if directed by a licensed funeral director from a licensed
establishment.
B.
Driving Rules.
1.
Except as otherwise provided for in this Section, pedestrians
and operators of all other vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to
any vehicle which is a part of an organized funeral procession.
2.
Notwithstanding any traffic control device or right-of-way provision
prescribed by State or local law, when the funeral lead vehicle in
an organized funeral procession lawfully enters an intersection, all
vehicles in the procession shall follow the lead vehicle through the
intersection. The operator of each vehicle in the procession shall
exercise the highest degree of care toward any other vehicle or pedestrian
on the roadway.
3.
An organized funeral procession shall have the right-of-way
at all intersections regardless of any traffic control device at such
intersections, except that operators of vehicles in an organized funeral
procession shall yield the right-of-way to any approaching emergency
vehicle pursuant to the provisions of law or when directed to do so
by a Law Enforcement Officer.
4.
All vehicles in an organized funeral procession shall follow
the preceding vehicle in the procession as closely as is practical
and safe under the conditions.
5.
No person shall operate any vehicle as part of an organized
funeral procession without the flashing emergency lights of such vehicle
being lighted.
6.
Any person who is not an operator of a vehicle in an organized
funeral procession shall not:
a.
Drive between the vehicles comprising an organized funeral procession while such vehicles are in motion and have the flashing emergency lights lighted pursuant to Subsection (B)(5) above, except when required to do so by a Law Enforcement Officer or when such person is operating an emergency vehicle giving an audible or visual signal;
b.
Join a funeral procession for the purpose of securing the right-of-way;
or
c.
Attempt to pass any vehicle in an organized funeral procession,
except where a passing lane has been specifically provided.
7.
When an organized funeral procession is proceeding through a
red signal light as permitted herein, a vehicle not in the organized
funeral procession shall not enter the intersection unless such vehicle
may do so without crossing the path of the funeral procession.
8.
No ordinance, regulation or any other provision of law shall
prohibit the use of a motorcycle utilizing flashing amber lights to
escort an organized funeral procession on the highway.
C.
Any person convicted of violating any provision of this Section shall
be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).
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.
[CC 1990 App. C § 300.335]
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.
[CC 1990 App. C § 300.340]
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.
[CC 1990 App. C § 300.345]
A.
A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent
and regular seat attached thereto and such operator shall not carry
any other person nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless
such motorcycle is designed to carry more than one (1) person, in
which event a passenger may ride upon the permanent and regular seat
if designed for two (2) persons or upon another seat firmly attached
to the rear or side of the operator.
B.
The operator of a motorized bicycle shall ride only astride the permanent
and regular seat attached thereto and shall not permit more than one
(1) person to ride thereon at the same time, unless the motorized
bicycle is designed to carry more than one (1) person. Any motorized
bicycle designed to carry more than one (1) person must be equipped
with a passenger seat and footrests for the use of a passenger.
A.
No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business
district.
B.
Whenever any person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such person
shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give audible
signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian.
C.
No person shall ride a motorized bicycle upon a sidewalk.
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. Neither shall the driver of a vehicle
knowingly pull a rider behind a vehicle.
[CC 1990 App. C § 300.355]
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.
[CC 1990 App. C § 300.360]
It shall be unlawful for the directing officer or the operator
of any railroad train to direct the operation of or to operate the
same in such a manner as to prevent the use of any street for purposes
of travel for a period of time longer than five (5) minutes; provided
that this Section shall not apply to a moving train or to one (1)
stopped because of an emergency or for repairs necessary before it
can proceed safely.
[CC 1990 App. C § 300.365]
No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety
zone.
[CC 1990 § 18-3; Ord. No. 68 § 1, 6-1-1988]
No person shall leave any child in a standing, parked or locked
motor vehicle. The Police Department of the City or any officer or
agent thereof is authorized to use whatever force may be necessary
to remove the child from the vehicle in order to protect the health,
welfare and safety of such child.
[CC 1990 § 18-4; Ord. No. 69 § 1, 6-1-1988]
No person shall leave any animal in any parked motor vehicle
under conditions which in the opinion of a Police Officer may result
in substantial harm to the animal. The Police Department of the City
or any officer or agent thereof is authorized to use whatever force
is reasonably necessary to remove the animal from the vehicle whenever
it reasonably appears that such animal's health, welfare or safety
is or will be substantially endangered.
