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Creve Coeur, IL Code of Ordinances
VILLAGE CODE of CREVE COEUR, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCES PENDING REVIEW FOR CODIFICATION
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
TITLE 1 ADMINISTRATIVE
TITLE 2 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
TITLE 3 BUSINESS REGULATIONS
TITLE 4 BUILDING REGULATIONS
TITLE 5 FIRE REGULATIONS
TITLE 6 POLICE REGULATIONS
TITLE 7 HEALTH AND SANITATION
TITLE 8 PUBLIC WAYS AND PROPERTY
TITLE 9 TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 1 DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS1
CHAPTER 3 THROUGH, ONE WAY, YIELD AND STOP STREETS
CHAPTER 4 DRIVING RULES
9-4-1: TURNING AT INTERSECTIONS:
9-4-2: STARTING PARKED VEHICLE:
9-4-3: DRIVER'S SIGNAL:
9-4-4: SIGNALS AND TURNING:
9-4-5: SIGNAL LAMPS AND SIGNAL DEVICES:
9-4-6: DRIVING FROM ALLEYS, DRIVEWAYS OR GARAGES:
9-4-7: VEHICLE NOT TO BE DRIVEN ON SIDEWALKS OR IN SAFETY ZONES:
9-4-8: RIGHT OF WAY:
9-4-9: VEHICLE TURNING LEFT:
9-4-10: "U" TURN:
9-4-11: NO LEFT TURN:
9-4-12: FIRE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES; FIRES:
9-4-13: DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY:
9-4-14: PASSING VEHICLES:
9-4-15: OVERTAKING VEHICLES:
9-4-16: OVERTAKING VEHICLES ON THE RIGHT:
9-4-17: LIMITATIONS ON OVERTAKING ON THE LEFT:
9-4-18: ONE WAY ROADWAYS AND ROTARY TRAFFIC ISLANDS:
9-4-19: DRIVING ON ROADWAYS LANED FOR TRAFFIC:
9-4-20: AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES:
9-4-21: RECKLESS, NEGLIGENT OR CARELESS DRIVING:
9-4-22: SPEED RESTRICTIONS:
9-4-23: SPECIAL SPEED LIMITS WHILE PASSING SCHOOLS:
9-4-24: TRAFFIC NOT TO BE OBSTRUCTED:
9-4-25: BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES:
9-4-26: UNATTENDED VEHICLES:
9-4-27: UNATTENDED ANIMALS:
9-4-28: CLINGING TO VEHICLES:
9-4-29: TOY VEHICLES:
9-4-30: RIDING ON RUNNING BOARDS:
9-4-31: TRAIN SIGNALS:
9-4-32: DRIVING THROUGH FUNERAL OR OTHER PROCESSION:
9-4-33: DRIVERS IN A PROCESSION:
9-4-34: FUNERAL PROCESSIONS:
9-4-35: BACKING:
9-4-36: RESTRICTED ACCESS:
9-4-37: TRUCKS PROHIBITED ON CERTAIN STREETS:
9-4-38: LIMITED LOAD STREETS:
9-4-39: SCHOOL BUSES:
9-4-40: FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY:
9-4-41: DISREGARDING TRAFFIC ORDERS:
9-4-42: REFUSAL TO STOP VEHICLE:
9-4-43: LIGHTS ON MOTOR VEHICLES:
9-4-44: DISOBEYING TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES:
9-4-45: OPENING DOOR INTO TRAFFIC LANE:
9-4-46: DRAG RACING:
9-4-47: ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR IN MOTOR VEHICLES:
9-4-48: SEAT SAFETY BELTS:
9-4-49: LIGHTS ON EMERGENCY VEHICLES:
9-4-50: WET STRIPING:
9-4-51: TAR OR OILED ROADS:
9-4-52: DRIVER AND PASSENGER REQUIRED TO USE SAFETY BELTS:
9-4-53: USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES WHILE DRIVING PROHIBITED1:
CHAPTER 5 PEDESTRIANS
CHAPTER 6 PARKING
CHAPTER 7 VEHICLES
CHAPTER 8 DRIVERS
CHAPTER 9 PENALTY AND CONVICTION FEES
CHAPTER 10 SCHOOL BUSES
CHAPTER 11 MOTOR VEHICLE IMPOUNDMENT AND FEES
CHAPTER 12 GOLF CARTS AND OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES
TITLE 10 ZONING
TITLE 11 SUBDIVISIONS
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9-4-38: LIMITED LOAD STREETS:
   (A)   There is hereby established as the maximum weight of any vehicle which shall be driven or operated upon the streets within the village a load limit of fifteen thousand (15,000) pounds.
Exceptions are allowed for school buses and garbage trucks.
The street currently known as Wesley Road, from the village boundary line closest to the intersection of Wesley Road and Illinois Route 29 to a point four hundred feet (400') north of that intersection, and from that point four hundred feet (400') north of that intersection to a point 0.76 miles further north shall have a truck class load limit of at least eighty thousand (80,000) pounds. Said portions of Wesley Road, shall be known and designated as an eighty thousand (80,000) pound truck class route and the village shall properly sign such route, and portion of Wesley Road, in accordance with the "Illinois Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices".
