HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD14989 BILL NO. 2012-37
SPONSORED BY COUNCILWOMAN Carroll
ORDINANCE NO. I -Sd
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI,
BY SEPARATING OFFENCES REQUIRING A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE
TO MAXIMIZE MUNICIPAL COURT SOFTWARE EFFICIENCY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 19 (Motor Vehicles and Traffic), Sec. 19-103 (Speed
Limits) is amended as follows:
See. 19-103. Speed limits.
A. Every driver of a motor vehicle shall drive in a careful and prudent manner on the roadways of this city,
and 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.
B. No person shall operate a vehicle on any street in excess of the speed established by ordinance for such
street;provided that in the absence of a sign the speed limits on a street shall be thirty(30)miles per hour.
C. No vehicle shall be driven at a speed in excess of fifteen(15)miles per hour within any public park in the
city.
D. No person shall operate a vehicle on any street in a school zone in excess of the speed established by
ordinance for such street.(Ord. 14895, §4, 12-6-2011)
E. Nothing in this section shall make the speeds fixed for specific streets lawful in a situation requiring a
lower speed for compliance with the basic rule declared in subsection(a)of this section.
(Code 1977, §23-51)
F. Violation of any subsection of this section in which an accident was involved shall also be a violation
of this code.
State law reference-Speed limits,RSMo. § 304.009 et seq.
Section 2. Chapter 19 (Motor Vehicles and Traffic), Sec. 19-108 (Passing
Regulations), is amended as follows:
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See. 14-108. Passing regulations.
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:
I. An operator or driver overtaking and desiring to pass a vehicle shall sound horn before starting to
pass;
2. 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.
3. 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 on audible signal and shall not
increase the speed of his or her vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.
B. The driver of a motor vehicle may overtake and pass to the right of another vehicle only under the
following conditions:
I. When the vehicle overtaken is malting or about to make a left turn;
2. Upon a city street with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two (2) or more lines of
vehicles in each direction;
3. Upon a one-way street;
4. 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;
5. 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:
I. 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.
E. Violation of any subsection A of this section in which an accident was involved shall also be a violation of
this code.
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Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the
date of its passage and approval.
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Passed. Approved:
Presiding Office Mayj,
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Clerk City Counselor
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