[CC 1990 § 18-6; Ord. No. 170 § 1, 8-15-1988]
It is unlawful to vend or distribute merchandise or material
from a vehicle, stand or otherwise within the limits of any highway,
roadway or alleyway in the City, except under such license, conditions
and regulations prescribed by City ordinances; but in no instance
shall such vending be permitted or authorized where the same causes
stopping, standing or parking in or upon a highway, roadway or alleyway
or when such vending or distributing causes traffic confusion and
interferes with the free and unhindered mobile progression of traffic.
[CC 1990 § 18-23; Ord. No. 156 § 1, 8-15-1988]
No person shall drive a motor vehicle which has more than three
(3) persons over the age of sixteen (16) years in the front seat.
No person shall extend any body parts outside the vehicle, except
the hand and arm for signaling purposes only.
[CC 1990 § 18-29; Ord. No. 82 § 1, 6-1-1988]
Every person operating a motor vehicle on the highways and roadways
of the City shall drive the vehicle in a careful and prudent manner
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.
[CC 1990 § 18-30; Ord. No. 84 § 1, 6-1-1988]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle
in the City at a rate of acceleration greater than is reasonably necessary
to safely enter the existing flow of traffic or obtain the maximum
speed limit. Tire friction marks or squealing of tires shall be evidence
of such excessive acceleration.
A.
The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles
proceeding in the same direction, subject to the limitations and exceptions
hereinafter stated:
1.
The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding
in the same direction shall pass to the left thereof at a safe distance
and shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely
clear of the overtaken vehicle; and
2.
Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted,
the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in
favor of the overtaking vehicle and shall not increase the speed of
such driver's vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking
vehicle.
B.
Passing To The Right Of Another Vehicle.
1.
The driver of a motor vehicle may overtake and pass to the right
of another vehicle only under the following conditions:
2.
The driver of a motor vehicle may overtake and pass another
vehicle upon the right only under the foregoing conditions when such
movement may be made in safety. In no event shall such movement be
made by driving off the paved or main traveled portion of the roadway.
The provisions of this Subsection shall not relieve the driver of
a slow-moving vehicle from the duty to drive as closely as practicable
to the right-hand edge of the roadway.
C.
Except when a roadway has been divided into three (3) traffic lanes,
no vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center line of
a highway or public road in overtaking and passing another vehicle
proceeding in the same direction unless such left side is clearly
visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance
ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made
without interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching
from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken.
D.
No vehicle shall at any time be driven to the left side of the roadway
under the following conditions:
1.
When approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve of the
highway where the driver's view is obstructed within such distance
as to create a hazard in the event another vehicle might approach
from the opposite direction.
2.
When the view is obstructed upon approaching within one hundred
(100) feet of any bridge, viaduct, tunnel or when approaching within
one hundred (100) feet of or at any intersection or railroad grade
crossing.
[CC 1990 § 18-35; Ord. No. 171 § 1, 8-15-1988]
No person shall use or attempt to use any roadway, alleyway
or driveway withdrawn from public use. Nor shall any person drive
or attempt to drive any vehicle or animal on the same during the period
such roadway, alley or driveway is withdrawn from public use.
A.
The driver of a vehicle upon a highway upon meeting or overtaking
from either direction any school bus which has stopped on the highway
for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children and
whose driver has in the manner prescribed by law given the signal
to stop shall stop the vehicle before reaching such school bus and
shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion or until signaled
by its driver to proceed.
B.
Every bus used for the transportation of school children shall bear
upon the front and rear thereon a plainly visible sign containing
the words "School Bus" in letters not less than eight (8) inches in
height. Each bus shall have lettered on the rear in plain and distinct
type the following: "State Law: Stop While Bus is Loading and Unloading."
Each school bus subject to the provisions of Sections 304.050 to 304.070,
RSMo., shall be equipped with a mechanical and electrical signaling
device approved by the State Board of Education which will display
a signal plainly visible from the front and rear and indicating intention
to stop.
C.
