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Code of Ordinances |
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Chapter 23. TRAFFIC |
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Article II. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT |
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Division 1. GENERALLY |
§ 23-29. Definitions.
The following terms, when used in this article, shall mean:
(1)
"Abandoned property," any unattended motor vehicle, trailer, off-road vehicle, outboard motor or vessel removed or subject to removal from public or private property as provided in this article, whether or not operational.
(2)
"Freeway," a divided state highway with four (4) or more lanes, with no access to the throughways except the established interchanges and with no at-grade crossings.
(3)
"Interstate highway," a state highway included in the national system of interstate highways located within the boundaries of the city, as officially designated or as may be hereafter designated by the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission with the approval of the United States Secretary of Transportation, pursuant to Title 23, United States Code, as amended.
(4)
"Off-road vehicle," any vehicle designed for or capable of cross-country travel on or immediately over land, water, ice, snow, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain without benefit of a road or trail, including, without limitation, the following:
a.
Jeeps;
b.
All-terrain vehicles;
c.
Dune buggies;
d.
Multiwheel drive or low-pressure tire vehicle;
e.
Vehicle using an endless belt, or tread or treads, or a combination of tread and low pressure tires;
f.
Motorcycles, trail bikes, minibikes and related vehicles; and
g.
Other means of transportation deriving power from any source other than muscle or wind; and excluding the following:
1.
Registered motorboats;
2.
Aircraft;
3.
Any military, fire, or law enforcement vehicle;
4.
Farm-type tractors and other self-propelled equipment for harvesting and transporting farm or forest products;
5.
Any vehicle being used for farm purposes, earth moving, or construction while being used for such purposes on the work site;
6.
Self-propelled lawnmowers, or lawn or garden tractors, or golf carts, while being used exclusively for their designed purpose; and
7.
Any vehicle being used for the purpose of transporting a handicapped person.
(5)
"Right-of-way," the entire width of land between the boundary lines of a state highway, city street or alley, including any roadway.
(6)
"Roadway," that improved portion of a state highway, city street or alley used for vehicular travel, exclusive of any berm or shoulder.
(7)
"State highway," a highway constructed or maintained by the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission with the aid of state or federal funds, or any highway included by authority of law in the state highway system, including all right-of-way.
(8)
"Towing company," any person or entity which tows, removes, or stores abandoned property.
(Ord. No. 97-4, § I, 2-11-96)
State law reference
Similar provisions, RSMo 300.595.
Editor's note
Section I of Ord. No. 97-4, adopted Feb. 11, 1996, repealed § 23-29 in its entirety. Formerly, § 23-29 pertained to removal of vehicles by police and derived from the 1988 Code. Section I of Ord. No. 97-4 added a new § 23-29 as herein set out.