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Passed as Amended
BILL NO. 2005-38
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ORDINANCE NO. I �11 z
AN ORDINANCE OFTHE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI,AMENDING SECTION 19-
315 OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO VEHICLE LOADS
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 19-315 of the City Code Is hereby amended to read as follows:
See. 19-315. Vehicle load. Loads required to he covered or secured.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or move any vehicles onto any street,
roadway or alley, unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent its
• contents from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom, or being
blown off. It shall be unlawful to drive or move any vehicle within the city, the
wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit onto any public street, alley or
roadway,or in any other public place of the city, mud, dirt,
sticky substances, litter or foreign matter of any kind.
Lbj No ep rson shall oneratc on an street or hi shwa pM motor vehicle.trailer
or semi-trailer that is carrying goods or materials which may reasonably be
expected to become dislodged and fall from the vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer
M. u result of wind pressure or air pressure or by the movement of the vehicle.
trailer or semi-trailer, unless the motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer has a
protective cover or the load is sufliciently secured so that no op rtion of such
goods or material can become dislodged and fall from the vehicle, trailer or
semi-trailer while being transported.
(c) No person shall operate on any street or highway any truck having a
capacity in excess of one ton net weight that is carrying rock,dirt,Gravel,limbs
or brush, or any combination of these unless the truck has a protective cover
over the load such that no such materials can fall from the truck while heinG
transported, except that this section shall not apply to trucks operated by a
governmental entity while engaged in snow or ice removal.
• Drafler's Note: Deleted text is shown thus. Inserted text is shown thus,
(Code 1977, § 23-151; Ord. No. 9010, § 1, 5-1-77)
Cross reference - Litter, § 32-12; transportation of solid waste, § 30-3.
State law reference- Vehicle load generally, RSMo. § 307.010.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect November 1, 2005.
Passed: �, � Ap roved: 5— Z-l��
siding Officer Mayor
A ST: APP D A TO FORM:
ACity Counselor
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