Every school bus operated to transport students in the public school system which has a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand (10,000) pounds, which has the engine mounted entirely in front of the windshield and the entrance door behind the front wheels, and which is used for the transportation of school children shall be equipped with a crossing control arm. The crossing control arm, when activated, shall extend a minimum of five (5) feet, six (6) inches from the face of the front bumper. The crossing control arm shall be attached on the right side of the front bumper and shall be activated by the same controls which activate the mechanical and electrical signaling devices described in Subsection (B) of this Section. This Subsection may be cited as "Jessica's Law" in commemoration of Jessica Leicht and all other Missouri school children who have been injured or killed during the operation of a school bus.
D.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the driver of a school
bus in the process of loading or unloading students upon a street
or highway shall activate the mechanical and electrical signaling
devices, in the manner prescribed by the State Board of Education,
to communicate to drivers of other vehicles that students are loading
or unloading. A public school district has the authority pursuant
to Section 304.050, RSMo., to adopt a policy which provides that the
driver of a school bus in the process of loading or unloading students
upon a divided highway of four (4) or more lanes may pull off of the
main roadway and load or unload students without activating the mechanical
and electrical signaling devices in a manner which gives the signal
for other drivers to stop and may use the amber signaling devices
to alert motorists that the school bus is slowing to a stop; provided
that the passengers are not required to cross any traffic lanes and
also provided that the emergency flashing signal lights are activated
in a manner which indicates that drivers should proceed with caution
and, in such case, the driver of a vehicle may proceed past the school
bus with due caution. No driver of a school bus shall take on or discharge
passengers at any location upon a highway consisting of four (4) or
more lanes of traffic, whether or not divided by a median or barrier,
in such manner as to require the passengers to cross more than two
(2) lanes of traffic; nor shall any passengers be taken on or discharged
while the vehicle is upon the road or highway proper unless the vehicle
so stopped is plainly visible for at least five hundred (500) feet
in each direction to drivers of other vehicles in the case of a highway
with no shoulder and a speed limit greater than sixty (60) miles per
hour and at least three hundred (300) feet in each direction to drivers
of other vehicles upon other highways, and on all highways, only for
such time as is actually necessary to take on and discharge passengers.
E.
The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadways need
not stop upon meeting or overtaking a school bus which is on a different
roadway, which is proceeding in the opposite direction on a highway
containing four (4) or more lanes of traffic, or which is stopped
in a loading zone constituting a part of, or adjacent to, a limited
or controlled access highway at a point where pedestrians are not
permitted to cross the roadway.
[CC 1990 § 18-49; Ord. No. 2824, 12-1-2014]
A.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person operating
a moving motor vehicle on roads exclusively within the jurisdiction
of the City of Chesterfield, Missouri, by means of a handheld electronic
wireless communications device shall send, read or write a text message
or electronic message.
B.
C.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed or interpreted as prohibiting
a person from making or taking part in a telephone call, by means
of a handheld electronic wireless communications device, while operating
a motor vehicle on roads exclusively within the jurisdiction of the
City.
D.
ELECTRONIC MESSAGE
HANDHELD ELECTRONIC WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
MAKING OR TAKING PART IN A TELEPHONE CALL
SEND, READ OR WRITE A TEXT MESSAGE OR ELECTRONIC MESSAGE
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
A self-contained piece of digital communication that is designed
or intended to be transmitted between handheld electronic wireless
communication devices. "Electronic message" includes, but is not limited
to, electronic mail, a text message, an instant message or a command
or request to access an internet site.
Includes any handheld cellular phone, Palm Pilot, Blackberry
or other mobile electronic devices used to communicate verbally or
by text or electronic messaging, but shall not apply to any device
that is permanently embedded into the architecture and design of the
motor vehicle.
Listening to or engaging in verbal communication through
a handheld electronic wireless communication device.
Using a handheld electronic wireless telecommunications device
to manually communicate with any person by using an electronic message.
Sending reading or writing a text message or electronic message does
not include reading, selecting or entering a phone number or name
into a handheld electronic wireless communications device for the
purpose of making a telephone call.
E.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:
1.
The operator of a vehicle that is lawfully parked or stopped;
2.