   (B)   Operation of a vehicle on said streets which is in excess of the weight set forth herein shall be deemed a violation and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). In the event of a second or subsequent violation by the same offender occurring within one calendar year, said fines shall be in the amount of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
It shall be an affirmative defense to any such violation, that the offending vehicle was being operated for the ingress or egress of equipment required to improve property, transport materials or personal property, including excavations and fill material. (Ord. 766, 5-14-2014)
9-4-39: SCHOOL BUSES:
The driver of a vehicle on any street or 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 shall stop the vehicle before reaching such school bus when there is in operation on the bus a visual signal directing that a stop be made; provided that the driver of a vehicle upon a street or highway of which the roadways for traffic moving in opposite directions are separated by a strip of ground at least four feet (4') wide which is not surfaced or suitable for vehicle traffic, or on a controlled access highway where pedestrians are not permitted to cross, need not stop his vehicle upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on the opposite roadway. (Ord. 331, 10-16-1968)
9-4-40: FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY:
   (A)   The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of the street.
   (B)   The driver of any motor vehicle of the second division or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle when traveling upon a street outside of a business or residence district shall not follow within three hundred feet (300') of another motor vehicle of the second division or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to prevent overtaking and passing nor shall the same apply upon any lane specifically designated for use by motor vehicles of the second division.
   (C)   Motor vehicles being driven upon any street outside of a business or residence district in a caravan or motorcade whether or not towing other vehicles shall be so operated as to allow sufficient space between each such vehicle or combination of vehicles so as to enable any other vehicle to enter and occupy such space without danger. This provision shall not apply to funeral processions. (Ord. 331, 10-16-1968)
9-4-41: DISREGARDING TRAFFIC ORDERS:
It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer invested by law with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic. (Ord. 331, 10-16-1968)
9-4-42: REFUSAL TO STOP VEHICLE:
It shall be unlawful for the driver or operator of any motor vehicle who having been given visual or audible signal by a police officer directing such driver or operator to bring his vehicle to a stop, to wilfully fail or refuse to obey such direction, to increase his speed, to extinguish his lights or otherwise flee or attempt to evade the police officer. The signal given by the police officer may be by hand, voice, siren, red or blue light and the officer giving such signal shall be in a police uniform, and, if driving a vehicle, such vehicle shall be marked showing it to be an official police vehicle. (Ord. 331, 10-16-1968)
9-4-43: LIGHTS ON MOTOR VEHICLES:
During the period from sunset to sunrise, or at any other time when visibility is so limited as to require the use of lights for safety, every motorcycle shall carry and exhibit one lighted lamp commonly known as a driving light and every other motor vehicle two (2) such lighted driving lamps showing white lights, or lights of a yellow or amber tint, visible at least five hundred feet (500') in the direction toward which each motorcycle or motor vehicle is proceeding. Parking lamps may be used in addition to, but not in lieu of, any such driving lamps. Each motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer shall also exhibit at least two (2) lighted lamps which shall be mounted on the left rear and right rear of the vehicle so as to throw a red light visible for at least five hundred feet (500') in the reverse direction, except that a motorcycle need be equipped with only one such lamp.
Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light a rear registration plate when required and render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet (50') to the rear. Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for illuminating a rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the headlamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted. (Ord. 331, 10-16-1968)
Whenever the driver of any vehicle is within three hundred feet (300') of another vehicle approaching from the opposite direction, the driver shall dim or drop such lamps and shall extinguish all auxiliary lamps.
No vehicle shall have the lighting system modified to allow more than two (2) electric driving lamps to be lighted while operating in the dimmed or dropped position.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of auxiliary driving lamps, commonly referred to as "fog" lamps, when used in conjunction with headlamps, if such auxiliary driving lamps are adjusted and so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of drivers of oncoming vehicles. (Ord. 331F, 12-9-1998)
9-4-44: DISOBEYING TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES:
No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the instructions of any official traffic control device unless at the time otherwise directed by a police officer.
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave the roadway and travel across private property to avoid a traffic control device. (Ord. 331, 10-16-1968)
9-4-45: OPENING DOOR INTO TRAFFIC LANE:
It shall be unlawful to open any door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic 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. (Ord. 331, 10-16-1968)
9-4-46: DRAG RACING:
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any motor vehicle to be a participant in drag racing. For the purpose of this section, "drag racing" means the act of two (2) or more individuals competing or racing on any street or highway or public place in this municipality in a situation in which one of the motor vehicles is beside, or relatively so, or to the rear of a motor vehicle operated by a competing driver and the one driver attempts to prevent the competing driver from passing or overtaking him, either by acceleration or maneuver, or one or more individuals competing in a race against time on any street, highway or public place in this municipality. (Ord. 331, 10-16-1968; amd. Ord. 368, 8-19-1970)
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