The use of factory-installed or aftermarket global positioning
systems (GPS) or wireless communications devices used to transmit
or receive data as part of a digital dispatch system;
3.
The use of voice-operated technology;
4.
The use of two-way radio transmitters or receivers by a licensee
of the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio Service.
F.
Violation of this Section shall be an ordinance violation, punishable
by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) and not more than
one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for a period not
to exceed three (3) months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[CC 1990 § 18-37; Ord. No. 37 § 1, 6-1-1988]
A.
No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of or turn a
vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a roadway
unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety
and then only after the giving of an appropriate signal in the manner
provided below:
1.
An operator or driver when stopping or when checking the speed
of his/her vehicle, if the movement of other vehicles may reasonably
be affected by such checking of speed, shall extend his/her arm at
an angle below horizontal so that the same may be seen in the rear
of his/her vehicle.
2.
An operator or driver intending to turn his/her vehicle to the
right shall extend his/her arm at an angle above horizontal so that
the same may be seen in front of and in the rear of his/her vehicle
and shall slow down and approach the intersecting highway as near
as practicable to the right side of the highway along which he/she
is proceeding before turning.
3.
An operator intending to turn his/her vehicle to the left shall
extend his/her arm in a horizontal position so that the same may be
seen in the rear of his/her vehicle and shall slow down and approach
the intersecting highway so that the left side of his/her vehicle
shall be as near as practicable to the center line of the highway
along which he/she is proceeding before turning.
4.
The signals herein required shall be given either by means of
the hand and arm or by a signal light or signal device in good mechanical
condition of a type approved by the State Highway Patrol; however,
when a vehicle is so constructed or loaded that a hand and arm signal
would not be visible both to the front and rear of such vehicle, then
such signals shall be given by such light or device. A vehicle shall
be considered as so constructed or loaded that a hand and arm signal
would not be visible both to the front and rear when the distance
from the center of the top of the steering post to the left outside
limit of the body, cab or load exceeds twenty-four (24) inches or
when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post
to the rear limit of the body or load thereon exceeds fourteen (14)
feet, which limit of fourteen (14) feet shall apply to single vehicles
or combinations of vehicles. The provisions of this Subsection shall
not apply to any trailer which does not interfere with a clear view
of the hand signals of the operator or of the signaling device upon
the vehicle pulling the trailer; provided, further, that the provisions
of this Section as far as mechanical devices on vehicles so constructed
that a hand and arm signal would not be visible both to the front
and rear of such vehicle as above provided shall only be applicable
to new vehicles registered within this State after January 1, 1954.
The driver of a vehicle approaching a person with a visual,
aural or physical disability who is carrying a cane predominantly
white or metallic in color, with or without a red tip, or using a
guide dog, hearing dog or service dog shall yield to such pedestrian,
and any driver who fails to take such precautions shall be liable
in damages for any injury caused such pedestrian and any injury caused
to the pedestrian's guide dog, hearing dog or service dog; provided
that such a pedestrian not carrying such cane or using a guide dog,
hearing dog or service dog in any of the places, accommodations or
conveyances listed in Section 209.150, RSMo., shall have all of the
rights and privileges conferred by law upon other persons.
[CC 1990 § 18-39; Ord. No. 40 § 1, 6-1-1988]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle
upon private or public property for the purpose of avoiding a traffic
control device.
[CC 1990 § 18-40; Ord. No. 41 §§ 1 — 2, 6-1-1988; Ord. No. 160 § 1, 8-15-1988]
A.
No person shall operate any motor-propelled vehicle on the common
land of any subdivision, nor park any motor vehicle on the unpaved
part of the common land of any subdivision without the consent of
the trustees of the common land or if there be no such trustees, without
the consent of the owners or other persons designated by the owners
to be in control of the common land.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor-propelled
vehicle on or upon the yard or lawn of any real property of another
person in the City without the permission of the owner or person in
control of the property.
[CC 1990 § 18-44; Ord. No. 525 §§ 1 — 13, 11-19-1990]
A.
Private streets and private parking facilities as contemplated within
this Section shall include any street, roadway, parking facility,
parking lot and public way or place upon which vehicular travel by
the public, regardless of its legal status as public or private and
regardless of whether it has been legally established by ordinance
as a public thoroughfare, is used as a public street or highway.
B.
The term "parking lot," as used in this Section, shall mean any building
or parcel of land used, in whole or in part, for the storing or parking
of more than five (5) motor vehicles and which is open to the general
public, including, but not limited to, drive-in facilities, commercial
free courtesy lots and lots for which a fee is charged. The term "parking
lot" shall not include lots owned by a person and operated for the
exclusive use of such person or his/her employees.
C.
Every person driving a vehicle in a parking lot shall drive the same
in a careful and prudent manner and shall exercise ordinary care in
the operation thereof. Vehicles shall not be driven at a rate of speed
greater than fifteen (15) miles per hour unless otherwise posted and
the operators are charged with the duty of operating at such lesser
speed as will be consistent with the safety of others using such places,
taking into consideration the amount of vehicular and pedestrian traffic,
the visibility and atmospheric conditions and the condition of the
pavement.
D.
All regulations of the City Code applicable to motor vehicles on
streets and highways with respect to signaling, lights, backing, turning,
sounding of horns, parking, equipment and any other Code provisions
shall apply to motor vehicles being operated on private streets or
parking lots if such private streets or parking lots are accessible
to the general public by motor vehicle.
[Ord. No. 2729, 12-3-2012]
E.
No person shall park or leave a vehicle in any location in a parking
lot so as to prevent the full and complete utilization of any space
set aside for the loading or unloading of vehicles.
F.
No person shall park or leave a vehicle in any location in a parking
lot with a designated fire lane or within fifteen (15) feet of a fire
hydrant or in any manner so as to interfere with prompt access thereto
by authorized personnel.
G.
No person shall leave or park any vehicle in any location in a parking
lot so as to interfere with access to other parking spaces than the
one (1) utilized by that vehicle or so as to interfere with the movement
of traffic within the lot.
H.
Any person operating a motor vehicle departing from a parking lot
shall bring the vehicle to a full and complete stop before entering
any street unless otherwise marked. Signs requiring vehicles to stop
at such locations may be erected in accordance with other provisions
of this Code.
I.
Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to prohibit
the City from establishing effective traffic control by means of stop
and go signals at intersections, stop signs or other appropriate controls
whereby the flow of traffic shall go into or out of parking lots onto
circumferential roadways on major thoroughfares.
[CC 1990 § 18-45; Ord. No. 1379 §§ 1 — 2, 3-2-1998]
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to 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 condition
of the roadway. Vehicles being driven upon any roadway outside of
a business or residential district in a caravan or motorcade, whether
or not towing other vehicles, shall be so operated, except in a funeral
procession or in a fully 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.
[CC 1990 § 18-46; Ord. No. 1588 §§ 1 — 2, 1-3-2000]
A.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any motor vehicle intentionally
to harass or alarm another person who is inside a motor vehicle by
intentionally or knowingly:
1.
Accelerating or decelerating the speed of his/her car beyond
what is reasonably necessary to maintain the existing flow of traffic;
2.
Changing lanes;
3.
Following the other person's vehicle more closely than
is reasonably safe and prudent, having due regard for the speed of
such vehicle and his/her ability to stop if necessary the traffic,
the condition of the roadway and the totality of the circumstances;
4.
Impeding or obstructing the operation of the other person's
motor vehicle; or
5.
Operating his/her vehicle in a manner that endangers or would
be likely to endanger any person or property.
[CC 1990 § 26-1; Ord. No. 1844 §§ 1 — 5, 5-6-2002]
A.
Blocking Of Vehicular Traffic. No person or entity shall block vehicular
traffic by placing an obstruction anywhere in a public roadway unless
written permission has been granted by the City of Chesterfield. This
includes, but is not limited to, construction materials, organic materials,
traffic barricades and sports/recreation equipment.
B.
Protest — Civil Disobedience. No person or entity shall block
vehicular traffic as a form of protest or civil disobedience.
C.
Rights Of The City. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the City
of Chesterfield from implementing any traffic or roadway measures
deemed necessary or prevent the City of Chesterfield or other public
service agency serving Chesterfield from blocking streets, erecting
barricades or using other means to protect life and/or property or
preserve the peace.
